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RELEASE BLITZ – Frenemies and Lovers by Michelle McCraw
Frenemies and Lovers by Michelle McCraw
When Carly Rose, a recent divorcee, needs a date to her ex’s wedding, she agrees to a deal with a devilishly handsome younger man—her frenemy’s son, Andrew, who happens to be her one-night stand. What could possibly go wrong?
Readers who love vacation romances with long standing crushes will fall hard for Frenemies and Lovers by Michelle McCraw, a steamy, fake dating, age gap, one-night stand romantic comedy.
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Fake partnership, real attraction, and one hilariously haute disaster waiting to happen…buckle up for this age-gap rom-com.
Carly Rose, forty-five and fiercely independent, is rebuilding her life. Newly divorced, she’s determined to make her stylist business blossom, even with the thorn in her side: Audrey, her frenemy with a tongue sharper than her designer stilettos. Enter Andrew, Audrey’s son, a charming blend of geek energy and fierce loyalty. Who happens to be Carly’s completely off-limits secret one-night stand.
When a chance for Andrew’s dream promotion hinges on a polished public image, he makes an unexpected proposition: a mutually beneficial charade. Carly, facing the gauntlet of her ex’s destination wedding in Barcelona, agrees to become his pretend girlfriend. What starts as a carefully curated act evolves into stolen moments whispered over tapas, kisses in front of Gaudi fountains, and feelings as warm as a cashmere scarf on a crisp autumn day.
Caught between ambition and a forbidden yearning, Carly and Andrew navigate a minefield of sabotaged styling appointments; cringeworthy encounters with exes, bosses and disapproving mothers; plus the undeniable truth that attraction doesn’t follow age brackets.
Swoon for this steamy standalone romantic comedy featuring fabulousness after forty, making friends with enemies, and finding love with a wildly inappropriate fake date.
(Shh, don’t tell Audrey, but Andrew’s dimples are definitely the hottest accessory this season.)
Excerpt
Copyright 2024 Michelle McCraw
“I don’t care about being invited to parties anymore.” Staying home was preferable to facing down my asshole of an ex and his fiancée. “But I do care about making a living for myself.”
Audrey pursed her lips. “I heard your divorce settlement was less than ideal.”
Heat licked across my forehead. I wished I could go back and shake my twenty-five-year-old self, the one who’d blithely signed away any future interest in Brad’s business ventures. The ones I’d supported through dinner parties and networking for almost twenty years. But even if I didn’t have his money, I still had my pride, and my dirty laundry was none of her business.
“I came to talk about my clients. I need women like Bianca to hire me.”
She rose from her chair. She was shorter than me, but fire ants are small too. “Why do you think I had anything to do with Bianca canceling?” Her pale-blue eyes glinted.
“Of course you did. You’ve always had it out for me. You and the other first wives.” I’d never said it out loud, not to Audrey or any of her cronies. But it had been true since the day I walked into that first party on Brad’s arm, so much younger than his friends. Back then, she terrified me. Now, I was old enough not to give a damn about what she thought of me. I only feared what she could do to my business. “You’re kicking me when you think I’m down.”
I straightened my spine. I’d show her, and all the other first wives, that even without Brad, I was a force to be reckoned with. Someday, Audrey’s circle would beg me to style them for their parties. “I’m not down. Far from it. I’m going to show you, and everyone—”
“Mother?” A familiar voice echoed down the hall, sending lightning up my spine.
I couldn’t keep the images from my mind. His sexy saunter as he approached me that night in Monterey. His outrageous suggestion that I meet him in his hotel room. The way his face lit up when he opened his door to find me standing there.
His handsome face, slack with pleasure, as he groaned my name.
“In here, Andrew,” Audrey called. She raised an eyebrow. Her son could move his eyebrows independently too. “You were saying?”
Shit. I couldn’t face him. Not in front of his mother. Not after I’d left him asleep in his hotel room six weeks ago without a word. His heavy footsteps echoed on the hallway tile.
I held up a finger. “Do. Not. Mess. With me, Audrey. I might not have Brad’s clout anymore, but I’ve got plenty of fight left in me.”
I whirled and wrenched open the glass-paned door that led out to the garden. Heedless of the damage to my shoes, I scurried down the gravel path and around the side of the house, out of sight of the conservatory windows.
Tessa waited for me in her SUV. When I yanked open the passenger-side door, my middle fingernail snapped, shooting pain up my hand, but I didn’t pause as I hopped into the seat. “Floor it!”
