𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐭 by USA Today bestselling author Mira Lyn Kelly is LIVE!!!
This is a friends to lovers, second chance hockey romance set in the Slayers Hockey series.
“Dirty Flirt was sweet, swoony, flirty deliciousness. Ben and Lara’s second chance love story is pure perfection and this lighthearted read is one of my favorite in this fun series.” – Amy, Goodreads
What to expect:
✔️Friends to Lovers
✔️Second Chance
✔️Off Limits
✔️OTT Golden Retriever Hero
✔️Roommates
✔️Secret Crush
✔️Friends with benefits
✔️Reformed Puck Boy
✔️Secret Relationship
✔️Good Girl Bad Boy
✔️Smexxy times in inappropriate places
Blurb:
𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙄𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧
I’m Ben Boerboom, the NHL’s favorite puck boy, and Lara’s my slamming hot, former bestie. She’s also the friend who got away and my dirty, dirty accomplice from those two insane weeks that weren’t supposed to change anything… but did.
I wanted it all. Would have wrapped my forever around her finger if she’d let me. But if making bad decisions is my special skill, Lara’s is making good ones… Like prioritizing her career goals and the kind of security she didn’t have growing up.
Hard pass on that kind of heartbreak again. So cue the bunnies. Years of bunnies.
Now Lara’s back in my city. Temporarily. And thanks to a burst pipe and a miscommunication with my sister, she’s living in my spare room.
A lot has changed, but two things haven’t. Her goals and the way she sometimes believes my bad ideas are good… like crossing those lines I swore we wouldn’t cross again.
I’ve had a number of MLK’s books on my TBR list for ages…. Man, what a mistake on my part… I should have been actually reading Mira’s books before now!!
I started this series way late I know but I’m actually really glad I started with Ben (Boomer) and Lara – though I’m definitely gonna be reading the other books in the series!
I ADORED this pair. Miscommunication is a pet peeve of mine but if these two hadn’t had that when they were 18 they wouldn’t have become the people they are now and know exactly what they want!!!
I liked that they took time to get to know each other and became friends again – especially after that awkward first meet up in present day (though I’m still feeling that this ‘mixup’ was maybe kinda deliberate on the part of Ben’s little sis!!!!)
I enjoyed seeing them get to know each other again, remember what it was they liked about each other and how they actually felt about the other before things fell apart.
Ben’s determination to not lose Elle again was just wonderful and seeing Lara realise what was important to her now just showed how much both of them cared and realised what they truly wanted.
This is one of my fave reads of the year. Seriously recommend and without doubt I’ll be reading this again soon.
* Grab the bonus scene and check it out…. Just another little piece that adds to this couples relationship!!! *
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** Thanks to Wordsmith Publicity & the author for an advance copy of Dirty Flirt. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Loved this so much I bough the ebook on release!! **
*All titles in the Slayers Hockey series are loosely connected but can be read as standalones.
About the Author
Hard core romantic, stress baker, and housekeeper non-extraordinaire, Mira Lyn Kelly is a USA TODAY bestselling author with over a million readers worldwide. She writes sizzly love stories with hot, possessive heroes who know how to laugh, heroines who give as good as they get, friends as close as family, and happily ever afters up-against-the-wall style!
Growing up in the Chicago area, she earned her degree in Fine Arts from Loyola University and met the love of her life while studying abroad in Rome, Italy… only to discover he’d been living right around the corner from her back home. Mira now lives in Minnesota with her husband, four amazing children and two ridiculous dogs.
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Opposites Attract Grumpy vs Sunshine Release Date: February 29, 2024
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Two people have never been more opposite.
Kit is an impulsive, free-spirited artist and a savvy businesswoman. A riot of colour, unapologetically herself and fiercely protective of her loved ones.
Nate is a straight-laced lawyer who can’t remember the last time he laughed let alone had fun or did something reckless. But he can’t deny he finds himself amused by the unconventional, alluring woman with the bright pink hair and skin covered in ink.
Aggravating Nate is Kit’s new favourite hobby until a simple errand run where things become… complicated. Guards are let down. Lines are crossed and they see each other in a whole new light.
Can Kit teach the legal eagle how to live outside the office and enjoy something greater than winning? Will Nate be the anchor Kit needs to ground her? Or are their two worlds too different to make it work?
Ash Hosking is an admitted daydreamer and hopeless romantic with a dirty mind from the Gold Coast, Australia, who loves to write stories about strong, smart women and the men they fall for with a mixed bag of emotions thrown in. She lives with her husband and adorable fur baby, Prim, who loves to keep her from getting anything done. Ash is always up for an adventure, is addicted to coffee frappes and can never say no to a Tim Tam.
