Hailey Higgins just got dumped at the altar—and she’s nearly broke. Her only saving grace is a remote cabin a long-lost relative left her in the tiny mountain town of Starrycard Creek. It should be the perfect place to shut out the world and shun love. Under no circumstances should she want anything to do with the ruggedly handsome Finnegan Starrycard.
Finn is a growly, self-proclaimed bachelor for life. He’s the local handyman. That’s what it says on his business card. And this handyman has deemed her cabin to be uninhabitable.
Out of options, she can’t say no when Finn offers her his spare bedroom while he makes the necessary repairs to her place. Two love-haters under one roof sounds ideal until a boozy night leads to an agreement. Roommates with benefits. All physical. No feelings. And heaven help her! This handyman works magic with his hands, his tongue, and his . . . well, you get it.
She cannot fall in love with Finnegan Starrycard—or the picturesque town, or his endearingly quirky family. Still, the longer she stays, the harder it is to ignore the chemistry between them.
In Starrycard Creek, the locals say love is always in the cards.
Hailey would like to think she’s done with love.
But thanks to one grumpy handyman, love might not be done with her yet.
If there’s one thing Krista Sandor knows for sure, it’s that romance saved her. After she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2015, her world turned upside down. During those difficult first days, her dear friend sent her a romance novel. That kind gesture provided the escape she needed and ignited her love of the genre. Inspired by the strong heroines and happily ever afters, Krista decided to write her own romance novels. Today, she is an MS Warrior and living life to the fullest. When she’s not writing, you can find her running 5Ks with her handsome husband and chasing after her growing boys in Denver, Colorado.
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He’s a single dad, fresh out of the military and planning to stay focused on his career and kids. She’s a fun-loving heiress planning to take over her family business and run things her way. But when they have to work together, fate may have its own plans…
Blurb
When Jake Wright’s family imploded, he had no choice but to leave the only career he’d ever known and move his kids to the gorgeous mountain town of Aspen Ridge. With his experience training new military leaders, helping a billionaire ski mogul turn his daughter into a CEO is too good an opportunity to pass up. If it works out, he can secure a comfortable position and then get to work picking up the pieces of his life. Jake is used to hard work and sacrifice, so he’s certainly up for the challenge. The one thing he wasn’t counting on was Isabelle Tremont.
Ellie enjoys her freedom almost as much as she enjoys her family business. Fortunately, since she was practically raised to run it. She has her own ideas about how to improve the booming ski resort of Aspen Ridge, and she’s counting the days until her dad retires and hands over the keys to the kingdom. She didn’t think twice about hooking up with a hot stranger at a party–life’s short! That is, until her father introduces Jake as her new ‘coach’, and reality comes crashing down in the form of one extremely hot but annoying new shadow.
Ellie is determined to show Jake that she’s more than capable of managing her business, and Jake is determined to keep his focus where it belongs: completing his mission and securing a new home for himself and his kids. Unfortunately for Jake, he finds himself falling for Ellie’s sunny charm more and more every day, and his growing attraction to Ellie wars with his own aversion to dating the boss’s daughter.
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Sasha Pierce has always been inspired by the heart-warming relationships in small town romances. She loves to dive into the intricate worlds the characters inhabit and the towns that are as much a character as the people themselves. If not writing, Sasha is either on an adventure or curled up with an old-fashioned and a good book… sometimes both.
That was what she’d been told about herself for nearly her entire life.
From a young age, she knew what it was like to be hated. To be loathed so much by a person that they literally resented the air you breathed.
For her entire childhood, she fought to live, despite her father’s constant effort to make her life a living hell.
Her sisters and brother have no clue what kind of closet psychopath their father really was, and she’ll die before she ruins their picture-perfect view of him.
Why? Because she’s already broken. There’s no fixing this kind of damaged. But there’s no reason everyone else needs to suffer, too.
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From the moment Hannibal Peters laid eyes on Hades Singh, he knew she was the one.
That was why he ran.
That was why, when he saw her suffering, he couldn’t stay away.
BLP REVIEW – Tracy
Hades, oh Hades….. I honestly wasn’t looking forward to her book but Lani broke my heart with our FMC’s story!!!
When you find out what she’d been through all her madness and weird ways made sense and then kinda made me wonder why none of her siblings had ever asked her about what was going on or why she acted the way she did….. not that she’d likely have told them….. but the gal could have done with empathy rather than the sort of apathy everyone had towards her at times.
