Here are the new releases for the week.
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| Title | Author | Publisher | Release Date | Other Details | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Me | Beck Grey | Pine & Moon | 5/1/2023 | Love in the Pacific Northwest #4 | Amazon |
| Curse of the Fire Witch | N. R. Hairston | Self Published | 5/1/2023 | A Clash of Hexes and Flames #2 | Amazon |
| Afflicted Love | Autumn Sand | Self Published | 5/1/2023 | Rhythm & Heart | Amazon |
| Protect Me | Scarlet Blackwell | Self Published | 5/1/2023 | Damaged Goods #2 | Amazon |
| Omega’s Folly | Blake R. Wolfe | Self Published | 5/1/2023 | Tales of the Tellurian Pack #4 | Amazon |
| Void Dancer | Amanda Meuwissen | Dreamspinner Press | 5/2/2023 | Tales from the Gemstone Kingdoms | Amazon |
| Get What I Want | Chloe B. Young | NineStar Press | 5/2/2023 | Bad Crowd #1.5 | Amazon |
| Phoenix | Barry Creyton | NineStar Press | 5/2/2023 | Amazon | |
| I Like Me Better | Robby Weber | Inkyard Press | 5/2/2023 | Amazon | |
| Ander & Santi Were Here | Jonny Garza Villa | Wednesday Books | 5/2/2023 | Amazon | |
| Guys Like Him | Aimee Nicole Walker | Chasing Rainbows Press | 5/2/2023 | Redemption Ridge #1 | Amazon |
| Best Men | Sidney Karger | Berkley | 5/2/2023 | Amazon | |
| Slow Motion | BJ Cox | Never Too Late Books | 5/2/2023 | Pet Play by the Lake | Amazon |
| Cherry Picked | May Archer | Self Published | 5/2/2023 | Sunday Brothers #3 | Amazon |
| Second Glance | A.E. Bennett | Self Published | 5/2/2023 | The Serrulata Saga | Amazon |
| Mirror of the Sun | Victoria Sue | Self Published | 5/2/2023 | Enhanced World #7 | Amazon |
| Heavy Hand | E.M. Lindsey | Self Published | 5/2/2023 | Irons and Works: Key Largo | Amazon |
| Manhandled | L. Blakely | Top Notch Boyfriend Book | 5/3/2023 | Winner Takes All #5 | Amazon |
| Dark Seduction | Sky McCoy | Self Published | 5/3/2023 | A Dark Passion Series #2 | Amazon |
| Reaper | Carol Dawn | Self Published | 5/3/2023 | Phantoms MC #4 | Amazon |
| Not Over You | Samantha Wayland | Self Published | 5/3/2023 | Amazon | |
| Hawthorne Manor | Bryan T. Clark | Cornbread Publishing | 5/4/2023 | Amazon | |
| His Healing Heart | Eve Riley | Naughty Nights Press | 5/4/2023 | Gray Vale Pack #3 | Amazon |
| Charles, Earl of Crofton | Rebecca Cohen | Self Published | 5/4/2023 | Amazon | |
| Reality Royal | Kristian Parker | Self Published | 5/4/2023 | Queens Crescent #3 | Amazon |
| The Vampire King’s Promise | X. Aratare | Self Published | 5/4/2023 | Ever Dark #4 | Amazon |
| Poison Hearts | Jennifer Cody | Self Published | 5/4/2023 | The Elite | Amazon |
| How Not to Date A Dragon Master | Stephanie Burke | Changeling Press | 5/5/2023 | How Not To #14 | Amazon |
| Dickathlon | Finn Dixon | Self Published | 5/5/2023 | Champions Series | Amazon |
| Our Dom | M.A. Innes | Self Published | 5/5/2023 | Our Love #3 | Amazon |
| Bloody Brats | Loki Renard | Self Published | 5/5/2023 | Vampire Kings #5 | Amazon |
| Of Sound Mind and Body | Eve Morton | JMS Books | 5/6/2023 | Amazon | |
| Professor Alpha | Lorelei M. Hart & Aria Grace | Surrendered Press | 5/6/2023 | Alpha For Hire #3 | Amazon |
| The Daredevil | Duckie Mack | Self Published | 5/6/2023 | Black Cat Circus | Amazon |
| That Convict Kind of Love | West Greene | Self Published | 5/7/2023 | Essentially Yours | Amazon |
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TITLE: Free Me
AUTHOR: Beck Grey
SERIES: Love in the Pacific Northwest #4
PUBLISHER: Pine & Moon
LENGTH: 245
RELEASE DATE: 5/1/2023
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A gender-fluid cutie, a workaholic hottie, and a hookup gone right.
