Here are the new releases for the week.
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| Title | Author | Publisher | Release Date | Other Details | Link |
| Why Can’t Freshman Summer Be Like Pizza? | Andy V. Roamer | NineStar Press | 6/1/2020 | The Pizza Chronicles #2 | |
| A Face Without a Heart | Rick R. Reed | NineStar Press | 6/1/2020 | 2nd Edition | |
| Can’t Erase You | Leigh Vining | Supposed Crimes | 6/1/2020 | ||
| Governing Passions | Chris Cheek | 2FM Limited | 6/1/2020 | Love in a Changing Climate #2 | |
| Conned | Kim Fielding | Tin Box Press | 6/1/2020 | The Bureau #6 | |
| Luckless | Cari Z | Self Published | 6/1/2020 | ||
| Fight for Me | Kris Jacen | Self Published | 6/1/2020 | With Me #7 | |
| Nexus | Mary Calmes | Self Published | 6/1/2020 | Warders #5, 2nd Edition | |
| Better be Sure | Andy Gallo & Anyta Sunday | Self Published | 6/1/2020 | Harrison Campus #1, 2nd Edition | |
| Ravenous | John Inman | Dreamspinner Press | 6/2/2020 | ||
| Tiramisu After Midnight | Mark David Campbell | Dreamspinner Press | 6/2/2020 | ||
| The Love Between Us | J.P. Bowie | Pride Publishing | 6/2/2020 | ||
| Conventionally Yours | Annabeth Albert | #N/A | 6/2/2020 | True Colors #1 | |
| Beach Balls | Tara Lain | Self Published | 6/2/2020 | Balls to the Wall #3, 3rd Edition | |
| Vodka & Handcuffs | Brandon Witt | Self Published | 6/2/2020 | Mary’s Boys, 2nd Edition | |
| Cutting Cords | Mickie B. Ashling | Self Published | 6/2/2020 | Cutting Cords #1, 2nd Edition | |
| Love In Progress | Logan Grey | Self Published | 6/2/2020 | Heartbelt Records #3 | |
| Hearts Aflame | A.D. Ellis | Self Published | 6/2/2020 | Forged in the City #3 | |
| Forbidden Mate | R.L. Kenderson | Self Published | 6/2/2020 | Forbidden #7 | |
| Angelo | Silvia Violet | Self Published | 6/2/2020 | The Marchesi Family #2 | |
| The Tales of Two Seers | R. Cooper | Self Published | 6/2/2020 | Being(s) in Love | |
| Say You’ll Be Nine | Lucy Lennox | Self Published | 6/2/2020 | ||
| Running for Freedom | Noah Harris | Self Published | 6/2/2020 | ||
| Kidnapped by the Gentleman | Drake LaMarque | Grey Kelpie Studio | 6/3/2020 | Gentleman’s Bounty #1 | |
| Hiraeth | Charlie Godwyne | Self Published | 6/3/2020 | Augarten #3 | |
| Messy Ink | Ali Lyda | Self Published | 6/3/2020 | Get Ink’d #2 | |
| The D- in 403B | Jess Bryant | Blue Lemon Press | 6/4/2020 | ||
| Ferron’s Journey: Part One Damaged | JP Sayle | Self Published | 6/4/2020 | The Playroom #4 | |
| Sins Of The Father | K. Sterling | Self Published | 6/4/2020 | Boys Of Lake Cliff #9 | |
| Rewritten | J.R. Gray | Self Published | 6/4/2020 | Unscripted #2 | |
| When I First Saw Red | Kasia Bacon | The Order Universe | 6/5/2020 | Soldiers and Mercenaries #2 | |
| Gorgeous Guards | Avery J. Moon | Self Published | 6/5/2020 | Travis County Legal #5 | |
| Elevator Pitch | Ofelia Gränd | JMS Books | 6/6/2020 | ||
| This is Why I’m Hot | J. D. Light | B4 Dawn Publishing | 6/6/2020 | Salacious Summer Singe #2 | |
| A Little Bit Sheltered | Simon Strange | Self Published | 6/6/2020 | Shelter #2 | |
| Better Off | Tanya Chris | Self Published | 6/7/2020 |
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TITLE: Why Can’t Freshman Summer Be Like Pizza?
