Here are the new releases for the week.
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| Title | Author | Publisher | Release Date | Other Details | Link |
| Settling the Score | C. Koehler | NineStar Press | 12/28/2020 | CalPac Crew, 2nd Edition | Amazon |
| Beautifully Exposed | Charity Parkerson | Punk & Sissy Publications | 12/28/2020 | Candied Crush #10 | Amazon |
| Fake Friends | Saxon James | May Books | 12/28/2020 | Never Just Friends #2 | Amazon |
| Leo | Silvia Violet | Self Published | 12/28/2020 | Vigilance #3 | Amazon |
| Bell, Book and Scandal | Josh Lanyon | Self Published | 12/28/2020 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks #3 | Amazon |
| Dead of Winter | Pandora Pine | Self Published | 12/28/2020 | Cold Case Psychic #15 | Amazon |
| The Defiant Alpha | Susi Hawke | Self Published | 12/28/2020 | West Coast Wolves #2 | Amazon |
| Teddy Spenser Isn’t Looking for Love | Kim Fielding | Carina Press | 12/29/2020 | Amazon | |
| Right Move | A.M. Arthur | Carina Press | 12/29/2020 | Clean Slate Ranch #6 | Amazon |
| Blood Winter | S. J. Coles | Pride Publishing | 12/29/2020 | Amazon | |
| Thunder Moon | Minerva Howe | Turtlehat Creatives | 12/29/2020 | Alpha Triplets #2 | Amazon |
| Cross Current | Nicola Cameron | Belaurient Press | 12/29/2020 | Olympic Cove #4 | Amazon |
| Extra Time | C F White | Self Published | 12/29/2020 | The District Line #4 | Amazon |
| Return of the Chauffeur’s Son | Tara Lain | Self Published | 12/29/2020 | Movie Magic Romances #1, 2nd Edition | Amazon |
| Shared Secrets | R. Cayden | Self Published | 12/29/2020 | His Best Friend’s Brother #4 | Amazon |
| Body And Soul | Aiden Bates | Self Published | 12/29/2020 | Vanguard Towers #3 | Amazon |
| Sheriff’s Secret | K Webster | Self Published | 12/29/2020 | Brigs Ferry Bay #1 | Amazon |
| Resolutions for an Arbitrary Holiday | Nell Iris | JMS Books | 12/30/2020 | Amazon | |
| The Right Turn | Sam Couste | JMS Books | 12/30/2020 | Amazon | |
| The Hunted and the Hind | A.L. Lester | JMS Books | 12/30/2020 | Lost in Time 1920s #3 | Amazon |
| Poor Little Rich Boy | Katey Hawthorne | JMS Books | 12/30/2020 | Amazon | |
| Cliffhanger | Ulysses Grant Dietz | JMS Books | 12/30/2020 | Amazon | |
| Unscripted Act I | Ruth Hanson | JMS Books | 12/30/2020 | Unscripted | Amazon |
| Jace 4Ever | S.A. Sommers | Self Published | 12/30/2020 | Aligning Stars | Amazon |
| Years of Silence | J.K. Jones | Self Published | 12/30/2020 | Amazon | |
| Inc’s Regret | Elizabeth Knox | Self Published | 12/30/2020 | Satan’s Raiders MC #1 | Amazon |
| Chef’s Nutter Half | Isha Fáng | Self Published | 12/30/2020 | Vale Valley Season 5 #12 | Amazon |
| Beautiful and Terrible Things | Riley Hart | Self Published | 12/30/2020 | Amazon | |
| Just Winging It | J. D. Light | B4 Dawn Publishing | 12/31/2020 | CREA #2 | Amazon |
| Winter Prince | Sue Brown | One Hat Press | 12/31/2020 | Amazon | |
| Snowed In… With My Best Friend’s Dad | Seth King | Self Published | 12/31/2020 | Amazon | |
| Puppy Play | JP Sayle | Self Published | 1/1/2021 | The App #3 | Amazon |
| Two Best Men, Only One Bed! | Romeo Alexander | Self Published | 1/1/2021 | Heroes of Port Dale #6 | Amazon |
| Penance | Rick R. Reed | JMS Books | 1/2/2021 | Amazon | |
| The Element Case | Edward Kendrick | JMS Books | 1/2/2021 | Quint and Clay Art Crimes #1, 2nd Edition | Amazon |
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TITLE: Settling the Score
AUTHOR: C. Koehler
SERIES: CalPac Crew
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 374 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 28, 2020, 2nd Edition
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Stuart Cochrane and Philip Sundstrom are very busy men. Stuart, freshly graduated from California Pacific, works as much as he can to save money for medical school. Philip, now in charge of the family home-construction company, works long hours to save the company from his father’s blunders and back-stabbing cronies. A chance encounter brings them together and the attraction is fierce and instant. While neither has time for a relationship, they can’t keep away from each other.
