Here are the new releases for the week.

Let us know if there’s something missing & we’ll add it to the list and information that follows.

 

Title	Author	Publisher	Release Date	Other Details	Link
My Summer of Love	SA Collins	NineStar Press	6/10/2019	Angels of Mercy
Northwest of Normal	Blue Jones	NineStar Press	6/10/2019
Tales from Ardulum	J.S. Fields	NineStar Press	6/10/2019	Ardulum #4
The Women of Dauphine	Deb Jannerson	NineStar Press	6/10/2019
Worth the Risk	Talia Carmichael	Simply Sophisticated Publishing	6/10/2019	Encounters #3
Broken Baby	Charity Parkerson	Punk & Sissy Publications	6/10/2019	Sugar Babies #2
Rise of a Nobleman	Valentina C. Brin	Self Published	6/10/2019	Possession #1
Prince of Killers	Layla Reyne	Self Published	6/10/2019	Fog City #1
His Final Curtain	Rorie Kage	Self Published	6/10/2019	Criminal Delights
Meet Me at Pride	Abby Crofton	Self Published	6/10/2019
Malachite	Michele Notaro & Sammi Cee	Self Published	6/10/2019	Brotherhood of Ormarr #4
Take the Edge Off	TA Moore	Dreamspinner Press	6/11/2019
Ammo and Enchiladas	BA Tortuga	Dreamspinner Press	6/11/2019	A Border Crossing Novel
The Final Season	Tom Early	Harmony Ink Press	6/11/2019	Seasons Rising #3
Treacherous Seas	L.M. Brown	Pride Publishing	6/11/2019	Mermen & Magic #6
In Case You Forgot	Frederick Smith & Chaz Lamar	Bold Strokes Books	6/11/2019
Accidental Prophet	Bud Gundy	Bold Strokes Books	6/11/2019
Playing with Fire	Lesley Davis	Bold Strokes Books	6/11/2019	Playing #3
The Last Seduction	Ronica Black	Bold Strokes Books	6/11/2019
Wavering Convictions	Erin Dutton	Bold Strokes Books	6/11/2019
Practice Makes Perfect	Carsen Taite	Bold Strokes Books	6/11/2019	Legal Affairs #1
Frustrating Leighton	J.D. Light	B4 Dawn Publishing	6/11/2019	Terra Mortis #13
Finding Alexander	Pandora Pine	Self Published	6/11/2019
Marry Him	Marina Ford	Less Than Three Press	6/12/2019
The Rising Stones	A. Lawrence	Less Than Three Press	6/12/2019	Ihale #1
Fresh Meat	Megan Derr	Less Than Three Press	6/12/2019
The Cure	Marcy Jacks	Siren Bookstrand	6/12/2019	Triton’s Pack #1
Single	RJ Scott	Love Lane Books	6/12/2019	Single Dads #1
Nine Small Sips	V.L. Locey	Self Published	6/12/2019	Tales Of Bryant #2
Touching Fate	Toby Wise	Self Published	6/12/2019	A Collection of Strays #2
Square One	L.A. Witt	Self Published	6/12/2019
Every Single Second of the Day	Casper Graham	Siren Bookstrand	6/13/2019	Star Shadow series #2
Melting For You	A.M. Arthur	Briggs-King Books	6/13/2019	Neighborhood Shindig #1
Stone Under Skin	B.L. Maxwell	Self Published	6/13/2019
On Shaky Ground	Andrew Grey	Dreamspinner Press	6/14/2019
Lee	Catherine Lievens	eXtasy Books	6/14/2019	Wyoming Shifters: 12 Years Later #8
Going Back	Treva Harte	Changeling Press	6/14/2019	Price of Fame #1
A Menacing Tempest	Shea Balik	Self Published	6/14/2019	Druid’s Curse #3
Surviving the Shadows	Miranda Turner	Self Published	6/14/2019	The Bearer of Truth #2
A Haunting of Ghosts	Edward Kendrick	JMS Books	6/15/2019	Ghostly Investigations #4
Who We Used to Be	Dara J. Nelson	Dare Press	6/15/2019	Do-Over #1
The Vampire’s Club	X. Aratare	Raythe Reign Publishing	6/15/2019	The Vampire’s Club #1
Mind Games	Cara Malone	Lisbon Press	6/15/2019	Fox County Forensics

 

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TITLE:  My Summer of Love

AUTHOR: SA Collins

SERIES: Angels of Mercy

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 341 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2019

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On the cusp of his senior year at Mercy High, Elliot Donahey, an out but terminally shy gay young man who keeps to the shadows—never wanting to be seen or noticed—suddenly finds himself in the arms of the highest profile jock on campus, local star quarterback, Marco Sforza. Their lives, and the ones of those closest to them, will never be the same.

Set against the backdrop of competitive sports, this character study work deep dives into the lives of these young men who each must “play the game” so Marco can play the game he loves. They are just trying to find some small slice of happiness to call their own amidst their hellish final year of high school.

TITLE:  Northwest of Normal

AUTHOR: Blue Jones

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 232 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2019

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When Ben wakes up from a nap in his Jeep, he is horrified to find two strangers driving it. His car’s been stolen, with him in the back seat. Ben overhears just enough to discover they are brothers on the run for murder. Randall is a thug, delighting in showing off his gun and vowing to use it if Ben tries to escape.

