Here are the new releases for the week.
Let us know if there’s something missing & we’ll add it to the list.
| Title | Author | Publisher | Release Date | Other Details | Link |
| Wastrel | Charity Parkerson | Punk & Sissy Publications | 1/10/2022 | The D #6 | Amazon |
| House Arrest Without a Home | Brina Brady | Self Published | 1/10/2022 | Amazon | |
| Blow Me Away | Billie Bloom | Self Published | 1/10/2022 | First Times | Amazon |
| The Neighbourly Thing | Allison Temple | Self Published | 1/10/2022 | Amazon | |
| True North | Corey Kerr | Self Published | 1/10/2022 | Amazon | |
| Past His Defenses | Andrew Grey | Dreamspinner Press | 1/11/2022 | Amazon | |
| Dash | Rae Marks | Pride Publishing | 1/11/2022 | Hart Consulting #2 | Amazon |
| Someone to Watch Over Me | Libby Simone | NineStar Press | 1/11/2022 | Private Eyes #1 | Amazon |
| Ancient | Rain Carrington | Self Published | 1/11/2022 | Ancient Blood #1 | Amazon |
| Shouting Match | Pandora Pine | Self Published | 1/11/2022 | Amore Matchmaking #1 | Amazon |
| Welcome to the Show | Jules Kelley | Self Published | 1/11/2022 | 2nd Revised Edition | Amazon |
| Red Sun | M.D. Grimm | Self Published | 1/11/2022 | The Shifter Chronicles #14 | Amazon |
| Kickoff Blues | Parker Avrile | Self Published | 1/11/2022 | Last Chances Academy #3 | Amazon |
| Spark | Susan Scott Shelley & Chantal Mer | Self Published | 1/11/2022 | Love & Rugby #1 | Amazon |
| The Uncertain Unicorn | Lorelei M. Hart | Decadent Publishing | 1/12/2022 | Male-Order Mates #5 | Amazon |
| Roommate Arrangement | Saxon James | May Books | 1/12/2022 | Divorced Men’s Club #1 | Amazon |
| Clean Start at Forty-Seven | Nora Phoenix | Self Published | 1/12/2022 | Forty-Seven Duology #1 | Amazon |
| The Other Brother | Jax Calder | Self Published | 1/12/2022 | Amazon | |
| Mine: Sam & Alec | November Sweets | Self Published | 1/12/2022 | Grimm Brothers’ Tattoo World #5 | Amazon |
| College Days | Rebecca Cohen | Self Published | 1/13/2022 | Reagalos #0.5 | Amazon |
| Ghost of Truth | Alice Winters | Self Published | 1/13/2022 | Medium Trouble #2 | Amazon |
| The Warlock of New Randolph | Jack Brightside | Self Published | 1/13/2022 | The Warlocks of Westland #3 | Amazon |
| Legally Claimed | Alexa Piper | Changeling Press | 1/14/2022 | Elvenswood Tales #5 | Amazon |
| Evil Omega | S. Rodman | Dark Angst Publishing | 1/14/2022 | Amazon | |
| Strings Attached | Riley Hart | Self Published | 1/14/2022 | Amazon | |
| Maximus | Stella Rainbow | Self Published | 1/14/2022 | Lords of Otherworld #1 | Amazon |
| Storm Warrior | Jocelynn Drake & Rinda Elliott | Self Published | 1/14/2022 | Weavers Circle #5 | Amazon |
| A Daddy for Emile | Joe Satoria | Self Published | 1/14/2022 | Daddy’s Boy #5 | Amazon |
| Until You | Avery Adams | Self Published | 1/14/2022 | Amazon | |
| XOXO, Neil | A.W. Scott | Self Published | 1/14/2022 | Princess Pen Pals #7 | Amazon |
| His Determined Bear | Skye R. Richmond | Self Published | 1/14/2022 | Bears of Asheville #3 | Amazon |
| Clan and Covenant | Tracy St. John | Self Published | 1/14/2022 | Clan Beginnings #8 | Amazon |
| Crazy About You | T.J. Blackley | JMS Books | 1/15/2022 | Amazon | |
| Moving Towards the Light | Rick R. Reed | JMS Books | 1/15/2022 | Penance #2 | Amazon |
| One Would Be Enough | Holly Day | JMS Books | 1/15/2022 | Amazon | |
| On Pins and Needlepoints | Gareth Vaughn | JMS Books | 1/15/2022 | Amazon | |
| Snowed in with the Scot | Hannah Morse | JMS Books | 1/15/2022 | Amazon | |
| Duplicity | A. E. Madsen | Self Published | 1/15/2022 | Blue Mountain University #1 | Amazon |
| Heart Thief | Skylar Sweeney | Self Published | 1/15/2022 | Blood Brothers #1, 2nd Revised Edition | Amazon |
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TITLE: Wastrel
AUTHOR: Charity Parkerson
SERIES: The D #6
PUBLISHER: Punk & Sissy Publications
LENGTH: 119 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2022
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Max doesn’t think he’s looking for love. It’s about to find him, nonetheless. That might not be a good thing.
