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SERIES BLITZ – Fallen Brook Series by Jennilynn Wyer

Fallen Brook Series

Author: Jennilynn Wyer

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Friends to Lovers/Second Chance

Small Town/Sports Romance

#1 All Our Next Times

“One of the boys I have loved since I was six years old is in front of me, declaring his heart to mine, trusting that I won’t break it.”

In this captivating romance, the lines of love are blurred, and every decision has a consequence. For Elizabeth Fairchild, choosing between her three best friends becomes a life-altering decision that changes everything.

When I was a young girl, I met Jayson, Julien, and Ryder, and they became my world. As we grew older, feelings changed, and our friendships became… complicated. Falling in love with your best friend was hard enough. Falling in love with two of them? It had disaster written all over it.

Every love story had a beginning. But was mine worth the risk?

Told with raw emotion, All Our Next Times is a story about the power of love, friendship, and the choices we make. With unforgettable characters and a gripping plot, you won’t be able to put this book down.

GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124944731-all-our-next-times

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Reviews for All our Next Times

“WOW! I need more. Everything about this series is addicting. I need to know what happens next. Highly recommend!” – Just One More Chapter

“With the pages filled with betrayal, lies of omission, and secrets, All Our Next Times made for some very compulsive reading. And that ending?!!! OMG!!” – LL Meyer, romance author of the Worlds Collide Series

“I was not prepared for that ending. Omg!! This is a beautiful love story that will make you cry and gasp out loud…The author does a fantastic job keeping you interested throughout. Then bam!! It’s like, holy crap, that ending was crazy, and now I have to read the next one.” – L. Aquila, romance author of Fleeting Time and The Layla Duet

Reader’s Note: All Our Next Times is Book 1 in the Fallen Brook Series, a steamy, friends-to-lovers, New Adult romance full of angst and emotion. It is told in multiple POVs and ends with a shocking cliffhanger. Contains mature content and scenes that may be triggering. Please check TWs located in the front matter of the book. Recommended for mature readers.

#2 Paper Stars Rewritten

Paper Stars Rewritten is the heart-pounding second installment of the Fallen Brook Series.

It’s funny how life plays out sometimes. I think the ancient Greeks had it right with their belief that the Fates controlled everyone’s destinies. Those fickle Fate b*tches. They’ve been pulling the strings of my life and tying them into twisted knots since the day I met Jayson, Ryder, and Julien.

It’s been over a year since I saw them. A year after everything was taken from me. But I’m not the same girl I was before. I’m not the same girl they remember.

If life offered you a second chance at love, how hard would you fight to claim it? My love story just got rewritten.

Reviews for Paper Stars Rewritten

“Can I give more than 5 stars? If so I would. WOW!! I thought Book 1 “All Our Next Times” was fantastic… This one has surpassed my heart and broke it in two.” – Stephanie’s Reviews

“WOW!! This book was better than the first! I need more. Everything about this series is addicting.” – Just One More Chapter

“I was hooked from the very beginning. If I thought book 1 was an emotional rollercoaster ride, I’m not sure what to say about this one.” – BookNerdzRule

Reader’s Note: Paper Stars Rewritten is Book 2 in the Fallen Brook Series, a steamy, friends-to-lovers, New Adult romance full of angst and emotion. It is told in multiple POVs and ends on a cliffhanger. Contains mature content and scenes that may be triggering. Please check TWs located in the front matter of the book. Recommended for mature readers.

GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124944738-paper-stars-rewritten

PURCHASE LINKS

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#3 Broken Butterfly.

Broken Butterfly is the heart-pounding conclusion of the Fallen Brook Series.

One man will claim her. One man will own her heart. One man will save her. And one man will break her.

*Fallon*

Elizabeth has always been my obsession. My fascination. She was the light to my dark. When her life exploded once again, she came running to me for help. Stupid girl.

You see, I have a secret. One that could destroy her. Elizabeth thinks she’s broken. She thinks I can help fix her. She doesn’t realize that I am as broken as she is.

She doesn’t realize that I am the villain in her love story.

