Release Date: May 5, 2024 Genre: Dark Romance Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Forced Marriage Touch Her and Die
#1 Shattered Pieces
Ava Ward is mine…
Mine to use.
To bend.
To break.
I’ll bind her to me. First with my ring on her finger and then in my bed.
Her innocence is like a drug. The Little Red Riding Hood to my Big Bad Wolf.
She can fight me all she wants, but the secrets of her past are the key to my future, and I won’t let anything stand in my way. This isn’t about love. It’s about revenge. She is nothing more than a pawn to move across the chessboard as I see fit for my pleasure and my needs.
And she’ll either fall in line or I will devour her.
The world around me is shadowed in lies. Those I believed I could trust have become my enemies. The wolves are crowding at the door, clawing to get a piece of my flesh. Waiting with bated breath for me to fail.
I won’t.
New allies have emerged, but the losses we’ve suffered bear down on us all. Christian thought he could beat me, break me, kill me. But I only came back stronger. Fiercer. A warrior. A queen. I’ll cut his strings and tear down his puppeteer. The man behind the curtain controlling it all.
Jo McCall writes dark, contemporary and PNR romance. She is an avid reader of anything dark and steamy and when she isn’t writing, you can find her making a rather large dent in her TBR.
She is a lover of strong heroines who find their own and hot, sexy alpha males who might be a tad bit over-possessive. Jo loves to lose herself in her characters and the flaws and darkness that surround them.
There is no shame found here, and she often gets lost when writing out those erotic, steamy scenes that make women’s (and men’s) fantasies come true.
“There is nothing like getting lost in something you know is wrong, but still can’t resist.”
Jo currently resides in the beautiful state of Washington with her two dogs and has dreams of quitting her day job and traveling in a converted van around the states as she writes.
Release Date: May 30, 2024 Genre: Contemporary Menage Romance Tropes: Forced Proximity/Mercenaries Age Gap/Found Family
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Born to a man of faith who let his vision for the future twist his mind, I learned to stay in the shadows, collecting the kids that ended up in this godforsaken place with me. They’re the lost ones, and I’m their Wendy. The forgotten one, the dud, the failure. My only use now is as a future breeder to the cause. But they’ve taken enough, and I’ll be damned if I let them take more. When the chance of escape is dangled before me like a carrot on a stick, I take it. I run with my lost ones toward a new life where the kids can be kids, and I can be free. But freedom is an illusion when you belong to another, and your nightmares are ready to hunt you down and drag you back to hell. What do you do when you can’t run anymore and have nowhere to hide? You turn back. You fight back. And slay your monsters before they get you first. Forgive me, Father, for I’m about to sin…
Authors note:The Lethal Touch is the final book in the Apex tactical series. It is a ménage romance intended for 18+ readers.
Trigger warning: As with most of my books, The Lethal Touch contains some scenes that readers may find upsetting, so please proceed with caution.
Candice Wright is the international bestselling author of the Underestimated Series. Hailing from the UK, Candice lives with her three slightly unhinged children and the long-suffering partner. When she isn’t busy raising the next generation of crazy, you can find her sitting at the computer writing words she hopes will resonate or snuggled up reading stories by the authors that cultivated her love of the written word.
I’m a man who people don’t want to meet. The wheelman you don’t take home to Mamma, unless you need someone, exactly like me.
When asked to do a job for the crime family, it should be easy. Drive to Deadwood, South Dakota and make certain no one hassles the casino owners who my bosses protect.
Easy enough, except for the fiery, red-headed beauty who will do whatever it takes to keep her family home. At least, until the price becomes far too much for her to pay.
Our rivals should have thought this through because now they’ll deal with the Angel’s Guardian. No one touches Lacy, and they will learn that lesson today.
Forceful Protector is the explosive second book in the Ruthless Guardians series by International Best-Selling Author, Via Mari. You will love these spicy, instalove bodyguard novels set in Deadwood, South Dakota, where the passion is fiery, the loyalty is fierce, and the stakes are high. Each book is a standalone with different couples in each book. All have a guaranteed happily ever after.
Via lives in the Midwest with her husband. As a child raised in both the United States and the United Kingdom, she spent countless hours traveling and developed a passion for the written word at a young age.
She is also an avid reader of romance. In fact, you can find her curled up in an overstuffed chair, especially during winter when the wood fire is crackling and popping, reading a page-turning novel until the early hours of the morning.
