Here are the new releases for the week.
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| Title | Author | Publisher | Release Date | Other Details | Link |
| Between Empires and Continents | Sasha Hope | NineStar Press | 5/10/2021 | Amazon | |
| Love Bleeds Deep | Rien Gray | NineStar Press | 5/10/2021 | Fatal Fidelity #2 | Amazon |
| Insatiable | Rhys Everly | Heart Eyes Press | 5/10/2021 | Vino & Veritas #11 | Amazon |
| Daybreak | Kate Hawthorne | Heart Eyes Press | 5/10/2021 | Vino & Veritas #12 | Amazon |
| Heartsong | A.E. Wasp | Heart Eyes Press | 5/10/2021 | Vino & Veritas #13 | Amazon |
| Entity | Toshi Drake | Self Published | 5/10/2021 | StarStation #1 | Amazon |
| Healed In His Arms | Skye R. Richmond | Self Published | 5/10/2021 | Wildwood Mates #4 | Amazon |
| Fate’s Attraction | Dirk Greyson | Dreamspinner Press | 5/11/2021 | Amazon | |
| Sweet Hart | Rae Marks | Pride Publishing | 5/11/2021 | Hart Consulting #1 | Amazon |
| A Husband for Hartwell | JA Rock & Lisa Henry | Self Published | 5/11/2021 | Lords of Bucknall #1 | Amazon |
| The Honeymooners | D.G. Carothers | Self Published | 5/11/2021 | Dragon War Chronicles #5 | Amazon |
| Love You So Sweetly | Tara Lain | Self Published | 5/11/2021 | Love You So #4, 2nd Edition | Amazon |
| Spare Room | E. M. Denning | Paper Gold Publishing | 5/12/2021 | The Trouble With Triads #1 | Amazon |
| My Parents’ Surprise | Rosa Swann | Easily Distracted Media | 5/12/2021 | Blossoming of Fate #4 | Amazon |
| Callan’s Atlas | K Webster | Self Published | 5/12/2021 | Brigs Ferry Bay Book #3 | Amazon |
| Cold Hard Ground | Ariel Millar | Self Published | 5/12/2021 | Carpe Noctem #1 | Amazon |
| Runaway | Casey Cox | Self Published | 5/12/2021 | Escape #2 | Amazon |
| Nothing To Forgive | Carrie Davis | Naughty Nights Press | 5/13/2021 | To Love & Protect #5 | Amazon |
| Ex-Rivals | Zoe Lee | Foolish Endeavors | 5/13/2021 | Local Beats #3 | Amazon |
| Ed & Marchant | Sue Brown | One Hat Press | 5/13/2021 | Frankie’s Series #2, 2nd Edition | Amazon |
| This is Not a Horror Movie | Sara Dobie Bauer | Self Published | 5/13/2021 | Amazon | |
| Ghost Ship | Pandora Pine | Self Published | 5/13/2021 | Haunted Souls #10 | Amazon |
| Forever Love | Kayelle Allen | Self Published | 5/13/2021 | Antonello Brothers: Immortal #3 | Amazon |
| A Whiff of Trouble | Lula Duval | Self Published | 5/13/2021 | Greywood’s Second Chances #2 | Amazon |
| Harvest Moon | Sam Burns & W.M. Fawkes | Self Published | 5/13/2021 | Wolf Moon Rising #2 | Amazon |
| In Rome with my Love | Anna Lindt | Self Published | 5/13/2021 | Gay Romance Short | Amazon |
| Fire in the Ice | Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood | Wainscot Press | 5/14/2021 | Amazon | |
| Bad With Love | Sophie O’Dare | Covey Publishing | 5/14/2021 | Marked by His Alpha #1 | Amazon |
| Brave Boy | K.M. Neuhold | Self Published | 5/14/2021 | Perfect Boys #2 | Amazon |
| Cash & Cary | Sam E. Kraemer | Self Published | 5/14/2021 | Men of Memphis Blues #1 | Amazon |
| Off Key | May Archer | Self Published | 5/14/2021 | Whispering Key #3 | Amazon |
| Stay | Autumn Breeze | Self Published | 5/14/2021 | Touch of Desire #1 | Amazon |
| Fifteen Minutes of Fame | Jennifer Luxe | Self Published | 5/14/2021 | Friends of Friends #1 | Amazon |
| My (Not So) Slutty Professor | D.K. Sutton | Self Published | 5/14/2021 | My (Not So) Serious University #1 | Amazon |
| ‘Til Barcelona Do Us Part | Tom Caval | Self Published | 5/14/2021 | Give the Gays What They Want #4 | Amazon |
| Omega Uncorked | Aria Grace & Lorelei M. Hart | Surrendered Press | 5/15/2021 | Oak Grove #9 | Amazon |
| Breathe | Sophia Soames | Self Published | 5/15/2021 | London Love #1 | Amazon |
| Saighdiúir | Marishka Grayson | Self Published | 5/15/2021 | Fae-Tales #5 | Amazon |
| The Eagle and the Trembling Vessel | W. Dale Jordan | Self Published | 5/15/2021 | Eagle & Heart #2 | Amazon |
| Pass | Jennifer Cody | Self Published | 5/15/2021 | Shattered Pawns #1 | Amazon |
| Big Daddy | Jayda Marx | Self Published | 5/15/2021 | Naughty Daddies | Amazon |
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TITLE: Between Empires and Continents
AUTHOR: Sasha Hope
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 200 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2021
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Luxor City, a once lawless metropolis on the brink of civil war, is now at peace, but even in lighter times there are always shadows. In the technicolor streets of the Southern Empire, Junsu Sun, the Alpha heir to one of Luxor City’s great crime families, busies himself by dealing with a blacklisted group known as the Underground.