While Max has been taking part in Silas D’s exclusive parties for years, it’s never been about more than a good time. Max isn’t the type to settle down. Lately, he’s had a harder time finding anything to hold his attention at the wild gatherings. Until he meets a nameless man with an overabundance of wickedness about him, that is. Still, Max doesn’t do attachments.
Angelo visited one event at Silas’s. Even though he wasn’t there for the lifestyle or the wares, that’s where he saw him: Max. For the first time, someone matched Angelo’s crazy. Angelo shouldn’t go back for more. He can’t help himself. All he can do is hope his interest in the sexy lawyer doesn’t get the man disbarred… or killed.
When a debauched attorney meets a not so law-abiding citizen, at times it’s hard to tell which of them is the real wastrel. But can they make it work?
TITLE: House Arrest Without a Home
AUTHOR: Brina Brady
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 221 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2022
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Shawn O’Brien
Pre-law student Shawn O’Brien loses his mind when he finds his live-in boyfriend Jasper Logan with a younger man in their bed. Shawn breaks the law and ends up in big trouble, in danger of losing his scholarship and freedom. He needs a new place to live to serve his house arrest sentence or he will go to jail for six months.
Noah Braun
Successful, District Prosecuting Attorney, Noah Braun has it all: money, friends, and a top career, but he’s at risk of losing it all as he grieves the loss of his husband. His father, Judge Braun finds the perfect lover to save his son. The judge asks Noah to take Shawn into his home to complete his sentence.
Everything changes when Noah and Shawn meet and find themselves living together. Noah is determined to do whatever it takes to prove to Shawn that their relationship will be different from his nightmarish one with Jasper.
Can Noah find a way to win Shawn’s heart forever, or will Shawn move on when his house arrest is complete?
TITLE: Blow Me Away
AUTHOR: Billie Bloom
SERIES: First Times
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 213 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2022
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Things are about to get spicy…
Showing up solo to a wedding where his ex is the best man? That’s a hard pass, even for the brazen and confident Noah Harper. Thankfully, his bestie has a brilliant plan: Take her straight as an arrow brother Nick as his fake boyfriend instead.
Nick is happy to pretend—a free trip to Hawaii is hard to pass up—but apparently it will cost him exactly one existential crisis when sharing a hotel room with the charming and funny Noah turns unexpectedly…complicated.
Their flirting is starting to feel pretty real and when the suddenly curious hockey jock Nick wants to experiment? Hold on to your lei, honey, because things are about to get spicy!
TITLE: The Neighbourly Thing
AUTHOR: Allison Temple
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 67 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2022
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Recently single, Tyler is done moping around his apartment. He’s taking life—and himself—in hand, starting this weekend. All he needs is for one very special delivery to arrive, and his party for one can begin. But things get awkward when he comes home to find his box of fun in the hands of his very confused—and very hot—neighbour.
Gray’s not used to being the centre of attention. He works at home and doesn’t mind being single. People are messy. It’s easier if he looks after himself. But when a misdirected package opens up a world of possibilities, Gray knows this isn’t something he can do on his own.
Tyler is a teacher—by profession and by calling—and Gray soon becomes his very willing student. But if the lessons learned are only physical, what will Gray and Tyler’s hearts do when the weekend is over?
TITLE: True North
AUTHOR: Corey Kerr
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 330 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2022
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A bear shifter eating his garbage isn’t the meet-cute he had in mind.
After a disappointing postseason performance leaves his career in question, hockey player JT needs a distraction for the summer. The bear who keeps taking illicit dips in his hot tub isn’t at the top of his list, but he’ll take what he can get.
Turns out it’s not a bear, though: it’s a feral guy who’s been out in the woods too long. JT knows he shouldn’t get involved, but soon the guy is living in his house… and sleeping in his bed. In a cool, normal, not at all gay sort of way.
Mikhail left Siberia in search of a better life. When his dreams ended in tragedy, he fled to the forest. In JT’s home, he finds a safe place to hide and an unexpected but thrilling connection with his new roommate. But when his past catches up to him at last, he risks losing both his freedom and his blossoming relationship with JT.
TITLE: Past His Defenses
AUTHOR: Andrew Grey
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 233 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 11, 2022
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When a case reopens old wounds from the kidnapping of his younger sister, police officer Robert Fenner is told in no uncertain terms that he needs a break. And maybe his superiors are right. He books a flight to visit an old friend, who happens to be the one who got away, and hopes for the best.
Electronic security consultant Dixie Halewood works from his home in Paris, where he lives with his adopted son, Henri. Dixie doesn’t expect a message from an old flame asking for a place to stay, but he agrees. Their past is just that—the past.
Things between them aren’t as settled as they thought—Henri, Paris, and proximity work their magic. The two men are drawn closer and old flames burst back to life, but Dixie’s work brings a new threat to their safety and the budding family they missed out on the first time around.
TITLE: Dash
AUTHOR: Rae Marks
SERIES: Hart Consulting #2
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 346 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 11, 2022
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Working with the guy who turns him on and pisses him off has Nick in a tailspin.
Nick’s trying to get everything together—his life, his job, his family. After leaving the military, he joined both his brothers at Hart Consulting, but he can’t seem to get his shit organized. His brother still won’t speak to his father, his dad is willing to go to crazy lengths to see his brother and Nick has to train for his new job.
