The Crawford family has underestimated me again. But this time, it’s not just about vengeance; it’s about safeguarding my future and protecting the family I hold dear. And Zeek—the sinister brother of my former best friend—has no idea what my sister is capable of. Justice must be served. The past may haunt me, but I’m determined to leave it behind. Even if it means a fresh start for not only the Shadow Pack, but other packs, too. The battle for a new beginning has just begun.
Shadow Queen is a full-length rejected mates, wolf shifter romance. There are strong omegaverse themes throughout, so please read the author’s note. Due to the explicit language and steamy scenes, it is intended for readers 18+. While not considered a dark romance, there are darker themes present (see author’s note). It is the third and final book of the Shadow Pack trilogy.
If you like your alphas sweet and caring but with fiery, touch-her-and-you-die vibes, this book is for you. If you like kickass females who aren’t afraid to talk back, this book is for you. Happy reading!
Kory (K.) Easton is the paranormal romance pen name for Amazon bestselling author Amanda Richardson. She gravitates toward dark tales of otherworldly creatures and beasts. She currently resides in Yorkshire, England, with her husband and two kids.
Title: Chasing Holiday Tail A Holiday Rom-Com Charity Anthology
Genre: Contemporary Romantic Comedy Release Date: October 3, 2023
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Get a head start on the holiday spirit by reading for a great cause!
Fifteen of today’s most entertaining rom-com authors #chicks4charity have teamed up on #Books4Paws. This collection of festive shorts ranges from sweet to steamy and promises to entertain. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Valley Humane Society, a no-kill animal shelter that has been caring for rescues and pairing them with their fur-ever families since 1966.
When a biker needs a fake girlfriend to bring home for the holidays, his Club President plays Santa and hires Las Vegas’ most expensive escort for the job.
It’s all fun and games until his feelings stop being fake and start getting real. Is this just another job for her or does she feel it too?
Come along for a festive trip to New Orleans for Christmas done the Creole way.
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When a biker needs a fake girlfriend to bring home for the holidays and meet his grandmother, his Club President plays Santa and hires Las Vegas’ most expensive escort for the job.
The woman who shows up at his door turns out to be the one-night stand he’s never been able to forget. Can he play it cool and ignore the embers burning just under the surface?
It’s all fun and games until his feelings stop being fake and start getting real. Then he can’t help wondering if this is just another job for her or if she feels it too.
With plenty of sexual tension, witty humor and some good old fairy godmother Christmas magic, it’s a romantic holiday sure to delight.
Come along for a festive trip to New Orleans for Christmas done the Creole way.
Nicole James is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who loves writing about hot alpha men who’ll do anything for the women they love! Her stories are filled with struggle, conflict and real human emotion. She is the author of the Evil Dead MC series, the Brothers Ink Tattoo series and more.
Nicole loves to hear from her readers! You can contact her via e-mail, her website contact form or on her social media accounts.
On a flight to a funeral, an incredibly handsome yet irritatingly smug Real Estate tycoon sat next to me–changing my life forever.
Maverick Stern.
As an investigative journalist aspiring to the anchor desk, I landed a hot tip about a young billionaire committing fraud.
The accused scammer? Maverick.
The kicker? At the same time, my wealthy grandmother threatens my father’s inheritance if I don’t get married. Now.
I shut off my ability to love years ago after my college sweetheart died in an accident. I don’t want to be married. It’s been years since a man’s made butterflies take flight in my stomach but Maverick has my full attention.
Going undercover, I need to clear his name or expose my fake fiancè to the world.
With the mounting anxiety causing turbulence in my brain, my best friend forces me to ask a higher power for a helpful sign about Maverick: feathers.
Is this what happens when you catch flights and feelings?
***Encounters In Flightis book 3, the final installment, in The Signs Series – a series of interconnected standalones. You can start from Emma’s journey or read Juliette’s in book 1, Fortunate Encounters. You’ll find plenty of steam, sass, and a touch of manifestation.