Hannibal was the perfect person for Hades. He saw her and he got her. Once she was in his orbit he was never gonna let anything bad happen to her again. They were quite the pair and their attraction and connection made them hot as, well, Hades!!!!
There was a fair bit going on in this book and the story moved at a pace.
Thoroughly enjoying this series and cannot wait for more from this circus family!!
Lani Lynn Vale is married to the love of her life that she met in high school. She fell in love with him because he was wearing baseball pants. Ten years later they have three perfectly crazy children and a cat named Demon who likes to wake her up at ungodly times in the night. They live in the greatest state in the world, Texas. She writes contemporary and romantic suspense, and has a love for all things romance. You can find Lani in front of her computer writing away in her fictional characters world…that is until her husband and kids demand sustenance in the form of food and drink.
Title: Ignite My Heart Series: Saddle Creek TX: The Whitmores #2 Author: Kat Baxter
Genre: Steamy Romantic Comedy Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Reverse Grumpy Sunshine Release Blitz: October 23, 2023
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Garrett
When Felicity Greer moves back to town, I have one plan: woo her, win her, wed her. It sounds simple enough, but she’s not making it easy. For one, she keeps going out with other guys. Men, I know she has zero interest in. Thankfully we live in a small town and news travels fast, so I’m able to find her before the date goes too far. Yes, you could call it stalking, but I’m just staking my claim. Because this woman has been mine for years, it’s just time for her to recognize it.
Felicity
Garrett Whitmore was the bane of my existence, long before he made it his life’s mission to ruin my dating life. For a while there in high school, he was my friend and my secret crush. Then he started dating my best friend and I found out that he’d only been using me to get to her. Yeah, he’s too nice a guy to ever say it to my face, but it still hurt finding out I was just the Designated Ugly Fat Friend. I fell for his easy charm once before. I don’t know what he’s playing at, but there’s no way I’m making the same mistake twice …
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.
Title: Daring Enough Series: Love in Montana #4 Author: Kelly Elliott
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Friends to Lovers/Small Town/Sports Romance Release Date: November 21, 2023
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Rose Shaw has no idea what she wants. She put aside passion for practicality, earning her degree in a subject she likes, but doesn’t love. Same for her job as a junior architect. And don’t even get started on her personal life…been there, done that, got betrayed for her effort. So when sparks fly after meeting a renowned MLB player while on vacation, she takes him for what he is—a homerun in the sack, but nothing more. The next day, she sneaks back to Montana, leaving Bryson behind…but the memories of their night together refuse to disappear so easily.
Bryson Robinson knows exactly what he wants. His parents are a love-at-first-sight success story, so he recognizes what he felt with Rose Shaw during their night together could be the real deal. She has no interest in long-distance dating…so when the league’s best pitcher gets devastating news that could be the third strike for his career, he turns it into a win, going all in to get the girl. Starting with a home in Montana—and hiring Rose to design it.
Now he just has to convince her that not all men, including MLB superstars, are players…if she’s daring enough to take the risk.
Kelly Elliott is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romance author. Since finishing her bestselling Wanted series, Kelly continues to spread her wings while remaining true to her roots and giving readers stories rich with hot protective men, strong women, and beautiful surroundings.
Her bestselling works include, Wanted, Never Enough, Lost Loveand Returning Home, to name a few.
Kelly has been passionate about writing since she was fifteen. After years of filling journals with stories, she finally followed her dream and published her first novel, Wanted, in November of 2012.
Kelly lives in central Texas with her husband, their two pups, Gunner and Ellie, too many cats to name, and a plethora of wild animals. When she’s not writing, Kelly enjoys gardening, reading and spending time with her family.
One hot celebrity dad + one nanny = steamy, slow-burn holiday magic in a small town.
Poppy never imagined she’d get stuck in an elevator with a grumpy action star and his young daughter. But then again, nothing has gone as expected over the last few months. Not losing her beloved teaching job or her fiancé dumping her.
Poppy tries to keep her crush on Hollywood’s hottest dad under control when he signs his daughter up for her art lessons. But all bets are off when she becomes their temporary nanny over the holiday season.
Ronan Masters is in Snowflake Harbor to film a movie while he adjusts to being the parent of a daughter he barely knows. When they get stuck in an elevator with Poppy, he’s not sure what to make of the woman with a magic purse full of glitter glue and goody bags. She makes his child smile like no one else. And soon, they’re both under Poppy’s spell.
But as his daughter’s new nanny, Poppy is off limits. He can’t afford distraction, and he doesn’t do commitment. He also doesn’t do holidays. Still, as the countdown to Christmas continues, and the date they have to leave comes closer, Poppy has him rethinking everything.