Just when he thinks he might have everything under a bit of control, he’s assigned to work with Ax, the only operator who’s able to get under his skin. Nick needs to put his head down and make a good impression on his first assignment with HC. Too bad Ax is determined not to make it easy…
TITLE: Someone to Watch Over Me
AUTHOR: Libby Simone
SERIES: Private Eyes #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 273 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 11, 2022
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Arthur Adams takes his job seriously, keeping good guys safe and investigating bad guys. When his company is hired to secure the set for a film crew, the job seems straightforward, if not simple. Of course, the films are adult and graphic, so the situation can get hard fast. And it does.
Kit is an adult film star and an anomaly: he’s educated, experienced, and in the business for the fun of it. The seedy realities of his world reveal themselves, however, as his ex’s behavior grows more threatening. Unfortunately, the ex is wealthy and well connected in addition to being a stalker.
As Arthur watches Kit more closely, he finds it more difficult to look away.
The threats against the production become increasingly worrisome as Arthur’s team digs into the background of a rival studio, and they become personal as he unpeels Kit’s layers. As the case uncovers abusers, traffickers, and would-be murderers, all of Arthur’s skills and resources will be put to the test.
TITLE: Ancient
AUTHOR: Rain Carrington
SERIES: Ancient Blood #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 301 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 11, 2022
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In the first book of the series, we meet Adam, sacrificing college to stay in his childhood home for one reason. His sister. Anna is his world, and her safety and happiness is more important to him than his own future. His abusive father makes it hard, but his beloved sister is worth it. Soon, however, with their father out of the picture, he sees that life is no easier and taking care of Anna means doing things that terrify and disgusts him.
The ancient vampire, Neku, doesn’t know exactly how old he is, but he estimates it around five thousand years. In the beginning of it, he felt the sorrow of betrayal, so he never chanced love again in all that time, at least not romantic love. He has a family, a small nest of vampires he’s made and thinks that love was enough for him. Though, for the longest time, he thinks his nest won’t grow unless the younger vampires in the nest make more. It seems that Neku could no longer turn humans to vampires, as his blood is so strong, it boils a human’s brain.
When they meet, Neku is shocked by the color of Adam’s eyes. Is it a sign of the only real threat to ancient vampires? Can Adam and Neku come together in the relationship they both need, or will Adam’s hidden powers tear them apart?
TITLE: Shouting Match
AUTHOR: Pandora Pine
SERIES: Amore Matchmaking #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 260 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 11, 2022
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After the death of his father, Capone Lombardi was tasked not only with keeping his father’s legacy alive, but also to look after his mother and three younger brothers. Putting his own love life on the back-burner, he’s spent the last five years ensuring the family restaurant, Lombardi’s, thrives. It’s pretty sad that the closest he’s gotten to cuddling is nearly being arrested by a ridiculously hot cop with a hard-on for speed limits.
Forty years old and sick of one-night stands and prowling the bar scene, Detective Fuller Sims goes to local Italian restaurant, Lombardi’s, one night for drinks. What he’s not looking for is the youngest Lombardi brother to talk him into his matchmaking scheme. But Fuller is tired of being alone, and Brando Lombardi insists he knows exactly where to find the man of Fuller’s dreams—his overworked older brother, Capone—the guy Fuller almost arrested a few hours earlier.
Taking a chance on each other, Capone and Fuller find out that Brando might have matchmaking skills after all. When a blizzard sets its sights on the rugged Maine coast, a shouting match between the new lovers sends Fuller out into the raging storm. Can Capone find him before it’s too late?
TITLE: Welcome to the Show
AUTHOR: Jules Kelley
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 218 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 11, 2022, 2nd Revised Edition
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Rockstar Keith and actor Adam have the kind of relationship that keeps tabloids in business: Passionate and dramatic. They’ve mostly managed to keep their taste for threesomes a secret, though…until they meet Sebastian, a budding journalist who fits perfectly between them. Navigating their careers and a long-term threeway relationship in the public eye of 2012 is playing with fire—and if the paparazzi doesn’t destroy them, their inner demons just might.
Note: This high-heat romance title was previously released as LoveGames by M Jules Aedin in 2012. This edition has been significantly revised with mostly new content, including a brand new ending.
TITLE: Red Sun
AUTHOR: M.D. Grimm
SERIES: The Shifter Chronicles #14
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 304 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 11, 2022
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Raphael is no ordinary wolf shifter.
Raphael knows he must be possessed by a demon. What else could explain the aggression, the physical, beastly transformations? To protect himself and others, his father locks him away. But when Raphael is nineteen, the demon gains full control and breaks free. Now Raphael is scared and desperate on the streets of El Paso, Texas, convinced he’s cursed. Then a stray cat enters his life and everything changes.
Ahmes is a cat shifter and knows there’s something off about the young shifter he’s encountered. It soon becomes apparent that the young man doesn’t know what he is, and Ahmes is determined to help and care for him. But gaining the trust of not only the fearsome wolf but the scared young man will take all his persistence.
Friendship, and the potential for more, grows between them as they travel to Haven, Montana—a town founded by shifters, for shifters, and home to a specialized counseling center, one that can help Raphael understand and accept who and what he truly is.