Ben just wants to get out of this alive but soon finds himself fighting a dangerous attraction to Randall’s younger brother Murphy. His tough exterior hides someone sweet, vulnerable, and completely gorgeous. The sexual tension between Ben and Murphy becomes impossible to ignore as they are kept in forced proximity. Bound together, made to share a room and even a bed night after night in increasingly weird motels, they slowly turn from enemies to secret lovers. When Murphy discovers Randall’s true plans for Ben, he must choose between the brother who has always been his everything, and Ben—the man it might be worth losing everything for.

TITLE:  Tales from Ardulum

AUTHOR: J.S. Fields

SERIES: Ardulum #4

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 195 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2019

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One year after saving the Neek homeworld and redefining the people’s religion, the crew of the Scarlet Lucidity returns to the Charted Systems for a much-needed break. For Nicholas and Yorden, the Systems will always be home, but for Emn and Atalant, too many memories compound with Emn’s strange new illness to provide much relaxation.

TITLE:  The Women of Dauphine

AUTHOR: Deb Jannerson

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 195 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2019

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When Cassie’s family moves into a decrepit house in New Orleans, the only upside is her new best friend. Gem is witty, attractive, and sure not to abandon Cassie—after all, she’s been confined to the old house since her murder in the ’60s.

As their connection becomes romantic, Cassie must keep more and more secrets from her religious community, which hates ghosts almost as much as it hates gays. Even if their relationship prevails over volatile parents and brutal conversion therapy, it may not outlast time.

TITLE:  Worth the Risk

AUTHOR: Talia Carmichael

SERIES: Encounters #3

PUBLISHER: Simply Sophisticated Publishing

LENGTH: 142 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2019

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When Grayson is unexpectedly drawn to a man who makes him wonder if it’s possible for more, he’ll find himself fighting not only himself but the man who makes him want forever. Can he convince them both it’s worth the risk?

Grayson Monroe has his hands full getting used to being a father and doesn’t have time for anything else. Or so he thought until Archer makes him want things he should not. The usually stoic cowboy has a way of getting to him like no one else but…Grayson doesn’t know if they should even risk it.

Archer Masterson knows that Grayson is under his skin and he wants him. Yet he is reluctant to open himself fully to that sort of pain again. Grayson tempts him but he’s reluctant to take that risk with his heart again. His head knows what he should do yet his heart wants the man who pushes his buttons and makes him want forever. Archer knows forever is a myth but…for Grayson he’ll take the risk.

TITLE:  Broken Baby

AUTHOR: Charity Parkerson

SERIES: Sugar Babies #2

PUBLISHER: Punk & Sissy Publications

LENGTH: 95 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2019

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After months of rehab, Lane finally feels like life is headed in the right direction. Between starting his own business and helping out Trace with Club Incubus, his bank account is looking fantastic too. His friendship with Walker gets deeper every day. Until Lane looks over one day and realizes he’s in love with the guy.

Walker never expects to fall for someone half his age, especially someone like Lane. For a long time, Walker didn’t even like the guy. After months of visiting doctors together, getting Lane’s life on track, now Walker is the one who needs help. The only difference is, Walker has no intention of dragging Lane into his problems. Lane just finished rehab. Walker can’t disrupt his life. It’s too bad Walker ends up crushing Lane in the process of keeping him at arm’s length.

Can these two men meet in the middle while both on shaky ground? Lane is up for the challenge. If only Walker would let him in.

TITLE:  Rise of a Nobleman

AUTHOR: Valentina C. Brin

SERIES: Possession #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 352 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2019

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London, 1680. For the young Charles Rochester, Marquess of Bolton and heir to the Duke of Norfolk, desiring another man is unacceptable. His fierce attraction to the new scullery boy must be suffocated at all cost. But it’s not easy to silence your heart when the people who should understand you end up betraying you, and the only one loyal seems to be the one you’re desperately trying to avoid.

But Dorian Pratt knows he’s hopelessly lost the second he first lays eyes on his new master. As a lowly servant, he understands he can never have him, but he can’t stop his body—and heart—from reacting to the dark, handsome nobleman.

When dangerous secrets hidden within the walls of Norfolk Manor come to light, everything collapses. Charles has only one hope for hanging onto Dorian, but to make it work he must be prepared to sacrifice the most valuable gift God has bestowed upon him: his very humanity.

Sins will not be forgiven and there’s always a price to pay when blood is spilled.

TITLE:  Prince of Killers

AUTHOR: Layla Reyne

SERIES: Fog City #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 200 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2019

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No indiscriminate killing. No collateral damage. No unvetted targets.

These are the rules Hawes Madigan lives by. Rules that make being Fog City’s Prince of Killers bearable. Soon, he’ll be king—of an organization of assassins—and the crown has never felt heavier. Until the mysterious Dante Perry swaggers into his life.

Dante looks like a rock god and carries himself like one too, all loose-limbed and casually confident. He also carries a concealed weapon, a private investigator’s license, and a message for the prince. Someone inside Hawes’s organization is out to kill the future king.

In the chaos that follows the timely warning, Hawes comes to depend on Dante. On his skills as an investigator, on the steadiness he offers, and on their moments alone when Hawes lets Dante take control. As alliances are tested and traitors exposed, Hawes needs Dante at his back and in his bed. But if the PI ever learns Hawes’s darkest secret, Hawes is sure to get a knife to the heart—and a bullet to the brain—instead.

TITLE:  His Final Curtain

AUTHOR: Rorie Kage

SERIES: Criminal Delights

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2019

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A single glance is all it takes for one man to alter the course of the rest of his life. Will his obsession with an actor lead to both their downfalls?

