Here are the new releases for the week.

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Title	Author	Publisher	Release Date	Other Details	Link
Grimmer Intentions	Jodi Hutchins	NineStar Press	12/9/2019	Tales from the Grim #2
This Christmas	JR Hart	NineStar Press	12/9/2019
We Still Live	Sara Dobie Bauer	NineStar Press	12/9/2019
Lights, Camera, Christmas!	J.D. Light	B4 Dawn Publishing	12/9/2019	A Snow Globe Christmas #10
The Spirit of Giving	Cat Kane	Self Published	12/9/2019
Made Marian Mixtape	Lucy Lennox	Self Published	12/9/2019	Made Marian
On the Same Page	KC Wells & Parker Williams	Dreamspinner Press	12/10/2019	Secrets #4
After Vertigo	Amanda Meuwissen	DSP Publications	12/10/2019
Owl	M. Raiya	Harmony Ink Press	12/10/2019
Elemental Faith	L.M. Somerton	Pride Publishing	12/10/2019	Warlocks #3
Hot Ice	Aurora Rey, Elle Spencer & Erin Zak	Bold Strokes Books	12/10/2019
Window Dressing	Jodi Payne & B.A. Tortuga	Tygerseye Publishing	12/10/2019
Caged In	Luna David	Self Published	12/10/2019	Ace’s Wild #12
Out of My Control	C.J. Allison	Self Published	12/10/2019	Love in the Smokies #3
Your Wish	Raleigh Ruebins	Self Published	12/10/2019	Kinley Island
Free Spirit	Spencer Spears	Self Published	12/10/2019
Temporary Santa	Dev Bentham	Love is a Light	12/10/2019	Lasting Love #3
Completely Scared	Kamisa Cole	Self Published	12/11/2019	DiverCity #2
Cold Calculation	Cole McCade	Self Published	12/11/2019	Criminal Intentions: Season Two #3
Winter Wonders	Leighton Greene	Self Published	12/12/2019	MM Holiday Romance #1
Family Christmas Miracle	H.M. Wolfe & E.L. Nelson	Self Published	12/12/2019	Dragons’ House #5.5
Begin Again	Nicole Pyland	Self Published	12/12/2019	Tahoe Series #4
Downward Facing Dreamboat	Bru Baker	Dreamspinner Press	12/13/2019
Dirty Brilliance	Lea Bronsen	Writers in Crime	12/13/2019
Let Your Heart Be Light	J.R. Lawrie	Carnation Books	12/13/2019
A Very Oceanport Christmas	Ann-Katrin Byrde	Self Published	12/13/2019	Second Chances #4
Holiday Fling	Crystal Lacy	Self Published	12/13/2019
Dreaming of an Omega Christmas	Kallie Frost	Self Published	12/13/2019	Vale Valley Season Four #5
The City Dragon’s Mate	Silvia Violet	Self Published	12/13/2019	Lonely Dragons Club #3
Bringer of Night	Jordan L. Hawk	Self Published	12/13/2019	SPECTR Series 3 #2
Faith: A Hunter Novel	J. V. Speyer	Self Published	12/15/2019	Hunter: A Paranormal Romantic Suspense Series #3
For The Love of a Friend: Dante and Apollo	Noah Harris	Self Published	12/15/2019
Miracle on Shifter Street	Braylon Black	Self Published	12/15/2019	Vale Valley Season Four #6
Protective Daddy	Liam Kingsley	Self Published	12/15/2019	Timberwood Cove #7

 

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TITLE: Grimmer Intentions

AUTHOR: Jodi Hutchins

SERIES: Tales from the Grim #2

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 307 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 9, 2019

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She screwed up. She broke protocol. She saved a life. Grim Reaper Margo Petrov may have resurrected a drowned surfer on the brink of death, but she isn’t earning any awards or receiving employee of the month from Corporate; she’s under more scrutiny from the Grim governing body than ever before. Since she has a massive secret that could spell disaster if revealed, she sure as hell doesn’t want to be in the spotlight, in any form.

Margo vows to keep her head down and stay out of trouble, reaping her quota of spirits lest she cause more problems for herself and the woman she saved with an illegal blood bond. She certainly shouldn’t be opening doors to the Fae lands or offering her neck to an Empusa woman suffering from bloodlust, but Margo’s laundry list of bad decisions keeps growing. With the threat of becoming decommissioned by Corporate looming in her periphery, Margo stumbles deeper into the politics of her people and soon realizes their intentions are far worse than she initially thought.

TITLE: This Christmas

AUTHOR: J.R. Hart

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 209 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 9, 2019

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Alex Ross can’t catch a break when it comes to Christmastime. With a long history of bad holiday experiences—like getting rejected under the mistletoe or playing referee to his mother’s divorce—he’s just trying to survive it.