After taking down one of the Underground’s notorious leaders, Junsu assumes he’ll be given time to rest and recuperate, but his mother, Alpha Xijuan Sun, has a new mission for him, involving a luxury cruise and a new mate, Omega Kaito Yamaguchi, of the powerful Yamaguchi family. Ever the dutiful son, Junsu obeys his orders as if it were any other mission, but this sort of engagement isn’t exactly the type of thing he’s used to and Kaito Yamaguchi certainly isn’t the sort of Omega he’s used to either.
Kaito is impatient, impassable, and impossible. He’s a spoiled Omega who is pissed off that his family have reorganized his life and thrust him into this arranged mating with some Luxor City Alpha he’s never met before. Kaito hasn’t even seen a picture of Junsu Sun, a fact that Junsu uses to his advantage.
Faced with a week spent trapped on a luxury cruise with a rude, bratty Omega who doesn’t even know who he is, Junsu decides to play a little trick on his future mate. But just how far will he let things go and where is the line between a little trick and a painful deception?
Meanwhile, other secrets floating between empires and continents are about to spill out onto the deck.
TITLE: Love Bleeds Deep
AUTHOR: Rien Gray
SERIES: Fatal Fidelity #2
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 187 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2021
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With her husband dead, Justine finds herself balancing newfound freedom and a blossoming relationship with Campbell. They steal her away to a slice of paradise in France, but it’s a working holiday, and their new contract is a heavy hitter.
A local diplomat wants her ex-boyfriend—also her ex-bodyguard—dead. He’s been stalking her for weeks, and his years of experience as a Special Forces interrogator make him a hard target to catch. He’ll kill anyone who gets too close: Campbell included.
Campbell is used to giving up everything for the job, but old memories and old friends leave a weakness to exploit. Justine takes Campbell back from the brink of a violent collapse, but it comes at a dire price.
What survives afterwards will change them both forever.
TITLE: Insatiable
AUTHOR: Rhys Everly
SERIES: Vino & Veritas #11
PUBLISHER: Heart Eyes Press
LENGTH: 187 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2021
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It was just a bet . . . until feelings got involved.
This job sucks but someone’s got to do it. My readers expect me to chronicle my very real, very steamy encounters in my novels. I’d never want to disappoint my fans, but the creative well has run a bit dry. Burlington, Vermont, seems like a good place to fill it up. This town offers a tempting array of artists, craftsmen, farmers, lumbersexuals . . . and so many beards.
But no one prepared me for Brody. He’s young. He’s hot. He’s definitely a grump. And he’s getting under my skin. Where I want him is under my bed sheets.
When my friend bets I’ll never be able to get Brody there, I make winning my mission. Turns out being with Brody is more than a plot device. He’s so very wrong for my life . . . but is he right for my heart?
TITLE: Daybreak
AUTHOR: Kate Hawthorne
SERIES: Vino & Veritas #12
PUBLISHER: Heart Eyes Press
LENGTH: 202 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2021
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When a sunny young musician gets stranded with a grumpy mechanic during a snowstorm, a lack of heat is the least of their problems…
Liam Luckett is on an adventure. He’s dropped out of his Master’s program without telling his overbearing parents and set off on a road trip across the country. Armed with little more than his guitar, he’s looking for his best life. He never expected his car to break down in the middle of nowhere Vermont with a huge storm pending, leaving him stranded and at the mercy of a hunky local mechanic.
Jasper Cunningham is in a holding pattern. Three years after the death of his husband, he still hasn’t moved on. A hot, younger stranded tourist is exactly the sort of complication this mechanic has been avoiding. But he also can’t leave him in the snow. He brings Liam home and lets him sleep on the couch. The air is heavy with more than snow, and when the power goes out, the two men become closer than either of them expects.
Every silken note Liam sings on that guitar thaws Jasper’s heart a little. Suddenly, Liam’s itchy feet aren’t so eager to move on. When their feelings get too big to ignore, the bond they’ve formed is tested. Will daybreak leave them going their separate ways?
TITLE: Heartsong
AUTHOR: A.E. Wasp
SERIES: Vino & Veritas #13
PUBLISHER: Heart Eyes Press
LENGTH: 289 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2021
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“It just figures that the first guy I’m bringing back to my place is cute, single, and totally off-limits…”
Sean Anderson has spent his life waiting to get the hell out of West Virginia. His plans got derailed when his dad shipped him off to “pray the gay away,” but he’s over it, ready to prove that he’s a grown-ass man who can take care of himself. Of course, he’d have a better chance convincing himself if he could stop lusting after his grumpy roommate.
Army veteran Cooper Hill returned to Vermont minus one leg and one career, but determined to build a new life. When an army buddy asks Cooper to keep an eye on his nephew, a junior at the local college, Cooper can’t say no. He’s expecting a sheltered kid. What he gets is a gorgeous young man whose brilliant poetry gives voice to everything Cooper’s been trying to express. He wants Sean more than he’s ever wanted anything. And somehow, miraculously, Sean wants him too.
But wanting each other isn’t the same as being good for each other . . . especially when past pain threatens to write its own verse in their song.
TITLE: Entity
AUTHOR: Toshi Drake
SERIES: StarStation #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 208 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2021
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Lieutenant Michael Collins’s week just went to hell. The suspicious actions of his captain escalates as he orders Michael to investigate a dead ship’s heart—the cephalopods that pilot the star drive system. The mission forces Michael from the safety of his ship and his lover, Commander Eizen Sartris, while straining the bond with his own ship’s heart, Padua.
Attacked by Siwu pirates, Michael finds refuge on a damaged alien vessel, where he waits for Eizen to rescue him. But in the dark cold wreckage, he discovers a thriving garden tended by a strange young boy on behalf of his enigmatic “Mama.”