After losing both parents at eighteen which left him responsible for both his siblings, Dalton James thought his dreams of the big stage had disappeared forever. Years later, a minor role on a community stage puts him in the crosshairs of a man who launches his acting career into high gear.

Warden Lassiter had been groomed all his life to take over his father’s role of CEO of his family’s longstanding investment firm. Being gay was something he knew they’d not tolerate, so he hid his desires deep inside until he laid eyes on an actor who had no lines. In the biggest risk he’s ever taken, Warden gambles it all to make the man succumb to him.

But what happens when attraction turns into obsession? Will Warden’s desire for Dalton be the end? Or will the threat neither of them sees lead to the final curtain?

TITLE:  Meet Me at Pride

AUTHOR: Abby Crofton

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 144 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2019

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Molly and Hannah get along great and seem like the perfect match. Except that they’ve never met in person. After months of flirting online, they agree to finally meet at the Washington, D.C. Pride Festival. With Molly nervously excited and Hannah deciding to play it cool, they prepare themselves for a day of fun, and possibly, romance.

However, plans gets turned upside down by interfering friends, rude roommates, unexpected exes and plenty of misunderstandings. There’s even a chance that they might miss the big concert headlined by their favorite lesbian German singer.

Faced with mounting obstacles and their own insecurities, can Molly and Hannah salvage their day? Or will their budding relationship end before it even got the chance to properly start?

TITLE:  Malachite

AUTHOR: Michele Notaro & Sammi Cee

SERIES: Brotherhood of Ormarr #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 254 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2019

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Malachite~

I have a wonderful life. I have no room to complain; between my brothers and their new mates, this is the most alive our home has felt since my parents died. Unfortunately, all of them being mated is making me miserable. When it was just the four of us, it was us against the world. Now they’re paired up and it’s only me and my dragon, Kesia. Until I happen to walk into the Overlord’s Lair and I see him: Quentin. Mine. Mate. As much as I want to win him over without telling him I’m a dragon rider and we’re mates—which I know he’d love—I’m not sure I can. The minute I’m around him I act like an idiot.

Quentin~

Every time the goofy guy walks into my store, he brightens my day, and I look forward to his daily visits. There’s just something about him that draws me to him, to the point he leaves me pining after him the moment he’s gone. But the thing is, I can tell he’s hiding something, and my wild imagination is coming up with the craziest explanations of the secrets he’s keeping. Maybe he’s a vampire that’s come to whisk me away—ridiculous, right? But a guy can dream. And I’ve definitely been dreaming of that big, muscular man wrapping me in his arms at night.

TITLE:  Take the Edge Off

AUTHOR: TA Moore

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 194 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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You don’t end up an ex-car thief and ex-con because you’re good at resisting temptation… and Cal Tate’s rich new boss is very tempting.

Cal has always been the bad boy lovers don’t bring home to Mom, but now he’d like someone other than a debt collector waiting for him at home. He has a legit job as a driver with his brother’s company, he’s got a doctor on the hook, and he still can’t help crawling into bed with Joseph Bailey.

Joe has never met anyone as easy in their own skin as his new driver. Or as ridiculously beautiful. He’s in London to downsize the family business… and to investigate the abusive emails that imply a dark secret around his mother’s death. But unpicking the lies he’s been told makes Joe realize he isn’t sure who is without them.

When his life falls apart, the only person he can be himself with is Cal. But with the anonymous stalker’s threats increasing, Joe worries that someone will finish the job they started over two decades ago—and end any chance for a happy future between him and Cal.

TITLE:  Ammo and Enchiladas

AUTHOR: BA Tortuga

SERIES: A Border Crossing Novel

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 213 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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After a night at the movies in Albuquerque, NM, Brantley’s best friend, Matt, is shot right in front him during a robbery. Stunned and devastated, Brant tries to help Matt’s husband, Travis, deal with the funeral details even as he struggles with his own grief and Travis’s blame. When Travis’s best friend arrives, Brant is both annoyed and grateful, because he is so darn tired and can use the help.

Lex Espana is ashamed to admit he hasn’t seen his childhood best friend since Travis’s wedding. He’s even more amazed that he barely remembers Brant from that wedding, because he’s sure interested now. While it’s weird to fall for someone at a funeral, his feelings for Brant are real and make him long for a life he didn’t realize he was missing.

Neither Lex nor Brant knows how to be part of an us, though, and they both have a lot to work through before they can settle in. To become a real couple, Brant and Lex will have to dig deep to get past the roadblocks in their relationship.

TITLE:  The Final Season

AUTHOR: Tom Early

SERIES: Seasons Rising #3

PUBLISHER: Harmony Ink Press

LENGTH: 258 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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Fay is no longer a boy haunted by the spirit of Winter—he is now the embodiment of the cruelest Season. If he thought access to the immense power that grants him would make his life easier, he couldn’t be more wrong.

The return of the Seasons is tearing Gaia—the magical realm that mirrors Earth—apart as factions form to either take advantage of the shift in power, fight against it, or use it to spur societal change. Terrifying enemies emerge to face Fay and the other Seasons, even as the Seasons plan their own battle strategy.

Fay, Sam, Tyler, and their friends and allies are facing a final test unlike any other. To survive the chaos unleashed on his world, Fay will have to choose what to hold on to and what can be sacrificed.