New in town and a stranger to everyone, he plans on ignoring the holiday altogether. That would be easier if his ridiculously cheerful new neighbor would cool it on the Christmas hype. Nicholas is annoying and loud. Worst of all, he’s also impossibly attractive and nice to everyone. It’s getting harder for Alex to deny his interest, especially when Nicholas leaves Christmas cookies at his door and wages a snowball fight against him on the coldest day of the year.

Can Alex open up to him and get into the holiday spirit before he endures another ruined Christmas?

TITLE: We Still Live

AUTHOR: Sara Dobie Bauer

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 233 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 9, 2019

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Running from a scandal that ruined his life, Isaac Twain accepts a teaching position at Hambden University where, three months prior, Professor John Conlon stopped a campus nightmare by stepping in front of an active shooter.

When John and Isaac become faculty advisors for the school’s literary magazine, their professional relationship evolves. Despite the strict code of conduct forbidding faculty fraternization, they delve into a secret affair—until Simon arrives.

Isaac’s violent ex threatens not only their careers, but also John’s life. His PTSD triggered, John must come to terms with that bloody day on College Green while Isaac must accept the heartbreak his secrets have wrought.

TITLE: Lights, Camera, Christmas!

AUTHOR: J.D. Light

SERIES: A Snow Globe Christmas #10

PUBLISHER: B4 Dawn Publishing

RELEASE DATE: December 9, 2019

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What happens in those Christmas movies doesn’t happen in real life… right?

When Blake Sunday, an actor well known for his super fluffy roles in made-for-television movies, comes to the small but bustling town of Hidden Springs, Missouri to film a Christmas movie, he knows immediately that it’s where he wants to put down roots. His restless, energetic nature gets him sent on a coffee run where he steps inside Knick-Knack Patty-Cakes and meets its adorable owner.

Declan Alexander is chubby, clumsy, has wild curly blonde hair that can only be tamed with a stocking cap and has an unnatural obsession with made-for-TV Christmas movies.… And Blake Sunday. So, when the gorgeous actor comes waltzing into his bakery, naturally Declan becomes a force of destruction on feet.

Blake is completely smitten by the shy man, and does everything he can to get the guy’s attention, but Declan continues to treat his flirting like a joke, and he starts to think it might be Declan’s way of turning him down nicely.

Declan knows Blake is one of those guys who flirt as naturally as they breathe, but it’s getting harder and harder to laugh off the high heat on when Blake calls him Angel Eyes or brushes his cheek when he reaches out to tug on one of his curls. How could he wish the man would stop and wish he wouldn’t at the same time?

When Blake nearly mows down a little boy carrying a snow globe with two men kissing in the middle of a frozen lake, he notices some striking similarities between him and one of the men, and it doesn’t escape his notice that the other looks a lot like Declan, or that the globe has Knick-Knack Patty-Cakes’ logo on the bottom.

Maybe the gorgeous little baker with the sweet eyes and blush isn’t turning him down. Maybe Blake just needs to figure out how to prove how serious he is about taking him home and never letting him leave.

TITLE: The Spirit of Giving

AUTHOR: Cat Kane

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 84 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 9, 2019

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All Jase really wanted was a glimpse of someone else’s Christmas. A real one, not the cold, threadbare one he’s got to look forward to. He was always going to return the stolen cart and all its schmaltzy contents, honest.

He just didn’t bargain on the cart’s owner turning out to be the best Christmas gift he’s ever had.

At least, as long as Riley never finds out it was Jase who stole his stuff in the first place.

Well, Christmas is the season for miracles … right?

TITLE: Made Marian Mixtape

AUTHOR: Lucy Lennox

SERIES: Made Marian

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 280 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 9, 2019

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The best mixtape always has a mix of favorites on it— songs playing in the background at Jude and Derek’s wedding or when Simone finally falls in love. Loud beats pounding the dance floor when Blue tries to seduce Tristan in public, or sleepy notes written late at night while Jude is on tour. Strains of familiar music bring heart-gripping memories rushing back in—memories of the first time Tilly meets Senator Cannon, the weekend a mysterious new family member arrives at a snowy cabin expecting solitude but finding a sexy lumberjack instead, or the winter Teddy “accidentally” strands Jamie in Tibet.

TITLE: On the Same Page

AUTHORS: KC Wells & Parker Williams

SERIES: Secrets #4

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 224 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019

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When a Dom invites a shy bookstore owner to live out his fantasies, more than one life will be transformed.

Words are Heath Snow’s life. He can’t remember a time when he didn’t have his nose buried in a book. He couldn’t make a living as a writer, so he did the next best thing—he bought a bookstore. But when he’s not selling books, he’s living vicariously through the characters he encounters. Real men can’t hold a candle to the hot men in his favorite genre.

