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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givers | Casey Cox | Self Published | 3/20/2023 | Upper Echelons #1 | Amazon |
| Aries | Ryan T. Osborn & Minette Moreau | Self Published | 3/20/2023 | Masters of the Zodiac #7 | Amazon |
| Mist Dragon | Minerva Howe | Turtlehat Creatives | 3/21/2023 | Dragon Prophecy #1 | Amazon |
| Dirty Deed | Gianni Holmes | Coco Nutz | 3/21/2023 | Daddies’ Broken Boys #1, 2nd Expanded Edition | Amazon |
| Duke Sothbridge’s Vessel | S. Rodman | Dark Angst Publishing | 3/21/2023 | Duty & Magic: MM Modern Day Regency | Amazon |
| Cold Cases and Deadly Lies | J.M. Dabney | Hostile Whispers Press | 3/21/2023 | Cold Case Unit #6 | Amazon |
| Out in the Surf | Lane Hayes | Self Published | 3/21/2023 | Out in College #10 | Amazon |
| Starboard | Ava Olsen | Self Published | 3/21/2023 | Voyagers #2 | Amazon |
| Worth the Fight | Denver Shaw | Self Published | 3/21/2023 | Winning at Love #1 | Amazon |
| Drive to Feel Alive | CD Rachels | Self Published | 3/21/2023 | Formula Q #2 | Amazon |
| Untied | M Jameson | Self Published | 3/21/2023 | St Jude’s #3 | Amazon |
| Ski Patrol | Lucy Lennox | Self Published | 3/21/2023 | Amazon | |
| Bones of the Lich King | Megan Derr | Self Published | 3/21/2023 | Amazon | |
| Levity | Roe Horvat | Self Published | 3/21/2023 | Dragons of Ardaine #2 | Amazon |
| Dead Cold | Pandora Pine | Self Published | 3/21/2023 | Cold Case Psychic #21 | Amazon |
| A Hero in Hiding | Alice Winters | Self Published | 3/21/2023 | Vexing Villains #2 | Amazon |
| Doctor Stuck-Up | A.N. Waugh | Self Published | 3/22/2023 | Doctors of Eastport General | Amazon |
| The Romantic | Riley Hart | Self Published | 3/22/2023 | The Vers Podcast #2 | Amazon |
| Allergic to His Omega | Lorelei M. Hart | Decadent Publishing | 3/23/2023 | Omegas Inn Love #1 | Amazon |
| Riff | Zoe Piper | Apollo8 Publishing | 3/23/2023 | Larkspur #2 | Amazon |
| Peppermint Mocha Kisses | BL Maxwell | Self Published | 3/23/2023 | Amazon | |
| The Elemental Keyes | Sam Burns | Self Published | 3/23/2023 | Circle the Square #1 | Amazon |
| It Was Meant To Be | Susan Horsnell | Self Published | 3/23/2023 | Amazon | |
| Summer Dreams | Laura John | Self Published | 3/23/2023 | Sultry Summer #4 | Amazon |
| Quiet Is the Night Now | Marie Ann | Self Published | 3/23/2023 | Amazon | |
| Chasing Secrets | Mychael Black | Changeling Press | 3/24/2023 | Earth Con #5 | Amazon |
| Bridger’s Lost Duckie | Della Cain & Kaytea Kat | Decadent Publishing | 3/24/2023 | Found by Daddy #1 | Amazon |
| Road Rules | Brigham Vaughn | Two Peninsulas Press | 3/24/2023 | Rules of the Game #1, 2nd Expanded Edition | Amazon |
| Cuffs & Carnations | Nikole Knight | Self Published | 3/24/2023 | Fire & Brimstone Scrolls | Amazon |
| Molly Boys | Vawn Cassidy | Self Published | 3/24/2023 | London Underside #1 | Amazon |
| Family Home | Blake Allwood | Self Published | 3/24/2023 | Coming Home #2 | Amazon |
| Hungry for Hector | A.W. Scott | Self Published | 3/24/2023 | A Little Slice of Paradise #3 | Amazon |
| A Subtle Scar | Alexa Piper | Self Published | 3/24/2023 | Hellbound Gods #1 | Amazon |
| The Demon Inside Me | Chace Verity | Self Published | 3/24/2023 | Loved by The Demon | Amazon |
| Duckling | Athena Steller | Self Published | 3/24/2023 | Unlocked Mates #6 | Amazon |
| Stumptown Spirits | E.J. Russell | Self Published | 3/24/2023 | Legend Tripping #1 | Amazon |
| The Bones in the Yard | KM Avery | Self Published | 3/25/2023 | Beyond the Veil #5 | Amazon |
| Room 307 | Trisha Linde | Self Published | 3/26/2023 | The Scarlet Hotel | Amazon |
| Killing Nightmares | Reis Asher | NineStar Press | 3/28/2023 | Killing Games #2 | Amazon |
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TITLE: Givers
AUTHOR: Casey Cox
SERIES: Upper Echelons #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 287
RELEASE DATE: 3/20/2023
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I’m so bad at love, I’ve resorted to outsourcing it.
ALGRL is a next-level, algorithmic-based online dating service with a 97% guaranteed success rate! With odds like that, even I can’t mess it up. Right?
One thing I’m sure of—Dunlop Palmer is not the Mr. Forever I’m looking for.
He’s a billionaire alpha playboy. Filthy rich, criminally attractive, and 100% not settle-down material.
He irritates me from the moment we meet. He gets under my skin once we start working together. And he totally catches me off guard when I start catching glimpses of the real him.
