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
Average	Charity Parkerson	Punk & Sissy Publications	2/20/2023	Kings of the East #14	Amazon
Changing Hayden	Zack Wish	Self Published	2/20/2023	Uptown Heat #1	Amazon
A Storm of Spells and Hexes	N. R. Hairston	Self Published	2/20/2023	The Hexer and the Telekinetic #1	Amazon
Ghost Shift	Pandora Pine	Self Published	2/20/2023	Haunted Souls #13	Amazon
Unrivaled	Ashlyn Kane & Morgan James	Dreamspinner Press	2/21/2023	Hockey Ever After #3	Amazon
The Best Man’s Problem	Sera Taíno	Harlequin Special Edition	2/21/2023	The Navarros	Amazon
His Perfect Twink	Megan Slayer	Pride Publishing	2/21/2023	Sugar Daddy Seeking… #1	Amazon
Secrets of Ishtabay	Mark David Campbell	NineStar Press	2/21/2023		Amazon
Hot In Cold	J. D. Light	B4 Dawn Publishing	2/21/2023	Salacious Summer Singe #8	Amazon
Ethan	Ella Frank	Self Published	2/21/2023	Confessions #7	Amazon
Blue Billy’s Rogue Lexicon	David Lawrence	Self Published	2/21/2023		Amazon
Dexterity Check	Katherine McIntyre	Self Published	2/21/2023	Dungeons and Dating #5	Amazon
Soul Bound	Cari Z	Self Published	2/21/2023		Amazon
Be Mine, Heartless Valentine	Ashlynn Mills	Self Published	2/21/2023	Corrupt Cupid	Amazon
Blown Away	Willow Thomas	Aira Books	2/22/2023	Caught Off Guard #4	Amazon
The Wolf and the Wallflower	Devin Harnois	Self Published	2/22/2023	Wolves of the Ton #1	Amazon
Marvin	JP Sayle & Lisa Oliver	Self Published	2/22/2023	Assassin’s To Order #1	Amazon
Nicked: Nordin	Nora Phoenix	Self Published	2/22/2023	The Foster Brothers #4	Amazon
Don’t Breathe a Word	Chani Lynn Feener	Self Published	2/22/2023	A Whisper in the Dark #2	Amazon
The Reaper	Garry Michael	Self Published	2/22/2023	Men in the Shadows #1	Amazon
Taste of Greed	E.M. Lindsey	Self Published	2/22/2023	The Carnal Tower #3	Amazon
From Fear	Megan Derr	Self Published	2/22/2023	Princes of the Blood #4	Amazon
To the Moon and Back	N.R. Walker	BlueHeart Press	2/23/2023		Amazon
Stitched Under Fire	Cassidy K. O’Connor & Sheri Lyn	Celtic Hearts Press	2/23/2023	Paranormal Investigative Service #2	Amazon
Percy and Joe in Degenerate Art	W. H. Lockwood	Castlefield Press	2/23/2023	The Adventures of Percy and Joe #1	Amazon
An Embrace to Hearten Me	Michelle Notaro	Self Published	2/23/2023	The Magi Accounts Companion Stories	Amazon
The Distant Hills and Other Stories	Kaje Harper	Self Published	2/23/2023		Amazon
Lionel	Stella Rainbow	Self Published	2/23/2023	Lords of Otherworld #4	Amazon
Demon for the Win	Meghan Maslow	Self Published	2/23/2023	Much Ado About Demons	Amazon
Be Mine, Cruel Valentines	Brea Alepoú	Self Published	2/23/2023	Corrupt Cupid	Amazon
The Devil Takes	Fae Quin	Self Published	2/23/2023		Amazon
His Brutal Heart	Leighton Greene	Self Published	2/23/2023	West Coast Mobsters #2	Amazon
Beyond the Storm	Jaclyn Osborn	Self Published	2/23/2023	Sons of the Fallen Companion	Amazon
His Wounded Warrior	Eve Riley	Naughty Nights Press	2/23/2023	Gray Vale Pack #2	Amazon
Arcane Hearts	Faedra Rose	Evernight Publishing	2/24/2023	Hearts of Avalar #4	Amazon
On a Different Mission	Christie Gordon	Self Published	2/24/2023	Rock U #1	Amazon
Tricks and Bids	Jacqueline Grey	Self Published	2/24/2023	Suit of Harte’s #1	Amazon
Lockpick	Amy Thorn	Self Published	2/24/2023	Hell Dwellers MC #1	Amazon
Stitch Me	K. C. Carmine	Self Published	2/24/2023	Bears-4-U	Amazon
Landon’s Choice	Caleb Marks	Self Published	2/24/2023	Wingstead #3	Amazon
The Claws of Winter	Nazri Noor	Self Published	2/24/2023	Arcane Hearts #7	Amazon
All Fired Up	Morticia Knight	Self Published	2/24/2023	Sin City Uniforms #1	Amazon
On The Rocks	Ember Morgan	Self Published	2/24/2023	Smoke & Mirrors Tavern #4	Amazon
Zero	Ana Night	Self Published	2/24/2023	Salvation Kings MC #7	Amazon
Cruz	Jacki James	Self Published	2/24/2023	The Daddies of River Gorge	Amazon
The Dragon King’s Rock Star	Amy Sumida	Self Published	2/24/2023	The Dragons of Serai #5	Amazon
The Fox and the Dryad	Kellen Graves	Self Published	2/24/2023	Rowen Blood	Amazon
Falling Embers	Romeo Alexander	Self Published	2/24/2023	Men of Fairlake	Amazon
Mistletango	Alexandra Caluen	JMS Books	2/25/2023		Amazon
Publicity!	Edwin Betancourt Jr.	JMS Books	2/25/2023		Amazon
Braving Built	T.H. Compton	Self Published	2/26/2023	Built For You #5	Amazon

 

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TITLE: Average

AUTHOR: Charity Parkerson

SERIES: Kings of the East #14

PUBLISHER: Punk & Sissy Publications

LENGTH: 127

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2023

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Jericho wants nothing more than a normal life. Edward is as average as they come. Too bad things are never that simple.

As one of Zander’s team leaders, Jericho’s hard work is finally paying off. When he moved to the east coast to run the first cleanup crew on this side of the country, he stayed too busy to date. Plus, with a past like his, he’s not really relationship material. Now new teams are pouring in, and Jericho has all the free time to focus on his social life and the man he’s been eyeing for months from a distance, Edward. He can’t explain why, but he’s convinced Edward will accept everything about him. Maybe so, except Zander has a new plan for him that could upend all of that.

Edward didn’t know Jericho existed until two weeks ago. If he had, the gay panic would’ve been real because Edward is as plain and as boring as they come. He’s a librarian who gave up on love a long time ago. There’s no way someone who looks like Jericho is truly interested in him. Edward doesn’t mind having a new friend, though. He just wishes Jericho didn’t make his heart beat quite so fast. Oh, boy. He’s in trouble. More than he even realizes, especially when he learns what Jericho really does for a living.