When the National Team recruits Stuart to cox, only Philip understands that Stuart’s sick of rowing and wants nothing more than to start medical school. When Philip’s board of directors plots to remove him from his own company, Stuart helps him scheme and strategize. Despite their emotional and sexual chemistry, Stuart’s hang-ups about money and rich people doom their fledgling relationship. But after a personal tragedy, Stuart must overcome his prejudices and accept Philip’s help. Can Philip set aside his broken heart to help Stuart in his hour of greatest need and, dare he hope, a family?
TITLE: Beautifully Exposed
AUTHOR: Charity Parkerson
SERIES: Candied Crush #10
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 88 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 28, 2020
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Zep knows what he wants, and he’s positive it isn’t Frost. Frost has everything Zep needs.
For years, Zep has been working toward the future he envisions. He wants a husband and kids. Zep knows his worth and isn’t willing to settle for less. While Frost is definitely a beauty, Frost is also a liar. He’ll never want the life that Zep pictures for himself.
As a former hockey player turned gym owner, Frost is financially settled. He has been known to mislead men occasionally to keep things impersonal, but he has his reasons. Frost also never messes with anyone he could hurt. He never expected to meet Zep.
When Frost’s secrets are exposed, Zep sees the man in a whole new light. Unfortunately, as much as they want each other, they can’t seem to stay on the same page. Hopefully, they’ll figure out a way to meet in the middle. Otherwise, they’ll miss their shot at real love.
TITLE: Fake Friends
AUTHOR: Saxon James
SERIES: Never Just Friends #2
PUBLISHER: May Books
LENGTH: 354 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 28, 2020
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ROWAN
Five years ago, I ruined the best thing I had in my life and ran.
Now, I’m finally back to make things right.
I need Circus’s forgiveness, and then maybe I can finally move on.
I’ll leave Sunbury for good this time and never look back. Maybe then I can finally live life as an out gay man—without my family ever finding out.
But earning his forgiveness isn’t as simple as I hoped it would be.
He’s going to make me fight for it.
And I don’t blame him at all.
CIRCUS
I never wanted or expected to see Rowan Harvey again.
When he shows up in Sunbury, begging for forgiveness, I’m tempted to give it to him just so he’ll disappear.
Instead, we make a deal.
I need an extra model for a swimwear shoot, and none of my friends are available or fit the brief.
I’ll forgive him, if he helps me. Then he has to leave. For good.
Because his request for anonymity during the shoot proves he’s still living in his dark closet.
I’m not going to make the same mistakes I did when I was a teenager.
I won’t let myself fall for him again.
Because after how things ended between us, he doesn’t deserve a second chance.
TITLE: Leo
AUTHOR: Silvia Violet
SERIES: Vigilance #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 266 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 28, 2020
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I used to be CIA. Now I’m a tattoo artist and a vigilante.
When a new hire at my shop gets too curious about my less-than-legal activities, he needs all the protection I can give him.
He wants a lot more. More than I should be willing to give. And yet, the longer I keep him close for his own safety… the more I want him in my bed.
TITLE: Bell, Book and Scandal
AUTHOR: Josh Lanyon
SERIES: Bedknobs and Broomsticks #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: December 28, 2020
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Black Magic. Blackmail. Little Black Books. Must a witch break his vows to save his marriage?
Cosmo Saville loves that his husband has finally accepted his witchy ways. And in return, his promise to stay out of police business guarantees them a happily ever after. At least, until he discovers he might be responsible for a dangerous game of blackmail…
Police Commissioner John Joseph Galbraith feels relieved that his marriage is back on track. Especially since he has his hands full with a high-profile suicide and rumors of a city-wide extortion ring. But when he stumbles across Cosmo breaking his vow by playing cop, John agonizes over old wounds.
With the commissioner’s badge and family in jeopardy, Cosmo has no choice but to put his life on the line…
Can the witch expose a dark conspiracy, save John’s career, and return to love’s delicious spell?
TITLE: Dead of Winter
AUTHOR: Pandora Pine
SERIES: Cold Case Psychic #15
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 261 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 28, 2020
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Happily settled into retired life, former Cold Case Detective Ronan O’Mara is made an offer he can’t refuse: Solve the thirty-year mystery of Skye Washington’s brutal murder. With a bevy of suspects ranging from the teenager’s family, friends, and a boyfriend with a shady past, Ronan is certain he’ll have this case solved quickly.