Turns out, my first impressions of him were way off-base. There’s a lot more to Dunlop than meets the eye. And see? This is why I can’t be trusted when it comes to men.
I should be focused on the perfect guy I’ve been matched with online—hello, 97% success rate—and not the walking, talking, sex god of a disaster that is Dunlop.
Am I about to make another huge mistake?…
TITLE: Aries
AUTHORS: Ryan T. Osborn & Minette Moreau
SERIES: Masters of the Zodiac #7
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 3/20/2023
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There are plenty of perks that come with being the Master of any Zodiac guild.
A magical sword that grants the holder control over fire wasn’t a perk Hawk was expecting, however. Nor was he expecting to be thrust into a situation where he’d be forced to defend his closest friend from a criminal organization hellbent on his destruction.
The more time they spend on the run, the harder it is for Hawk to fight the attraction he’s hidden for years. But once he gets Prophet on his knees for the first time, he knows he’ll stop at nothing to protect him.
Even if means putting his own life on the line and going up against a ruthless assassin determined to rip the only man he’s ever loved from his arms.
TITLE: Mist Dragon
AUTHOR: Minerva Howe
SERIES: Dragon Prophecy #1
PUBLISHER: Turtlehat Creatives
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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Dragon shifter Andy spends his time in his Santa Fe home with his brothers, surfing the dark web for information about dragons and digitizing dragon histories. He’s not used to trouble of any kind, so when a stranger shows up who seems to be watching him, he’s more than a little freaked out.
Dustin is used to doing recon on all sorts of creatures, especially dragons like him, in his quest to keep dragons safe. He and his twin brother both work for a mysterious billionaire who funds dragon conservation. So he thinks nothing of it when he’s sent to check out a dragon enclave in the high desert of New Mexico. Until he meets Andy, that is. Then he knows he’s found his mate.
As Dustin and Andy struggle to find their own space yet give Andy’s brothers and moms respect, danger threatens to tear them apart. Can they keep their growing family safe, and find a way to be something new while honoring both of their traditions?
TITLE: Dirty Deed
AUTHOR: Gianni Holmes
SERIES: Daddies’ Broken Boys #1
PUBLISHER: Coco Nutz
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023, 2nd Expanded Edition
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Noah Burgess is off limits.
He’s too young for me.
He’s my law firm partner’s only child.
And he’s a whole lot of trouble in a pint-sized package.
But he’s also vulnerable and carries around a wounded heart disguised by dirty deeds and poor judgment.
When he is expelled from college for an inappropriate relationship with his professor, he winds up living at my home for two weeks.
Just enough time for him to get under my skin.
Noah Burgess is fighting demons, and I can no longer stand by while he does it alone. But when my own world puts him in danger, do I let him go or keep him even closer to me?
Dirty Deed first appeared in the Dirty Daddies Pride anthology 2021. It has been expanded with more than 20k words and sets up the next two books in the series.
TITLE: Duke Sothbridge’s Vessel
AUTHOR: S. Rodman
SERIES: Duty & Magic: MM Modern Day Regency
PUBLISHER: Dark Angst Publishing
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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Tricking the wrong man into an arranged marriage isn’t the smartest thing I’ve ever done.
My name is Colby Witherington. It’s 2023 but I still live in a world of lords & ladies, balls & arranged marriages. It’s all very regency, except men marry men & magic is involved.
Desperate times called for desperate measures. I’m twenty-one and still unwed. Vessels are always married to a mage on their eighteenth birthday. It’s tradition. One I want to take part in. I long to surrender my body and my magic to a mage.
But when I was seventeen my first fiance got himself killed in a car crash, days before our wedding. Leaving me in this mess. I’ve tried everything and it’s been years.
So tricking the lovely Duke Rakewell into a compromising situation at a ball is my last option.
But it’s Duke Sothbridge who falls into my trap and is forced to propose to me.
Evil, cruel Duke Southbridge who ravished Lord Garrington’s Vessel on a balcony and fought a duel over it.
Him. I’m engaged in an arranged marriage to him.
What on earth am I going to do?
TITLE: Cold Cases and Deadly Lies
AUTHOR: J.M. Dabney
SERIES: Cold Case Unit #6
PUBLISHER: Hostile Whispers Press
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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When a special assignment brings two men together, they become a target for a man with a grudge. Can they find the danger before it’s too late?
Claxton
My Commander made me the Rookie Wrangler. Well, one rookie, but that was more than enough. Trey Callaghan was the newest member of the Winston Harbor S.W.A.T. Unit and I was in charge of getting him settled in. That had been the plan until a nightmare from my past reappeared, and he had his focus directed on Trey. I’d protect the man by any means necessary.
Trey
Making the S.W.A.T. Unit was my dream assignment. I’d fought hard for the chance, and I’d do anything to keep it. At least, that’s what I’d thought until Lieutenant Sean Claxton. Being assigned as the sexy, older man’s partner hadn’t been in my plans. When a threat to Claxton puts a target on my back, would I survive?
When two men are cut off from traditional help, how far will they go to protect each other?
TITLE: Out in the Surf
AUTHOR: Lane Hayes
SERIES: Out in College #10
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 157
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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The hockey player, the surfer, and a lesson neither can forget…
Luca-
I love the beach, and I’m a good athlete. Learning how to surf should be a breeze, right?
Wrong.
In a twist, hockey is nothing like surfing. That’s okay—I just need a diversion to round out my new life in So Cal while I figure out what comes next. As long as I keep my head above water, this could be fun.