Blake
No romantic relationship could ever compete with my dream job. Sure, it gets lonely, but that’s what occasional hookups are for. Work-life balance? Who cares? I certainly don’t. Until chest pains bring me to my knees and land me in the emergency room.
It’s a wake-up call I can’t afford to ignore.
When my well-meaning family encourages me to make some major life changes, like hiring a meditation and physiotherapist, whatever that is, I’m worried enough to agree.
Imagine my surprise when my practitioner turns out to be the hookup I haven’t been able to forget.
Stef
What’s a fabulously vivacious gender-fluid beauty to do when stress is high and Prince Charmings aren’t lined up at their door? Head to the club to recharge my sparkle on the dance floor. I have no intention of hooking up with anyone. Hookups are not my thing.
Then I see the slightly older hottie in the Tom Ford suit, and all my self-restraint goes up in a blast of glitter.
When it turns out he’s my new meditation client and my friend’s older brother, I’m sure the universe is messing with me.
Because mixing business with pleasure is a huge no-no.
So why does my heart keep shouting yes?
TITLE: Curse of the Fire Witch
AUTHOR: N. R. Hairston
SERIES: A Clash of Hexes and Flames #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 95
RELEASE DATE: 5/1/2023
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I have twenty-four hours to prove I didn’t kill the king of Bellum.
I’m a fire witch. The king was killed with my fire.
How was my fire there if I didn’t kill him?
I grab my mafia boyfriend Mark so we can figure it out.
But then another leader is killed with my fire.
Is someone trying to frame me, or is this another hit in Mark’s war against an opposing mafia family?
Mark and I soon find ourselves caught in a deadly fight against two worlds. Can we make it out of this one alive?
TITLE: Afflicted Love
AUTHOR: Autumn Sand
SERIES: Rhythm & Heart
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 194
RELEASE DATE: 5/1/2023
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“All I wanted was to be near you, FOREVER,” Kyle
When I first saw him, I loved him. He became my everything, my true north. But both of us are broken. The trauma from our past is bigger than our love. He pushed me away when I needed him most. Our love was an affliction that I may never find the cure for.
“Every time I look at you, I remember what happened that night,” Lyle
I’m the reason why he almost died that night. If it wasn’t for…no, I’m too afraid to say it. The memory is too fresh. I’m not worthy of him. Perhaps I’m like my father, after all. Why do we hurt those we love the most? This affliction called love is painful and I’m the one who brings him the most pain, but I can’t stay away because he is my drug of choice.
TITLE: Protect Me
AUTHOR: Scarlet Blackwell
SERIES: Damaged Goods #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 193
RELEASE DATE: 5/1/2023
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He was supposed to be a man from a tough world of crime and danger. But he’d never fitted that image. He’d always felt lost and out of his depth, like he was forever treading water.
Kayden Cole – ex-junkie, one-time gangster’s toy and…birdwatcher
Mason Pearce – the Miami narcotics detective assigned to protect Kayden while he turns state’s evidence
Never had he wanted to protect and cherish someone the way he did Kayden.
Mason likes his men big, brawny and brainless. Kayden’s ten years younger, short and slight. He’s also cerebral, introverted, and haunted by his past. Mason can’t understand his instant attraction but it’s like being struck by a thunderbolt. Closeted alone in a hotel room with Kayden for twelve hours every night, Mason is driven beyond the edge of his control, but he’ll lose his job and compromise Kayden’s safety if he tangles with him.
He was back to the lowest place he had ever been—alone with nothing and nobody—and if someone wanted to put him out of his misery, that was just fine.
Kayden’s damaged and scarred and in fear of his life. He lost the only man who ever meant anything to him and he’s suspicious of the cop’s motives. But Mason burrows beneath his skin, opens Kayden up and even though he’s scared, he wants to hope that finally, life will give him a break.
TITLE: Omega’s Folly
AUTHOR: Blake R. Wolfe
SERIES: Tales of the Tellurian Pack #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 205
RELEASE DATE: 5/1/2023
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With an arranged marriage awaiting him back home, Eli has come to visit his favorite small town for the summer one last time. However, he never expected to find his true mate, especially in the handsome Alpha with the green eyes.
Now Eli must choose between an easy life back home where he’s forced to be someone he isn’t, or a life with Nathan, the barista making his coffee each morning. As much as he knows he shouldn’t keep going after Nate, he can’t help himself. Something inexplicable is drawing them together. But when Eli’s fiance shows up, all hell breaks lose.
Will he choose what’s expected of him or will he follow his heart?