Psychic Tennyson Grimm has reservations over taking the case. He thought his crime solving days were at an end. As Ronan interviews potential witnesses, his psychic abilities aren’t powering the case forward as they used to in the old days. Ten’s qualms double when Skye refuses to name her killer and claims she doesn’t care if her murder is solved or not.
When one of the potential witnesses is murdered, the game is truly afoot. Who killed Skye Washington? Why? And most importantly, does the killer have others victims in mind?
Can Ronan and Tennyson solve these murders or will they be the next bodies to drop in the dead of winter?
TITLE: The Defiant Alpha
AUTHOR: Susi Hawke
SERIES: West Coast Wolves #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 128 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 28, 2020
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“Between the thick fur and my own nerves, it took longer than it should’ve to find the fluttering proof of his heartbeat. I’d known he was alive since he didn’t smell like death. No… he smelled like… home. Like my home. The one place where I would always belong. ”
Lucian Smith, unwanted at birth, is a defiant alpha who’d not only dare anyone to call him unclaimed, he’d proudly display the proof. He doesn’t want or need a pack other than the family he’s built with his crew—The West Coast Wolves. For so long, it was just them… an unlikely pack of alphas who took to the open road and helped where they could, doing random acts of kindness and expecting nothing in return.
Until the first of one of them stepped up when duty called and took his own pack to rule. This ended the brothers-in-arms’ days of riding wherever the road took them when fate conspired to give each of the brothers a pack to rule. Even Lucian… the unlikely defiant Alpha who would not only dare anyone to call him unclaimed, he’d proudly display the proof.
While out on a night’s ride, Lucian comes across a half-dead dog on the side of the road. After stopping to help, he discovers it’s no dog, it’s a shifter—an omega wolf. The true mate Lucian never dared hoped for is now in his arms, if he can just rescue him first. Little does he know there are a dozen more omegas who need saving, his mate is just the start.
With a secret over twenty years old and millions of dollars at stake, the people who stole innocent babies with plans for the ultimate payday won’t let go of them easily. Except… even omegas have hidden strength and their own ways to fight back. With the help of his crew, Lucian is in a unique position to help these lost young men and set right to old wrongs.
TITLE: Teddy Spenser Isn’t Looking for Love
AUTHOR: Kim Fielding
PUBLISHER: Carina Press
LENGTH: 320 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 29, 2020
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Some people search their whole lives to find love. He just wants to avoid it.Teddy Spenser spends his days selling design ideas to higher-ups, living or dying on each new pitch. Stodgy engineer types like Romeo Blue, his nemesis—if you can call someone who barely talks to you a nemesis—are a necessary evil. A cute necessary evil.
Working together is bad enough, but when their boss puts them both on a new high-stakes project, “working together” suddenly means:
- sitting uncomfortably close on the same plane
- staying in the same hotel room—with only one bed
- spending every waking minute together.
Turns out Mr. Starched Shirt has some hidden depths, and it’s getting harder to ignore the spark Teddy feels with every brush of their hands, with every knowing glance. He might not have been looking for this connection with Romeo, but will he ever be ready to let him go?
TITLE: Right Move
AUTHOR: A.M. Arthur
SERIES: Clean Slate Ranch #6
PUBLISHER: Carina Press
LENGTH: 368 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 29, 2020
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Levi Peletier is settled—for now. With his life on the rodeo circuit reined in, he’s content doing trick riding demos for tourists at Clean Slate Ranch and spending his off-hours with three finicky felines. It’s a life he’s grateful for, one that keeps his heart safe.
George Thompson couldn’t be less like the ruggedly sexy Levi. A onetime figure skating star, he’s hung up his skates to live in introverted anonymity in San Francisco. An effort to shake up his regular routine finds him at Thanksgiving dinner, dude ranch style, and he immediately falls in love with the gorgeous view—the wide-open spaces and big blue sky aren’t bad, either.
The country cowboy and the stay-put city boy strike up an unlikely friendship that blossoms into something more. But getting attached is a bad idea. Because the open road is calling to Levi, and it’s a call George can’t imagine answering. When the past catches up to them, this odd couple will have to decide if a future together is worth fighting for.
TITLE: Blood Winter
AUTHOR: S. J. Coles
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 266 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 29, 2020
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Vampires are attempting to integrate into human society. When Alec MacCarthy first meets a ‘haemophile’ in the flesh, it’s not the obvious dangers that frighten him.
Alec MacCarthy, Lord of Aviemore and largely-forgotten descendent of a once-proud family line, keeps the wolf from the door of the crumbling family mansion by restoring classic cars.