Bonus…my instructor is hot.
Cal-
Teaching newbies to surf is easy money. Usually. My newest student is a wild card who seems to think his jock status should make him a natural at everything he tries, and I can see why. Luca is…special. He’s dynamic, energetic, and fun. It’s hard not to like him. But I like him a little too much.
This could be trouble.
TITLE: Starboard
AUTHOR: Ava Olsen
SERIES: Voyagers #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 262
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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Dylan: I’ve lived my adult life under the Hollywood spotlight, but no one really sees who I am. I’ve gone down the dark path of drinking my anxiety away, along with my career, but now I’m searching for the light again. My struggle to stay sober has me releasing long held secrets.
A contract to publish my autobiography means laying everything in the open. When I meet Max, my ghostwriter, I’m not sure how our collaboration is going to work. He’s a university professor from New York with more degrees than I can count and I’m a guy from West Texas that barely finished college. And he may be my ghostwriter, but Max is anything but invisible.
Intimate confessions lead to heightened emotions and an unexpected love that fills up all my empty places. I don’t know what the future holds, but I want Max to be a part of it.
I’m done hiding in plain sight. It’s time for this star to finally shine.
Max: I’m an established university professor and a celebrity ghostwriter. Why ghostwriting? Because it pays. And I need the money. My ex-husband likes to threaten me with legal battles over custody of our daughter and while he has family reserves, I don’t.
So I take a summer ghostwriting contract, a celebrity tell-all. I expect to meet another self-absorbed actor, but Dylan Aylmer doesn’t fit any pre-conceived mold. His eyes are so haunted that I can’t look away and now I’m curious to unlock all his secrets.
What I find is not only a man trying to mend his broken soul but a beautiful person that is so much more than outward appearances. I swore I’d never be vulnerable to heartache again, but Dylan has me breaking all my steadfast rules.
Am I chasing a shooting star, soon to be gone, or is our love the kind that shines forever?
TITLE: Worth the Fight
AUTHOR: Denver Shaw
SERIES: Winning at Love #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 210
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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A bad boy who lives outside the law. A compassionate soul focused on helping others. Sometimes rules are meant to be broken… for love.
Caden
Helping my brother was my focus. He got into trouble and I’ve been using my skills in the ring to prevent loan sharks from breaking his kneecaps… or worse.
Until I met Noah.
He’s a good man who makes me want to be better. A man who doesn’t lace up his gloves and step into underground rings. But I have one last fight coming. This time the stakes are higher than ever. What I have to do to save my brother could cost me the man I’m falling for.
Noah
I should have walked away and never looked back when I first met the MMA fighter with honey-gold eyes. Yet Caden’s charms are too appealing to ignore. As a social worker it’s important for me to keep my nose clean.
And Caden is a red flag in every way.
Still, he’s hot as sin and I can’t seem to stay away. I’m taking a risk by opening myself up to him, but I’m convinced beneath that bad boy exterior beats the heart of a good man who is worth the fight.
TITLE: Drive to Feel Alive
AUTHOR: CD Rachels
SERIES: Formula Q #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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Formula Q is the fastest motorsport in the world. Only the highest-performing athletes can make it to the grid. They drive fast, work hard, and play hard, but off-camera, anything goes.
The public knows me as Berto ‘Honeybear’ Navarro, number two driver in the fastest team in FQ. I’m a simple guy, and I’m perfectly content with my life as a motorsports celebrity. The world doesn’t need to know that I don’t like sex or dating.
I’m not gay like my buddy Damon, but I’m not really straight either. It’s time to face the scary truth: I’m probably asexual.
The only sliver of hope I have is my new friend Hunter. He helps me work through my orientation issues and doesn’t judge me for feeling uneducated and naïve. He’s sweet, smart, and generous with his time.
As the weeks go by, Hunter and I get closer, and suddenly intimacy is something I want to explore, but only with him. Hunter makes everything feel right. No one has ever lit a spark in my soul, but now my new best friend makes fireworks go off in my heart.
I thought winning races was the ultimate high and all I needed in life. That was before I touched Hunter—now, I crave so much more. For sex and love, I finally found my green light, and I’m not slowing down.
TITLE: Untied
AUTHOR: M Jameson
SERIES: St Jude’s #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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In the dark and dangerous world of St. Jude’s elite, Jenson Cooper is the epitome of power and wealth. He is also a member of a secret society that wields immense influence over the city. With his chiseled features and piercing gaze, Jenson is a fantasy for men and women alike. But behind his suave exterior lies a deviant secret that has kept him emotionally detached from the world.
When Jenson is forced to marry the daughter of his family’s lifelong enemy, he sees it as just another business transaction. But when he meets the beautiful and headstrong Amara Patel, his carefully constructed world is thrown into chaos.
Amara is everything he’s never wanted – passionate, caring, and unafraid to challenge him. As their undeniable and often volatile chemistry threatens to consume them both, Jenson’s dark past is never far away. His secrets could destroy everything.
He struggles to keep Amara at a distance, but the more he tries to push her away, the more he finds himself falling under her spell. With the stakes climbing and his heart on the line, he must decide whether to risk everything for the woman he loves, or protect his secrets.
TITLE: Ski Patrol
AUTHOR: Lucy Lennox
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 50
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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BJ came to Aster Valley to find a man. Okay, not just any man, a specific man. Namely, the man who accidentally dropped his To Do list in the Denver airport, thereby revealing he’s the absolute best, most perfect match for BJ.
