Here are the new releases for the week.
Let us know if there’s something missing & we’ll add it to the list and information that follows.
| Title | Author | Publisher | Release Date | Other Details | Link |
| The Door and Other Uncanny Tales | Dmetri Kakmi | NineStar Press | 9/28/2020 | Amazon | |
| Rocking the Boat | C. Koehler | NineStar Press | 9/28/2020 | CalPac Crew #1, 2nd Edition | Amazon |
| Stealing Jennifer | CC Bridges | NineStar Press | 9/28/2020 | Amazon | |
| Open Hearts | K. Evan Coles | Wicked Fingers Press | 9/28/2020 | Stealing Hearts #3 | Amazon |
| The Prince and the Pencil Pusher | Kenzie Blades | Luxe Press | 9/28/2020 | Royal Powers #7 | Amazon |
| Taming Dante | Joel Abernathy | Self Published | 9/28/2020 | Dante’s Infernal #1 | Amazon |
| Headlines | Ella Frank | Self Published | 9/28/2020 | Prime Time #3 | Amazon |
| The Love Study | Kris Ripper | Carina Press | 9/29/2020 | Amazon | |
| Darkwater House | Samuel King | Pride Publishing | 9/29/2020 | Amazon | |
| Bloodlaced | Courtney Maguire | City Owl Press | 9/29/2020 | Youkai Bloodlines #1 | Amazon |
| Avenging Lance | M.D. Grimm | Self Published | 9/29/2020 | A Warrior’s Redemption Trilogy #3 | Amazon |
| Forgiving Thayne | J.R. Loveless | Self Published | 9/29/2020 | True Mates #2, 2nd Edition | Amazon |
| Street Love | Rhys Everly | Self Published | 9/29/2020 | 2nd Edition | Amazon |
| Stolen Justice | Tibby Armstrong & Bianca Summerland | Self Published | 9/29/2020 | The Asylum Fight Club #9 | Amazon |
| The Ugly Duckling | Sean Michael | Self Published | 9/29/2020 | Fairytale Shifters #6 | Amazon |
| Holding Hans | Tara Lain | Self Published | 9/29/2020 | Ever After, New York #2 | Amazon |
| Billy & The Beast | Eli Easton | Self Published | 9/29/2020 | Ever After, New York #3 | Amazon |
| Off Balance | Jay Hogan | Self Published | 9/29/2020 | Painted Bay #1 | Amazon |
| Regaining Trust | Nell Iris | JMS Books | 9/30/2020 | Amazon | |
| Alpha Hunt | Sue Brown | One Hat Press | 9/30/2020 | J.T.’s Bar #5 | Amazon |
| Starting From Here | Lane Hayes | Self Published | 9/30/2020 | Starting From #3 | Amazon |
| Dan’s Hauntastic Haunts Investigates: Ivarsson Schoolhouse | Alex Silver | Self Published | 9/30/2020 | Hauntastic Haunts #3 | Amazon |
| Hide to Seek | C.F. White | Self Published | 9/30/2020 | London Lies #2 | Amazon |
| Finch | Piper Scott & Virginia Kelly | Self Published | 9/30/2020 | Forbidden Desires Spin-off #3 | Amazon |
| Good as Hell | Clancy Nacht & Thursday Euclid | Eine Kleine Press | 10/1/2020 | Amazon | |
| Gutter Mind: Smoke Valley MC | K.A. Merikan | Acerbi & Villani Ltd | 10/1/2020 | Sex and Mayhem #12 | Amazon |
| Tales from the Bottom of My Sole | David Kingston Yeh | Guernica Editions Inc | 10/1/2020 | Essential Prose Series #182 | Amazon |
| With Caution | J.L. Langley | Yellow Rose Publishing | 10/1/2020 | With or Without #2, 2nd Edition | Amazon |
| Angels of the Night | H.M. Wolfe & Evera Ellis | Self Published | 10/1/2020 | The Base #3 | Amazon |
| Bittersweet Truth | R.G. Angel | Self Published | 10/1/2020 | The Patricians #3 | Amazon |
| Love Finds a Home | Elle Keaton | Self Published | 10/1/2020 | Home in Hollyridge #3 | Amazon |
| Lore and Lust | Karla Nikole | Self Published | 10/1/2020 | Queer Vampire Romance #1 | Amazon |
| A Chequered Romance | Lawson Brook | Self Published | 10/1/2020 | A Chequered Romance #1 | Amazon |
| Kryillos | Hayden West | Self Published | 10/2/2020 | Ascension #7 | Amazon |
| Short Stack | Lily Morton | Self Published | 10/2/2020 | Amazon | |
| Waiting on Life | Parker Williams | Self Published | 10/2/2020 | Amazon | |
| Like Grim Death | K. Sterling | Self Published | 10/2/2020 | Lake Cliff Adjacent | Amazon |
| Garden of Eden | Hellie Heat | Self Published | 10/2/2020 | Elysian Chronicles #1 | Amazon |
| Touch of Magic | Stella Rainbow | Self Published | 10/2/2020 | Mages of Ravenshire #1 | Amazon |
| Binding Robbie | A.C. Katt | JMS Books | 10/3/2020 | Indiscreet #7, 2nd Edition | Amazon |
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TITLE: The Door and Other Uncanny Tales
AUTHOR: Dmetri Kakmi
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 179 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2020
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Living paintings, spectral children, cannibal serial killers, lost souls, haunted houses, and ancient evil proliferate The Door and Other Uncanny Tales. Everywhere reality and fantasy collapse to create a new unstable world, even the body is not what it seems. Combined with Dmetri Kakmi’s gothic imagination and mordant humor, the result is fiction that is as memorable as it is unsettling.
