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 |
| Troublemaker | Charity Parkerson | Punk & Sissy Publications | 2/7/2022 | The D #7 | Amazon |
| A Gilded Iron Blade | Kai Butler | Self Published | 2/7/2022 | San Amaro Investigations #3 | Amazon |
| Send Me One Back? | Lou Skelton | Self Published | 2/7/2022 | Amazon | |
| Eruca | Xenia Melzer | DSP Publications | 2/8/2022 | Arthropoda #2 | Amazon |
| A Valentine to Die For | Aver Rigsly | Pride Publishing | 2/8/2022 | Noir Nights #1 | Amazon |
| Getting Off | J.R. Hart | NineStar Press | 2/8/2022 | Amazon | |
| Suspiciously Sweet | Samantha SoRelle | Balcarres Books | 2/8/2022 | Amazon | |
| The Devil You Know | Morgan Brice | Darkwind Press | 2/8/2022 | Witchbane #6 | Amazon |
| Shattered | Eve Riley | Naughty Nights Press | 2/8/2022 | From The Edge #1 | Amazon |
| Dark Sonata | Claire Marta | Self Published | 2/8/2022 | Elysium #1 | Amazon |
| Devil in the Details | Anni Lee | Self Published | 2/8/2022 | Amazon | |
| Blood at Dusk | Cassie Alexander | Self Published | 2/8/2022 | Dark Ink Tattoo #2 | Amazon |
| Scapegoat | J.R. Gray | Self Published | 2/9/2022 | Working Dogs #1 | Amazon |
| New Daddy at Forty-Seven | Nora Phoenix | Self Published | 2/9/2022 | Forty-Seven Duology #2 | Amazon |
| Extended Stay | Mia Monroe | Self Published | 2/9/2022 | California Crush #1 | Amazon |
| In Step | Jay Hogan | Southern Lights Publishing | 2/10/2022 | Painted Bay #3 | Amazon |
| The Changling | Lee Colgin | Self Published | 2/10/2022 | Outcast Mates #2 | Amazon |
| Egotistical Puckboy | Eden Finley & Saxon James | Self Published | 2/10/2022 | Puckboys #1 | Amazon |
| Moon River Troublemaker | Fel Fern | Self Published | 2/10/2022 | Exiled Pack #5 | Amazon |
| The Stolen Court | Megan Derr | Self Published | 2/10/2022 | Unbreakable Soldiers #3 | Amazon |
| The Devil’s Boyfriend | Alexa Piper | Changeling Press | 2/11/2022 | Hellbound #2 | Amazon |
| Domestic Animals | Gregory Ashe | Hodgkin & Blount | 2/11/2022 | Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand #3 | Amazon |
| Not My Sinner | Avril Ashton | Self Published | 2/11/2022 | Brooklyn Sinners #4.1 | Amazon |
| Trinity | Athena Steller | Self Published | 2/11/2022 | Unlocked Mates #2 | Amazon |
| February Sugar | K.L. Noone | JMS Books | 2/12/2022 | Amazon | |
| Budding Hopes | Vivien Dean | JMS Books | 2/12/2022 | 2nd Edition | Amazon |
| Lion Rising | Diana DeRicci | Purple Sword Publications | 2/12/2022 | The Prophecy of the Valda-Cree #1 | Amazon |
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TITLE: Troublemaker
AUTHOR: Charity Parkerson
SERIES: The D #7
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 107 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 7, 2022
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A known criminal. A well-respected judge. What could go wrong?
At twenty, Rocco has seen more life than most people twice his age. Raised inside a criminal family, Rocco is harder than most. He doesn’t need anyone. In fact, he’s used to living life above the law and on his terms. It grates to want a judge more than twice his age, but he can’t stop. The honorable Judge Byron Chester is under his skin. Rocco must dig him out.
While Byron’s reputation is squeaky clean, he’s been a regular guest at Silas D’s exclusive parties for years. In certain circles, his debauchery is well known. Still, he keeps that side of himself as far away from the public eye as possible. Meeting Rocco wasn’t part of his plan. Byron always intended to live free until he drops dead. He can’t get the much younger troublemaker out of his head. Byron fears he won’t stop coming back for more until Rocco ruins him. Maybe it’s already too late.