But after almost a week of… uh… kissing too many of the wrong guys, BJ realizes it’s not meant to be. To add insult to injury, he gets an actual injury on the slopes, putting a wrench in his plans and his job at risk.
When Dallas, the sexy ski patrol responder, arrives on his snowmobile, BJ barely gives him a second look. He’s in too much pain and he’s sworn off all men, sexy or not.
But when Dallas shows up later that night at the hospital to offer BJ a ride home, BJ wonders if maybe he had it all wrong. Maybe he should give Aster Valley one more chance to make his To Do List dreams come true…
TITLE: Bones of the Lich King
AUTHOR: Megan Derr
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 274
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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After months away, attending to family matters in a distant city, Olaf is grateful to at last be returning home. Rochdale is a small village, and life as a ropemaker is simple and unexciting, but it’s a life Olaf deeply treasures—especially his son, Lukas.
Instead of a warm welcome, however, he’s greeted by screams and nightmares, people who are clearly dead walking around feeding ravenously on the living, and nothing remains of the home he loves so dearly. Fleeing for their lives, Olaf, his son, and their few companions make for the next village over, praying for the nightmare to end.
Stopping the Risen Dead is not a simple matter, however. Even the might of holy magic wielded by priests is not enough to do more than hold them back. To end the nightmare once and for all, Olaf will have to travel through dangerous territory to find a nigh-legendary necromancer, who gain their power over death by consuming their masters…
TITLE: Levity
AUTHOR: Roe Horvat
SERIES: Dragons of Ardaine #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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What’s the point of staying alive when you can’t live?
Half-naked in the arms of an angry, domineering alpha, Leo negotiates the limits for what’s shaping up to be his hottest encounter ever. After months of hiding in fear, he’s giving in to his desires, and it feels glorious. Except things go horribly wrong, and not only do his ex’s goons attack him, but now he’s being kidnapped by what appears to be a mythical creature. Or maybe he’s gone insane. Because dragons don’t exist, do they?
Davidson has finally found him. The one. His mate is gorgeous, tastes like heaven, and outright asks for a spanking. He’s also in acute danger, and Davidson must rescue him in dragon form, talons out. No wonder Leo is terrified of him. After their awful first night together, Davidson is determined to make things right and protect Leo with all his might.
TITLE: Dead Cold
AUTHOR: Pandora Pine
SERIES: Cold Case Psychic #21
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 182
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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When the current captain of Boston’s cold case unit comes knocking on Ronan O’Mara’s door he brings with him an unsolved homicide file and Ronan’s old police badge. Ronan is intrigued to say the least. The case is the twenty-year-old murder of a high school math teacher. It’s the one investigation Ronan’s partner Kevin Fitzgibbon could never solve during his time on the police force.
Psychic Tennyson Grimm, is happy to have his husband’s days of wearing a badge behind him, but now Ronan wants back in, begging to solve one last case. While Ronan reminisces about their good old days working cold cases for the Boston Police Department, all Tennyson can remember are the times he and Ronan were shot, stabbed, and kidnapped. Never able to deny his husband anything, Ten relents and agrees to join the hunt for the killer, who’s had two decades to cover their tracks.
As new leads and old secrets come to light, the finger of suspicion points in only one direction, but when Ronan and Fitzgibbon show up to make an arrest, their suspect has vanished.
When the killer steps out of the shadows to take another victim will Fitzgibbon get there in time to stop another murder? Or will this case leave Tennyson and Ronan dead cold?
TITLE: A Hero in Hiding
AUTHOR: Alice Winters
SERIES: Vexing Villains #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 317
RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2023
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My days are filled with perusing August’s sexy body, reading, and petting my villain cat.
Or they should be.
Of course I can’t just kick back and let the world burn around me because August “cares” about people and while I really… don’t, the idea of my one true love waltzing off into danger has me chasing after him, flinging bad guys as far as I can with my telekinesis.
This sounds easy enough—I can fling people in my sleep—until someone uses an illusion to make me believe the worst. I might be one of the most powerful supers alive, but when it’s impossible to tell what’s real and what’s not, lines begin to blur.
Along with my band of… misfits (I’m trying to be nice here), including a firestarter who seems to excel at burning the clothes off others (I’m never going to complain about a naked August), an excitable assassin who really needs to start asking before he shoots, and an illusionist who is disgustingly normal, we’re going to save the world.
I’m joking; I don’t care about saving the world. I just want to make sure no one touches my man.
TITLE: Doctor Stuck-Up
AUTHOR: A.N. Waugh
SERIES: Doctors of Eastport General
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 3/22/2023
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Come on in and meet the new ER Physicians, Surgeons, Specialists, Residents, and patients that occupy the rooms and halls of the largest hospital on the coast of Rhode Island. You may even run into some of your favorite doctors from Season 1. We hope you are ready to fall in love with all the new sexy stories that take place inside the walls of Eastport General Hospital.
TITLE: The Romantic
AUTHOR: Riley Hart
SERIES: The Vers Podcast #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 274
RELEASE DATE: 3/22/2023
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Parker
When it comes to The Vers, the queer podcast I host with my best friends, I’m The Romantic. The one who’s looking for love in all the wrong places. If there’s a jerk close by, I’ll find him. I’m beginning to think my Mr. Right doesn’t exist.
It’s definitely not Elliott Delgado Weaver, the shameless flirt who keeps asking me out. We’re not supposed to run into each other in Vegas or get drunk together. We definitely aren’t supposed to wake up married…only, we do.