This collection contains three new and three previously published stories, including the acclaimed Haunting Matilda, The Long Lonely Road and The Boy by the Gate.
TITLE: Rocking the Boat
AUTHOR: C. Koehler
SERIES: CalPac Crew #1
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 240 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2020, 2nd Edition
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Nick Bedford coaches the men’s rowing team at California Pacific College, a small liberal arts school in Sacramento. He’s quiet, dedicated—and closeted. He struggles with professional ethics and NCAA rules as he denies his attraction for Morgan Estrada, one of his rowers. While they may not be far apart in age, the difference between coach and athlete leads Nick to worry about exploitation.
But Morgan has desires and a mind of his own, and what he wants is his coach. As the spring racing season advances, Morgan feels his coach’s eyes on him. Morgan may be gay, and while he’s not out to team, he hasn’t hidden it, either. It may be a coach’s job to check out an athlete’s form, but Morgan hopes Nick’s interested in more than his technique.
Morgan corners Nick in the boathouse, and Nick admits that while he wants Morgan he can’t have him. Morgan laughingly points out that he’s not bound by any of those rules and he wants Nick. Nick and Morgan start a relationship, but Nick worries whenever they’re in public: what if someone sees? An anonymous complaint from a rower to the athletics director sends Nick’s worries into overdrive just as the crew prepares for the make-or-break race of the year.
TITLE: Stealing Jennifer
AUTHOR: CC Bridges
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 85 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2020
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Jennifer, Sean, and Maria are jewel thieves—and lovers. When a job gone wrong sees Jennifer in the hands of the FBI, Sean and Maria have to figure out how to break her out. It’s no easy feat, since Jennifer is both their hacker and master planner. But these two thieves will do anything to steal their heart back.
TITLE: Open Hearts
AUTHOR: K. Evan Coles
SERIES: Stealing Hearts #3
PUBLISHER: Wicked Fingers Press
LENGTH: 192 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2020
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Some hearts are made to be opened.
Jae-seong Bak has never been in love. He prefers to let his personal life take a backseat to his career as a nurse, especially since no-strings hookups with men he’s glad to call friends have always felt like more than enough.
After years of moving around the United States, Jae takes a job in his home city of Boston, arriving just in time to celebrate his brother Ty’s engagement. In reconnecting with friends and family, Jae befriends Emmett McNeil, a young chef and Ty’s future brother-in-law, whose own bad luck with love hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm for life.
As the summer passes and Jae and Emmett help their families plan the wedding, the spark between the two men ignites, though each agrees to keep their hookups under wraps in order to prevent potential drama. Taken off guard by the depth of his feelings, Jae backs away, only to find that going back to being just friends with Emmett is much harder than he ever could have predicted.
Now, standing with Emmett as their siblings make their vows, Jae must decide if he’s really content to hold the man he loves at arm’s-length or if taking a chance on more is in the cards.
TITLE: The Prince and the Pencil Pusher
AUTHOR: Kenzie Blades
SERIES: Royal Powers #7
PUBLISHER: Luxe Press
LENGTH: 100 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2020
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Bad things happen when supos go unchecked. That’s why Abarra needs The Ministry: to keep tabs on royals with powers run amok. Queen Maialen has entrusted the safety of her subjects to her nephew, Prince Xabier, placing the agency in his capable hands.
Only, the Prince would rather spend his days putting his own power to good use in the vineyards than to wither away on the bureaucratic vine. Tired of policing perpetrators and babysitting bean-counters, he schemes to groom his first lieutenant (and second cousin) the Duke of Shrubs. After months spent moving chess pieces, he is poised to convince the Queen to assign his cousin to his post.
But an unlikely pawn still stands in his way: the sexy Zain Otxoa is the pushiest pencil-pusher in all of The Ministry and head of internal affairs. Prince Xabier has plotted to have him fired at least thrice. Zain’s influence over the Queen—his only saving grace—is baffling.
When a master maneuver to have Zain reassigned exposes a shocking imbroglio, Prince Xabier learns The Ministry isn’t what it seems. And Zain isn’t a pawn at all.
TITLE: Taming Dante
AUTHOR: Joel Abernathy
SERIES: Dante’s Infernal #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 235 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2020
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Keeping up the rock star image ain’t easy, but someone’s gotta show these fakers how it’s done.
Hotel-room-trashing tantrums?
Check.
Daddy issues galore?
Check.
Glitz, glamour and general debauchery?
I wrote the f**king book.
I’m a textbook bad boy rockstar cliche, and I’ve never claimed to be anything else.
Hell, I own it.
At least, I did, until he came along: Mr. Self-Righteous who acts more like a priest than a drummer. Now he’s my bodyguard and the guy in charge of making sure I don’t OD before the tour ends.
Oh, right. I also have a crazy stalker who’s been obsessed with me since I was a kid. So that’s fun.