Fear dominates Michael’s thoughts as he struggles not to succumb to the darkness and terror of abandonment. To survive he must rely on his wits and hold fast to his faith that Eizen will find him before the pirates—or before the mysterious entity on board decides to destroy him.
TITLE: Healed In His Arms
AUTHOR: Skye R. Richmond
SERIES: Wildwood Mates #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 138 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2021
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A newborn. A sudden illness. No help in sight.
Or so Jax believes. He couldn’t be more wrong because Ryder is there, ready and waiting to lend a hand.
This time, the alpha is offering more than a doctor-patient relationship. He’ll do whatever is necessary to take the relationship with his mate to the next level.
Even if it means hiding how he feels until his Omega is ready.
Jax has been through hell. Can he truly trust that Ryder is ready to offer him everything… a true partner, a life of happiness, and a doting alpha father for his child?
Unspoken dreams do come true. Finally, Jax is happy.
Then tragedy strikes, taking both Jax and their child away from Wildwood. Desperate, Ryder puts aside his oath to ‘do no harm.’ He’ll stop at nothing to find his family.
Will Ryder be able to find Jax in time?
Ryder is a man on a mission, and he doesn’t care what path he needs to take, as long as it leads him to his family.
TITLE: Fate’s Attraction
AUTHOR: Dirk Greyson
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 186 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2021
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Even a wolf shifter can’t defeat fate.
Vladimir Corelia is the second son of the pack alpha. He’s happy with his role in the pack, but it seems the fates have other ideas. When the man he finds living in a cave, caring for a shifter baby and a litter of wolf pups, turns out to be his mate, it begins a chain of events that puts the whole pack in jeopardy.
Frankie Bowers can’t remember anything except a powerful sense of danger. He only knows he can’t go home. With no way to defend himself, he has to rely on Vladimir, a perfect stranger who happens to be his mate, to protect him and the young he’s looking after.
While Vladimir and Frankie’s attraction as mates grows stronger every day, so does the threat to their relationship—and to the pack. As Frankie regains his memory, the threat grows more and more ominous. Vladimir and Frankie must rise to the challenge if they hope to have any chance at the future the fates might have in store.
TITLE: Sweet Hart
AUTHOR: Sweet Hart
SERIES: Hart Consulting #1
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 240 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2021
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When Brayden stumbles into a covert operation, Sam has to keep him alive. Together they navigate their unexpected attraction and the world of the Ukrainian mafia.
Brayden Hart needs to find his older brother Mason and time is running out. Mason disappeared after being discharged from the military two years before. While on leave from the army, Bray follows a lead his friend has been able to find. When he knocks on the door of a dingy apartment outside Miami, the last person he expects to meet is the gorgeous but grumpy Sam Wheeler.
Sam denies knowing Bray’s brother and turns him away. But Sam is Bray’s only lead. Luckily, Bray’s childhood friend is one of the best hackers in the country and helps Bray follow Sam to Ukraine.
In Kiev, Bray falls blindly into the fray of a covert operation and Sam steps in to keep him alive. While navigating the choppy waters of the Ukrainian mafia, Bray and Sam fall into the bedroom. But what happens when the mission ends?
TITLE: A Husband for Hartwell
AUTHORS: JA Rock & Lisa Henry
SERIES: Lords of Bucknall #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 238 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2021
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He must marry, or risk his fortune.
The whole of London Society has long assumed Lord William Hartwell will marry his childhood best friend, Lady Rebecca Warrington. After two Seasons, Hartwell remains quite content with bachelorhood–his parents do not. When Hartwell learns they intend to cut his purse strings unless he makes a match this Season, he resigns himself to a marriage of convenience with Becca, and yet he can’t help but be drawn to her younger brother, Warry.
He must marry, or risk his sister’s ruin.
The Viscount “Warry” Warrington is used to being viewed as the tagalong little brother. Now a grown man about to enter his second Season, Warry is desperate to be seen. When Lord Balfour, a handsome older peer, takes Warry under his wing, Warry thinks his dream is finally coming true. Until Balfour reveals his true intent–to make public a letter that will destroy Becca’s reputation, unless Warry agrees to marry him.
Time is running out for both of them.
When an injury forces Warry to recover at Hartwell House, the two succumb to a secret flirtation. But Warry’s sudden announcement of his engagement to Balfour drives Hartwell near mad with jealousy–and right into Becca’s arms. With the clock ticking for Warry to save his sister, will Hartwell discover the truth of Warry’s feelings before it’s too late?
TITLE: The Honeymooners
AUTHOR: D.G. Carothers
SERIES: Dragon War Chronicles #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 99 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2021
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We interrupt our regularly scheduled program to take a side trip with SYN Consulting’s resident cyber genius and top bear.
Matt and Xander take a surprise honeymoon to Hawaii. It’s not all private beaches and swimming with the fishes, though. Truths from Xander’s past are revealed that give Matt new insight into his mate.
Just as they get comfortable, the unforeseen appearance of a new enemy cuts their trip even shorter.
What unexpected information will they find out and how will that shape the future?
TITLE: Love You So Sweetly
AUTHOR: Tara Lain
SERIES: Love You So #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 210 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2021, 2nd Edition
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Can he read his future in a glass of sweet tea?
Remy’s a sophisticated LA billionaire.
Harper’s a rural Arkansas, small town boy.
Remy’s rich.
Harper’s poor.
Remy has a girlfriend.
Harper has a boyfriend.
Harper’s gay.
So’s Remy, he just doesn’t know it yet.
In a desperate effort to save Remy’s family business, the two join forces, but before they can forge a future—they have to let go of the past.