Before we can figure out what to do, Elliott’s family finds out. He doesn’t want to let them down by telling them it was a drunken mistake. My parents had the perfect marriage until my mom passed, and since I’d hate for my father to discover what I did, Elliott and I decide to pretend we’re in love and stay married for six months. Better to amicably divorce later than own up to our screwup, right?
All I’ve ever wanted is my happily ever after, and now I live with a serial hookup artist who never planned on settling down.
But then, why is Elliott so good to me? He takes me on dates, makes me laugh, and touches me like I’m someone to cherish. He’s shown me I’m a sucker for praise, and lucky for me, he loves giving it to me. Our marriage is playing tricks on my heart because suddenly I’m wishing my happy ending can be with the husband who doesn’t think love is for him.
TITLE: Allergic to His Omega
AUTHOR: Lorelei M. Hart
SERIES: Omegas Inn Love #1
PUBLISHER: Decadent Publishing
LENGTH: 100
RELEASE DATE: 3/23/2023
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Tanner
I started my restaurant after years of running a successful themed food truck in the city. A peanut butter and jelly restaurant needs to be in every town as far as I am concerned. I’ve been obsessed with the combination and all its shades since I was a boy. So I’ve moved to Oliver Creek, a small town where I thought my brand would be a hit. It is. My unique sandwich combinations have the good folks lining up.
Sometimes when I’m alone at night I wish for an alpha to come home to, to hold me in his arms, but life hasn’t given me one. I already have a good life,
Godric
My life is routine—set—scheduled and that’s the way I like it. I work in my home office, creating masterpieces of architecture for museums all around the world. I could travel full-time if not for my limitations.
On an everyday trip to the organic market, I run into an omega. He’s tall and muscular, with a smile that has me melting instantly. But when our baskets crash into each other, I reel back. His is full of the one thing I’m deathly allergic to—nuts. Not all of them, but many, and I’ve been to the ER too often to take chances.
Tanner’s work revolves around a business that makes me clutch my EpiPen tighter. I don’t know if I can have him. Being with Tanner may just kill me. But he’s my true mate. Fate truly has a strange sense of humor.
TITLE: Riff
AUTHOR: Zoe Piper
SERIES: Larkspur #2
PUBLISHER: Apollo8 Publishing
LENGTH: 240
RELEASE DATE: 3/23/2023
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Cal thought graduating from MIT would set him up for life, but when he’s laid off with crippling student debts to pay, he hits rock bottom. Overqualified for nearly every job he applies for, Cal finds himself jumping at the only opportunity offered to him.
Larkspur’s lead-guitarist, Seth, doesn’t get involved. Tour crew members are off limits, and he isn’t around anyone else long enough to start the real relationship he truly wants, so he keeps to himself and plays up his rebel rocker persona. But his resolve is tested as he finds himself drawn to the band’s new assistant.
When Cal reveals why he is on tour with them, Seth can’t help giving in and acting more like his rash rebel persona instead of the level-headed man he knows he is. When a fake arrangement turns into more, can Seth convince Cal that there’s more to him than meets the eye?
TITLE: Peppermint Mocha Kisses
AUTHOR: BL Maxwell
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 3/23/2023
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Randy Miller wants nothing more than to make a living selling the fantastic cookies he dreams up when he’s not working as a web designer. He’s always loved baking, but he’s afraid of taking the leap from hobby to business. Mostly he’s afraid of failing, and of Eli coming up with a better recipe.
Eli Canton has a crush. A big crush on someone who avoids him whenever he can. Eli loves everything about Randy, even if he’s grouchy and seems to work way too much. Eli knows he’s not all bad and hopes to have a chance with him someday.
A broken oven throws the two of them together, and even though Randy doesn’t want to admit it, he likes the time he spends with Eli. And Eli definitely can’t wait to spend more time with Randy. Now if only they can make it past the annual cookie exchange and possibly Valentine’s Day to their own sweet happy ending.
TITLE: The Elemental Keyes
AUTHOR: Sam Burns
SERIES: Circle the Square #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 3/23/2023
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Today is the day the world ends.
Fine, tomorrow is the day the world ends, but is that actually better? My name is Blaze Keyes, and I’m a seer. Since I was a kid, I’ve known that the world was going to end on my twenty-fifth birthday.
But the day before the apocalypse, the most unexpected guy falls into my lap—or maybe I’d like to fall into his. Elethen is tall, handsome, a type of mage that disappeared from earth a century ago . . . and an elf. Also, he says he fell through a portal from another world, and I sort of believe him.
If I can’t save earth, maybe I can at least get Elethen home safe. Or if we can get my infuriating brother to work with us, maybe we can save everyone on both of our worlds. Maybe the world dies tomorrow, but damn it, I’m not going out without a fight.
TITLE: It Was Meant To Be
AUTHOR: Susan Horsnell
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 145
RELEASE DATE: 3/23/2023
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Kennedy wasn’t looking for love, but it seems fate had other ideas.
When he accepts a job as a ranch hand on a property a few miles from the city of Rogue Bay, he has no idea how much his life is about to change.
From the moment he sets eyes on his rancher boss, he knows he’s in a kind of trouble he’s never been in before.
Blaidyn is happy as a single man, running the ranch that has been in his family for decades.
The last thing he expected was to have his world knocked off its access by a sexy drifter.
Will these men accept it’s fate that has thrown them together?
Will they accept it was meant to be?
TITLE: Summer Dreams
AUTHOR: Laura John
SERIES: Sultry Summer #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 230
RELEASE DATE: 3/23/2023
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Age is just a number… or is it?