The Pride display in the bookstore window may be what captured Xavier James’s attention, but the man enthusing about books interests him more. The BDSM book lying next to the cash register is a pleasant surprise, and when he draws attention to it, Heath’s flushed cheeks and bright eyes pique Xavier’s curiosity even further.

Xavier is about to learn that some things are more important than work, and Heath is about to step out of his comfort zone, into a place where fantasy and real life coexist.

TITLE: After Vertigo

AUTHOR: Amanda Meuwissen

PUBLISHER: DSP Publications

LENGTH: 202 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019

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In a flash, the world changed. A solar flare—later dubbed Vertigo—activated the DNA of more than half the world’s people, granting them special abilities. Brilliant scientist Benjamin Krane might be Powerless, but his inventions are the only thing giving the police a fighting chance against super-powered evil. Ben doesn’t have much of a life beyond work, and when he gets wind of a robbery one evening, he decides to test his newest invention personally….

A thief, rogue, and shameless flirt, Grey Miller—aka the Streak—likes shiny things, but he doesn’t hurt people. When Ben catches him—and proposes they team up against the real bad guys—Grey doesn’t know whether it’s the offer or the man he can’t resist. But one thing’s for sure—they’re an ideal match in more ways than one.

With a psychotic supervillain’s catastrophic plan moving forward and everyone he cares about in danger, now might not be the best time for Ben to give in to Grey’s seduction, no matter how tempting. Grey is a man of secrets, and if Ben wants a future with him, he’ll have to learn to trust Grey—and himself.

TITLE: Owl

AUTHOR: M. Raiya

PUBLISHER: Harmony Ink Press

LENGTH: 200 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019

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Gabriel made a decision to help a friend, and it cost him. He’s been exiled from his clan, trapped in his owl form, living in a swamp, and slowly losing his humanity. If not for Vincent, Gabriel would have no chance of regaining what he lost.

Vincent is popular and successful, but no one knows the real him, who is gay and would rather become a musician than a lawyer… no one but the owl living in the hollow tree. As Vincent shares his secrets, he not only unburdens his heart, but stirs Gabriel’s. In each other they have a chance to heal… to live.

Unless Gabriel’s grandfather has his way.

TITLE: Elemental Faith

AUTHOR: L.M. Somerton

SERIES: Warlocks #3

PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing

LENGTH: 187 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019

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When you’re a warlock, proving your worth can be fatal.

Evrain Brookes had thought that being a warlock was about genetics—a freak offshoot of evolution that somehow allowed him to manipulate the elements. So when his godfather explains there’s a deeper purpose for warlocks being around, one that stretches back into the reaches of time, Evrain is intrigued.

Warlocks have been using their abilities to tweak the course of history for the better since records began but before Evrain can be allowed to fulfill his destiny, he has to pass a test. This challenge takes him and his life partner, Dominic Castine, back to Scotland, to the Isle of Skye. What they both face there will determine the course of their future.

Evrain has no way of knowing if he will prevail, but both their lives depend on it.

TITLE: Hot Ice

AUTHORS: Aurora Rey, Elle Spencer & Erin Zak

PUBLISHER: Bold Strokes Books

LENGTH: 291 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019

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In Ice on Wheels by Aurora Rey, all’s fair in love and roller derby. That’s Riley Fauchet’s motto, until a new job lands her at the same company—and on the same team—as her rival Brooke Landry, the frosty jammer for the Big Easy Bruisers.

In Private Equity by Elle Spencer, Cassidy Bennett spends an unexpected evening at a lesbian nightclub with her notoriously reserved and demanding boss, successful venture capitalist Julia Whitmore. After seeing a different side of Julia, Cassidy can’t seem to shake her desire to know more.

In Closed-Door Policy by Erin Zak, going back to college is never easy, but Caroline Stevens is prepared to work hard and change her life for the better. What she’s not prepared for is Dr. Atlanta Morris, her new professor whose tough demeanor is no match for Caroline’s burgeoning confidence.

TITLE: Window Dressing

AUTHORS: Jodi Payne & B.A. Tortuga

PUBLISHER: Tygerseye Publishing

LENGTH: 190 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019

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When bull rider and rising star Sterling Kingsolver wins a national rodeo championship in a stunning upset, he becomes the public face of the rodeo league. But the big bosses had other ideas, and Sterling knows he’s in trouble. The league is pissed, there are a bunch of cowboys ready to kick his butt, and worst of all, he’s headed to New York City in the dead of winter to do a publicity junket. Sterling is just a cowboy from New Mexico, and all the fancy trappings of his new title don’t sit so well with him.