TITLE:  Treacherous Seas

AUTHOR: L.M. Brown

SERIES: Mermen & Magic #6)

PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing

LENGTH: 348 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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One merman. Two lives. A love so powerful it tore apart a city and broke the heart of a god.

Caspian, the Atlantean God of Justice, has devoted his eternal life to protecting the merfolk. He has no time for romance, not even when the merman he now watches over is his former lover reincarnated.

Phoebus, a merman living in the sunken city of Atlantis before the Atlanteans were banished, never intended to fall for Caspian, the most promiscuous of all the gods. Yet, when Caspian offers him immortality, Phoebus doesn’t know if he can pay the price, even if refusing means breaking the heart of a god.

Back in the present, Marin remembers the love he once had for Caspian, but he’s not the same merman now. Caspian might have loved him as Phoebus, but he knows the god cannot give him what he needs.

Marin doesn’t want Caspian’s protection. He wants revenge, and he is prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to get it, even if it means breaking Caspian’s heart a second time.

Reader advisory: This book contains scenes of sexual assault and attempted rape, murder and violence.

TITLE:  In Case You Forgot

AUTHOR: Frederick Smith & Chaz Lamar

PUBLISHER: Bold Strokes Books

LENGTH: 242 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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Two newly single, Black, queer, and socially aware men have packed up to start again–in love, career, and life–in the West Hollywood neighborhood of LA.

Zaire James, on the cusp of 30, has decided marriage isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Despite friends, family, and coworkers loving Zaire’s “perfect” partner, divorce is a necessary step for finding himself and being free. If only it were that easy.

Kenny Kane has made a career of deferring dreams, lowering expectations, and chasing partners not on his level in hopes of finding a love to call his own. However, on the verge of the big 4-0, he realizes the clock is ticking on all his dreams.

As Zaire and Kenny undo the significant relationships of their pasts, they hope new opportunities, energy, mindsets, and connections will reinvigorate what is missing in their lives–drama and all.

TITLE:  Accidental Prophet

AUTHOR: Bud Gundy

PUBLISHER: Bold Strokes Books

LENGTH: 264 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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Intelligent, handsome, and struggling to make his rent, thirty-year-old Drew Morten loses his only meaningful relationship when his grandmother dies. A famous television anchor, Claudia Trenton, leaves Drew the legacy of her secret memoir. From the fate of a vanished medieval prince to a top-secret NASA study about a mystifying space object, her unreported discoveries hum with wonder.

But history merges with the present and upends Drew’s life when he has a terrifying revelation. Teaming up with a brilliant woman who receives the same vision and a handsome man whose arrival is either fortuitous or sinister, Drew follows the clues in his grandmother’s memoir and races against time to save the world from an apocalyptic nightmare about to be unleashed in downtown San Francisco.

As catastrophe looms, so does the question: Who, or what, is the real enemy?

TITLE:  Playing with Fire

AUTHOR: Lesley Davis

SERIES: Playing #3

PUBLISHER: Bold Strokes Books

LENGTH: 266 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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Takira Lathan’s life revolves around her restaurant. She owns it, cooks in it, and is one hundred percent dedicated to its success. Her life starts to veer off course when money goes missing and so does her restaurant manager, leaving her in the lurch. Most importantly, raising her young nephew was never anywhere in her plans.

Dante Groves could be the answer to Takira’s prayers. She’s an excellent manager and is totally at ease with children. She’s also mature, kind, and unashamedly butch. Takira can’t help being attracted, but Dante’s emotional baggage from her last relationship has left her way too wary of romance.

Betrayed by those they trusted, Takira and Dante must rely on each other to create a recipe for success, both in business and in love.

TITLE:  The Last Seduction

AUTHOR: Ronica Black

PUBLISHER: Bold Strokes Books

LENGTH: 277 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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Growing older has hit youth softball club owner Hannah Carter across the face like a jilted lover. So much so that she’s let her long-time partner, Sasha, slip right through her fingers. Hannah has convinced herself things are better this way for everyone involved, that is until Sasha calls her, near death and pleading for her to come quickly.

Sasha Bashton is trying like hell to move on with her life after the breakup, but dating someone new and throwing herself into her work doesn’t stop her from reliving Hannah’s warm smile and loving embrace no matter how much she wants to forget. When her chronic disease recurs, she’s rushed to the hospital fighting for her life. The only person she wants by her side is Hannah, but can she truly depend on her sticking around?

Hannah has one last chance to show Sasha how wrong she has been and start fresh for a love worth fighting for. All she has to do is convince Sasha she’s the right woman for her—the second time around.

TITLE:  Wavering Convictions

AUTHOR: Erin Dutton

PUBLISHER: Bold Strokes Books

LENGTH: 234 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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Maggie Davidson lives in fear after being robbed on the street outside her office. But the trauma has only just begun, and now she must face her attacker in court. A chance encounter with a beautiful woman in the courthouse café is the only bright spot in her day, until she finds out just who the woman is.

Ally Becker has always been her brother’s hero, and she’s at the courthouse to support him as he faces up to his mistakes. When she discovers that the stranger she shared coffee with is actually Maggie, the victim of her brother’s crime, she is torn between family loyalty and an attraction she can’t seem to forget.

Maggie and Ally have absolutely no intention of falling in love, but what they find in each other just might heal them both.

TITLE:  Practice Makes Perfect

AUTHOR: Carsen Taite

SERIES: Legal Affairs #1

PUBLISHER: Bold Strokes Books

LENGTH: 231 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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Meet law school friends Campbell, Abby, and Grace, law partners at Austin’s premier boutique legal firm for young, hip entrepreneurs. Or, it will be as soon as they score a victory for their first big client.