AUTHOR: Andy V. Roamer
SERIES: The Pizza Chronicles #2
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 179 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2020
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RV, having successfully completed his freshman year at the demanding Boston Latin School, is hoping for a great summer. He’s now fifteen years old and looking forward to sharing many languid summer days with his friend Bobby, who’s told him he has gay feelings too. But life and family and duties for a son of immigrant parents makes it difficult to steal time away with Bobby.
Bobby, too, has pressures. He spends part of the summer away at football camp, and his father pushes him to work a summer job at a friend’s accounting firm. Bobby takes the job grudgingly, wanting to spend any extra time practicing the necessary skills to make Latin’s varsity football team.
On top of everything, RV’s best friend Carole goes away for the summer, jumping at an opportunity to spend it with her father in Paris. Luckily, there is always Mr. Aniso, RV’s Latin teacher, to talk to whenever RV is lonely. He’s also there for RV when he inadvertently spills one of Bobby’s secrets, and Bobby is so angry RV is afraid he is ready to cut off the friendship.
TITLE: A Face Without a Heart
AUTHOR: Rick R. Reed
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 209 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2020, 2nd Edition
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A modern-day and thought-provoking retelling of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray that esteemed horror magazine Fangoria called “…a book that is brutally honest with its reader and doesn’t flinch in the areas where Wilde had to look away…. A rarity: a really well-done update that’s as good as its source material.”
A beautiful young man bargains his soul away to remain young and handsome forever, while his holographic portrait mirrors his aging and decay and reflects every sin and each nightmarish step deeper into depravity… even cold-blooded murder. Prepare yourself for a compelling tour of the darkest sides of greed, lust, addiction, and violence.
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ITLE: Can’t Erase You
AUTHOR: Leigh Vining
PUBLISHER: Supposed Crimes
LENGTH: 237 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2020
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Surviving a broken heart wasn’t easy, but Phil Thompson moved on by keeping his past with Cole Fisher neatly tucked away in the deep recesses of his mind. Sharing his home with two cats sometimes gets lonely, and now and then he needs human companionship, but his friends with benefits relationships haven’t hit the mark. No one has measured up to Cole even after fifteen years.
Returning to his hometown after a decade and a half, Cole Fisher hopes to carve out a new life. Simply being in the same community won’t erase the pain of his past mistakes, but he’s determined to create a good life for himself and his two Siamese cats. Definitely a long shot, but if his first and only love is still in the area and he can somehow put things right between them, maybe they can recapture the euphoria of days gone by.
Coming face to face totally unexpectedly overwhelms both men and brings the memories of their turbulent break-up to the forefront. Cole must determine if he has what it takes to hold on to a dream, while Phil struggles with taking a leap of faith with the man who shattered his heart.
TITLE: Governing Passions
AUTHOR: Chris Cheek
SERIES: Love in a Changing Climate #2
PUBLISHER: 2FM Limited
LENGTH: 512 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2020
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“How could I trust him not to do the same thing again? Politics were his life; how would he react if all he’d worked for was threatened? The danger was that, confronted with choices over his career and his personal life, he would choose his career.”
Dan Forrester is a rising star of the government, but he has a secret that he keeps well hidden from family, friends and colleagues – he’s gay. He also deeply regrets his callousness towards the one man with whom he could have formed a meaningful relationship.
Luke Carter is now a successful environmental consultant working on a government contract. When the two meet again, it is an encounter that will change both their lives for ever.
Set against the backdrop of Brexit, Governing Passions explores what happens when political and personal lives collide. Can Dan’s career survive? More importantly, when faced with a choice between love and duty, does he want it to?
TITLE: Conned
AUTHOR: Kim Fielding
SERIES: The Bureau #6
PUBLISHER: Tin Box Press
LENGTH: 249 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2020
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World War I veteran Thomas Donne is new to San Francisco. Always a stoic man, shell shock and a lost love have nearly turned his heart to stone. No matter–a private eye has no room for softness. Almost broke, he takes on what appears to be a simple case: finding a missing young man.
As a magician and medium, Abraham Ferencz cons his audiences into believing he can cheat death and commune with their dearly departed. Although his séances are staged, the spirits are very real, and they’ve brought him almost more pain than he can bear.
When Donne’s case becomes complicated and the bodies start to pile up, he and Ferencz must fight their way through a web of trickery and lies. The truth is obscured by the San Francisco fog, and in their uncanny world, anyone can catch a bullet.