Title: The Copper Valley Fireballs The Complete Series
Author: Pippa Grant
Genre: Romantic Comedy Release Date: May 30, 2024
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Meet the Copper Valley Fireballs, baseball’s lovable losers whose hot heroes are determined to turn this team around and resisting finding love along the way!
This box set includes four full-length romantic comedies and a bonus novella.
About the books:
Jock Blocked is a home run of a feel-good romantic comedy featuring the world’s most superstitious sports fan, baseball’s oldest virgin hero, a rogue meatball, an adorable puppy with a cussing problem, and a happily ever after more satisfying than a game-winning grand slam.
Real Fake Love is a line drive straight to the heart featuring a grumpy athlete, a jilted bride, a fake relationship, and the world’s laziest cat. It stands alone and comes complete with sibling rivalry, the world’s most awkward shower scene, and a sweetly satisfying happily ever after.
The Grumpy Player Next Door is a fun-filled enemies-to-lovers romcom featuring a ray of sunshine on a mission, an athlete who’s only grouchy around her, and an epic prank gone wrong. It stands alone and comes complete with small-town shenanigans, a goat who’s not nearly as wise as his name suggests, and proof that sometimes, love is the best kind of vengeance.
Irresistible Trouble is a hilarious grand slam of a romcom about a baseball player whose ego is catching up to him, a pop star who’s a bit of a hot mess when the cameras aren’t looking (and sometimes when they are), and the kind of family and teammates that everyone deserves… in small doses.
Have Yourself a Grumpy Little Christmas is a hit of holiday sweetness featuring a grumpy retired baseball pitcher who hates the holidays, his best friend’s little sister, and a Christmas tree mishap.
OH MY BASEBALL GODS…… I love Pippa Grant and I adored MacKenzie & Brooks, they were both a little dorky in their own way, had big hearts, loved their families and had baseball in common – though Mac was just a tad more obsessional about the sport than Brooks…. Their initial meeting had me laughing hard and to be honest, I didn’t stop laughing for most of the book.
It was fab that they were each what the other needed but didn’t realise even though their ‘relationship’ didn’t start off on the best footing…. though that added to the fun!
With crazy antics on the leads parts, madcap families, lot of great friends (who we all know and love from previous books), full-of-fun baseball team mates and a guest appearance by a favourite hockey team, JOCK BLOCKED was a fabulous read and another hit from Ms Grant!!!
Can I just say, those epilogues……. there were tears reading one… I admit it!!
A home run 5* laugh-a-lot read………
Irresistible Trouble
OH EM GEEE… Adored Cooper & Waverly!!!
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AUTHOR BIO
Pippa Grant wanted to write books, so she did. Before she became a USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling romantic comedy author, she was a young military spouse who got into writing as self-therapy. That happened around the time she discovered reading romance novels, and the two eventually merged into a career. Today, she has more than 30 knee-slapping Pippa Grant titles and nine written as Jamie Farrell. When she’s not writing romantic comedies, she’s fumbling through being a mom, wife, and mountain woman, and sometimes trying to find hobbies. Her crowning achievement? Having impeccable timing for telling stories that will make people snort beverages out of their noses. Consider yourself warned.
Title: An Inevitable Marriage Series: Destined Vows #2 Author: A.K. MacBride
Release Date: May 30, 2024
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Arranged Marriage/Billionaire Curvy Girl/He Falls First
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He needs a wife. She needs her dad’s hospital bills taken care of.
Desperate to keep my mother’s legacy alive, I agree to marry a stranger to secure my inheritance. At first, a no-strings-attached marriage of convenience seems perfect. However, I didn’t expect Everlee Sutton to be so witty… or beautiful. From the moment we meet, her piercing eyes captivate me in ways I didn’t think possible. One look, one curve of her luscious red mouth, and deep in my soul, I already know she’s everything I never knew I wanted. And what starts as a simple business transaction becomes more. Unexpected feelings emerge, causing the walls I’ve built around myself to crumble at her feet. But I have secrets. Secrets that could cost me—us—everything. Unfortunately, skeletons have a way of crawling out of the deepest, darkest hole. It’s inevitable Everlee discovers the truth. Once she knows what I’d done, will my wife stand by me, or will she walk away and take my broken heart with her?
**An Inevitable Marriage is a marriage of convenience romance between a curvy girl who desperately needs to love herself and a broken British billionaire who doesn’t think he’s worthy of love. Come along for this swoony, low-angst tale of two crushed souls finding each other exactly when they need to.