JAX
Growing up, I had it all. I never had to want for anything. Everything was great, and I had a family who cared. But getting tangled up with the wrong crowd ruined that.
For years, I lived in addiction, battling the constant need for my next hit and doing shady things. Someone saw more than that wasted addict and helped me get my life back together.
With dedication and sheer hard work, I’m finally in a good place. At forty, I own a bar. My bar and my employees are what keep me focused. I let nothing come between me and what I treasure.
Until a small man with light and sass threatens everything I believe. When Kev comes into the picture, though, I realize sometimes addiction and obsession are one in the same.
He works his way into the very fiber of my being, burrows in my soul. I’m starting to feel things I thought I had buried years ago coming back to the surface. I want him, but he’s twenty-one years younger than me, and everything I’m not…
KEVIN
My plans are set. The moment I turn 18, I am off to see anything outside this small NC town. I’d escape the sleepy closed minds and search for acceptance and love elsewhere. Funny thing about declaring plans, sometimes the universe has other ideas.
Despite myself, I find love, support and even a family amid the small-town community. Finding my forever family, I realized I can’t leave. They are helping me grow and be the person I want to be.
Growing my wings, I find Jax. Grumpy, no nonsense silver fox bar owner. He’s my opposite–cold, brooding, and distant. But something about him draws me in. Unfortunately, he wants nothing to do with me because of my age. Or maybe because our courtship started with a lie.
Once he finally lets his guard down and pulls his head out of his ass, we start to explore our relationship. Just as everything starts leading in the direction, we both want, our fresh romance is turned on its head.
Can I keep Jax beside me, or are we bound to break apart?
TITLE: Quiet Is the Night Now
AUTHOR: Marie Ann
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 439
RELEASE DATE: 3/23/2023
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Leo Douglas Harms: The Grim
An impenetrable wall of smoke and flames devoured the family I gave up everything for and I took my vengeance the only way I knew how—by becoming the very thing I ran away from. But little did I know I would inherit more than I bargained for.
Decades later and I’m burnt out, running on fumes to survive in a life I never wanted.
Then I met him. A light in the abyss.
Jaxon was beautiful—inside and out—and I found myself captivated by him in a way I had never felt. Knowing him, touching him, obliterated my soul. But in doing so, he stole something from me that was never mine to give. I tried… but my guilt was too much for even him to overshadow.
It will always be her. Them. It can’t not be.
Jaxon Ashtor Fitz: His Light
I used to be an honest, selfless man. The happy, go-lucky, all around good guy, but when Leo showed up at my tattoo shop, I felt every single one of my morals escape between my lips with a breathless ‘hello.’
His entire being exuded darkness; the relentless torture of his soul lingering just underneath the surface.
I was drawn to it, and him, like a moth to a flame. And when the secrets and lies started to build into a precarious fortress with me locked inside, I felt myself start to change.
His pain became mine, eroding me down until all that remained was the tiniest remnants of who I used to be. All because I fell in love with someone who could never love me back. Who refused. Who would never. Choose. Me.
TITLE: Chasing Secrets
AUTHOR: Mychael Black
SERIES: Earth Con #5
PUBLISHER: Changeling Press
LENGTH: 38
RELEASE DATE: 3/24/2023
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Dressed as a Dark Elf with midnight blue body paint and a set of chainmail-and-leather armor, Josh Ingram feels more at home among his fellow gamers at the local gaming convention than he ever has anywhere else.
Faron Krius is an Ichthian detective on the hunt for a murder suspect. He tracks the fugitive to Earth and follows the man right into a local gathering of video game enthusiasts. Now Faron has to wade through throngs of people, including one young — and very human — man who greatly resembles Ichthia’s most wanted murderer.
Is it a case of mistaken identity? Or is there a damn good reason why Josh has always felt out of place?
TITLE: Bridger’s Lost Duckie
AUTHORS: Della Cain & Kaytea Kat
SERIES: Found by Daddy #1
PUBLISHER: Decadent Publishing
RELEASE DATE: 3/24/2023
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I used to loathe working nights. Until one day the local kink club started holding their monthly munches at my coffee shop. Suddenly, I find myself longing for it to be the third Thursday so I could be there without the risk of actually attending a munch. I’ve been fascinated by the kinkier side of things for a while, and maybe that was why I was so interested at first, but everything changed when a self-identifying daddy named Bridger showed up with his sexy vibe, his infectious laugh, and his most-recent crochet project. Now it wasn’t an interest, it was a need, a need to learn more, preferably with Bridger as my teacher.
The number one rule of working the munch is that we can’t do anything other than serve their coffee—my boss afraid we will piss them off and lose him all the revenue. It sucks because it means the ball has to be in Bridger’s court…or does it? When he accidentally leaves his mostly finished crochet duck one night, I take it as a sign to make my move.
TITLE: Road Rules
AUTHOR: Brigham Vaughn
SERIES: Rules of the Game #1
PUBLISHER: Two Peninsulas Press
RELEASE DATE: 3/24/2023, 2nd Expanded Edition
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Rule #1: Hockey Comes First
As NHL team captain, Zane Murphy’s goal for the upcoming season is simple: take the Evanston River Otters all the way to the Stanley Cup.
Rule #2: Only On the Road
But an unexpectedly hot night with his best friend and teammate Ryan Hartinger throws Zane’s carefully laid plans and his sexuality into disarray.
Rule #3: Don’t Fall in Love with Your Best Friend
When feelings begin to creep in, Zane will have to decide if he’s willing to throw out the rules and risk his career and his friendship for a chance at winning it all.