If that wasn’t enough, on their trail is the last person either expected—Gregor Whitefield, the commander of the Knights of the Dawn, which is an organization bent on the eradication of shapeshifters. Gregor enjoys the thrill of the hunt, determined to collect the unique blood that is crucial to Arcas’s great plan.
Raphael’s blood.
TITLE: Kickoff Blues
AUTHOR: Parker Avrile
SERIES: Last Chances Academy #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 289 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 11, 2022
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As long as nobody knows how you feel, they can’t take it away.
Grayson:
My parents don’t believe I was born this way.
They think I’m gay to peeve them off.
But I’m not about to change my truth.
So they ship me off to the all-male academy to get turned into their idea of a real man.
At first, I’m pretty burned up about it.
Then I meet the rookie quarterback.
The sparks between us light up the sky for miles.
Where are we if my folks yank me out of the academy?
Sparky:
I was meant to be a star.
Then I fumbled the ball, and I don’t mean the football.
That senior year arrest lost me my scholarship and my first pick for college.
So now I’m stuck here. The worst team in the southeastern conference. No future.
Or so I thought.
Turns out Gray and me together… we’ve got something special.
Both in and out of the spotlight.
The “in the spotlight” part is what causes all the problems.
TITLE: Spark
AUTHORS: Susan Scott Shelley & Chantal Mer
SERIES: Love & Rugby #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 269 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 11, 2022
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Spending his fortieth birthday in a club filled with twenty-somethings and members of his brother’s rugby team isn’t Finlay Davidson’s idea of fun, but falling into the arms of a sexy stranger who looks as out of place as Finlay feels, entices him to stay. For a decade, he’s partnered with his siblings, focused on building a successful family business and ensuring the well-being of his employees. Romance hasn’t been a priority, but meeting the man, who moonlights as a bouncer and is one of his brother’s teammates, shifts his world and ignites his desire for more.
For the past year and a half, Mateo Rossi Ayala’s life has revolved around working two jobs, bouncing on weekends and doing home remodels during the week. His only respite is the weekly rugby games and practices with teammates who have become like family. Meeting Finlay, his rugby teammate’s brother, is a spark of light in a hectic life consumed by commitments and responsibilities, strong enough for Mateo to believe that the unattainable is possible.
The intensity of their immediate connection outweighs Finlay’s hesitation over dating someone who plays a dangerous sport, and makes Mateo determined to fit their relationship into his life without dropping any balls. When their worlds turn upside down, Finlay’s fears and Mateo’s worst nightmare collide. With their differences and doubts laid bare, can their burgeoning relationship survive the strain or will their bond be severed?
TITLE: The Uncertain Unicorn
AUTHOR: Lorelei M. Hart
SERIES: Male-Order Mates #5
PUBLISHER: Decadent Publishing
LENGTH: 123 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 12, 2022
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A group of unicorns is a blessing…
Once there were many unicorns, but now we are few, and with the loss of my mate, one less. My daughter and I are rarities in the world. The university where I hoped for tenure has just shut down their entomology department, leaving few other options to support us. Bug studies in the big city? Not so much. I need to make a new start. Remarkably I’ve found the opportunity both to work and to ease the loneliness of the past five years in a national park out West. If I dare…
I might have been out of my mind or possibly drunk the night I filled out the Male-Order App form that night. But so many of my fellow rangers have had incredible luck in meeting their special omega that the thought of one more winter in that cabin alone provided the final boost to clicking the send button. Cliff is a unicorn, not another bear like me, but he’s also interested in accepting the special project we’ve had trouble finding, making it a win win for both of us. Or a huge mistake. But how did I miss the message that it’s not just a male-order unicorn…but that he comes as a package deal with a very sassy daughter who is not happy to meet me. They’ve given up their home and everything else to come here and start fresh. And there are no other available winterized cabins so we are going to spend the cold, snowy months together. Me. A unicorn omega. And Felicity…
TITLE: Roommate Arrangement
AUTHOR: Saxon James
SERIES: Divorced Men’s Club #1
PUBLISHER: May Books
LENGTH: 288 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 12, 2022
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Payne:
In search of: room to rent.
Must ignore the patheticness of a forty-year-old roommate.
Preferably dirt cheap as funds are tight (nonexistent).
There’s nothing sadder than moving back to my hometown newly divorced, homeless, and lost for what my next move is.
When my little brother’s best friend offers me a place to stay in exchange for menial duties, I swallow my pride and jump at the offer.
I need this.
I also need Beau to wear a shirt. And ditch the gray sweatpants. And not leave his door ajar when he’s in compromising positions …
Beau:
In search of: roommate.
Must be non smoker and non douchebag.
Room payment to be made in meal planning, repairs, and dumb jokes.
Since my career took off, I barely have time to breathe, let alone keep my life in order. I’m naturally chaotic, make terrible decisions, and scare off potential dates with my “weirdness”.
So when Payne gets back into town and needs somewhere to stay, I offer him my spare room with one condition: while he’s staying with me, I need him to help me become date-able.
And while he does that, I can focus on my other plan: ignoring that Payne is the only man I’ve ever wanted to date.