Former TV News Producer turned Romance author, Caterina Passarelli has always had a love for words. From reporting on real-life Detroit breaking news to writing fictional love stories around the globe, she hopes to take her readers on fast-paced adventures full of spice.
Caterina is the author of seven titles in multiple genres: Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy, and Romantic Suspense.
When she’s not writing about alpha males and strong, sarcastic women, she is playing with her rescue dog, Piper, and her energetic nephews. Or solo traveling and making TikToks … lots and lots of Tiktoks!
She loves hearing from her readers on her social media pages, feel free to find her! She also has a private Facebook group for her readers, “Cat’s Crew.”
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Reverse Age Gap/Single Mom Release Date: September 27, 2023
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It was a fairytale, my fairytale. I met and married my prince. We created something so special, or at least I thought it was. All the love I showered on him, sacrifices I made for his career, the time alone raising our daughter wasn’t enough to keep him. He traded in our love story for a cheerleader and divorce papers.
I find myself in a new house, a single mother, with no idea what comes next. I’m trying so hard to shield our daughter from anything that could hurt her, which includes the thoughts and schemes of a thirteen year old mind.
When trouble finds her, we’re met with the kindness of a disarmingly attractive, attentive and much younger police officer, Tyler Mason. Now I’m left wondering who’s in trouble, Mia…. or me?
Author and hopeful romantic, Ariana Rose, dabbles in all forms of contemporary romance. All of her novels do have one thing in common. Her heroes and heroines are as passionate about life and love as they are about each other.
Born and raised in the Minneapolis area, she is a proud mother of two. Ariana has always been a storyteller with a flair for the dramatic. When she’s not writing, she can be found at the rink in a figure skating lesson, binge watching her favorite shows, screening an 80s movie she’s seen hundreds of times, and exploring history or traveling to any of her current or new favorite places.
Ariana first published in August of 2018. You can find her exclusively in Kindle Unlimited. Also, sign up for her newsletter, watch her website or find her on all her socials to catch all the latest and greatest on upcoming projects.
Always remember that passion is never a bad thing, it’s where dreams and reality collide.
Title: Marked in Flames Series: Aspen Pack #5 Author: Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre: Paranormal Romance Release Date: September 25, 2023
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My mate rejected me, leaving me broken. I refuse to let that happen again—even if Steele is the one for me.
I hold the power of flame and future in my hands, but I know the world is watching. Waiting for us to fall. The truth and lies that bind the Aspen Pack together are crumbling and I am to bear witness to its fate. I know the Enforcer of the Aspens is my mate. Yet neither of us want what fate decrees. So, we’ll fight side by side and ignore the burning attraction between us. Only when a traitor rocks the foundation of all we know, we might not have a choice to who we cling to in despair. The vampires were only the pawns in this war. The demons are on their way. And if we’re not careful, the Aspen Pack could lose someone that breaks them. And I could lose my mate. Again.
Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.
Title: Without You Series: Burgers and Brew Crüe #8 Author: Lacey Black
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Single Dad/Second Chance/Small Town Release Date: September 26, 2023
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Tucker
I spend my days brewing beer for the popular Brew Crüe Beer Company and my nights devoted to being a dad. Raising a young child with special needs can be tough and stressful, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. He’s everything to me, and the reason I keep going. It’s him and me against the world, and I have no intention of changing that.
Then, Kinsley McGregor walks back into my life.
Letting her go all those years ago was the hardest thing I had ever done, and having her here proves how good we are. Unfortunately, her Nashville life is calling, and I will have to let her go again.
This time, it’s not just my heart I risk, but my four-year-old son’s too.
Kinsley
My entire life explodes on television for the whole world to witness. After my husband’s public affair throughout the course of my very first headlining tour, I retreat to my safe haven: Stewart Grove. I need a place to lick my wounds and figure out my next step, without being under the watchful eye of the paparazzi, and I find it in my hometown.