TITLE: Changing Hayden

AUTHOR: Zack Wish

SERIES: Uptown Heat #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 178

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2023

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He can’t move in with me, I’ve got way too much going on. The fact we used to fool around in college has *sigh* nothing to do with it, honest…

Between trying to land the role of vice president at work and keeping up my volunteering at Ruff Stuff dog adoption center, my life is way too busy to deal with him.

We had some fun in college, but even though he was older than me he could never commit to anything – and to be honest I think we’re simply better off as friends. Sure it was a long time ago, but people don’t change. Hayden might claim to have turned over a new leaf but his partying, messiness, and general wild living really isn’t a fit for my grown up, career focused lifestyle.

Hayden and I are friends. Even if we did get together, how could a green energy executive and cautious homebody like me ever make it work long term with an older, fast living, gas guzzling muscle car owner like Hayden?

I’ll never be able to change Hayden. We may fool around from time to time, and I think he’s got as many kinks as I do. But there won’t be a second chance for us and friendship is where it will always end…

TITLE: A Storm of Spells and Hexes

AUTHOR: N. R. Hairston

SERIES: The Hexer and the Telekinetic #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 136

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2023

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Tix Anders is the closest thing I have to a boyfriend. Even though we’ve never talked, we’re still in a relationship. So, when someone kidnaps him right in front of me, I go on the hunt.

What I find is a madman who wants us both dead because of our spell-casting abilities. Getting Tix back is just the beginning. Now we’ll have to join forces to take out a threat more powerful than any I’ve ever seen.

My relationship with Tix was always maintained at a distance. Now we’re in constant contact. Can we save what we had before?

Or do we move forward with something new? Will either of us be left standing when this is all over?

TITLE: Ghost Shift

AUTHOR: Pandora Pine

SERIES: Haunted Souls #13

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 199

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2023

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A killer is working the night shift at Salem Mercy Hospital. Or at least that’s what psychic Copeland Forbes believes after an exposé highlighting unexplained deaths is published. Wanting to get involved, he’s cautioned to let the matter go. People die in hospitals, Cope’s told, and while that’s unfortunately true, he knows these deaths are not from natural causes.

Detective Jude Byrne is content working his agency’s slate of cases, staking out cheating spouses and uncovering insurance fraud. The last investigation he wants go get involved with is that of the possible hospital killer. But after suffering a basketball injury which requires surgery and an overnight stay at Salem Mercy, Jude is involved whether he wants to be or not. The question is, can he survive the night?

With the help of the West Side Detectives, a clever trap is laid. All that’s left to do is wait for the start of the graveyard shift when the hunter is on the prowl. Can the madman be stopped in time? Or will Jude become the next victim to suffer a killer cure on the ghost shift?

TITLE: Unrivaled

AUTHORS: Ashlyn Kane & Morgan James

SERIES: Hockey Ever After #3

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 373

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2023

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People say there’s a fine line between love and hate. If you ask Grady Armstrong, the line’s as obvious as the one across the middle of a hockey rink.

So he can’t explain why he doesn’t walk away when his Grindr hookup—a guy who accused him of impersonating himself—turns out to be Max Lockhart, a rival player Grady once punched in the face. Apparently Max can goad him just as well off the ice as he can on it.

Max Lockhart showed up thinking he was going to expose a fake. Instead he hooks up with a guy who claims to hate him. <i>And</i> has a good time. A really good time. But that doesn’t mean players from different teams can be together.

Max has always wished Grady would relax a little. When the season starts and Grady accepts Max’s offer of help with finding someone to date for real, Max gets his wish. But he should’ve been careful what he wished for, because now that he knows Grady is a big softie under that prickly shell, he’d rather keep Grady for himself.

Grady only goes on a handful of dates before he realizes he has a lot more fun with Max. But he can’t be falling for a rival player… can he?

TITLE: The Best Man’s Problem

AUTHOR: Sera Taíno

SERIES: The Navarros

PUBLISHER: Harlequin Special Edition

LENGTH: 248

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2023

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He can’t forget the kiss he shared with the best man.

But is he the best man for him?

His sister’s wedding isn’t the ideal place for Rafael Navarro to reconnect with the man he kissed in a moment of reckless abandon. But it’s impossible to avoid best man Étienne Galois! The gorgeous Haitian photographer hasn’t forgotten the intimate moment they shared, even if Rafi is the most maddening person he’s ever met. Can the two find common ground, proving opposites not only attract—they can become lovers for life?

TITLE: His Perfect Twink

AUTHOR: Megan Slayer

SERIES: Sugar Daddy Seeking… #1

PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing

LENGTH: 190

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2023

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Can the twink accept the billionaire’ s terms and risk his heart?

Demetrius Ford believes he’ s not meant to be loved. His wealth tends to bring out the worst in people, so he doesn’ t have high hopes when he visits Boys Club. Then he meets Todd and everything changes.

Todd Giddings came to Boys Club to escape the street. He’ s young, but he’ s been through a lot. He’ s world-weary and tired of playing the game at Boys Club. Why play with the crowd when you could have love instead? When he answers Demetrius’ ad, he’ s convinced his life will change, but can he accept Demetrius’ terms and risk his heart?

The twink and the billionaire doesn’ t seem like it should work, but it might be exactly what they both need…

TITLE: Secrets of Ishtabay

AUTHOR: Mark David Campbell

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 332

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2023

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In the western jungle of Belize, in 1962, Father Carl, an American missionary priest was found lying dead on the floor of his study. People from the nearby Maya village of San José were blamed but, strangely, no one was ever officially charged or found guilty. This is only one secret within a carefully guarded web of desire, envy, and guilt which torment and isolate people in this village.

Thirty years later, with the introduction of water and electricity, satellite TV, and the completion of the Western Paved Road, the village is connected to the outside world: people collide and their secrets unravel, sometimes tragically.

TITLE: Hot In Cold

AUTHOR: J. D. Light

SERIES: Salacious Summer Singe #8

PUBLISHER: B4 Dawn Publishing

LENGTH: 96

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2023

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Communication? No.

Hollis isn’t really that grumpy, but tell that to his face… and his voice… and his uncommunicative grunts. Tell that to any one of his exes. Just don’t tell his boys. They’d never stop laughing. His biggest regret, though, would have to be accidentally hurting Winston with his harsh ways. Winston, who had only ever been sweet and happy to see him. Winston who used to talk his ear off at the station when he stopped by on his mail route, regardless of the fact that Hollis hardly ever gave much in the way of return chatter and usually just sat there basking in his sweet, sweet attention. Fantasizing about a life with Winston.