TITLE: Luckless
AUTHOR: Cari Z
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 73 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2020
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Evan Luck is a dragon rider with no dragon. Five years ago, his dragon gave her life defending the monster-ridden remnants of Marble, and ever since, his ability to connect empathically to another dragon had been as broken as his heart. Now he spends his days dodging his disappointed mayor, crafting arrows, fighting off the not-as-legendary-as-they-should-be beasts that’ve overrun America, and just trying to get by in the city of Forge.
But when he meets newcomer Lee Caldwell, Evan thinks his lonely luck might be changing. Lee is the only person in the city who doesn’t blame Evan for his dragon’s death, and he welcomes Evan into his own little family. There’s more to Lee than meets the eye, though, and between his refusal to talk about himself, pressure from the mayor to split them up, and a monster attacking the city’s foundations, Evan isn’t sure he’ll live long enough to learn the truth.
But not learning the truth will almost certainly be fatal, both to Evan and Lee’s budding relationship, and to the entire city.
TITLE: Fight for Me
AUTHOR: Kris Jacen
SERIES: With Me #7
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 103 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2020
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Sergeant First Class Remington Clemson is praying that his latest assignment in battalion operations is going to be his ticket to the promotion list. He just needs a break after the last deployment and the fallout from the investigation into the rogue platoon. Rem hadn’t been on the ground when they lost their collective mind, but the entire company felt the wrath of the commanders. If he could get the images he saw out of his mind, then maybe he could give up the alcohol.
Noah Mullvaney grew up a military brat watching his father and “uncles” deploy regularly. His mom made every house a home, but he remembers his mother’s stress with his father overseas and all he brought home with him. Losing part of his hearing from a ruptured eardrum made Noah’s life a bit more of a struggle each time they moved. He’s hoping that getting his masters at Gallaudet, will help him move beyond the little boy with hearing problems to someone that can help children like him.
When two men on different paths that are fighting to gain acceptance meet, will their individual fights push them apart or make them stronger…together?
TITLE: Nexus
AUTHOR: Mary Calmes
SERIES: Warders #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 152 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2020, 2nd Edition
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Marcus Roth is an accomplished criminal attorney by day and a demon-slaying warder by night, but he is merely one of five in his clutch—of no real significance to anyone but his hearth, Joseph Locke.
Or so Marcus believes.
On a trip to Lexington, Kentucky, to celebrate Joe’s grandfather’s birthday, that belief is challenged when Marcus stumbles upon a paranormal crime and ends up revealing his warder identity to Joe’s family. Faced with a traitor, demons, and the return of an old enemy, Marcus puts his own needs aside to save his friends—though in doing so, he risks losing the man he loves forever.
Surviving the battle may not be enough if Marcus can’t forgive himself for forsaking his hearth. He will come to learn what it means to be the center, the nexus, and that neither his hearth nor his clutch can thrive without him.
TITLE: Better be Sure
AUTHORS: Andy Gallo & Anyta Sunday
SERIES: Harrison Campus #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 259 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2020, 2nd Edition
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Orphan Jackson Murphy just staked his legacy on a bet.
Holy shit, his impulsive ass is in trouble.
Bring a guy to the fraternity formal? Pfft. Easy. Won’t be him kicked of the house.
So what if his luck with guys on campus has been shitty? Ed Knowles is Jack’s winning ticket.
Tall, handsome, hardworking—and he doesn’t go to Harrison.
With every stolen look, every secret kiss, every clandestine touch Ed becomes more than just an answer to a bet.
These cloak-and-dagger meetings that set Jack on fire? They mask one tiny, enormous obstacle: Ed’s not out. Can’t attend the dance.
What does Jack do now?
Hold on to his legacy… or his heart?
TITLE: Ravenous
AUTHOR: John Inman
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 262 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020
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Terrible things are happening in the tiny town of Spangle, California. Creatures never before seen explode from the shadows. Hunter becomes prey. Man becomes food.
After seeing his lover torn apart before his eyes, Terry Jones sets out with his little pug, Bruce, to escape the mayhem. Secluding himself in a mountain cabin, he lies low, expecting death at every moment. So lonely he almost welcomes it.
From the dreadful emptiness of this terrifying new world where every breath might be his last, a stranger appears. And beyond all imagining, love enters the picture yet again.
With someone at last to hold, Terry rediscovers his zest for life–and his fear of death.
Finally, with Jonas James at his side, he finds the courage to fight back.