Jonas Burke, an experienced public relations assistant hired by the rodeo league, can’t believe his Christmas week vacation has been cancelled to get a hick cowboy from the middle of nowhere cleaned up and presentable by New York standards. The two men square off a couple of times, but as Jonas gets to know Sterling, he begins to understand what makes a real cowboy tick, and he finds a lot to admire. Sterling also starts to realize there’s much more to city boy Jonas than a flashy smile and a good suit.

While taking in the sparkle and joy that is Christmas in New York City, their friendship quickly turns to more. But when the man who was favored to win the competition shows up looking for a piece of Sterling, the whole game changes. When the dust settles, Sterling’s days in the city come to an end, Jonas nearly loses his job, and facing that infamous midnight hour, Sterling and Jonas have to decide if their new year will include each other or not.

TITLE: Caged In

AUTHOR: Luna David

SERIES: Ace’s Wild #12

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 146 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019

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The first day I walked into his office I felt an incredible longing in my soul. The moment we touched, I was breathless, a deep ache running straight through my heart. I had a feeling I wasn’t alone, but he was my boss, and damn the man for being the utmost professional.

Nearly four years have passed since that day. Four years of seeing his boys, of knowing he was a Daddy to each one of them, but never to me. Now with only days left until I walk away from my beloved job, knowing I won’t see him anymore pains me. Until a twist of fate—a chance encounter in Ace’s Wild—changes everything. Maybe now I can be the boy he’s always needed—finally permitted to be caged in by his ownership.

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PLEASE NOTE: For the first 90 days of this title’s publication, all sales and page reads will be donated to The Lancaster LGBTQ+ Coalition.

TITLE: Out of My Control

AUTHOR: C.J. Allison

SERIES: Love in the Smokies #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 170 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019

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Can they survive the distance? Two men from opposites ends of the continent. With a love that many find unconventional, can they overcome all the obstacles that can destroy them before they even get started?

Patrick

Being in love with your boss is never a good thing, especially when the boss is not gay. Then he meets a quiet man wearing a fedora in the Smokies. A man who has only came out to a few people and afraid of how his small town will react.

Patrick is more than the man everyone sees. He hides behind his humor and his smile to hide the hurt. It’s a stereotype that most people expect. William’s dominate side brings out something Patrick isn’t used to feeling. A feeling of worth and love he never expected.

William “Buddy”

The one night stands. The fake girlfriend. When will Buddy have his chance at real love? Living in a small town in the south and being gay, is not a good combination. Then Patrick shows up with all his flamboyant wonder. Buddy watches at a distance until he gets the nerve to ask for a phone number. Months of texting and they finally get to meet up again at Patrick’s bosses wedding.

The encounter was magical, and Buddy feels like he can finally be the man he’s always wanted to be. How will the distance work? Buddy loves his mountains, but will they be freer to live openly if he moves out to LA?

TITLE: Your Wish

AUTHOR: Raleigh Ruebins

SERIES: Kinley Island

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 281 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019

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Chances of a guy like him wanting a nerd like me? Zero point zero zero six percent. Approximately.

Charlie:

Computers have always made more sense than people do. But I fall asleep next to my laptop in bed every night, wishing I had someone warm to hold. When I was forced to attend a holiday work party, I was a nervous wreck, but determined to make a good impression.

Then Dean Aldridge showed up just in time to find me breaking the rules, complete with whiskey dripping down my chin. And he was one million times hotter in person than in the magazines. I was an awkward mess. Dean was cocky, flirty, and every bit the playboy I expected. I never thought he’d look twice at a guy like me, but now I know that Dean’s reputation for being hot as fire in bed is true.

When he finds out I’ll be alone for Christmas, he invites me to his family’s cabin. I can’t say no. I don’t have much experience, but I know his body is addictive. I can’t stop, even though I’ve never done this before. Small problem: I’m falling for him. Hard. And for once, this isn’t something I can hack my way out of.

Dean:

I don’t go for quiet, shy, awkward guys. I’m the life of the party, and I need someone on my level. Someone experienced like me.

So why do I want Charlie so badly?

Two words: Hot. Nerd.

It doesn’t take long before we collide in bed. On the floor, actually, because Charlie is way filthier than he seems. He’s more than just pure lust under all the awkward, though. He’s worked his way into my heart and head.

Once I’ve had a taste of him, I don’t want anyone else–even though I don’t do relationships. When I learn he’ll be spending Christmas alone due to a broken family life, I can’t help but invite him to my family’s cabin. He says he only needs me physically, but for the first time, I might be catching feelings.

TITLE: Free Spirit

AUTHOR: Spencer Spears

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 493 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019

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He’s my fake boyfriend and I’m straight. So why do I suddenly want more?