Three months after the incident, and he’s still battling the guilt every time he catches a glimpse of the beautiful man he mentally refers to as an angel, and mourning his friendship. With every day that passes, Hollis becomes more and more convinced that romance is just a dream for him, and that he is going to end up dying alone. And worse, he doubts he’ll ever get to see the sweet smiles Winston used to shoot in his direction.

Winston is going to die a virgin. At thirty, telling someone that you’ve never so much a kissed anyone is beyond embarrassing, but what’s more embarrassing, is the fool he made of himself one drunken night three months before, when he tried to act on his infatuation with the chief of police, and ended up getting rejected by the surly man. Before then, Winston had always thought Hollis had at least tolerated his non-stop blathering when he stopped by on his mail route, but after that night, it had become clear to Winston that they were not on the same page, and he avoided the man as completely as he could, all but running out of a room if Hollis entered it, and changing his route up completely just to avoid running into him at the station.

Now, he’s not saying Mark Foster is the devil, but when a man smiles at you like that, while apparently stalking you with the help of his ever present best friend, companion and husband, Devon, maybe you should ben a bit more leery of striking up a deal. And that is how he finds himself stranded at Hollis’s cabin in the middle of a late snowstorm. Mark and Devon Foster, and their ridiculous schemes.

TITLE: Ethan

AUTHOR: Ella Frank

SERIES: Confessions #7

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 282

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2023

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Everything in the world is about sex except sex.

Sex is about power. ~ Oscar Wilde

 

Desire. Dominance. Sex.

Ethan Holt is in the business of all three.

He believes that any fantasy can be created,

and that any kink should be explored.

Why wouldn’t he, when he has several of his own?

 

Control. Ethan has to have it.

In his job at The Office. In his relationship with Zayne.

He’s very particular on who he lets in his world,

and even more so on who he lets in his bed.

After all, he’s not the only one who sleeps in it.

 

Everything in their world is in perfect order,

just the way Ethan likes it.

Until a mysterious redhead walks into their club

and turns their world inside out.

 

What happens when control turns to chaos?

Do you give in to it? Or do you make chaos…submit?

TITLE: Blue Billy’s Rogue Lexicon

AUTHOR: David Lawrence

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 262

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2023

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William Dempsey was a wonder among wonders.

By 18, he had risen from a gang of London street rogues to be the personal plaything of the Marquess of Argyll. Maintained in splendour, celebrated at masquerades – with everything he could wish for.

Now all has come crashing down. He is put out in the rain without patronage, his West End apartment, or a place among the ton.

So on a stormy night, he arrives at a house in Southwark. Marathon Moll’s in the Mint – the bawdyhouse he worked in during his ascent and where he earned the name Blue Billy.

But is Marathon Moll’s a place from which to rise again? For there is one in the crowd, who catches his eye. Who takes his hand and promises something better.

Or does Moll’s signify a return to his roots? For one day, a second and very different young man raps on the door. Takes his hand and asks him to return to his past.

To the cat language of vagabonds. The canting dialect of thieves.

To the schemes, and the dreams, of his youth.

 

 

TITLE: Dexterity Check

AUTHOR: Katherine McIntyre

SERIES: Dungeons and Dating #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 316

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2023

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Eli’s sworn off irresponsible flirts, and Arjun’s one of the worst—aggravating, provoking, and everything Eli can’t resist.

After fifteen years in the military, Eli Reynolds has returned to San Francisco with broken dreams and a broken heart, courtesy of his now ex-boyfriend. He’s determined to avoid anyone like his cheating ex—which means steering clear of Tabletop Tavern’s resident flirt, Arjun Gupta.

Arjun wants a break. Ever since he added his grandmother’s nursing home to his monthly bills, he’s drowning in debt. On top of his job as chef at Tabletop Tavern, he’s been stripping at nights to cover the extra costs. She’s worth every sleepless hour, but he’s desperate for relief—of any sort. Too bad Tabby’s cousin Eli is too high and mighty for a fling.

Eli and Arjun can’t seem to avoid each other, and with each collision they realize more and more that they might have misjudged—especially when all those sparks spill over into something hot and unforgettable. However, when Eli’s folks decide to move across the country, Eli needs to choose: remain in the place that reminds him of his failures or start over fresh—and if Arjun isn’t here for keeps, Eli can’t risk his heart to stay.

TITLE: Soul Bound

AUTHOR: Cari Z

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 146

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2023

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Magic has faded out of everyday life. Only in the darkest corners of the world, or the richest coffers, does the power of magic endure.

Everyone says it’s for the best.

When rogue magic lashes out, though, there’s only one place the afflicted can go to solve their problems—the Marvel.

Whoever is chosen to enter the Marvel has to endure a trial unlike any other—a trial that most people fail, leaving their hopes and their bones behind to feed the wild magic of the place.

When two people are chosen, soul bound, to endure the trial simultaneously…well, either the gods have a sense of humor or the magic is angling for a feast. Can warrior Caz and courtesan Lias, men with wildly different magical problems, survive the trials if they work together?

Or will the magic feed on two souls instead of one?

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TITLE: Be Mine, Heartless Valentine

AUTHOR: Ashlynn Mills

SERIES: Corrupt Cupid

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 162

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2023

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What started off as nothing more than a product to them quickly became everything to me.

Each Friday is the same. I drive a borrowed truck to a warehouse to pick up a delivery. The back of the truck stays locked at all times, and I never look inside no matter what. These are the rules I must follow without any mishaps.

Nothing can go wrong. Until it does. The curiosity I usually fight against ends up winning when I’m stranded in the middle of nowhere. Something calls my attention to the back of the truck and once I cut the lock, there’s no turning back. I can no longer lie to myself when I finally see what I’ve been delivering.

One look at the frightened, beautiful man crawling out of the dark, and all the rules are shot to hell, and so is the promise of my family’s safety. I can’t walk away no matter how hard I try. The heartless man I’ve allowed myself to become in order to keep my loved ones safe now feels too much, and I can no longer finish what I started.

Is Paxton really worth the risk? Can I keep him safe from the men who are after us. Most importantly, can I protect him from myself?

It won’t stop me from trying. They want him and will keep coming until they get what they’re after.Him and everyone else keep forgetting one very important detail,the only person he belongs to,is me.

TITLE: Blown Away

AUTHOR: Willow Thomas

SERIES: Caught Off Guard #4

PUBLISHER: Aira Books

LENGTH: 66

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2023

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Benny’s my best friend’s younger brother and my total opposite. It’s not like anything will happen between us. Right?

Benny is vivacious and fun, and I’m known on the team as the quiet and brooding one. When he asks me to watch his new dance routine, I immediately agree.

Sparks fly when Benny surprises me with a kiss, but will he still want me when he finds out what I like in bed?

Benny wants to keep our relationship a secret from his brother. I’ll do anything Benny asks, but how do I tell him that I’m falling in love with him?