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Sarah Deeham is the author of sexy slowburn romance novels to make readers smile and swoon. With a master’s degree in writing and publishing, she got her start in writing as a freelance journalist, communications and marketing manager, and an editorial director for a public relations agency. She is an American expat living overseas and currently makes her home in Kuala Lumpur with her husband, two children, and lazy golden retriever. When she’s not sitting in a cafe dreaming up stories, she’s a photographer and world wanderer.
Noah Westcott should come with a warning: TOO HOT TO HANDLE!
Tropes:
He Falls First/Surprise Pregnancy/Office Romance/Enemies to Lovers/Second Chance
Synopsis:
Noah Westcott should come with a warning: Too Hot to Handle!
The man is stunningly handsome with his embracing brown eyes and lips that make me want to kiss that smirk right off his face.
How could I resist?
Spoiler: I didn’t.
That was my first mistake.
I blame him for the second. It should have been easy and fun. No strings attached. No feelings. As if he commanded it like he did me in the bedroom, I did exactly what I said I wouldn’t. I fell for him.
Two years later, the same man walks into my life. Again. A lot has changed. Not his devastating good looks, or that smug grin, but for me everything.
Now that Noah’s back—in my office and hanging around after hours—I can’t get distracted. I must protect my secret—the one who calls me Mommy.
Excerpt of Forgot to Say Goodbye:
As soon as I walk in, I’m struck with glaring hazel eyes and pursed red lips. She sits forward in my chair, resting her elbows on my desk. “Did you really think you’d waltz into this company like nothing happened between us?”
“I didn’t waltz, sweetheart. I was recruited. Let me break that down for you. That means—”
“I know what it means.” She stands, her fingertips whitening from the pressure against the desktop. “I don’t need you to explain anything to me.” Coming around, she adds, “Here’s what’s going to happen. Tomorrow, you’re going to quit.”
“Quit?” I struggle to keep my eyes from bugging out. She won’t get the best of me . . . like she once did. I approach the desk, and volley right back, “You’ve got a lot of nerve to tell me how this is going to play out.”
“It took more than nerves to make it to where I am in this company.” She comes around and pats me on the chest. “Sweetheart.”
I catch her hand before it slides away. She double steps back, which brings us face-to-face. “I’m not quitting to make you more comfortable. If you remember—”
“Oh, I remember.” She holds my gaze with her glare. “I remember everything despite spending two years trying to forget that night altogether.”
Forget that night? Why the fuck does she even care when she was the one who walked away? “So let me get this straight. You sneak out in the middle of the night, but somehow, I’m the bad guy? That’s rich, Olivia.”
Her eyes dip to the bond between us before she yanks her hand away. She also makes sure to get a last dig in by poking me in the chest. “Say my name while you can, but make sure it’s on the way out the door.” Her fake smile falls as fast as her face did when she saw me in the conference room.
How the fuck did this turn into a war in the office?
Meet S.L. Scott:
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, S.L. Scott, writes character driven, heart-racing suspense, and swoony romances that will leave you glued to the page. With stories ranging from witty beach reads to heart wrenching and heart healing, her stories are highly regarded as emotional, relatable, and captivating.
Her books are more than escapes for the voracious readers of today. They are journeys of the heart that always come with a happily ever after reward at the end.
Darling Ranch. It was a family name in this town, a family business and a family way of life.
Over the past year, the place hadn’t felt like family, or home, and I was barely staying in business.
My wife had died from an aneurysm while pregnant with our first child. It happened one morning while I was out in the field tending to the animals. The doctors told me it wouldn’t have mattered had I been by her side, the outcome would have been the same. Still, I beat myself up. My best friend and neighbor, Gabe Bentley knew this. He let me mourn my own way, but now he’s pushing me harder than ever.
“What’s the rush?” I asked him one morning.
“I’m being deployed. I need to know my sister and the farm are taken care of….by the only man I trust in this town…you.”
I’d known the army was recruiting again but I didn’t know he’d been called upon. I also didn’t know Cadence was back in town. I really didn’t know if I could be the man, the friend, the rancher that he needed me to be.
What I did know?
No matter how much it pained me, I’d try to do whatever it took to make sure that I didn’t let Gabe down.
Then I saw Cadence and for the first time since my wife died I actually thought I could heal. She made me feel alive, made the pain go away. So why did I feel so guilty? One minute I was longing to hold her, the next I was pushing her away, until I finally pushed too hard and sent her running.