Tate: I’m everything people hate—

Spoiled, arrogant heir to a billion-dollar fortune.

Scion of a family that made its name opposing LGBTQ+ rights.

The last thing I expected to develop was a conscience.

I blame Emory Murphy—the golden-haired mess of a dreamer who turned my life upside down.

Somehow, I agree to pretend be Em’s boyfriend for his brother’s wedding.

Somehow, I don’t realize this means we’ll share a bed.

Somehow, I find myself kissing him.

More than kissing him.

And liking it.

How do you go back to being friends after that?

Hey, wanna grab some beers and forget about the time I had my mouth around your—

Yeah. Not happening.

With my family calling me home, I need to put this all behind me.

But try as I might, I can’t get Em out of my mind.

He has no idea that I’m really falling for him.

And my family has no idea who I really am.

I just want to feel free for once in my life—

But am I brave enough to tell either of them the truth?

TITLE: Temporary Santa

AUTHOR: Dev Bentham

SERIES: Lasting Love #3

PUBLISHER: Love is a Light

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019

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Everyone knows Santa loves cookies—but will he fall for a grumpy baker?

Patrick “Finn” Finnegan has a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit. Between headaches at his patisserie and interference from his ex, he’s got a heap of trouble on his plate.

Andy Gold is just the man to sweeten his disposition. Andy’s not your typical Santa—no beard, no belly, no tacky red suit—but he’s got one heck of a singing voice and a smile that can light up the room.

When Andy is hired to deliver Finn’s holiday pastries, the attraction is undeniable. Andy has always played well to a tough audience, and Finn can’t help but warm to Andy’s sparkle. But fate may have other plans.

What happens when big dreams get in the way of true love?

TITLE: Completely Scared

AUTHOR: Kamisa Cole

SERIES: DiverCity #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 259 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 11, 2019

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As an up-and-coming football star and business major I don’t have time for girls. Even less do I have time to fantasize over my absolutely male roommate Cam.

Still, I find myself at DiverCity more often than not, studying at the bar just so I can maybe get a glimpse at the way he moves and smiles.

He’s so different here.

Free.

Handsome.

Tempting.

At home? That’s a whole different story.

Nightmares.

Fear.

Avoidance.

And I want to read every page, know every thing about him, so when I’m asked to help out the bar with some business advice? I’m right there no matter how much I don’t have the time, because the one thing I want more than a career is Cam…and now he’ll know that, too.

TITLE: Cold Calculation

AUTHOR: Cole McCade

SERIES: Criminal Intentions: Season Two #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 231 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 11, 2019

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How do you profile a serial killer who keeps changing his pattern?

A body encased in ice and a cryptic message make Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi question everything they thought they’d learned about the Golden Ratio Killer. If their suspect can change his methods and alter his patterns, he could easily disappear…

…along with any chance of catching him before he completes his deadly game.

To keep up, Malcolm and Seong-Jae will have to find the bigger picture, the larger plan to intercept their target before that strange message turns into another victim — but it’s the small things tripping them up when their relationship and some unsettled business between them leaves them stumbling around each other and falling head-first into mistakes that could cost them more than just the case.

It could cost another innocent life, and leave that blood stained on their hands.

TITLE: Winter Wonders

AUTHOR: Leighton Greene

SERIES: MM Holiday Romance #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 241 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 12, 2019

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Faking their way through Christmas…

This holiday season, Cooper Kincaid finds his perfect Christmas gift on the side of the road: Jonathan Ashe. So perfect, in fact, that he can’t resist unwrapping the gorgeous present and playing with him a little early, after taking Jon back to his cabin to recover from a minor car accident.

Jon seems to bring out something deep inside Cooper…something he’s tried to keep hidden from previous boyfriends. But their merrymaking is complicated when Cooper lies to his meddling mother, and tells her he’s dating Jon.

Jon has no interest in a new relationship after getting his heart broken. Definitely no interest in the heir to the Kincaid estate, where Jon is working for the holidays. And especially no interest in a guy who’s so new to finding his bossy side in bed.

Still, maybe a fake relationship could be fun, just for the holidays?

But Cooper has made up his mind: it’s his Christmas mission to heal Jon’s heart. He’s determined to work out exactly what Jon wants, and give it to him.

Meanwhile, Cooper’s disapproving mother not only invites his ex to their Christmas Eve event, she digs into Jon’s past to prove to Cooper that they’re totally unsuited.

Can Cooper and Jon admit that they might be each other’s winter wonderful, or will their differences and outside interference prove too much?

TITLE: Family Christmas Miracle

AUTHORS: H.M. Wolfe & E.L. Nelson

SERIES: Dragons’ House #5.5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 155 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 12, 2019

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Christmas is coming, and the members of the Stark and Bloom clans are getting ready to celebrate it together, under one roof, for the first time after many years. But, when Zoe Stark comes across a letter that remained hidden for more than fifty years, things get complicated.