Campbell Clark wins the big pitch, and lands the client, or so she thinks, until the internet start-up insists her firm work with the legal counsel Campbell thought they’d be replacing. Wynne Garrity has never been second best, and she’s not going to let anyone screw up her chance of making partner, but to do so she needs to hang onto her client and prove to everyone her firm isn’t stuck in the stone age.

Reluctant team players, Campbell and Wynne would risk everything by giving in to the attraction that flares between them. In the boardroom and the courtroom, only one can win, but the price of victory could mean losing at love.

TITLE:  Frustrating Leighton

AUTHOR: J.D. Light

SERIES: Terra Mortis #13

PUBLISHER: B4 Dawn Publishing

LENGTH: 67 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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Holt the ME is a socially awkward, highly distrustful kangaroo mouse shifter who takes one look at Leighton, who seems to like him, and knows he’s being played. A man like that doesn’t fall for the big-eared weirdo that spends more time with dead people than live ones.

Leighton, a harpy who has never done anything the easy way takes one look at the cutie with the oversized ears and evasive attitude, and feels something he’s never felt before. But if he’s going to get the cautious man to take him seriously, he’s going to have to break down some walls.

TITLE:  Finding Alexander

AUTHOR: Pandora Pine

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 260 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019

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Indiana Jones meets Clark Kent in this modern-day treasure hunt.

Archaeologist Cairo Vanderbilt was born to be a treasure hunter, whether he liked it or not. When his famous father dies in search of the tomb of Alexander the Great, Cairo picks up the trail to find the world’s most famous lost treasure. Having failed once before, he’s determined to find Alexander’s remains and fulfill his family’s legacy.

History blogger Dillinger DeCosta has only written about the past from the safety of his South Boston office. After hearing Cairo speak about the coming expedition on the evening news, he wants to join the hunt for Alexander and finally be on the front lines of history-in-the-making. By offering to come along, Dillinger is taking a huge risk, but he’s banking on an even bigger reward.

Hot on Alexander’s trail, Cairo and Dillinger discover sparks between them that ignite unexpectedly. One of the men has a secret that may threaten not only the success of the expedition, but their new relationship as well. If they can’t find a way past the challenge that lies between them, they might just lose the greatest treasure of all.

Each other.

TITLE:  Marry Him

AUTHOR: Marina Ford

PUBLISHER: Less Than Three Press

LENGTH: 60,000 Words

RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2019

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Joe Kaminski, a young artist in London, is spontaneous, creative and easy-going. He’s also never on time and only plans as far ahead as right now. Harry Byrne, a marketing executive in a hip agency in the City, is organised, dynamic, and very neat. He’s also coming out of a long-term relationship, and so when the two are forced to work together on a project, though they don’t get along at first, Joe seems like the perfect guy to have a one night stand with.

Five years later Joe wants to propose to Harry, but with his inability to organise anything, obstructive friends and volatile family members, and an inconvenient ex hovering in the background, there’s more than a few hurdles to overcome.

Nothing is out of the equation: international incidents, spontaneous fires, fake limbs, random urine attacks, divorces, pregnancies, possible boxing matches with pernicious fathers, a grumpy hotel owner, and airport chases are all part and parcel of the magic that is the day when Joe and Harry finally marry.

TITLE:  The Rising Stones

AUTHOR: A. Lawrence

SERIES: Ihale #1

PUBLISHER: Less Than Three Press

LENGTH: 51,000 Words

RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2019

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Taking a shortcut is never a good idea, but when his sister Bel insists as they head for the Festival of the Rising Stones, Heln listens anyway. Being caught by Rhyss, guard trainee and Bel’s sworn enemy, is only the start of their problems.

Those problems increase rapidly as ancient magic, in the form of clay golems, chases them down into a series of tunnels beneath the city. It soon becomes apparent that something larger is at work, driving them deeper and deeper into the unknown. The only clue they have is the symbol of the forest god, and their only chance of survival is their own wits.

TITLE:  Fresh Meat

AUTHOR: Megan Derr

PUBLISHER: Less Than Three Press

LENGTH: 85 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2019

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Deacon has served as Captain of the Guard of Clan Mordred since he was young—too young, everyone said, though none of them rushed in to help a boy who’d just inherited the role from a mother murdered in cold blood.

It’s given him little chance to do anything else with his life, and at just past forty, he’d like a break. Unfortunately, just as he’s on the verge of requesting one, a problem he can neither ignore nor delegate arrives at his door: a whole lot of missing people, and all signs point to goblins.

When he goes to the local sorcerer for assistance, however, it’s to learn he’s out of town and the only help on offer is Wyatt, the strange kid with a knack for alchemy, a penchant for trouble, and eyes that leave Deacon haunted and longing…

TITLE:  The Cure

AUTHOR: Marcy Jacks

SERIES: Triton’s Pack #1

PUBLISHER: Siren Bookstrand

LENGTH: 25,730 Words

RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2019

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Davin is the son of a powerful vampire. A vampire who enslaved werewolves and turned them into the beasts they are feared as.

Davin has never been interested in what his father does, but he never thought he would be kidnapped out of his bed for it either, and by the most handsome man he’s ever seen.

He should be afraid, but something pulls him to Triton, and learning of his tragic past makes him sympathize even more.