He leaves the real world alone and wishes nothing more than for it to return the favor. But in a reality where haemophiles—still colloquially known as vampires, despite the publicity campaigns—have come out of hiding and are attempting to integrate into human society, the real world is rapidly becoming a disrupted and conflicted mess that threatens to trouble even Alec in his remote Scottish hideaway.
When he unwittingly attends a Blood Party to please a friend, he has his first meeting with one of these mysterious and dangerous beings. Terje is like nothing he has ever encountered before…literally. His reactions are as troublesome as they are undeniable.
Alec’s snap decision to help the haemophile rather than sample his sense-heightening and addictive blood sets them both on a path that will lead them into a tangled web of intrigue with consequences that will change their lives—and the world—forever.
TITLE: Thunder Moon
AUTHOR: Minerva Howe
SERIES: Alpha Triplets #2
PUBLISHER: Turtlehat Creatives
LENGTH: 124 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 29, 2020
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Biker Jett Lowell knows rescued wolf shifter Sam is his mate. He just doesn’t know if Sam is capable of taking his lifestyle as a biker, and his needs when it comes to love in stride. So he’s stayed away for the better part of the year, which has been tough n more ways than one, since Sam has been staying with Jett’s family. He missed them all, but when Sam starts talking about striking out on his own, Jett knows he has to act.
Former “worthless one” Sam knows he’s not as fragile or scared as Jett thinks he is, despite his rough start in life. When he and his brothers and sister were rescued, Sam fell for Jett, and he knows what he wants, just not how to get it. Determined to become someone worthy of Jett, Sam starts making plans, but that pushed Jett to make his move. Sam meets Jett passion for passion. It’s not the bedroom that sends Sam running. It’s the noisy biker den Jett runs, and the rough men who remind Sam of his earlier life. Can they find a way to compromise and be the solid couple they both long to become?
TITLE: Cross Current
AUTHOR: Nicola Cameron
SERIES: Olympic Cove #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 240 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 29, 2020
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And Matt thought being a high school teacher was tough…
Fresh from a divorce, history teacher Matt Taber decides to rent a cottage on Olympic Cove and relax before school starts up in the fall. But the Fates have other plans for him, in the form of four mates––a gentle giant of a merman and three selkies who have to satisfy a royal demand––and a change of career.
Can Matt adjust to this new reality before the Mad Nereid starts spreading yet more chaos in Olympic Cove, or will he lose his mates––and his life?
TITLE: Extra Time
AUTHOR: C F White
SERIES: The District Line #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 172 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 29, 2020
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When it’s time, it’s time.
Jay Ruttman and Sebastian Saunders are back.
Used to the press, used to the public interest, and used to being just the two of them, they’ve forged a life juggling their high-profile careers with their low-key relationship. And it’s working. Mostly.
There’s only two things left hanging that could elevate their contentment to perfection—marriage and a child.
Six years since bridge-gate, and Jay’s spectacular proposal on the Millennium Bridge, the bill has now passed for legal same-sex marriage. It looks like they might be able to finally tie the knot, and the pitter patter of tiny feet isn’t as far flung an idea as it might have first seemed.
Until Jay has his first call up to play for the national team and must, once again, decide what’s more important—family or football.
TITLE: Return of the Chauffeur’s Son
AUTHOR: Tara Lain
SERIES: Movie Magic Romances #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 238 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 29, 2020, 2nd Edition
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What if the chauffeur’s child staring at the two wealthy brothers from the tree over the garage – was a boy?
Luca McGrath has one goal — to return to Napa Valley, California, and start his own restaurant and winery,
And he has one dream – his life-long passion for the bad-boy son of a billionaire, James Armstrong.
But while Luca watches James, it’s Dylan, the dark, brilliant, brooding brother who watches him.
Luca’s about to torpedo all Dylan’s plans for increasing the company’s fortune,
And when he does, he’ll break Dylan’s heart.
TITLE: Shared Secrets
AUTHOR: R. Cayden
SERIES: His Best Friend’s Brother #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 185 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 29, 2020
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His brother’s two best friends, and an HEA worth fighting for…
I’ve had a crush on Blake and Casey since I first started getting crushes.
My older brother’s best friends, they practically lived at our house growing up.
And when I was an awkward tween, I truly believed they were the coolest people on this unworthy planet.
So it’s surprising and sweet when they offer to let me stay with them in Pittsburgh.
After moving to a new city, I suddenly lose my apartment, and Blake and Casey are my unexpected salvation.
Which is great, except that I have a cardboard box full of makeup and lingerie hidden beneath my bed, and a promise I’ve made to myself.