About Michelle McCraw
Michelle McCraw loves reading kissing books and working in tech. One day, she decided to combine her two interests, and now she writes steamy, nerdy contemporary romance that just might make you laugh. Her Synergy workplace romance series features characters who unashamedly love science, engineering, and technology. Her novels have been finalists in the RWA Vivian Contest, the Contemporary Romance Writers’ Stiletto Contest, and the Windy City Romance Writers’ Four Seasons Contest. A native Texan, Michelle has shoveled snow during nor’easters and knows the proper response when someone yells “O-H.” She now calls Georgia home, where she doesn’t miss snow AT ALL. She enjoys reading, traveling, drinking bourbon, and spoiling her extraordinarily ill-behaved but adorable dogs.
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RELEASE TOUR – Y’allywood Billionaire (Wingmom Stories #2) by Terra Weiss
Y’allywood Billionaire by Terra Weiss
An accidental naked entanglement lands actress, Riley Glenn, in a fake off-screen romance with her obnoxious co-star, Maddox Winter. Their pretend engagement starts to feel like the only real thing in their cinematic lives… until their secret is revealed and threatens their relationship–on and off screen. Readers who love Claire Kingsley and Tessa Bailey will fall head-over-heels for Y’allywood Billionaire by Terra Weiss, a steamy, billionaire, celebrity, grumpy/sunshine, enemies-to-lovers, fake dating romantic comedy.
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Blurb
Co-stars. Fake lovers. Real enemies.
I’ve landed my dream debut role on the TV crime series, Urban Dawn, but my co-star and on-screen beau, Maddox Winter, barely knows I exist. He’s too busy with his gold-digging arm candy—usually D-listers trying to make it in Y’allywood, Atlanta’s hot cinematic scene.
So what if he’s sexy as hell? I’m thrilled to see my name, Riley Glenn, at the top of the credits…even if the media has launched a smear campaign against me.
When an accidental naked entanglement lands Maddox and me on the cover of Love Buzz, the news spreads like norovirus on a cruise ship. With ratings skyrocketing, our director casts us into a faux relationship, and my wackadoodle godmother steps in to help out.
Sprinkling my gram’s ashes in Scotland, I experience a new Maddox who brews my coffee and carries me through a field of cow pies. Oddly, our pretend relationship feels like the only real thing in our lives.
But when our secret drops, it could be the end of our act, on and off screen.
Y’allywood Billionaire is a witty, heartfelt stand-alone romcom mystery with adult language and steamy, open-door chemistry that will have you rooting for a happily-ever-after.
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Copyright 2024 Terra Weiss
“Riley, 911 emergency.” It’s Skye, my best friend’s mother and my self-appointed godmother. Her voice booms through the car speakerphone when she says, “I’m texting you directions. You gotta come—I need you.”
“Wait…” I trail off, realizing the line’s dead. Is she really in trouble? That’s the thing about Skye—no one ever knows for sure. After calling her back countless times to no avail, I follow her directions to a remote beach. Why Skye’s here is anyone’s guess.
I park in a gravel lot next to Skye’s Winnebago and sprint toward the nearly desolate beach. At the gated entry, two women pushing eighty stand wearing oversized straw beach hats…and nothing else.
Oh. It’s one of those beaches. Good for them.
One steps in front of me and says, “Hello, miss, and welcome to St. Sebastian’s Nudist Haven. We encourage all our guests to express themselves as nature intended.”
I halt mid-stride. “I’m sorry?” I should’ve known there’d be a catch. There always is with Skye.
Curiosity tugs my eyes southward as I speak to the gentlewomen. “I’m only here to help a friend. She’s in trouble.” I go to dart through the gate, but they both move in for the block.
Folding her arms, the woman wearing a few dozen coats of hot pink lipstick speaks. “People who come here are comfortable in their own skin. You’ll upset our equilibrium if you go in with your body covered in shame.”
I groan. “Really?”
“Really.”
Good god. Now what? Skye’s not answering her phone, and she needs me. Or maybe she needs me? I’m arguing with myself when I see a beautiful form of a man in the parking lot. He has sun-kissed skin, the perfect black wavy hair, and a bod for days. He’s tall, chiseled—and currently stripping down to his birthday suit.
Then he throws his clothes in his car before pressing his key fob and locking it with a beep. As he approaches us with a swagger—or more of a lazy grace, really—my eyes roam downward before popping wide. The thing hanging between his legs is so enormous, it’s hard to process something that appears to defy physics. How does it not pull him downward?
Hmm. Maybe a naked beach isn’t so bad, after all.
As he gets closer, I realize that made-for-TV chest looks familiar—one I’ve seen a half a dozen times in wardrobe changes.
Oh, shit!
“Riley?” he says, shocked.
“Maddox?” I choke out. Instinctively, I cover my eyes, but peek through my fingers.
