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Release Blitz + Review: Legacy of Desire by Larissa Ione

2026-05-12T23:55:57.846+03:00

The legacy continues…

Legacy of Desire, an all-new friends-to-lovers, why-choose, paranormal romance and third interconnected standalone in the Demonica Birthright Series from New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione & Blue Box Press is live now!

Scotland, daughter of the Horseman of the Apocalypse known as War and a formidable warrior in her own right, has dedicated her life to fighting evil with her two demon best friends, Mace and Blade. Their extraordinary bond and uncanny ability to operate in perfect unison has made them legends as special operators with the Demonic Activity Response Team.

Afraid of ruining a good thing, the three teammates swore a pact to protect their friendship by declaring romantic involvement off-limits. But a recent near-tragedy changed things, and it’s getting harder for Mace and Blade to ignore their long suppressed feelings for Scotty. Especially after she announced her intention of losing her virginity and enlisted their help to find the right guy for the task.

So when a routine assignment goes wrong, landing one teammate in the hospital and the other in Scotty’s arms, the fallout puts their team, their reputations, and complete innocents, at risk. Scotty will need to make a choice, but how can she possibly decide between two males she loves equally? All the while, an enemy lurks in the shadows, poised to strike, and an angel finds himself at a crossroads that will test his faith and, perhaps, determine the very future of Heaven and all mankind.

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Larissa Ione continues to remind me why she’s one of my favorite paranormal romance authors. The Demonica world has been one of my favorites for years, so every time I return to this series it honestly feels like coming home.

Legacy of Desire was one of my most anticipated books in the Demonica Birthright series, especially after finding out the romance would center around Scotty, Mace, and Blade. I was really curious to see how Larissa would handle the relationship between the three of them, and I ended up really enjoying the way their longtime friendship slowly developed into something deeper. Their bond already felt strong from the previous books, so the emotional connection between them felt believable and natural.

One of my favorite parts of this series is honestly just spending time with these characters. I’ve spent so many hours with the Demonica world over the years that the characters feel very familiar and comforting to me at this point, and that connection makes every new installment even more enjoyable. I also loved seeing progress in some of the side plots that have been building throughout the series. I was fully invested in everything that was happening.

I also liked the balance in this book. There was enough action, humor, romance, and emotional moments to keep things engaging throughout. Some scenes definitely hit emotionally, which made me even more invested in the characters and their relationships.

While this wasn’t my favorite book in the series, I still thought it was a solid addition overall. The story kept me engaged, the romance worked for me, and I enjoyed being back in this world again.

Even though this book can be read as a standalone, I definitely think it’s more enjoyable when read in order because of the ongoing character arcs and relationships.

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Cover & Excerpt Reveal + Giveaway - STEALING FOREVER by Lizzie C Koz

2026-04-09T17:08:00.004+03:00

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STEALING FOREVER

by Lizzie C Koz

Series: Bridgeport Jetties: The Call-Up Years - Book 1

Release Date: May 7, 2026

Genre: M/M Baseball Romance

Tropes: Rival teammates to lovers, bi awakening, grumpy/sunshine, golden retriever x german shepherd, one bed, soft dom/brat energy, first times, praise kink, forced proximity, found family, emotional hurt/comfort

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Synopsis

“I can’t afford to lose to Shane Michaels. When it comes to baseball or restraint.”

SHANE

This bro got invited to play with the big boys for Spring Training. Hell to the yes! I am so going to show the Jetties they need me on their Triple-A roster this year. Manifest.

Except for one little six-foot-four problem.

Jed Stone Jr. is back. Legend’s son. Permanent scowl. Stands in my way like a wall I’m supposed to climb.

One I really, really want to climb.

He’s hated me from the start and now it’s bleeding into our game. If we don’t fix this, we both lose and I refuse to be left behind.

Not again.

Call me crazy…but I have a plan I know I shouldn’t.
Time to climb some walls.

JED

I was moments from The Show when my arm blew out.

But I’m back. This is my year. Quick stint in Triple-A, then I’m getting the call-up. Simple. Controlled. Focused.

Baseball is all I have left, and nothing is stopping me. Especially not perpetually smiling, cocky golden boys who think life is a walk in the park.

Shane Michaels is talented. The bane of my existence. And god-damned beautiful.

I shouldn’t want him. I definitely shouldn’t touch him. Considering he’s straight, that shouldn’t be difficult—until I find out he isn’t.

I’m losing my control, and with it my scowl. After seven years of darkness, Shane feels like light breaking in.

But I learned long ago I’m not allowed to keep the people I love.

*** Please note the following CW: Homophobic language, homophobic violence - physical assault (off page), loss of parent (prior to story), ongoing grief which is central to a main character’s experience, severe emotional distress with self-destructive coping behaviors (binge drinking, isolation) and anxiety attacks, parental abandonment (prior to story) and rejection (on page), and explicit sex scenes between consenting adults.

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I call the right pocket for the eight ball. I bend low over the table and line up my shot. I glance at Michaels, a chirp on the tip of my tongue, but I completely forget what it was. Because his attention is locked on my ass, and his shiny white teeth are digging into his pink bottom lip.

I quickly turn back to the table and take my shot. But confusion makes my movements sluggish and uncoordinated. I hit the completely wrong side of the ball and send it into the left pocket.

“Wrong hole,” I say gruffly.

Michaels sidles up to me, his arm brushing against mine and his citrus scent washing over me in a wave. His dark blue gaze locks on mine. “Looks like the right hole to me.” His voice is lower than normal, thicker, his words heavy with a meaning I doubt he intended.

“You win,” I murmur.

“Time for me to claim my prize.”

Those words skate over me, and I shiver. Because Michaels looking at me like that? Makes it feel like he’s talking about me.

“We never did name the stakes.” My words are nothing more than a hushed whisper, just as confused, just as thrown off balance as the rest of me.

Those blue eyes meet mine again. Flick down to my mouth. Back up. His throat bobs in a swallow, and then a shaky exhale dances over my lips.

Why can I feel that breath?

But before I have a chance to think further on that, a pair of lips land on mine. My eyes stretch wide. Surfer Boy is kissing me. Shane Michaels is kissing me. Holy fucking shit.

His hand wraps around my neck, slowly, tentatively, and he presses into me, slides his tongue over the seam of my lips. He’s like…really kissing me. Asking for an invitation for more. My pulse is going so fast at this point it’s no longer a beat, just a continuous roar. I’m a cacophony of confusion. What’s his end goal here? I don’t see what he has to gain from this. The only thing I can take this to mean is…

He’s not as straight as I assumed he was.

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When she’s not writing, she’s likely trying to convince her husband to tackle yet another DIY project around the house.

Lizzie loves nothing more than falling into a romance book as an outlet, especially when she was struggling through postpartum with her son. Now, she hopes to provide that same escape and small slice of joy to others.

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Release Day Blitz - KING OF DECEPTION (Kings of the Underworld #3) by Bianca Borell

2026-04-09T16:16:00.000+03:00

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KING OF DECEPTION

by Bianca Borell

Series: Kings of the Underworld #3

Release Date: April 9, 2026

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Tropes: Arranged Marriage, one night stand, hidden identity, billionaire, mafia princess, secret relationship, tortured hero, good girl, insta love, possessive, obsessive, jealous hero, her love will heal him, burn the world for her, groveling

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Viviana Bertinelli

I’ve always followed the rules.

Good girls don’t sneak away for one reckless night with a dangerous stranger.

No names.
No promises.
Just passion.

It was supposed to be a secret — until fate brought him back into my life.

I’m promised to another man, but the stranger from that night refuses to let me go.

He says I belong to him.
He swears he’ll burn the world before he loses me.

But our love was built on a lie.

He fooled me once.
He won’t do it again.

Tristan Kinkaid

Control made me the American king of the Irish mob.

Then she shattered it with a single night.

She’s too pure for my world.
Too innocent for a man like me.

But that didn’t stop me from wanting her.
From claiming her.

She believes she’s promised to another man.
She just doesn’t know that man is me.

There are secrets between us.
Betrayals that could start a war.

She thinks we’re over.

She’s wrong.

I didn’t rise to power by letting anything — or anyone — slip through my fingers.

And I’m not losing her.

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Bianca Borell is a contemporary romance author, voracious reader, nature lover, and unapologetic daydreamer. She spends her nights deciding between getting up to write or trying to silence the voices of her characters. The battle is never-ending.

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BOOK BLITZ - ,EXCERPT & GIVEAWAY - Nerdy Girl Nell by Lindsey Gray

2026-03-20T15:14:00.006+03:00

Nerdy Girl Nell

Lindsey Gray

(Nerdy Girl Novels, #2)

Publication date: March 17th 2026

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Sports

Nell De Lacy loves small things like story time, a well-stocked bookshelf, and evenings with friends. Relearning how to date after grief was supposed to be the hardest thing.