TITLE: The Wolf and the Wallflower

AUTHOR: Devin Harnois

SERIES: Wolves of the Ton #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 281

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2023

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Lord Jasper Thorne is the most eligible bachelor of the season, but he chafes against the expectation to marry a suitable lady and forge a strong alliance for his pack. Acting polite and proper at balls makes him want to take his wolf form and flee into the woods. Then he meets shy wallflower Ambrose and suddenly social events are much more tolerable.

Ambrose Linfield is hopelessly smitten the moment he meets handsome, charming Jasper. They discuss books they aren’t supposed to be reading, chat with each other at balls when Jasper should be dancing with ladies, even shift together under the full moon.

When Ambrose takes a bold chance and Jasper discovers the truth of his own feelings, everything changes. Secret kisses and stolen moments consume them, but the end of the season draws closer. Soon Jasper will have to do his duty, unless both of them are willing to defy their parents, their packs, and all of society.

TITLE: Marvin

AUTHORS: JP Sayle & Lisa Oliver

SERIES: Assassin’s To Order #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 222

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2023

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Ajani is a shifter without a conscience. Stolen as a child, hidden from the world, trained to kill without remorse. It’s all he knows. He works without question until someone targets the only bright light from Ajani’s dark past—Marvin.

Ajani had always known there was something tugging at his soul, or that special someone, but he doesn’t want to bring Marvin into his dark world. But then when had Ajani ever got what he wanted? The Fates chose Marvin for Ajani, and he’ll need all the skills he’s learned to keep his mate safe.

Marvin, previously known as AX4395, is finally happy in his life with the Thalassa’s and all the gorgeous children, but he will never forget the lost boys—those youngsters he used to visit regularly, the boys who grew up in cages. The scientists’ experiments he’d endured during his own time in captivity turned him into a hairy outcast and a legend—Bigfoot. Thanks to his skills, Marvin escapes the fate befallen so many, but he still remembers every boy, and the others he’d met along the way. When fate brings him face to face once more with the one special boy, he remembers above all others, Marvin knows his life will change forever.

But finding his fated mate exposes Marvin to a fearful foe—one who knows Marvin and Ajani, and all the other lost boys. Now it’s up to Marvin and Ajani to pool their skills and work together to prevent the unthinkable. Because if something were to happen to Marvin, then who would remember the lost boys and save Ajani’s soul?

TITLE: Nicked: Nordin

AUTHOR: Nora Phoenix

SERIES: The Foster Brothers #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 338

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2023

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The stupidest thing a con artist can ever do is fall for the man who has to catch him…

Nordin likes to think of himself as a modern-day Robin Hood, redistributing the wealth from those who don’t deserve it to those who do. It’s fun, it’s exciting, and it makes good use of his talents and gifts.

Unfortunately, not everyone sees it like that, including FBI agent Tavin Donley. Tavin and Nordin met ages ago and from day one, were unable to keep their hands off each other.

Now that Tavin is with the FBI, that’s a problem. He should arrest Nordin, like, yesterday, except he doesn’t. And worse, they can’t stay away from each other, risking both their careers.

When fire burns that hot, someone will get burned…

TITLE: Don’t Breathe a Word

AUTHOR: Chani Lynn Feener

SERIES: A Whisper in the Dark #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 255

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2023

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Hunter Thorn’s secret is out.

After years of running from his past and himself, Hunter has finally been caught. Forced to acknowledge the hidden wants and desires he’s always carried, his only choice now is to make a deal with the devil. But putting his trust in the leader of a mafia family comes with its own risks, and Hunter can’t be sure if giving in will help him claw his way back to some semblance of freedom, or shove him deeper into hell.

Odin Snow isn’t letting Hunter go.

From the moment he first saw the man again, broken and bleeding, that’d already been decided. Though he hasn’t given up on his plans for revenge, he’s shifted his animosity to who it really belongs to, Isa Frost. With Hunter’s help, Odin knows he can finally beat Isa and avenge both of their families, but he must first convince his Huntsman to take his side. He’d not above using any means to do so, even if he has to resort to manipulations and more nefarious tactics.

Hunter has spent the past ten years trying to escape the Brumal mafia, but now in order to get what he wants, he may have to willingly dive headfirst into the inferno that is Odin Snow.

TITLE: The Reaper

AUTHOR: Garry Michael

SERIES: Men in the Shadows #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 298

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2023

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“I chose to live my life in the shadows, and one day it could get me killed.”

Obliterate.

Extinguish.

Repeat.

Serving justice was my specialty. I was a ruthless monster, a fierce hunter, a mad sadist, and the list went on. But one thing I wasn’t… hunted. A failed ambush had me questioning everything I knew, and I would track whoever was responsible for the attack on me if it was the last thing I’d ever do.

Then I met the vagabond priest, drifting from one mission to the next, looking for a place to call home. The innocent and divine priest turned out to be anything but. I was addicted, and once I had my claws in something, I stopped at nothing to get what I wanted. One problem. The sinfully beautiful Father Saint James forced me to face my fears and I held nothing back. He was a forbidden fruit and after I had a bite, he had me spilling my darkest secrets including a labyrinth of an underground society with a questionable moral compass.

Too bad I had to kill him now.

TITLE: Taste of Greed

AUTHOR: E.M. Lindsey

SERIES: The Carnal Tower #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 222

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2023

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“If the present world go astray;

the cause is in you;

in you it is to be sought.”

-Dante Alighieri

King doesn’t speak about his past, and with good reason. Who wants waste time talking about their experience behind bars when there are sins to indulge in? King turns Greed into an art form, and his reputation for bringing people to their knees is unmatched.

While King has a protective streak a mile wide, he also keeps his distance from the other Sins, and everyone else at the Tower. After all, he can’t lose anyone if he doesn’t let himself get attached.

Then, King’s resolve cracks when the Tower’s beloved receptionist is attacked. Hen deserves better than to be kept at arm’s length, and King will always live with the guilt that he wasn’t fast enough to stop the events that night.

Although he’ll never be good enough for his precious, glitter-wearing, lipstick loving friend, King does know one thing: he will do everything in his power to ensure nothing like that ever happens again. No matter what it takes, or who he has to hurt along the way.

TITLE: From Fear

AUTHOR: Megan Derr

SERIES: Princes of the Blood #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 180

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2023

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Fifteen years ago, several wolf pups were kidnapped by poachers to be illegally sold abroad. They were rescued by a Prince of the Blood, and the Wolves of the Moon vowed the debt would someday be repaid. Now of age, wolf Ilkay Thrace is determined to fulfill that vow. Before he can, though, the Wolves’ home high in the peaks of Dragon Claw Mountain is ravaged by an earthquake that reveals an ancient, forgotten temple—and awakens something dark and terrible in its depths. Now, instead of repaying their debt, the Wolves must once again ask the King’s Legion for help.