It doesn’t take long to figure out Cash is more of a danger than any freak with a shrine of me in his closet, and he’s way harder to shake. He’s managed to convince our band manager (AKA, the crappiest father ever) that he’s the only one who can protect me from my stalker and my own vices.
Cash thinks I’m stuck with him while he forces me to get clean, but what starts out as a Daddy/boy roleplay meant to freak him out turns into so much more than a game.
For the first time ever, I don’t know who’s going to win, but I’m not going down without a fight.
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My new job is a nightmare.
The name of that nightmare? Dante Jung, lead singer of the world-famous band Dante’s Infernal, living trainwreck, and all-around brat.
His manager hired me to be the new drummer for Dante’s Infernal–since the singer has run everyone else off–and his undercover bodyguard.
The only problem is, I’m pretty sure Dante is more of a threat to himself than even his obsessed stalker. He drinks hard, parties harder, and he’s never turned down a lovesick groupie.
And there are a lot of those.
Dante is a brash, selfish, narcissistic douchebag. And he’s also a brilliant, devoted and passionate musician who can be unexpectedly vulnerable at times.
When he asks me to be his “Daddy” for the month we’re stuck together, I’m shocked, but not for the reasons he thinks.
Taming Dante is going to be one hell of a challenge, but he will break before I ever back down, no matter how undisciplined he is now.
He doesn’t know what he’s in for, but he’s about to learn.
TITLE: Headlines
AUTHOR: Ella Frank
SERIES: Prime Time #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 213 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2020
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Xander
If I had to describe Sean Bailey, it would be as the sexy, caring, wonderful man I’ve gone and fallen in love with. I never could’ve imagined a world where he was my everything. But with each passing day, the connection between us grows stronger, and the idea of a world without him is something I can’t imagine.
But Sean’s love doesn’t come without complications. As the older brother of my lifelong best friend, this new love has caused relationships to break down and communication to become stilted, and the one question that remains is: am I willing to give up the love and friendship of one for the chance of love and forever with another?
Sean
I didn’t mean to fall in love with Alexander Thorne, my brother’s ex and the number one prime-time news anchor in the country. I mean, no one could’ve seen that coming—least of all me. But that’s exactly what happened over these past couple of months: I fell in love.
That’d be complicated enough, I suppose, but Xander? Well, he fell in love with me too, and while it’s caused some major upset in the dynamics around here, I have to believe that a love this real can only lead to somewhere amazing.
This thing between us started out as a job, a friend helping out a friend. But after playing the role of Xander’s boyfriend, I find myself wanting the job full-time, because neither of us are playing anymore.
TITLE: The Love Study
AUTHOR: Kris Ripper
PUBLISHER: Carina Press
LENGTH: 336 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2020
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What happens when the search for the perfect date goes perfectly wrong?
Don’t miss this charming romantic comedy from critically acclaimed author Kris Ripper.
Declan has commitment issues. He’s been an office temp for literally years now, and his friends delight in telling people that he left his last boyfriend at the altar.
And that’s all true. But he’s starting to think it’s time to start working on his issues. Maybe.
When Declan meets Sidney—a popular nonbinary YouTuber with an advice show—an opportunity presents itself: as part of The Love Study, Declan will go on a series of dates arranged by Sidney and report back on how the date went in the next episode.
The dates are…sort of blah. It’s not Sidney’s fault; the folks participating are (mostly) great people, but there’s no chemistry there. Maybe Declan’s just broken.
Or maybe the problem is that the only person he’s feeling chemistry with is Sidney.
TITLE: Darkwater House
AUTHOR: Samuel King
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 150 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2020
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When Toby meets his sexy neighbor Sean, he embarks on a new romance, but there’s also a haunting and a murder mystery to deal with.
There’s romance waiting for Toby at Darkwater House. Set on the edge of London’s beautiful Hampstead Heath, what better place for love to blossom with a stunningly handsome stranger?
But as Toby explores a passionate relationship with his dream man, dark forces are stirring within the walls of Darkwater House. There’s an angry spirit haunting the corridors and Albert the creepy landlord might be a killer.
As passion grows between Toby and his new neighbor Sean, they also work at unearthing the secrets of Darkwater House, looking for the evidence that will convict Albert, finally lay the angry ghost to rest and allow their love story to deepen.
TITLE: Bloodlaced
AUTHOR: Courtney Maguire
SERIES: Youkai Bloodlines #1
PUBLISHER: City Owl Press
LENGTH: 314 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 2, 2020
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Kanjin hardly view their servants as human. Even less so when they are different.
Asagi is different. Both a man and a woman.
In the wake of his failure to protect a boy he saw as a son from their abusive master, Asagi is sold into the house of a young nobleman, Mahiro, who is the opposite of everything Asagi has ever known—gentle, kind, and generous.
Mahiro bonds with Asagi and their friendship blooms into a deep and profound love. But when Asagi is poisoned out of jealousy, Mahiro reveals himself to be youkai, a demon who feeds on blood, and he has no choice but to turn Asagi to save their life.
Asagi awakes reborn, strong, and eternally youthful. But the price for Asagi’s new life is high.
The blood of the innocent. Just as Asagi’s trust in Mahiro falters, the boy he failed to protect, now a man, reappears.
New master, same threat.
With both a literal and proverbial monster at the door, Asagi must decide what it means to be human to protect what they love most.