Enter professional wrestler Chance Robicheaux. Towering, tender, and utterly relentless about keeping her safe. The two become friends first, spending nights learning each other’s quirks. Between hospital rooms and poker nights, the two find something electric and real.

Nell’s life suddenly fractures with a violent assault, a cache of stolen images, and a blackmailer who won’t be denied. As the threat tightens and the press draws near, Nell’s voice, literally and figuratively, fails her at the worst possible time.

With the De Lacy family company’s December board vote approaching, Nell faces a critical challenge that threatens to upend her life. The outcome of the vote carries the risk of awarding a coveted contract to the wrong people, forcing Nell to balance family loyalty, legal danger, and a secret that could change everything.

Nell and Chance’s is a story about rebuilding, of finding courage in therapy and friendship, and discovering there’s strength in asking for help. Nell’s fight becomes Chance’s fight, and soon they choose to fight evil together. Will justice arrive before the quiet she loves is gone forever?

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“This honey pot just got a whole lot sweeter.” Chance Robicheaux licked his lips and tossed in a few plastic chips. The cards in his hand were the best he’d held the entire night.
He peered around the table of friends as they partook in their newly minted Wednesday poker night. Rob Breyer, Chance’s closest friend and wrestling tag team partner, concentrated on his hand. Rob’s girlfriend, Emma MacLean, rolled her eyes at Chance’s comment, then winked at him when she glanced his way. The dealer and his new sidekick, Seamus De Lacy, took a sip of his drink while the rest of the players made their decisions.
Chance’s eyes landed on the last member of the table; he bit the inside of his cheek to keep himself from moaning. Emma’s roommate, Nell De Lacy, stared at him with a slight look of awe mixed with determination, which he found fucking irresistible. The woman had driven him mad since their first meeting over a bowl of potato salad to his crotch. No matter what the situation, one glimpse of Nell, her auburn hair in those cute as hell space buns and perfectly pouty lips, had him hard in three seconds flat.
“I fold.” Rob placed his cards on the table and slumped in his chair.
“I’ve got nothing.” Emma tossed in her cards, then slid her arm around Rob’s shoulders. “This isn’t our night.”
Chance lifted his eyes to Nell’s. “What about you, Nell?”
The corner of Nell’s lips that Chance spent hours fantasizing about curled upward. “I’ll see you.” She tossed in enough to match Chance’s bet. “And I’ll raise you.” She counted out the rest of her chips and placed them in the pot.
Chance could tell she was confident about the hand she possessed. She had her tells as much as anyone else did. The smirk she wielded always made him pull out of the game. Not tonight, though. She’d gone all in, but he’d go a bit more.
“All right.” He determined the required chips to call but decided to raise to find out what she had to offer.
“You can’t do that!” Her confidence turned to anger.
“I sure can. I’m willing to make a deal if you think your hand is still as worthy as it was a moment ago.” Chance’s heart thumped in his chest while he stared her down, praying she would give in.
“What kind of deal?” she asked.
Chance grabbed the pad of paper and pen beside him and wrote down what he wanted. He slid it to her.
She picked it up and read his chicken scratch. “This…” The words clogged her throat as heat moved up to color her face.
“You place that in the pot. I win; you deliver. You win; you can rip it up.”
Nell opened and closed her mouth, then pressed her plump lips in a firm line. She pushed the slip across the table. “I call. Show me what you’ve got.”
Chance peered into her brilliant emerald eyes as he laid each card down one by one. Her face paled. “Royal flush.”
“Damn,” she murmured, and she laid her cards down face up.
“Full House. Not bad, but not good enough tonight.” Chance licked his lips in anticipation of his winnings.
Emma glanced between the two. “What did he win?”
Nell placed her palms on the table, her cheeks tinged pink. “A kiss.”

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Lindsey Gray is a writer, an over-thinker, and a chronic list-maker, but her passion for writing stories you'll love always tops the list. Her author journey began in 2010 with the publication of her first novel, and she has spent the last decade creating worlds for readers to play in. In addition to her own work, Gray utilizes her skills formatting novels for other authors and hosts the weekly show, Gray Matters, on TMV Cafe Internet Radio. She lives and writes fueled by iced tea, her handsome hubby, and the beautiful chaos of mothering her children.

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BOOK BLITZ - EXCERPT & GIVEAWAY - Secrets of the Midwife by Ann Ormsby

2026-03-20T15:12:00.001+03:00

Secrets of the Midwife

Ann Ormsby

Published by: Acorn Publishing

Publication date: March 18th 2026

Genres: Women’s Fiction

Anabel Leigh has spent years pouring herself into her career, polishing her image, and protecting her fragile heart after too many losses. But everything changes when a stranger presses a baby into her arms in a crowded New York park and vanishes. The child’s golden hair and trusting eyes stir a deeply personal longing Anabel thought she’d buried forever.

What begins as a surreal moment unravels into a storm of headlines and police questions.

Savannah Maas knows the truth. She’s hiding on a farm in Georgia, living by a different code—one forged from secrets, desperation, and choices that blur the line between compassion and crime.

As the world closes in, each woman struggles to keep her dreams from crumbling. For one, receiving the baby is a miracle. For the other, the handoff is a devastating mistake.

Heart-stirring and suspenseful, Secrets of the Midwife is a story of hope, resilience, and the unexpected ways love finds us.

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I am sitting in the little park situated between the town clerk’s office where happy couples come rushing down the steps, laughing and kissing after tying the knot, and the family court where some of them will end up, when things go badly. As I eat my lunch, I chuckle to myself at the irony of these two tall, brick buildings facing each other like powerful gods who already know our fate, providing what we need when we need it.

The thick scent of the candied hazelnuts cooking in a nearby vendor cart wafts over me in the cool April breeze. I pull the collar of my trench coat up around my neck and tighten the knot in my silk scarf. Collecting the wrapper from my sandwich, I put it back in the brown paper bag as my eyes catch a stooped old woman pushing a double stroller with two girls in it.

The one closest to me is a baby with golden blonde hair. Maybe a little more than a year old. I can’t take my eyes off her. The other girl has thick brown hair and looks to be about four years old. They make their way down the path to me, and then, without warning, the older girl unbuckles herself, jumps out of the stroller, and runs into the crowd.

The woman yells at her to stop, but the girl keeps running, weaving between the people walking through the park. After unbuckling the smaller child, the woman picks her up and thrusts her into my lap.

“Hold her,” is all she says before she runs after the other girl, leaving the stroller behind.

I look down at the small face staring up at me. The child does not seem afraid, relaxed even. She explores my face as a growing tension rises in my chest. Groaning in frustration, I stand up, holding the baby in my arms, shifting her weight to my hip, and desperately search the crowd for the woman or the other little girl. They’re gone. My first inclination is to go after them, but after a few steps I stop. What am I doing? I’m holding a child who isn’t mine in the middle of a public New York City park. My armpits grow wet with sweat, and I loosen the scarf around my neck.

Wondering what to do, I go back to the bench and sit down. Without thinking, I smooth the girl’s wavy blonde hair, tucking a piece behind her tiny ear. Time passes and the woman does not return. Panicking, I’m afraid to leave the bench because I want the woman to know where to find me. Assuming she’s coming back. The baby rests her head on my shoulder, and her beautiful blue eyes study me. Without disturbing her, I raise my arm, pull up the sleeve of my coat, and look at my watch. It’s getting late. I have to go back to work.

Twenty minutes pass. Without hope, I stand up again and look for the woman. The lunchtime crowd is starting to grow thin, and I am beginning to feel desperate. After pulling my cell phone out of my bag, I call 911 and the operator says she will send a patrol car.

The minutes tick by slowly. The wait is agonizing. Finally, a squad car pulls up, and I watch as two officers get out, walk to the gate, and scour the park. A man and a woman. They look so young, fresh-faced with heavy equipment hanging off their belts. They see me, and I stand up with the girl who is starting to feel heavy in my arms.

When they reach me, the male officer asks, “Did you call 911?”

“Yes. I was just sitting here, and a woman wearing a scarf and a long skirt gave me this baby.” I stammer knowing how incredulous it sounds.

The officers stare at me, then at the baby.

Finally, the female officer takes a pad out of a box on her belt. “What’s your name?”

“Anabel Leigh.”

“Where do you work?”

I tip my chin in the direction of my building. “Right there.”

“No. What’s the name of your employer?” she asks with annoyance.

“Oh, sorry. C&W Communications.”

“Okay. So, what did the woman look like? Where did she go?” She continues to question me.

“Yes, I need to go back to work. Will you take her?” I try to peel the baby away from my shoulder.

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"Ormsby has a wonderful eye for character and detail, as she fleshes out a keenly observed portrayal of small-town life." ~ Kirkus Review

"The Recovery Room" was a winner at the 2014 Paris Book Festival.