Reviews of Broken Butterfly

“This series ripped my heart out. I don’t think I’ve ever read one that affected me like this one did.” – Amazon reviewer

“This is love like nothing that I have ever read. Original, complex, emotional and amazing…This story is a journey of the best kind.” – Sharon, reviewer

“Speechless!! Thank you, Jennilynn, for writing one of the best series I have ever read. I fell in love with each and every character. The story was filled with love, heartbreak, happiness, hope and second chances. This third and final book to the series was perfect! I’m not going to lie, the ending broke me in more ways than one. I have a book hangover after this!” – Julie David

Reader’s Note: Broken Butterfly is Book 3 and the conclusion of the Fallen Brook Series, a steamy, friends-to-lovers, New Adult romance full of angst and emotion. It is told in multiple POVs. Contains mature content and scenes that may be triggering. Please check TWs located in the front matter of the book. Recommended for mature readers.

GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124944747-broken-butterfly

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AUTHOR BIO

Jennilynn Wyer is a Rudy Award-winning author of Romantic Suspense and a three-time Contemporary Romance Writers Stiletto Finalist. She writes steamy, New Adult romances as well as dark reverse harem romances. She also pens YA romances under J.L. Wyer. Jennilynn is a sassy Southern belle who lives a real-life friends-to-lovers trope with her blue-eyed British husband. When not writing, she’s nestled in her favorite reading spot, e-reader in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, enjoying the latest romance novel.

AUTHOR LINKS

Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/jennilynnwyer 

Website: https://www.jennilynnwyer.com 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JennilynnWyerRomanceAuthor 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JennilynnWyer 

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jennilynnwyer 

TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@jennilynnwyer 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20502667.Jennilynn_Wyer 

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/author/jennilynnwyer 

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/jennilynn-wyer 

Audiobooks: https://www.jennilynnwyer.com/audiobooks 

Verve Romance: https://ververomance.com/app/JennilynnWyer

NEW RELEASE – Grease Monkey (Not Suitable for Work #1) by Vari Scott

Title: Grease Monkey

Series: Not Suitable for Work #1

Author: Vari Scott

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Second Chance/Friends to Enemies to Lovers

Release Date: April 22, 2023

BLURB

I want a second chance at winning his heart… He wants a second chance at breaking mine.

Morgana

I should never have fallen for the playboy next door, but even after seven years my heart still beats for Teddy Grant.

The ring on my finger says otherwise.

When fate throws us together again, I can tell Teddy despises me and the family-approved fiance I’m bound to. I don’t blame him—after all, how was he to know why I had to give him up?

Now the eyes that once shone bright for me burn with a hatred so fierce, I wilt under its intensity.

But his blazing fury is about to rekindle a passion I’ve never been able to resist…

Teddy

She’s here. In my city, at my work, making me feel things I long thought were dead and buried.

The one that got away.

But even with that shiny rock on her finger, I know Morgana’s still mine. I know every flush of her skin and bite of that perfect lip is for me. She craves me, the way I still crave her. 

And I hate it.

When Morgana broke me, the man she left in her wake is no longer the boy she said she loved.

She made a mistake by coming here. One I’m going to relish. After all, what’s a few more mistakes between exes?

GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123025117-grease-monkey

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AUTHOR BIO

Vari Scott is a British author of indecently decent romance. When she’s not writing spicy stories with dirty talking men and sassy ladies, while her two pugs snooze under her table, she is reading them instead.

AUTHOR LINKS

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/variscottwrites 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/variscottwrites 

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/varissultrysquad

RELEASE BLITZT – Undertaking Love (Last Responders Romance #2) by Megan Montgomery

Title: Undertaking Love
Series: Last Responders Romance #2
Author: Megan Montgomery

Genre: Steamy Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Grumpy/Sunshine
Release Date: April 25, 2023

BLURB

When Bethany West swapped her lucrative modeling career for her dream job as a funeral director, she expected to blow the roof off the Victorian-era mortuary with her eco-friendly innovations and death positive attitude. Instead she’s only managed to piss off her bitter business partner, George Smythe, a man dead set on maintaining the status quo and driving Bethany out of his family business.

The worst part is pretending she doesn’t have feelings for the grump in the gray suit—a man so rigid, he probably has embalming fluid surging through his veins.