TITLE: Spare Room
AUTHOR: E. M. Denning
SERIES: The Trouble With Triads #1
PUBLISHER: Paper Gold Publishing
LENGTH: 205 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2021
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Alex feels like a failure. He abandoned Tristan for big dreams and has nothing to show for it all now. When the fire leaves him homeless, Tristan and his husband Ben come to Alex’s rescue. He can’t refuse the offer of their spare room. But what happens when Alex falls for his ex… and his husband?
Ben and Tristan have recovered from the last try to add a third partner to their relationship when Alex falls into their lap. Despite their history, the chemistry is right, and Tristan hopes Alex can see how good they could be together.
Alex fears coming between Ben and Tristan. But what if that’s exactly where they want him? If the husbands want him to stay, they’ll need to convince him they need him as much as he needs them. Can they make Alex believe they have room in their hearts for him?
TITLE: My Parents’ Surprise
AUTHOR: Rosa Swann
SERIES: Blossoming of Fate #4
PUBLISHER: Easily Distracted Media
LENGTH: 73 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2021
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One party, one birthday gift, and the secret is no more…
Destin
We’ve been trying to keep a low profile for the last couple of weeks, ever since the weekend I mated Seb, but that’s about to be rudely disrupted.
It didn’t help that I told our parents last night that Seb was sick from drinking too much booze, after they were already worried about him. And I’m not sure that my explanation of ‘sorry, it was a stomach bug, Seb doesn’t have a drinking problem’ this morning is convincing any of them. Which is bad, especially with Seb’s dad’s birthday party tonight…
Seb
All eyes are on me, judging my every action. Between me trying to avoid my parents, looking rough from not getting enough sleep because of stress and my younger twin brothers acting out at school, my parents are on high alert about my behaviour.
It doesn’t help that I’m already feeling guilty over keeping a massive secret from them, and that I’m making others keep secrets too, which all makes the early pregnancy symptoms even worse. How am I going to survive my dad’s birthday party without giving away what’s going on?
TITLE: Callan’s Atlas
AUTHOR: K Webster
SERIES: Brigs Ferry Bay #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 254 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2021
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When we moved from New York to Maine, life was supposed to get easier, not harder.
Change, for me, was difficult.
I became the target of terrible crimes that resulted in sending a once-beloved man of the community to prison for a very long time.
Now that I’m eighteen, I could move back to the Big Apple, but fear has me rooted in place.
I hate what that monster did to me.
Looks like I’m stuck here for good.
Brigs Ferry Bay’s unhappiest gay.
Each day, the darkness closes in around me more and more.
Black clothes. Black mood. Black thoughts. Black eyeliner.
The color in my life bled from me months ago and never came back.
Until him.
Atlas Larson.
Newest cop on the BFB police force.
Too hot. Too strong. Too old for me. Too…everything.
Atlas is a rebellious, bossy, mouthy brute who likes to provoke me.
Every encounter starts with heat and ends with an argument.
Color begins sneaking back into my world little by little.
He reminds me of who I once was and shows me who I’m meant to be.
I crave to leave this town once and for all.
But now that I’ve found the courage to do it, the arrogant jerk with a badge might find a way to keep me here and in his arms forever.
TITLE: Cold Hard Ground
AUTHOR: Ariel Millar
SERIES: Carpe Noctem #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 258 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2021
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“…and I would fight. For those who had taken before me, for those who didn’t come out alive. And for the love of this man.”
Kor:
As an Alpha of the First War, the only thing I had ever known was battle.
Captured, bound, and unable to see, I wasn’t the sort of Alpha to give up without a fight.
Escape turned out to be the easy part, but coping with everything else threatened to drop me to my knees. Learning that my injuries were permanent made me question my abilities as an Alpha, but when my Wolf wanted to bond with the human who had been brought in along with me, I started to question my sanity. Never mind that I had no time for a mate, there was no way the resistance would follow a blind Alpha with a human as his bonded. Still, they had little choice. More of our people were going missing every day, and it was starting to look like the corruption was going all the way to the top.
Misha:
I never believed the madness of my father would one day turn on me.
Held prisoner in a genetic lab, rescue came at the hands of a Wolf, and the promise that they could figure out what sort of experiments my father was working on me. The pain was overwhelming, and it wasn’t until I saw glowing orange eyes in the mirror that I realized what was happening. I was turned. I was an abomination, and unlikely to survive.
And I might have welcomed death if it hadn’t been for the blind Alpha whose soul wrapped around mine. When his lips called me his, I knew I had to fight. There was a war looming, and mistrust everywhere we turned, but I knew if anyone could protect his people and end the suffering of both humans and Wolves, it was the one who called me mate.
TITLE: Runaway
AUTHOR: Casey Cox
SERIES: Escape #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 271 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2021
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Ever woken up and realized your life is one big cliché?
Waking up married in Vegas? Been there, done that… Twice.
Base-jumping off Mount Fuji in Japan? That’s, like, a chill weekend.
Partying in France with supermodels? Meh, très overrated.
Despite being born into the most powerful family in the highly prestigious cowbell industry (yeah, you read that right)—I’m feeling more than just a little lost. So, partying and living it up has become my default avoidance coping mechanism.
Until I spot him one night on vacation staring out into the dark ocean, looking all sorts of Cali-cute.
When he speaks, he catches my interest.
When he serves me back my own sassiness with an added helping of nerdy smarts, he burrows into my brain.
And when he peers up at me through sun-kissed lashes with those glittery eyes and smiles?
Damn, he captures my heart like no one ever has.
But how do you keep the one you want to be with forever from slipping through your fingers?
TITLE: Nothing To Forgive
AUTHOR: Carrie Davis
SERIES: To Love & Protect #5
PUBLISHER: Naughty Nights Press
LENGTH: 211 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2021
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An unexpected second chance…
Ten years ago, Felix Wheland, inheriting son to one of the most influential and prestigious families in the state, followed his father’s expectations instead of his heart. Wyatt Davenport had been the one great love of his young life, and Felix let him walk away.