Introducing A.K. MacBride, whose pen flows with love, passion, and longing.
When she’s not busy crafting captivating love stories, you can find her indulging in her two guilty pleasures – a freshly brewed cup of coffee and a decadent piece of dark chocolate.
Hailing from a quaint small town in South Africa, she finds inspiration in the charming beauty of her surroundings and the warmth of her family. Speaking of family, she shares her cozy abode with her loving husband and adorable daughter—and don’t forget the two lovable furbabies—who never fail to inspire her writing.
With her heart on her sleeve and her pen in hand, she weaves tales of heartbreak, forgiveness, and true love. Join her on a journey of passion, romance, and pure bliss, and experience love like never before.
Genres: Chick Lit/Romantic Comedy Release Date: April 9, 2024
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“Best new book to read.”—New York Post
“… a wonderfully witty chronicle of awkward first dates, with Avalie slowly coming to understand what makes a relationship work, guided along the way by a supportive network of friends…. Abedi’s emotionally charged portrait of what it takes to heal from heartache resonates. It’s an uplifting ode to self-love.” —Publisher’s Weekly
Newly heartbroken, a woman embarks on a glamorized summer of couch surfing to rediscover herself and learns that though life may not go according to plan, there is magic in the unexpected.
Avalie Monfared has a theory about saying “I Do”—that the magic ends there. After thirteen years of magic-free marriage to her high school sweetheart, she’s discovered where it went: gambling and prostitutes.
Now, Ava is on a quest to rediscover herself—and men. Her soul-searching finds her living on a succession of friends’ and family’s couches, which happen to be in some of the most luxurious zip codes in and around Los Angeles. What follows is an unpredictable summer full of shamans, attack birds, awkward dates, sizzling flirtations, and unsolicited advice—especially from her traditional Persian family members, who are eager to see her remarried. With every laugh-out-loud adventure in each locale, Ava finds more solace and wisdom. And while it’s not how she planned to spend the last year of her thirties, Ava learns that there is power in letting go.
Uncaged Summer is a loosely based memoir about my couch-surfing summer with different friends after my divorce. Post Hill Press and Simon & Schuster distributing. Jenna Mattison, the screenwriter for two of Sophie Kinsella’s novels (one is at Netflix), as well as the writer for a James Patterson series is attached to adapt. Giuliana Rancic, my best friend, is attached to producer and it’s being packaged now.
Colet Abedi is an Iranian American bestselling author, television and film producer and currently lives in Los Angeles. She writes contemporary romance, young adult and women’s fiction.
Abedi was head writer and showrunner for the FOX-owned MyNetworkTV serials, American Heiress and Fashion House where she wrote and oversaw over 100 episodes of the telenovelas. She was the creator and executive producer of Unsealed: Alien Files and Unsealed: Conspiracy Files, which originally ran in syndication for four seasons with over 100 episodes and ran on Netflix, Discovery and the Fox stations as well as internationally.
A dislike to lovers stand-alone from small-town romance author Brooke Montgomery about a barrel racer who loses her memory and the rowdy cowboy she once hated but no longer remembers…
I’ve hated Landen Hollis for the past eleven years.
It’s no secret to anyone around us that I don’t like him, but no one knows why. I can’t tell them or I’d risk my pro barrel racing career that I love. Being at the top of my game and on the way to winning it all, he’s the last person I need interfering.
It’s bad enough that he’s one of my trainers and unavoidable, but he relentlessly seeks me out and pushes my buttons.
Even when I nearly choke to death, he’s there, saving my life.
We’re the opposite in every way. I thrive on routine and sticking to it.
He’s a playboy who never has serious relationships or commits to anything besides annoying me.
But then everything takes a turn for the worse when I get a concussion and forget who he is.
My world flips upside down when I wake up not recognizing the sexiest man I’ve ever seen—a six-foot-something, blue-eyed cowboy who’s looking at me like I’m his dream girl.
He tells me we shouldn’t get close because it’s only a matter of time before I get my memory back. And although I can’t remember why I hated him, I want to roll the dice and see where it takes me.
When flashes of the past resurface, and I start to remember everything, my life unravels from the secret I’ve been keeping—and what I never wanted him to know.
But a murder scandal always stirs up gossip in a Southern small town.
Brooke has been writing romance since 2013 under the USA Today Bestselling author pen names: Brooke Cumberland and Kennedy Fox, and now, Brooke Montgomery.