Note: Road Rules was previously published as a 45k novella on Prolific Works and has since been expanded into a full length novel.
TITLE: Cuffs & Carnations
AUTHOR: Nikole Knight
SERIES: Fire & Brimstone Scrolls
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 318
RELEASE DATE: 3/24/2023
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It took one day to strip an Archangel of everything he held dear.
On the battlefield of Heaven, Uriel lost more than his left ear. He lost his Committeds and his will to live. Decades later, he’s drowning himself at the bottom of a bottle, with no escape in sight. He tried to end his misery, but death didn’t take. Resigned to suffering eternity alone with only the ghosts of the ones he lost as company, the last thing Uriel wants is a new love.
It took one day for a hybrid to fall in love with a broken, lost Archangel.
As the hybrid spawn of Lucifer, Jesse isn’t exactly popular with angels; carrying the face of a monster tends to have that effect. So, he keeps his head down and secretly prays for the day someone can see past his golden eyes to the soul inside—the soul desperate for the solace only surrender can provide.
A grieving Archangel searching for hope and a reason to live. A hybrid yearning for a firm, loving hand, and a place to belong. Join Uriel and Jesse as they test the boundaries of love and the infinite limits of grace.
TITLE: Molly Boys
AUTHOR: Vawn Cassidy
SERIES: London Underside #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 3/24/2023
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London 1883:
For Lord Everett Stanley, escaping his fate seemed impossible. As the second son, he’s destined for ordination and the life of a priest, but he’s hiding a dangerous secret. The laws punishing homosexuality by hanging may have been repealed but he and others of his kind are far from safe. Given no other choice, they take solace in the underground molly houses of London. Now that fragile world is threatened when the East End is rocked by a series of gruesome murders.
Inspector Archibald Franklin worked hard to overcome his working-class roots, making a name for himself as a respected inspector of Whitechapel’s H Division, but when he begins to investigate the deaths of several beautiful young men, fate throws him into the path of the handsome and enigmatic Lord Stanley. His gut instinct tells him the young lord knows more about the murders than he lets on, but the closer he gets, the more Everett calls to him in a way he’s tried to deny his whole life.
As a reign of terror grips London, they are drawn together in order to stop a monster, but for Archie, the growing feelings he has for Everett are a betrayal of the very laws he has sworn to uphold. And as the killer closes in, the two men find themselves bound together by a passion that may be their ultimate salvation or their utter destruction…
TITLE: Family Home
AUTHOR: Blake Allwood
SERIES: Coming Home #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 295
RELEASE DATE: 3/24/2023
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Facing the past is never fun, especially when it involves seeing the man you still love. When their lives are once again intertwined, is a second chance possible?
Ash once stabbed his heart when he broke up with him, who cares if it was high school, pain is still pain. And speaking of pain, this broken foot has done nothing but keep him stuck in Crawford City.
Ash is now the town doctor after his dad retired, which means when the incredibly handsome and totally pissed off Todd comes in, Ash is the only person in town who can treat him.
Like it or not, when Ash and Todd’s dads drop a major bomb on them, the two men are forced to deal with one another.
Will they find a way around teenage misunderstandings and bad choices to rekindle a love that’s never stopped boiling, or will their pride forever keep them apart?
TITLE: Hungry for Hector
AUTHOR: A.W. Scott
SERIES: A Little Slice of Paradise #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 3/24/2023
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He needed saving and I was the man for the job…
Hector lives a quiet, simple life surrounded by comic books and action figures. He’s spent his whole life being the person on the outside looking in. When a stranger stumbles into his shop declaring him a friend, he discovers the life he was content with pales in comparison to what he could have.
Even though his new friend group is happy to embrace their little lifestyle so openly, Hector is hesitant to make his true self known. Too used to his previous existence, he doesn’t quite know how to break free of his own personal seclusion.
Damien lives life like someone who’s come a little too close to death a time or two. A bachelor pad he barely visits and a past of short lived relationships are proof of such. That’s the price you pay when you’re a fireman. Every day there’s a chance you won’t get more time.
When a late night fire brings him face to face with the most adorable Little he’s ever seen, he feels like fate might be looking down on him. After all, he did just ask his buddy and his partner what being a Daddy really meant. The timing couldn’t be more perfect.
Can Hector overcome his hangups and accept his Little side in front of his friends? Will Damien be able to convince his boy he’s the right fit as his Daddy? Everything makes sense with a Little Slice of Paradise.
TITLE: A Subtle Scar
AUTHOR: Alexa Piper
SERIES: Hellbound Gods #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 353
RELEASE DATE: 3/24/2023
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Chandler’s orderly, fulfilling life is running like clockwork. The darkness in his own past doesn’t bother him, not while he gets to help other people solving crimes as a consulting mage with the Federal Investigative Service. But all that order goes out the window when Chandler takes an involuntary vacation and encounters two immortals, gods, who seem to think he’s the hottest thing since the discovery of fire. While he’d be fine with a little fun on his own terms, that doesn’t seem to be what the gods have in mind.
Hermes and Charon, frenemies with benefits, have solved the problem of the delectable human they both want: share him. Because sharing is better than losing your favorite rival to monogamy. Besides, gorgeous Chandler is high maintenance for a human and demands their full support for his crime solving passion, especially when he is asked to consult on a series of violent murders.
Will Chandler find a way to shake the divine duo—and does he want to? Can Hermes and Charon satisfy their demanding boyfriend while they help solve his case? And can the three of them understand that sharing has to be caring, even when they don’t fully understand each other?