TITLE: Void Dancer
AUTHOR: Amanda Meuwissen
SERIES: Tales from the Gemstone Kingdoms
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 262
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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A brilliant inventor, Enzo Dragonbane has plenty to hide, including his secret identity as the recently deceased king’s bastard son. But he’s not half as mysterious as Cullen, the man he finds in the caverns. Cullen has no memories at all.
Cullen doesn’t know who he is or how he got there, and he certainly doesn’t know anything about his strange shadow powers. But he soon learns that memories or not, magic or not, the Ruby Kingdom stands on the brink of civil war. A lower-class group called the Ashen is poised to take advantage of the power vacuum caused by the king’s death to fight for equality.
Soon Enzo and Cullen find themselves in the midst of a revolution. As they untangle Cullen’s past, they discover they have much in common. But if they’re to have any hope of a peaceful life together, they’ll have to discover the secret of controlling Cullen’s abilities, take sides in the coming fight, and face up to the truth of who they really are.
TITLE: Get What I Want
AUTHOR: Chloe B. Young
SERIES: Bad Crowd #1.5
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 60
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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A year ago, Carter Lawrence infiltrated the infamous Bad Co. nightclub as an undercover officer. Now, with the investigation over, he can’t resist the call of an unfamiliar thrill: dominance and submission.
It was supposed to be a one-time visit to satisfy his fascination. However, after coming to the rescue of club regular, Lucas, it might be harder than Carter thought to walk away.
TITLE: Phoenix
AUTHOR: Barry Creyton
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 302
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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Jack McCauley is at a dead end. He’s run out of money, luck, and love. There’d be no one to mourn him if he died tomorrow. Out of the blue, he’s given the chance to begin anew—another identity, another life, another chance at love. Should he take it? Should he start over?
Jack is young, good-looking, and desperate for his next acting gig. His boyfriend is history, his rent is unpaid, and his agent isn’t returning his calls. He’s offered one chance at redemption—a small part in a western being shot in Arizona—if only he can make his way there from LA by noon the following day.
Hitching a ride with Martin Brenner seems just the ticket. Martin is on his way to a new life in Phoenix and seems pleased to pick up an extra passenger.
Little does Jack know that a simple pickup will lead to the acting job he least expected—the role of a lifetime. But nothing in Phoenix is what it seems on the surface. Can Jack act his way out of an intricate jigsaw of lies, blackmail, and murder?
TITLE: I Like Me Better
AUTHOR: Robby Weber
PUBLISHER: Inkyard Press
LENGTH: 325
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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his is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain’s prank means trouble for the whole squad, Zack’s left with no choice but to take one for the team and cover for him.
Now he’s trading parties and beach days for community service at a seaside conservation center—fair enough. But thanks to his new reputation, the cute intern, Chip, won’t even give him a shot. Still, Zack finds himself falling for Chip between dolphin encounters and shark costume disasters, which means he suddenly has way more on the line than he ever expected.
Zack may be good at winning on the field, but can he keep up the lie without losing himself?
TITLE: Ander & Santi Were Here
AUTHOR: Jonny Garza Villa
PUBLISHER: Wednesday Books
LENGTH: 360
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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Finding home. Falling in love. Fighting to belong.
The Santos Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas, is all Ander Martínez has ever known. The smell of pan dulce. The mixture of Spanish and English filling the streets. And, especially their job at their family’s taquería. It’s the place that has inspired Ander as a muralist, and, as they get ready to leave for art school, it’s all of these things that give them hesitancy. That give them the thought, are they ready to leave it all behind?
To keep Ander from becoming complacent during their gap year, their family “fires” them so they can transition from restaurant life to focusing on their murals and prepare for college. That is, until they meet Santiago López Alvarado, the hot new waiter. Falling for each other becomes as natural as breathing. Through Santi’s eyes, Ander starts to understand who they are and want to be as an artist, and Ander becomes Santi’s first steps toward making Santos Vista and the United States feel like home.
Until ICE agents come for Santi, and Ander realizes how fragile that sense of home is. How love can only hold on so long when the whole world is against them. And when, eventually, the world starts to win.
TITLE: Guys Like Him
AUTHOR: Aimee Nicole Walker
SERIES: Redemption Ridge #1
PUBLISHER: Chasing Rainbows Press
LENGTH: 284
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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Kieran Sullivan is broken when he arrives at Redemption Ridge. A wrongful conviction and twenty months in lockup will do that to a man. The ranch is a place for second chances and fresh starts, but for him, it’s an opportunity to discover who set him up. Get in, get answers, and get out. The plan sounds easy enough until Kieran meets an equine specialist whose sunny smile could warm the coldest heart.
Finley Ashe is a sucker for bruised spirits and sad eyes. The horse whisperer and broken-boy magnet is six months into a hiatus from love when Kieran, the king of emotionally unavailable men, gets assigned to work under his supervision. Mutual attraction is gasoline on proximity’s flame, testing Finley’s resistance in new ways.