I didn’t want to fail my best friend, and I didn’t want to fail Cadence. We all needed our Christmas wish and I decided to do whatever it took to make sure we got it.
We both grew quiet as we looked out over the farmland. I’d help my friend, he knew it. I owed him after everything he’d done for me. There wasn’t much more to say. Gabe knew I’d been struggling. That was why he’d been here daily since Ella had passed—to check on me. He may not know that I noticed, but I did. I couldn’t get mad either. He was being a friend. The friend I needed.
“Are you going to be okay?” he questioned.
“What do you mean?”
“If I leave, are you going to be okay?”
I leaned back in my chair and nodded. “Do I have any other choice? She’s been gone for over a year. It’s time that I pick up the pieces and move on. I know you’re worried. It’s written all over your face, but I’ll be fine.”
“I know. I just feel like I’m abandoning you in your time of need. It’s just…”
“It’s just you have to do this for you. I get it, Gabe, I really do. Why do you think I do nothing but work? It’s my way of coping. This is yours.”
“I just wish your way of coping had changed.”
“What is that supposed to mean?” I asked, emptying my beer.
“Oh, I don’t know, perhaps you could cope by, getting involved with a woman. A relationship may do you good.”
I looked off into the distance. “Nah, I don’t think so,” I muttered, getting up and returning with two more beers. The last thing I needed right now was to have a conversation about my personal life. Gabe should know better than to start on me about dating again.
“Sorry man, I just thought that it may help you cope with things.”
I passed him another beer and sat back down. “Now I’ll do what I can to help you out, but you say you are trying to figure something else out? Care to shed a little light on that subject?” I asked.
“I’m heading out to see Cadence, to see if I can convince her to return home. If she does, I know she’ll need help. Our farm is twice the size of our grandparents’.”
First, he started with my personal life and then he mentioned Cadence in the same sentence. He better not be thinking what I thought he was. I took another mouthful of beer and cleared my throat.
“You aren’t suggesting that Cadence and I…”
Gabe shrugged and sort of smirked as he tipped the bottle back.
There had been a time that I’d had a crush on her, but she gave no hints. Then Gabe made it very clear to me and some other guys at school she was off-limits. In fact, I remembered him muttering something about the bro code after he gave another kid in town a black eye for hitting on his sister. After that, I knew better than to think about touching his sister, as did every guy in town. I enjoyed having my balls intact. Since I hadn’t been willing to ruin our friendship, I pushed my feelings to the back of my mind and gotten involved with her friend Ella.
“Cadence, from what I remember, can look after herself,” I muttered. “She’s looked after your grandparents’ farm just fine with no help from anyone. She doesn’t need my help.”
“Yeah, but it’s different here. More moving parts, bigger operation, and I’d just feel better knowing that I can count on the only man I trust here to be there if she needs something,” Gabe said, looking at me.
I chuckled.
“Please, Connor.”
I hated seeing my friend beg, but at least he was begging me and not some woman who would only slap him across the face when he got close enough. I drank back the rest of my beer and nodded my head.
“Fine. Let me know once you figure it all out. I’ll help her for a bit, but once Cadence is all settled in and things are going well, I’m done.”
*Please note all books can be read as standalone, but recommended you read all the books in the series.*
Author Bio:
S.L. Sterling was born and raised in southern Ontario. She now lives in Northern Ontario Canada and is married to her best friend and soul mate and their two dogs.
An avid reader all her life, S.L. Sterling dreamt of becoming an author. She decided to give writing a try after one of her favorite authors launched a course on how to write your novel. This course gave her the push she needed to put pen to paper and her debut novel “It Was Always You” was born.
When S.L. Sterling isn’t writing or plotting her next novel she can be found curled up with a cup of coffee, blanket and the newest romance novel from one of her favorite authors on her e-reader. Her favorite authors include Kendall Ryan, Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward, Lauren Blakely, Alessandra Torre and Willow Winters.
In her spare time, she enjoys camping, hiking, sunny destinations, spending quality time with family and friends and of course reading.
From the New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster comes a funny, sexy romantic comedy featuring a twice-divorced, stressed-out romance writer who finds out that sometimes true love can be a hot mess.
Who buys a cottage in a New England fishing village on a whim? A stressed-out, twice-divorced romance writer and single mother looking for a fresh start, that’s who. Despite what my besties say about my three-year dry spell, I’m not looking for a man. Or drama. Or sex. I’ve got enough on my plate with writer’s block and a daughter who refuses to grow up. Community. That’s what I need. Unfortunately, it seems the universe has other ideas. Either Chatemup, Massachusetts, has a serious shortage of single women, or I’ve become a hot mess magnet for the male species.