With secrets and public images standing in their way, can Rocco and Byron find any common ground? Or will Rocco’s shady life be the end of the line for them… literally?
TITLE: A Gilded Iron Blade
AUTHOR: Kai Butler
SERIES: San Amaro Investigations #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 465 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 7, 2022
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Saving the city was supposed to be the hard part…
Parker Ferro can’t catch a break. After saving San Amaro from destruction for the second time and reconciling with his boyfriend, his current plans are to relax on his couch until his ears stop ringing.
Unfortunately, the thousand realms he just saved have a way of yanking him back into service and the dead have come back to haunt him. When he’s called in by the SAPD to consult on the murder of an anti-paranormals protestor killed with fae magic, Parker is caught up in an intricate political web that was spun long before he was ever born.
Now Parker has to unravel the mystery behind the murder and untangle old family secrets before irreversible damage is done to his new friends and alliances. At least this time, he’ll hopefully have some help…
TITLE: Send Me One Back?
AUTHOR: Lou Skelton
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 147 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 7, 2022
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Each of the eight full-length short stories takes you somewhere new, from sweet friends-to-more romance in a winter cabin to a misbehaving Earl’s private party at the court of Queen Anne. Whether the heat is mild or sizzling, humour and heart are at the centre of every story.
– The End of the Line — An impeccably-dressed stranger captures Charlie’s attention during his morning commute. A lightly kinky story of longing and leather.
– Satori — Only one bed alert! Aidan and Dimitris undertake a snowy adventure in the Scottish Highlands and find more than just shelter in a tiny remote cabin.
– Of Camaraderie and Corruption — In which the Earl of Harley’s servant, Spencer, is led horribly astray by his lord’s friends. Can he escape their clutches and redeem himself? Or is there more to Spencer than meets the eye?
– Inside Looking Out — A pair of identical high-rise flats, several enormous windows, and some hot, frustrated neighbours. Find some voyeuristic relief during the pandemic summer of 2020.
– The Price of Admission — Ash agrees to meet his new love interest Omar at a fetish club but spends the night feeling like a fish out of water. Can he find what he’s seeking? An exhibitionist tale with a supernatural twist.
– Meeting Isaac — Daksh is only too willing to help the terminally-anxious Isaac break out of his shell when asked by sex worker Luis. A therapeutic threesome told in three parts.
– Devotions — Follow Benjamin as he enters an all-male religious order and enjoy some priest kink with a difference. For those in the Brotherhood, worship takes an unlikely form and Benjamin must learn to play his part correctly.
– Send Me One Back — Two childhood friends are reunited on a family vacation. Elis is self-obsessed, vain, and desperate for attention. Stuck in a Spanish villa alongside him, our diary-writing hero is drawn into a surprisingly tender romance.
TITLE: Eruca
AUTHOR: Xenia Melzer
SERIES: Arthropoda #2
PUBLISHER: DSP Publications
LENGTH: 344 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2022
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When Detective George Donovan and his eccentric partner, Detective Andi Hayes, need a break from their gruesome job, a hike seems like just the thing.
Unfortunately, the job catches up with them when they find three dead men in a lake.
When the promising clues dry up, George and Andi turn once more to Andi’s “gift”—but this time things aren’t so easy. Andi’s mysterious talents are growing stronger, making it harder to block out the barrage of information and taking a toll on his physical and mental health. The cryptic clues his informants offer are even more bizarre than the case itself. And the more they discover about the victims, the more uncomfortable the investigation becomes.
Torn between catching a killer and serving justice, between George’s career and Andi’s sanity, the detectives have their work cut out for them if they’re going to solve these murders.
TITLE: A Valentine to Die For
AUTHOR: Aver Rigsly
SERIES: Noir Nights #1
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 168 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2022
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Having a secret admirer can be deadly.
Ricky Morris, private investigator on New York’s elite Upper East Side, has forged a shady yet profitable life as a gumshoe for wealthy Manhattanites after burning the bridge to his law enforcement past. When women in the city are targeted by a sweet-toothed murderer in the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, the last thing Ricky expects is to be hired by the younger brother of the man who ruined his life.