Priorities shift, shields come down, and truths get exposed. Will the inevitable combustion redeem Kieran and Finley or consume them?
TITLE: Best Men
AUTHOR: Sidney Karger
PUBLISHER: Berkley
LENGTH: 365
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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When two best men in a wedding party fall for each other, they realize love isn’t a piece of cake in this hilarious and heartfelt romantic comedy debut by screenwriter Sidney Karger.
Max Moody thought he had everything figured out. He’s trying to live his best life in New York City and has the best friend a gay guy could ask for: Paige. She and Max grew up next door to each other in the suburbs of Chicago. She can light up any party. She finishes his sentences. She’s always a reliable splunch (they don’t like to use the word brunch) partner. But then Max’s whole world is turned upside down when Paige suddenly announces some huge news: she’s engaged and wants Max to be her man of honor. Max was always the romantic one who imagined he would get married before the unpredictable Paige and is shocked to hear she’s ready to settle down. But it turns out there’s not just one new man in Paige’s life—there are two.
There’s the groom, Austin, who’s a perfectly nice guy. Then there’s his charming, fun and ridiculously handsome gay younger brother, Chasten, who is Austin’s best man. As Paige’s wedding draws closer, Max, the introverted Midwesterner, and Chasten, the social butterfly East Coaster, realize they’re like oil and water. Yet they still have to figure out how to coexist in Paige’s life while not making her wedding festivities all about them. But can the tiny romantic spark between these two very different guys transform their best man supporting roles into the leading best men in each other’s lives?
TITLE: Slow Motion
AUTHOR: BJ Cox
SERIES: Pet Play by the Lake
PUBLISHER: Never Too Late Books
LENGTH: 208
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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Leaving everything behind and starting over as a masseur at the Mountain Lake Resort might have been drastic, but Dale is happy where he is. So what if he can’t remember the last time he took real time to himself? He’s good at working over willing people—with either deep tissue or a flogger—and when he meets an attractive younger man at his favorite club, there’s even the promise of romance in his quiet, settled life.
A hard-working lawyer searching for what’s been missing in his life, Troy wants more than just a few kinky dates. He sees the upcoming Pet Play by the Lake as the perfect opportunity for Dale to explore the submissive side of his switch personality, and for Troy to learn what it means to be a trainer to an eager, if older, boy.
Dale’s not sure he’ll even make it through their week of play together, though. As a sloth surrounded by puppies and ponies, Dale is devastated when it’s clear others don’t see him as a real pet. He already sticks out like a sore thumb, and it seems like one angry pup in particular wants nothing more than to make Dale doubt himself at every turn.
Troy’s determined to show Dale that he doesn’t have to be a boy in order to be a pet worthy of love and acceptance. But when the strain of trying too hard and doubting himself means that not even their favorite punishments are enough to keep Dale with him, can the two of them dig deeper to find the kind of connection they’ve both been craving all along?
TITLE: Cherry Picked
AUTHOR: May Archer
SERIES: Sunday Brothers #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 308
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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Never ask your brother’s best friend to… pick your cherry.
When I asked Jack Wyatt to help me lose my pesky v-card, I didn’t expect him to keel over in shocked disapproval and nearly tumble us down a mountain.
You might think a guy who’s been reading romance novels his whole life would’ve figured out a smoother way to broach the subject, but in my defense, I’ve been pining for Jack for seven long years, just waiting for him to notice me.
Jack sees me as sweet, shy Hawk Sunday: his Pride and Prejudice-obsessed hiking buddy; his dependable employee; the honorary little brother he’s determined to protect, not…deflower.
But to me, Jack is everything a romantic hero should be: tall, gorgeous, kind, and brilliant.
Or at least I thought he was brilliant… until he started getting so many things so boneheadedly wrong.
Like refusing to do the deflowering himself, but also, erm… blocking any other potential plant-lovers from getting all up in my garden.
And like continuing to see me as someone who needs protecting, rather than a man who needs possessing…
A man who’s determined to get his cherry well and truly picked this summer, whether Jack Wyatt likes it or not.
TITLE: Second Glance
AUTHOR: A.E. Bennett
SERIES: The Serrulata Saga
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 207
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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A proper gentleman. A stoic soldier. Their passion ignites a defiant love…
Lord Patrick Upshur seemingly hasn’t a care in the world. He’s a younger son of a wealthy lord in the Realm and his only responsibilities include behaving in a manner his father sees fit and possibly getting married someday. No one, not even Patrick’s closest sibling, knows that he’s hiding a painful secret – one that could disgrace him and the Upshur family forever.