Ann Ormsby is a freelance writer with a master's degree in journalism from New York University. Her writings on reproductive freedom and other public policy issues have appeared in The Newark Star-Ledger, The Huffington Post, njspotlight.com The Westfield Leader and The Alternative Press. Her short stories have appeared in The Greenwich Village Literary Review, Every Day Fiction and hackwriters.com.

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FREE BLITZ - Demon Throne by Debbie Cassidy

2026-03-19T17:27:00.001+03:00

Title: Demon Throne

Author: Debbie Cassidy

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Reverse Harem

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Nothing brightens up a Monday like finding out you’re the spawn of Satan

The big bad is dead and now Satan’s spawn must fight for the Morningstar throne. I’m tossed into the ring, whether I want to be there or not.

I’m mostly human, a hunter by trade, and totally outmatched by my half siblings. The chance I’ll survive these tests and claim the throne is slim.

Then someone starts assassinating my siblings.

It’s only a matter of time until I’m next.

I’m not the kind of girl who depends on anyone, but there are four demons who could help me survive this fiasco—a sadistic Nightmare, a psychotic efreet, a charismatic Fallen and Sin, an unhinged monster. Problem is, like all demons, they’re absolutely, sinfully tempting.

I’m pretty sure they each have their own agenda.

I’m also pretty sure one of them is the killer.

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Cover Re-reveal - The Birdsong Trilogy by Nina Lane

2026-03-19T15:54:00.009+03:00

Series: Birdsong Trilogy

Author: Nina Lane

Genre: Contemporary Forbidden Romance

Tropes: Age Gap, Teacher/Student

Father's Best Friend

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SPARROW & HAWKE

He shouldn’t touch her.

Nell Fairchild knows how to survive. How to stay quiet, stay invisible, keep the worst parts of herself hidden. She’s good at it.

She’s not good at Darius Hawke.

Her father’s oldest friend. A war photographer with a dangerous past, a talent for disappearing, and eyes that see far too much.

Darius knows better than to want Nell. She’s too young, too vulnerable, and completely off-limits. He’s spent a lifetime navigating war zones, captivity, and the darkest corners of human nature. The last thing he should do is drag his best friend’s daughter into his shadows.

But some lines were made to be crossed.

And when Darius takes a temporary teaching job at Nell’s high school, staying away isn’t an option. She’s everywhere — too close, too tempting, too determined to draw him out of the darkness. And the more he resists, the hotter the tension between them burns.

If they give in, there’s no coming back.

*****

Sparrow & Hawke is a slow-burn, high-heat romance filled with forbidden desire, forced proximity, and a love so wrong it might ruin them both.

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FEATHER & FLAME

He walked away to save her. From himself.

Four years ago, Darius Hawke left his mark on Nell Fairchild — and she’s never been the same. He didn’t just change her. He ruined her for anything safer, anything lesser, anything that doesn’t burn.

Then he decided she deserves better than what he is.

She hasn’t forgiven him.

Now Darius is back, and one look is all it takes to bring everything roaring to life again.

He still wants her. He never stopped.

When the violence of Darius’s past comes for them both, the heat between them goes from impossible to incendiary. But the most terrifying thing isn’t the danger closing in.

It’s what they’ll destroy to stay together.

*****

Feather & Flame is a scorching second-chance romance of both reckoning and desire between two people who are finally out of reasons to stop.

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WISHES & WINGS

Everyone is telling Nell that Darius Hawke is dead.

Everyone is lying.

She knows it the way she knows her own heartbeat. His absence doesn’t feel like a loss. It feels like a locked door.

Nell knows how to open locked doors.

What she finds on the other side is worse than a disappearance. Darius has been keeping secrets — about his past, his choices, the life he kept carefully separate from everything they built together. The man she finds may not be the man she thought she knew.

She still wants him back. She can’t reason her way out of that.

To reach him, she’ll have to trust a man who frightens her in ways Darius never did. Wade into darkness she can’t walk back from. And decide, when the truth finally surfaces, what she’s willing to forgive.

Some loves are worth setting the world on fire.

*****

Wishes & Wings is the explosive conclusion to the Birdsong Trilogy — a gripping, obsessive romance of danger, devotion, and a love tested until there’s nothing left but the truth.

Note: This is the final book in the Birdsong trilogy, to be read after Sparrow & Hawke (Book 1) and Feather & Flame (Book 2).

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Though she was born and raised in California, Nina Lane now lives in Wisconsin where the winters are freezing and the cheese is exceptional. Mom to two teenagers and a neurotic dog, she lives in two worlds—one world of laundry, driving, horses, Girl Scouts, and football, and the other of epic romances between hot alpha heroes and the women who bring them to their knees. Nina only cooks when she can’t avoid it (i.e., there are no frozen pizzas left), binge-watches serial TV whenever she can get control of the remote, and checks in about the weather daily with her meteorologist husband. She’s a fan of popcorn, actual print magazines, French Roast coffee, working out, and trying new things...especially if it’s food.

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Release Blitz - Crumbled Sanctuary by Hadley Finn

2026-03-17T17:00:00.000+03:00

Title: Crumbled Sanctuary

Series: Aspen & Evergreen #4

Author: Hadley Finn

Genres: Romance/Romantic Suspense

Tropes: German Shepherd Hero

Scientist Girl Next Door, Marriage of Convenience

Grumpy x Sunshine, Forced Proximity

Release Date: March 17, 2026

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A grumpy-sunshine, marriage-of-convenience romance between the brainiac girl next door and the German Shepherd hero who saves her.

If you told me I’d marry the grumpy loner next door to protect us both from legal troubles, I’d say you were crazy.

But I couldn’t refuse. Not after he swooped in to save me like some knight in heather gray sweatpants when the movers tried to end me.

That’s okay, because it's temporary. Why he thinks this is the solution to our problems is beyond me.

It's a terrible idea.

Even if he’s gorgeous, tatted, and casually charming.

But I’m a woman on a mission. One that doesn’t include being sidelined by Liam Murphy—a moral question mark with a body count… in both senses of the word.

There’s real work to do, and I can’t afford any more distractions.

Since apparently my past was more explosive than I knew, my present is crumbling under the weight of corporate greed, and my future is under siege.

If I can survive the attacks, perhaps I’ll find the sanctuary I’ve always craved.

And maybe, just maybe, it’ll be with the sexy, protective guy next door.

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Hadley’s a taco connoisseur, a devout coffee drinker, and spends as much time as she can outside. She loves to cook, dance, and have conversations with imaginary people in her head. She also loves adverbs.

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Release Blitz - Hot Axe by May Archer

2026-03-17T15:57:00.000+03:00

Title: Hot Axe

Series: Axford Brothers #2

Author: May Archer

Genres: Contemporary Gay Romance/Small Town

Tropes: Best Friends to Lovers, Firefighter

Opposites Attract, Size Difference, Forced Proximity

Hurt/Comfort, Bisexual Awakening, Found Family

Release Date: March 17, 2026

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Falling in love with my straight best friend? Tragically inevitable.

Telling him? Completely out of the question.

Everyone in Winsome knows Robbie and I are a matched set. A package deal. Ames and Robbie, Robbie and Ames.

He’s the calm to my chaos. The sun shining through my rain cloud. The guy who convinced me to be a firefighter. The man who’s known every single thing about me since we were thirteen…

Except for the teeny, tiny, inconsequential fact that I’ve been in love with him for years.

I planned to take this secret to the grave. Robbie’s straight. He’s engaged. And I’m finally–finally–ready to move on.

But one uncontrollable blaze, one daring rescue, one inconvenient injury, and one heavily-medicated, wildly inappropriate love confession later, my plan’s up in flames.

Suddenly helpful, perfect, shirtless Robbie is bathing me, dressing me, and nursing me back to health. And if being around my gorgeous bestie 24/7 wasn’t torture enough, it seems I’m not the only one having unplatonic thoughts.

But there’s no way I’m letting myself fall into the fantasy again. Because if I let myself believe this is real and it isn’t, it won’t just break my heart… it’ll break us.

And I refuse to risk our friendship, no matter how tempting the man’s hot axe might be.

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May is an M/M author who lives in Boston. She spends her days raising three incredibly sarcastic children, alternating eating Jax and Tostitos, planning beach vacations, avoiding the gym, reading M/M romance, and occasionally writing it.

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COVER REVEAL - Color of Fire by Gina Giordano

2025-09-26T19:00:00.001+03:00

Color of Fire

Gina Giordano

(Strange Eden Trilogy, #3)

Publication date: November 20th 2025

Genres: Adult, Historical

“And I thought you were my savior in my darkest hour. How very wrong I was.”

1794: Devastated by the violent disappearance of her husband, Charles Sharpe, Eliza struggles to save Pleasant Hall from the hands of crooked creditors and the governor’s greed. In the aftermath of the attack, her husband’s enemies have branded him a traitor and declare him dead.

