Here are the new releases for the week.
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| Title | Author | Publisher | Release Date | Other Details | Link |
| Wounded Martyr | Courtney Maguire | NineStar Press | 12/16/2019 | ||
| Before Him | Charity Parkerson | Punk & Sissy Publications | 12/16/2019 | Cubs for Rent #4 | |
| Devil’s Hour | Aimee Nicole Walker | Chasing Rainbows Press | 12/16/2019 | Zero Hour #2 | |
| Best Boy | Vicki Tharp | JPC Publishing | 12/16/2019 | Black Stallion Studios #3 | |
| Snowstorms and Second Chances | Brigham Vaughn | Two Peninsulas Press | 12/16/2019 | A Williamsville Inn Christmas Story | |
| The Rise of Virginie | Katey Hawthorne | Self Published | 12/16/2019 | ||
| Raw Deception | Lee Quail | Self Published | 12/16/2019 | RAW Instinct #2 | |
| Eager For You | H.L. Day | Self Published | 12/16/2019 | EagerBoyz #1 | |
| Healing Wounds | Megs Pritchard | Self Published | 12/16/2019 | Sater’s Creek #3 | |
| Spare the Rod | Marie Sexton | Self Published | 12/16/2019 | The Heretic Doms Club #3 | |
| Rialto | Jocelynn Drake & Rinda Elliott | Self Published | 12/16/2019 | Unbreakable Bonds #8 | |
| Hart of Winter | Parker Foye | Dreamspinner Press | 12/17/2019 | Dreamspun Beyond | |
| Mirror Man | Samuel King | Pride Publishing | 12/17/2019 | ||
| The Perfect Cover | K. Sterling | Bawdy Books | 12/17/2019 | ||
| Socks for an Otter | Posy Roberts | Boho Press | 12/17/2019 | ||
| Tempest: An M/M Romance about Mutinies, Shakespeare, and Getting Married | Erin McRae & Racheline Maltese | Avian30 | 12/17/2019 | Love’s Labours #3 | |
| Omega’s Winter Nights | Summer Chase | Ever Happy Books | 12/17/2019 | Vale Valley Season Four #7 | |
| Belle of the Ball | Amy Cissell | Broken World Publishing | 12/17/2019 | An Oracle Bay Novel #3 | |
| What Works For Us | Colette Davison | Self Published | 12/17/2019 | ||
| Extra Time | Charlie Novak | Self Published | 12/17/2019 | Off the Pitch #2 | |
| Stress and the Modern Dad | Sean Michael | Self Published | 12/17/2019 | Mannies Incorporated #8 | |
| Stick to the Script | Lane Hayes | Self Published | 12/17/2019 | Ace’s Wild #13 | |
| The Scent of Christmas | Leyla Hunt | Self Published | 12/19/2019 | Vale Valley Season Four #8 | |
| Dances Long Forgotten | Ruby Moone | Self Published | 12/19/2019 | Winsford Green | |
| The Longest Night | Z. Allora | Dreamspinner Press | 12/20/2019 | ||
| Or the Highway | J.D. Light | B4 Dawn Publishing | 12/20/2019 | Haven Hills #2 | |
| The Omega’s Island Fling | Coyote Starr | DW Publishing | 12/20/2019 | ||
| Dust Trail Blues | Layla Dorine | Encompass Ink | 12/20/2019 | ||
| Christmas Lights | RJ Scott & V.L. Locey | Love Lane Books | 12/20/2019 | ||
| Broken Trust | Michaela Grey | Self Published | 12/20/2019 | Beloved Scars #3 | |
| His Christmas Delivery | Pixie Chica | Self Published | 12/20/2019 | Love for the Holidays #4 | |
| A Distant Drum | Amy Rae Durreson | Self Published | 12/20/2019 | ||
| Somebody to Love | April Wilson | Self Published | 12/20/2019 | A Tyler Jamison Novel #1 | |
| Four Christmases | Nell Iris | JMS Books | 12/21/2019 | ||
| His Christmas Magic | Drea Roman | Self Published | 12/21/2019 | Vale Valley Season Four #9 | |
| Fazil | Kiki Burrelli & Crista Crown | Self Published | 12/22/2019 | Kif Warriors #4 |
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TITLE: Wounded Martyr
AUTHOR: Courtney Maguire
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 198 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Ice is an asshole, but he’s working on it. He’s two years sober, no small feat when you front a heavy metal band facing waning popularity and dismal ticket sales. But, the pieces of a life torn apart by alcoholism are finally coming back together. His band, Wounded Martyr, has written a great album with the potential to launch them back into relevancy. And Ricky, probably the biggest, most important piece, has finally forgiven him for the wreck he made of their relationship. There’s only one problem.
Ashton.