Commandant Iseul of the White Riders understands he should concentrate on only three things – commanding his men in the barracks, serving the sovereign, and protecting the Realm. He’s only given in to his deepest desires once and he’s vowed to never do it again.
Both are resigned to their fates as the annual summer Solstice festival arrives.
After a chance encounter in a secluded courtyard in a tavern, it’s love at first sight.
Enamored, the two vow to meet again, despite the edicts of the Realm forbidding any relationship between them.
As their passion blossoms into something deeper, they plot to run away together but are thwarted by tragedy.
Can their love survive in a world that forces them to conceal their feelings?
TITLE: Mirror of the Sun
AUTHOR: Victoria Sue
SERIES: Enhanced World #7
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 337
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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Together, they might stand a chance.
Divided the world might never survive.
Richard, chased by the memory of losing his entire team in Syria, agreed to help his younger brother Talon, in an attempt to forge bonds between them that had been broken when Talon had transformed.
Adam, terrified of the team that had given him a chance at life, finding out what he had done. Would it result not only in losing the family he had always wanted but never had, but the real risk of harm to those not expecting it, and knowing he was going to be forced to choose between the two?
Sawyer, torn between the real possibility that his ability was out of control, and terrified to admit it even to those who had always had his back, was secretly being drawn to both the warrior that might save the world, and the innocent that might have to sacrifice himself for it.
And the very real possibility that the evil they faced would defeat all three.
TITLE: Heavy Hand
AUTHOR: E.M. Lindsey
SERIES: Irons and Works: Key Largo
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 271
RELEASE DATE: 5/2/2023
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Max isn’t pathetic. Really. He’s not.
He just gets a little too attached sometimes when hot guys pay him extra attention.
And Jeremiah seems different than all of Max’s other hookups in the past…
Until Max wakes up in a hotel room with nothing more than a note thanking him for a good time.
But when he learns Jeremiah owns the restaurant next door to Irons and Works, it seems nothing more than inevitable when they run into each other again. And it’s depressingly predictable when Max finds himself falling for the stoic blind man who made it clear from the start that he doesn’t want a relationship.
Max usually takes life with a grain of salt—letting the world ebb and flow around him with an open heart and heavy hand—but for the first time in his life, he’s found something worth fighting for.
TITLE: Manhandled
AUTHOR: L. Blakely
SERIES: Winner Takes All #5
PUBLISHER: Top Notch Boyfriend Book
LENGTH: 286
RELEASE DATE: 5/3/2023
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My buddies made me do it. I swear.
I didn’t plan to bid big on a date with my baseball player best friend at the auction. But he looked really good in that tailored suit, and I can’t resist a dare.
The media jumps all over the story – the city’s new quarterback nabs a date with the bigshot star shortstop.
Not so fast – we’re just friends.
Until we hit the links for the strictly platonic date I won. Suddenly I’m looking at my silver-tongued, devilishly handsome best bud in a whole new light–and it’s dark and dirty.
We cross way over the friendship line at my place that night, but in the morning we agree it can’t happen again. Trouble is, we can’t keep our hands off each other, especially not when we’re stuck in the same hotel room at our friend’s wedding.
But Tanner wants a real relationship, and I’m only serious about football. So when my second season as a starter begins next week, our late-night games (and talks, and sleepovers, and morning coffees) will have to end.
Except, as the cutoff looms closer, I’m feeling a whole lot more than friendship and that’s a big problem for my career…
TITLE: Dark Seduction
AUTHOR: Sky McCoy
SERIES: A Dark Passion Series #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 126
RELEASE DATE: 5/3/2023
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Should sexual desires and secrets of the sensual kind stay hidden, or should you risk sharing them with another?
Daniel
“I’d been searching for that one person who ignited and excited my darkest secrets. And I had many. I met no one I cared about who shared my desire for this life I led. These dark desires I held close and used often until I met Cole. I knew then I had to make him mine. However, if he discovered my secret, how I’d lived before him tethered to a man who broke young men, would he still be willing to share his life with me?
My dark passion led me to Julian Page, a man whom I loved when I didn’t know what love was, and with whom I trusted with every part of my being, only to discover the truth later from my blind devotion.”
TITLE: Reaper
AUTHOR: Carol Dawn
SERIES: Phantoms MC #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 164
RELEASE DATE: 5/3/2023
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After enduring a year of abuse at the hands of his captor, Sammy is rescued by a mysterious figure known only as Reaper. As they struggle to stay one step ahead of their pursuer, Sammy realizes that his journey to healing is just beginning.