TITLE: Tiramisu After Midnight
AUTHOR: Mark David Campbell
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 218 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020
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If Enrico, who is gay, and his twin brother, Fabrizio, who is straight, can make a success of their B&B on Lago Maggiore in northern Italy, they can save their family home from their conniving half sister. Can good intentions and lots of heart make up for what they lack in money and experience?
On the other side of the Atlantic, in Syracuse, New York, Owen is buckling under an unrequited crush and the pressures of starting an event-planning business. His best friend Maggie books a last-minute getaway at the twins’ romantic villa—and insists Owen join her.
Even if the B&B is not quite as elegant as advertised, they are seduced by the stunning scenery, sumptuous foods, and luscious wines—not to mention their charming hosts.
Love is in the air, but before these four lonely hearts can make their dreams come true, they must overcome past obsession, half a world of distance, and false accusations.
When your tiramisu is only a soggy biscuit soaked in instant coffee and topped with spray cream, it’s time to take a chance on the real thing.
TITLE: The Love Between Us
AUTHOR: J.P. Bowie
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 123 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020
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Matt is looking for more than a one-night stand. Nate is looking for his first man-on-man experience. A relationship made in heaven—or a disaster waiting to happen?
Matt Johnson is feeling just a bit fed up with life. Not mad at the world, exactly, but definitely suffering from a case of the blues. Never one to withhold his sexual prowess from an interested party, he’s beginning to feel that one-night stands just aren’t enough.
Nate Hayes, obsessed with Matt ever since seeing his photograph and profile on an online chat room, longs for the hot stud to be his first man-on-man experience. One night he finally plucks up the courage to engage with Matt and tell him his secret fantasy.
The two are attracted to each other at first sight, but when Nate tries to explain to Matt he can never tell his mother the truth of his sexuality, Matt informs him that he cannot date a closet case. When Nate is confronted by his mother, who has discovered his desire for Matt, the two clash over his right to privacy and her warnings of hellfire for homosexuals.
Nate moves out, but it takes mutual friend Jason Harrison to bring Matt and Nate back to even talking to each other. Jason’s advice? Take it nice and easy so that Matt and Nate can get to know each other…and not make their first night together their only night together.
TITLE: Conventionally Yours
AUTHOR: Annabeth Albert
SERIES: True Colors #1
PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks Casablanca
LENGTH: 400 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020
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When two “big name fans” go head-to-head at a convention, love isn’t the only thing at stake.
Charming, charismatic, and effortlessly popular, Conrad Stewart seems to have it all…but in reality, he’s scrambling to keep his life from tumbling out of control.
Brilliant, guarded, and endlessly driven, Alden Roth may as well be the poster boy for perfection…but even he can’t help but feel a little broken inside.
When these mortal enemies are stuck together on a cross-country road trip to the biggest fan convention of their lives, their infamous rivalry takes a backseat as an unexpected connection is forged. Yet each has a reason why they have to win the upcoming Odyssey gaming tournament and neither is willing to let emotion get in the way―even if it means giving up their one chance at something truly magical.
TITLE: Beach Balls
AUTHOR: Tara Lain
SERIES: Balls to the Wall #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 142 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020, 3rd Edition
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Adam James is so far in the closet he could find Narnia. As an attorney for the homophobic WMA Development, he can’t come out without risking the million-dollar paycheck waiting for him once they push their big land development deal through the city council—money that will finally allow Adam to live according to his own terms. Then, on an early morning scuba dive, Adam meets a tall, lean rebreather diver named Sky who makes him want to hug a tree.
Sky Sea Mickeljohn stands for the environment, world peace, and being openly gay. He won’t compromise his principles for anyone—even the damned lying developer lawyer he can’t help lusting after. True, the WMA land development deal could put thousands of people at risk, but Sky still wants to risk his heart. In the fight between freedom and integrity, is there a place for love?
TITLE: Vodka & Handcuffs
AUTHOR: Brandon Witt
SERIES: Mary’s Boys
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 162 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020, 2nd Edition
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Vahin Arora, Hamburger Mary’s sexy bartender, plays the flirtatious role so well even his closest friends don’t realize he hasn’t had a hookup in months. Then Tall, Dark, and Handsome steps through the door, and Vahin’s passion races back to life.
Being a black cop on the Denver police force is no easy job—Marlon Barton can’t imagine adding being gay to the equation. While Marlon loves his work, his life has taken a turn for the hellish because of his new partner, the nephew of a senator.