At least I’ve found one funny, good-hearted friend: fish peddler Declan Miller, my brainstorming adventure buddy who stirs my creative juices. I’m his Writer Girl. He’s my Dimple Dude. Just scruffy, granite-chested, deep-voiced, ex-military brawn who happens to be—oh, Nicole, what are you doing to yourself?—stoking a long-neglected fire without even trying.
A self-confessed hot mess, divorced single dad Declan is too old for relationship games. Not interested. Same here. So why do I keep thinking about him? Preferably naked. Because I’m a hot mess, too? At least he’s inspiring me to write. If only real life were like one of my novels. At least then I’d have a better idea of how this was going to end.
Hot Mess Summer is published by Montlake Romance and will be available in paperback and audio formats at all book retailers, and exclusively in digital format for Kindle and Kindle apps. Download a free Kindle reading app here: http://bit.ly/FreeKindle_App1
Stayed up through the night to finish – I was at 79% and could not put my kindle down… This read is possibly my fave book to date from Ms Foster!!
Nicole and Declan have my heart. This was a journey of growth, understanding and self love. Nicole hasn’t had the easiest of time and she needs to think about herself for once. Declan has everyone else on his radar, but his own life, that seems to be buried under regrets and worries about so many other things. Our couple both learned a lot about what they needed and wanted and I loved that they finally stood up for themselves.
I loved the friends Nicole made over her summer and I’m hoping that there might be another story or two around some of the supporting characters.
Declan’s family were great, as was Nicole’s mum and her best friends but the gods, her daughter drove me to distraction!!
This book had heart, love, fabulous banter, laughs, connection, a great sense of family and belonging and SO much heat….
D’you think I might find a hot fish peddler on the East Coast of Scotland?! 🤔😉😙
A definite for my re-read list. 5 Hot Mess stars!!!
Author Info
Melissa Foster is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.
Under the bright lights of Nashville, Levi Austin is a country music superstar whose life is rocked by the tragic death of his former wife, leaving him to raise their two daughters. Now faced with having to tell his girls, and making the hard decision about where they’ll live, Levi packs his bags and rushes off to Los Angeles—the last place he wants to be, but the one place where no one will recognize him.
Zara Phillips loves two things: her husband Van, and the band she created with her brother, Reverend Sister. To her, her life is perfect until she discovers that her high school sweetheart husband is cheating on her. The paparazzi are relentless, forcing a devastated and heartbroken Zara to stay hidden until the record label demands she shoot a video for the band’s new single, driving her out of seclusion.
Two people collide from opposite worlds. Neither knowing who the other is, yet both intrigued by one another. When Levi spills hot coffee on Zara, everything changes. He’s focused on his daughters, trying to do what’s best for them while Zara is determined to get away from everyone and everything in Los Angeles.
When Levi offers her sanctuary at his home in Nashville, Zara jumps at the opportunity to disappear… with the hopes that Levi comes with her. What transpires next are the lives of two very different people finding their path along a very bumpy and unforgiving road, who are tested by their loved ones, the media and one ex that doesn’t want to go away quietly.
Excerpt:
Our lives, Van’s and mine, are intertwined in so many ways. From the time he joined my silly little garage band to the day we took our friendship to the next level. Everything we did, we did as a team with people around us and now those people depend on us. Reverend Sister isn’t Van’s or mine, it’s ours and only works together if we’re in it together and right now I don’t want to be anywhere near him.
By the time the tears start to fall, and I mean really fall, I’m halfway home, and my phone is ringing with Van calling. The alerts are going off like crazy because the paparazzi are relentless and insist on snapping pictures of people. And when they put them online they add the most ridiculous headlines, except these, are spot on and tell people about my impending breakdown. It’s coming. I can feel the gut-wrenching ache, my heart being ripped out of my chest and every muscle and bone in my body in pain. The takeover is slow and almost alien-like. I can feel it in my toes, moving its way up my legs. It’ll take some time for my brain to really figure it out. For the light bulb to go off that my marriage is over.
About Heidi:
Heidi McLaughlin is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of The Beaumont Series, The Boys of Summer, and The Archers.
Originally, from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband, two daughters, and their three dogs.
In 2012, Heidi turned her passion for reading into a full-fledged literary career, writing over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Forever My Girl.
Heidi’s first novel, Forever My Girl, has been adapted into a motion picture with LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions, starring Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe, and opened in theaters on January 19, 2018, and is now available on DVD & Digital.
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