Haunted by the memories of his captivity and desperate to regain his sense of self, Sammy must learn to trust the enigmatic Reaper as they navigate a world fraught with danger and uncertainty. But as their bond grows stronger, they discover that they are not alone – an unseen watcher is keeping a close eye on their every move.
With time running out and their enemy closing in, Sammy and Reaper must use all their wits and resources to uncover the identity of their watcher and put an end to their reign of terror. But in a world where nothing is as it seems, they soon realize that the greatest threat of all may be the one they least expect.
TITLE: Not Over You
AUTHOR: Samantha Wayland
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 166
RELEASE DATE: 5/3/2023
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Media darling Hunter Michaelson left home, and his best friend, six years ago and never looked back. He’s super comfortable on the ice and in front of the cameras, but his private life is a disaster. He’s tired of living a lie and even he feels bad for the women he dates because, as hard as he tries, he feels nothing.
Zach Bloom let himself fall in love, once, with his high school bestie, who ghosted him and broke his heart. He’s spent the years since focused on his studies, traveling as much as possible, and living happily out and proud. He’s focused on his future and not repeating old mistakes.
When a chance encounter brings Zack and Hunter face-to-face, their old attraction instantly sparks. They’re totally different men now, yet so deliciously familiar. Hunter knows he screwed up in the past and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to earn Zach’s trust back. But Zach’s days of blindly believing Hunter are long gone—been there, done that, got the scars to prove it.
Can Hunter prove he’s worth trusting and earn back the love he foolishly threw away? Or will Zach choose to leave him in the past?
TITLE: Hawthorne Manor
AUTHOR: Bryan T. Clark
PUBLISHER: Cornbread Publishing
LENGTH: 331
RELEASE DATE: 5/4/2023
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Mikael Ferreira seems to have it all—a great career, looks, intelligence, and charm to boot. But his work as a full-time caregiver at Hawthorne Manor barely leaves him time to breathe, let alone date. Then a new employee arrives at the manor and makes Mikael question whether he’s been living at all or merely existing…
Elliot Olsson is Mikael’s polar opposite. Elliot’s autism has always made him feel isolated. Until now. Mikael truly sees him in a way no one ever has. Elliot wants to open his heart to Mikael and connect with him on a deeper level. But wanting won’t make it any easier to overcome the obstacles Elliot knows they’ll face as a couple…
As Mikael and Elliot’s story is beginning, eighty-eight-year-old Walter Hawthorne’s is coming to an end. But while his health is fading, his mind is sharp as ever—and he has a thing or two to share about life, intimacy, and love with the two young men who seem to know nothing about any of it…
TITLE: His Healing Heart
AUTHOR: Eve Riley
SERIES: Gray Vale Pack #3
PUBLISHER: Naughty Nights Press
LENGTH: 412
RELEASE DATE: 5/4/2023
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Music summons the savage beast…
Skilled Chicago surgeon Ethan Roddick abandoned his wolf heritage—and elitist parents—when heartbreak tore his world apart. He swore never to let love sink its fangs into him again, but when a meaningful family commitment lures him home to Stoke Ridge, his determination is tested by Gabriel Mendoza, a sexy human with soulful dark eyes and the voice of a bourbon-soaked angel.
Pressured by his parents to mate—to a suitable shifter, of course, and preferably a female—Ethan is instead drawn to the sassy singer whose heat seems destined to heal the rift between his two halves. As passions rise, so too do tensions, and anyone who’s not a predator becomes, by default, prey.
Can these fated mates fight old clan prejudices and find their future together?
TITLE: Charles, Earl of Crofton
AUTHOR: Rebecca Cohen
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 260
RELEASE DATE: 5/4/2023
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Anyone who had thought Lord Byron mad, bad and dangerous to know, obviously hadn’t met Charles Redbourn, 8th Earl of Crofton.
Charles Redbourn cares little for anyone’s opinion, life is there to be lived and the London Ton provides a host of pleasures. He is used to getting his own way and, after another clash with the impertinent Captain Timothy Thorne, Charles is determined to put the uniformed upstart in his place.
Both are stubborn and passionate men, and someone is going to win this battle of wits—to the winner the spoils.
But when enemies turn into lovers, they face an uncertain future. Charles has to decide which is more important, Timothy or being the Earl of Crofton.
TITLE: Reality Royal
AUTHOR: Kristian Parker
SERIES: Queens Crescent #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 212
RELEASE DATE: 5/4/2023
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The Honourable Alexander Fitzwilliam has made a fool of himself again. His latest ‘business venture’ has tanked in the most public way possible and his stepmother, Cynthia, takes great pleasure in Alexander failing once more to impress his father, Earl Fitzwilliam.
Alexander dusts himself off and finds a new mountain to climb. This time as a reality TV star. Take that, Cynthia.