But an unlikely source carries knowledge that he still lives, and he alone knows who has taken Charles. Eliza’s desperation drives her to form an alliance with the king of the underworld himself: Captain Hiram Bruin, a notorious man who is more pirate than privateer.

Eliza’s death has been ordered by Lord Dunmore, and Bruin himself tasked with the deed. But Hiram Bruin has never been a man to follow orders. He offers her passage on his ship, the Fortuyne, and his personal protection. In her hour of distress, Eliza accepts—for she has no other choice.

Bruin takes Eliza on a wild and dangerous voyage from the island of New Providence to the wild and untamed Saba, and finally to England, where her journey started three years ago.

Eliza endures her new sinister reality, one where death creeps ever closer, and quickly learns that the only monsters at sea are men. Ensnared by the salt air and damning secrets, one thing is startlingly clear: Bruin wants to take everything she holds dear. For the roots of revenge lie deep…

Will Eliza be able to save the life of her husband before it’s too late? What price is she willing to pay for his freedom? And can she escape this unimaginable nightmare, fueled by a man of unspeakable cruelty?

Color of Fire is the dark, thrilling conclusion to Gina Giordano’s sweeping historical epic, the Strange Eden Trilogy.

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Gina Giordano always had an insatiable curiosity and a penchant for history. Born in New York City, she is a writer, artist, and a conjurer of the past. She holds a BA in history and a master’s degree in historical fiction from New York University, and has traveled to over fifty-five countries across the globe. When she is not climbing ancient ruins or exploring forgotten palaces, she enjoys swimming with sharks in remote pristine waters. Her debut novel, STRANGE EDEN, was longlisted for the 2023 Bath Novel Award.

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Book Blitz : Excerpt & Giveaway - The Icing on the Cake by Grace Worthington

2025-09-26T16:06:00.006+03:00

The Icing on the Cake

Grace Worthington

(Love in Maple Falls)

Publication date: September 24th 2025

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Sports

Rule #1: Never fall for a hockey player. So why does my dating coach—who also happens to play hockey—make me want to break every rule I’ve set?

Neesha
It starts with one conversation with a stranger…and suddenly, everything changes.
He won’t tell me what he does for a living, and maybe that should be a red flag. But after the hardest year of my life, my new neighbor feels like a lifeline—calm, capable, and always there when I need him.

When he offers to be my dating coach, I tell myself it’s harmless. That he just wants to help.
But behind that cinnamon roll smile, he’s hiding something—and I’m starting to fall for him anyway.
I told myself we were just friends.
So why am I dreaming about kissing the one man I swore I’d never fall for?

Lucian
Keeping my hockey identity secret was supposed to be temporary—just long enough to figure out my next move with the girl next door.
There’s just one problem: she’s sworn off hockey players for good.
She asked me to help her fall for someone else and be her dating coach.
But I’m the one falling now.
And when she finds out who I really am, I might lose the only woman who’s ever made me want something more than the game.
I stopped pretending it was a fake date a long time ago.
But when our fun leads to feelings? That’s the icing on the cake.

Tropes in The Icing on the Cake

Cinnamon roll hero

Secret identity

Neighbor romance

Stars Hollow/Gilmore Girls vibe

Cupcake baker heroine

Handy hero who fixes things

Forced proximity

Practice dating / fake dating

The Icing on the Cake is a slow-burn, secret-identity hockey romance featuring a cinnamon roll hero who falls hard for the sweet cupcake baker next door.

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EXCERPT:

“You need practice dating. I could help.” He shrugs. “No pressure. No commitment. Just proving it’s possible to have a good time with a friend.”

A friend—someone safe and harmless to my heart.

I stare at him. “You’re joking, right?”

“I wouldn’t joke about this. We could even go to a public place together if that makes you feel safer.”

Most guys would be focused on convincing me they’re fun or interesting, but Lucian’s defense is that he’s trustworthy.

And that’s my issue.

“Think about it,” he begins, not pressuring me at all. “You already know where I live. And with me, what you see is what you get—even when I’m sweaty and covered in sawdust—so there’s nowhere to go but up.”

I can’t tell him that seeing him sweaty and covered in sawdust was actually incredibly attractive.

I blink, stunned that he’s actually serious about this proposal. “Does this mean you’re my dating coach?”

“If you want me to be,” he says, studying my face. “Though I have to ask what exactly you think you need to practice—because from where I’m standing, you seem to have the basics covered.”

I let out a nervous laugh. “Are you kidding? I can barely string two coherent sentences together. Case in point: ‘Hi-ho’ was my greeting to you. No one wants to date the Seven Dwarfs.”

He tilts his head, considering this. “I don’t know. Snow White seemed pretty happy with them. And for the record, your ‘Hi-ho’ was actually kind of cute.”

“Well, I feel like I’ve forgotten how to make conversation that doesn’t revolve around cupcake orders,” I admit. “Besides, you probably have women lining up to go out with you.”

“Not really,” he says quietly, before looking back at me. “You want to know what dating a good man looks like? I could show you.”

My pulse skips a beat. “Show me how?”

“Well, we’re alone. We’ve got time now.” He pauses. “What if I gave you a quick demonstration, just so you know what to expect?”

Something flutters in my stomach. “A demonstration?”

“Just the basics. How a guy should treat you, what good conversation feels like, how to read the signals. Think of it as a preview of coming attractions.”

This is definitely not what my friends had in mind when they said to flirt with Lucian.

Or maybe it is.

“Okay,” I say before I think better of it. “Show me.”

He catches my gaze while my heart dives off a cliff.

“If this were a date,” he says, “the first thing I’d do is make sure you felt comfortable. That starts with eye contact.”

His gaze remains on mine, never wavering. “Most people are afraid to really look at someone, but eye contact is everything. It shows you’re present, that you’re interested in the person, not just waiting for your turn to talk.”

I find myself caught in his impossibly blue eyes, my heart beating wildly in my chest.

“Then, if the moment feels right…” He reaches toward me, his fingers brushing mine. “Small touches. Like this.”

I almost can’t breathe as he gently takes one of my hands.

“Most people rush through moments like these,” he says, his voice low. “But the small touches matter. They tell you everything.”

“Like what?”

“Like whether someone’s patient or impulsive.” His thumb starts stroking slowly over my skin. “Or whether they’re paying attention to how you respond.”

I swallow hard, failing to hide that I’m totally entranced by this.

“What else?” I ask, not even caring if this is real or not. I’m here to practice—to master the art of whatever this is between us.

He moves closer still. “Proximity,” he murmurs. “Letting someone into your space. Reading their response. And not moving away.”

He’s closer than ever now, and for one wild moment, I see him differently—not like someone I’m practicing with, but someone I’d actually want this to be real with.

“And then?” I ask, my voice barely audible.

His eyes graze down my face for just a second. The corner of his mouth quirks up. “And then…you always leave them wanting more.”

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Grace Worthington eats, breathes, and geeks out over sweet romcoms. So it’s no surprise that she believes that laughter and love are a cure-all for pretty much everything in life. After a short stint working in musical theatre (where she was often cast in comedic roles), she instills her books with witty banter, lovable characters, and a story that moves your heart and soul. Her inspiration includes quaint towns by the beach, romantic comedy movies from the '80s & '90s, and the crazy shenanigans of her family. Snag a free sweet romcom at graceworthington.com

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Book Blitz for The Sound Between Us by Anna Bloom

2025-09-26T15:58:00.001+03:00

Title: The Sound Between Us

Series: Vinyl Hearts #1

Author: Anna Bloom

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Rockstar/Opposites Attract/Slow Burn

Explosive Chemistry/Found Family

Release Date: September 5, 2025

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"A heart-wrenching British contemporary romance about a rock legend's daughter and a musician who's lost his voice - until he hears hers."

As the daughter of a rock legend, Seren knows the music industry's dark side. In Camden's music scene, Seren has built walls higher than any stage. But when Elementary's lead singer Harrison Carter walks into her world, struggling with creative silence and fame's aftermath, their connection threatens everything she's protected herself from.

This angsty slow-burn romance delivers raw emotional honesty, witty banter, and the kind of heart-wrenching love story that lingers long after the last page.

Perfect for fans of small-town romance with music industry depth and contemporary romance that doesn't shy away from real emotions.

In a world where every look becomes a headline and every mistake a scandal, can they survive each other— or will they break apart louder than any song?

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A book hoarder and coffee addict by heart Anna Bloom loves to write extraordinary stories about real love. Based south of London with her husband, three children and a dog with a beard, Anna likes to connect with readers, fan girl over her favourite authors and binge watch Supernatural and Superhero movies while drinking lots of wine.

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Release Blitz for Reaping Havoc by Nikki Landis

2025-09-26T15:53:00.005+03:00

Title: Reaping Havoc

Series: Royal Bastards MC: Tonopah, NV #21

Author: Nikki Landis

Genres: MC Romance/Paranormal Romantic Suspense

Tropes: Vigilante Justice/Forced Proximity/Torture

Revenge/Found Family/One Bed/Touch Her & Die

Release Date: September 26, 2025

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Rael:

Everything is perfect.