Title: The Space Between Us A Romantic Comedy Series: Braniacs in Love #1 Author: Melanie Summers
Genre: Romantic Comedy Tropes: STEM Romance/Billionaire Enemies to Lovers/Forced Proximity Release Date: February 29, 2024
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Love just might be the final frontier…
S.E.T.I. researcher, Gwen Fox, is a woman on a mission—to answer the cosmic question of the ages: Are we alone?
Along with her work family, Gwen is perfectly happy spending her days listening for extraterrestrial signals— until the worst happens. They get word that they’re about to be shut down by Ty Sterling, their billionaire backer whose heart is as cold as interstellar space.
About to lose everything, Gwen has no choice but to travel to Peru to change his mind. Armed only with scientific zeal and optimism, Gwen faces off against Ty, who just might be the most stubborn, cynical man in the galaxy.
As the tension between the pair builds, so does the undeniable chemistry that neither of them saw coming. Against the breathtaking backdrop of the Peruvian jungle, the space between enemies and lovers begins to collapse.
Will Gwen and Ty discover that together they form a supernova of passion? Or will their budding relationship crash and burn on impact?
*** The Space Between Us is a swoony, adventure-filled, delightfully funny tale of a woman who will do anything to save her job and the stubborn billionaire who dared to get in her way. It’s a standalone rom-com with a little more spice than a regular Melanie Summers book. ***
Melanie Summers is a multi-award-winning, Amazon best-selling author of romantic comedies and women’s fiction. She’s written over thirty books for people who have ‘had it up to here’ with the real world and need to laugh, feel good, and sigh happily. When she’s not writing or reading, she’s usually out for a walk with her two adorable dogs, hanging out on the beach with her husband and their three teenagers, or curled up on the couch for family movie night. Melanie resides on Vancouver Island, Canada where her life goal is to become one of those fabulous people who take daily ice baths in the ocean. So far, she can get in up to her ankles, which is not awful, thank you very much.
Title: Killing Booth Series: Welcome to the Circus #6 Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Genre: Romantic Suspense Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Sports Romance Release Date: February 27, 2024
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Every single thing you want is going to require you to be uncomfortable.
Those words had been shared with her by the one man she didn’t think she could take a chance on. She just didn’t know that he was right, or that he was going to be the one making her uncomfortable.
Nash Wilder Christopherson was the world’s golden boy.
For fifteen years, she watched Nash race from the safety of her phone. Every single race, PR event, ESPN interview—she was there for it. He was the one thing that kept her sane while having to live the life her father forced her to.
That was all he’d ever be to her, though. A face on the other side of the screen.
Until he showed up at her apartment complex, carried her sister down hundreds and hundreds of stairs during a fire, and changed her opinion of him.
Nash Christopherson was Mean. With a capital M. And he couldn’t stand her.
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He thought he had everything under control. Then he met her.
Nash knew from the moment he saw Zip waiting in her apartment, looking panicked, that she was going to damage him. She was going to pull him in, chew him up, and spit him out.
What he didn’t know was just how much damage he could take.
Nearly a year passed as he tried and failed to stay away.
A full year of her smiles, her playful jabs, her teasing, her eyes on him.
Then he got news that changed his life, and she finally took matters into her own hands, forcing herself into his life and pretty much giving him everything he ever wanted.
Everything was great, until it wasn’t. Life smacked him hard, and when the dust settled, she was gone. The only sign that she was ever there was the cracked and bleeding heart, half beating inside his chest, that yearned to hold her one more time.
Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.
𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙱𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁: An Enemies-to-lovers Grumpy Sunshine Romance (Happy Haven Book 2) by S.M. Shade is LIVE! Don’t miss this all new spicy, romantic comedy!
What to expect:
🧡 Enemies-to-lovers
🧡 Lots of banter
🧡 Grumpy woman
🧡 Sunshine guy
🧡 Romantic Comedy
Can be read as a standalone.
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The residents of Happy Haven Trailer park have been waiting for this for a long time. The slumlord who abandoned this place and let our homes deteriorate has been court ordered to live here while making repairs.
Imagine our surprise when the guy who shows up to move in to the dilapidated trailer across the street isn’t the sixty year old man we expected, but his son.
With a teasing smile and unshakeable positive attitude, Cooper Addington Junior pushes every one of my buttons. It doesn’t help that he also looks like he stepped off a fitness magazine cover.
The women who live here are all over him, but for some reason he’s focused on me. Too bad I see through his good guy act and I’m not falling for some spoiled rich boy.