Despite the time that has passed since the Legion was nearly wiped out, their greatest strength, the Princes of the Blood remain few. It is one of their newest, Prince Dalibor, who is sent to evaluate and assist the Wolves. But Dalibor is born of a demon of wrath, his greatest power the ability to drive all living beings out of their minds with rage and fear. He is brash, loud, and reckless, even by the standards of the Legion, and the very last person that should be going into dark, treacherous caves containing ancient evil.

TITLE: To the Moon and Back

AUTHOR: N.R. Walker

PUBLISHER: BlueHeart Press

LENGTH: 220

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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Gideon Ellery had the perfect life. Nice house, great job, and a long-time boyfriend. Weeks after adopting his nephew, his boyfriend splits, leaving Gideon a single father to a newborn. Overwhelmed, sleep deprived, and unsure how to navigate fatherhood, he’s asked to return to the office. He’s overwhelmed and at his breaking point.

Toby Barlow is back in Sydney after three years of studying, travelling, and nannying in the UK. He needs work and a place to live, and the perfect solution drops in his lap. After all, caring for a sweet baby in a beautiful home owned by a gorgeous single man isn’t exactly terrible.

Gideon isn’t too keen to share his life with a stranger, but his need for help is too great. Sunshiny Toby isn’t prepared for a grumpy Gideon or his utterly adorable son, Benson. Or how easily he slots into their lives. And Gideon’s not prepared for how much he needs Toby.

Or how much he wants him.

Neither is prepared for the complications of falling in love.

TITLE: Stitched Under Fire

AUTHORS: Cassidy K. O’Connor & Sheri Lyn

SERIES: Paranormal Investigative Service #2

PUBLISHER: Celtic Hearts Press

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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Paranormals left for dead, parts of them missing. When bodies start piling up, the agents of Paranormal Investigative Service quickly realize the killings aren’t random and they are escalating.

Life is never dull as an agent of P.I.S. but Tristan James didn’t expect his fourth week as a newly turned phoenix shifter and federal agent to be spent hunting for the person who was dissecting paranormals. If that weren’t enough, he was also moving in with Maddox, his partner at P.I.S. and he had it bad for him.

Maddox Smith was going monogamous. If that weren’t shocking enough, Tristan was also moving in with him. Add to that the man of his dreams was still getting used to being a shifter and getting over old prejudices about their kind. Taking it slow was never in Maddox’s vocabulary before, but Tristan was worth the wait. A new case was exactly the distraction he needed.

They have to work quickly to stitch the pieces together if they want to stop the madman hurting their kind.

TITLE: Percy and Joe in Degenerate Art

AUTHOR: W. H. Lockwood

SERIES: The Adventures of Percy and Joe #1

PUBLISHER: Castlefield Press

LENGTH: 61

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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Percy Ashdown and Joe Bruno really shouldn’t work. A dashing art historian with a thirst for violence, a sexy priest with no idea what he signed up for, and a bucket-load of crushing memories from the terrifying supernatural disaster that almost killed them both.

And yet… there’s that burning attraction that simply cannot be ignored.

In an attempt to move on from their traumatic past, Joe has agreed to join his hot, top-secret, and possibly insane new boyfriend, Percy, on holiday in Kraków. At least he thought it was a holiday, until an unexpected discovery reveals that Percy has been keeping a very dark secret…

Having spent years tracking and infiltrating a criminal network, today Percy will finally collect his reward, no matter how much blood he has to spill. He probably shouldn’t have invited his hot, sweet, far-too-innocent new boyfriend, Joe, along on this trip… but then he never expected Joe to find out what he’s really up to…

When these two unlikely heroes come together in the most unlikely of circumstances, all hell will break loose in this darkly humorous, bloodthirsty, action-packed, romantic MM art heist.

Percy Ashdown and Joe Bruno really shouldn’t work. But no one told them that.

TITLE: An Embrace to Hearten Me

AUTHOR: Michelle Notaro

SERIES: The Magi Accounts Companion Stories

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 404

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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I can’t seem to choose between the two shifters who mean the world to me… but what if I can have them both?

Trying to navigate my feelings has never been easy. Growing up, I had to keep my emotions locked down and hidden from the world or suffer the consequences. But now, well, now I’ve had a taste of freedom, and with it, my heart has been running wild.

Between trying to find witches—members of the Red Cloth—at work and sifting through my overwhelming emotions, I’m a mess. And two certain shifters seem happy to help sort me out, which is great, but it’s making all these feelings hit me at once.

How in the world can I tell River and Kulani that I… that I like them? Both of them. At the same time. This is going to end in disaster with one, two, or three hearts broken. But what if it doesn’t? What if there’s a way for all three of us to get what we want?

TITLE: The Distant Hills and Other Stories

AUTHOR: Kaje Harper

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 339

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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Can a farmer still love the man who stole his horse, and broke his heart?

What kind of relationship begins with a passive-aggressive bottle of wine?

How’s life treating Mac and Tony of Life Lessons, ten years later?

Thirty short stories, ranging from flash fiction to 10,000 words, bring laughter and tears, triumph and heartbreak, and the quiet moments in between. And love, always love.

Do you have ten minutes, or an hour, to spend with a story? Check out this collection, filled with a wide range of contemporary, paranormal, and fantasy stories to feed the gay-romance-loving soul.

(Stories in this collection were originally published on Kaje’s Facebook group.)

TITLE: Lionel

AUTHOR: Stella Rainbow

SERIES: Lords of Otherworld #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 230

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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The King of Afterworld. The Chief of Freya’s Army. An evil queen they need to stop from rising.

Tharion

Nothing felt worse than getting betrayed by the person you trusted the most. Finding out I’d been around my mate for decades without recognizing him hurt.

But with an evil queen intent on usurping the throne of Otherworld, and all of the demon realm under threat, we hardly had time for romance. Not that I’d let that stop me, no matter how reluctant Lionel was to accept me as his mate.

Could I balance love and war, and win them both?

Lionel

I should’ve been over the moon when I found out the man I’d been pining over for decades was my mate, but I wasn’t. Until now, I’d barely been a blip on Tharion’s radar, and I couldn’t help wondering if he actually wanted me for me or because I was his mate.

Not that I had much time to think about it between trying to keep the dark souls from escaping the Chasm and helping my king keep our realm safe.

Could I keep my heart and my realm safe?

TITLE: Demon for the Win

AUTHOR: Meghan Maslow

SERIES: Much Ado About Demons

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 174

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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Dryad Tuli Cato has 3 rules he lives by: No relationships, no drama, no trouble.

When a gorgeous incubus offers a night of no-strings passion, Tuli readily agrees. Only that no-strings night sure feels like a lot more.

Okay, Tuli has 2 rules he lives by: No drama, no trouble.

Being the sous chef at the most exclusive restaurant in town makes no drama a challenge. Especially when the kitchen’s in an uproar after a staff member turns up dead. Murdered.

Um, Tuli has 1 rule he lives by: No trouble.

Surely, he can stick to this 1 simple rule. . . except it turns out, he might be the murderer’s next target.