TITLE: Avenging Lance
AUTHOR: M.D. Grimm
SERIES: A Warrior’s Redemption Trilogy #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 394 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2020
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A child’s memory.
A journey’s end.
Lance doesn’t remember the time before Ulfr found him. It’s a dark pit in his mind that he avoids at all costs. And yet, despite his best efforts, pieces start to fall, and echoes from the past begin to ring. However, he has little time to comprehend their meaning, since the Captain of the Imperial Army herself has come to collect him and bring him to the capital city of the Nifdem Empire.
Whisked away to the gilded streets and glittering court of the Hill of Tarran, and then to the snowy reaches of Swenen, Lance and Gust will learn the answers to questions they’ve had from the start. And be forced to acknowledge their roles in the survival of the empire and the ripple effects of their actions. But such knowledge can come at a steep price.
As allies and enemies begin to step from the shadows, Lance will learn the truth of his past and the price of his redemption, and all the pain that comes with them. While Gust will have to decide what he’s willing to sacrifice to safeguard the one he loves.
TITLE: Forgiving Thayne
AUTHOR: J.R. Loveless
SERIES: True Mates #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 316 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2020, 2nd Edition
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A wolf shifter eases his pain with work after being rejected by the other half of his soul, a man who despises the idea of true mates.
Nicholas Cartwright buries himself in his work in an effort to forget the night he found his mate only to be callously rejected. He pushes himself to exhaustion, an incomprehensible state for most shifters, while being unable to find solace for even a single night in another man’s arms.
When Nick’s reluctant mate reappears one day asking for his help, he questions whether he can set aside his pain and forgive Thayne. He must decide if he can trust Thayne to stay this time and not cut and run again.
TITLE: Street Love
AUTHOR: Rhys Everly
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 316 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2020, 2nd Edition
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What if love could save your life?
It’s impossible to believe, especially after everything he’s been through.
Which is why when love tries to steal Pierce’s heart, he knocks it down with a punch.
There’s no hope for a homeless guy…
Is there?
Not even in the sweet and troubled eyes of Rafe, the attractive latino who has demons of his own.
But fate won’t take the hint.
Can love truly save both their lives?
Author’s Note: This book was previously published as The Guy with the Suitcase by Chris Ethan. This version contains mild edits but no significant changes to the story.
TITLE: Stolen Justice
AUTHORS: Tibby Armstrong & Bianca Summerland
SERIES: The Asylum Fight Club #9
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2020
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A little wicked isn’t so bad…
When you’re part of the O’Rourke Clan, living up to the family name isn’t optional. Groomed as a drug kingpin’s youngest heir, Pike O’Rourke wasn’t supposed to be in charge. Now, as the last man standing, it’s up to him to make sure the legacy lives on. Even if it means betraying the first two men he’s ever loved.
Thoroughly debauched is better.
Mercenary, Seth Bizenhofer, made a choice ten years ago that cost him everything. Now, when a mission is on the line, his heart is off the table. That is, until he’s assigned to get intel from a mouthy sub whose lust for trouble is as huge as his craving for love. Complicated doesn’t begin to describe his relationship status, but no one ever said the job would be easy.
If history repeats itself…
A healer by training, Quint Templeton’s heart is the only battlefield he’d ever expected to fight on. Even that has been a demilitarized zone since his only breakup. When his newest assignment places him firmly in the sights of the two men who broke his heart, he should say no—but with a price on his head, there’s only one way out. Jumping into the trenches feet first, he’ll make sure Pike and Seth aren’t caught in the crossfire.
The fallout could permanently blow their worlds apart.
TITLE: The Ugly Duckling
AUTHOR: Lindsey
SERIES: Thorn
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 50 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2020
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Swan shifter Brook is a ballet dancer working his way up in the company’s hierarchy. He spends his days practicing and swimming and his weekends napping and staying off his feet. When his best friend sets him up on a blind date one Friday night he shows up only because he’s hungry and his date has agreed to meet him at his favorite vegetarian restaurant.
Ducky, a mallard shifter, is back in town after ten years of travelling the world and getting work experience. When he shows up for a blind date he’s delighted and embarrassed to realize he knows Brook from high school; delighted because Brook had grown up into a beautiful man, embarrassed because the guys he used to hang with teased the then-awkward Brook mercilessly all through high school and he didn’t do anything to stop it.
Can Brook and Ducky put the past behind them and let their relationship grow into something beautiful?
TITLE: Holding Hans
AUTHOR: Tara Lain
SERIES: Ever After, New York #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 365 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2020
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How much evil can you cook up in one small town?
When your father gets wonky, marries a weird woman, and runs off to Europe, leaving you and your twin holding the bag for the bills, what else can you do but – Sleep a night in the forest,
Follow a trail of pebbles to a strange mansion,
And succumb to the attraction of cinnamon rolls, the world’s most beautiful piano, and Madame, the strange woman who gives you your dreams for next to nothing.
But fairy tales teach one lesson – –when things are too good to be true – run!
Hans Meyer finds that out the hard way, when he wakes up tied to a bed in the dark. Even Rune, the cute guy who buys him root beer floats, isn’t who he seems.
Can piano power, twin power, and a healthy dose of love power overcome the darkness and finally make Hans happy in Ever After?