What I am going to do is keep my eye on him and make sure he’s doing his job. I’m the one who took his father to court in the first place and he can’t put anything over on me.
She keeps her gaze locked on mine when I step up close to her, lean in, and drop my voice. “When I hear you scream my name it’ll be because I’m inside you and it’s so f**king good you can’t keep quiet.”
I’m aware this could go two different ways. One of which is very wrong since she’s my employee and could probably sue the hell out of me for sexual harassment. But the other possibility is she admits what she wants, and my time here becomes a lot more fun.
My heartbeat doubles when she moves closer to me, our bodies only an inch or two apart. She brings her hand up to brush a fingertip lightly over the bite mark that she left on my lip.
Her voice is soft, breathy. “You’re right about one thing. It’d be good.” Her breath heats my cheek when she leans in. “Because I’m that good. I could take everything you can give and ride the f**k out of you afterward. You don’t know that about me.” Suddenly, she steps back, and a wide smile bursts across her face. “Too bad you never will.”
“Am I interrupting something?” Cara grins at us from the edge of the yard.
“Nope. Let’s go!” Maren chirps and walks off with her friend without a backward glance.
Okay, maybe there’s a third option where she turns my attempt to seduce her around on me and leaves me with a raging h*rd-on.
MORE IN THE SERIES
Start the series with Fake Around and Find Out, the first book in this connected series of standalones!
S.M. Shade writes spicy romantic comedies and steamy contemporary romances with relatable characters. Whether it’s a good laugh or a good cry, she likes to grab you by your emotions and make you feel.
An unashamed Croc enthusiast and poetry nerd, she can usually be found listening to Hozier on repeat and watching birds.
Title: Catch and Release Series: Milwaukee Growlers Football #3 Author: Tracy Solheim
Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance Tropes: Second Chance/Enemies to Lovers Football Romance Release Date: February 19, 2024
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He’s the pro athlete everyone wants to be.
Quarterback Trey Van Horn didn’t become the league’s MVP by accident. Years of self-discipline and iron-clad control have made him the envy of everyone in and around the game of football. But when he comes face-to-face with the one who got away, his tightly managed life is turned upside down. Now he’ll do whatever it takes to score the greatest comeback of his life.
She’s tired of being every guy’s doormat.
London Headley is on the verge of having the career she’s always dreamed of. Too bad the path to her promotion runs through the guy who broke her heart a decade earlier. So what if everything about the Milwaukee Growlers QB sets her panties on fire? She’s determined to keep things professional. Life has taught her that men will always choose something—or someone—over her. It’s going to take more than a Hail Mary to get her to buy into the fairy tale.
The only problem? Her lips don’t seem to want to follow the game plan. Not when Trey is executing an all-out blitz to prove he’s worth a second chance.
USA Today bestselling author Tracy Solheim writes books with shirtless men on the cover. Some of them are actually best-sellers. The books, not the men. When she’s not writing, she’s practicing her curling. . . bottles of wine, that is. She’s been known to cook dinner but no more than two nights in a row. Most days, she’d rather be reading, which to her is just necessary research. She lives in the suburbs of Atlanta with her husband and a neurotic Labrador retriever. Her two adult children visit but not often enough. (See the note above about cooking.) Check out her romantic suspense series featuring the Men of the Secret Service–shirtless, of course! See what she’s up to at www.tracysolheim.com
Title: Pretty Drunk Series: Pine Village #3 Author: Lacey Black
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Small Town/Surprise Pregnancy Forced Proximity/Enemies to Lovers Cover Design: Sarah Paige, The Book Cover Boutique Photographer: Regina Wamba Photography Release Date: March 19, 2024
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Hallie
No one pushes my buttons the way Logan Johnson does. I’ve spent most of my adult life trying to ignore him, which isn’t easy when you live in a small town and share the same friends.
So, when I have a little too much to drink and need a place to crash after our friends’ wedding, it would figure I find myself at Logan’s house. What I’m not expecting is ending up in his bed. With him. Naked. More so, I wasn’t anticipating enjoying myself as much as I did, anxious for a repeat, which is why I’m not surprised when it happens again.
The problem is those drunken nights have resulted in something unplanned. Something monumental. Something that will change our lives forever.
Logan
Being attracted to someone who drives you completely crazy is its own form of hell. Hallie Rhodes is entirely infuriating, yet so damn beautiful it makes me ache.
There’s a fine line between love and hate, and we’ve been blurring it for as long as I can remember. So, when a late, drunken night turns into something it shouldn’t, all bets are off. Plans change and futures are cemented, despite having no idea what really comes next. All I know is the more time we spend together, the more I realize having her in my life is paramount.