Roderick Stanford, the descendant of an old aristocratic family, witnesses helplessly how the life of his three children is falling apart, and there’s nothing he can do to stop that. That’s until he gets a letter containing a proposition he can’t say no to.

Some new additions to the house take the expression ”Christmas magic” a little too literally, determined to make everyone happy. Will all the plotting and planning produce the desired effect, or will it fail miserably?

Two families meet, and two worlds collide. As they start to know each other better, strange things happen. People are proposed to, and a wedding is organized on the spot. Is this the Christmas magic everyone’s talking about? And where’s all the mistletoe coming from?

TITLE: Begin Again

AUTHOR: Nicole Pyland

SERIES: Tahoe Series #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 222 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 12, 2019

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Chris Florence’s circumstances had never been ideal, but they’d gotten worse after a car accident took the lives of her parents and left her with a kid brother to support. She’d always wondered if she was raising Wesley the way they’d want him to be raised while she juggled waiting tables at a pizza place in South Lake Tahoe with parenting a now teenage brother. She had friends, but their lives were so different from her own, Chris had always felt like she was on the outside looking in.

Paxton Williams only planned to visit her sister, Adler, in South Lake. She was supposed to stay for a few days, check in on her big sister, and return to Seattle. Instead, Paxton finds an old rundown hotel, meets Christina Florence, and her life suddenly has a purpose. She could return to Seattle and remain the owner of her real estate business, or she could take a chance and turn a rundown hotel into the best place to stay in Tahoe and take a chance on the woman that doesn’t let her get away with anything.

With the arrival of Paxton, Chris’s life turns upside down. It’s Chris’s decision, though. All those changes, all those feelings could cause Chris pain or could possibly give her the life she’d always dreamed up for herself and her family.

TITLE: Downward Facing Dreamboat

AUTHOR: Bru Baker

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 40 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2019, 2^nd Edition

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Love is trying to catch up to two lonely men. Can they stop long enough to let it?

Running defines Kincaid’s life. It’s not until he loses it that he realizes how isolated he’s become. But even if an injury hadn’t forced him to slow down, the hottie in the yoga studio would have given him pause. In fact, admiring the man each morning is the only thing keeping the spring in his step when it feels like he’s lost everything.

Owen’s busy life as a yoga instructor doesn’t leave him much time to meet guys, let alone date. He’s convinced his passion for helping people is worth the sacrifice, but he’s willing to spare a few moments for the cutie who walks past the studio every morning.

When their lives intersect and romance is set in motion, they stumble off the starting block. But no matter the obstacles in their path, this race won’t be over until they reach the finish… together.

TITLE: Dirty Brilliance

AUTHOR: Lea Bronsen

PUBLISHER: Writers in Crime

LENGTH: 116 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2019

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Kace Karrington is a wealthy, self-made investor with no qualms about steamrolling others to achieve his goals. He’s attracted to men, but picks up beautiful women, giving the cold, unfeeling world of Finance the appearance he’s successful…powerful. That is until he meets a smoking hot street punk eager to show him there’s more to life than making money.

TITLE: Let Your Heart Be Light

AUTHOR: J.R. Lawrie

PUBLISHER: Carnation Books

LENGTH: 199 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2019

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Dr. David Christmas has heard every joke in the book when it comes to his name. Weary of the festive season and from his long shifts in the emergency room, David is also tired of his lonely single life. His only hope for Christmas is a glimpse of the shy but gorgeous neighbour who lives above him.

Christmas-loving Julian has nurtured a crush on the grumpy man downstairs for years now. Still hurting from his ex-boyfriend’s cruelty, he hasn’t yet dared to say hello. When an injury on Christmas Eve puts Julian directly into David’s careful hands, a little healing might be on the way.

KIND OF A BIG DEAL

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THE FARRINGDON CLUB

Up-and-coming comedian Zack Wynn splits his time between the stage and the London pizza restaurant where he works, until life hands him one hell of a Christmas present. Richard Garston is the handsome and clever older man of Zack’s dreams, but what exactly is it that Richard does?

Soon, Zack learns the truth: Richard’s classified role in the British government makes him a much bigger deal than he claimed.

Is Zack ready for the politics and power of Richard’s world?

And is Richard’s world ready for him?

TITLE: A Very Oceanport Christmas

AUTHOR: Ann-Katrin Byrde

SERIES: Second Chances #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2019

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I love Christmas, I really do, but it’s hard to get into a festive mood when everyone’s staring at your belly and wondering who knocked you up. One of the reasons I delayed coming back home to Oceanport. It’s just one of those things about living in a small-town. Everybody wants to know everything.