My club. My ol’ lady. My family.

Chrome and Cameron live next door, and I couldn’t be happier.

Until I see a man watching us. He’s wearing the same skeletal makeup as me. As he stares, I know I’m a target.

But when he comes to my house and tries to hurt my woman, I swear violence.

I’ll make him pay for scaring her.

But this isn’t random.

The past is coming for me and Chrome.

We’re going to be tested in ways we never imagined.

To protect Nylah, Cam, and our babies, we’ll have to let our Reapers take control.

And maybe the Berserker, too.

Because now it’s personal.

It’s time to reap a little havoc and end this once and for all.

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Nikki Landis is a romance enthusiast, tea addict, and book hoarder. She's the USA Today Bestselling Author of over seventy novels, including her widely popular Tonopah, NV GBMC series. She writes wickedly fierce, spicy romances featuring dirty talkin' bikers, deadly, possessive reapers, wild bad boys, and the feisty, independent women they love. Nikki loves to write character-driven, emotionally raw stories where protective, morally gray anti-heroes fall hard for their ride-or-die. She's a mom to six sons, two of whom are Marines. Books are her favorite escape.

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Release Blitz: Path of the Wolf by Tony-Paul de Vissage

2025-09-26T15:00:00.000+03:00

Forbidden passion. Dangerous secrets.

A love that defies the chains.

PATH OF THE WOLF, a dark historical fantasy romance, explores a love that can save you or destroy you. This epic page-turner from Tony-Paul de Vissage is available now!

In war-torn 15th-century France, the most dangerous creature isn’t the beast, it’s the man who claims to own him.

Isabeau de Montaigne never asked for a husband, much less one like Francois, a self-absorbed artist more devoted to his canvases than to her. She’s grown used to his long absences and strange moods, but he turns her world upside-down when he returns from his latest journey with a strange, fur-covered creature in tow. Francois claims he purchased the “wolf” from a gypsy camp. Certainly he looks and moves like a beast, but he also looks at Isabeau with undeniably human eyes.

Claiming the creature as his new muse, Francois prepares to immortalize him as Saint Jean. As Isabeau grows closer to the captive creature, she begins to see the humanity in him and questions the monstrousness of the men around her. Realizing she’s as much a captive as he is, she finds the release she needed in his arms. It’s then she realizes she must escape Francois’s cruelty or die trying.

A sensual historical fantasy about captivity, desire, and the blurred lines between man and myth. Path of the Wolf challenges what it means to be civilized, and what it takes to reclaim your freedom.

Grab this forbidden dark fantasy romance today!

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Tony-Paul de Vissage is a Southern-American of French Huguenot heritage, whose first movie memory is of being a six-year-old viewing the old Universal horror flick, Dracula’s Daughter, on television. He was subsequently scared sleepless—and that may explain a lifelong interest in vampires.

He is now paying back his very permissive parents by writing about vampires.

TP currently has had twenty-four novels published, twenty-two under the Class Act Books imprint.

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COVER REVEAL - Survival of the Wolves by Ophelia Black

2025-09-26T14:49:00.000+03:00

Title: Survival of the Wolves

Author: Ophelia Black

Genre: Reverse Harem, Paranormal Romance

Cover Designer: Hannah Sternjakob Design

Publication Date: Oct. 31^st, 2025

Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR

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We will usher in the end of all or birth a new world from its ashes. Nothing to stress about, right?

Chosen by the great wolf, Fenrir, and in possession of his amulet, my bonded and I are expected to

single-handedly prevent Ragnarök. Spoiler alert, we’re just as clueless as everyone else. Turns out the gods don’t believe in leaving Cliff Notes.

Fending off attacks from the crooked Alpha and searching for a cure for the illness attacking our

females, we’re pushed to our breaking point. With the Alpha hitting our vulnerable spots like a battering ram, we’re on the defensive and the run.

If we can’t expose his corruption and gain control before he turns the pack against us, it’s game

over. Bringing him to heel means facing our demons, creating allies, and revealing hidden secrets. Are we powerful enough together to pull off the impossible and make the gods notice us again?

It’s a battle for the wolves we have to win.

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Surviving off coffee and tea, Ophelia Black pens stories that never make you choose. Combining her love for the paranormal, magic, and history, she weaves immersive worlds with unforgettable characters and adventure.

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Release Day Blitz : Never Tamed (Bad Wolves Book 3) by Harper A. Brooks & Brea Viragh

2025-09-26T14:21:00.010+03:00

Title: Never Tamed (Bad Wolves Book 3)

Author: Harper A. Brooks & Brea Viragh

Genre: Paranormal Romance, RH

Cover Designer: Manuela Serra Book Cover Designer

Publication Date: July 31^st, 2025

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Tell the wolves I’m home.

Becoming a wolf was supposed to make me stronger, but it has only unleashed more chaos.

Torin, Noble, Mathis, and Dax—my big, bad wolves—each have claimed a piece of my heart, but their rivalry threatens to tear apart everything we’ve built. If we don’t unite, Andras and

his Blood Moon Pack will hunt us down and destroy us all.

But I was chosen for a reason. To survive, I must embrace my instincts, uncover the Moon Goddess’s secrets, and find her legendary weapon before it’s too late.

Andras may think he’s the apex predator, but he is about to learn that there's nothing more dangerous than a wild spirit that can’t be tamed.

Like me.

Bestselling authors Harper A. Brooks and Brea Viragh have created a world of magic, heat, and bloodthirsty wolves. In this paranormal romance series, the heroine will end up with more than one love interest.

Never Submit is book three in the Bad Wolves Series.

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Harper A. Brooks lives in a small town on the New Jersey shore. Even though classic authors have always filled her bookshelves, she finds her writing muse drawn to the dark, magical, and romantic. But when she isn't creating entire worlds with sexy shifters or legendary love stories, you can find her either with a good cup of coffee in hand or at home snuggling with her furry, four-legged son, Sammy.

She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance.

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BREA VIRAGH is a contemporary and paranormal romance writer based in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is a proud Gryffindor, a graduate of Brakebills, and a member of Fairy Tail. Can you tell she loves anything magical? Her addictions include good books with delicious heroes, traveling pretty much anywhere, and food. If she could eat anything she wanted without repercussions, it would be amazing!

She is the author of the Promise Me series, a small-town contemporary romance, and the Cavaldi Birthright, a witchy paranormal romance. All her stories have a tantalizing mix of sweet and heat and are a guaranteed happily ever after!

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Release Day Review: Red Gold by Capes

2025-08-16T17:17:00.002+03:00

Series: Sennenwolf #4

Genre: Fantasy Romance

“We can dream all we want, but we’re better off bracing for nightmares. Tell me you will forsake them, Samson. Tell me you will forsake every wolf in Velm if they threaten us.”

With the Afadors back in Bellator, Velm is recovering from months of violent upheaval. But the Leolites still hold Wrenweary—and they’re after a mighty weapon known as the Sennenwolf. Whoever finds it first will have the upper hand in the ongoing power struggles left from Ezit’s destruction.

But concrete sources on the Sennenwolf are few and far between. Its resting place is said to be in Tet, a land of ghosts and fog, where Vexen magic has chosen to create its latest Landmark.

When Velm sends Samson 714 Afador to Tet to find the Sennenwolf, Helisent West of Jaws agrees to join the search.

As the wolf and the witch attempt to track down the mega-weapon, pressing questions about their future come into focus. What happens to Velm if its Kulapsifang refuses to take the throne? And will Helisent West of Jaws wait for that future to pan out?

In Book 4 of the Sennenwolf Series, one semi-red boy-wolf and his formidable witch head west to delve into the mysteries of the past—but they aren’t the only ones desperate for answers.

**ARC provided in exchange for an honest review**

The recap at the beginning helps, but it still took me a couple of chapters to get back into the world and the characters. Once I did, I was fully into it. The story moves at a great pace, and even with 600 pages, there was never a dull moment.

In Red Gold, the story picks up as Velm recovers from months of upheaval, and Samson 714 Afador is sent west to the fog covered land of Tet in search of the legendary Sennenwolf weapon. Helisent West of Jaws joins him, and together they navigate not only the dangers of their mission but also the emotional questions around their future. Their bond deepens in such a meaningful way, and their character development continues to be one of the strongest parts of the series.

There is a good mix of everything here. Action, magic, mystery, character moments, and even some real suspense that kept me on the edge of my seat. The pacing felt strong and the unfolding mysteries kept me fully engaged. Also, the side characters also really stand out. They each bring something meaningful to the story and help build out the world in a way that feels natural.

One of the most original fantasy series I have read, and Red Gold is a strong and satisfying addition to it. I am really impressed by how the story keeps expanding without losing its heart. I am looking forward to seeing how everything wraps up in the final book.