That elephant trunk belongs to my asshole co-star? And he just struts around, buck naked, like he owns the place?
I guess that one shouldn’t surprise me.
So many thoughts hit my brain like Nerf pellets. All those D-lister flings. I mean, no wonder. Do they talk about it? They have to, right? That thing is not normal! For some absurd reason, I’m shamelessly curious. No, no, no! I order my eyes to stop staring at his goods, but they won’t move. Now I understand why men ogle cleavage—sometimes the eyes refuse the brain’s instructions.
About Terra Weiss
Terra Weiss is a romcom author with a knack for witty banter and gift for capturing authentic family dynamics. Readers love how her stories steer away from typical romcom cookie-cutter formulas and show how real-life people find real-life love.
When Terra’s not spilling the tea on what happens in the big and small towns that live in her heart, you’ll find her with her spunky daughter, mad scientist husband, wacky and wonderful mother, and the two six-pound dogs that run her house. She enjoys jogging at a snail’s pace, reading from her iPhone, and piling bright orange mountains of squeezy cheese on her crackers.
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RELEASE BLITZ – One Night Slam (The Bellehaven Hotties #1) by Chasity Bowlin & Laramie Briscoe
Title: One Night Slam
Series: The Bellehaven Hotties #1
Authors: Chasity Bowlin & Laramie Briscoe
Genre: Small Town Romance
Release Date: December 26, 2023
Book Tropes: Small Town Romance, Secret Child, Second Chance Romance
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Blurb:
From USA Today Bestselling Authors, Chasity Bowlin and Laramie Briscoe, comes a brand new small town series full of spice, steam, and second chances.
Cody
Bellehaven, KY was in my rearview as soon as I got my diploma and walked off the high-school stage. Fifteen years later, I don’t expect to be back.
I sure don’t expect to be seeing the woman I had a one-night stand with at our senior prom, or be coaching the same high-school basketball team I played for. The team that includes her son; a freshman.
Emma
From afar, I watched as Cody Willett became everything he said he would be. Famous, and a future NBA hall-of-famer–until an injury derailed his career. Now he’s the coach for my son’s team. I’m keeping a secret though. One that’s bound to destroy us from the inside out.
Not many are given a second chance, and we’re bound to screw this up, but what if we don’t? What if this is the happy ever after everyone wants and deserves? With a fear I’ve only felt once before, I’m reaching out with both hands, grabbing hold, and refusing to let go.
Excerpt:
“You two,” I point to JT and his partner-in-crime Joseph Lee. “Where were you last night?” They’re both green around the gills and their faces are as gray as the sky on a rainy day. “And don’t lie to me.”
Joseph sighs heavily, tilting his head back, speaking as he does. “We were at a field party.”
There’s a loud groan that runs through the kids. “Shit.” Someone whispers.
“And what else was going on there last night, JT?”
He huffs loudly. “We were drinkin’.”
“And who all was there? I want a show of hands right now. Every single one of you who were there, even if you weren’t drinking. There should be zero parties on a school night, not during basketball season. Not when we’re going for a damn state championship. Raise ’em up. Be men, not boys.” All but three hands go up. “Are these three telling the truth?” There are murmurs of yes, that they’re being honest. “Alright, you three can go. The rest of you? You’re gonna find out why it sucks to party the night before school. I want suicide drills, until I tell you to stop.”
“Coach,” JT holds his stomach. “I will puke.”
“Then you’ll puke.” I give him a look. “I don’t care. You’re gonna give me your apology in the sweat you put on this floor.”
BLP REVIEW – Tracy
Oh Lordy….. I finished this in less than a day, I was hooked, totally invested and NEEDED to find out how things were gonna work out for the main characters.
I love me a Laramie Briscoe book and when I heard she was writing a new small town series with Chasity Bowlin I was intrigued. These ladies did not disappoint, this was a fantastic start to The Bellehaven Hotties!!!
This had all the tropes I’m currently loving – second chance, secret pregnancy, mc’s still feeling ALL the feels for each other – there’s a tons of heat and a palpable connection between Cody and Em even after so much time apart, though they’re both keeping secrets and everyone (and their dog, hey, it’s a small town after all!!) have questions about how things are gonna go.
I liked both Emma & Cody and Troy was a really good guy. JT was your atypical teen, trying to find his place and while some of his actions made me want to yell at him (I’m mum to a 21yo, I’ve been there 🙄🙃) I got it but, all in all, he was a pretty good kid!!!!
I’m looking forward to seeing how this family works throughout the series.
I’m gonna love this series, I just know it from reading One Night Slam and I’m already itching for book 2… soooooo much heat, snark and definitely some intense feelings between our next 2 MCs!!!!