The problem is that even I don’t know. I was at a frat party and there was alcohol and things got a little fuzzy. I’m not proud of that, even less so when David sees me with my six-months-pregnant baby bump. David who used to be my best friend–David who I used to have a big crush on. Still do, really, not that it matters. He’s all I ever wanted for Christmas, but now I’m carrying another alpha’s baby.

How could he ever want me like this?

TITLE: Holiday Fling

AUTHOR: Crystal Lacy

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2019

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All Jake has to do is remember it’s a fling.

During my flight to Honolulu, the sexy guy on the next seat drunkenly admits his bi-curiosity. Naturally, I don’t hesitate to volunteer as tribute to be his first kiss. He politely declines, but then we run into each other in the hotel bar.

Thus begins a hot holiday fling with Bennett. Bennett’s on the rebound and I’ve never had a serious relationship. This thing between us can only be casual. But just because this is temporary doesn’t mean I can’t help salvage what’s left of Bennett’s Christmas.

If only I didn’t have to keep reminding myself not to catch feelings.

TITLE: Dreaming of an Omega Christmas

AUTHOR: Kallie Frost

SERIES: Vale Valley Season Four #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2019

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I’ll be home for Christmas…

Once, Travis would have given anything to discover that magic was real, and leave his normal, boring life behind. His wish came true. Now, he lives in the mystical town of Vale Valley. He watches mermaids frolic in the lake, drinks tea with elves, and lives in a house created for him by a genie. And yet every day seems a little less magical than the last. Travis was told that Vale Valley is a place for those looking for a home and for love, but his house doesn’t feel like a home without someone to share it with. He hopes his first Christmas in Vale Valley will help lift his spirits. But, as the holiday draws near, Travis starts to wonder if maybe it will be his only Christmas in Vale Valley.

All the way home, I’ll be warm…

Life as a wandering elf is always lonely, especially around the holidays. Cursed to travel aimlessly, never able to stay in one place for long without feeling the insatiable itch to move on, Falkanar isn’t surprised when his path takes him back to Vale Valley. The town has always welcomed the wandering elf, especially for Christmas. This time it’s the human, Travis, who invites him into his home for the holidays. As the days go on, Falkanar realizes that, for the first time in his life, he’s starting to feel like he’s home. If legends are to be believed, it means he has met his fated mate, and can settle down, at last. Except his mate is supposed to be an elf too, and Travis, a human, is the only person he’s been spending time with. Just to make matters worse, Falkanar is starting to suspect he’s pregnant…

TITLE: The City Dragon’s Mate

AUTHOR: Silvia Violet

SERIES: Lonely Dragons Club #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 117 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2019

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Best Decision Ever: Hiring a man in need of discipline and finding out he’s your fated mate.

Bartholomew

When a friend calls, hoping I’ll take a problem employee off his hands, I jump at the chance. Despite running a large company and having a bustling city at my feet, I’m bored. I need a project. And if that project happens to be teaching a young man discipline, all the better.

But when he arrives, I realize my mistake. Pierre carries burdens from his past and needs my comfort as well as my discipline. My dragon instincts tell me I’m never going to want to let him go.

Pierre

I made a terrible mistake, and it nearly cost me my life. Now I’ve got a second chance with Bartholomew, and I’m determined not to screw it up, no matter what he requires of me. But I didn’t expect to want him so much, not when longing for a different dragon was what got me into this mess in the first place.

All I’d ever wanted was security, but now I’m falling in love. And nothing sounds riskier than trusting my heart to a dragon.

TITLE: Bringer of Night

AUTHOR: SPECTR Series 3 #2

SERIES: Jordan L. Hawk

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 103 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2019

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The vampire spirit Gray and his human host Caleb have sworn never to drink from a human again. But when a woman from one of Caleb’s tour groups is murdered by what appears to be a vampire, Caleb is arrested as the prime suspect. Not only does she have a bite mark on her throat, but security camera footage reveals her murderer looks exactly like Caleb, down to the clothes he was wearing that night.

Can Caleb and Gray clear their names, not only to the police but to John? Or will the new life they’ve built in New Orleans come crashing down around them?

TITLE: Faith: A Hunter Novel

AUTHOR: J. V. Speyer

SERIES: Hunter: A Paranormal Romantic Suspense Series #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: December 15, 2019

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Rebuilding a relationship isn’t as easy as either Luis or Donovan thought. Re-establishing trust while trying to take down a human trafficking ring in a hotel overflowing with ghosts? That might be impossible, even for these two.

How do two people rebuild trust when they’ve been betrayed by the people they trusted most? Luis and Donovan want to stay together and make their love work, but the situation is tenuous. Boundaries must be drawn, and both are afraid to step too close to the line. Life has other plans.