I wasn’t planning to reconnect the man I left behind, along with his adorable son.
Tucker Dunn was everything I ever wanted before I went to Nashville to chase my country music dreams. Leaving him in Stewart Grove wasn’t easy, but it was the path we chose together.
Now, I stare down the same choices; only this time, the decision will be harder to make.
I’ve loved the books that Lacey Black has given us until now, and tbh, I didn’t think any of the main characters could be more of a favorite than the original Brew Crue, but Lacey keeps on surprising me and giving me new faves with each read.
We knew from a previous read that Kinsley was Kellan’s little sister, Kellan being Tucker’s best friend. Tucker and Kinsley were a couple when they were younger but Kins left to chase her music career and Tucker stayed in Stewart’s Grove. Kinsley has been doing great and was happy in her career until an embarrassing incident in her private life had her heading home to SG to hide out and reassess.
First time seeing each other once Kins was back home, even though it was a quick interaction, let them both see that they still had feelings. I loved how they both had things to think about, talked a lot, were logical and started out again as friends. Their relationship grew organically throughout the story and I was rooting for them all the way.
The best thing for me was Kinsley’s reaction to and relationship with Grayson, Tucker’s son. She was awesome with him and the little guy adored her in return. Scenes with the three of them were some of my favorites to read.
There was a ton of heat, connection, sense of belonging and rightness in this read. As ever we caught up with the guys from the bar and their significant others, which is always fun! I was hooked from beginning to end.
I do hope that Lacey heads back to Stewart Grove and the Crew at some point in the future but until then I’m looking forward to what she’s got coming next!!
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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.
Title: Sisters Before Misters Series: Silver Linings #2 Author: Mary Oldham
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Second Chance at Love/Love Triangle Release Date: August 18, 2023
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Twin sisters, Rachael and Riley, shared everything, an apartment, a business (Twin Cups), and, as it turns out, their love of Rachael’s fiancé. Unfortunately for Rachael, she learned about her sister’s betrayal when walking down the aisle in her Silver Linings Wedding Dress Auction Gown.
Toby Sauveterre has a crush on his favorite barista at Twin Cups, Rachael. But when he gets the nerve to ask her out, he discovers she’s already engaged. Then his aunt hires a new employee who is brokenhearted over a ruined wedding and needs a fresh start. Toby suddenly believes in miracles in the form of second chances.
From Sweet Book (Five Star) Awe it was so good and cute and OMG I wanted to kill her sister and ex they seriously didn’t see anything wrong with what they did. But oh Toby was just so freaking perfect! I really do wish that the epilogue would of been further out into their future though.
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From Kathy (An Amazon Reader) Loved loved this sequel. Book one is still one of my fav Mary Oldham books and book 2 of the series does not disappoint! Mary’s description of different gemstones throughout are so vivid I wish I could head over to the books’ jewelry store. I’m truly love how she weaves something from other books and series’ into her novels. And having a Vizsla puppy with a role is the icing on the cake. Grab this novel and head to the beach, soaker tub or your fav book nook.
Mary Oldham is a multi-award-winning author, and three-time Golden Heart Finalist with the Romance Writers of America in the areas of Contemporary Romance and Romantic Suspense. Mary resides in Portland, Oregon when she is not writing by the Pacific Ocean in scenic Yachats, the Gem of the Oregon Coast.
Title: From No to O Series: The Why Choose Chronicles #1 Author: Mika Lane
Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Reverse Harem/Friends to Lovers Brother’s Best Friend Release Date: September 21, 2023
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Wanted: Seeking multiple virile men who understand that the Big O is not just another letter in the alphabet.
I, Ava Sterling, am queen of juicy tidbits, sizzling advice, and intimate anecdotes in my monthly “Sex & Love” column, enlightening women all over America for Glisten Magazine. To countless readers, I have it all: glamour, brains, and an enviable sex life. But here’s the scandalous truth that lies behind the glossy pages: in a top-secret and ironic twist, I’ve never, actually, had my own Big O. Not even close. And DIY ain’t cutting it.