When the pair are forced together at a conference in New Orleans, Bethany finally gets the chance to exhume what’s really buried beneath George’s ice-cold contempt for the living.
Little by little, he lets her dig.
Soon enough, he starts to recognize not only the value of her business model, but an intense and dangerous attraction to the blonde bombshell mortician.

But the truth behind George’s past is worse than Bethany suspected. Unless he opens up and leans on her—at the risk of succumbing to their cremation-level attraction—he’ll jeopardize both the business and their hearts by refusing the true partnership they both need.

GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62068732-undertaking-love

STORYGRAPH LINK: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7e5345f2-bec4-49ca-b6e1-b435fe756416

PURCHASE LINKS

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#1 Morgue to Love – FREE for a limited time! (US only)

With her scalpel aimed straight at his heart, the last person Detective Waylon Wells expected to see in the morgue this morning was Soula, the woman who ghosted him after their one-night stand.

Dr. Smythe is the youngest (and for my money, the prettiest) Medical Examiner in Nashville, Tennessee, only I didn’t know it last night when she was between my legs and just Soula.

This morning, we meet again as our careers cross paths and if I wasn’t concentrating on not spilling my guts from the nasty fumes of this D.O.A., it’d be awkward as hell.

Our eyes meet over the autopsy table…
…ahem…
…cough…
…the autopsy table absolutely covered in melted, gooey human remains that are long past recognizable.

I open my mouth to speak. The name, Soula, is right there on my tongue.

Unfortunately, so is the stench—and taste of putrescine.When I wake up on a scratchy, tweed couch with a pounding headache, Soula’s handing me something steamy in a Dolly Parton mug. She’s just as beautiful in her light green scrubs as she was naked in my bed last night, but her expression is clear—She wants nothing more to do with me.

But I want everything to do with her.

This is a contemporary romance featuring high heat and graphic depictions of the dead–not occuring simultaneously.

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AUTHOR BIO

Megan Montgomery writes romance. Sometimes they’re funny. Sometimes they’re morbid, but all her characters have cool jobs. She and her husband, Johnathon Olavarria co-host Forced Proximity podcast, a romance book and movie club.

Her debut novel, Well… That Was Awkward, inspired by her homesickness for southern Maryland, was a Best Indie Book Award winner, IndieReader Discovery Award winner, a B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree, and a Page Turner Awards finalist.

She now lives halfway across the US on the prairie with her husband, son, and mom.


AUTHOR LINKS

Website: https://www.meganmontgomerywrites.com
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/megan-montgomery
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meganmontgomerywrites
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meganmontgomerywrites

RELEASE BLITZT – Undertaking Love (Last Responders Romance #2) by Megan Montgomery

Title: Undertaking Love
Series: Last Responders Romance #2
Author: Megan Montgomery

Genre: Steamy Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Grumpy/Sunshine
Release Date: April 25, 2023

BLURB

When Bethany West swapped her lucrative modeling career for her dream job as a funeral director, she expected to blow the roof off the Victorian-era mortuary with her eco-friendly innovations and death positive attitude. Instead she’s only managed to piss off her bitter business partner, George Smythe, a man dead set on maintaining the status quo and driving Bethany out of his family business.

The worst part is pretending she doesn’t have feelings for the grump in the gray suit—a man so rigid, he probably has embalming fluid surging through his veins.

When the pair are forced together at a conference in New Orleans, Bethany finally gets the chance to exhume what’s really buried beneath George’s ice-cold contempt for the living.
Little by little, he lets her dig.
Soon enough, he starts to recognize not only the value of her business model, but an intense and dangerous attraction to the blonde bombshell mortician.

But the truth behind George’s past is worse than Bethany suspected. Unless he opens up and leans on her—at the risk of succumbing to their cremation-level attraction—he’ll jeopardize both the business and their hearts by refusing the true partnership they both need.

GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62068732-undertaking-love

STORYGRAPH LINK: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7e5345f2-bec4-49ca-b6e1-b435fe756416

PURCHASE LINKS

US: https://amzn.to/3ZP510e
UK: https://amzn.to/3nNYaXA
CA: https://amzn.to/3Mk2p7q
AU: https://amzn.to/4127KVd

Free in Kindle Unlimited


ALSO AVAILABLE

#1 Morgue to Love – FREE for a limited time! (US only)

With her scalpel aimed straight at his heart, the last person Detective Waylon Wells expected to see in the morgue this morning was Soula, the woman who ghosted him after their one-night stand.