TITLE: Billy & The Beast
AUTHOR: Eli Easton
SERIES: Ever After, New York #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 205 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2020
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A stolen rose leads Billy to the Beast of his dreams…
The rose is so perfectly pink and delightfully fragrant, so temptingly within reach through the bars of the locked gate. One snip later, and a masked man from Billy’s darkest fantasies grabs his arm.
Billy’s punishment for the theft? To toil in the estate’s horribly overgrown garden for the summer. Only this summer job comes with a mystery. Who is the sexy, scarred, irascible man who lives at Malfleur, and what dark secret from his past is he hiding?
The Beast believes he deserves his self-imposed exile for the crime he committed one awful, reckless night—a night he can’t even remember. He believes no one can love the ruin of a man that survived that cursed accident.
He didn’t count on Billy Martin.
TITLE: Off Balance
AUTHOR: Jay Hogan
SERIES: Painted Bay #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 396 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2020
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When Judah Madden flees his tiny suffocating home-town in New Zealand, for the dream of international ballet stardom, he never intends coming back. Not to Painted Bay. Not to his family’s struggling mussel farm. Not to his jerk of a brother. Not with his entire life plan in shreds. And certainly not into the tempting arms of Morgan Wipene, the older, ruggedly handsome fisheries officer who seems determined to screw with Judah’s intention to wallow in peace.
But dreams are fickle things. Shatter them and it’s hard to pick up the pieces. Hard to believe. Hard to start again.
But the hardest thing of all? Finding the courage to trust in love and build a new dream where you least expected it.
TITLE: Regaining Trust
AUTHOR: Nell Iris
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 106 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 30, 2020
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When workaholic Lawrence Weller walks in on the aftermath of his fiancé Frankie cheating on him, his world shatters. Frankie’s the love of his life, the only person he’s ever trusted, and the betrayal leaves him devastated.
Franklin Ennis makes a huge mistake he regrets deeply before it’s even over. He pleads for a second chance, willing to do whatever it takes to save their relationship.
A love that deep doesn’t just stop, so Lawrence agrees to try. But mistakes don’t happen in a vacuum. Are they both willing to own up to their part? Will their love be enough to repair what was crushed? Can trust once broken be rebuilt?
TITLE: Alpha Hunt
AUTHOR: Sue Brown
SERIES: J.T.’s Bar #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 195 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 30, 2020
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The continuing adventures of the alpha men from the agency who end up at J.T’s Bar looking for a second chance, whether it’s for love, life or redemption.
Everyone is expecting Doyle to fail as leader of the despised Valentine team. Doyle’s got news for everyone. Failure isn’t written in his DNA. On the back of their first mission, the team has been recruited to hunt for a traitor. Doyle is determined to succeed. Falling for the new team member is not in his plans. His heart has other ideas.
TITLE: Starting From Here
AUTHOR: Lane Hayes
SERIES: Starting From #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 290 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 30, 2020
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Two bands, one goal, and a second chance…
Declan-
Everything is finally going well. I have a new band, a new label, and a debut album coming out. And then my drummer breaks his wrists. Just my luck. I need a quick replacement to record one more song, but my options are limited, and of course, the obvious candidate hates my guts. Okay, so I may have given him a few reasons over the years, but isn’t there an expiration date on holding a grudge?
Tegan-
I don’t trust Declan McNamara. Sure, he’s talented, smart, and has more sex appeal than any one person should be allowed. And yeah, he may be a rock star in the making, but beware—he’s trouble. However, our new record label’s survival may depend on a truce and extreme measures…of the fake boyfriend variety. If it’s our best shot at the big time, I’m willing to set the past aside and start over…here and now.
TITLE: Dan’s Hauntastic Haunts Investigates: Ivarsson Schoolhouse
AUTHOR: Alex Silver
SERIES: Hauntastic Haunts #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 248 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 30, 2020
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When a curse comes calling, Daniel and Chad confront their greatest challenge yet.
Hauntastic Haunts is investigating the historic Ivarsson School. With Halloween right around the corner, the vlog is in peak season. Dan and Chad are eager to explore the decades-long string of strange deaths among the school’s young scholars. While they delve into the mystery, both men must come to grips with Chad’s newfound talents as a medium.
Dan and Chad’s efforts to uncover the haunting’s truth meet with mixed messages from both the living and the dead. They’re left wondering if this month’s site is full of tricks, or if there’s a treat awaiting discovery. The locals blame a curse for all the misfortune at the one-room schoolhouse, and if the pattern holds, the guys are at risk of becoming the latest victims.
TITLE: Hide to Seek
AUTHOR: C.F. White
SERIES: London Lies #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 250 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 30, 2020
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Jackson Young has gone into hiding. Fighting to get his name cleared and his truth heard, he’s followed Fletcher Doherty to Ireland for a safe haven from those who want to silence his story.
As they work on Jackson’s biography, their growing attraction gets harder to resist. Fletcher’s made it clear though—their professional boundary isn’t to be crossed, especially with so many loose threads from each of their pasts left hanging.
But as he learns more about the once coveted celebrity’s rise to fame, and the manipulation and control that came with it, Fletcher finds it increasingly difficult to distance himself from their intimate moments. Lust fuelled attraction is easy to ignore, but an emotional connection is harder to deny.