Incubus Kem Balthasar has only 1 rule he lives by: Enjoy life.

It’s a lust demon’s nature, after all. Creatures either want to be him or do him. Or maybe a bit of both.

When Kem lays eyes on a slender dryad hottie across a crowded sex club, suddenly he’s thinking of another L-word and it’s not one he ever thought he’d feel.

Okay, Kem has 2 rules he lives by: Enjoy life, romance Tuli.

Convincing the skeptical dryad that Kem’s a worthy—and faithful—partner is hard enough. But it’s even harder to date a guy who might wind up dead.

Right. Kem has 3 rules he lives by: Enjoy life, romance Tuli, and keep the little dryad safe.

Easy, right?

TITLE: Be Mine, Cruel Valentines

AUTHOR: Brea Alepoú

SERIES: Corrupt Cupid

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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I’ve been tormented by three a-holes my whole life; Theon, Foxyn, and Leyton. From sticking me in lockers to giving me wedgies to stripping me naked and laughing while I try to run home these three have done it all.

I hated them and their cruel games.

I’m their senior, I shouldn’t let them push me around.

But at some point the pain turned to pleasure and I…liked it. Their wicked glances, their devilish grins, their endless teasing. A few well placed words and I’m a wet, squirming mess.

Now? I can’t get enough of them. I don’t want to share them with anyone else. They will be mine. My cruel Valentines.

TITLE: The Devil Takes

AUTHOR: Fae Quin

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 197

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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Who needs dating apps when you can stand naked in a graveyard at midnight calling for the Devil to take you away?

Percy

I don’t exactly know what I’m doing at college. I feel directionless, an omega adrift in a sea of promising young minds already on track with their five-year goals and life plans. My only goal has ever been to get away from my merciless father and his narrative that I’ll never amount to anything. And maybe he’s right, maybe I traded in my trailer park for stinky gym socks and red solo cups.

But when my frat initiation leads to a sexy chance encounter with a purple-demon-devil-incubus-dude, I can’t help but think that maybe the college life ain’t so bad, after all.

Haden

I may be purple but I am not a demon. Or a devil. Or even an incubus.

As the king of the underworld and keeper of the dead, my humanity has been long since forgotten.

That is until a young man in a graveyard calls to me one night. Like a kicked puppy, his sad, soulful eyes lure me in, and I can’t deny him. This sweet, stubborn boy who visits me in his dreams, he stirs up feelings in me that I left behind centuries ago. I want him. I crave him. But I know I cannot keep him…unless I take him…

TITLE: His Brutal Heart

AUTHOR: Leighton Greene

SERIES: West Coast Mobsters #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 481

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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I’m a man without mercy. A Mafia heir.

Brutality was all that ever made sense to me…

Until I saw him.

 

Unfortunately, he happens to be the sole witness to my latest crime.

That should mean one thing.

Elimination.

 

But one look into those pleading blue eyes, and I lost myself.

 

I let a beauty live…

But – beast that I am – I’ve locked him away.

 

Little by little, he charms his way out of his cell and into my bed, until I begin to wonder which of us is the real prisoner.

 

After all, I’m the one trapped by my own brutal heart.

 

And that oh-so-innocent beauty I took and kept?

 

He has secrets of his own.

 

Secrets that could destroy me.

TITLE: Beyond the Storm

AUTHOR: Jaclyn Osborn

SERIES: Sons of the Fallen Companion

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 308

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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Parties, laughter, and heart-melting romance. The war might be over, but the fun is just beginning. Join the Sons of the Fallen one last time in this end-of-series companion!

Say goodbye to the series with new short stories for each main couple showing them in their happily ever afters, a deleted scene, character interviews, and for the first time ever, Kallias is telling his own story in a companion-exclusive novella.

TITLE: His Wounded Warrior

AUTHOR: Eve Riley

SERIES: Gray Vale Pack #2

PUBLISHER: Naughty Nights Press

LENGTH: 276

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2023

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One man has to break the rules… the other must discover who he truly is.

Braden Craig is a popular schoolteacher in Gray Vale, and unlike most wolf shifters, he’s one of life’s peacemakers. When old tensions rise in the newly merged pack, he’s quick to douse the flames. But nothing can cool the heat inside him when he locks eyes with the giant blond stranger who has become the target of some less than welcoming packmates’ aggression.

Tragedy pushed Marius Voss out of his so-called comfort zone in Stoke Ridge. After being forced to move to Gray Vale with his young son, and still recovering from life-altering injuries, he just wants to keep to himself and figure out his new life. He never expected to find an ally at all, let alone a man like Braden.

When fate plays a hand, and the two men find their lives intertwined, will they find a way to be together?

TITLE: Arcane Hearts

AUTHOR: Faedra Rose

SERIES: Hearts of Avalar #4

PUBLISHER: Evernight Publishing

LENGTH: 66

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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Jareth Grimclaw sets out on a quest: to end the blight of The Dread Barrens spilling into his territory, The Green Sea—a beautiful lush jungle region. As the Alpha of his panther shifter pride, the task falls to him to do something before it’s too late, and the damage is irreversible.

Venturing into The Dread Barrens, Jareth has no choice but to confront the warlock, Bane Umbra. When Bane speaks to Jareth using mindspeech, Jareth feels the immediate spark of the sacred Fated mate bond. He can’t believe it—he’s Fated to the enemy!

TITLE: On a Different Mission

AUTHOR: Christie Gordon

SERIES: Rock U #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 339

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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A closeted male virgin. A kinky male college student. Can these men find love on campus, or will family destroy it all?

Devin Taylor

Raised a strict Mormon in a small town in Northern Arizona, I did everything to avoid going on a mission and ending up at Brigham Young. I knew I was different, and it wasn’t just my attraction to men. It was my attraction to make-up and women’s clothing that really baffled me. But now it’s time to break free of my religion. It’s time to lose my virginity. Will taking a job at the local queer bakery and being the front man of a college pop-punk band help?

Brandon Visser

I was finally coming to terms with the fact that I have a type—a type of guy. That guy is Devin. Problem is, he doesn’t know I’ve been watching him, wanting him. When Devin finally lets me in, he’s like a whirlwind of temptation. I know we need to slow down and do this right if I’m going to unlock his dirty side. As I watch Devin become someone new with me at his side, his mother falls ill. Can I save him from a family who might ruin us?

TITLE: Tricks and Bids

AUTHOR: Jacqueline Grey

SERIES: Suit of Harte’s #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 82

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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“Hey. Wanna play?”

Prostitute Michael Nole has the luxury of choosing his own clients, and Dillon Spade looks like someone who can manhandle him in all the right ways.

Dillion yearns for what he lost six years ago, and Michael’s proposition offers the illusion of life with a submissive. One too tempting to resist.

Their relationship is temporary, a business transaction.

So why does it feel like something more?