TITLE: Clean Start at Forty-Seven
AUTHOR: Nora Phoenix
SERIES: Forty-Seven Duology #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 261 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 12, 2022
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I’m done hiding who I am.
Pretending to be straight, to be the loving, devoted husband and successful ER doctor everyone wanted me to be has been exhausting.
I numbed the pain any way I could, and in the end, it cost me everything. My job, my marriage, the relationship with my grown kids.
But now I’m clean, and for the first time, I’m living my true life as an out gay man.
I need to get my act together, to get healthy again. Benoni is my new personal trainer…twenty years my junior. He makes my mouth water and certain other body parts react. Oh, and he’s also my son’s best friend.
I’m forty-seven years old. It’s time for a clean start. But where does Benoni fit in?
TITLE: The Other Brother
AUTHOR: Jax Calder
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 300 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 12, 2022
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What happens when you fall for the one person you can’t have?
Ryan has had seventeen years of being compared to Cody, part of his toxic fractured family, so you’ll forgive him for some epic eye-rolling when it comes to Mr Perfect. Although not related to him by blood, Cody has always been annoying background noise in Ryan’s life. It doesn’t help that Cody’s a high achieving musician, while Ryan’s life ambition doesn’t extend past catching the next wave.
One summer changes everything. It’s the summer when circumstances collide, and Cody and Ryan end up spending time together at Cody’s family’s beach house. It’s the summer Ryan teaches Cody to surf and Cody teaches Ryan to play guitar. It’s the summer when they become friends.
And then more than friends.
But when summer ends, Cody and Ryan are forced back to reality, where they must hide their relationship from their warring family members. And as tragedy strikes and family secrets buried deep in the past worm their way to the surface, their relationship is threatened. Can their feelings, which began in the summer sun, survive the winter ahead?
TITLE: Mine: Sam & Alec
AUTHOR: November Sweets
SERIES: Grimm Brothers’ Tattoo World #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 108 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 12, 2022
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For Sam and Alec things are good but that’s it.
They still haven’t mated after months of waiting for both of them to heal.
Living with the Grimm Pack as Clay liked to call it is chaotic but filled with so much love.
It’s not enough for either of them just to live in that happy bubble though.
Sam’s wolf is about to lose it, and Alec feels the guilt of being the one to make them wait.
No one deserves a happy ending more than these two, but will everyday struggles and drama push them apart or draw them together?
TITLE: College Days
AUTHOR: Rebecca Cohen
SERIES: Reagalos #0.5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 230 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 13, 2022
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Lornyc is good at keeping secrets, because secrets can get you kicked out of College.
Lornyc considers the undergraduate course, and most of the people on it beneath him. He just needs to through this year and then he can start his doctorate.
Methian might be attractive enough, but he’s an annoying, fat-headed, sloth toad, and Lornyc doesn’t want him as a lab partner. In fact, Lornyc doesn’t want anything to do with him.
TITLE: Ghost of Truth
AUTHOR: Alice Winters
SERIES: Medium Trouble #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 338 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 13, 2022
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Hiro
When I first realized that I could see the dead, I never imagined that it would allow me to help save the lives of others and pull me into Detective Maddox Booker’s path. Through my ability, ghosts have become some of my greatest friends and allies.
But now, someone’s dead and his ghost is gone. Ghosts have sought my help for my entire life, wanting to be heard, but something is keeping them quiet, almost hostile as our search for the ghost of the dead man leads us to a small village. Even though everything looks normal on the outside, I’m starting to wonder what’s happening on the inside.
Maddox
Life is better than it’s ever been. Hiro’s by my side and has brought my best friend Reggie back into my life—if we can consider Reggie’s harassment (even as a ghost) a positive. And even Hiro’s horde of ghosts won’t keep me from asking him to move in with me. The only issue is that work is never quiet, especially when Hiro is able to dive into a whole new side of a case by speaking to the victims of the dead.
But when someone takes Hiro from me in the middle of the night, I know that I will do absolutely anything to get him back, and I will make them pay for what they’ve done.
TITLE: The Warlock of New Randolph
AUTHOR: Jack Brightside
SERIES: The Warlocks of Westland #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 171 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 13, 2022
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Sam and Kevin move back into Kevin’s McMansion. They’re joined by Morgan, who agrees to a one-month truce after being unsealed from the backyard firepit. The warlocks, their apprentices, Morgan and Grainne living together under one roof is immediate chaos.
In a desperate attempt to get Morgan to abandon her claim to Westland, Kevin asks the Warlock of New Randolph to allow her to move into his territory. The warlock agrees on one condition: he wants the construction contract for the Westland dog park. Sam and Kevin scramble to lobby the town bureaucrats amend the contract before the park opens.
Kevin’s power continues to grow. Sam worries that Kevin will return to his old ways and bewitch the village to serve him. Sam and Duck secretly begin work on binding spells for Kevin and Morgan as insurance against the powerful witches.
TITLE: Legally Claimed
AUTHOR: Alexa Piper
SERIES: Elvenswood Tales #5
PUBLISHER: Changeling Press
LENGTH: 175 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2022
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Peter is good at being a lawyer. He also happens to be a vampire, which — in his experience — is far less exciting than the books make it out to be. The most romance he gets these days is watching others fall in love. But this vicarious lifestyle isn’t something Peter minds or even wants to change.