It was to be expected. As his best friend and band mate for almost twenty years, it’s only natural they should find each other in the loneliness of the road. Ricky knows about their one night together, but he doesn’t know that Ice can’t stop thinking about it, about his long body and whiskey-flavored lips, and the guilt of it has him on the brink of backslide. Now that Wounded Martyr is poised for a long tour, Ice must find a way to resist temptation or risk blowing their last chance and destroying his relationship with the two most important men in his life.
TITLE: Before Him
AUTHOR: Charity Parkerson
SERIES: Cubs for Rent #4
PUBLISHER: Punk & Sissy Publications
LENGTH: 110 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Kevin had given up on life before Jericho. Now he’ll stop at nothing to reclaim himself.
For years, Kevin lived in a full-time Dom/sub relationship with his ex. It was a position his ex used to keep Kevin weak and malleable. Now he’s free from all that, but he’s not whole anymore. He let those years break something inside him that Kevin doesn’t know how to fix. Meeting Jericho changes everything.
Before Kevin, Jericho didn’t date men. He didn’t date anyone. Jericho spent his life focused on his son. Now his son is grown and married, leaving Jericho to find himself again. He thinks working for Cubs for Rent will force him back into the world of single adults. Instead, Jericho can’t stop gravitating toward Kevin. He’s slightly terrified of what that could mean.
Kevin and Jericho are both starting from a place of having nothing to offer. For different reasons, they’re both a bad bet. But sometimes a gamble pays out big winnings. If only one would take the first chance.
TITLE: Devil’s Hour
AUTHOR: Aimee Nicole Walker
SERIES: Zero Hour #2
PUBLISHER: Chasing Rainbows Press
LENGTH: 261 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Devil’s hour, noun: the hour when the demon or devil who leads hell is at its strongest.
Born on the wrong side of the tracks, Royce Locke is no stranger to scrapping and fighting for the things he wants. What he desires most is Sawyer Key—his partner on the force and the man he’s falling in love with.
After asking Sawyer to take a chance on him, Royce will need to back up his pretty words with fearless action instead of being his own worst enemy.
Someone is harassing the mayor of Savannah, and Locke and Key are tasked with finding out who. The investigation quickly takes a twisted turn, leading them to an enemy who thinks purification by fire is the only way to save the city. Scarier than The Purists’ elusiveness is their ability to turn public opinion in their favor, creating unrest and threatening anarchy by fanning flames and fear. When you play with fire, someone is bound to get burned.
When menace becomes murder, the two detectives will race the clock against the devil to save their beloved city from becoming a raging inferno. Royce will need to draw on his grit now more than ever if he hopes to realize the dreams that are finally within reach. The rag is lit, the Molotov cocktail is tossed, and the zero hour is upon them. Challenge received and accepted.
Trigger warning: Part of the storyline involves coming to terms with a friend’s suicide, which may be difficult for some people to read.
TITLE: Best Boy
AUTHOR: Vicki Tharp
SERIES: Black Stallion Studios #3
PUBLISHER: JPC Publishing
LENGTH: 263 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Niko took Vin in when Vin’s family kicked him out.
He gave an aimless street kid direction, a career, a life.
But Vin Andino is now a grown man, and he wants more. What he wants is Niko.
Black Stallion Studios’ owner Niko Stavros has a thing for younger men, but with wealth and power comes responsibility, and there are rules even he won’t break:
- No f*cking the employees.
- No f*cking Vin—That would be wrong… Right?
After a bachelor auction, Niko sees Vin in a new light, and while the whole studio crew is out of the country on location, Niko tiptoes up to the forbidden line.
But Vin has a secret, and his past threatens to blow up his life, and Niko’s.
Can love bring them together and allow them to let go of the past?
Or will the revelation tear them apart?
TITLE: Snowstorms and Second Chances
AUTHOR: Brigham Vaughn
SERIES: A Williamsville Inn Christmas Story
PUBLISHER: Two Peninsulas Press
LENGTH: 184 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Erik Josef is a forty-three-year-old, recently divorced businessman with one goal: wrap up his last project of the year so he can spend the holidays in Tahiti. All he wants is drinks on a beach, served to him by a woman in a bikini.
While waiting at an airport bar for his business partner to fly into Buffalo, New York, he encounters Seth Cobb, a chatty travel writer waiting for a flight to Pittsburgh to visit his family.
After a huge snowstorm grounds all flights, a mix-up at the Williamsville Inn leads to Erik and Seth sharing a room. Seth’s love of Christmas gets on Erik’s last nerve, but a mugful of Seth’s hot chocolate slowly melts Erik’s icy exterior.
When Erik realizes he’s attracted to Seth, he must choose between the life he’s always known, or a new adventure with a man a decade younger and a second chance at happiness.
TITLE: The Rise of Virginie
AUTHOR: Katey Hawthorne
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 197 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Stefan Holt left home at nineteen, guitar in hand, determined that couch-surfing would be better than staying with his mother. He finally lands with Megan, an old band-mate, and they decide to resurrect their rock n’ roll dreams to get them out of their opioid-riddled small town. Unfortunately, neither of them is much of a lyricist.