Fleeing his partner’s company one night, Marlon stumbles into Mary’s for the first time… and wakes up with a hangover in the bartender’s bed. The one-night stand heats up into a budding romance, but not without stress as Marlon’s partner’s actions threaten Vahin’s livelihood and Marlon’s future on the force. Can Vahin and Marlon face the challenges and hold on to the love and chosen family they’ve found?
TITLE: Cutting Cords
AUTHOR: Mickie B. Ashling
SERIES: Cutting Cords #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 214 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020, 2nd Edition
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Sloan Driscoll is a talented graphic artist but compared to his father and younger brother—all star athletes—he’s never measured up. A lifetime of insecurity leads him down dark paths.
His childhood friend, Cole Fujiwara, a former major league pitcher, embodies all of Sloan’s hidden aspirations. Cole is physically fit, attractive, intelligent, and successful. Seemingly perfect.
When Sloan shows up on Cole’s NYC doorstep needing a place to stay, their reunion is anything but simple. Sloan has always been drawn to Cole, but now, even though there’s a girlfriend on the periphery, the attraction seems mutual.
One night, inhibitions slip away. But both men are hiding a multitude of secrets. Salvation could be found within each other’s arms. But only if they let it.
TITLE: Love In Progress
AUTHOR: Logan Grey
SERIES: Heartbelt Records #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020
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After years of hustling their music and uploading vlogs, Jayce and Blaine have finally landed the record deal of a lifetime.
When the label gets a taste of their chemistry on screen, the album vision is changed from a lyrical tale of two friends to one of a budding romance.
And that’s not all.
Even when the cameras stop rolling, Jayce and Blaine are expected to sell their new story.
The thing is, for Jayce, it’s a little too easy to play the role of ‘boyfriend’ instead of ‘best friend’, until he realizes it’s not pretend at all.
With a life-long friendship and life-changing careers on the line, they’ll have to put their feelings aside and fake it ‘til they make it, or watch their dreams go up in flames.
TITLE: Hearts Aflame
AUTHOR: A.D. Ellis
SERIES: Forged in the City #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 178 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020
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Gabe Sterling and Danny “Murder” Murdoch carry heavy baggage from the past and have no real reason to be drawn to each other. When they find themselves in an odd sort of friendship, both men are interested in more, but neither thought love was going to be part of the deal.
TITLE: Forbidden Mate
AUTHOR: R.L. Kenderson
SERIES: Forbidden #7
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 248 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020
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Will he risk his whole world to save the man he loves?
Quentin Rawling is a wolf-shifter, a sentinel, a police officer…and openly gay. But he has never let the fact that he likes other men stop him from getting what he wants.
Except when it comes to Hunter.
Hunter Esmund is a vampire, a Guardian…and deep in the closet. When he met Quentin, he discovered things about himself he’d thought were missing.
Except vampires are not as progressive as shifters and Hunter can’t risk losing everything he knows to be in an open relationship with Quentin.
And Quentin refuses to hide and sneak around.
When Hunter gets mixed up with an illegal fighting ring, Quentin will stop at nothing to save Hunter.
But when Quentin gets in trouble, will Hunter save Quentin…even if it means outing himself?
TITLE: Angelo
AUTHOR: Silvia Violet
SERIES: The Marchesi Family #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 242 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020
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Cameron didn’t realize how much he loved his grandparents’ bakery until Angelo Marchesi, a man he’s hated since high school, threatened to take it away.
But Cameron owes Angelo a debt.
A debt he can’t pay…
Unless he accepts Angelo’s indecent proposal and risks finding out how thin the line between love and hate really is.
TITLE: The Tales of Two Seers
AUTHOR: R. Cooper
SERIES: Being(s) in Love
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 239 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020
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Very little is known about seers—those individuals, both human and being, with the power to know both what could have been and what is yet to come. Seers prefer it that way. Some of them run from their visions. Others call themselves artists or authors instead of oracles. But even in the most seemingly innocent of their creations, the truth will out, and lessons will be learned.
Two storytellers of different eras and vastly different temperaments weave fantastic tales of magic and romance for their enthralled audiences: A young prince avoids his betrothed and the curse that binds them. A witch uses his magic to help the man he loves court someone else. A warrior betrayed by his lord finds himself in the company of a mysterious stranger. A half-fae is doomed to be sent to the Faery Court unless he can find someone to love him. A lonely outcast finds himself drawn to a forbidden forest. A bookseller at a masked ball wonders if he should pursue a handsome prince. A dragon attempts to woo a beast. A shy servant is given one night to reach for what he wants. Fairy tales that reveal more about the tellers, and their audiences, than they might want.