Timothy Ward, young, fresh patrolman for the N.Y.P.D. who never thought he’d have to step outside the law, finds himself in desperate need of Ricky’s help when he fears his brother, James Ward, the Deputy Chief, could be behind the killing spree.
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, both men will have to work in the shadows, putting their careers and lives on the line to get to the bottom of the murderer’s sickly sweet and cruel plans. That is, if the burning heat of undeniable—and very forbidden—lust between them doesn’t consume them in the flames of reckless desire first…
TITLE: Getting Off
AUTHOR: J.R. Hart
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 238 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2022
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JJ is certain he’s got everything figured out. He’s straight, right? He’s just not into the hookup culture prevalent on his college soccer team. But he’s trying to hide that to avoid getting on his team captain’s bad side.
Kade is anything but straight. Out and proud, he’s curious about how the “other half” lives… even as his best friends remind him there’s more to the LGBTQ+ community than just the “G.” Curious, Kade texts JJ a simple question: do straight guys ever get off together?
When JJ’s reply leads to a head-spinning sexual spark, he starts questioning everything he knows about his sexuality, both in terms of who he’s attracted to, and also why hookups have never been his thing. But when JJ endures trauma that confuses him more, he starts pushing Kade away. Kade has to learn how to be a supportive friend, and more than that, a supportive partner, or risk losing JJ altogether. And JJ? He has to fight for his team to be team players, even when they suspect he’s “playing for the other team.”
TITLE: Suspiciously Sweet
AUTHOR: Samantha SoRelle
PUBLISHER: Balcarres Books
LENGTH: 137 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2022
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Trevor Hill has a secret.
By day he’s a mild-mannered journalist, but by night he’s the hottest—and most hated—food critic in town. When he walks into Nana O’Neill’s Bakery looking for his next scathing review, the last thing he expects is someone like Owen behind the counter. The scowling man looks more like a bouncer than a baker, but after one bite, Trevor is in love—with Owen’s baking at least.
Owen O’Neill has secrets of his own.
Scarred, tattooed Owen would rather be in the kitchen whipping up pastries than dealing with actual people. But with the business failing, he can’t bring himself to kick out any repeat customers, even ones as annoying, dismissive, sarcastic, funny, and gorgeous as Trevor.
All Owen wants is to be left to run his little bakery in peace—a task made more difficult not only by Trevor’s distracting presence, but also by the legions of fans that show up following a review by a famous yet secretive critic…
TITLE: The Devil You Know
AUTHOR: Morgan Brice
SERIES: Witchbane #6
PUBLISHER: Darkwind Press
LENGTH: 218 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2022
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Seth and Evan met “on the job” when Evan was the intended sacrifice of a dark coven, and Seth came to the rescue. Now, they’ve teamed up to stop a century of ritual murders and get justice for Seth’s brother Jesse and the other victims.
Seth and Evan have a plan to stop the next witch disciple, plus new allies and magic. But this time, the warlock knows they’re coming, and he has plans of his own. When Seth disappears and is trapped in a spell that gives him his heart’s desire, can he free himself in time to help Evan?
And when Evan’s younger brother shows up unexpectedly, can Evan trust Parker to have his back? It all comes down to trusting the devil you know!
TITLE: Shattered
AUTHOR: Eve Riley
SERIES: From The Edge #1
PUBLISHER: Naughty Nights Press
LENGTH: 145 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2022
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Can two young gay men survive the hate and find love?
Jimmy Ashford’s senior year is looking good. His part-time job hours are lining up perfectly with studying and his future goals. With his parents behind him all the way, he knows he is one of the lucky ones when it comes to support and love. He’s gay, out, and proud.
He can’t wait to graduate and go off to Art School. Being an artist is all he’s ever dreamed about. Well, except now there’s the new sexy-as-sin Zane Hamilton. Life is suddenly a lot more interesting, but can Jimmy tolerate being Zane’s dirty little secret?
Zane Hamilton only has a few more years before he will be free of his controlling parents and is finally able to start his dream for the future. If only he can make it that long. His father is determined he work in the family business and marry a woman he has zero interest in. If he doesn’t comply, his whole future is at risk.