TITLE: Lockpick

AUTHOR: Amy Thorn

SERIES: Hell Dwellers MC #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 204

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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Lockpick

Everything changed the day Malice walked out on me. He was the love of my life, the man I thought I was going to grow old with. Then he was gone and I was alone. I threw myself into my club and into my work until Malice is gunned down and left for dead.

Malice

Returning to Unity Creek was never part of my plan. I ran far and fast after my actions made me question whether I deserved to wear the Hell Dwellers MC patch.

But someone is gunning for me, and the only place I know I can run to is my old chapter. The problem is returning means facing my old life, and I’m not sure everyone is going to be happy to see me, especially Lockpick. I broke his heart when I left, but coming home might be the only way to save my life.

TITLE: Stitch Me

AUTHOR: K. C. Carmine

SERIES: Bears-4-U

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 349

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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When a bad-boy immigrant wants to explore his kinky side, Rod is willing to give him much more than his firm hand.

His career a mess and the excitement of his sex life fading, Rod is ready for a change. He needs someone who can fit into his world as a true partner, but also feed his dominant and sadistic sides. Impossible? Maybe, but he needs to try. He signs up for a new dating app, just as a feisty young man catches his eye.

Desperate to escape his dead-end existence in the US, Caleb flees to England in search of a different life. Along comes a trusted friend, a new dating app, and a chance to find a cuddly bear to submit to, but without a proper job, he might be forced to return home.

Consumed by his white-hot passion, Rod refuses to let his perfect sub slip from his grasp. He’s determined to do whatever it takes to earn Caleb’s love before they run out of time.

TITLE: Landon’s Choice

AUTHOR: Caleb Marks

SERIES: Wingstead #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 197

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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Landon has the perfect job and a hot boyfriend, but he’s missing one thing—he longs to be a father. Malcolm can’t imagine anything he wants less. Will the love between them be enough, especially when ex-flame Finn arrives willing to give Landon everything?

Landon

Life for me has always been peaceful—I’ve loved and felt love. My choices in life have always been in dedication to my happiness.

There is only one thing that will make my life complete—I really want a child.

I thought at this point I would be married with kids. Well, that’s a pipe dream. It doesn’t help that my boyfriend doesn’t want children at all.

Now my ex is back, and despite giving him the initial chill, I’m warming up to the idea he’s willing to give me what my current man is not.

Malcolm

Life for me has always been difficult—I’ve struggled. My choices in life have been about protecting and caring for my mama and siblings.

I love Landon and I want to give him the world. However, he wants to have kids now, and I don’t want even more responsibility; I just want him.

I’m scared though. I know he’s talking to his ex and I’m sure it’s about what I won’t give him.

TITLE: The Claws of Winter

AUTHOR: Nazri Noor

SERIES: Arcane Hearts #7

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 237

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The guild of artificers is so close to completion, Jackson Pryde can almost taste it. Befriending the Black Market’s guilds has paid off. Everyone agrees that Jackson should become master of the artificers, even Mother Dough, the powerful guild of bakers.

But it’s not all sugar and spice. A strange sorcerer has reawakened Xander’s interest in Incandescence. The second AI has unearthed a bizarre blueprint. And not everything is as it seems in the Verdance.

Tensions mount as the fae courts question the value of human friendship – and human life. Jackson and Xander may have saved the King of Summer, but now they must face the wrath of the Queen of Winter.

TITLE: All Fired Up

AUTHOR: Morticia Knight

SERIES: Sin City Uniforms #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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Shawn can’t decide whether he wants to punch or kiss Trent. Will kissing win?

The party never ends in Las Vegas, but neither does the danger. Shawn is the new foot patrol officer on the Strip and he’s ready to take on the town and keep the peace. Once he spots hunky firefighter Trent, Shawn wonders whether he can take him on too.

Trent is dedicated to his job, built tough and a no-nonsense man of few words. When Trent eyes a handsome new officer, he doesn’t dare get too close. After his boyfriend’s life was snatched away in the line of fire, he couldn’t bear the agony of such a loss again. Yet how can he keep his hands to himself when it comes to such a sweet and sexy cop?

Once they spend time together away from the stresses of their jobs, they find they’re not only compatible—they’re combustible. However, right as their relationship deepens, the threat of terror escalates on the Strip. The underground vigilante group, the Citizens Against Immorality, have raised the stakes.

Will Shawn and Trent be their next targets?

TITLE: On The Rocks

AUTHOR: Ember Morgan

SERIES: Smoke & Mirrors Tavern #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 297

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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AIDEN:

Ever been to Faerie? Don’t believe the hype. Zero out of ten, do not recommend.

Of course, I could be a little jaded.

It wasn’t easy being born into a magical world where being half human meant I wasn’t one of them at all, but finding Eastbend was like coming home. The rag tag crew at the tavern has become my family and if I could just find the mate that Fate’s been hiding, the one who will accept me completely for the half-elf I am, life would almost be perfect.

You know, except for the hunters hell bent on stealing our town.

I’ve been dreaming of finding my mate for years and I’ve scoured every inch of the dating pool, but at this point I’m pretty sure Fate is sleeping on the job. So when Prince Charming finally arrives and he’s too good to be true, I think I have reason to be skeptical. And it looks like I was right, Fate’s gotta get in one more joke at my expense because my prince charming? It turns out he’s an actual prince. And I’ll be damned if he’s not asking me to go home to Faerie.

BASTIAN:

After a century of isolation, my clan is insisting I take my place on the throne. And while I have plenty of crazy ideas like opening the gates and welcoming others into our clan in hopes of finding our true mates again, it seems our dying clan isn’t quite ready for something so radical.

When my search for answers takes me out of Faerie and straight to my mate, I know I’m on the right track. Aiden and his people are proof that what I’ve set out to do is possible, but making it happen isn’t so easy.

Aiden is everything I could have wanted in a mate, but he’s endured much at the hands of those who share my world and I’m not confident my clan will welcome an outsider as the one to rule by my side. Especially when the queen has made it clear she’ll never approve. The fate of my people depends on me making them see that the only path forward lies outside of the gates that once protected us, but can my future with Aiden survive the time it will take to convince them of the truth?

TITLE: Zero

AUTHOR: Ana Night

SERIES: Salvation Kings MC #7

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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Being released from prison is bittersweet for Jack. He may have done his time, but now he’ll have to make up for the things that got him locked up in the first place. Getting back into his club and King’s good graces may take more than he has to give. Then there’s the problem of his very own knight in shining armor. All he really knows about Zero is that for some reason he keeps jumping to Jack’s defense, and that the guy pisses him off. For more than one reason.

When Zero looks at Jack, he sees himself; broken, bruised, and looking for a second chance. Even when Jack makes it perfectly clear he doesn’t want his help, he can’t stop defending him. He sees right through Jack’s tough exterior, and he’s spellbound from day one. Then Jack starts to look at him in a way no one ever has and while all he wants is Jack, he finds it hard to believe anyone could ever love someone like him.