About Chasity:
USA Today Best Seller, Winner of the 2019 Romance Through the Ages Award for Georgian/Regency Romance, 2020 RONE Award winner, 2021 RONE Award Winner, 2021 Raven Award Winner, and 2021 Imadjinn Award for Best Romance Novel, Chasity Bowlin is the author multiple bestselling historical romance novels, both independently and with Dragonblade Publishing. She lives in central Kentucky with her husband, their adorable son, and a menagerie of animals. She loves writing, loves traveling and enjoys incorporating tidbits of her actual vacations into her books. She is an avid Anglophile, loving all things British, but specifically all things Regency.
Growing up in Tennessee, spending as much time as possible with her doting grandparents, soap operas were a part of her daily existence, followed by back to back episodes of Scooby Doo. Her path to becoming a romance novelist was set when, rather than simply have her Barbie dolls cruise around in a pink convertible, they time traveled, hosted lavish dinner parties and one even had an evil twin locked in the attic.
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About Laramie:
Laramie Briscoe is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of over 30 books, with sales of over half a million copies.
Since self-publishing her first book in May of 2013, Laramie has appeared on the Top 100 Bestselling E-books Lists on Apple Books, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble. Her books have been known to make readers laugh and cry. They are guaranteed to be emotional, steamy reads.
When she’s not writing alpha males who seriously love their women, she loves spending time with friends, reading, and marathoning shows on Netflix. Married to her high school sweetheart, Laramie lives in Bowling Green, KY with her husband.
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EXCERPT REVEAL – Boone (Broken Falls Book #1) by Laramie Briscoe
Title: Boone
Series: Broken Falls Book #1
Author: Laramie Briscoe
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 13, 2024
Book Tropes: Small Town, Single Dad, Age Gap, Blue Collar
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EXCERPT ONE
“What are you going to do about it?” I taunt.
He shoves my thighs apart with his knees. “Take you, baby. The way you like.”
The scary thing about it? He does know what I like; already. And I pray he never forgets.
EXCERPT TWO
“You’re not scaring me,” I insist. “I’m definitely a go-with-the-flow kind of woman, and I’m down for just about anything. Am I worried you’re going to wake up and realize you’ve completely destructed your whole belief system based on a few nights with me?” I shrug, pulling a piece of my hair through my fingers. “Yeah, but I’ve almost always been the type of person who believes things happen when they’re supposed to. If this is our time, then it is. If it ends? Who knows how I’ll feel, but I’ll ride this wave until it hits the shore, Boone, because that’s who I am.”
He chuckles. “Destructing a whole belief system. That’s definitely one way of putting it. Everyone has always told me; I’d know. When the right woman came along, I’d fall. Fall hard, fall fast, fall with everything in me. Am I ready to tell you I love you? No, not yet, and I don’t know when I will be. The only person I’ve ever loved is my son. I’m not sure I’ll know how to handle it for someone else,” he rolls his lips. “What I can promise you is I’ll try.”
He’s giving me everything, whether he realizes it or not. Everything of him, that he’s able to give. I promise myself I won’t ask for more. Not for me, not for him, and what he’s willing to give will be enough. “That’s all I ask. This is a good time, until it’s more, or until it’s over.”
BLURB
I’m old enough to be her father, and a life-long confirmed bachelor, but after one night together, all that is about to change.
Boone Wilson
Instead of building my forever with a conventional family, I’ve dedicated my life to being the best father I can to the son I had way too early in life. Now that he’s grown, I’m giving all I can to my job. I make a construction site run smoothly, and can build anything with a couple pieces of wood and my imagination.
My world is small and calm. That’s how I like it. Until Alexis Monroe barrels her way into my peaceful existence and turns my world upside down.
Alexis Monroe
Since graduating college I’ve been hustling, trying to make a dent in the crippling student loan debt I’ve accumulated. Just when I think I’m about to hit major burnout, Boone Wilson walks into the bar I sling drinks at.
His swagger and quiet self-assuredness is a flame that draws me to him.
All I can do now? Try not to get burned.
The Broken Falls Series is a new small-town, steamy, blue collar romance series set in the fictional town of Broken Falls, WV from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Laramie Briscoe.
ABOUT LARAMIE
Laramie Briscoe is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of over 30 books, with sales of over half a million copies.
Since self-publishing her first book in May of 2013, Laramie has appeared on the Top 100 Bestselling E-books Lists on Apple Books, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble. Her books have been known to make readers laugh and cry. They are guaranteed to be emotional, steamy reads.
When she’s not writing alpha males who seriously love their women, she loves spending time with friends, reading, and marathoning shows on Netflix. Married to her high school sweetheart, Laramie lives in Bowling Green, KY with her husband.
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