As manager of the quaint little diner in town, he has no business staring at one of the staff, but Jimmy is so free and confident, gorgeous too. Everything he wants. Everything he needs. Keeping his eyes, and hands, off Jimmy is torture, and he hates keeping Jimmy in the background like a dirty little secret, but if his parents find out he’s gay all hell will break loose.
Is Zane willing to stand up for Jimmy, for their love?
TITLE: Dark Sonata
AUTHOR: Claire Marta
SERIES: Elysium #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 155 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2022
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It started with a piano.
A beautiful duet played through the wall of my new apartment in Rome with a neighbor I’d never seen.
Intimate, enthralling, I was fascinated long before I met Simone.
His music moves across my skin in a gentle caress each night. The passion and fury of his concerto gliding over the contours of my body.
But the sweetness of the melody between us holds a deeper, darker, turbulent note. His harmony consumes both my spirit and my mind. Our song is full of heartache that has been playing long before our meeting.
Simone isn’t what he seems.
I’m losing my soul to his music and I’m frightened what will happen when I plunge over the edge.
TITLE: Devil in the Details
AUTHOR: Anni Lee
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 196 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2022
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What is your soul worth? Money? Fame? Success? Freedom? A donut?
When Franz Legrand accidentally started a career as a Private Investigator, he thought he’d solve a few crimes and make a few bucks. But when a suicide case leads him into a contract (And a passionate kiss) with the Devil, he finds himself with some unexpected, and perhaps unwanted, new powers.
Lucian, the Devil’s incarnate, can’t help but be drawn to the young detective. Their chance encounter quickly snowballs into an unlikely partnership as Lucian takes Franz under his wing and teaches him how to control his new abilities. Lucian knows he’ll never have Franz’s soul, but that doesn’t stop him from trying to claim his heart!
TITLE: Blood at Dusk
AUTHOR: Cassie Alexander
SERIES: Dark Ink Tattoo #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 208 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2022
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Jack wasn’t always a vampire, and Angela wasn’t always a werewolf—delve into the events that brought them together.
Angela: I thought my best friend Willa was crazy when she wanted us to flirt with the leader of a motorcycle gang but somehow, the three of us fell in love…at least that’s what I thought. Then I realized the horrific truth about Gray’s gang—everyone in it was a werewolf. Monsters were real. And suddenly, Willa and I were expendable, unless we became monsters, too.
Jack: I wasn’t expecting to see my high school crush at a strip club—but once I saw Thea spinning around a pole, I knew I’d gamble everything I owned for a night with her. Too bad in order to save her, I would have to make a deal with a vampire: become a monster, or watch Thea die.
She was a woman forced to sacrifice her humanity.
He was a man risking everything for first love.
TITLE: Scapegoat
AUTHOR: J.R. Gray
SERIES: Working Dogs #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 250 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 9, 2022
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Special Agent Nolan Hudson
At seventeen, I ran. I joined the military and planned to never step foot in my home town again. Nothing could make me return to that hellhole and the pain I buried there, or so I thought— until I found myself on a plane to that very place.
Almost two decades later, I’m forced home to help find a missing nine year old. As a member of the most elite K9 special unit in the country, it was my job and you can’t exactly say no to the FBI. It should be easy, and I won’t have to face what I ran from.
However, the case is anything but simple and to make matters worse, I’m faced with the last person I ever wanted to see again: Officer Callum Stone— the sheriff’s son and the town’s golden boy. Only he’s not anymore—he’s a ruin of what he once was.
It’s Callum’s kid who’s missing, and all the feelings I’d spent almost twenty years running from rise to the surface.
As secrets come to light, we realize our small town is hiding a lot more than we thought, and we’ll have to follow the trail of deception to get justice and maybe a second chance at love.
TITLE: New Daddy at Forty-Seven
AUTHOR: Nora Phoenix
SERIES: Forty-Seven Duology #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 280 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 9, 2022
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I’ve never been a Daddy before, but now it’s all I want to be…
I’ve always thought Kinsey was hot AF, but now that I’ve come to know him, he’s so much more than a super sexy silver fox. He’s kind and caring, and so damn courageous.