Theo escaped an abusive relationship and is determined to get his college degree, even if prostitution is how he pays for it. No stranger to the supernatural, he has agreed to let vampires bite him for money, but his first client in the new city is nothing like Theo expected.
Peter has no good reason to tuck Theo into bed after that blood donation, but he does. Peter also has no reason to fantasize about Theo, and yet, Peter’s mind is soon drifting to the pretty, black-haired, jade-eyed boy he doesn’t even really know.
TITLE: Evil Omega
AUTHOR: S. Rodman
PUBLISHER: Dark Angst Publishing
LENGTH: 204 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2022
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Gay. Necromancer. Werewolf. Supervillian. Power bottom.
Silas is all of these and more.
Silas Northstar is an outcast. A wolf shifter without a pack. A hated and feared necromancer, infamous for killing an entire pack. He aspires to become the true supervillain people whisper he is.
He is also an omega. Heat cycles are a fact of life, but he has no problem finding casual fun with humans to satisfy his needs. He can’t imagine that ever changing. He doesn’t do lonely, and he definitely doesn’t do feelings. He doesn’t need an alpha.
Dean Westlake is a happy-go-lucky alpha who is trying his best to settle into his new pack in a new city. The pack’s Alpha, George, is an idiot, but Dean is glad to not be alone anymore. Few packs will accept a second alpha, so he knows his choices are limited. He needs to make this work.
The rumors of the city’s supervillain sound far-fetched. He’s not worried.
Then the Westlake pack captures Silas. That night he goes into heat. Someone has to deal with it.
Dean gets the honor, and the fireworks begin.
The morning light shows Silas has vanished. Everyones says no one can keep Silas Northstar for long.
Dean vows to prove them wrong.
TITLE: Strings Attached
AUTHOR: Riley Hart
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 267 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2022
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I spent college worrying about responsibilities and earning my teaching degree, so before graduation and moving to Atlanta with my best friend, Ross, I figure I deserve a little fun. I’ve never been with an older man, but the guy at the bar grabs my attention and doesn’t let go…for multiple rounds, all night long.
The next day, when Ross introduces me to his dad, the last thing I expect is for him to be my hookup from the night before, in town from Atlanta for his son’s graduation.
The best thing would be to pretend it never happened, which is easier said than done. The more I talk to Harrison, the more I like him. We enjoy teasing each other, spending time together, and despite how successful he is, we both know what it’s like to have nothing. Neither of us wants a relationship, so when Harrison suggests a no-strings-attached fling, it’s perfect.
But between bills, worrying about Mom, and wondering how I thought I had what it takes to be a good teacher, Harrison’s always there, even when it’s hard for me to accept help.
Falling for Harrison wasn’t part of the agreement.
I don’t know how to trust, there’s a seventeen-year age difference, and he’s my best friend’s dad.
No strings attached has never been so difficult, because I’m pretty sure I want to be tied to Harrison for good.
TITLE: Maximus
AUTHOR: Stella Rainbow
SERIES: Lords of Otherworld #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 287 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2022
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Maximus
The wellness check on the nephew of a murdered man was supposed to be just that: a wellness check. I had work to do, evildoers to catch but everything changed the moment I saw Kym.
For the first time in my long existence, I’d found something more important than my work. But with evil brewing in the shadows, my realm needed me more than ever.
I had no idea what to do with these feelings.
Kym
After the mysterious way my uncle died, I’d grown wary of every stranger I came across. I knew something was off about my uncle’s death, but I had no proof and no one who would believe me.
When I’d spotted the huge, intimidating man lurking outside my shop one times too many, I was sure he knew something. There was something about him that told me I could trust him, but that couldn’t be right.
I had no idea how my life would be turned upside down by him.
TITLE: Storm Warrior
AUTHORS: Jocelynn Drake & Rinda Elliott
SERIES: Weavers Circle #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 323 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2022
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Hale Anderson
The Air Weaver.
He was the freaking Air Weaver. Not exactly what he expected when he got kidnapped by the pestilents, but Hale’s good rolling with the punches.
He can take a little time away from his pursuit of a doctorate in astrophysics to save the world.
Except that the final spell is poised to kill all the Weavers and their last hope lies with him finding his soul mate.
Hale doesn’t want a soul mate. He just wants Harrison.
Harrison William Davenport III
As the Keeper of the Heart of the Earth, Harrison must bring the final key to the Weavers if they’re to stop the pestilents.
He’s trained for this task his entire life. And he’s prepared to die just like his father did with the last generation of the Weavers.
But what if saving the world isn’t enough anymore?
What if the only thing that matters is saving Hale?
TITLE: A Daddy for Emile
AUTHOR: Joe Satoria
SERIES: Daddy’s Boy #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2022
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One Little mistake makes for one happy Daddy.
Emile Atkinson’s life is turned on its head when he begins to fall for a fling. Usually a closeted faceless hookup app user, he’s ready to step out and lose everything to follow happiness. And he needs a firm-handed guide to help. But what if he’s not experienced enough for love?
Theo Penton seeks pleasure in life, and as a rich businessman, he has his pick of men. He’s known not to get attached, and yet, he finds himself drawn to something in Emile. But before he can explore it, a familiar face comes back to haunt him. Will it keep them apart?