After the sudden death of his uncle, Wyatt is back in Asheville. He intends to get in and get out, without running into the man who broke his heart.
Felix has other plans. If luck is on his side, he may just get a second chance for the life—and love—he always wanted.
TITLE: Ex-Rivals
AUTHOR: Zoe Lee
SERIES: Local Beats #3
PUBLISHER: Foolish Endeavors
LENGTH: 199 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2021
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The best way to get over your past is to get back under it.
Julian Corelli
After fifteen years, I’m back in Chicago for a new job, with enough sass and charm to power the whole city. There are two million people here, and only one I never want to see again. Except who do I come face-to-face with on my very first night back? My ex-rival, my ex-classmate, my ex… nevermind.
Camdon Gaines
As if getting over a breakup isn’t bad enough, the worst person I’ve ever had the displeasure to know is at my favorite club on guys’ night, laughing with my best friends. He’s still the most infuriating man, but at least I faced him, lost my temper a little, and now it’s case closed.
Except now that we’ve crossed paths again, it’s like we’re cosmically handcuffed together. Everyone else thinks he’s the funniest, cleverest man in the city and they want to be his new bestie. But I know the real Julian and there’s no way I can ever trust him again after what he did to me—especially when he’s acting like I’m the one who ruined everything.
TITLE: Ed & Marchant
AUTHOR: Sue Brown
SERIES: Frankie’s Series #2
PUBLISHER: One Hat Press
LENGTH: 126 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2021, 2nd Edition
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Ed is not a nice man. He’s a lousy boss. He’s got no friends. Everyone hates him, especially where he works. But they don’t understand Ed is a man in turmoil, with a desperate need for someone to ‘see’ him.
Then he collides with Marchant, a Dominant who owns a BDSM club. Marchant sees him only too well and won’t let him hide. Ed’s world starts to unravel as Marchant forces him to face the angry, hurting man inside.
Will Ed allow Marchant to show him how to be happy? Will he let go of the pain that has dominated his life? Will he finally show the world his paso doble?
TITLE: This is Not a Horror Movie
AUTHOR: Sara Dobie Bauer
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 280 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2021
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Emory Jones loves two things: horror movies and Connor Nichols.
For the past four years, Emory, Connor, and their families have vacationed side by side on Longboat Key, Florida. Eighteen-year-old Emory has pined for his neighbor from behind the covers of Stephen King books, but college boy Connor has never noticed him. Probably because Emory looks like Jack Skellington with good hair.
Emory anticipates another predictable summer of sunburn and disappointment. Instead, he ends up with a mystery on his hands when a beloved beach bum goes missing, and Connor volunteers to help with the search. Turns out it’s not just scary movie cops who are worthless, so the boys start an investigation of their own—leading them straight to an abandoned beach resort.
Despite the danger, Emory and Connor grow closer, but as Emory’s gay dreams start coming true, so do the horror movie tropes he so loves. Even though he knows that sex equals death in slasher flicks, Emory can’t keep his hands off the guy of his teenage dreams.
TITLE: Ghost Ship
AUTHOR: Pandora Pine
SERIES: Haunted Souls #10
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 244 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2021
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Lovers separated in death. A family terrorized for generations. Can Jude and Cope solve the mystery before it drags them under?
Cope, already plagued by dreams of a watery death aboard the Titanic, is asked to help a haunted family in Nova Scotia. The Bennetts assisted in the recovery efforts following the Titanic disaster more than a century ago, and have been tormented by an angry spirit ever since. Taking the job would mean travelling, and Cope doesn’t want to miss a moment with his husband and son.
Countless families were destroyed, loved ones gone forever when the Titanic sank. Tierney O’Rourke lost his lover Rian Shaughnessy in the disaster, but when he dies many years later, his spirit is devastated to still be alone. When he asks Jude to help him find his lover’s ghost so they can at last be at peace, it’s clear fate wants both investigators working the White Star Line tragedy.
If they fail, the Bennetts will shatter under the strain of the century-long haunting. And if Jude and Cope can’t help Tierney and his true love reunite, what hope do they have for an eternity together of their own?
TITLE: Forever Love
AUTHOR: Kayelle Allen
SERIES: Antonello Brothers: Immortal #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 346 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2021
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For their love, forever is not long enough…
Izzorah is a Kin, an alien race of fierce and rugged humanoid felines that possess enhanced sensory perception to changes in emotions. When Izzy learns the truth about his fiancé Luc’s immortality–and his own–the familiar world he knows will vanish. He must pass an immortality test designed by the immortal King Pietas, which will engage Izzorah in the ultimate treasure hunt, where failure to find hidden targets in the vast, sprawling capitol of the Tarthian empire can end in instant death.
If he passes the test, he will be accepted into a warrior society that he wants no part of. If he fails, he’s banished from the galactic empire forever, away from his home and the man he passionately loves. And, if the test wasn’t bad enough, Luc is also the king’s ex, and the king refuses to part with anything–or anyone–that he loves.
Fair test? Not in this immortal lifetime…
TITLE: A Whiff of Trouble
AUTHOR: Lula Duval
SERIES: Greywood’s Second Chances #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 223 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2021
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Second chances often come with a side of trouble.
FALLON:
It has been two weeks since reuniting with the love of my life.
I couldn’t be happier. Codey is once again transforming my life for the better. Our relationship is stronger than ever. Nothing can stop us from getting our happily ever after.
At least, that’s what I believed. However, like everything in Greywood, things are not always as they seem…
Codey and I love each other, but are we strong enough to resist what’s coming our way?
CODEY:
My life is finally back on track.
