Title: Puck Drop Series: Dusk Bay Demons #1 Authors: Maggie Alabaster & Jo Bradley
Genre: Dark Sports Romance Tropes: Reverse Harem/Hockey Romance Release Date: February 1, 2024
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Revenge is pucking sweet. Until the blood won’t wash off my hands and my enemies want their own retribution.
I can only evade them for so long, before they take a shot.
The head coach of the Dusk Bay Demons, the hockey team with everything to prove, won’t let them near me.
Who will he allow? The equipment manager who’s the calm to his storm, and the defenceman whose heart is as dark as he is skilled with his stick.
My guys want to convince our enemies I wasn’t in the game, but that means sacrificing one of them instead. Can I sit out when I have everything to lose, or will the horn call time on our relationship first?
**This is an interconnected, standalone, hockey RH/poly romance**
Maggie Alabaster lives in NSW Australia with her husband, two daughters, a beloved dog, countless birds and a growing collection of books and dragons. She writes reverse harem, both paranormal and contemporary.
Jo Bradley writes contemporary romance. She has a writing companion named Bear and a highly inappropriate sense of humour. She’s looking forward to releasing solo books in early 2024.
Title: The Billionaire Is Back Authors: Kayley Loring & Connor Crais
Genres: Contemporary Romance/Romantic Comedy Release Date: January 25, 2024
Tropes: Small Town/Billionaire/Brother’s Best Friend
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People in this small town are whispering…
What they’re saying is that the billionaire is back and he’s going after his best friend’s sister.
What I’m trying to do is help Claire Sweeney’s bakery business.
What I haven’t been able to admit to myself is that in all this time, no matter how hard I tried, I never forgot her.
Now she’s all grown up. I can’t stop thinking about her muffin. Or how guilty I feel when I fantasize about buttering it.
Claire has always been as much a part of Beacon Harbor as the hanging flower baskets, the boat tours, and the lobster races. She has no idea how beautiful I think she is. Even when she has flour on her face. Even when she’s rolling her eyes at me.
I’ve got her brother’s approval, but now it’s Claire that I really have to convince.
She doesn’t believe we have the right ingredients for a real relationship—so she only agrees to pretend to be my girlfriend to help me close a deal in New York.
I believe she’s about to discover exactly how I roll when I know what I want.
Amazon Top 25 and USA Today bestselling author Kayley Loring had a fifteen-year career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles (under a different name) before moving to the Pacific Northwest to pen steamy romantic comedy novels. Now she’s breathing cleaner air, writing dirtier words, and staring at her computer screen until her eyeballs dry out instead of getting facials and going to the hair salon. Read or listen to Kayley’s books when you want to laugh, warm your heart, and enjoy top-notch banter, strong heroines who need to be chased, lovable characters you’d want to know in real life, and swoon over perfectly imperfect book boyfriends.
Connor Crais is a classically trained actor living in the Midwest with his wife and three kids. He has been both a stage and television actor, and before plunging into the romance genre, he had been narrating commercials, audiobooks, and explainers for well over a decade from his home studio. From alphas to bosses to cocky sports stars (a particular favorite), he loves sparring with beautiful, sassy heroines (and their talented narrators) but also loves winning them over and reaching that happily ever after. He is excited to now create those stories as an author.
Title: My Mountain Man Rescuer Series: Wild Heart Mountain: Mountain Heroes #1 Author: Sadie King
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Secret Billionaire/Mountain Man Curvy Girl/Forced Proximity Release Date: January 25, 2024
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A secret billionaire mountain man and a curvy girl with a secret, stuck together on the side of a mountain…
I’m a volunteer for Wild Heart Mountain Search and Rescue, and when I find Chantelle injured on the side of the mountain, my world shifts. I should take her to the medical center, but instead I take her to my cabin. She’s mine, and I won’t give her up. But Chantelle’s hiding something, and I won’t let her leave until I know all her secrets… even if I won’t tell her mine.
My Mountain Man Rescuer is a forced proximity, age gap, instalove romance featuring a secret billionaire hero and the curvy innocent woman who rescues his heart.
Sadie King is a USA Today Best Selling Author of short instalove romance about OTT protective men and the curvy women who steal their hearts. Her books are high heat, oh so sweet, and always with a happily ever after. She lives in New Zealand with her ex-military husband and raucous young son. Sign up for the Sadie King newsletter and get a free book http://authorsadieking.com/free
Title: Finding Redemption Author: Terri Anne Browning
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Age Gap, Nanny/Billionaire, Single Dad Release Date: January 30, 2024
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A stand-alone by USA Today & WSJ Bestselling Author, Terri Anne Browning.