Triton is an alpha. Not born, but turned by a vampire lord. Davin’s father. After years of freedom from the vampires, he’s losing control. He needs a vampire, the blood of the male who enslaved him, to drink the bad blood from him and tame the beast.

The sex is a nice bonus as far as either of them are concerned.

The fact that Davin is Triton’s mate complicates things, especially when Davin’s father goes to war to get him back.

TITLE:  Single

AUTHOR: RJ Scott

SERIES: Single Dads #1

PUBLISHER: Love Lane Books

RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2019

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Reeling from the painful rejection of a man he thought he loved, Asher is left holding the baby.

Ash wants a family, and is determined to continue with a surrogacy he’d begun with his ex. Bringing baby Mia home, he vows that he will be the best father he can be. Nothing in this world matters more to him than caring for his daughter, not even accidentally falling in lust with the doctor next door. Challenged by his growing attraction to Sean, and confronted by painful memories of his family, Ash has to learn that love is all that matters.

When ER doctor Sean moves in with his friends next door to sexy single father Ash, he falls so quickly it takes his breath away. The sex they have is hot, but Ash is adamant his heart is too full with love for his daughter to let anyone else in. Why is Sean the only one who sees how scared Ash is, and how can he prove to his new lover that he desperately wants the three of them to become a family?

TITLE:  Nine Small Sips

AUTHOR: V.L. Locey

SERIES: Tales of Bryant #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2019

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Life for Isamu Taylor is now a Cinderella story that includes a Manhattan loft, a new position in the hottest LGBT film production company in New York City, and an upcoming wedding in Bryant Park to his very own handsome prince.

He’s come a long way from that struggling film student with ratty sneakers and shaggy hair. Isamu is now living an urbanite’s fairy tale with that happily ever after just around a bustling city street corner.

But as all wedding planners know, even the best laid plans seem to go awry, and Isamu and Brian’s wedding is no exception. But love – both old and new – is in the air, so nothing can go too badly, right?

 

TITLE:  Touching Fate

AUTHOR: Toby Wise

SERIES: A Collection of Strays #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 172 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2019

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Meeting my true mate is supposed to be the best day of my life, but when I step in front of Elwood’s door, expecting to jump into my alpha’s arms and live happily ever after, I am sorely disappointed. I have no idea why my mate doesn’t want me but I’m determined to keep him in my life, even if it’s just as my friend. How long can I take keeping my alpha at arm’s length before it breaks me? ~Frankie

What is it about the adorable red-headed boy that draws me in and has my dragon wanting? I can’t help but realize Frankie is everything I’ve ever wanted in a mate. Everyday it gets harder to remember I’m supposed to be holding back my feelings because we’re only friends. When we do finally touch, I know it’ll be explosive and change both of our lives forever. ~Elwood

TITLE:  Square One

AUTHOR: L.A. Witt

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 338 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2019

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Holden Russell let his job consume his life for too long, and it took his wife leaving for him to realize it’s time for a change. His marriage is over, but he’s determined to do right by his kids, starting with fewer hours at work and more with them. Except it’s no longer the kids competing with his job for his attention. It’s Holden competing for their attention… with their new live-in nanny. Their very hot male live-in nanny.

Porter Blake never saw himself becoming a nanny, but okay. After burnout and PTSD drove him from his job as a paramedic, he’s desperate for something new, and it turns out the nanny gig isn’t so bad. The pay is decent, the stress is manageable, the kids are great, and their mom is cool. It’s the ex-husband he’s not so sure about.

The situation is awkward enough when Porter and Holden are butting heads. When they find some common ground and their mutual attraction becomes too much to ignore, things are bound to get complicated.

And unless they want Porter to lose his job, they’re going to have to fly under the ex-wife’s radar. Except secrets like this have a way of coming out…

TITLE:  Every Single Second of the Day

AUTHOR: Casper Graham

PUBLISHER: Siren Bookstrand

LENGTH: 56,636 Words

RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2019

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Luke Marsh is a police detective, not a babysitter. Unfortunately, Skyler Middleton’s daddy is rich, powerful, and influential. When Skyler is almost killed, Luke gets the unpleasant task of babysitting the spoiled heir. Skyler may be one of the most intelligent people in the world and definitely the most beautiful person Luke has ever laid eyes on, but he can’t stand that spoiled brat. At first.

Skyler is irate. His father has requested for a police detective to protect him every single second of the day. He already has fifteen female bodyguards. He doesn’t have enough privacy as it is. It’s so much worse now because Luke, the admittedly hunky police detective, will be sharing his bed with him. Luke takes the meaning of “every single second of the day” way too literally. Skyler certainly doesn’t expect for feelings of love and affection to grow between them.

Can they survive the assassination attempts? Or will their love end tragically?