Dr. Smythe is the youngest (and for my money, the prettiest) Medical Examiner in Nashville, Tennessee, only I didn’t know it last night when she was between my legs and just Soula.

This morning, we meet again as our careers cross paths and if I wasn’t concentrating on not spilling my guts from the nasty fumes of this D.O.A., it’d be awkward as hell.

Our eyes meet over the autopsy table…
…ahem…
…cough…
…the autopsy table absolutely covered in melted, gooey human remains that are long past recognizable.

I open my mouth to speak. The name, Soula, is right there on my tongue.

Unfortunately, so is the stench—and taste of putrescine.When I wake up on a scratchy, tweed couch with a pounding headache, Soula’s handing me something steamy in a Dolly Parton mug. She’s just as beautiful in her light green scrubs as she was naked in my bed last night, but her expression is clear—She wants nothing more to do with me.

But I want everything to do with her.

This is a contemporary romance featuring high heat and graphic depictions of the dead–not occuring simultaneously.

US: https://amzn.to/414WfMM
UK: https://amzn.to/3zyLMgH
CA: https://amzn.to/3Gn6NyJ
AU: https://amzn.to/3GmwoIe
Universal: https://bit.ly/3MkQyGd

AUTHOR BIO

Megan Montgomery writes romance. Sometimes they’re funny. Sometimes they’re morbid, but all her characters have cool jobs. She and her husband, Johnathon Olavarria co-host Forced Proximity podcast, a romance book and movie club.

Her debut novel, Well… That Was Awkward, inspired by her homesickness for southern Maryland, was a Best Indie Book Award winner, IndieReader Discovery Award winner, a B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree, and a Page Turner Awards finalist.

She now lives halfway across the US on the prairie with her husband, son, and mom.


AUTHOR LINKS

Website: https://www.meganmontgomerywrites.com
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/megan-montgomery
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meganmontgomerywrites
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meganmontgomerywrites

NEW RELEASE – Just Wanted You to Know (a Men of the Misfit Inn novella) by Kait Nolan

JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW

A Men of the Misfit Inn novella

Kait Nolan

Release Date: April 14

Livia Applewhite needs a change. Her awful boss has made the job she used to love a serious drag. On top of that, it seems everyone around her is paired off in romantic bliss. It’s enough to give a girl a complex. Hoping a change of scenery will give her new perspective, she sets off for a two-week trip to Tennessee to visit her favorite cousin.

It’s been more than a decade since Declan Callahan has thought about anything but being a dad. But when his extensive (and meddling) foster family wrangles him into a “chance” encounter with the first love he had to leave behind, he’s wise enough not to waste it. He’s got a long-overdue apology to make.

But as that apology opens a door long shut, Livia and Declan give in to the spell of nostalgia, basking as all those old feelings kindle anew. They’re fully grown now, with lives in different places. Will this brief encounter be enough to convince Livia to give the undeniable connection between them a real second chance?

Grab Your Copy!

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Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/just-wanted-you-to-know

Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=OwmqEAAAQBAJ

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1330325

Meet Kait Nolan:

Kait Nolan is a USA Today best selling, RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.

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RELEASE BLITZ – Can’t Take The Heat? by Hailey Shore

Can’t Take The Heat? by Hailey Shore is live!

All is fair in love…and food truck war.

OMG. It’s him! TV celebrity chef Antony Renard! And he wants my food truck falafels? Hard pass.

I’ve spent my whole life being judged by my dad. I don’t need another bossy/grumpy chef meddling in my food.

What’s he doing in Calico Cove anyway?

Oh, I bet he’s hiding out because of that viral video of him losing his cool at his fancy Michelin-starred restaurant. Talk about needing a timeout.

Also wow…it’s true. His eyes are, in fact, that blue! Not that I care about his eyes, or his wide shoulders or his beefy biceps. Or the way his eyes get dark when he looks at me. Like he wants way more from me than just my falafels.