TITLE: Say You’ll Be Nine
AUTHOR: Lucy Lennox
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 294 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020
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One dilapidated cabin in need of renovation.
Two stubborn men pretending to be a couple.
Three summer months to get the job done.
Four tangled legs in only one bed.
Five cameras catching it all for YouTube.
Six hundred thousand Instagram followers.
Seven nosy family members with Opinions.
Eight thousand reasons they should never fall in love.
Nine million reasons why they will.
TITLE: Running for Freedom
AUTHOR: Noah Harris
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 234 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020
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Cyrus: I’m a big city private detective, so I thought I’d seen it all. When one of the city’s three crime families hires me for a missing person job, I should have realized there was more to it. Stupid me. I found Zeke, and then I found out why they wanted him. I was surprised how quickly Zeke got into my head and make me open up but he’s a fox shifter so, of course, he drives me crazy…and I want him more than anyone else I’ve ever met.
Zeke: Being a child of a powerful crime family has its perks. Then again, there’s a lot of crap too. I’m done with it. I thought I had a way out, but now I’m running for my life….from my sister, with a private detective along for the ride. Cyrus is something else, and not just because he refuses to admit he’s a wolf shifter. He’s grumpy and a bit of a jerk, but he saved my ass, and the more time I spend with him, the more I want to see him smile…and the more I just want him.
Running for their lives, the two shifters must rely on each other to survive. Both are harboring deep secrets from their past that threaten their growing attraction and their future. What twists and turns await them as they try to stay one step ahead of death?
TITLE: Kidnapped by the Gentleman
AUTHOR: Drake LaMarque
SERIES: Gentleman’s Bounty #1
PUBLISHER: Grey Kelpie Studio
LENGTH: 207 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 3, 2020
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Cedric has been kidnapped by pirates.
…they have no idea how much trouble they’re in for.
Cedric was living his best life, partying in the colonies, bedding whomever he pleased and trusting that his parents’ money and affluence would get him out of any unfortunate scrapes.
Until he was kidnapped by the fearsome pirate Lucifer, who planned to trade him for a hefty ransom. Unfortunately, he’s not the only one after Cedric, and the strange secret society who have Cedric in their sights might just be more dangerous than Captain Lucifer.
Now Cedric is trapped on a pirate ship with a dashingly handsome captain, a quartermaster who won’t stop staring at him and an overwhelming desire to find some fun, all while saving his hide from an unknown organisation who will stop at nothing to track him down.
TITLE: Hiraeth
AUTHOR: Charlie Godwyne
SERIES: Augarten #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: June 3, 2020
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Through loss comes rebirth…
After losing someone precious to them, the trio have grown closer and continued to build a life together. Gabriel has spent the last year under the nature spirit Augarten’s tutelage, working to improve himself and learn as much as he can about magic. Florian has taken an enthusiastic worker under his wing, who he thinks might be the future of the Schöner Himmel, and Solomon has been searching to find how faith fits in an ever-changing world.
But with a new year comes new problems, and the trees in Augarten are getting sick… even the one that regrew Gabriel’s body. When treatment of the tree results in Gabriel being too ill to work, he falls into Florian’s old journals, hoping to gain perspective that will help him decide what to do with Michel’s magic once and for all. Revelations lie in tear-soaked pages, and Gabriel finds himself longing for a home that never was. The nature spirit wants the magic and is growing impatient, but how can Gabriel relinquish it after everything that has been sacrificed?
With the city brought to a standstill, Florian’s business struggling to survive, and Solomon reporting to a hospital to help those suffering, Gabriel scrambles to find an answer that will help everyone without losing what he has worked so hard for.
TITLE: Messy Ink
AUTHOR: Ali Lyda
SERIES: Get Ink’d #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 242 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 3, 2020
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Dane
Chris is a great doctor, but he can’t heal me…
I learned to look out for myself on the streets and in juvie. I’ve cleaned up my act, but it doesn’t mean that I’m about to start trusting a guy to stick around. Especially not a clean cut doctor like Chris. No wonder I ended things between us the first time around.
I’m sure it’s for the best. A guy like me can’t have a guy like Chris, no matter how much I want him. I’ve done too many bad things, and now karma is coming back to bite me. But every time my path crosses with Chris, I can’t help but wonder what might have been.