TITLE:  Melting For You

AUTHOR: A.M. Arthur

SERIES: Neighborhood Shindig #1

PUBLISHER: Briggs-King Books

LENGTH: 137 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 13, 2019

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After his father’s heart attack, Isaiah Morrell gave up cooking in his own high-end Atlanta restaurant to return home to Reynolds, North Carolina, in order to help his father Thomas heal and to keep an eye on his business Neighborhood Shindig. A collection of food trucks and other small businesses, Shindig is a popular destination in this college town, but Isaiah longs for the fast pace of a big-city kitchen. Until he meets Joel… Joel Fisher has been out of commission from a serious illness for the better part of a year, but now he’s ready to reclaim his life—except his apartment has been sublet, his partner is missing, and their shared food truck is stripped of everything not attached. In short, Joel has nothing. After an uncomfortable night sleeping on the food truck floor, Isaiah and Thomas Morrell give Joel an offer he can’t refuse: a rented room in their house, as well as their help creating a new food truck concept. Joel hates accepting charity, but he’s hit rock bottom and has nowhere to go but up. Working with seemingly uptight Isaiah is actually pretty fun, and the pair bonds over a challenge to create a unique grilled cheese sandwich. Light flirting melts into a deeper connection neither man expects, but Isaiah isn’t in Reynolds for much longer, and Joel can’t get attached to the gorgeous professional chef. As Isaiah’s feelings for Joel strengthen and grow, he entertains the idea of staying in Neighborhood Shindig for good—but Joel hasn’t asked him to…

 

TITLE:  Stone Under Skin

AUTHOR: B.L. Maxwell

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 177 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 13, 2019

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Ankit has lived many lifetimes. Once, long ago, he was made of stone, and marked with symbols and sigils meant to safeguard him and allow him to protect and serve others. He’s a living gargoyle now, cursed to live as a human; always watching, at all times aware, and constantly searching for his fated one.
While walking home from his job as a librarian, Ethan Lewis is beaten and robbed. Ankit stumbles upon him, and instantly recognizes him as the man he’s fated to. He helps him back to his apartment, and after tending his injuries, watches over him.
Fate has woven their lives together for centuries, but in every lifetime, they could never live freely, or love each other as Ankit has often dreamed of. To change their destiny, they’ll fight together with other gargoyles, and a young watcher, who is unaware of the tremendous power she possesses. This will be the last battle against their creator, and they’ll either die fighting for their freedom, or survive to live the life they’ve always yearned for.

TITLE:  On Shaky Ground

AUTHOR: Andrew Grey

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 70 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 14, 2019

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Martin Graham built his business from the ground up with hard work and intuition. Due to a degenerative eye disease, he’s learned to rely on his other senses to feel out the competition. To realize his dream, he just needs to broker one last deal… and finally secure an assistant.

Brock Littleton is desperate for money—desperate enough take the job no one else wants: assistant to demanding, fussy, intensely private Mr. Graham.

Everything about Brock gets under Martin’s skin in ways he never expected, making him realize a successful business isn’t the only component to a happy future. But as Martin’s deal comes together, one of the prices could be the relationship with Brock that Martin is just starting to believe could be real.

TITLE:  Lee

AUTHOR: Catherine Lievens

SERIES: Wyoming Shifters: 12 Years Later #8

PUBLISHER: eXtasy Books

LENGTH: 115 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 15, 2019

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Trusting is never easy, but sometimes, it’s the only thing you can do.

Telyn has had enough. He only has his mother in his life—no friends, no family, no job, and no real future—but he can’t stand the abuse anymore. He decides to leave his mother and life as he knows it behind, even though he doesn’t have money or a place to stay, and heads for Gillham.

Lee’s life is changing. He graduated high school, one of his best friends found his mate and moved in with him, and the other was arrested for helping a drug dealer with a kidnapping. Lee is also moving out of the house he’s called home since he was adopted when he was eight, and he needs a bit of time to wrap his mind around everything.

So, of course, life throws him a curveball and drops his mate into his life. Lee has no idea how to help the demon he finds sleeping behind a dumpster, but he knows Telyn is his mate, and he’s going to do everything he can to keep him safe and as happy as possible.

Things aren’t easy, though. Lee throws himself into his relationship with his mate, but Telyn is much more hesitant. He doesn’t know if he can trust Lee, not when he couldn’t trust the one person who should have loved him unconditionally. Lee isn’t easily dissuaded, though, and living on the streets weighs heavily on Telyn. They will have to learn to trust and to live together if they want a chance at a new beginning—for both of them.

TITLE:  Going Back

AUTHOR: Treva Harte

SERIES: Price of Fame #1

PUBLISHER: Changeling Press

LENGTH: 48 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 14, 2019

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Gene Price, former teenage star, has been living the simple life. He’s cut himself off from anyone who knows about him and his former bad reputation. Out of the blue he begins to get death threats. He doesn’t want any part of his past nowadays, but the only one he trusts to find out what’s going on and protect him is Leo, his former bodyguard — the one he’d slept with before he fired him.

Will Leo be willing to protect Gene? And could he ever be interested in the changed man Gene’s become?

TITLE:  A Menacing Tempest

AUTHOR: Shea Balik

SERIES: Druid’s Curse #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 181 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 14, 2019

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When it came to defense, or offense when needed, Cullen McIntyre thought he was prepared. It wasn’t until he watched as monsters he’d never knew existed walked out of thin air to kill members of his family, twice, that Cullen realized how wrong he’d been. By the third time he’d come face to face with those determined to kill him and the rest of his family for doing their duty, Cullen knew he needed help, and lots of it.

The moment Ulf laid eyes on Cullen, he’d been enthralled by the man’s resolve to protect what was left of his family. Being shot and left for dead by Cullen should have cooled his desire for the fiery man, but it only made him want him more. By the time he caught up to Cullen, Ulf knew, without a doubt, the druid was destined to be his. Now he just needed to convince Cullen of that.

As Cullen and Ulf join their friends to fight the monsters from the realm of the Fae, they find there is a new threat waiting to get through the Veil. A threat they might not be able to defeat. Will Ulf & Cullen get their chance at happily ever after, or will the Fae finally succeed in their quest to destroy the veil?