Brooke I didn’t wake up one day and decide to be a Disney princess, but for the last six months, I’ve been living the dream. Of course, that dream includes screaming little girls at birthday parties every weekend. At least there’s cake. When my roommate offers to cover my share of the rent if I work her friend’s little girl’s party, I don’t hesitate. Only…she forgets to mention a few things. Like that I would love the birthday girl the moment I met her. Or that the man who let me down seven years ago would crash the party. And she definitely didn’t say anything about the jerk single father who just happens to be the hottest man on the planet. Paxton Foster is nowhere close to being Prince Charming… But he sure does spend a lot of time rescuing me.
Paxton No amount of money could make up for the mistakes of my past, but I’ve been trying. And then Brooke stormed into my life like a Category 5 hurricane, turning everything in my world upside down. Yet suddenly, it seems right side up for the first time. There are a billion reasons why I can’t have her. I have secrets. She’s far too young. And then there’s the small matter of her hating my best friend. But she is exactly what my daughter and I need, and I’ll do whatever I have to in order to keep her. With Brooke, I feel as if I can finally find redemption.
Terri Anne Browning is a Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author. She writes contemporary romance featuring rockers, bikers, and mafiosos–but mostly about the strong female characters who rule what has become known as the Rocker Universe.
When I left the military and came home to Saddle Creek, I was looking for peace and solitude, not love. I have too many scars, inside and out, to hope for that kind of thing. But a random encounter brings me face-to-face with Shelby Coleman, and I find myself in a fake relationship. She’s short and sweet with curves for days, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say I’ve never wanted a woman more. I don’t have much of a heart left but Shelby makes me wish I had more to give.
Shelby
I’ve crushed on Dane Whitmore from afar since I was a teenager. With his worn in jeans and scuffed cowboy boots, he’s a walking thirst trap. Being his pretend girlfriend requires public displays of affection. Every kiss and touch light my body up. But I have to remind myself it’s just for pretend.
About the Author
USA Today Bestselling Author, Kat Baxter writes fast-paced, sweet & STEAMY romantic comedies. Readers have dubbed her “The Queen of Adorkable.” and her books “laugh-out-loud funny,” and “hot enough to melt your kindle.” She lives in Texas with her family and a menagerie of animals. Kat is the pseudonym for a bestselling historical romance author.
Title: The Billionaire Is Back Authors: Kayley Loring & Connor Crais
Genres: Contemporary Romance/Romantic Comedy Tropes: Small Town/Billionaire/Brother’s Best Friend Release Date: January 25, 2024
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People in this small town are whispering…
What they’re saying is that the billionaire is back and he’s going after his best friend’s sister.
What I’m trying to do is help Claire Sweeney’s bakery business.
What I haven’t been able to admit to myself is that in all this time, no matter how hard I tried, I never forgot her.
Now she’s all grown up. I can’t stop thinking about her muffin. Or how guilty I feel when I fantasize about buttering it.
Claire has always been as much a part of Beacon Harbor as the hanging flower baskets, the boat tours, and the lobster races. She has no idea how beautiful I think she is. Even when she has flour on her face. Even when she’s rolling her eyes at me.
I’ve got her brother’s approval, but now it’s Claire that I really have to convince.
She doesn’t believe we have the right ingredients for a real relationship—so she only agrees to pretend to be my girlfriend to help me close a deal in New York.
I believe she’s about to discover exactly how I roll when I know what I want.
Amazon Top 25 and USA Today bestselling author Kayley Loring had a fifteen-year career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles (under a different name) before moving to the Pacific Northwest to pen steamy romantic comedy novels. Now she’s breathing cleaner air, writing dirtier words, and staring at her computer screen until her eyeballs dry out instead of getting facials and going to the hair salon. Read or listen to Kayley’s books when you want to laugh, warm your heart, and enjoy top-notch banter, strong heroines who need to be chased, lovable characters you’d want to know in real life, and swoon over perfectly imperfect book boyfriends.
Connor Crais is a classically trained actor living in the Midwest with his wife and three kids. He has been both a stage and television actor, and before plunging into the romance genre, he had been narrating commercials, audiobooks, and explainers for well over a decade from his home studio. From alphas to bosses to cocky sports stars (a particular favorite), he loves sparring with beautiful, sassy heroines (and their talented narrators) but also loves winning them over and reaching that happily ever after. He is excited to now create those stories as an author.
Title: My Mountain Man Rescuer Series: Wild Heart Mountain: Mountain Heroes #1 Author: Sadie King
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Secret Billionaire/Mountain Man Curvy Girl/Forced Proximity Release Date: January 25, 2024
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A secret billionaire mountain man and a curvy girl with a secret, stuck together on the side of a mountain…
I’m a volunteer for Wild Heart Mountain Search and Rescue, and when I find Chantelle injured on the side of the mountain, my world shifts. I should take her to the medical center, but instead I take her to my cabin. She’s mine, and I won’t give her up. But Chantelle’s hiding something, and I won’t let her leave until I know all her secrets… even if I won’t tell her mine.