TITLE: The Demon Inside Me
AUTHOR: Chace Verity
SERIES: Loved by The Demon
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 3/24/2023
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Colby Lankford-Hall never worries about what he really wants in life. Dreams are a luxury for a retail worker who needs to worry about getting the bills paid, and his hectic life suits him just fine. One day, a woman will see past his short frame, low wages, and his tendency to be late for everything. Yeah, he wants a girlfriend! Doesn’t he…?
Everything he thought he knew about himself changes when he meets Zed. Tall and sparkly, Zed looks like he stepped out of a dream. His blunt invitation to sleep together is too tempting to pass, and kissing the sweet man makes Colby long to be someone more worthy of such affection.
His wish unexpectedly comes true when the pair wake up inside each other’s bodies, forcing Zed to reveal his identity as a dream eater demon. With no immediate way to swap back, Colby has to learn how to live as a dream eater and prevent the demon inside his body from getting him fired. But the more time Colby spends away from his usual chaotic life, the more he realizes he has dreams—and they involve a certain gorgeous demon.
TITLE: Duckling
AUTHOR: Athena Steller
SERIES: Unlocked Mates #6
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 212
RELEASE DATE: 3/24/2023
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Seb
I’m the boring twin, the one who always has his nose buried in a book. I’m amazed by the new paranormal world that I’ve suddenly been thrust into. With both my brothers finding the love of their lives, I’ve been welcomed with open arms into our new family, but no matter how nice everyone is, I still feel like there’s something missing. I might be considered the quiet twin, but when I met a mysterious Reaper, all those fun filthy fantasies I try not to dwell on come to the surface.
Ash
I know the Alpha of the Hellhounds has found his mate and I’m happy for him, but I’ve given up hope for myself. As a Reaper, I escort souls to their final resting place and live in the Hell realm. Unless my mate is condemned to a lifetime of punishment or is dead, I can’t see where I’ll met the person meant to be my forever…until a chance meeting at the Alpha’s house. When I first lay eyes on the small, sweet, nerdy human, I know he’s mine. Instantly I worry that he’s too nice for me, but one look in his eyes and I know the truth. This little ball of fire calls to my primal urges and begs for more.
TITLE: Stumptown Spirits
AUTHOR: E.J. Russell
SERIES: Legend Tripping #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 269
RELEASE DATE: 3/24/2023
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A life in hock.
Seven years ago, Logan Conner and his legend tripper college roommate stumbled into the middle of a ghost war. Logan escaped. Trent did not. Guilt has driven Logan to hunt for answers ever since—not only for why Trent was trapped, but how to return and save him.
On the verge of abandoning the search as hopeless, Logan discovers the solution at last thanks to folklorist Riley Morrel, the man he never expected to fall in love with, and the man he’d do anything to keep safe, including leaving him behind.
A life on hold.
When Logan disappeared in a puff of motorcycle exhaust, Riley’s life took a nosedive. After dropping out of school, he’s not entirely sure it’s not still diving. Sure, he has a job—one that’d send his thesis advisor screaming. Still, there are perks to his gig as the researcher for paranormal investigation show Haunted to the Max: He’s in the ideal position to propose projects for the team to tackle.
Like their latest episode in Portland, for instance, where Logan just happens to be bartending. If nothing else, confronting the big jerk will give Riley some closure.
A life’s last hour.
But as the two men take tentative steps toward each other again, they begin to realize that their relationship, the shoot, and Logan’s quest to free Trent are hopelessly entangled with one tragic day at the riverside, over a century and a half in the past.
And when the smoke finally clears? Not everyone will walk away.
TITLE: The Bones in the Yard
AUTHOR: KM Avery
SERIES: Beyond the Veil #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 422
RELEASE DATE: 3/25/2023
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I… have issues.
I know. Who’d have thought that a jaded ex-cop elf would have problems with emotional commitment and self-esteem?
Yeah, me, too.
I’m trying to work on that. I’ve also got a new job, new boss, and a pile of bones I’m trying to identify while not stepping on too many official police-business toes. To top things off, it looks like the Antiquus Ordo Arcanum aren’t the only murdering cult making my life a living hell.
I’m in the middle of a battleground between not one, but two cults and a group of people who think that witches, warlocks, and people like Ward and me shouldn’t exist. And as if that weren’t enough, I’m struggling to find time to work on self-improvement and maybe manage to go on a date or two in the mean time with a certain shifter who is just way too adorable for words.
I’m pretty sure he’s going to dump my ass. But I really, really, really hope he doesn’t. At least not before I can solve these murders and get my life a little more together than it currently isn’t.
TITLE: Room 307
AUTHOR: Trisha Linde
SERIES: The Scarlet Hotel
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 161
RELEASE DATE: 3/26/2023
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Behind closed doors at The Scarlet Hotel, anything can happen… even the perfect mistake.
Omega Luke has been unlucky in love. No, unlucky doesn’t properly describe the train wreck that is his dating life. He swears he isn’t picky, but no matter what, he can’t seem to find the right alpha to make his heart go pitter-pat. If only he could find an alpha as patient as his best friend Jeremy, or as kind, funny, handsome… And when he and Jeremy have a little too much fun one night, he finds himself wondering if they could be something more.
Alpha Jeremy has always seen his best friend Luke as just one of the guys. They get along perfectly, and the fact that he’s an omega has never been a problem between them. There’s nothing Jeremy wants more than to see his friend happy, so after making a drunken mistake and crossing a line, he makes it his sole mission in life to find Luke the perfect man… who may or may not be him.
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