So when my editor drops a bomb, assigning me a topic for our anniversary issue, my heart plummets to the bottom of my stilettos. The daunting task? Write a first-hand account of my first O. In mere seconds, my flawless reputation is headed for disaster. I’ve reached my finish… without a happy ending.
Enter my overprotective dude-roommate and his hot friends. They somehow get wind of my predicament, coming up with a secret plan of their own to help me cross the finish line. Sometimes it takes a village. Or in my case, three dreamy, devoted men. But when hearts entangle, I find myself in an emotional chaos even I have no advice for. I may have started out looking for my Big O, but now I have a whole alphabet of desires.
This slow-burn why choose romance features a plucky main character with multiple love interests. If you like to indulge your secret bad-girl side, this is the book for you.
I’m USA TODAY bestselling contemporary romance author Mika Lane, and am all about bringing you sexy, sassy stories with imperfect heroines and the bad-a*s dudes they bring to their knees. And I have a special love for romance with multiple guys because why should we have to settle for just one hunky man?
Please join my Insider Group and be the first to hear about giveaways, sales, pre-orders, ARCs, and most importantly, a free sexy short story: https://mikalane.com/join-mailing-list/
Writing has been a passion of mine since, well, forever (my first book was The Day I Ate the Milkyway, a true fourth-grade masterpiece). These days, steamy romance, both dark and funny, gives purpose to my days and nights as I create worlds and characters who defy the imagination. I live in magical Northern California with my own handsome alpha dude, sometimes known as Mr. Mika Lane, and two devilish cats named Chuck and Murray. These three males also defy my imagination from time to time.
A lover of shiny things, I’ve been known to try new recipes on unsuspecting friends, find hiding places so I can read undisturbed, and spend my last dollar on a plane ticket somewhere. I’ll always promise you a hot, sexy romp and some version of a modern-day happily ever after.
Title: The Grouchy Lumberjack’s Bride Series: The Mountain Men of Saddle Creek #2 Author: Kat Baxter
Genre: Steamy Romantic Comedy Tropes: Frenemies to Lovers/Marriage of Convenience Release Blitz: September 18, 2023
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Jade
Once upon a time Cain Bishop and I were inseparable. All through high school we were two peas in the proverbial pod, but then I did something he’ll never forgive. Now, he’s going to lose custody of his half-sister unless he comes up with a bride, STAT. I’ll do whatever he needs, even be his wife of convenience. I’m prepared for him to be indifferent or platonic, but nothing could have prepared me for the hungry way he looks at me.
Cain
There was a time, when I was young, that I would have done anything to make Jade Larson my wife. Even knowing she’s way too good for me; a curvaceous princess used to the finer things in life I’ll never be able to give her. When she went behind my back and did something I can’t ever forgive, I forced myself to walk away from her, but I never stopped wanting her. Now, I have to swallow my damn pride and marry her for the sake of keeping custody of my half-sister. How am I supposed to keep my hands off Jade once she’s my bride, when every instinct I have demands that I claim her, body and soul?
This was a fun, short read from Kat Baxter. She’s definitely one of my go to authors when I need a pickmeup!!
Cain was a grump who lost the love of his life through miscommunication and pride. He got so much wrong and I was kinda peeved at him for a bit regarding him feeling like he couldn’t trust Jade without even talking to her about the issue!
Jade was a sweetheart who loved those people important to her and showed them in the best way she felt she could. She was willing to jump in and help out Cain and Sasha, his little sister, without knowing what she was setting herself up for.
The reason behind their falling out was sad – I know personally how much of an impact what they were facing can have on your life….. I was glad Cain finally found out the truth about everything and got his act together – though maybe Jade should have made him work harder…… and maybe she would have had his Cain’s little sister’s welfare not been in the line!!
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.
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