Han Westfall works at the local library, where he lives to rec poetry to the handsome, mysterious guy who brings in his guitar and stays all day. Han writes lines of his own, and when Stefan finally asks to see them, their musical chemistry clicks—and it brings them closer, faster than either of them imagined possible. They name their new band Virginie, ostensibly in honor of their Appalachian roots.
They’ll have to work through band in-fighting, revenge porn, homophobic taunts, family addictions, parental drama, and their own inner demons to make things work, both in love and in music. But if they can make it, maybe they won’t just get out of town. Maybe they’ll rise up and take everyone with them.
TITLE: Raw Deception
AUTHOR: Lee Quail
SERIES: RAW Instinct #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Rawson Curisco and Edward Canton live an idyllic life in the Drakensberg (Mountain of the Dragon). But that idyllic life is interrupted when Edward’s estranged father, Lieutenant Gregory Basye Sander visits to celebrate their first anniversary. Gregory is 48, a pilot in the South African Airforce, and he’s not out. During this visit he meets 27-year-old Detective Shane Devin. From the moment of their meeting, there is trouble in heaven. Small vignettes of deception blot Gregory and Shane’s relationship with insecurity, but neither of them could have foreseen the final, tragic outcome of a deception much larger than they could ever have imagined.
It will lead them into a world of insanity and fear.
TITLE: Eager For You
AUTHOR: H.L. Day
SERIES: EagerBoyz #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 115 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Who better to fake it than two people who do it for a living?
Student Josh Keating, better known in the adult film world as Angel, has a problem. His family expects to meet his boyfriend that weekend. Except he doesn’t have one. When fresh-faced newbie Leo Stone offers himself up to play the part, Josh finds it impossible to turn him down.
Damian Price has only masqueraded as Leo Stone for a couple of months so far, his decision to join the studio heavily influenced by the huge torch he carries for Angel. He might just be his biggest fan. So, of course he’s going to jump at the chance to play his boyfriend for the weekend. As long as Josh doesn’t get wind of Damian’s true feelings or see through the little white lies he’s been telling, everything will be fine.
One weekend.
One bed.
A growing mutual attraction.
An adult film star who’s not above using his own performances for the purposes of seduction.
Can a fake relationship turn into a real one? Damian’s keeping his fingers crossed it will.
TITLE: Healing Wounds
AUTHOR: Megs Pritchard
SERIES: Sater’s Creek #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 271 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Can Wes forgive the mistakes Reece made in the past?
Wesley ‘Wes’ Andrews had kept a secret for years. A relationship that no one knew about, a person he’d loved like no other. When he left without saying goodbye, somehow Wes had managed to pick up the pieces of his shattered heart and put them back together and make something of his life.
Now, that person was coming back to live in Sater’s Creek and Wes felt angry. Angry that after all these years this man felt like he could walk back into Wes’ life and carry on like nothing had happened.
Reece Landon had had enough of city living. Another failed relationship and fed up of being shot at had made Reece reevaluate his life and now he was heading home to Sater’s Creek. He needed to be near his family and he had unfinished business.
The day he’d walked away without a backwards glanced still haunted him and he needed to make amends, but doing that was easier said than done.
Wes wanted nothing to do with him and blocked him at every turn. No matter what he said, or did Wes turned him away until one night and one drink led to them had the ever-present passion that simmered between them exploding to the surface.
Could Reece prove to Wes he could be trusted or had too much time and damage passed for Wes to heal from the hurt Reece had caused?
TITLE: Spare the Rod
AUTHOR: Marie Sexton
SERIES: The Heretic Doms Club #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 388 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Gray Andino is a Denver cop with a pain kink and a history of falling in love with the wrong people. He’s jealous of his friends’ newfound happiness, but with a brain that won’t shut up and a need to argue everything, finding his own soul mate seems impossible, so he settles for meaningless sex and doling out pain with willing subs.
Subs like Avery Barron.
When Avery asks to stay with Gray for a few weeks, Gray reluctantly agrees. Avery may be the perfect sub, but as an accidental roommate, he sucks. The younger child of rich, indulgent parents, Avery is an entitled slob with a disdain for rules, a lack of ambition, and an obsession with social media. Gray tolerates his presence, but when Avery breaks one of Gray’s ground rules, he punishes him and takes away his phone.
Deprived of his usual echo chamber, Avery feels lost until he discovers a local Tap House, a piano, and his buried love of music. The more Avery plays, the more the community around him blossoms. For the first time in his life, Avery has a purpose and goals for the future. But the thing he longs for most — Gray’s love and respect — may be forever out of reach.
TITLE: Rialto
AUTHORS: Jocelynn Drake & Rinda Elliott
SERIES: Unbreakable Bonds #8
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 259 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Someone has it out for Rialto.