Now that I’m on my own, I’m going to live the way I want to live, and dress how I want to dress.
I just can’t imagine wearing lipstick in front of my brother’s intimidating, older friends.
I can’t imagine having the courage to share my secret with them, until I learn that Casey and Blake have some secrets of their own…
TITLE: Body And Soul
AUTHOR: Aiden Bates
SERIES: Vanguard Towers #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 214 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 29, 2020
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Brax is too young. Too vulnerable. Too perfect.
My dominant nature craves someone to care for.
Someone to command.
Brax could be that guy if the circumstances weren’t all wrong.
His brothers would kill me if I hurt him. So would my FBI partner.
That doesn’t mean I can stay away.
The young artist is everything I want in a partner.
And when danger comes for him, I need to keep him safe.
But how can I keep him forever?
I’ll never be good enough.
My brothers got me off the streets, but Ry doesn’t know the truth.
I’m dirty.
I’ve done things I’m not proud of. Things none of my former boyfriends could see past.
Why would Ry be any different?
He sees the world in black and white.
I know where I stand.
But he looks at me with a heat I can’t ignore.
And when I’m in danger, he keeps me safe.
Will he accept me when he learns the truth?
TITLE: Sheriff’s Secret
AUTHOR: K Webster
SERIES: Brigs Ferry Bay #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 307 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 29, 2020
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When you’re the sheriff of Brigs Ferry Bay, certain things are expected of you.
Marry a local girl, settle down, have a few kids. You know, the small-town dream.
But I’ve got a secret I’m terrified will get out.
I’m gay.
Not bi. Not curious. Not confused.
Just gay.
So, settling for that dream won’t be happening.
If this secret gets out, the people I serve and protect, especially my father, won’t be accepting.
I’m not brave like my high school sweetheart, Kian.
The day he came out was the day I had to let him go, and with it, love.
I’ve done a great job of pretending I’m perfectly fine being single. Until a villainous and annoyingly charming new B&B owner, Dante Kincaid, rolls into town. The spark between us is electric and undeniable. He wants to give me a taste of what he has to offer, and better yet, he vows to be discreet. I’m too selfish to refuse.
But my secret is still a heavy burden, leaving me handcuffed to expectations and unable to fully grasp what I want—him. History has a way of repeating itself, but this time around, with Dante, it’ll hurt a lot worse.
I have to decide if I’m going to let love slip away again or if I’m going to finally fight for it.
TITLE: Resolutions for an Arbitrary Holiday
AUTHOR: Nell Iris
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 68 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2020
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Petter sneaks out of the New Year’s party he didn’t want to go to and treks to an old burial site he’s dying to see. Alone. Without telling anyone on a freezing December night. Without cell service…a huge problem when he twists his ankle.
Someone passes by Isak’s house on the path leasing to the stone ship. When the person never returns, Isak worries and sets off to investigate. What he finds is Petter, a pack of sparklers, and an instant connection.
Under a starry sky, they learn they have a lot in common. Will the attraction burn hot and fizzle out like the fireworks going off over their heads when they return to the real world? Or will it deepen, grow, and turn into something real? Something everlasting like the stone ship?
TITLE: The Right Turn
AUTHOR: Sam Couste
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 43 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2021
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Cam’s life isn’t all that exciting. Boring job, failing relationship, and a handful of missed opportunities. He often wonders how his life might have turned out if he’d made different choices. Especially when he runs into Mattie, his childhood best friend who’s grown into the man of Cam’s dreams.
That dream becomes a reality — or an alternate reality, at least — when Cam wakes up one morning in the arms of an adoring Mattie. This version of Mattie and Cam have been together for years, though Cam has no memory of his new life. He’s determined to figure out how he arrived in this new dream life — and how to keep it.
TITLE: The Hunted and the Hind
AUTHOR: A.L. Lester
SERIES: Lost in Time 1920s #3
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 133 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2020
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Inadvertently tumbling through the border after Fenn and then thrown into the middle of the internecine political disputes of their people, Sergeant Will Grant of the Metropolitan Police has spent three months in prison in the Underhalls of the Frem. When Fenn comes to free him and return him home through the border, he has very little time to work out what’s going on before the sudden appearance of Fenn’s missing younger sibling, Keren, throws Fenn for a loop.
Instead of returning them to London as planned, the trio step through the border to the Egyptian desert. Once they work out where they are, it’s a two week trip back to England with the possibility of pursuit both onboard ship and when they reach home.
Will the journey give Fenn and Will time to resolve the feelings they have been dancing around since the day they met? How will they keep Keren from recapture by the faction who tried to persuade Fenn they were dead? And has Will’s friend Alec forgiven Fenn for lying about their motives when they first traveled to London four months ago?