She loves writing small town romance with big families and happily ever afters! She lives in the frozen tundra of Packer Nation with her husband, wild teenager, and four dogs.
When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, watching ASMR and reading vlogs on YouTube, or binge-watching a TV show she’s most likely behind on. Brooke’s addicted to iced coffee, leggings, and naps.
She found her passion for telling stories during winter break one year in grad school—and she hasn’t stopped since.
Not long out of college, Mackenzie Reeves has found herself halfway across the country, relocated from Atlanta, Georgia, to small-town Hamilton, Montana. But it’s not just a fresh start–it’s an escape. For years, she’s been trying to steer clear of the abusive stepfather who’s made her life hell and turned her mother into someone she doesn’t recognize. Now, on Dirk and Merit Littlewood’s gorgeous farm, she’s found a bit of peace. Until a certain dimpled, dark-eyed handsome devil walks into her barn and changes her life with a single look.
Not quite twenty-four, and champion bull rider Bradly Littlewood already feels twice his age. He loves the sport, but between the politics, the lonely nights, missing his family…his heart and head are no longer in the game. And when he’s home for the holidays, surrounded by cousins who’ve married and started their own families, he can add jealousy to the mix. He’s missed so much, and he wants what they have. Turns out, one unplanned stop at the family barn and he may have found it…in the form of a pajama-clad angel, singing and dancing for a captive audience of farm animals.
Mackenzie and Bradly’s instant smolder in the barn becomes a blazing wildfire within days, surprising everyone. Both their futures are uncertain for very different reasons. But their love? That’s rock solid. Beyond a doubt.
A love so strong, so unbreakable, even forever isn’t enough.
Kelly Elliott is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romance author. Her bestselling works include, Wanted, Broken, Lost Love, and Never Enough, to name a few.
Kelly lives in central Texas with her husband, Gus, her chocolate lab, four cats, and endless wildlife creatures. When she’s not writing, Kelly enjoys reading and spending time with her family.
To find out more about Kelly and her books, you can find her through her website.
Samantha Lind is a USA TODAY Bestselling contemporary romance author. When she’s not dreaming up new stories, she can often be found with her family, traveling, reading, watching her boys on the ice, or watching her favorite professional hockey team (Go Knights Go!), and listening to country music. She can be contacted by email or found on Facebook.
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“Firefly Effect is K.K. Allen at her romantic suspense best! With twists and turns you never see coming, you’ll quickly fall in love. Hands down one of the best books I’ve read this year!” Linz Readz Book Obsessed
When a single dad moves to a small town and becomes obsessed with a potential client—a beautiful woman haunted by her tragic past.
For years, tales of the Firefly Man were nothing more than elaborate rumors spread by residents of the Appalachian Mountains. Until the night Evelyn Vaughn stumbled upon a dead body in the woods. Fear gripped her, and silence stole her voice. All while she watched the boy she was with that night take the fall.
Fourteen years later, Evelyn is nothing more than a shell of her former self. Her life moves like a clock from one moment to the next, never a surprise. Gone are the days of chasing fireflies through the woods. Until her therapist goes missing, and he’s replaced with someone new. Dr. Lincoln Reed, a devastatingly handsome single dad with an intensity behind his evergreen eyes that jolts her back to life.
Or does it?
Evelyn is quickly losing grip of the suppressed reality she’s worked so hard to maintain. With every new session on Dr. Reed’s couch comes a startling new revelation that has her past awakening like the sparkles of light she used to chase through the nighttime woods.
The Firefly Man was supposed to be a rumor, a fable, a spooky tale. But Evelyn knows the truth. He’s her very own phantom. And he’s back.
𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳: 💫 Small town romantic suspense 💫 Single dad to an adorable little girl 💫 He’s new to town & her new therapist 💫 She’s a book-loving bar manager 💫 This Hero is OBSESSED with her 💫 Angsty AF, of course 😉 💫 Thrilling, mysterious, and packed with steam
K.K. Allen is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning author who writes heartfelt and inspirational contemporary romance stories. K.K. graduated from the University of Washington with an Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences degree and currently resides in central Florida with her ridiculously handsome little dude who owns her heart.
K.K. published her first contemporary romance, Up in the Treehouse, in 2016 which went on to win the Romantic Times 2016 Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best New Adult Book of the Year.
With K.K.’s love for inspirational and coming of age stories involving heartfelt narratives and honest emotions, you can be assured to always be surprised by what K.K. releases next.
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