Surrounded by Fletcher’s meddling family, and ex boyfriends who still harbour feelings of being jilted, Jackson has to play the part of his lifetime. Can he prove that he does have talent and win Fletcher’s heart as well as his trust?
And can he do it all before their idyllic hideaway is compromised?
TITLE: Finch
AUTHORS: Piper Scott & Virginia Kelly
SERIES: Forbidden Desires Spin-off #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 290 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 30, 2020
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Hugh Drake, the most whimsical member of the Drake family, wants a clutch badly… and despite his sanctioned period to reproduce nearing its end, he just might get his wish. New information has emerged that suggests Disgraces are dragons and able to bear eggs. All that’s left to do is find one Hugh can tolerate, and who better to help him find his perfect match than his steadfast and faithful secretary, Finch?
If only Finch were a Disgrace, but alas. Some things simply aren’t meant to be.
Sensible and straightforward Finch has served as Hugh Drake’s secretary for over a decade, and secretly loved him for just as long. Hugh is the light of his life, but he’s also entirely too gullible, which is why Finch refuses to believe his claim that Disgraces are dragons. They’re not. Finch would know, since he is one. But that little fact will have to stay a secret, because Finch would rather his love go unnoticed than be the one who breaks his dragon’s heart when he fails to produce a clutch.
TITLE: Good as Hell
AUTHORS: Clancy Nacht & Thursday Euclid
PUBLISHER: Eine Kleine Press
LENGTH: 246 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2020
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It’s a mysteriously charmed life for orphan Sebastien Harris, but it’s still a shock to be offered a full ride to attend grad school at the obscure but prestigious Bosch University in upstate New York. Trouble starts as he attempts to reach the campus for his interview: first the train is cancelled, then a swarm of migratory air mattresses block the streets.
When he finally arrives, he’s too exhausted to question why a remarkably handsome man named Gem is waiting for him, nor does he have time. A demon horde demolishes the university, and the pair run for their lives—at which point Sebastien realizes Gem is not, strictly speaking, human.
Their adventure exposes Sebastien’s heritage…and reveals the prophecy he is destined to fulfill. Gem is infernal, a human-demon hybrid, and meant to be Sebastien’s servitor, a magical well from which Sebastien, a warlock by birth, will draw the power to remake the world. If he survives.
TITLE: Gutter Mind: Smoke Valley MC
AUTHOR: K.A. Merikan
SERIES: Sex and Mayhem #12
PUBLISHER: Acerbi & Villani Ltd
LENGTH: 297 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2020
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Face of an angel. Mind in the gutter.
Mike. Macho Biker. Scarred. Will never love again.
Arden. Femme boy. Jaded. Will never succumb to lust again.
Mike is always on the lookout for a fresh fling, and there are more than enough chicks for a stud like him at the Smoke Valley MC clubhouse. But the pretty little thing he spots at the gas station turns out to be a boy, and that triggers all sorts of confusion.
Mike loves a challenge, so when he’s given the cold shoulder, his predator senses are set aflame! Straight or not, Mike makes a bet with his cousin and won’t settle for anything other than a total seduction of Arden.
Arden has bigger fish to fry than some biker’s petty insecurities. His last relationship has left him jaded and hurt, so he will never again succumb to the charms of a bad boy. Especially since Mike isn’t just hot, he’s freaking irresistible. Older, dangerous, and cocky, Mike will be Arden’s downfall if he isn’t careful.
But when a monster from Arden’s past reaches out his claws, the only deterrent Arden can think of is claiming Mike is his new boyfriend. So now he’s stuck in a fake relationship with a straight guy.
For Mike, what starts as a game turns out to be an awakening he’d never expected. The ice prince in lace is actually hot as hellfire, with a gutter mind to match Mike’s, and all of a sudden, his scarred heart is not as safe as he’d thought it was.
TITLE: Tales from the Bottom of My Sole
AUTHOR: David Kingston Yeh
SERIES: Essential Prose Series #182
PUBLISHER: Guernica Editions Inc
LENGTH: 301 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2020
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When a long-lost sister shows up as a trans man named Luke, a series of precipitous events throws the lives of boyfriends Daniel and David into turmoil. While David attends an extravagant family reunion in Sicily, Daniel’s ex Marcus plans the world-premiere of his one-man show. The couple’s vertiginous exploration of sex, intimacy and desire comes to a head when a shocking revelation tests their commitment and future together.
TITLE: With Caution
AUTHOR: J.L. Langley
SERIES: With or Without #2
PUBLISHER: Yellow Rose Publishing
LENGTH: 190 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2020, 2nd Edition
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A brother’s vow. A lover’s promise. Both could put them all at deadly risk.
Remington Lassiter is trying his best to stay out of trouble while he learns the ropes of being a werewolf. When his little brother turns up covered in bruises, he is driven to finally bring their abusive father to justice.
Jake Romero, a crack private investigator with a bad-boy biker image, realizes he has his work cut out for him when Remi asks for his help. From the first moment he turned Remi into a werewolf in order to save his life, Jake has been fighting to keep his inner demons at bay. He’s torn between the desire to tell Remi they are destined to be mates, and the need to first let Remi get used to the werewolf life.
Jake will do anything to protect Remi and help him break the cycle of abuse he has endured all his life, but his investigation is about to uncover something far more sinister and deadly than they ever imagined.