A human trafficking ring crops up at a luxury Boston hotel with a dark past, and Luis and Donovan are forced to go undercover to find out more. Between the dangerous criminals stealing humans from the hotel and the ghosts wandering the corridors, this couple has their hands full.

They certainly don’t need complications from Luis’ past to throw a wrench into the works…

TITLE: For The Love of a Friend: Dante and Apollo

AUTHOR: Noah Harris

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 137 pages

RELEASE DATE: December 15, 2019

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“Apollo smiled, though it was marred by the sadness twisting through his chest. Dante would never want to admit it, but he cared deeply for people, even as he hid it behind layer after layer of foul attitude and an even fouler mouth. It was only around Apollo that Dante cast the worst of it aside, but even then, there was a divide between Apollo and the inner Dante. That wall kept Apollo at bay, always careful of what he would say or do, unsure if he should tread too far. He craved to see beyond that wall, to see the things Dante ferreted away from the light of day.”

It’s been weeks since tumultuous events led Dante and Apollo into the depths of the jungle. And the two men suddenly have time on their hands.

Life hasn’t been kind to Apollo. He lost his parents at a young age, and his twin sister the year before. All he has left are his packmates and his best friend, Dante. He’s done his best to hide his secret yearning for his best friend but Apollo struggles to keep himself in check as he watches Dante drift away from him.

Dante can’t even think about what might exist between him and Apollo. Terrified of what a relationship between them would mean. Dante desperately hides from the passion of his heart, risking his own misery and that of the only man he’s ever loved.

When the two men are thrown together on a special assignment, a threat to their lives is like a thunderbolt to their hearts and brings everything to a boil. Struggling to come to terms with their emotions, their pasts, and what the future holds, Apollo and Dante have no choice but to try to make peace with one another if they’re ever going to find happiness. But can they succeed?

TITLE: Miracle on Shifter Street

AUTHOR: Braylon Black

SERIES: Vale Valley Season Four #6

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: December 15, 2019

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Logan Middleton used to love Christmas, but this year he’s decided “bah, humbug!” After all, it’s hard to enjoy the holidays when you’re out of a job and you’ve just walked in on your fiance rolling in the sheets with somebody else. So instead of wallowing in his misery at home, Logan opts to take a roadtrip down south to a sunny beach where he can clear his head and get away from it all.

But it’s not that easy to escape Christmas. Logan takes a wrong turn and unexpectedly winds up in the magical town of Vale Valley. The place is positively electric with the holiday spirit, and Logan’s never seen anything like it. But what piques his interest the most is the sight of a cute, quirky omega giving him flirty looks on the sidewalk.

Bunny shifter Marlie Hudson knows a catch when he sees one, even from afar. He locks in on the handsome alpha like a homing missile, and tries to capture his attention. But the omega’s always been clumsy and careless. Instead of winning the alpha’s heart, Marlie ends up losing his most prized possession: his lucky rabbit’s foot. Without its magical protection, Marlie is completely helpless against the dark forces of bad luck and misfortune.

Logan pledges to help the young omega get his rabbit’s foot back by any means necessary—(after all, how could he say no to that cute face?)—but he’s wholly unprepared to face the strokes of hilarious bad luck about to befall them both.

Still, through it all, sparks are flying, and neither can shake the sense that they may have found their forever mates. But is there any hope for love when Marlie’s life seems doomed to utter catastrophe? Besides, let’s face it. Christmas miracles only happen in the movies… right?

TITLE: Protective Daddy

AUTHOR: Liam Kingsley

SERIES: Timberwood Cove #7

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: December 15, 2019

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He can’t see past his own scars …

After he was left for dead in a wildfire, Ian can’t help his monstrous appearance. No one could love him with his beastly features, not even his own family. Add in the fact that he’s an omega raising a daughter on his own and he’s destined to remain single for good. But when Steve looks at him, there’s a different kind of heat in his eyes, one Ian wants to reach for, if he can guarantee he won’t get burned again.

He’s not strong enough for a mate of his own …

Detective Steve Daniels may be an alpha, but he’s not nearly as strong as the other members of his pack. He’ll never be alpha enough to claim a mate of his own. But Ian’s scent drives him crazy, and spending time holed up with the man and his daughter makes Steve wonder if he might be just the mate Ian needs to heal and grow.

The wolves can’t make it work as long as Ian stubbornly refuses to perceive his own worth. Steve sees the man, not the scars, and he’ll do anything to prove that his mate is worthy of love. He’ll have to find inner strength of his own to claim his omega and protect their growing family, and this time Steve will be worthy enough to love everything he holds dear.

 

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