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Capes is the pseudonym for author TL Adamms.

Capes published her first book, Decagon, in January 2020. She looks to infuse a music festival vibe into adult fantasy fiction. All are welcome. The weirder, the better. Fuck outer space, let’s go to inter space.

Other things Capes likes: when people sing happy birthday to her in public, stuffed animals, real animals, balloons shaped like animals, Hikaru Kusakabe, and fake nails.

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Cover Reveal: North Ridge series by Karina Halle

2025-08-16T00:12:00.005+03:00

WELCOME TO NORTH RIDGE.

WHERE LOST HEARTS ARE FOUND.

🔥 Wild Card – Second chance romance with the cowboy who broke her heart

❄️ Maverick – Fast burn boss and employee romance set in the heart of a mountain rescue team

🔥 Hot Shot – Friends to lovers with years of longing and a whole lot of heat

Set in the rugged wilderness of North Ridge, British Columbia, this steamy contemporary romance trilogy follows the three Nelson brothers as they find love against the backdrop of Canada’s wild mountains and dangerous professions.

The Nelson men are cut from the same cloth—alpha heroes shaped by hard work, dangerous jobs, and the unforgiving landscape they call home. Cowboy Shane manages the family’s Ravenswood Ranch with unwavering determination, while his brother Maverick lives life on the edge as a search and rescue specialist who thrives on adrenaline and risk. The youngest, Fox, battles both wildfires and inner demons as a hotshot firefighter who parachutes into danger.

Each brother’s journey to love reflects their character: Shane must overcome past mistakes to reclaim his childhood sweetheart Rachel Waters after six years of separation and regret. Maverick’s walls crumble when American newcomer Riley Clarke joins his rescue team, forcing him to confront his fear of commitment while navigating their explosive chemistry (ahem, involving *ropes*) in life-threatening situations. Fox discovers that his salvation lies not in fighting fires, but in the steady love of his best friend Delilah Gordon, who has carried a torch for him since childhood. (Oh, and a squirrel called Conan).

The series weaves together themes of redemption, brotherhood, and the healing power of love, exploring how three very different relationships—second chance, boss/employee, and friends-to-lovers—can flourish in a setting where survival depends on strength, courage, and trust. From ranch work to mountain rescues to wildfire battles, the Nelson brothers prove that the most dangerous territory isn’t the wilderness around them, but the unexplored terrain of their own hearts.

NOTE: This series was previously published in 2017 where each book became instant USA Today bestsellers! On August 15th 2025, the trilogy is getting new life with new covers, updated content (including an extra chapter in Wild Card), content warnings, new formatting, and is going into KU for the first time ever. You can read each book as a standalone as they revolve around a different couple and their hard-won HEAs, however if you want to read in order it goes: Wild Card, Maverick and Hot Shot.

Six years ago, Shane Nelson shattered my heart in front of half the town.

Now I'm back in the idyllic hamlet of North Ridge where everyone knows your name, hoping if I keep my head down and tend to my ailing mother, the past won't catch up to me.

But Shane's everywhere I look.

He's the rugged foreman of Ravenswood Ranch now—all work-rough hands, amber eyes, and that slow cowboy drawl that used to make me weak in the knees. He still looks at me like I'm the only woman in the world, even though he's the one who told me I meant nothing to him.

It shouldn't matter anymore--I came home to save my mother, not to fall back into bed with the man who destroyed me.

But Shane remembers things differently than I do.

He says there are things I don't know. Secrets that changed everything. He says he never stopped loving me—that he's been dying without me for six years.

I say he's a liar and a coward.

He says he'll prove me wrong.

Wild Card is a second-chance, small-town cowboy romance about the love that survives even when everything else burns down.

Forget playing it safe.

John “Maverick” Nelson likes to live his life on the edge – literally. A crucial member of the search and rescue team in the mountainous British Columbian town of North Ridge, Maverick’s brash and bold attitude means he’s the first one to ascend into danger, no matter the risk.

When it comes to women, though, Maverick errs on the side of caution. For all his cocky charm, rugged good looks and sexual swagger, he remains as unreachable as the surrounding peaks. Hot, wild sex? He’ll tell you there’s no better way to spend a cold, wintry night. Relationships? He’d rather freeze.

That is until he lays his eyes on American Riley Clarke. Trading in the crippling expenses of Aspen for BC, Riley is North Ridge’s newest member of their search and rescue team and the only woman on the job, which means spending a lot of time with Mav in adrenaline-pumping situations.

With the chemistry between them hot enough to melt snow, keeping their hands off each other is detriment to the success of their team. Besides, Maverick’s her boss and she didn’t work her ass off in Colorado just to throw it all away for some mind-blowing sex.

But when the worst winter in years sweeps in, Riley and Maverick will have to battle the elements along with their attraction for each other. And if either of them slip up, both of them will be in for a deep freeze.

Maverick is a fast-burn, boss/employee romance set against the wild and dangerous backdrop of search and rescue. The second book in the USA Today Bestselling North Ridge series, featuring the rough and rugged Nelson brothers and the fierce love that tames their wild hearts.

I've been in love with Fox Nelson since I was young.

Everyone knows it too. My friends, my family, half the town of North Ridge—they all know about my hopeless crush on the moody, rugged mountain man next door.

Everyone except Fox himself.

And maybe that's for the best. Because Fox Nelson is a wildland firefighter who jumps out of planes into burning forests for a living. He's dangerous, damaged, and way out of my league.

But lately, something's changed.

Fox isn't looking at me like a friend anymore. He's looking at me like a man looks at a woman he wants. And when he touches me—those skilled, rough hands lingering just a little too long—it doesn't feel friendly at all.

I tell myself it doesn't mean anything.

He tells himself the same thing.

But when the summer heat becomes unbearable and we're thrown together more than ever, the line between friendship and something deeper starts to blur.

Fox says he's not good for me. That his demons are too dark, his job too dangerous.

I say I'm tired of being treated like I'm made of glass.

He says I don't know what I'm asking for.

I say I'm about to show him exactly what I want.

Because I have one more secret Fox doesn't know about—one that will change everything between us.

And I'm finally ready to tell him.

Hot Shot is a childhood friends-to-lovers, angsty, emotional rollercoaster romance set against the dangerous backdrop of smoke jumpers. The third book in the USA Today Bestselling North Ridge series, featuring the rough and rugged Nelson brothers and the fierce love that tames their wild hearts.

Meet Karina:

Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.

Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.

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Book Blitz - Excerpt & Giveaway - Wolfsbane Hall by Hazel St. Lewis

2025-08-02T17:00:00.000+03:00

Wolfsbane Hall

Hazel St. Lewis

Publication date: August 13th 2025

Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller

Phantom meets Clue:

She’s forced to murder to survive—until it’s her turn to die.

At Wolfsbane Hall, a secretive 1930s San Francisco murder mystery club, actress Celestine Sinclair plays a deadly role: executing victims who can only return to life once their murders are solved. Haunted by guilt yet bound by unwavering loyalty, she obeys the orders of the Specter—the club’s unseen mastermind and source of its magic.

But when his nemesis seizes control and poisons her, the game changes. The only way to survive? Solve the night’s mystery and unmask the Specter—an identity that has remained hidden for centuries. Even worse, the three prime suspects are the men closest to her: her lover, her enemy, and her best friend. One of them has betrayed her, and she has only hours left to uncover the truth.

The clock is ticking, the stakes are fatal, and this time, death will last forever.

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Celestine Sinclair hated being a murderer.

She hated blood dripping through her fingertips and clumping in her hair. She hated watching poison devour a body, and the feeling of her hands stretching around a slender throat.

Everything about murder was ghastly, but if she had to choose, her favorite way to kill was suffocation with a pillow while a person was drugged and unconscious. It was two and a half minutes of hell—hell she deserved for the act—but at least it was quiet and didn’t leave a mess.

Celestine loathed messes.

Unfortunately, the very nature of her profession required much more theatrical deaths. The audience didn’t come to Wolfsbane Hall to watch, as they put it, dull and tedious deaths; no, like vultures, the rich, pompous pricks wanted carnage.

They wanted a show.

So, Celestine Sinclair would give them one. That was her one objective as an actress at the infamous nightclub: show above all else.

Show above one’s own sanity.

“You’re wasting time,” said a voice forged from darkness, twisting from the room’s shadows. It was glazed in honeyed whiskey. Sweet yet potent.

The Specter—the magical and mysterious owner of Wolfsbane Hall, the glittering palace at the edge of San Francisco, filled with as much mystery as magnificence. It was a place patrons became a part of a murder mystery show. Glitter, grandeur, and witchcraft were laced into every inch of the manor, interwoven into a tapestry of entertainment.

“You must prepare for your next murder,” the Specter said as a whisper in her ear, darkness twirling and cloaking her from the patrons meandering into the Grand Ballroom—the club’s showroom.