As one of the players in Celebrity Blogger,he’s paired with the star of daytime TV soap Highland Fling, Zac Caton. To Alexander’s amazement, the self-assured forty-something Zac smashes straight through Alexander’s public façade and finds the sensitive man underneath. Finds and likes.
With a new career and a potential new man, Alexander is flying high. But family secrets on both sides threaten to derail him and Zac before they’ve barely started.
If he wants to find a lasting love, Alexander will have to do something he doesn’t do easily—trust.
TITLE: The Vampire King’s Promise
AUTHOR: X. Aratare
SERIES: Ever Dark #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 207
RELEASE DATE: 5/4/2023
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While Julian and Christian have been struggling to understand what their new Vampire lives will be going forward, they haven’t counted on their prior human lives being much more complicated. But that’s exactly the case as Christian’s parents come to dinner at Ravenscroft Manor.
But the boys are not the only ones finding out that their pasts are going to interfere with their presents. Balthazar is struggling to accept that he is the Immortal Eyros reborn. But he may not be the only other Immortal that is back… or maybe never left.
TITLE: Poison Hearts
AUTHOR: Jennifer Cody
SERIES: The Elite
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 91
RELEASE DATE: 5/4/2023
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Orlando:
No one intentionally starts out life trying to become a hired unaliver. Weeellllll, most people don’t. I come from a legacy of unalivers, though I think I might be the first one to make a career out of it. Accidentally. I wasn’t trying to; the opportunity just sort of showed up on my pillow, and being the conscientious unaliver that I am, I decided to investigate the mysterious invitation to a secret club.
Hello The Anonymous, and hello, Shannon.
Shannon:
Listen, you can buy your goodies off my menu or you can go to Bargain Bin Barry. His stuff costs half as much and works about half the time. Mine won’t fail you at a mission critical juncture, but I’m saving up for a Frankenstein machine, so it doesn’t come cheap.
What? Don’t spit on the dreams of mad scientists; I could be the one to discover the secret of life! After this dance, obviously. When a newbie to The Anonymous tells you he dances, you don’t just sit around hoping for the music to move you, you get up and take him to the dance floor.
Hello dreams come true, and hello, Orlando.
TITLE: How Not to Date A Dragon Master
AUTHOR: Stephanie Burke
SERIES: How Not To #14
PUBLISHER: Changeling Press
LENGTH: 234
RELEASE DATE: 5/5/2023
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War is upon them — armies are clashing at their doorstep. Ulvissar’s heat is becoming uncontrollable, and tension between him and Nithe is higher than ever before.
With his Dragon Lord and her new mate leading his warriors, will Ulvissar be able to destroy those who would betray them, and will Nithe be strong enough to claim both the title of Dragon Master and his Ulvissar? How can anyone withstand the wrath of an angry omega dragon?
TITLE: Dickathlon
AUTHOR: Finn Dixon
SERIES: Champions Series
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 337
RELEASE DATE: 5/5/2023
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It was a new feeling, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the hunk I met at the Olympics.
Ty
When Declan Moore knew who I was at the Brisbane Olympics, I was speechless. Embarrassingly so. It took a lesson in sexuality from my bestie Luke and his secret boyfriend to blow the doors off my entire identity. They referred to it as a bisexual awakening, but it felt more like a bisexual slap-in-the-face.
My strength and reflexes rewarded me with Declan’s phone number by the pool, and it’s all I could think about when I got back to the states. Despite multiple tries – more times than I should’ve – he never texted back.
According to everyone, I’m supposed to get out there and explore the world of other dudes and their junk. There’s just one problem.
None of them are Declan Moore.
Declan
Returning from Brisbane with a gold medal in the decathlon was a dream come true, and I’d do anything to repeat it. But four years is a long time, and for now, all I can think about is the muscular blond gymnast that caught my eye and then caught me in his arms, saving me from a likely career-ending disaster.
I complimented his pommel horse routine – perfect – I flashed him my smile – also perfect – and I gave him my number. Was I supposed to lift him onto my shoulder and carry him back to my room?
Because it’s been months with no texts and no response on social media, and I can only last so long against my mother’s attempts at setting me up with “nice boys.”
I don’t want a nice boy. I want Tyler Hale.
TITLE: Our Dom
AUTHOR: M.A. Innes
SERIES: Our Love #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 5/5/2023
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Ian knew something had to change when he couldn’t remember the last Daddy he’d dated. Unfortunately, while his work had subs popping out from behind every camera lens, Leashes & Lace didn’t have an abundance of Daddies wandering around…or at least they didn’t until a new pup came bouncing into town.