TITLE: Poor Little Rich Boy
AUTHOR: Katey Hawthorne
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 160 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2020
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Ted MacTaggart’s overbearing father is still trying to control his life, even from the grave. His will insists that, in order to inherit the family company, MAC Superior, Ted must be married by his twenty-fifth birthday — and the marriage has to be “real.” As in the board of MAC has to sign off on it.
Ted could fight the will, but then the handsome, artistic Ryan Costa, an old friend from school days walks back into his life, offering to be his groom-of-convenience. Ted draws up the contracts and Ryan, who has family medical bill problems, agrees gladly to the terms. Ted, emotionally walled off and afraid of his attraction to Ryan, also suggests they should keep their relationship strictly professional. Caring for people has always proven a weakness for him. Now isn’t the time to start.
It’s not long before Ryan’s charm breaks through Ted’s walls, but Ted isn’t his own worst enemy in this case. Other forces are vying for MAC Superior, and even when their relationship is becoming the real deal, its shaky foundations land Ryan and Ted in trouble.
TITLE: Cliffhanger
AUTHOR: Ulysses Grant Dietz
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 209 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2020
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Two young men, a mysterious silver bowl, and a shuttered Victorian mansion steeped in the sadness of a family curse …
Alex White and Xander Browne are newly-hired curators in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The rediscovery of a long-forgotten silver bowl covered in Arabic and Hebrew inscriptions sends the pair on a hunt for clues as to why it was made and by whom. Their search begins to unravel the secrets of the bowl’s origins as well as its connection to the Bencliffe family, whose centuries-old history is darkened by a legacy of madness and suicide.
What begins as a professional friendship for Alex and Xander quickly turns personal as the two find their lives increasingly intertwined in unanticipated ways. Far beyond a mere curatorial research project, the story of the Bencliffe bowl takes on the aura of destiny as Alex and Xander make discoveries together that turn their world upside down.
From neglected archives in New York and Boston to the shadowed corners of Cliffhanger, the turreted Bencliffe mansion looming over the Hudson River, the truth emerges, forcing Alex and Xander to wonder if, perhaps, their meeting might not have been a coincidence after all.
TITLE: Unscripted Act I
AUTHOR: Ruth Hanson
SERIES: Unscripted
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 186 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2020
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Sometimes love needs a rewrite.
Life as a waiter, struggling paycheck-to-paycheck, doesn’t leave much room for excitement. Artist Finn Phelps finds his in Hot Blood, a prime time cop drama, and the actor who stars in it, Ethan Teller: beautiful, talented, and shrouded in mystery.
Then, like something out of a dream, an act of kindness results in Ethan falling right into his lap, and Finn can barely believe his luck. More than that, Finn manages to land a gig on the set of Hot Blood itself as the head makeup artist’s assistant. Between his new job and his new friendship with his idol, Finn’s fantasies are starting to become reality. But as he comes to know the real Ethan, the layers peel away, and what is left beneath the surface is nothing how Finn imagined it.
TITLE: Jace 4Ever
AUTHOR: S.A. Sommers
SERIES: Aligning Stars
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 311 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2020
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Falling into Jace Maxwell wasn’t supposed to mean falling in love.
But that’s what happened when Nelson Powers, the Hollywood superstar, got tangled in the chair with Jace. Aside from making another blockbuster movie, Nelson wanted nothing more than to be there for the adorable man who had stolen his heart.
Falling into Nelson Power wasn’t supposed to mean anything at all.
Jace just couldn’t help what he was feeling. Nelson was everything he dreamed of, and spending nights in his bed were nothing but fantasy– one he couldn’t have. There were too many dirty secrets in his past, too many dangerous people, too many obligations that weren’t always on the right side of the law.
As Jace’s secrets pulled him away from the man of his dreams, Nelson slowly realized the hero he played on the screen wasn’t just a story–he could be that hero for Jace.
Now, if only he could swoop in and save the day in time…
TITLE: Years of Silence
AUTHOR: J.K. Jones
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 333 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2020
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Three friends. Two lies. One truth.
Silence can be deafening. Billionaire Tycoon Zander Wright is no stranger to loneliness.
However, what happens when his friend turned enemy comes back?
Knowing Vadim is like dancing the space between heaven and hell. The ocean and inch between ecstasy and misery. Like all things long since forgotten, young love always remains the most crippling of pain.
Zander Wright is aware of this. He’s felt the fatal blow of being love-struck—bludgeoned violently over the head with the taste and feel of utopia in his arms and in his bed.
Vadim Oblonsky will always be the one thing he wants, but can never have.