Which makes no sense. We’re total opposites. He’s all about control and I go where the wind blows. Except now he’s challenging everything I ever thought I wanted in life.

When a runaway teenager shows up in town, reminding Antony and me about our own past, it changes the game for us. Because Antony is starting to make me believe in something again…Family.

Author’s Note: This is a slow burn, enemies to lovers romance with a found family that will make you feel all the feels. A hero with golden retriever energy who is also a little grumpy and a heroine who just can’t resist him. And I already mentioned the falafel. Because why not?

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Meet Hailey Shore.

Hailey Shore believes in hot coffee, cold wine and HEA’s. She is the combined talents of two besties who have been writing for over 20 years.

Connect with Hailey
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RELEASE BLITZ – Wed Like Wildfire by Lauren Helms

Wed Like Wildfire by Lauren Helms

Wedding planner, Cassie Winters can’t wait to find her own happily ever after, and when she meets wedding hater, Theo Abbot, she realizes she’s got her work cut out for her. Theo’s grumpy, set in his ways, and determined to never fall in love again, but the more time they spend together, the more Cassie begins to wonder if she can change Theo’s position on love. Fans of Claire Kingsley and Kaylee Ryan will adore WED LIKE WILDFIRE by Lauren Helms, a steamy, grumpy sunshine romance.

Blurb

Once upon a time, there was a grumpy CEO who met a wedding planner who never stopped smiling…

Cassie
You could say that I live and breathe weddings and love, and as a wedding planner, a happily ever after is the main event. So when I learn that Theo Abbot absolutely hates weddings, that should be my clue to run for the hills as fast as my sexy little black stilettos will take me.

But I digress.

I’m on the hunt for my own epic love story, one T-Swift herself could write a song about. Which means unavailable and seemingly uninterested CEOs are off limits. Even if the man oozes sex appeal and his grumpiness turns me to mush.

A little flirting never hurt anyone.

Theo
Cassie Winters shines so bright I need a pair of Ray-bans to look directly at her. Problem is, once I’ve set my eyes on her, I can’t seem to look away. The woman is a walking, talking promotion for all things love and happiness.

Hand me an antacid.

Counting, on one hand, the amount of times I’ve failed in my life, leaves me knowing I won’t ever do “love” again. I’m set in my ways and not even this sexy little spitfire could sweet talk me out of my decision to never get married.

Yet it only took one drink to derail that plan.

But, things aren’t always as they seem and when real life gets in the way of this fairy tale, we’re both forced to take a hard look at what we truly want.

Are we both ready to wed or is this a wildfire that’s about to burn out?

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Excerpt

Copyright 2023 @Lauren Helms

I spot Cassie immediately, in the corner, at a table for four. I wonder if she knows it will just be us. Taking advantage of the fact that she hasn’t noticed my arrival yet, I take a moment to study her. She sits tall, facing the entrance, looking at her phone. She seems to be scrolling through an app as her lips tip up and her eyes glitter as she looks at what’s on her screen. There is an untouched water in front of her, but her menu is closed.

The sheer happiness that radiates off this woman irritates me. I don’t know why, but as I approach the table, what tumbles out of my mouth is unexpected.

“Let me guess, you just took the most epic selfie ever and can’t wait to share it with all your followers?” My tone takes on a mocking tone and immediately I want to take it back. Damn I’m an asshole.

To her credit, she doesn’t even bat an eye at my rudeness. Her face turns up toward me and she smiles. “Well, good afternoon to you too, Mr. Abbot.” She puts her phone down on the table and gestures toward the seat across from her. “Please, have a seat.”

And I do, begrudgingly, because being around this woman causes me to not just be my normal grouchy self, but clearly a prick as well.

As I take my seat, she slides her phone into her bag that sits on the floor next to her chair.

I clear my throat, my attempt to shake myself out of my head. “Nora won’t be joining us. I assume you already know.”

Now this does give her pause. Her brows dip. “No, I didn’t know. She didn’t…” her voice trails as a faint ding from her phone sounds from below. In the few times I’ve seen this woman, I think this is the first time I’ve ever not seen a smile on her face. She studies her smartwatch, clearly reading the message that just came in, her elbows still propped elegantly on the table, as I watch her realize that it will just be us for lunch.