Now my biggest challenge of all presents itself. Proving to Hallie we’re better together than we ever were apart.
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.
Fall for the sizzling new rivals-to-lovers rom-com read from USA Today bestselling author, Lila Monroe! Perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey, Ali Hazelwood, and Emily Henry.
Josh Carlyle is charming, sexy as hell, and the perfect destination wedding hookup… At least, that’s what I think when I touch down in paradise with four days to pull off a lavish ceremony fit for Hollywood royalty. The groomsman in the next cabana with baby blues and a chiseled jawline that could crack a coconut? He’s the cherry on top of my tropical cocktail, and exactly what I need to shake off my single status and get my head (and, um, other parts) back in the dating game.
Then Josh reveals the truth: he’s vowed to sabotage the big day and send the gold-digging bride running before his uncle even gets to ‘I do’. Suddenly, we’re on opposite sides of the great wedding war, and I refuse to let this happily-ever-after – or my career – go down without a fight.
But Josh plays dirty… and he talks it, too. Even as I scramble to keep his sabotage shenanigans from derailing the happy(ish) couple, I can’t deny the chemistry between us. Sleeping with the enemy is looking awfully tempting…
They say all’s fair in love, war, and wedding planning… But whose happy ending am I chasing here? And can Josh and I turn our rivalry into real romance before it’s too late?
Find out in the sizzling new romance from “the reigning queen of rom-com,” Lila Monroe!
From their first interaction this pair were attracted but both chalked their airport meeting up to a missed opportunity….. until they met again at a celebrity wedding on a Caribbean island.
Hazel is a single mum, way out of the dating game who has a tendency to chatter on and on when nervous – where Josh was concerned she also had a tendency to fall over! She’s overseeing an OTT, mega $$ celebrity wedding but things are not going entirely to plan.
For his part, Josh had been bitten before in a relationship and wasn’t at all expecting his reaction to Hazel. I did like his tenacity when it came to spending time with her and then when he wanted to see where things could go between them.
When Hazel found out Josh’s motivations behind his attendance at the wedding I got why she was so mad, especially as it was her job to make sure the wedding went ahead without a hitch.. Josh did overstep a little but I liked how he realised where and when he’s gone wrong and that he did have regrets.
This pair were funny together. I loved their banter and their heat… Lordy, they were combustible together.
I adored Lottie and how quickly she and Josh connected.
Lila Monroe gave us a fun, laugh inducing, entertains read with Hazel & Josh’s story.
I do have to admit that I laughed a lot when things were going wrong with the wedding and even though I couldn’t quite make up my mind about the bride, my heart hurt for her when the dust settled, so I’m now desperately waiting to find out how Avery’s story goes!!!
About the Author
Combining her love of writing, sex and well-fitted suits, Lila Monroe writes sassy rom-com romances about hard-headed men and the strong women who try to tame them. Her books are extensions of her own fantasy life and take readers from the boardroom to the Berkshire Mountains, with keen character development, unique plot lines, and fanciful romance.
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Title: Loved Enough Series: Love in Montana #5 Author: Kelly Elliott
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Friends to Lovers/Small Town Western Romance Release Date: February 6, 2024
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Even though they’d never dated, Lily Shaw always just assumed she’d eventually end up with Ben, the boy who’s been her bestie since they were toddlers. So she’s understandably shocked to learn he’s getting married—and having a child with his fiancée. Shocked…but not terribly upset. The truth is, she’s been feeling butterflies every time she’s near a particular horse trainer on her parents’ ranch. Unfortunately, though attracted to Lily, Maverick’s decided he has nothing to offer her beyond a good time.
The Shaws are all about family, something Maverick Prescott admires. But despite his boss treating him like another son, and Maverick wanting the man’s daughter in the worst way, how can he start something he doesn’t think he can finish? He has nothing to offer Lily, not even his own heritage. Just a past filled with so much pain, he decided a long time ago he’s best off spending his life alone, tending to the rescue horses who are just as damaged as Maverick.
Lily, however, is a typical Shaw—stubborn as the day is long. Getting into Maverick’s bed is the easy part; getting into his heart is the real challenge. But maybe if he feels loved enough, he’ll be willing to give them a chance.
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.
Hayley Faiman was born and raised in the Central Valley of California. She and her husband met when they were still in High School. They were married a few years later.
They lived in Oregon while her husband was in the US Coast Guard. After living in Hill Country, Texas, for eight years, they have made the big move to East Texas.
They spend their time with their two teenage sons at all their events, screaming from the stands as they swim their hearts out!
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