Just like Petyr Yahontov will always be the one thing standing in his way. A dangerous man, with a sweet dimpled grin that has connections to the Russian mafia.
Petyr wasn’t supposed to take it this far. Now, someone in his inner circle wants him dead. Zander didn’t start this. He didn’t want any part of it.
But he will be damned if he doesn’t finish it.
TITLE: Inc’s Regret
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Knox
SERIES: Satan’s Raiders MC #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 151 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2020
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She was everything, and I lost her. Now I have my chance to get her back, but will it even matter? With time comes pain and I know we’ve all been through enough of it.
I walked out on them— Zane and Octavia that night at the hotel. I forced myself to run from the both of them because of the lies I’ve told. Now I’m being sent to Montana as a regent for the Satan’s Raiders MC, and my club will be getting a Reaper.
It’s supposed to help secure our alliance, to make it stronger. If you ask me the only thing it’ll do is stir up trouble.
Only, when I get there I find out I’m not the only one who’s been keeping secrets.
There’s a little boy named Neo who looks a fuck of a lot like me.
I guess it’s time for us all to fess up to the lies and secrets we’ve kept. I just wonder if we’ll be able to move past it in the end, or if they’ll tear us apart even more.
TITLE: Chef’s Nutter Half
AUTHOR: Isha Fáng
SERIES: Vale Valley Season 5 #12
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 151 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2020
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You cannot run from love, it’ll always find you. Always.
Finnick moved to Vale Valley years ago in the hopes of forgetting the past that still haunts him.
The town provides him the solitude he craves.
The knowledge of pain and loss makes him angry and resentful of life, hesitant to love agin.
Doesn’t want to let anyone in his heart ever again.
But circumstances he can’t prevent, stick him and Oscar together.
Unfortunately, his longing for Oscar will challenge his cold heart in a way he never expected.
Oscar’s plan to host a thank you event for the residents of Vale Valley turns into a hissing match between him and peckish Finnick. The older gentleman is nothing more than a grouch and Oscar’s polar opposite, but he can’t deny the attraction he feels.
Or the need to know more about him…
Can a grumpy old honey badger and squirrel shifter get along long enough to fall in love? Can Oscar open Finnick’s heart and teach him to love again?
TITLE: Beautiful and Terrible Things
AUTHOR: Riley Hart
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 240 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2020
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We were six years old when I fell in love with Gage Beaumont.
We were seventeen when he realized he felt the same.
His dad was the town troublemaker, and I was the son of a cop. We couldn’t have been more different, yet we were best friends, had each other’s backs, and kept each other’s secrets. What you are, I am, we always said.
Then one night irrevocably changed our lives forever.
It’s ten years before I see Gage again, and instantly I can tell he’s not the same boy I fell in love with. We’re both haunted and hardened by the memory of that night–of everything we did and saw.
Yet as much as we’ve changed, the connection between us lingers. Our history is so devastatingly complicated that it’s difficult to allow ourselves happiness. With every touch, every laugh, every moment we take back, the more signs I see of the old Gage resurfacing. Little by little, I’m becoming the Joey he remembers too.
But it’s never that easy. If we truly want to heal, we have to find strength not only in each other, but in ourselves. Life is filled with beautiful and terrible things, and this time, we’ll do whatever it takes to hold on to the good, and to each other.
TITLE: Just Winging It
AUTHOR: J. D. Light
SERIES: CREA #2
PUBLISHER: B4 Dawn Publishing
LENGTH: 81 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 31, 2020
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Presley’s late teen were filled with one horror after another. Kidnapped, forced to mate two shifters he didn’t want and nearly a third, impregnated and abused in almost every way, he’s definitely been through it, but three years out of being rescued by the CREA, he has worked hard for the life that he has, but he has a home, a beautiful son, a job and friends to show for it… and he has Fields, even if he’s too damaged to ever even think about having a relationship with the gorgeous raven shifter who drives him absolutely up the wall while also making him crave a life he can never have. When Fields offers to mate him to keep him protected from whoever is trying to track him through his chosen mark, Presley adamantly refuses. Nobody should be saddled with his baggage, especially not someone so full of life like Fields, even if it is one of Presley’s secret wishes.
TITLE: Winter Prince
AUTHOR: Sue Brown
SERIES: Vampire Daddies #1
PUBLISHER: One Hat Press
LENGTH: 118 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 31, 2020
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What does an ancient Vampire do in a twenty-first century world?
Bite boys of course. But now biting is regulated, and boys offer themselves for cold hard cash.
Fear hates the laws and policies and protocols of the modern world. He loves the thrill of the chase. The edge that fear puts into the blood of the prey.