“I know, Specter,” Celestine breathed.

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Hazel St. Lewis is a Northern California-based Romantasy author. Diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age, she struggled to read and write, but fantasy stories inspired her to start storytelling. Unfortunately, now, she is a little too obsessed with morally gray characters. When she isn’t writing, she can be found playing with her hoard of cats (too many to count…it’s a problem), singing songs to said cats, or painting.

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Cover Reveal - Song of the Heart Scale (The Dragon’s Ballad 3) by Karina Espinosa

2025-08-01T15:53:00.000+03:00

Title: Song of the Heart Scale (The Dragon’s Ballad 3)

Author: Karina Espinosa

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Cover Designer: Covers by Christian

Publication Date: Aug. 22, 2025

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You’d think surviving dragons, doppelgänger drama, and a fated twin flame bond would earn a girl a break—but no, not in Elaria.

I’m Cat, and I’ve officially hit the third act of my fantasy nightmare. There’s famine sweeping the land, war brewing like a badly-timed sequel, and—plot twist!—Damien Drakonar, the infuriatingly hot dragon prince I may or may not love, is now facing off against his own brother, Crown Prince Thorne. Yeah. Family dinners are awkward.

Oh, and did I mention the whole “I’ve been promised to another” situation? Because nothing says “happily ever after” like a surprise royal engagement and a kingdom on the verge of collapse.

As swords clash and secrets surface, I’m stuck between two worlds—my old life in L.A., with takeout and traffic, or this new one where I might just help shape the fate of an entire realm… and maybe even find my own. But choosing love over everything? That’s a risk even Hollywood couldn’t choreograph.

This is it—the final battle, the last song. So buckle up. Things are about to get dragon-level dramatic.

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Karina Espinosa is the Urban Fantasy Author of the Mackenzie Grey novels and The Last Valkyrie series. An avid reader throughout her life, the world of Urban Fantasy easily became an obsession that turned into a passion for writing strong leading characters with authentic story arcs. When she isn't writing badass heroines, you can find this self-proclaimed nomad in her South Florida home binge watching the latest series on Netflix or traveling far and wide for the latest inspiration for her books. Follow her on social media!

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Double Cover Reveal - Marigold by Brooke Harper

2025-07-31T20:52:00.009+03:00

Title: Marigold

Author: Brooke Harper

Genre: Modern Regency, Omegaverse

Cover Designer: Angela Haddon

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Publication Date: Early 2026

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Brooke Harper creates dark and sexy worlds for her characters to play. A lover of strong coffee and old tombstones, she spins dark tales of sex and sin, pain and passion, and misery and madness that’ll have you flipping the pages and begging for more.

Dark Contemporary pen name of Harper A. Brooks.

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Release Blitz for Until Presley by E.M. Shue

2025-07-18T17:04:00.000+03:00

Title: Until Presley

A Happily Ever Alpha World Novel

Author: E.M. Shue

Publisher: Boom Factory Publishing, LLC

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Age Gap/OTT Alpha/Insta Love

Found Family/He Falls First/Afraid to Commit

Release Date: July 18, 2025

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Award-winning author E.M. Shue returns with another installment in the Happily Ever Alpha World, created by USA Today and New York Times best-selling author Aurora Rose Reynolds.

Ham Martinez never expected a traffic confrontation to change his life.

When a sexy little blonde cuts him off and blows him a kiss, Ham assumes it’s just a playful invitation. But the moment he looks into her eyes, everything shifts. She’s his. He doesn’t care that her sole focus is her doctoral studies. Ham is determined to prove that he’s her future and the one she can trust with her heart.

Presley Blanchard has one goal. Earn her doctorate and finally gain her father’s approval.

She also wants to avoid her cruel stepsister, who finds great joy in bullying her. But when Presley accidentally cuts off a black lifted Jeep, she apologizes with a pucker of her lips, thinking that’s the end of it. She never expects the driver to chase after her, or for him to be a tall, sexy, alpha male who won’t leave her alone. He promises to make her his priority, something she’s craved for a very long time. Giving Ham a chance and losing her heart wasn’t in her plans, but now she can’t imagine a life without him.

When Presley catches the attention of a deadly enemy, Ham will stop at nothing to protect her. As the danger surrounding Presley grows, their love will be tested by the deadly waters threatening to tear them apart. Ham and Presley will have to fight through the darkness to dive into their BOOM, no matter what stands in their way.

If you loved Until Hanna, you won’t be able to put down Until Presley.

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Writer, wife, mother of three girls, grandma to two beautiful grand-daughters, doggie mom to one, and doggie grandma to five. This multi-published award-winning author likes her whiskey Irish, her chocolate dark and her hockey hard hitting. She’s an avid reader and you can find her Kindle packed full of all sub-genres of romance. When she isn’t writing action-adventure, dark-mafia, suspense, MC, and strong woman she’s spending time with her family exploring Alaska.

She’s currently writing several series and stand-alones in multiple sub-genres of romance but all are hot & steamy and action-packed.

Four of her books have won the Colorado RWA Beverley contest, Sniper’s Kiss in 2018 for Suspense, Angel’s Kiss in 2019 for Contemporary, Accidentally Noah in 2020 for Suspense, and Zeke's Choice in 2021 for Suspense, while many others were finalists in this same contest.

E.M.’s favorite saying is don’t piss her off she’ll write you into a book and kill you off in a new and gory way.

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Aurora Rose Reynolds and her husband, Sedaka Reynolds, created Boom Factory Publishing to use their experiences to expand and promote upcoming and existing indie authors.

With over five years in the industry, and millions of books sold worldwide, we know what it takes to become a successful author and we will use this knowledge to take our authors to the next level.

“As a successful hybrid author in this ever evolving industry, I know that you’re only as successful as the team that is promoting you!” – Aurora Rose Reynolds

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Release Blitz for Wicked Pickle by JJ Knight

2025-07-18T16:10:00.000+03:00

Title: Wicked Pickle

A Pickleverse Standalone

Author: JJ Knight

Genres: Romantic Comedy/Biker Romance

Tropes: Curvy Heroine/Bad Boy, Biker Bar

Blackmailed Wedding Date

Release Date: July 18, 2025

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Girlfriends, I’ve really done it this time.

I’m a bridesmaid at a bachelorette party, minding my own business at a local bar after doing six shots of Fireball, when I realize I need to pee. In size small Spanx.

I’m a large.

While I wrestle with my white-spandex belly-smasher in the only bathroom, I’m holding up the whole bar from relieving itself.

When the broody, tatted-up owner breaks down the door, thinking maybe I’ve alcohol-poisoned myself into the afterlife, my drink-addled brain decides to revisit the karate I learned around third grade.

But I misfire my karate kick and hook a thigh around his waist. Then, the sexy rock skull chains hanging off his belt snag my Spanx.

We’re stuck.

Junk to junk.

My best friend, the bride, holds back the bar room paparazzi and promises to snip us apart on one condition:

This hottie biker bad boy has to be my date at her wedding.

Friends, this is the start of one wicked love story.

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WICKED PICKLE is a romantic comedy about a down-on-love, dumpling-loving bridesmaid who ends up taking the outcast member of the Pickle family deep into the belly of the biggest Pickle wedding this side of the Mississippi.

Diesel’s story is part of the Top 100 bestselling Pickleverse, and includes the wedding of Rhett and Bailey from Juicy Pickle, but truly, you don’t need to read any of the other books before this one. You can start your crazy adventure with the Pickle family right here.

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JJ Knight is the USA Today and Amazon Top 100 bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic comedy including Single Dad on Top and Big Pickle.

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Cover & Excerpt Reveal - HIDE & SEEK by Willow Dixon

2025-07-17T16:15:00.000+03:00

HIDE & SEEK

Silvercrest U - Book Two

by Willow Dixon

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Release Date: August 14, 2025

Cover Design: Lori Jackson Design

Photographer: Michelle Lancaster

Model: Anthony Patamisi

Genre: M/M Romance Standalone

Tropes: Strangers to lovers, opposites attract, stalking, first times, some forced proximity, hurt/comfort, lots of primal play, mild CNC, outdoor and public fun, voyeurism/exhibitionism, protective MC, morally ambiguous heroes, not-so-secret societies, high Heat and lots of spicy times

Synopsis

Jax
It was supposed to be an easy job: keep an eye on Myles until I’m sure he’s not a threat to us, then forget he exists and go back to living my life.
But the more I observe him, the more I realize that Myles is unlike anyone I’ve ever known, and toying with him is just as much fun as watching him. I want things from him I’ve never wanted before, and the more I watch him, the more I’m sure he wants them too.
He just doesn’t want to want them.
Then someone threatens his life, and instead of letting things play out, I step in and help him. That moment changes everything, and I vow to do everything I can to keep him safe, and make sure that whoever is after him pays for daring to touch him.
Watching Myles might have started out as a job, but now it’s an obsession. He’s the only person who’s ever made me feel anything, and once I set my sights on him, I’ll do whatever it takes to make him mine.
Ready or not, here I come.