I have moved back to my childhood town. The one and only Fallon Brown agreed to be my husband. I was looking for a second chance, a fresh start, and I got exactly what I asked for. Dare I say I’m happy?
If only I had known my life was going to be turned upside down by thunderous revelations, family secrets, and ghosts from my past. This time, it’s not just my happiness that’s on the line. It’s Fallon’s too.
Is the man my heart belongs to ready for this rollercoaster? Or will he turn away and leave?
TITLE: Harvest Moon
AUTHORS: Sam Burns & W.M. Fawkes
SERIES: Wolf Moon Rising #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 318 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2021
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Lost best friends grow back together.
Alexis Mena has waited five whole years for his childhood sweetheart to come back from college. He’s ready to get marked, mated, and finally settle down, but when the stoic farmer returns, there’s a wall between them that Alexis can’t scale. Looking at Ridge every day is too much for Alexis, so when his cousin offers him the chance to stay with her and her husband, he jumps to get away. If he can’t have the life he’s always dreamed, with the Grove pack, at least he can stop waiting.
Ridge Paterson returned from college with nothing to his name but an old truck, a one-eyed barn cat, and a heap of debt. Fortunately, he’s also got hope—hope all that schooling’s prepared him to turn the family farm around. But no sooner has he set foot back on Paterson land than his parents decide to sell it out from under him. Listless and lost, he lets Alexis slip through his fingers. Left with cut roots and a heap of desperation, the man he left behind tempts him to find a new place to call home.
There’s more on the line than student debts and insecurities for the young werewolves. The mysterious Condition is affecting Alexis’s cousin, threatening her pregnancy and everything Alexis holds dear, and the man with the skills to solve it all might just be an alpha willing to follow his one-true love halfway across Virginia for a chance to put down roots of his own.
TITLE: In Rome with my Love
AUTHOR: Anna Lindt
SERIES: Gay Romance Short
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 35 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2021
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When Bartolo sees singer superstar Venn Ray hiding in the crowds at a Roman music festival, he can’t believe it. Especially when the gorgeous but mysterious celebrity asks him for a private tour of the city!
As they explore the ancient city, Bartolo finds out that Venn Ray is more than just a shallow popstar. And when the two of them find themselves alone, Bartolo realizes that his desire goes much deeper than he could ever have known.
TITLE: Fire in the Ice
AUTHORS: Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood
PUBLISHER: Wainscot Press
LENGTH: 81,000 words
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2021
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What if love threatened to destroy everything you’d worked for?
Hockey right winger Tyler Jensen isn’t thrilled to get the news he’s been traded to the Bethesda Barracudas. The team may be red-hot in the rankings, but there’s someone there he’d rather not have to see every day.
Defenseman Kevin Moore is one of the top-rated rookies in the country. He’s living the dream playing for the Barracudas—until he hears that his old high-school crush Tyler is joining the team. Ty was once everything Kev wanted, but their age difference got in the way. Tyler decided a three-year gap was too much and left Kevin behind.
In Bethesda, Tyler doesn’t take long to notice that Kevin has grown up into precisely the kind of man he can’t resist—brawny, brainy, and beautiful. Kev feels the pull too, and as the men become closer, they work hard to keep their budding relationship secret. Professional hockey may be welcoming gay players now, but Ty and Kev aren’t sure management would like the idea of two Barracudas taking teamwork to an entirely new level.
As the playoffs loom, news of their romance gets out. Ty and Kev, caught in a storm of controversy that threatens to destroy them, need a power play to save their careers. How will they find one before it’s too late?
TITLE: Bad With Love
AUTHOR: Sophie O’Dare
SERIES: Marked by His Alpha #1
PUBLISHER: Covey Publishing
LENGTH: 91 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2021
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An Alpha who gets under his skin. A family that demands too much. A night that changes everything.
Warren Heardst has never been lucky. He spent his entire life in competition with his high school nemesis, Roman Markham, who has always been better in school, better in sports, and better in love.
Working hard, Warren builds a life outside of his overbearing family, but he can’t seem to escape Roman. The other man is always there, pushing Warren to prove he can be successful. But on the cusp of realizing his goal, a family emergency rears up to ruin everything.
Suddenly, his dream is being ripped away. With a marriage contract on the table, will Roman lose his chance at happiness? Or will his bad luck with love lead him unexpectedly into his rival’s arms?
TITLE: Brave Boy
AUTHOR: K.M. Neuhold
SERIES: Perfect Boys #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 171 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2021
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As long as LonelyDaddy is on the other side of the computer screen, there’s a chance he could be the man Emerson has been dreaming of.
I’ve gotten used to being alone, to disappearing inside the fictional worlds between the pages of a book and letting my lonely life fade away.
Books have never judged me for the stutter I can’t control. Books have never abandoned me. Books have never let me down. Then again, books have never hugged me or told me they love me either, so my plan is far from perfect.
The first time I lay eyes on the tall, red haired Kiernan with a beard for days and shoulders made for scratch marks, I wanted to crawl into his lap and call him Daddy. The only problem is, I can never seem to string two words together around him… heck, I’d be happy to manage to get even one word out, like maybe “yes”, preferably over and over again.
I thought making an online dating profile would be the hardest part, but it turns out getting up the courage to meet the man I’ve been messaging is even more difficult. Could LonelyDaddy be Kiernan? And if he is, is there any chance he’ll want to keep me? Can I be his brave boy?
TITLE: Cash & Cary
AUTHOR: Sam E Kraemer
SERIES: Men of Memphis Blues #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 55,000 words
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2021
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Cash Mitchell
Cary Brewer is the best catcher in the country, and he’s part of the reason I’m starting my first Major League Baseball game for the Memphis Blues. He told me the first day of our minicamp that he’d make my life a living hell. Oh, he achieved that goal in spades, but I doubt in the way he intended.