Chris
Is Dane too broken to try again with me?
I knew Dane was a player when we hooked up the first time, and I thought I didn’t want strings. But the smoking hot tattoo artist makes me want to break the rules and try something new. His past is full of pain, and I’ve got commitment issues of my own. It’s no wonder we didn’t last.
Dane has hidden depths, and my heart still beats like crazy every time I get close to him. If I let him get too close he could hurt me all over again – but maybe I’m ready to take a risk. Can we overcome the odds and make things work?
TITLE: The D- in 403B
AUTHOR: Jess Bryant
PUBLISHER: Blue Lemon Press
LENGTH: 266 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2020
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Sometimes a change of address can change your whole life.
Declan Ward has been called a lot of things in his life. Drug baby, delinquent and dirty little gay boy just to name a few. As a child in foster care, he heard it all and as an adult he knows better than to worry about what other people think of him. But when he gets into a war of words with his neighbor, he earns a new nickname and this time, it’s one he likes, one he decides he should definitely live up to.
After all, the new guy never actually said what it was the D stands for in his letters, but Declan has a few ideas and would be more than happy to show him.
Brett Coburn is a mature, respectable adult. He doesn’t get into arguments and he doesn’t name call like a kid on the playground. It doesn’t matter that the guy in 403B is the best-looking man Brett has ever laid eyes on. He’s a dickhead and Brett has the letters to prove it. That’s why nobody is more surprised than Brett when their thinly veiled threatening letters take a turn for the fun and flirtatious.
Is it possible they have more in common than they realized? Can they overcome the rough start to their friendship and turn it into something more? Or if they let their relationship become about more than just the “D” are they both bound to end up broken hearted?
TITLE: Ferron’s Journey: Part One Damaged
AUTHOR: JP Sayle
SERIES: The Playroom #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 133 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2020
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Can the damage done by another be reversed, after Ferron makes the biggest mistake of his life?
Ferron Robertson is a lost soul searching for someone and something to connect with after suffering great loss. In The Playroom, he finds his centre in submission and the grief he lives with becomes easier to manage.
That is until he makes a fateful mistake.
Life for some is never an easy journey and after being rejected in the one place he feels safe, Ferron goes somewhere that is anything but safe to him. Now he must battle not only himself, but the Dom who refuses to let him go.
TITLE: Sins Of The Father
AUTHOR: K. Sterling
SERIES: Boys Of Lake Cliff #9
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 178 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2020
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It turns out there may be something that Mr. Lavender can’t kill. A secret is coming to haunt Lake Cliff and the people Lavender holds dear are in grave danger. Time is just about up, and the careful web of lies and bargains he’s woven is unraveling.
As if things aren’t tense enough, Lavender has a very serious complication: Agent Paul Sloan. He’s on the trail of a sophisticated serial killer who’s pretending to be Mr. Lavender. Paul is determined to discover who’s copying our favorite assassin, and why. Most importantly, he wants to know why Lavender doesn’t mind that someone’s stealing his secrets and flaunting it.
How do you make a killer and what happens if the copy is better than the original? Something vicious and twisted has come to play and Mr. Lavender can’t keep it off his doorstep any longer. Whether he likes it or not, Lavender has to rely on the help of Dr. Aiden Sharp and company to stop a monster before it’s too late and evil arrives in Lake Cliff.
TITLE: Rewritten
AUTHOR: J.R. Gray
SERIES: Unscripted #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 278 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2020
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Movie star 102: The headlines are never what they seem.
Quellcrist wasn’t new to fame or the effect it had on a relationship. He’d been married in the spotlight for as long as he’d been famous. But that was before Hale. He knew it was going to test him but even he hadn’t known the toll that months apart would take on his fledgling relationship.
Long days of shooting, different time zones, calls every day dwindled to days without calls, and rumors were all over the rags. Through it all Quell had to battle his own worst enemy but he didn’t know how to win against something inside him. Depression ate him whole and pain took over.
There was so much more at stake than losing his boyfriend, he was losing his best friend. His lifeline, the love of his life. Was there any way to come back from the damage done?
Can they rewrite their ending?
TITLE: When I First Saw Red
AUTHOR: Kasia Bacon
SERIES: Soldiers and Mercenaries #2
PUBLISHER: The Order Universe
LENGTH: 212 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 5, 2020
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RED:
Lázhien’s human. A common Imperial soldier. And my soulmate.