Can they come together and overcome their obstacles? Or will they fade like previous flings?
TITLE: Until You
AUTHOR: Avery Adams
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 257 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2022
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When my personal assistant gives notice so she can take care of her aging father I think nothing of asking her to hire and train her replacement. After all, she knows me better than anyone and I trust her implicitly. But perhaps I shouldn’t have been so quick to trust. Maybe then I wouldn’t find myself saddled with an unbearably chipper, if mouthy, slip of a man that has to wear heels to fulfill his claim of being five-foot-five-inches tall… a man who can’t brew a decent pot of coffee to save his life… a man who seems to effortlessly get under my skin and push all of my buttons. What was I thinking?
TITLE: XOXO, Neil
AUTHOR: A.W. Scott
SERIES: Princess Pen Pals #7
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2022
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His greatest wish is for two men to love him…
Neil knew that most people wouldn’t understand the burning desire inside of him. They wouldn’t be able to see why he’d stayed single for so long with only a sliver of hope that he’d ever find what he wished for. But when two men suddenly become interested, he discovers the road to happiness is harder than he expected.
Oscar has loved his best friend for as long as he can remember. It’s been a fight to keep himself in the friend-zone while watching the other man date. He knew they were both dominant types, but he had hope that there was another way. When an adorable professor walks in one night and steals both his and Keller’s attention, he realizes that three is definitely not a crowd.
Keller’s life was dedicated to helping others while remaining aloof. When an injury makes his distant nature near impossible, he finds himself relying on Oscar to help get him back on his feet. It wouldn’t be so bad if he weren’t fighting attraction to his best friend. And things get even more confusing when he meets Neil, the sweet professor who captivates both he and Oscar.
Can Keller accept that he’s attracted to both men equally? Will Oscar be able to control his need to lay pipe every chance he gets the two men in the same room? Does Neil have what it takes to balance two relationships like he’s always wanted?
TITLE: His Determined Bear
AUTHOR: Skye R. Richmond
SERIES: Bears of Asheville #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2022
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Graham’s biggest passion is baking delicious treats. So when his favorite teacher asks him to bake a wedding cake, he can’t turn it down! However, he isn’t prepared to meet Cooper, the son of the bride who looks good enough to lick. One sniff and he knows Cooper’s his mate. But what does the man do? He criticizes Graham’s brownie recipe! Now Graham is determined to show his mate who’s boss… of the kitchen.
Cooper takes his first vacation in years to attend his mother’s wedding. He thought his world would be turned upside down when he learns about shifters, but a neurotic baker has him in a full tailspin! Forget the brownies, Cooper could eat Graham. Too bad his visit to Asheville is only temporary. In a few weeks, he’ll be back to work and Graham will be a very warm and fuzzy memory.
Or so he thinks.
What happens when a cranky opinionated omega meets a sweet yet determined bear?
TITLE: Clan and Covenant
AUTHOR: Tracy St. John
SERIES: Clan Beginnings #8
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 208 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2022
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Initially unsure about their impending arranged union, Dramok Korkla and Nobek Raxstad have grown to care for each other. They’re impatient to begin their life together when their parents spring a surprise on them: a third clanmate, someone they’ve never met, has been chosen to join them.
Imdiko Govi has delayed being promised to a clan for several reasons: his burgeoning psychology career and a past arranged clanship that went horribly wrong. However, his parents are certain they’ve found the perfect Dramok and Nobek for him and won’t take no for an answer.
The trio is reluctant to give the arranged relationship a chance, but sparks soon fly. Love seems assured, but trouble is waiting in the wings. Govi is crushed when he fails a patient, sending him into a tailspin that threatens his newfound relationship. Worse, as a member of the Royal House staff, Korkla soon finds himself in the path of a murderous foe. An attack on Raxstad threatens to destroy the clan before it begins.
Love on Kalquor is wonderful, but only if the trio survives to enjoy it.
TITLE: Crazy About You
AUTHOR: T.J. Blackley
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 255 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2022
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Devante Miller, a grad student studying library science, is ready to try and make things work with fellow student Preeda as they both rocket toward graduation. Certainly their friend Mike wants them together, from how much he keeps pushing Devante about it. But then Devante meets Michael Lopez, an out-and-proud, up-and-coming figure skater, and all of Devante’s plans — and Devante himself — go head over heels.
Michael is like no one Devante’s ever met before, and Devante finds himself falling into Michael’s orbit. But loving Michael comes with its own complications. Devante has to figure out how to come out to his father, for one, on top of launching his own career and supporting Michael’s skating. And why is one of their friends so threatened by their budding relationship?
TITLE: Moving Towards the Light
AUTHOR: Rick R. Reed
SERIES: Penance #2
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 48 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2022
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Miranda had been through it all in her young life: homelessness, the victim of a crime that made national headlines, and losing those closest to her. Now, she barely gets by in a rat hole apartment in uptown Chicago, drowning her sorrows in alcohol she’s too young to buy, and making ends meet by turning tricks.