My Mountain Man Rescuer is a forced proximity, age gap, instalove romance featuring a secret billionaire hero and the curvy innocent woman who rescues his heart.
Sadie King is a USA Today Best Selling Author of short instalove romance about OTT protective men and the curvy women who steal their hearts. Her books are high heat, oh so sweet, and always with a happily ever after. She lives in New Zealand with her ex-military husband and raucous young son. Sign up for the Sadie King newsletter and get a free book http://authorsadieking.com/free
Title: The Bride’s Runaway Billionaire Series: Three BFFS and a Wedding #3 Author: Pippa Grant
Genre: Romantic Comedy Tropes: Runaway Bride/Oops Baby/Small Town Single Mom/Second Chance/Celebrity Hero Release Date: January 18, 2024
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Being the star of the world’s most viral runaway bride video wasn’t how I envisioned my future when I woke up on my wedding morning, but here we are.
With me hiding from the world in Fiji where I’m now honeymooning solo.
And where I just tripped over my number one celebrity crush, hungover and sleeping on my little porch.
Turns out Jonas Rutherford, Razzle Dazzle movie star and heir to the entertainment conglomerate’s billions, is having his own relationship issues and is here hiding too after details of his scandalous divorce went public.
I didn’t think inviting him in for a hangover cure would lead to us getting friendly. And friendlier. And then—okay, yes.
I slept with him. Who can blame a girl? When you’re suddenly unexpectedly single and the number one guy on your freebie list is available, you leap.
But when I wake up the next morning, I discover I’m not the only runaway in my life, because he’s just ghosted me.
It’s fine. I’m fine. Neither one of us is in a position to start an actual relationship.
But three years later?
When he crashes my brother’s wedding?
Where the son that he’s just discovered he has is serving as ring bearer?
Life was a lot easier when I was just a runaway bride.
The Bride’s Runaway Billionaire is a deliciously juicy and utterly swoony romcom featuring a jaded optimist who’s had enough of the limelight, a happy-go-lucky celebrity whose world has been upside down since that fling after his divorce, the most adorable two-year-old on the planet, and a chicken with an attitude. While this book stands alone, you won’t go wrong to read The Worst Wedding Date, The Gossip and the Grump, and The Last Eligible Billionaire first.
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: Stay Present Series: Kincaid Brothers #6 Author: Kaylee Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Second Chance/Found Family/Small Town Release Date: January 23, 2024
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Ryder
Two years of silence and no goodbye—she slipped away and through my fingers, leaving me with nothing but questions… and a heavy heart from missing her.
I know what we had was real, that our love was once in a lifetime.
Now she’s back from her Parisian fashion internship, and I’m ready for answers, desperate to understand why she couldn’t just stay.
Jordyn
When I walked away, it was to protect him. Yet, all he knows, all he cares about, is that I left. Coming home is a bittersweet journey, each step heavier than the last.
While I’m no longer half a world away, the obstacles in front of us make it feel like we’ve never been farther apart.
I want to give him the answers he so desperately craves, and this time, I’ll get to say goodbye. However, what I didn’t plan on was Ryder’s fight. He’s not going to let me go so easily this time.
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan has been crowned the Queen of Swoon by her readers. With nearly fifty romance books under her belt, she’s known for penning happily ever afters with heart. When she’s not writing, you can find her with a book in her hand or hanging out with her family where she resides in her home state of Ohio.
No-strings-attached hook-ups are my jam. After a hockey player hires me to improve his skating skills, sparks fly and a second-night stand sounds like a damn good time. I have zero regrets… …till he ghosts me. Now that I’ve lost my summer gig, I get on with my life, picking up an old side hustle to keep myself afloat. A top-tier viewer makes me an offer I can’t refuse—private, exclusive sessions for an outrageous fee. He’s perfect until he sends me Cole Korhonen’s jersey to wear for him. Turns out the ghost and my viewer are one and the same. I’m a cam girl. Cole’s a hockey star. Can a one-night stand ever be anything more?
WAITING GAME, book two in the New York Stars’ series, is a standalone hockey romance.
Secret relationship ~ Golden retriever hero ~ Curvy heroine ~ Pierced for her pleasure ~ Band of brothers ~ Heroine in distress ~ Cam girl
International Best Selling Author G.A. Mazurke is the crazy lady behind Serena Akeroyd, crafter of smexy heroes you just wanna lick. While Serena has us expecting dark romance with lots of twists and turns … G.A. is her more mainstream/contemporary personality.
She explores her sweeter side while keeping the sexy we love, where the women fall hard but the men fall harder.
Some of G.A.’s books will cross over into Serena’s universes… so expect a cameo or two from beloved characters, while discovering new bands of brothers, with the banter, the laughs and the tears you are used to.
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