How could fate get it so wrong?
The demon in me craves this bond with every shred of his being. He pushes me to accept it. This time I won’t yield to his demands.
LÁZHIEN:
Red’s a lust demon, a whore and a stuck-up snob.
The most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. Pain in the arse. And he hates my guts.
I’d be an idiot to pursue him. Yet something about him compels me to make him mine.
TITLE: Gorgeous Guards
AUTHOR: Avery J. Moon
SERIES: Travis County Legal #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: June 5, 2020
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A Dedicated Bodyguard
A Cat Burglar Out for Revenge
A Jerk of a Boss
What could possibly go wrong?
Trent Logan had never wanted to work for Matilda Turner. The woman had a bad reputation of being unlikable and crude to the extreme. But when she offered more than twice their going rate for a one-week duty period, how could he pass it up? For the good of the company’s finances, he could surely go one week in the woman’s company without doing her physical harm himself. Couldn’t he?
Of course, that was before she totally disregarded his advice and moved in a hot little model that she’d only just met. That man was up to something. And Trent was determined to find out what.
Archie Graves had lived the past decade and longer with a single goal in mind. Take down Matilda Turner. He’d trained hard for this, and now was his chance to finally reach that goal and get on with his life. Whatever that would entail.
It was just like the woman to throw him a total curve ball at the last minute and hire a Gorgeous Guard. A literal gorgeous guard.
Archie could have done without the added distraction. And Trent Logan was a major distraction. The man earned his title in every way.
TITLE: Elevator Pitch
AUTHOR: Ofelia Gränd
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 40 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 6, 2020
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Bjorn Ritter only wants one thing—to live his life away from nosey, demanding bears. That’s easier said than done when you’re the son of the female running the Bayside Bear Community. Cecil Baxter might be a bat, but he grew up away from shifter communities and he’s doing his best to continue to keep his distance. Shifters aren’t an accepting bunch and Cecil has never fit the norm.
Already facing a dreaded meeting with his mother, the last thing Bjorn needs is a stranger using his elevator to escape a pack of werewolves. And Cecil, whose day just seems to be getting worse and worse, could really do without the added stress of finding himself trapped in an elevator with a huge bear shifter.
Still, what could go wrong in three minutes?
TITLE: This is Why I’m Hot
AUTHOR: J. D. Light
SERIES: Salacious Summer Singe #2
PUBLISHER: B4 Dawn Publishing
RELEASE DATE: June 6, 2020
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What do you do when your Da backs you into a corner about getting a boyfriend? You lie.
TITLE: A Little Bit Sheltered
AUTHOR: Simon Strange
SERIES: Shelter #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: June 6, 2020
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Do I even know who I am?
Ross was the jock that I worshipped in high school. The guy that I thought about for years afterward. And when he and Cal first called me up on video chat, I thought I would die when they wanted to do more than just talk about old times…
Now, with the order lifted, I’m seeing them regularly. And they’ve brought out desires in me that I never knew I had—desires that make me feel safe and vulnerable at the same time. I’m not even out of the closet. No one knows who I am. No one but them. It’s my one chance to let myself become what I think I’m supposed to be.
I think… I’m supposed to be little.
But it can’t last, right? Because Ross might have to go far, far away. And he’ll take Cal with him. If I want to have my happy ending, I might have to give up everything.
And if I do… will I just be an accessory? Or could I discover what it means to have a real Daddy and a Big Brother to take care of me?
TITLE: Better Off
AUTHOR: Tanya Chris
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 163 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 7, 2020
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Only one thing stands in the way of millionaire Gregory MacPherson’s project to revitalize the gritty neighborhood of Ball’s End: a run-down used bookstore. Since none of Mac’s employees seem to be able to get Hailey’s Comic out of the building Mac needs to tear down, he decides to take matters into his own hands. He expects to have it all under control, just like he has everything under control. What he doesn’t expect is to fall hard and fast for the store’s owner—the colorful, willowy, and unexpectedly male, Hailey.
Hailey refuses to give up his lease, no matter how many incentives Mac dangles in front of him, but when it comes to consummating their mutual attraction, he’s a lot more flexible. Soon Mac is finding it as hard to pry himself out of Hailey’s bed as it is to pry Hailey out of the building. With time winding down and no other options, he does the unthinkable.
Mac is trying to improve Ball’s End. Hailey thinks it’s Mac who could stand to be improved. But with a few compromises, they might all end up Better Off.
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