And, just when she thinks it can get no worse, it does. With the lure of easy cash before her, she blows off her shift at McDonald’s and heads home with an older guy she met in a bar. But when she gets there, she finds the guy has a party all set to go, when what Miranda had in mind was one-on-one. After a brutal assault and rape, Miranda winds up in the hospital, clinging to life.
In the half world between life and death, she finds Jimmy Fels, her dearest love, the boy who had died years before to save her. His appearance is enigmatic, but comforting and Miranda is just beginning to discover that he has returned to avenge her.
The men will pay. And Miranda finds, through her connection with a long-lost love, that vengeance is truly sweet.
TITLE: One Would Be Enough
AUTHOR: Holly Day
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 70 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2022
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Teo Solace has worked hard to achieve his dream of owning a house. But he didn’t know he would become next-door neighbor to werewolves or that refusing the pack’s demand to sell the house to them would end with being kidnapped.
Jerico Franklin left his pack sixteen years ago, and he never planned to return. By refusing to mate with the female his father picked for him, he believed he was doomed to live the rest of his life as a lone wolf. He didn’t expect to wake up in a dark cellar with a human by his side. Jerico shouldn’t care about the human, but when he learns his former pack intends to kill Teo to take over his house, he knows he has to find a way to get them out of there before he loses control of his wolf.
Teo never believed he’d care for a wolf, but spending days in the dark with nothing but Jerico’s voice to cling to shifts his perspectives. Humans are a dime on a dozen. One more or less shouldn’t matter, but Jerico would’ve lost himself in the dark if it wasn’t for Teo. For how long will Jerico be able to keep Teo safe from the pack? For how long can he keep him safe from himself?
TITLE: On Pins and Needlepoints
AUTHOR: Gareth Vaughn
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 84 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2022
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When Ian picks up a weird needlepoint at an antiques store, he expects nothing more out of the ordinary than dealing with his eccentric buyer, Ellen. But when the man he bumps into on the way out of the store finds him again later at a local bar, Ian decides to throw caution to the wind and take Gabe back home with him for the night. Ian’s pleased with the decision — until he realizes Gabe has stolen the needlepoint in the night and is now missing.
Offended, Ian tracks down Gabe and the missing needlepoint. What he discovers when Gabe finally confesses his reasoning to him is much more than Ian is expecting. With a mystery on their hands and Ellen as enlisted help, Ian and Gabe are on a mission to unravel the secrets of the strange needlepoint — before the man stalking them injures them, or worse.
TITLE: Snowed in with the Scot
AUTHOR: Hannah Morse
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 59 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2022
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Scottish sculptor Broc Muir is right where he wants to be on Christmas Eve, alone in a remote Highlands castle with his current project. There are no decorations, no holiday music, and while a blizzard is bearing down on him and his only clean outfit is his kilt, he can grumble all he wants since nobody’s around to hear him.
Dawson Clark is back on Earth after more than a year in the close confines of the International Space Station. He loves Christmas but wants to spend it away from the demands of a hectic family, so accepts an offer to stay in a Scottish castle. With a van full of decorations, he pulls up to an ancient edifice just as a storm starts, only to find the castle already has a very handsome occupant.
Stranded together, can the magic of Christmas help two very different people find in each other what they need the most?
TITLE: Duplicity
AUTHOR: A. E. Madsen
SERIES: Blue Mountain University #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 318 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2022
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Daniel
When my ex outed me, he also lied about our relationship, and everything changed. Now, I’ve been effectively disowned by my parents, and I haven’t dated anyone in almost nine months since. According to my friend, that’s too much time to waste regretting the actions of a good for nothing jerk. Part of me wants to get back out there, but I’m not sure. She insists on setting me up on a semi blind date with her old study buddy. But when I run into him on campus, he isn’t anything like she said.
Ian
I can count the number of people that I’ve told I’m bi on one hand, make that one finger. I’ve never been the out and proud type. So, when Daniel approached me nervously asking about a date, I was a little surprised, but I was also on my way to soccer practice and had no time to think it through. I gave him my number so we could meet up later and we went on a date the next weekend. It was great, and he kissed me when we were saying goodbye. Then he called me Aiden. That’s my brother’s name. Did I forget to mention I’m a twin?
TITLE: Heart Thief
AUTHOR: Skylar Sweeney
SERIES: Blood Brothers #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 292 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2022, 2nd Revised Edition
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They say love conquers all, but is it more powerful than revenge?
A decade ago, Rex stole the heart of Mason’s brother–literally–and Mason has never forgiven the wealthy assassin for taking that transplant. All he wants is payback for his brother’s loss, but his every attempt has turned out like a bad prank.
Rex knows what it’s like to live on the dark side, and there’s nothing he loves more than watching his beautiful good-guy with a vengeance play bad. So when Mason infiltrates Rex’s black market company, the former assassin is perfectly happy with the idea of this innocently beautiful man stealing his heart away… at least until Rex realizes Mason’s really after the newly developed transplant heart that he needs to survive.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Heart Thief has “gone gay” and is now an LGBT romance! Previously published as m/f, this series (which was renamed as Blood Brothers to keep things clear) is now LGBT with m/m main characters! This is the way it was originally written, but for marketing reasons was originally published as m/f romance. So happy to have it back to what it was always meant to be–as gay as the fabulous author! ;P
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