Her creased brows even and she plasters on a smile as she drops her hands to her lap. “Well, her timing could be improved, but you’re correct, she’s not joining us.”

I can’t stop myself before barking out a laugh. She tilts her head, her features dancing with happiness. I shut down my amusement at her words and offer a terse, “Excuse me.”

“No, that was enjoyable to watch. I didn’t know you had it in you, Mr. Abbot.”

I make the decision, in this moment, to put an end to the formalities. “Theo. Please, call me Theo.”

Her grin widens. “All right, Theo,” and just as expected, the sound of my name on her lips fucking gets to me. I shift in my seat as she continues.

“So tell me how I managed to get that laughter out of you moments ago? I get a feeling it’s not a commodity around you.”

“Nora has always waited until the last minute when it comes to communication over things that may cause contention. You’ve known her a short time and already know her tells.” I pick up the menu, though I already know what I will order.

“Ah, yes, well, I read people pretty quickly.” She shifts the menu slightly on the table in front of her, not picking it up.

“Yeah? What’s your read on me?” I don’t know why I ask. Glutton for punishment, I guess.

This time she lets out a laugh. “Let’s keep this lunch civil and not go there.”

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About Lauren Helms

Lauren Helms is a romance author her nerdy and flirty contemporary words. Lauren has forever been an avid reader from the beginning. After starting a book review website, that catapulted her fully into the book world, she knew that something was missing. While working for a video game strategy guide publisher, she decided to mix what she knew best–video games and romance. She decided to take the plunge and write her first novel, Level Me Up. Several published novels later, Lauren created PR company, Indie Pen PR, to help other authors promote their books.

Lauren lives in Indianapolis, Indiana sharing her love of books and video games with her own Gamer Boy husband and three young kid nerds who will hopefully grow up to share the love of things that united Lauren and her husband on their own happily ever after.

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COVER REVEAL – Too Young to Fall in Love (Burgers and Brew Crüe #7) by Lacey Black

Title: Too Young to Fall in Love
Series: Burgers and Brew Crüe #7
Author: Lacey Black

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Fake Relationship/Workplace Romance
Cover Design: Melissa Gill Designs
Photographer: Wander Aguiar Photography
Model: Chase Roback
Release Date: May 23, 2023

BLURB

Kellen

I love my job. Bartending is more than just serving drinks to customers at the hottest bar and restaurant in Stewart Grove. It’s the people I work with and those I meet along the way. I know how to have a good time. Just one flirty little grin and the ladies are like putty in my hands. But they know the score: I’m a one and done guy, not looking to ever fall into the trap of love.

Then, a sweet, gorgeous coworker needs help, and I find myself offering up more than I should.

With Cameron Wright temporarily living with me, pretending to be my girlfriend, the lines begin to blur fast. She’s in my space and I suddenly have free rein to hold and kiss her.

Helping her might very well be my downfall.

Cameron

I keep to myself. Despite working as a server at the popular gourmet burger joint, I make sure my eyes are always ahead, focused on the prize: make enough tips to pay off my debts. When you carry around this much guilt every day, the weight slowly starts to drag you down, but I’m determined. My past will not define me.

Until one day, that past returns and is ready to rekindle our old relationship.

Cocky playboy Kellen McGregor steps up, not only offering a place to stay, but also a way to put space between me and my ex. Problem is, in no time, I find I like being with him.

I just need to remember he’s not the forever kind of guy.

GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75363978-too-young-to-fall-in-love


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AUTHOR BIO

USA Today Bestselling Author Lacey Black is a Midwestern girl with a passion for reading, writing, and shopping. She carries her e-reader with her everywhere she goes so she never misses an opportunity to read a few pages. Always looking for a happily ever after, Lacey is passionate about contemporary romance novels and enjoys it further when you mix in a little suspense. She resides in a small town in Illinois with her husband, two children, and three rowdy chickens.