Ian Banner is loving his hectic life. He’s newly married, ready to start a family, and opening a new restaurant. All his dreams are coming true.
The last thing he needs is a problem with his restaurant.
But when one attack after another comes, he grows convinced he has another enemy.
Ian tries to handle things by himself, but his friends are soon drawn in when the attacks become violent. That’s when Ian realizes the target isn’t Rialto. It’s him.
TITLE: Hart of Winter
AUTHOR: Parker Foye
SERIES: Dreamspun Beyond
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 202 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2019
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Magic-using winter sports enthusiasts find love on the slopes.
Luc Marling is cursed to transform into a stag from sunset to sunrise, making him vulnerable to black-hearted collectors. Thanks to a family heirloom, Luc can contain the change—but the magic is starting to fade. Luc intends to live fast while he can and doesn’t care who he hurts along the way… until he meets Rob.
Rob Lentowicz accidentally broke the curse on a famous singer and became a magical reality-TV star. Tired of having to lie to protect his bank balance, and unwilling to destroy his family reputation with the truth, Rob runs away to France—and straight into Luc.
They navigate slopes, secrets, and each other. But are the feelings between them real—or just magic?
TITLE: Mirror Man
AUTHOR: Samuel King
PUBLISHER: Pride Pub
LENGTH: 66 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2019
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Alfie escapes to the Devon countryside, but his new home has a mystical past and he is soon caught up in a love triangle that takes him beyond the world he knows.
When Alfie moves to a Victorian cottage in the wilds of the Devon countryside, he’s looking for a fresh start and some solitude. However, soon after moving into his new home, he begins to have vivid dreams about a stunningly handsome stranger, who appears to be trapped inside an antique mirror that hangs on the wall in the living room.
To add to his confusion, Alfie is also visited by his young landlord, who seems to know more about the man in the mirror than he wants to reveal.
Alfie finds himself torn between two men, one who seems like perfect boyfriend material, the other a mystical force of nature, desperate to be freed from his magical prison.
TITLE: The Perfect Cover
AUTHOR: K. Sterling
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 315 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2019
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After being the CIA’s elegant and effective loose cannon for almost fifteen years, Agent Royce Bradshaw finds himself in Hopkins Creek, a sylvan sanctuary on the outskirts of the Beltway. The dashing spy is disillusioned with the current administration’s disdain for its intelligence agencies and struggling with his conscience when a mission that should have been a walk in the park takes a dangerous and mysterious turn.
Grant Weatherly is a different kind of hero. He believes he’s broken after the devastating loss of his husband but the widower’s tentative, hungry touches test Royce’s sanity and control. Our rakish agent thinks he’s found the perfect cover but it soon becomes obvious that the Chinese spies next door might be the least interesting residents of the quiet town.
Nothing in Hopkins Creek is what it seems. Neighbors are spies, hairdressers are eccentric oracles, soccer dads are sirens and something sinister is afoot. Royce becomes enchanted with the simple pleasures of the suburban life and Grant learns that you can be heartbroken, have depression and anxiety but still be capable of brave and exciting things.
TITLE: Socks for an Otter
AUTHOR: Posy Roberts
PUBLISHER: Boho Press
LENGTH: 270 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2019
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He fell from his ivory tower and landed in the gutter…
But Sebastian would rather be homeless and hungry than clueless.
On his way to the food pantry, a guy on his cell phone runs into him and triggers his prickly side. As a sign of goodwill, Louis offers to cook for him. But all Sebastian sees is the privilege he used to have.
This isn’t a fairytale. Louis isn’t Prince Charming. And Sebastian can make it on his own.
But it’s been days since he’s had a hot meal. And a blizzard is coming.
Will Sebastian’s pride be his appetizer?
TITLE: Tempest: An M/M Romance about Mutinies, Shakespeare, and Getting Married
AUTHORS: Erin McRae & Racheline Maltese
SERIES: Love’s Labours #3
PUBLISHER: Avian30
LENGTH: 72 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2019
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A return to the summer stock theater where they first met means new challenges for John and Michael as both a celebrity guest star and a public marriage proposal wreck havoc with their equilibrium.
TITLE: Omega’s Winter Nights
AUTHOR: Summer Chase
SERIES: Vale Valley Season Four #7
PUBLISHER: Ever Happy Books
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2019
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Don’t mix business, friendship, and…Christmas toys?
Best friends and business owners Hayes and Ambrose have been spending day and night together to get this year’s hottest toy finished on time, but all alpha Hayes wants for Christmas is Ambrose.
Unfortunately, Ambrose is engaged to another alpha — an alpha that Hayes has just seen with another man.
Omega Ambrose once had a crush on his best friend Hayes, but that was a long time ago and they’ve been focusing on getting the Ninja Star 3000 on store shelves for the holidays. He’s also engaged to alpha Soren, and they couldn’t be happier.
Or so he thought.
When Ambrose learns that Soren is cheating on him, the life he’s carefully built falls apart, and he turns to the one who has always been there for him.