He’s also vulnerable and needy, and it lights me up like nothing else. I know I’m twenty years younger, but I want to take care of him.
I want to be his protector, his strong man, his knight in shining armor.
I want to be his Daddy…but will he let me?
TITLE: Extended Stay
AUTHOR: Mia Monroe
SERIES: California Crush #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 256 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 9, 2022
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I’ve never been interested in a man before. So why do I want to kiss this one?
Promising my sick uncle I’d help fix his rundown hotel in San Diego was just the beginning of my problems. I plan to do what I can, convince him to sell, and then take off, returning to my calm and structured existence back east. I double down on that plan when I arrive to find it in worse shape than I expected.
Unfortunately, my plans go awry when I fall for the quaint neighborhood, quirky locals, and loyal employees. That’s when he enters my world. A contractor down on his luck, looking for work and a place to stay, offers me an offer too good to pass up.
He makes me feel things I never have before, and now I’m considering hanging around much longer than intended. As long days turn into even longer nights, I can’t force myself to leave him. His presence turns my carefully planned world upside down, and before I know it, my quick trip becomes an Extended Stay.
TITLE: In Step
AUTHOR: Jay Hogan
SERIES: Painted Bay #3
PUBLISHER: Southern Lights Publishing
LENGTH: 373 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 10, 2022
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Karma. You reap what you sow, and KANE MARTIN isn’t looking for forgiveness. But the arrival of ABE TYLER in Painted Bay has Kane dreaming of the impossible. The sexy, silver fox choreographer is determined to pull Kane out from the shadows, but Kane’s life is in neat little boxes for a reason.
A past he isn’t proud of.
A family he’s walked away from.
A job he doesn’t deserve.
A secret he’s ashamed of.
But life’s dance can make for unexpected partners, and learning to trust and keep up with the footwork is the name of the game.
Two steps forward, one step back.
It takes two to Tango.
TITLE: The Changling
AUTHOR: Lee Colgin
SERIES: Outcast Mates #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 244 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 10, 2022
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Dominus—an incubus who runs a brothel called The Twig & Berries—is bored with his life and customers alike.
Sebastian—a changeling faerie swapped at birth for a human infant—is reeling with the knowledge of his true heritage. Unsafe among humans, he travels north to meet others of his kind.
But danger lurks, and when Sebastian is forced to hunker down with Dominus for safe harbor, the tension between them flares hot.
Sebastian is the only person that’s piqued Dominus’s interest in ages, but he’s fae. And Dominus has reason to despise faeries.
Forced together as trespassers infiltrate the territory, will enemies become lovers or will a curse keep them apart forever?
TITLE: Egotistical Puckboy
AUTHORS: Eden Finley & Saxon James
SERIES: Puckboys #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 303 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 10, 2022
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EZRA
Partying, dudes, and hockey. What more could a gay NHL player want?
If it weren’t for Anton Hayes, my life would be perfect.
Not that he affects my life in any way. At all. That would imply I care what the winger from Philly thinks of me.
Which I don’t.
Not even a one-night stand with him can thaw his misplaced animosity toward me.
He says I’m the one with the ego, but he can talk. He rivals me for most egotistical puck boy in the league.
I hate him as much as he hates me. Even if I crave a repeat.
ANTON
When it comes to hockey, I’m all about the game.
I’ve worked for years to be one of the best in the league, and l’ve done it without splashing my orientation all over the tabloids.
My hockey image is one I’ve carefully cultivated, and after one night with Ezra Palaszczuk, I risk it all.
He’s cocky, obnoxious, and has an ego bigger than Massachusetts. And okay, maybe he’s the sexiest man I’ve ever known.
We’ll never get along. Not when we sleep together. Not even when my possessive streak awakens.
That doesn’t stop us from falling into bed together over and over again.
TITLE: Moon River Troublemaker
AUTHOR: Fel Fern
SERIES: Exiled Pack #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 253 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 10, 2022
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If Max wants a future with his mate, he must leave his past behind. Riley must deal with his demons and be the Alpha his Omega needs.