Tragedy never takes a holiday, and having suffered one, I’m not ready for another. When it happens, Cary is there to support me. I have a guardian angel who’s been looking out for me, and I never knew it.
Now, I wonder what the cost will be for both of us—since I’ve already fallen for him.
Cary Brewer
Skip Mitchell told me that his nephew is a hell of a pitcher. Seeing the kid in action proves the man right. But when I lay eyes on Cash Mitchell, my gut ties itself in knots. Ask anyone—I’m not that guy.
The attraction I’m fighting tooth and claw will only be detrimental to both of our careers. I need to get away from him, but how do I do that?
The kid has me completely under his spell, and the blue in my uniform will match the blue in my pants if something doesn’t give.
TITLE: Off Key
AUTHOR: May Archer
SERIES: Whispering Key #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 318 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2021
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I’m about to sing you the saddest song in the universe, and it’s called “The Man of My Dreams Married My Sister.”
It’s kinda my theme song. And trust me when I tell you, it’s heavy on the violins.
Because the man in question? He’s not just any guy, he’s Rafe freakin’ Goodman.
My former best friend.
The boy who made my summers on Whispering Key magical. The guy who inspired every love song that led to the chart-topping music career I have today. The man I always sort of figured would wait for me, while I pursued my dreams and finally found a way to tell the world I was gay…
But instead of waiting, he married Aimee.
Rafe and Aimee’s marriage has been over for a while now, but it doesn’t really matter. He doesn’t love me even though I feel like I’ll love him until the day I die. Trying to be “just friends” would tear me apart.
We’re a broken chord. A blue note. Hopelessly out of tune.
Or so I thought.
But when circumstances throw us back together on a crazy cross-country road trip, suddenly all kinds of secrets come to light that make it seem like maybe our show’s not over yet.
If I want a life with the man of my dreams, though, I’ll have to be honest–with Rafe and the rest of the world, too–and find the courage to write us a new song.
One that’s exactly like us: perfectly imperfect… and a little off key.
TITLE: Stay
AUTHOR: Autumn Breeze
SERIES: Touch of Desire #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 69 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2021
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Let me give you a little free advice. If anyone ever asks, “Do you want to live forever,” tell them to fuck off.
Elio Beckett has been undead for six hundred years. For the last two hundred, New York City has been home; the nightclub where he tends bar on weekends is his sanctuary. When his boss discovers his secret, Elio assumes he’s about to lose the only home he’s had since he died in 1420.
But Micah surprises Elio with a single request. “Stay.”
Micah Kingston has one rule he expects everyone who enters his nightclub to follow: keep your hands off the bartenders. It’s a rule he’s never had a problem following himself—until one wisp of a bartender turns his life upside down. It doesn’t matter that Elio isn’t human. Micah isn’t willing to lose the man who has consumed his fantasies for three long years.
How long does love last when only one of you has forever though?
TITLE: Fifteen Minutes of Fame
AUTHOR: Jennifer Luxe
SERIES: Friends of Friends #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 300 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2021
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Michael
I’ve spent the last twelve years of my life traveling the country, working with celebrities and big corporations to fix their marketing and PR mishaps. When my boss told me my next assignment was in my hometown of Denver, I thought I hit the jackpot. A chance to beat around my old stomping grounds for two months and see my brother and my best friends, what more could I want?
A lot more, apparently, including the gorgeous nurse I’m trying to keep at arm’s length. Taric Hall is the breath of fresh air I wasn’t expecting, and the more I have him, the more I want. I know this thing between us has an expiration date. So why am I starting to feel like leaving is going to be so much harder this time around?
Taric
Being a single parent to an eight-year-old little girl isn’t easy, but I wouldn’t change that part of my life for anything. What I would change is my lack of love life. I’ve kept guys away on purpose, all for the sake of keeping the status quo. I don’t want to admit it, but I’m scared to lose my heart to someone and have him disappoint not only me but my daughter, as well.
When Michael Lee ends up in my hospital, the last thing I expect is for our chance meeting to lead to more. He’s the first guy in a long time I can actually see myself having a future with. If only he wasn’t leaving in a few weeks, maybe I’d be able to convince him (and myself) that we can last longer than your average fifteen minutes of fame.
TITLE: My (Not So) Slutty Professor
AUTHOR: D.K. Sutton
SERIES: My (Not So) Serious University #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 279 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2021
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Maddie
I’m a sucker for nerds. So a biology professor who wears geeky ties and doesn’t realize how hot he is, puts every part of my body on high alert. It also means I’m failing his class. There’s only one way to get him out of my head so I can focus. Seduce him.
Turns out that boyish innocence isn’t an act, and while Dr. Reid Emerson is a genius, there are many things he’s never learned. His eagerness to catch up takes my breath away. Will he let me be the one to teach him?
Reid
Maddie Evans reminds me of every popular guy I’ve ever known: charming, persuasive, and used to getting exactly what he wants. But there’s a part of me—a part tired of being the only inexperienced person on campus—that doesn’t care. A flash of skin during our study sessions sparks a fire I can’t put out. I want Maddie. And I want him to teach me…everything.
We strike a deal that has me questioning my sanity, my ethics, and everything I ever believed in. I can’t resist him but being together is risky. Maddie could lose his spot in grad school, and I could lose the thing that keeps me going every day. Teaching.
Is this experiment doomed to fail or together can we pass the ultimate test of love and sacrifice?
TITLE: ‘Til Barcelona Do Us Part
AUTHOR: Tom Caval
SERIES: Give the Gays What They Want #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 204 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2021
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One summer in Barcelona, two lovers and never-ending chaos.