Hayes.
It’s going to take more than a Christmas miracle to heal Ambrose’s broken heart, but after spending a long winter night with Hayes, the two learn that they’ve made a special gift of their own. And unlike the toys they’re making, this gift is one that won’t be delivered by a jolly man in a red suit.
TITLE: Belle of the Ball
AUTHOR: Amy Cissell
SERIES: An Oracle Bay Novel #3
PUBLISHER: Broken World Publishing
LENGTH: 232 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2019
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Welcome to Oracle Bay, the town where the local psychics were already expecting you!
Oracle Bay has always attracted the preternaturally clairvoyant. When anyone with seers’ blood in their veins steps foot in Oracle Bay, their powers awaken, they receive a visit from the Psychics Union, and shenanigans ensue.
Drew Hardy, the local crystal ball reader, is recovering from the latest apocalypse by making eyes at his ex-boyfriend, Bill, and hoping a rekindled romance is in his New Year’s future. Instead, a pair of mischievous kittens arrive in the middle of the night and usher in post-holiday chaos. When a series of crimes—both petty and serious—start plaguing Oracle Bay, Drew channels his favorite fictional detectives, dons his deerstalker, and sets out to discover who is driving up the crime rate in this sleepy oceanside village.
Is it Dio—the attractive playboy and Drew’s rebound fling—who’s back in town after three years absence? Or Martha, who always knows what’s going on before anyone else and is constantly in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or, are the cops right and Drew’s responsible for the local mayhem in a bid for attention?
With their powers on the fritz and an unusual party atmosphere permeating the town, the psychics are having a difficult time using their skills to solve this mystery. Will Drew figure out who’s to blame before anyone else is hurt? And will Bill finally let go of past hurts and let himself have a happily ever after?
TITLE: What Works For Us
AUTHOR: Colette Davison
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 217 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2019
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An elf costume, a pair of lacy knickers, and a Christmas charity auction might make Sam’s Christmas wish come true
When sweet barista, Sam, agrees to be a ‘slave’ in a Christmas charity auction, he’s thrilled to be bought by the man he’s had a crush on for the last three months.Theodore is everything Sam is looking for in a man: older, authoritative, and caring. Unfortunately, Sam isn’t the most forward person when it comes to telling men he likes them. Wearing a sexy costume allows him to be a much flirtier version of himself, but can a naughty elf tempt Theodore into bed?As their relationship intensifies, Sam finds something in Theodore he didn’t realise he needed: a man he wants to call his Daddy.But Theodore isn’t out of the closet, and whilst Sam is happy existing in a bubble in the run up to Christmas, he knows that can’t last forever.Can Sam risk giving his heart to a Daddy who might not ever be able to hold his hand in public, let alone commit to him?
TITLE: Extra Time
AUTHOR: Charlie Novak
SERIES: Off the Pitch #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 238 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2019
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Can a chance encounter help two lost souls find love?
Kit Macken is used to not being wanted. Slightly strange and a little odd, Kit believes he’s more likely to find gold than someone who loves him. Until a chance encounter brings him face to face with a man who knows what it’s like to suddenly be alone; footballer, Hugo Serin.
Fresh off a painful divorce and an even more painful broken leg, Hugo feels like he’s lost everything. Isolated and drifting, Hugo isn’t expecting a rom-com style meet-cute any time soon. But he hadn’t counted on meeting Kit, who might just be the walking ray of sunshine Hugo needs to break through the clouds surrounding him.
When a freak accident leaves Kit’s house uninhabitable, Hugo opens his home, and his heart, to the man whose charming eccentricity makes him feel things he’d long forgotten. All he has to do now is convince Kit he’s worthy of love, just the way he is.
TITLE: Stress and the Modern Dad
AUTHOR: Sean Michael
SERIES: Mannies Incorporated #8
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 191 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2019
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Can a new single dad and a community center program director find common ground and fall in love?
Bry Michaelsson’s sister died from cancer right after giving birth to her second girl, leaving Bry as a brand new father of two. He’s dealing with his grief and his new daughters as best as he can, though most days that best is just keeping his head above water. One of the bright spots in his days is the hour he can bring almost three year old Hannah to the community center’s toddler hour where she can run around, spend time with other kids and make all sorts of crafts.
Cor Dawson loves his job as the program director for his local community center. It’s the perfect job for his degree and has plenty of potential for him to move up the ladder. Then Cor meets Bry and his daughters and everything changes. Drawn immediately to the man and his family, Cor offers to help Bry out with putting together new children’s furniture. One thing leads to another and the two are soon spending most evenings together, playing with the kids and sharing meals, along with some light flirting.
When Bry’s search for a nanny for the girls results in disaster, Cor offers to step in and, it turns out, loves his position as nanny more than his job. Can Bry and Cor’s burgeoning relationship survive the change, not to mention Cor’s protective sister, who isn’t at all convinced that this is the right step for her brother?