TITLE:  Surviving the Shadows

AUTHOR: Miranda Turner

SERIES:The Bearer of Truth #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 293 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 14, 2019

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Gabriel has been gone longer than predicted, and Evander is growing increasingly worried each day that passes without his return. Confounded by their leaders’ lack of answers, Evander and the team begin to fear the worst.

In the midst of fruitlessly searching Miami for clues to the Daemon Abaddon’s whereabouts, Evander begins to have disturbingly vivid dreams. With a little help from a newly-returned and empty-handed Michael and Barabbas, Evander discovers Gabriel has been calling out for help across their nascent bond. With a little backup from an unlikely source, they set off to rescue Gabriel from the depths of the Underworld.

Gabriel is old friends with torture, and his captors haven’t been gentle. Despite growing weaker every day, Gabriel resolves to survive long enough for rescue, or to die fighting, until a Dark Seer begins to dredge up the terror of Gabriel’s horrific childhood, threatening to destroy his mind and soul. Nearing the end, Gabriel manages a last-ditch effort to contact help, reaching out to Evander in his dreams.

Against all odds, Evander and the team fight through the Underworld to reach Gabriel and come face to face with mortality. Sacrifices made for the bonds of brotherhood nearly break them, and Gabriel learns the hard way that embracing the darkness while fighting for the light may be the only way to survive.

From the underbelly of Reno to the glitz and glam of Vegas, Gabriel, Evander, and the men they call family will be tested, and the final confrontation with Gabriel’s maker may be the end of everything they hold dear.

TITLE:  A Haunting of Ghosts

AUTHOR: Edward Kendrick

SERIES: Ghostly Investigations #4

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 82 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 15, 2019

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When Van and Gene, partners in life as well as in their writing, are murdered in what looks like a drive-by shooting, it’s up to Mike and Sage, as well as their four ghostie friends, to discover who was responsible.

Van and Gene had been researching two cold cases for their newest book at the time of their deaths. One was eleven years old, with three potential suspects for a girl’s murder. The other was more recent, involving the death of Jon Watts, one of their ghostie friends.

Can Mike, Sage, and the ghosts learn who killed Van and Gene so they can move on? And, more to the point, can Van and Gene help the others solve Jon’s murder? If they do, will Jon and his lover Brody finally move on, or will they remain with their friends, both ghost and human?

TITLE:  Who We Used to Be

AUTHOR: Dara J. Nelson

SERIES: Do-Over #1

PUBLISHER: Dare Press

LENGTH: 291 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 15, 2019

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Ten years is a long time to live with a broken heart

Ten years ago Zeke Malloy had everything:

A happy childhood, a shot at a state championship wrestling title, a best friend, a boyfriend (albeit a secret one but that was okay because, once they graduated, that would change).

He had love, happiness……a heart.

All of that changed in the blink of an eye.

One moment he was deliriously happy, looking forward to a future with Digger Brandt, building a life, a home, a forever, with him.

And then it was gone, disappearing like the tears that flowed down Zeke’s cheeks as he watched from the back of the church as Digger married Lisa – with his father sitting proudly in the front pew. Those tears were still flowing when he walked out of that church and went directly to the nearest recruiting office. Because he didn’t just lose the love of his life that day, he lost his hopes, his dreams, he lost…..himself.

For the next ten years he was a machine – the best Marine, the best friend, but like a machine, he did it all without a beating heart.

His was dead…..or was it?

Was ten years too long?

Was a broken heart too much?

Zeke didn’t know. Hell, he wasn’t even sure he wanted to know.

From the moment Digger walked up behind him and said Hello in that smooth, sexy voice that used to light him up six ways from Sunday, Zeke was screwed

The only thing he really knew now……..was that he was about to find out.

TITLE:  The Vampire’s Club

AUTHOR: X. Aratare

SERIES: The Vampire’s Club #1

PUBLISHER: Raythe Reign Publishing

LENGTH: 96 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 15, 2019

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Find the Wolf.

What is that supposed to mean? Those are the words Lucas Daniels hears before stumbling through the brass doors of the elegant Club Dyavol, a club that seems to appear out of nowhere. The club is his last hope of getting a job to escape his predatory stepfather’s home.

Who would dare enter a vampire’s sanctuary uninvited?

Count Konstantin “the Wolf” Volk may be weakened by a curse, but he is still a primal predator. And when he sees a young man venture into his club, bypassing all of his magical and physical protections, more than just his curiosity is aroused.

Is there more to this meeting than simple chance?

TITLE:  Mind Games

AUTHOR: Cara Malone

SERIES: Fox County Forensics

PUBLISHER: Lisbon Press

LENGTH: 206 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 15, 2019

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Kelsey is a rookie forensic investigator trying to balance the demands of her job and the challenges of her obsessive-compulsive disorder. Her new coworkers aren’t too welcoming – their idea of fun involves morbid pranks and gallows humor.

Zara is a patrol officer with her eye on the narcotics department, determined to avenge her sister’s overdose death. But the chief won’t promote her – not until she overcomes her fear of death scenes.

When a call comes in for an apparent suicide, meticulous Kelsey meets anxious Zara and they’ve both got something to prove.

But the case isn’t as simple as it looks and together, they’re thrust into a complex investigation that has them chasing clues, confronting lies… and getting cozy with each other.

Can Kelsey and Zara discover the truth, or will they succumb to the mind games we play – in life, in love, and even in death?

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