Matteo and Erik are a dynamic duo in love, proving that opposites attract. After a slightly rocky beginning to their relationship, they’re ready to enjoy some much-needed time off. First stop: Barcelona!
Soon, they’ll realise their dream holiday might not be just fun in the sun, as the trip becomes the first true test of their compatibility.
All the attention that drop-dead gorgeous Erik is getting triggers Matteo’s insecurities, who desperately tries to keep his man all to himself and away from the endless temptations around them. On the other hand, does Erik really feel ready to say goodbye to flirting and flings for good?
If these love-birds don’t adjust their attitudes, this romance might not survive the summer… Can they learn to adapt, or will their emotional baggage be too heavy to stay afloat?
TITLE: Omega Uncorked
AUTHORS: Aria Grace & Lorelei M. Hart
SERIES: Oak Grove #9
PUBLISHER: Surrendered Press
RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2021
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As the new guy in town, Walt is limited to random omegas he meets in the bar and single friends of the guys he works with. When that doesn’t work out, he turns to less conventional methods to meet someone. It doesn’t turn out the way he expected, but he quickly realizes his expectations were completely off.
This is so much better.
TITLE: Breathe
AUTHOR: Sophia Soames
SERIES: London Love #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2021
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Meet Ryan, aka, Joey Hole, disgraced former adult entertainer with more issues than he can keep track of. His boyfriend left him for an Instagram twink with 150K followers, his Mum wants him out of her spare room and then there’s that idiot at college who just won’t take no for an answer.
Meet Luke. He was once the rich kid who’d just been gifted his first car, and now he doesn’t even own a bike. He’s also slumming it in a house full of ungrateful siblings and his first trip to the Food-bank gave him some goddamn emotional scars. Life is getting better though, and he’s acing it at college, as well as making some brilliant new friends. Well except for that stuck up twatwaffle Ryan who won’t talk to him and refuses to like his brilliant social media posts….
TITLE: Saighdiúir
AUTHOR: Marishka Grayson
SERIES: Fae-Tales #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 293 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2021
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Hard bunks, stiff drinks, dangerous days. You could describe my life that way or in three short words: cold, dark and often wet. Well, that’s five words, I admit. But it’s the life of a soldier.
I have to say, I’m comfortable this way. It’s the only life I know. That’s until I meet Mael, and then things get colder, darker and so unbearably grim that the only thing I can think of is running.
But only cowards run. I’m a soldier. I don’t run. I face my demons and the one glaring at me right now is the most beautiful demon I’ve ever seen. He’s my commander, or at least he thinks he is. Trouble is, I can’t remember a thing. Not even what happened yesterday before the explosion. Worse, he can’t find out. Whatever secrets I have, I’ve got to keep my mouth shut. There’s just one small problem, when he’s around, all I want to do is open my mouth and kiss his sweet … lips. 😉
TITLE: The Eagle and the Trembling Vessel
AUTHOR: W. Dale Jordan
SERIES: Eagle & Heart #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 344 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2021
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What is right is not always easy. For High Prince Altair and Prince Consort Whelan, this is a lesson hard-learned in the wake of the human magician Medwyn’s attacks on Avalon.
A deadly pestilence stalks the land, and old enemies stand at the gates of the Palace of Night, ready to pull them down.
As they fight to retain the balance between what is good and what is right, one of them will be taken, and both will be changed forever.
Are they strong enough together to survive separation? Avalon itself may have the final say.
TITLE: Pass
AUTHOR: Jennifer Cody
SERIES: Shattered Pawns #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 299 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2021
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Luca:
I’ve lived my life in the pursuit of justice. I worked my way from the police academy to detective to the leader of the organized crime task force. Then six weeks ago all that career momentum came to a screeching halt after someone set off a car bomb across the street from L.L. Security. That event changed everything for me. Six weeks of fear, looking over my shoulder, and pretending my world hasn’t crumbled down around my ears. Sometimes I wish I’d never heard of L.L. Security, sometimes I’m glad I at least know how dangerous this world really is. I may be the only detective who can see the wings on the body in my crime scene, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to find the guy’s killer even if my Captain keeps trying to erase my memories with magic.
Auggie:
Something is wrong with my roommate, but every time I ask, Luca says he’s fine. I want him to confide in me, but expecting him to talk to me when I’ve been hiding secrets from him for years seems a bit hypocritical. I have enough patience to wait until he’s ready to talk. The Chimera inside me isn’t in a hurry to mate him anyway, at least not until he comes home tasting just right. Luca kissed someone else and now the beast inside me is ready to take them both and make them mine.
Tio:
After my father sold my brother to the youngest prince of Morgaine, the Elven Realm, I thought it would take me a decade at least to buy him back, but my employer tussled with the wrong Headsman—well, Headsmen. Erroll’s execution relieves me of the contract I had with him, but it puts me and my brothers in infinitely more danger. My father is coming, one of my brothers won’t talk to me, the other doesn’t know who I am, and controlling my extra arms has become an exercise in futility; kissing Chimeras is not normal for me. I promise.
TITLE: Big Daddy
AUTHOR: Jayda Marx
SERIES: Naughty Daddies
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2021
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At six foot nine, Ryker definitely fits the title of, “Big Daddy”. He is a construction worker by day, and has a secret, dangerous hobby at night. He’s ripped to hell and is as tough as nails; most people take one look at him and know to steer clear, but Ryker also has a softer side. All it takes to bring Big Daddy to his knees is a beautiful femboy with an attitude.
Julian is full of sweet sass and holds nothing back. He loves looking pretty in makeup and high heels as much as he loves spouting off his perfectly glossed lips. But what he loves most of all is hearing Daddy call him Princess.
When things go awry and Ryker’s life hangs in the balance, Julian shows that he’s not just pretty – he’s also pretty tough.
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