TITLE: Stick to the Script
AUTHOR: Lane Hayes
SERIES: Ace’s Wild #13
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 100 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2019
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Jamie is a wedding photographer in need of a break, and a sexy freelance assignment on the East Coast sounds like an intriguing getaway. He makes his flight to Vintage Ridge just before an epic storm wreaks havoc on holiday travel. But when his friend is delayed, Jamie finds himself alone at the bed-and-breakfast for the night with the owners’ son…a hunky contractor with a wicked smile and a commanding presence. Not a problem. Jamie can handle light conversation with a ruggedly handsome man for a few hours. Maybe. If all else fails, he can read the script.
Wyatt loves remodeling old homes like his parents’ B and B. Spending an evening entertaining their guest while he finishes up his project doesn’t seem like a big deal, but Wyatt can tell there’s something special about the nervous younger man. He suggests reading the racy script that accompanies Jamie’s assignment to get his mind off the weather, but neither is prepared for what happens next. Their explosive attraction encourages them to bend the rules and stick to their own script…together.
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TITLE: The Scent of Christmas
AUTHOR: Leyla Hunt
SERIES: Vale Valley Season Four #8
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 108 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 19, 2019
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Oh la la! When two hearts collide…
Nico
Omega and Norwegian forest cat shifter Nico is newly arrived from France, eager to get his perfumery business off the ground. An idyllic drive to pick up supplies ends in chaos when he finds a tiny boy left for dead on the roadside. Lupo, an orphan boy, will require extensive post-operative treatment, and Nico signs up to help. He might be in over his head, but he can’t turn away when a child needs him. Drowning his stress in a glass of wine, he meets Will, who offers to help him with more than just Lupo’s bills. Suddenly, he’s considering adopting Lupo, dealing with a budding romance, and hoping to pay for Lupo’s treatment. Little does Nico know, he’s about to have the Christmas surprise of his life.
Will
Alpha arctic wolf shifter Will is trying to save Incubus, the bar he inherited after his father’s death. Serving some wine to a mysterious French omega turns into a long, delicious night, and Will can’t get enough. When he realizes Nico needs help with little Lupo’s medical bills, he steps up and offers his bar for a fundraiser. He figures he might as well put it to good use. As he falls deeper and deeper for Nico, his fear of losing those closest to him gives him pause. He wants to be with Nico, but letting people in has never worked out for him.
When these men’s worlds collide, they realize special things happen when you mix a little love and a whole lot of Christmas spirit.
TITLE: Dances Long Forgotten
AUTHOR: Ruby Moone
SERIES: Winsford Green
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 145 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 19, 2019
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On Christmas Eve, Dylan, the man of James Pell-Charnley’s dreams, is on the point of walking out. Then they hear the faint strains of a waltz in the library of the empty abbey. The music is said to be heard only by those truly in love, and it gives James the courage to tell Dylan the story.
In December 1841, Lord Hugo Pell-Charnley is in a terrible mess. The youngest son of the late Marquis, youngest brother of the incumbent, never felt to fit. When his life comes crashing down, and his life and his family are threatened, he is forced to face his elder brother and confess his deepest secret. When he arrives at Winsford Abbey he finds he must also confront the shame from his past in the form of Lyndon Cross. The boy he’d loved but betrayed in school.
As they clear the ghosts from the past, they dance in each other’s arms in the library to the soft strains of the waltz, but long buried secrets threaten to destroy their happiness.
Two hundred years later, can those dances long forgotten give James and Dylan the courage to hold on to love?
TITLE: The Longest Night
AUTHOR: Z. Allora
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 73 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2019
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The holiday season is lonely for construction worker Benjamin Morgan, a big muscular guy who just wants to submit, obey, and serve. But the men he’s attracted to usually don’t have a dominant bone in their bodies. He’s done seeking his BDSM dreams with someone who isn’t interested in putting him in his rightful place—on his knees at their feet.
When a friend sets up a meeting with Foster Ridgeway at the BDSM club, Entwined, Benjamin has his doubts. Of course he is attracted to bookish Foster, who works for the same construction company, but how will someone so small and delicate-looking master Benjamin? But when Foster—the tiny temple of dominance wielding a crop—heads toward Benjamin, he might get what he’s always wanted, just in time for Solstice.
TITLE: Or the Highway
AUTHOR: J.D. Light
SERIES: Haven Hills #2
PUBLISHER: B4 Dawn Publishing
RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2019
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Trying to make it through one day at a time is all Justice has known for the last six years. To say that he had an interesting past is putting whipped cream on top of dog crap. He’s done what he’s had to to survive, but he’s well aware of the stigma that comes with some of those things. Nobody had the ability to keep a straight face when you told them you were a prostitute for five years. After a few bad experiences in a row with Johns, he promised himself he’d never go back to that again. It’s time to get his life in order. Starting with getting a normal job in a new town where nobody recognizes him and getting his GED. There’s no time in his life for crushing on his gorgeous, older boss with the kind, patient heart and the no-nonsense attitude, and he definitely can’t, in good conscience, go into a relationship with somebody without telling them about his past. Luther would never want him if he knew.