TITLE: Angels of the Night
AUTHORS: H.M. Wolfe & Evera Ellis
SERIES: The Base #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 137 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2020
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What happens when you add two men with a past to one man who is their future?
The loss of the man he loved seven years prior has Saint resigned to the fact he’ll be alone forever. After finding a home amongst the members of The Base, he begins to hope for a future, especially when his attention is taken by Caleb.
Caleb’s determination to rescue children from the hands of child traffickers has him landing in trouble more times than he can count. When he’s injured and unable to escape from the clutches of his enemies, a man living in a supposedly vacant property runs the monsters off.
Zachary takes Caleb into his house despite his preference for being alone. Once he finds himself enjoying Caleb’s company and missing him when he returns home, Zachary needs to decide whether to put his painful past behind him and move on.
Finding the man who’d walked away from him all those years ago has Saint hopeful that him and Zachary can have a future. When you add Caleb to the mix, anything is possible. At least until their pasts come back to haunt them.
Can the secrets of the past hinder or heal the hearts of these three men?
TITLE: Bittersweet Truth
AUTHOR: R.G. Angel
SERIES: The Patricians #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 128 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2020
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Antoine St. Vincent is a lot of things – a clown, an hedonist, a party boy, the heir of the St.Vincent family fortune.
At least that’s what the world labels him. But he sees himself differently – as a fraud, a coward, a liar hiding who he is in the fear of losing his parents’ money.
But he’s content to pretend what he’s not in order to keep his more than luxurious lifestyle.
That is, until he meets Grayson Clay.
Grayson, the openly gay artist who is not only supremely hot and extremely talented, but who also makes Antoine feel things he didn’t know he could feel. A man who shows him how to be happy, how to love and be loved for who he is rather than what he presents.
Now is the time for Antoine to decide what matters the most: the legacy or his heart? Money or love? The freedom of the truth or the prison of the lie?
Truth is the ultimate price of love… Will Antoine be willing to pay it?
TITLE: Love Finds a Home
AUTHOR: Elle Keaton
SERIES: Home in Hollyridge #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 95 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2020
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Wyatt loves Bennett.
Bennett believes he is unlovable.
One of them is wrong.
TITLE: Lore and Lust
AUTHOR: Karla Nikole
SERIES: Queer Vampire Romance #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 284 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2020
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The slow burn vampire romance you didn’t know you needed…
Haruka Hirano is alive, but not quite living. Surviving but not thriving. As an elite purebred vampire in the twenty-first century, he is broken. Content in his subpar existence.
He is done with life. But life is not finished with him.
When he receives a formal request to oversee an antiquated vampire ritual at Hertsmonceux Castle, Haruka grudgingly leaves his home to meet another purebred. The vampire is not what he expects. Truly, he is unlike any vampire Haruka has ever encountered: cautious, innocent and with the warmth and gravitational pull of the sun.
TITLE: A Chequered Romance
AUTHOR: Lawson Brook
SERIES: A Chequered Romance #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 180 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2020
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What happens when the Prime Minister of Great Britain falls in love with an African Revolutionary Leader?
After having a brief relationship during their University days at Oxford, George and Masimba go their separate ways. A decade passes. George works his way up the slippery political ladder, becoming Prime Minister at the spectacularly young age of 29. Masimba, on the other hand, returns to his homeland of Zimbabwe to forge his own political career, eventually becoming opposition leader and fighting for the freedom of his people.
Civil war ensues in Zimbabwe, and George watches from Britain as his ex-boyfriend’s life hangs in the balance. Concerned for Masimba’s safety, and harbouring a pent-up desire to meet him again, George arranges for Masimba to be granted exile in the Ethiopian Embassy in Britain. Masimba reluctantly agrees, but as he arrives in London, he realises that his feelings for George are still strong.
George’s decision to help Masimba is not popular. He has to contend with disapproval from the tabloid press, the King of England and from the President of the United States, no less. And he also faces a threat to his Premiership from political rivals who smell blood. Both the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Foreign Secretary manoeuvre themselves into position to oust George as PM. To make matters worse, George’s secret love affair with the Chancellor has recently ended acrimoniously.
What George wants more than anything else is to meet up with Masimba again, and rekindle their romance. And when an opportunity arises for them to spend a weekend together at the Prime Minister’s private residence, Chequers, George seizes the moment and Masimba gladly accepts his invitation.
Against all odds, will romance succeed at Chequers?
TITLE: Kryillos
AUTHOR: Hayden West
SERIES: Ascension #7
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: October 2, 2020
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I am a Throne. I met out deserving punishment when ordered, yet I believe in submission and peace. My orderly life is tossed around when I go after an innocent to save him and we end up in Hell together. I have to keep him alive until others arrive to help us escape. I will not leave without him. however, when we are free of this place, I do not want him to leave me.
I am…
Kryillos.
TITLE: Short Stack
AUTHOR: Lily Morton
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 330 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 2, 2020
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What happens after the happy ending?
Drawn together for the first time, this is a collection of Lily’s short stories about the much-loved men from her Mixed Messages and Finding Home series. Follow them through awkward marriage proposals, birthdays, a fraught babysitting job, and a very drunken Eurovision Song Contest party.
It includes stories previously written for her website and readers’ group, along with deleted scenes and four brand new and exclusive short stories – Bad Valentine, Marrying Jude, Babysitting Billy, and House Hunting.