Jack’s bad choices catch up to him in an unexpected way and if he’s forced to choose between going back to prison and protecting Zero, he knows what he’ll choose.

TITLE: Cruz

AUTHOR: Jacki James

SERIES: The Daddies of River Gorge

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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Cruz Coban is perfectly happy working along side his best friend on the Bluebird Ranch. Sure he has bigger dreams, but sometimes the best thing to do is just to be happy where you are. Or if not the best thing for sure the safest.

Nolan Carter is too busy trying to figure out who he is to try to build anything with anyone else. Until Cruz. The new foreman of his ranch sees him in a way no else one ever has and makes him want to be the best boy he can be. If only he was sure exactly who that boy was.

Nolan is a lost boy in need of a loving Daddy. But is Cruz willing to take the risk and try something new? Can he be the Daddy Nolan needs?

TITLE: The Dragon King’s Rock Star

AUTHOR: Amy Sumida

SERIES: The Dragons of Serai #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 330

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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My life was perfect. Or so I thought. I’m Mason Byrne and I’m a rock star. I travel the world, have millions in my bank account, and take a new lover every night. What could be better than that? Then one night, I’m playing the Tokyo Dome and a light appears onstage. Not a spotlight but a ragged oval of glowing, sparking energy that appeared in midair and swallowed me whole.

The next thing I knew, I was on another planet, a world called Serai where humans are in the minority and shapeshifting Dragons rule. Luckily, I found a group of great guys who took me under their wing. Or under their antlers, rather. They’re taking me to the crown city of Avlar to speak to the Dragon King. The Dragon God just arrived on Serai, shortly before I did, and if anyone can get me home, it’s a god. I just need to convince the Dragon King to take me to his god and then convince the god to take me home.

But the longer I’m on Serai, the more I begin to wonder where home is.

TITLE: The Fox and the Dryad

AUTHOR: Kellen Graves

SERIES: Rowen Blood

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 442

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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Briar Hunt has always been lauded for his grace on stage, except by one person from whom he wants it the most. Desperate to earn the affection he craves, Briar makes a late night deal with a high fey lady: If he can perform a single perfect dance at one of her woodland revels, she will make him the most enchanting thing on two legs.

However, Briar quickly learns the fey lady is impossible to please. Not only that, her demands are never-ending, enough to slowly unravel his life and his health. Only when a handsome stranger, Mal, arrives claiming he can help Briar break his deal and earn his freedom back, does Briar think he might be saved.

Lord Malric d’Alarie has finally broken free of dancing on command for his mother at her fey revels. But after hearing he’s been replaced, he attends one of her parties to see for himself. The human performing in his place is breathtaking–but Malric dreads what kind of deal the dancer made with his mother in order to be there.

Wanting to rescue Briar from the same woman who stole his own love for ballet, Malric inserts himself into Briar’s life from every angle possible. From posing as a dance instructor in the human world to hiding behind a mask in the fey world, Malric promises he can set Briar free of his fateful deal. Malric only has to keep his identity–and his intentions–secret, from both the dancer he’s quickly falling for, and his mother, who controls their every move.

TITLE: Falling Embers

AUTHOR: Romeo Alexander

SERIES: Men of Fairlake

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 322

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2023

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One freak accident is all it takes to rip open the closet doors and threaten the peace I’ve fought my entire life to gain.

Isaiah Bently is everything I’m not. Rich and charismatic, with a smoking hot body earned through years of hauling people out of burning buildings, he’s the kind of guy everyone either wants to be or wants to be with.

So imagine my surprise when an on-the-job injury forces us together, and I’m faced with the realization that what Isaiah wants…is me.

His sweet, playful touches re-awaken a part of me I’ve spent my entire life trying to deny, and it isn’t long before the simmering attraction between us turns explosive. Behind closed doors, I give him everything he asks of me and more.

But secrets like ours never stay hidden for long. And when my lifelong tormenter discovers I’ve fallen hard for another man, I’m faced with an impossible choice. Bring my relationship with Isaiah out into the open, and risk losing everyone I’ve ever cared about…

Or turn my back on the only person to love me, all of me, exactly as I am.

TITLE: Mistletango

AUTHOR: Alexandra Caluen

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 253

RELEASE DATE: 2/25/2023

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A between-jobs vacation was all Angelo expected from Buenos Aires. When it turned into a holiday fling, he wasn’t about to say no.

Ramon’s impulsive trip to Argentina started off as a disaster. The cute dance teacher offering a room share? An early Christmas present. The night dancing tango? A revelation.

The next week turns into a series of great dates, the kind that would take months to set up in real life. By day two, they both wish they’d met long ago, in California, where they both grew up. But while Ramon’s heading back there, Angie’s bound for North Carolina.

Angie leaves Argentina with a head full of plans and wishes, but no regrets. Ramon goes home with a plan of his own, determined to turn some wishes into reality. On New Year’s Day, Angie finds Ramon on his doorstep. Will they find a way to dance into the future together?

TITLE: Publicity!

AUTHOR: Edwin Betancourt Jr.

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 137

RELEASE DATE: 2/25/2023

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Hollywood is an industry many people yearn to be a part of. The glamor, beauty and fame is as alluring as a siren’s song. But that’s old Hollywood! What about Hollywood 2.0? Now that’s an even better deal.

My name is Cassian Solis and I am a Hollywood fixer. That means I’m the one celebrities call whenever their reputations and careers are about to be ruined by a scandal. Whether it’s getting rid of a blackmailer, Photoshopping an offensive photo, faking a Hollywood romance, or burying bodies or secrets, I come in ready to save the day and their careers! With the help of my trusty assistant Tony Cruz, we make sure these elites don’t lose followers, future gigs, and roles or money.

But things get crazier than usual when someone puts a five million dollar bounty on my head. With my life on the line, and the list of enemies growing longer with every breath I take, it’s up to me to not only figure out who wants me dead but also save my clients from religious cults, blackmailers, and murder charges. Of course, it doesn’t help that my ex-husband decides to come back in town with an agenda.

You thought your life was crazy? Welcome to mine! The question is, will I survive it?

TITLE: Braving Built

AUTHOR: T.H. Compton

SERIES: Built For You #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 159

RELEASE DATE: 2/26/2023

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It takes courage to be afraid and still willing to try again.

Angel

One song, one date, one man changed my life. Each one made everlasting impact for better or worse. Hundreds of eyes watch me on stage, but there’s only one pair I’m looking for. I’ve been a terrible judge of character, but I want to trust him and I need someone to help me look over my shoulder.

Martin

The last thing I was looking for was love and then he bumped into me. He’s a DJ that prefers shadows over spotlight. I’m just a man who’s already found and lost the love of his life. I just wanted to help him and now I can’t help falling for him. Is this a mid life crisis? Can’t I just buy a really expensive sports car?

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