Luther takes one look at the gorgeous younger man who shows up looking for a job and slips almost immediately into protective mode. Justice might have a lot of secrets, but he recognizes a soul in need of compassion and love in those pretty brown eyes, because Justice isn’t the only one with a past. Though he enjoys the innocent flirting from the sassy waiter, he’s not sure he’s got what it takes to be in a relationship, but life has a way of throwing two souls together who have the ability to heal each other.
TITLE: The Omega’s Island Fling
AUTHOR: Coyote Starr
PUBLISHER: DW Publishing
RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2019
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Their island fling wasn’t meant to last forever.
When Adam Gordon agreed to be in his brother’s wedding, he didn’t realize that David Pell, the alpha he’d been avoiding for months, was the only other guest—or that they’d be heading to Barbados for the big day.
Truth be told, Adam has had a crush on David for as long as he can remember, but their hot one-night stand several months ago ended in an awkward morning, and now they never have anything to say to each other. But they’re about to spend four days together on a romantic vacation.
Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to give it another try.
What’s the worst that could happen?
Adam’s about to find out…
TITLE: Dust Trail Blues
AUTHOR: Layla Dorine
PUBLISHER: Encompass Ink
LENGTH: 388 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2019
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The last place Nash wanted to break down was south Mississippi. With his extreme heat sensitivity and one scorching Mississippi summer, he had every intention of passing through the state as quickly as possible. Too bad his bike had other ideas, leaving him stranded on the side of the road in a rather desperate predicament, until a tow truck driver happened by and offered him a hand.
Jude knew his brother would be pissed at him for being late, but there was no way he could pass by the sun sick rider and not offer a helping hand. When it turned out fixing the bike wasn’t going to be cheap or quick, he and his reluctant brother, Justice found themselves with a houseguest full of sarcastic whit and a bunch of surprises.
The last thing Justice thought they needed was to be lending a helping hand to a stranger when it seemed like their entire world was crashing down, thanks to their uncle Les and a mortgage Justice hadn’t found out about until it was almost too late. Still, he can’t deny that Nash is pleasant to look at, and when the sparks start to fly between them, it’s too stunning to turn down. Besides, soon as the bike is fixed, Nash will be riding out of his life forever, so what harm would giving in do.
But sweltering beneath the heat of that Mississippi summer sun is a secret just itching to get out, and when it does, it just might change all of their lives forever.
TITLE: Christmas Lights
AUTHORS: RJ Scott & V.L. Locey
SERIES: An Owatonna Christmas Novella
PUBLISHER: Love Lane Books
LENGTH: 100 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2019
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Under the Christmas lights strung outside a snowy Minnesota cabin, Ryker and Jacob face a future where nothing will be the same again.
Fortunate timing means that Ryker and Jacob can spend a few days together over Christmas in a cabin on the family farm. What’s better is that Scott and Ben are coming as well, with Hayne and Ethan in tow. Ryker can’t imagine a better way to spend time with the man he loves, and the friends he misses, and somehow he knows that this Christmas will be the best one ever. Hockey on a frozen pond, kisses under Christmas lights, and sharing time with Jacob are the best gifts he could ever receive.
Long distance relationships are brutal, Jacob can attest to that fact. So, when Ryker gets a few days off over the Raptors’ Christmas break, the hard-working Minnesota farmer is beyond thrilled. When they find out that their buddies from Owatonna U. are making the trip as well, the holidays are looking to be just about perfect. Jacob has a question for Ryker burning in his heart, and he isn’t asking for much—just a few fun-filled days with old friends and a yes from the man of his dreams.
TITLE: Broken Trust
AUTHOR: Michaela Grey
SERIES: Beloved Scars #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2019
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Dominic Spector is a brilliant programmer who wishes people made as much sense as his code. When his assistant goes on maternity leave, Dominic is determined to hate her replacement on general principle. Just his luck her replacement has a bewitching mouth and hands Dominic can’t stop thinking about.
Farid Qadir has enough on his plate, what with a mother dying of leukemia, a sister in the middle of transitioning, a brother about to start college, and an abusive father. The last thing he needs is a neurotic boss with an attitude problem.
When Farid is approached with an offer he can’t refuse—steal a small piece of code from Dominic—he’s faced with an impossible choice; stay true to his moral core or take care of his family. No matter what he decides, he’ll have to live with it.
TITLE: His Christmas Delivery
AUTHOR: Pixie Chica
SERIES: Love for the Holidays #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2019
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Kent
With everyone around me getting married, all I want for Christmas is a little love of my own. Not that I need it. No, I yearn for it.