Max Warner is obsessed with tying up loose ends. He and his best friend managed to escape a cult run by a controlling Alpha. That chapter of his life is over. Max should focus on starting fresh. On winning the heart of his broken and gorgeous Alpha. Riley’s resistant and stubborn but Max isn’t daunted. Riley is his fated mate, whether the bullheaded Alpha likes it or not. To move forward, Max must abandon his search for the other missing Omegas. It’s time for Max to put down roots. To strengthen his bond with his mate. When Max finds out it’s not that easy to let go of the past, he has a tough decision to make.
The clock is ticking for Alpha Riley Morton. Day by day, his humanity is slowly slipping away. Max is not afraid of him. He believes in Riley. In the two of them. The sweet and strong-willed Omega might even be the cure he needs, but something is holding Riley back. Max managed to survive one nightmare. Riley can’t subject him to another but he can’t seem to leave Max alone either. If he can’t have Max, no one else can. They’re in this together until the end.
TITLE: The Stolen Court
AUTHOR: Megan Derr
SERIES: Unbreakable Soldiers #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 315 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 10, 2022
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Bertin is a liar and a thief. Once an orphan on the street stealing purses, his life was forever changed when he saved a boy’s life—and then became that boy to the rest of the world. But one lie always leads to another, and life as a Belemeren spy planted in the Engineer Corp has led him to the role of liaison in Ruemri, a kingdom he helped Ruemri’s enemies steal.
His primary duty is to watch King Sesta, which means he is himself watched by the whole of Ruemri’s royal court. For a man used to being overlooked and ignored, the situation is a living nightmare. That situation is further worsened when he receives word of an unspecified terrible event that is going to take place—and then the last person he expected arrives, bringing Bertin’s past and secrets with him.
TITLE: The Devil’s Boyfriend
AUTHOR: Alexa Piper
SERIES: Hellbound #2
PUBLISHER: Changeling Press
LENGTH: 171 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 11, 2022
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Lionel, necromancer and police consultant, finds himself closer to the Devil than he ever wanted to be. But even for a necromancer, life goes on, and murder happens. The next crime scene is just around the corner, and Lionel will do his job… ideally without Lucifer looking over his shoulder.
After a traumatic experience, Lucifer knows he has to protect his necromancer, mostly from the other man’s own stubbornness and ignorance. Lionel is not quite as human as he likes to think, and to Lucifer’s great annoyance, Lionel hasn’t given up on his bad habit of running into situations without thinking.
Lionel doesn’t know how he feels about the Devil, and he doesn’t know what he wants in his life. Lucifer knows what Lionel needs, but getting the necromancer to accept that is the difficult part. And of course, there is murder happening in town, and it is not the boring human-on-human kind of violence. This time around, it looks like immortals are involved. Solving the case will require Lionel to accept who he really is while Lucifer wants his boyfriend to embrace who he truly can be. Lives may depend on it.
TITLE: Domestic Animals
AUTHOR: Gregory Ashe
SERIES: Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand #3
PUBLISHER: Hodgkin & Blount
LENGTH: 427 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 11, 2022
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Sometimes, the most dangerous animals are the ones you let inside.
When a man hires Emery Hazard to track down a teenager who, he claims, robbed him, Hazard isn’t convinced. The story has holes in it, and the client seems eager—too eager—to keep the authorities from getting involved. But Hazard is willing to play along; he suspects something much darker is going on, and he wants to know what it is.
Then his husband, John-Henry Somerset, connects the boy in question to an ongoing suspicious death investigation, and both men realize they’ve stumbled upon something much more complicated. There are too many loose threads: missing money, stolen jewelry, a husband back from the dead, and a string of violent assaults on men paying for sex. And there are too many people with their own agendas.
After Hazard’s client turns up dead, though, the pressure is on. The killer isn’t done yet, and the closer Hazard and Somers come to unearthing the connection between the victims, the greater the danger. They find themselves in a race to uncover the truth before another victim is claimed—and, if Somers is really lucky, in time for him to plan the perfect Valentine’s Day.
TITLE: Not My Sinner
AUTHOR: Avril Ashton
SERIES: Brooklyn Sinners #4.1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 40,000 words
RELEASE DATE: February 11, 2022
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When past and present collide, and secrets are exposed, will their marriage survive the wreckage?