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I don’t see anyone as I lock up my room, then race down the back stairs like my shoes are on fire. I have no idea what’s gotten into me or why I’m suddenly acting so recklessly, but I feel nothing but anticipation and excitement as the back door of the dorm bangs shut behind me, and I step out into the cool evening air.
The area around me is clear, but that familiar sensation of having eyes on me is back, and instead of turning around and going right back up to my room like a sane person, I jog toward the trees.
It’s nearly dusk now, and the woods are eerily quiet. I’m almost at the path when a figure melts out of the shadows and grabs me around the waist.
I let out a pathetic squeal as he yanks me against his body, and my breath catches as he holds me tight, one arm around my middle and one hand loosely wrapped around my throat.
My entire body glitches out for a second as fear and excitement mix together, creating an incredible buzz that feels like being high, and I’m overwhelmed by not just his presence, but the weight of what I’ve just invited to happen.
I didn’t get a good look at him before he seemed to materialize out of nowhere, but he’s once again clad head to toe in fitted black clothes with an oversized hood obscuring his face. He’s warm and solid behind me, and his hands are rough and lightly calloused. Everything about him screams danger, but the faint scent of apple shampoo and spicy cologne that surrounds us is weirdly calming.
“Think really hard before you answer,” a low, raspy voice says in my ear. “Are you sure you want to do this? If you run and try to hide from me, I will find you. But I won’t just find you.”
I swallow at the implication. He could be saying that he’ll hurt me, but my instincts are telling me he means something completely different. Something I’ve not only dreamed about but have spent way too many hours thinking about. Something I’ve never told anyone because I know they’ll never look at me the same if they find out what I’m truly into.
But this isn’t a fantasy. This is real life. He’s giving me an out. Too bad I’m not smart enough to take it.
“I understand,” I croak as more adrenaline pours into my veins.
He loosens his grip on me and drops his hand from my neck. “Twenty, nineteen, eighteen—”
It takes a second to process that this is really happening, then I dart out of his arms and race away from him as he continues his countdown.
I’ve spent enough time wandering around the woods since I started school that I don’t think twice about veering off the path and running deeper into the forest.
The ground is uneven beneath my feet as I duck under low-hanging branches and run around fallen trees. My footfalls are way too loud, and my breathing is already harsh, but I don’t dare slow down.
I’m so focused on trying to get away that I’m not watching my feet, and I trip over an exposed root. I instinctively bite my lip to silence my cry of surprise and desperately grab at the tree in front of me so I don’t face-plant on the forest floor.
It’s not pretty or graceful, but I manage to stay on my feet, my heart racing as even more adrenaline floods my system. The near silence that surrounds me, punctuated by my harsh breaths and racing heart, makes me pause.
Is he done counting? Has he started looking for me yet?
“Ready or not,” a raspy voice calls from my left.
I whirl toward the voice and scan the trees, but there’s no sign of him. A jolt of panic mixes with the adrenaline still flowing through me, and I can’t tell if I’m terrified, excited, or both.
“Here I come,” the voice says. He’s closer now. But I still can’t see him.
Rather than stick around and wait to be found, I take off again. I’m running blind, and I have no idea which direction I’m headed in or where I am, but that doesn’t stop me from racing deeper into the woods.
Before my parents got rich, we lived on a semi-isolated plot of land surrounded by forest. I spent my childhood playing there, and I’m as comfortable out here as I am when I wander around my old hometown.
I thought that would give me at least a bit of an advantage over him, but I can already hear the echo of footsteps behind me, heavy and steady as he closes in on me.
More excitement joins my fear as I try to lose him, taking what I hope are unpredictable turns as I jump over fallen logs and dodge around rocks.
I toss a quick look over my shoulder and almost stumble when I see a dark silhouette in the trees about twenty feet behind me. Digging one foot into the ground, I do a quick pivot to change directions and slip between a cluster of trees, then take another hard turn and run toward a pile of moss-covered rocks, tossing another glance over my shoulder to see if I’ve managed to shake him.
I don’t see or hear him, and pride settles in my chest as I dive behind the rocks and press myself against them. I’m breathing hard, but not from exertion. I’ve barely covered any ground, but the fear and adrenaline from being chased are tightening my chest and making my heart race like I just finished doing uphill wind sprints.
The snap of a twig in the distance catches my attention, and I put both hands over my mouth to try and quiet my breathing.
Did he hear me? Is he closing in on me again?
What’s he planning when he catches me?
My cheeks and neck flush hot, and my entire body tightens. I’m crazy. There’s no other explanation for why I’m doing this—or why I like it so much.
What the fuck is wrong with me that being chased through the woods by a stranger who’s been stalking me is the most exciting thing I’ve ever experienced? What does it say about me that instead of being terrified, my dick is half hard?

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What can I say about myself? It’s kind of like being the new kid in school and being asked to tell everyone a bit about yourself. Anyone else forget everything they’ve ever liked, thought of, and even their name in those moments?

A few facts about me; I’m a veteran, I’m Canadian, and I love books! I’ve been writing my own stories since I was eight and wrote my first novel at sixteen. I’m the first to admit those attempts weren’t my best work, but they started me on a journey of creating stories that has led me to fulfilling my dream of becoming an author. I’ve written and published in several genres under different names, but MM is by far my favorite, and I’m so happy to be able to share my stories with people today.

I currently live on Canada’s east coast with my kiddo and my cats. I have a shoe collecting addiction, and I enjoy taking long walks, discussions with friends, and reading anything and everything I can get my hands on.

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Book Blitz - Excerpt & Giveaway - Finding Charlie by Jess Allen

2025-05-09T11:51:00.000+03:00

Finding Charlie

Jess Allen

Publication date: May 6th 2025

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Charlotte Evans has never belonged. Her entire existence has been one wrong turn after another. When faced with a hard look at her future, she decides to change her fate. Desperate to not be the reason her boyfriend doesn’t pursue his dreams, she takes off in search of her own.

Ten years later, at the height of his baseball career, Liam “The Rocket” Hayes has it all. Fame, fortune, and he’s finally stopped pining for the lost girlfriend from his youth. But when coincidence leads him straight to her, Liam gets more than he bargained for, including a ten-year-old son.

In a story about first loves and second chances, follow Charlotte and Liam as they find their way back to each other, one pitch at a time.

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EXCERPT:

For the rest of her life, whenever she closed her eyes, she’d see Liam’s face at that moment. Hurt and fury blended into anguish, his face twisted and eyes cold. Eyebrows narrowed in disdain.

“Hey there,” Jack said from behind her. He stuck his hand out to Liam. “I’m Jack, and you are?”

Liam didn’t acknowledge him or his offer of a handshake. Instead, he turned and walked away from Charlie. She watched as he got into his car and peeled out of the parking lot, disappearing from sight. She watched the space where he stood, as if watching would bring him back.

“Charlie, you look like you saw a ghost.” Jack moved in front of her, putting his hands on her shoulders. “You all right? Who was that?”

Her face fell, the weight of what she’d done bearing down on her. She wanted to crash to her knees and let the heaviness blanket her until she couldn’t feel it anymore.

“Hey, let’s get home,” Jack pleaded gently.

“Go ahead,” she said, her voice barely a whisper. “I’ll meet you there. I just …I need a minute.”

Questions plagued Jack’s face, but he didn’t object.

The stars kept shining; the crickets continued to chirp. Families hugged their kids for a job well done and piled into cars to go home. Time passed, crowds dispersed. She waved off the coach when he told her he was shutting down the lights. The world moved on unaffected while Charlie’s carefully built life crashed and burned around her. She found herself on the pitcher’s mound, her bare legs covered in goosebumps despite the late summer heat.

She screamed into the night sky. She stomped and kicked at the dirt. Dust billowed around her like a tornado. She flailed her arms and pounded her feet while ugly tears slid down her cheeks. Why? What will happen now? Bile rose in her throat, and her heart pounded so hard she thought it might burst.

Impossible questions throttled her, which only made her cry harder. What-ifs circled her like vultures. She thought of Matty and their wonderful life with Ada and Sam. What would she tell them? She plopped to the ground and pulled her knees to her chest. She wanted to curl into a ball and sleep. Every muscle in her body ached with exhaustion. The emotional turmoil of the evening finally catching up to her. She longed to be held, to smell Rachel’s lavender perfume as she held her close.

Tires in the gravel lot startled her out of her misery, and she watched as Liam climbed out of the driver’s seat and strode toward her.

Author Bio:

Jess Allen is an avid reader and has been writing since she was a child. She loves romance novels and psychological thrillers. She loves to talk books, Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars. You can find her on instagram: jesswritesromance

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