Leaving everything behind, I join my friends at the North Pole. I find my purpose there. However, my life still isn’t complete…until he walks in.
John
The North Pole has its advantages, but its lonely as hell, my work for the Claus family my only focus. Love has always seemed unattainable, or so I thought until I meet the new arrival.
Neither of us were expecting each other, but I’m declaring myself His Christmas Delivery.
TITLE: A Distant Drum
AUTHOR: Amy Rae Durreson
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2019
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Christmas is coming… but Alex is running away.
Panicked by the prospect of spending Christmas with his boyfriend’s disapproving parents, Alex flees to the old houseboat in the Norfolk Broads his uncle left him. But when a freak snowstorm traps him there, Alex soon realises he’s not the only heartbroken lover haunting the shores of Halsham Broad.
Two hundred years ago, drummer boy Jack Sadler drowned skating over thin ice to meet his lover. Now, whenever the Broad freezes over, he returns and brings a curse with him.
And every night Alex spends trapped in the icebound boat, he hears the beat of a distant drum draw closer…
TITLE: Somebody to Love
AUTHOR: April Wilson
SERIES: A Tyler Jamison Novel #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2019
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Chicago homicide detective Tyler Jamison has accepted that fact that he was born defective. Women just don’t do it for him, and he can’t contemplate any other option. So, loneliness it is.
Ian Alexander has met the man of his dreams, but the guy’s in complete denial of his sexuality. Ian’s not giving up on Tyler, though. Tyler’s a domineering, controlling force of nature… just what Ian has always craved in his bed.
When a serial killer sets his sights on Ian, Tyler will do anything to protect the much younger man. For the first time in his life, Tyler has experienced desire, and it’s for another man. How much will it take for him to become the man he was meant to be?
TITLE: Four Christmases
AUTHOR: Nell Iris
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 75 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 21, 2019
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Will a decade-old family feud and long held secrets stand in the way of love?
Auden Whipple is searching for a bit of peace and quiet from his loud family when he stumbles across the neighbor, Porter Eldin. Porter is scorching hot on a freezing Christmas Day, and nothing like Auden expected. A moment shared by the creek begins a relationship that surprises them both.
As the Christmases pass, Auden and Porter’s relationship deepens. But the obstacle of the unresolved conflict between the Whipples and the Eldins makes Auden worried. Worried to tell his family of his new-found love, worried that the conflict will come between them.
Can two men truly in love help mend fences that have been broken for too long? Can the holiday spirit help Auden and Porter find their happily ever after?
TITLE: His Christmas Magic
AUTHOR: Drea Roman
SERIES: Vale Valley Season Four #9
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: December 21, 2019
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Wolf shifter Darren longs for his fated mate. Antsy and impatient, he is drawn to search the forest near his family lands the night before Thanksgiving. He senses his mate close by and a crashed sleigh leads him to a grievously injured man. His wolf and human sides are in complete agreement: the tiny blond with the sparkling blue eyes is their mate. But a head injury blurs his mate’s past. Are his mate’s strange snippets of memory real or the imaginings of a traumatized brain? What do the man’s feats of magic mean for their bond and their future?
Tuck is concussed and confused. One thing he knows for certain: the hunky, dark haired fireman who spells like sage and wood smoke is his mate. But his memory is fuzzy. Who is this Nick he remembers so fondly? How does he make objects appear with the simple snap of his fingers and flick of his wrist? Why does he know the wrong words to “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”? And what about the little girl who swears he has elf ears? Is Tuck really one of Santa’s elves or is he just an injured man with Christmas on his mind?
TITLE: Fazil
AUTHORS: Kiki Burrelli & Crista Crown
SERIES: Kif Warriors #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: December 22, 2019
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Rok had never considered having children of his own, and after seeing the mess his brother Luk made out of finding a mate and getting pregnant, he’s even more settled in his ways. The stability of the ship is only as good as the stability of its captain, especially on a pirate ship. And he’s definitely not going to let one of those prancing, impregnating Asraf near him, no matter how mesmerizing someone’s deep blue scales might be.
Fazil kind of likes this space pirate adventure, now that the kif isn’t in danger of getting sold to slavers, passed around the crew for fun, or eaten. It’s only temporary, even if they’re still figuring out how to get home, so he might as well have fun while he can. And what’s more fun than seducing the stern, immovable captain?
When the two are stranded on a remote planet with a tribe of pacifists after a mission gone wrong, one touch, one flash of lightning, is all it takes to change everything for Fazil. Rok is no longer a toy to be played with, he’s a treasure to be protected. He’s Fazil’s mate.
That touch unleashes the yearning in Rok. But even after being separated from his crew and responsibility, it’s difficult to let himself accept love. And neither warrior is content to live happily ever after with a bunch of basket weaving, grass smoking hut dwellers. They have to find their way back to the ship. Force and violence won’t work this time, though, and they’ll have to lean on each other and learn a gentler way of doing things to find their way home.
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