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NEW RELEASE – Parentmoon by LB Dunbar

💛 PARENTMOON by LB Dunbar 💛

Release Date: April 13th

💛 RECENT RELEASE 💛

PARENTMOON, by USA Today bestselling author LB Dunbar, is Available Now! This is a sexy silver fox standalone with one bed, shower shenanigans, and a romantic atmosphere that’s a little too tempting for this single mom in need of a vacation.

Grab your copy here!

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What to expect:

✔️Sexy single dad

✔️One bed

✔️Holiday getaway

✔️Opposites attract

BLURB:

When the divorced mother of the groom goes head-to-head with the single father of the bride, they might be the next couple experiencing a heart-to-heart.

When my son asked me to take his ticket for the honeymoon that didn’t happen, I balked. What would I do on a ten-day vacation in Belize? 

More importantly, what caused my son and the love of his life to call off their wedding?

I didn’t have an answer, and he wasn’t sharing

So, I’d traded places with him.

Over a week of sunshine and me-time was on the docket until he arrived.

Dallas Cole had silver in his beard, eyes the color of an ocean, and the most annoying drawl. And by annoying, I mean, thigh-clenching, heart-hammering, make me want to kiss him swagger.

Only, that’s something I would never do, because he’s the single father of the bride for the wedding that never was, and now, he’s encroaching on my parentmoon. 

One house. One bed. Not happening.

So what if he calls me darlin’ in that swoony voice. Not going there despite his smirky grin amongst the gray on his jaw. Not going to think about the fact he saw me naked . . . by accident.

Nope.

The former father of the bride will only be going head-to-head with this protective mother of the groom, not lips to lips, or any other body part. And definitely not heart to heart.

BLP REVIEW – T

Still reading – will be added ASAP. xx

Tropes: sexy silver fox; later-in-life; genXromance; one-bed; forced proximity; holiday destination; single dad; single mom; he falls first

ABOUT L.B. DUNBAR:

L.B. Dunbar loves sexy silver foxes, second chances, and small towns. If you enjoy older characters in your romance reads, including a hero with a little silver in his scruff and a heroine rediscovering her worth, then welcome to romance for those over 40. L.B. Dunbar’s signature works include women and men in their prime taking another turn at love and happily ever. She’s a USA TODAY Bestselling Author, as well as an Amazon Top 10 Later in Life Romance with her Lakeside Cottage and Road Trips & Romance series. L.B. lives in Chicago with her own sexy silver fox.

To get all the scoop about the self-proclaimed queen of silver fox romance, join her on Facebook at Loving L.B. or receive her monthly newsletter, Love Notes.

Find more books by LB Dunbar here: https://www.lbdunbar.com

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RELEASE BLITZ – Will (The Bad Boys of Saddle Creek #3) by Kat Baxter

Title: Will
Series: The Bad Boys of Saddle Creek #3
Author: Kat Baxter

Genre: Steamy Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Bad Boy/Fake Relationship
Release Date: April 17, 2023

BLURB

Will

As a rule, I don’t trust people. I’ve learned the hard way that people will take advantage. Especially when you’re a multi-million dollar salaried professional athlete with your face and body plastered all over magazines. I break that rule though, the minute I meet Esther Dubois. Bookish and shy with curves for days, Esther doesn’t have a deceitful bone in her gorgeous body. I try to walk away, but one taste and I know she belongs to me. Now, I just have to convince her.

Esther

I expected what happened in Jamaica to stay in Jamaica. Instead, Mr. Walking Fantasy, AKA Will Sexton, AKA, “the bad boy of baseball” has shown up in my small Texas town claiming our marriage is real. Now we’re sharing a cabin and being stalked by photographers. Will is beautiful on the outside, that’s what everyone sees, but I see the heart he protects. It’s even more perfect than his face, and he wants to give it to me. I never imagined my fake vacation wedding might lead to my real life happily ever after. Am I really ready for that?

GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123221166-will


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BLP REVIEW – Tracy

TBA

AUTHOR BIO

USA Today Bestselling Author Kat Baxter writes fast-paced, sweet & STEAMY romantic comedies. Readers have dubbed her books “laugh-out-loud funny,” “hot enough to melt your kindle,” and “The Queen of Adorkable.” She lives in Texas with her family and a menagerie of animals. Kat is the pseudonym for a bestselling historical romance author.

Connect with Kat online.


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