As the whirlwind of coming together with Bishop and Cohen finally settles down, Ian is left wondering what to do when Bishop heads out of town for a few days, leaving him and Cohen alone for the first time. With his Daddy gone, Ian has to turn to Cohen for stability, laughter…and just maybe love.
When the Daddy’s away, it’s the Dom’s turn to play…and to figure out how to care for a cheeky little who has both him and Bishop wrapped around his finger.
TITLE: Bloody Brats
AUTHOR: Loki Renard
SERIES: Vampire Kings #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 150
RELEASE DATE: 5/5/2023
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The End.
An imprisoned shifter wolf turning more feral by the day.
An estranged master vampire deeply in love with the boy he cannot have.
Will and Maddox are prisoner and progeny of Gideon, original vampire, and embodiment of all evil.
To reunite, they must escape the inescapable.
Kill the unkillable.
And forgive the unforgivable.
TITLE: Of Sound Mind and Body
AUTHOR: Eve Morton
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
RELEASE DATE: 5/6/2023
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When Nelson gets a night job at the Sleep Eaze Motel, it’s not long before he’s pretty sure he’s seen it all: junkies, criminals, and of course, the suicides. But when a group of professors travelling for a conference all die in their rooms — seemingly by their own hands — he’s not too sure what’s going on. Only that something’s not right.
So when the nephew of one of the victims — a deaf man named Jeremy — comes to stay at the motel, Nelson pays attention. Jeremy has his uncle’s journal, and longs to complete his cryptic research, but he needs Nelson’s help. Soon the two fall under the spell of the same mystery that took the so-called Suicide Five, and they fall for one another.
Can Jeremy complete his uncle’s research before it’s too late, or are there some secrets better left unheard?
TITLE: Professor Alpha
AUTHORS: Lorelei M. Hart & Aria Grace
SERIES: Alpha For Hire #3
PUBLISHER: Surrendered Press
RELEASE DATE: 5/6/2023
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Alpha Alex’s cushy job as a professor at a local college affords him respect, prestige, and tenure. But the house he’s been renting is being sold and now he needs to figure out a new housing arrangement. He works all day and then occasionally takes private tutoring jobs through Alpha For Hire just to fill his nights and weekend, as well as make some extra cash.
Omega Hollin put everything on the line to pursue his dream of becoming a statistician. It was crazy and a joke to most of his friends, but he loved numbers and was obsessive about how they worked together. But when he graduated from high school, he didn’t have money to put toward something as frivolous as education. Instead, he went straight to work in low-paying jobs to helpkeep food on the table for his mom and younger sister.
But after receiving a sizable settlement from the insurance company of the drunk driver that took the lives of his mother and baby sister, it was time to follow his dreams. He quit his minimum-wage jobs and went to college. As a twenty-seven-year-old omega, he wasn’t completely out of place, but he was definitely out of practice.
School had once been easy for him, but now he struggled. And the only way to get the degree he wanted so desperately was to hire a tutor. A real tutor. A professor.
And while Alex and Hollin managed to keep things academic at first, it didn’t take long for Hollin to learn more from his Professor Alpha than just math. He finally learned what it was like to love…and be loved.
TITLE: The Daredevil
AUTHOR: Duckie Mack
SERIES: Black Cat Circus
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 215
RELEASE DATE: 5/6/2023
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As a teen, Drake ran away and found the Black Cat Circus, he thought it was his ticket out of town. Instead, he found a family and discovered a magical world he never knew existed. Becoming the Daredevil was a perfect fit for him and the adrenaline-loving beast within.
Now, ten years later, he’s returning to the town he left as a kid and it’s stirring up a lot of emotions. A shy but sweet man with a camera captures his attention completely. Even Drake’s dragon craves him.
Eli is a journalist who hides behind a camera and his words as he records the world he lives in but rarely takes part in it. He gets assigned the traveling circus that comes to town, when he longs to do something more meaningful.
When Eli meets the Daredevil, everything changes. He’s drawn to the fearless man, but there’s something familiar about him too. Drake reminds him of a wild boy he crushed on in school.
Eli embraces the adventure as Drake pushes him out of his comfort zone, but as these two grow closer, it becomes harder for Drake to hide who he is. Can Eli accept a man with a soul of a dragon?
TITLE: That Convict Kind of Love
AUTHOR: West Greene
SERIES: Essentially Yours
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 55
RELEASE DATE: 5/7/2023
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I’m not supposed to touch the inmates–not in the way I want to touch him.
He’s flirtatious with a smart mouth, and I’m eager to put him in his place.
But there’s sadness behind his mask, and it’s wrenching my soul apart.
I’ll do anything to help him.
Even if it means breaking the rules.
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