TITLE: Waiting on Life
AUTHOR: Parker Williams
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 181 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 2, 2020
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Big, bald, tattooed, and more than a little possessive, Toby Tomlinson isn’t what you’d call a lady’s man. In fact, he usually got too serious before they were ready. One day, upon returning home from work, Toby finds a young woman kneeling to pick up mail she’d apparently dropped. Taken with her red hair and slender body, he says hello as he grabs his own mail. The woman jumps and bangs her head against the open door, then lets loose with a string of expletives. She turns around and Toby discovers…the person he’s been ogling isn’t a woman at all, but a man.
Kyle Roga’s heard it all before. High school was filled with taunting classmates who could tell Kyle was far too fabulous to be straight. And now, here he was, being pawed at by a man who stole Kyle’s breath away. He ticked every box Kyle had, and a few he didn’t even know he wanted ticked. The problem? Kyle’s been burned before by straight men who think you’re good enough for sex, but not for a relationship. He’s been bitten way more than once, and he doesn’t want to go down that path again.
Two men, each with a different way of looking at love, find themselves having to reexamine what they always believed about themselves. Will it be enough to bring them together? Will each discover what they’ve been doing isn’t living, but waiting on life?
TITLE: Like Grim Death
AUTHOR: K. Sterling
SERIES: Lake Cliff Adjacent
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: October 2, 2020
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Something wicked this way comes…
Dr. Aldous Hawkesworth doesn’t scare easily. In fact, Hawk regularly chases danger and follows the things that go bump in the night to escape the horrors of war and his past. But he finds himself in over his head and facing a new and very different challenge when a mysterious, shadowed man rouses him from his sleep to tend to a very “special” patient. Hawk encounters something disturbing and enthralling in the woods at Blackhurst and throws caution and safety to the wind to help Casper Grim.
Has there ever been a character more despicable and lamentable than Mr. Grim? Is he homicidal? Definitely. Deranged? Absolutely. Radioactive? Possibly. Misunderstood…? That’s the question. Can our cagey patient ignore the voices in his head and his murderous impulses long enough to allow the dashing older surgeon to save.
TITLE: Garden of Eden
AUTHOR: Hellie Heat
SERIES: Elysian Chronicles #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 249 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 2, 2020
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Micah Vehyl considers himself an “opportunist.” Living in the underground city of Tartarus, he’s not misguided by the ideals of the esteemed and noble government, nor by the promise of rehoming and freedom on the surface. In a world where homosexuality is considered punishable by death, and only the rich and healthy are able to see the light of day, Micah has made a living for himself – among his older brother’s band of criminals and assassins. Armed with a complex power he barely understands, Micah is able to remain aloof and protected, powerful, and revered. And while the fight to overthrow President Axel Tovar continues to take shape below ground, Micah lives only for himself, disinterested in the plight of the so-called Resistance movement.
But a chance and erotic encounter with a deeply enigmatic Eden Voss awakens a passion within Micah…one that he thought to have vanished for good. A dangerous passion: one that could just get him killed.
Meanwhile, Eden Voss has secrets of his own: An officer in the Elysian Police Force, Eden risks more than just his career to maintain contact with Micah. But the connection between them cannot be denied and Eden is willing to throw it all away for the chance to spend more time in Micah’s presence.
But when the President targets Eden as a traitor, Micah must make a choice: Take up arms among the Resistance effort or lose the man he has come to love forever?
TITLE: Touch of Magic
AUTHOR: Stella Rainbow
SERIES: Mages of Ravenshire #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 222 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 2, 2020
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Fate always has a plan…
Jai:
I’ve lived my whole life with a terminal illness, knowing I’d never be “normal.” I basically just existed, one day at a time with my dog as my sole, faithful companion. Then one day, Fate intervened and an encounter with a beautiful man gave me something I’d never had before: Hope.
Could I really have the life I never thought I would have? Could I have all the things I’d only ever dreamed of having?
Health, happiness, a full life…love?
Raphael:
I was always the black sheep of the family, the mage with faulty magic. I’d lived for a hundred and fifty years being taunted and put down, and I’d had to take it all with a smile.
When I’d finally had enough, I left my home in Ravenshire and moved to Mistvale. Fate intervened when I was least expecting it and a chance encounter with a beautiful man tipped my world on its axis, and I discovered things I hadn’t known about myself.
Could Jai really be the answer to all my questions?
TITLE: Binding Robbie
AUTHOR: A.C. Katt
SERIES: Indiscreet #7
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 168 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 3, 2020, 2nd Edition
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Robbie’s found in a snow bank on death’s doorstep. Can the sub club help him find his footing, even if he isn’t a sub? Or is he for the right Dom?
Tom Martino is curious. All of the Doms and their subs are protecting Robbie Bailey, a street kid they found in a Trenton snow drift. It seems that when Danny was on the streets, Robbie looked out for him. When Danny’s brother Caden came to rescue Danny from the streets, they looked for Robbie and couldn’t find him. Now that they have, all of the Doms and their subs are determined to help him for helping one of their own.
Tom wants to help Robbie too, but for a different reason. After getting to know the young man, Tom is in love and wants him for his boy. But one problem remains. Robbie says he isn’t a sub.
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