Tommy has a ring on his finger and Mateo Oliveros in his bed. Only he gets to see the softer side of the man he married. Despite who Mateo used to be—and still is—Tommy has never regretted his choice. He’s happy…even if there are things Mateo refuses to share.
Nothing is easy, definitely not marriage to a man who’s been through as much as Tommy has, but Mateo eagerly signed up for all of it. He’ll make sure Tommy knows he’s loved, no matter what it takes. All those sacrifices will mean nothing, though, when Mateo’s sordid past and Tommy’s fragile future collide. In the wreckage of what used to be their love, they’ll have to decide: Who stays and who walks away?
Previously published on the author’s website as a free read.
TITLE: Trinity
AUTHOR: Athena Steller
SERIES: Unlocked Mates #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 243 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 11, 2022
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A Hellhound, Bear, and Bobcat shifter inside the same BDSM club—the sparks are going to fly.
The Alpha to the Hellhounds, Bo has left the Hell realm to search for his mate. The small town he finds himself in calls to him and Bo knows he needs to keep his eyes open. Even trying to prepare himself, Bo is shocked when the truth about his mate is revealed.
Craig has watched over his pack mate Nate knowing one day he was going to have to let him go. As a bear shifter, Craig has two mates somewhere he will hopefully find one day. He won’t know either of his mates until he’s scented them both. But Craig carries a deep dark secret in his heart. He isn’t actually looking for his mates—Craig lost his heart to Nate long ago, and until Nate’s mate comes to claim him, Craig’s main purpose in life is to keep Nate safe and happy.
Nate is broken. It doesn’t matter how many times his family, Craig, or anyone else tells him that he’s not, Nate knows the truth. He’s an ex-military sniper with blood on his hands. He lost his ability to scent during an explosion and suffers from PTSD and night terrors. The only time he feels safe and comfortable is when he is little. Nate knows he is too much trouble and hopes to spare a mate from having to take care of him.
In one instant, everything changes for Bo, Craig, and Nate.
Now they must fight to become the strong triad they’re meant to be.
TITLE: February Sugar
AUTHOR: K.L. Noone
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 23 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2022
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Wesley Kim wants to give his boyfriend a perfect Valentine’s Day. He wants it to be better than Finn could ever imagine. And that’s a lot to live up to, since Finn Ransom’s a genuine movie star. Even worse, everything’s going wrong.
Wes has a prestigious scholarly conference on Valentine’s weekend and he’s supposed to give the keynote talk. He’s brought Finn along but hasn’t had much spare time. The rain won’t let up. And Finn’s legs still hurt from old injuries, in cold damp weather.
Wes is afraid he’s made their Valentine’s Day a disaster, but Finn might have a plan to make it perfectly sweet after all.
TITLE: Budding Hopes
AUTHOR: Vivien Dean
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 42 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2022, 2nd Edition
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For eight months, Dr. Mark Vance has been visiting Sheehan’s Nursery to buy flowers for his mother’s grave, and every week, Hal Sheehan slips an extra lily into the bunch. Mark would love nothing more than to get to know the gentle giant better, but in 1950s Baltimore, a man just doesn’t ask another man out. His fears are compounded when a visit the day before Valentine’s casts doubts on Hal’s intentions. Maybe he really was meant to live a life of secrets.
Or maybe he just needs the holiday to discover the best secret of them all.
TITLE: Lion Rising
AUTHOR: Diana DeRicci
SERIES: The Prophecy of the Valda-Cree #1
PUBLISHER: Purple Sword Publications
LENGTH: 318 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2022
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Jayce Morrow is like any other college student: part academic, part nerd, part dreamer. Adopted by the only family he’s ever known he has no idea of his true identity. Or what his unknown history means.
Saving the world wasn’t part of his college application, after all.
When a gorgeous mage appears out of thin air in his apartment, he’s positive he’s dreaming, convinced one of his friends has jumped the shark looking for players by hiring LARPers for their D&D dungeon.
Except there is no dungeon to strategize through. Mages and magic are real. And he’s about to learn his role in saving their world.
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