But he hasn’t met the one. His boy. The one he could nurture and would slake his hunger forever.
It’s New Year’s Eve. Maybe it’s time to put himself to rest. For Eternity.
But first it’s time for one last chase…
TITLE: Snowed In… With My Best Friend’s Dad
AUTHOR: Seth King
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 105 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 31, 2020
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It’s New Year’s Eve, and I’m stuck in a cabin with my best friend’s dad.
Getting with him could wreck my life as I know it.
But he is also all I want in the world…
I’m on a ski trip with my best friend Benny’s family. After I fell and got lost on the mountain in a blizzard, Benny’s dad Hunter came to my rescue and helped me find an abandoned cabin near the summit.
Hunter Torres is hotter than July, and last year he sent shockwaves through my hometown when he “came out” as a gay man and divorced his wife. Ever since then, I’ve been trying to ignore my growing curiosity about him…
But the sudden proximity is making me realize just how badly I wanted him all along. And soon, I find myself tempted to cross a line I promised Benny I would never even consider touching…
Logically, I know I can’t have Hunter. I know it would be crazy. I mean, come on – I’m best friends with his son, and that’s just weird.
But technically…well, we are both single, openly gay men…and what Benny doesn’t know won’t kill him…
As the snow swirls outside and the fire burns in the fireplace, the truth hits me:
I am becoming infatuated with my best friend’s dad.
Oh, and did I mention that our cabin only has one bed?
TITLE: Puppy Play
AUTHOR: JP Sayle
SERIES: The App #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 145 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 1, 2021
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Can an app be what Sam needs to heal his broken heart and overcome his fears after having his lower leg amputated?
After being medically discharged from the army, Sam Villard applies for a job as bar manager at the Flamingo Bar. His hopes of starting a new life flourish when he downloads The App and he meets Jake Alexander, a Dom.
What Sam was not expecting was to find the one man he’d offered his heart to, only to be rejected, living under Jake’s roof, Bailey Renfrew. Is Jake the answer to healing past hurts, or will old wounds work to destroy Sam’s burgeoning hope?
TITLE: Two Best Men, Only One Bed!
AUTHOR: Romeo Alexander
SERIES: Heroes of Port Dale #6
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 189 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 1, 2021
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Blake: Planning my twin brother’s wedding seemed like a feat on its own. But I’m the only family he’s got left, and really, I couldn’t be happier for him. Turns out, planning a wedding isn’t so hard, especially when the other best man is such a big help. Of course, I wasn’t expecting to have to share a bed with the man or to discover he’s a cuddler and a little handsy. Finding out he wasn’t as straight as I thought was a surprise, but not as surprising as finding out that apparently, neither am I.
Sean: I always dreamt of the day my little brother would get married. Planning the perfect wedding for him and the love of his life is a dream come true. Blake’s help has been invaluable, and I’m glad we’ve been able to grow closer over the past few weeks. It only took an accident, followed by a little courage on his part, to change everything, however. Now, my new friend is becoming so much more, and I’m not sure where we’re headed. How can you have a relationship with a man who’s spent his whole life being straight?
Two grooms, and one wedding. Two best men, and only one bed. How will it all add up in the end for Blake and Sean?
TITLE: Penance
AUTHOR: Rick R. Reed
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 375 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 2, 2021, 2nd Edition
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Bound by misery. Marked by sin. Set free by death.
Barely into their teens, without homes, they dwell in neon shadows, the violent eddies of urban America. They trade their innocence for money, abuse their hopes, and then a monster comes …
A monster without fangs or claws, but more deadly. Because of them, he has lost everything: his wife, his family. And he vows to clean the streets of Chicago … for good.
One of the street kids and a man of the cloth form a desperate pact. Together, they will find the madman whose basement has become a chamber of horrors …
TITLE: The Element Case
AUTHOR: Edward Kendrick
SERIES: Quint and Clay Art Crimes #1
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 112 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 2, 2021, 2nd Edition
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Clay Richardson is a well-known artist who owns his own gallery.
Quint Hawk, a police detective, makes contact with Clay when he sees a portrait Clay has painted in the window of the gallery — a portrait of a homeless young man who was murdered just days before. Unfortunately, Clay has no idea who the subject was.
Several months later, Quint contacts Clay to again ask about one of Clay’s paintings. The subject has been murdered, as has a third man in another of his paintings.
The reclusive artist and the handsome detective are drawn to each other as they try to determine what is happening and why. They come up with a plan to catch the killer — a plan that could end up in their deaths before they can decide if there is more to their feelings than a couple of very good nights in Clay’s bed.
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