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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fake Things | Charity Parkerson | Punk & Sissy Publications | 9/4/2023 | Damaged Devils #4 | Amazon |
| Ray of Sunshine | Casey Cox | Self Published | 9/4/2023 | Amazon | |
| Breaking the Rules | Nick Alamance | Self Published | 9/4/2023 | Amazon | |
| A Slice For My Demon | K.L. Hiers & Mozzarus Scout | Self Published | 9/4/2023 | Possessive Love | Amazon |
| State of Mind | E.M. Lindsey | Self Published | 9/4/2023 | Running In Circles #3 | Amazon |
| Yellow | Jay Bell | Self Published | 9/4/2023 | Pride High #3 | Amazon |
| On Kink’s Edge | M.C. Roth | Pride Publishing | 9/5/2023 | It’s a Kink Thing #6 | Amazon |
| Borders Between Empires | Sasha Hope | NineStar Press | 9/5/2023 | Amazon | |
| This Winter | Alice Oseman | Scholastic Press | 9/5/2023 | Heartstopper | Amazon |
| Straight Expectations | Calum McSwiggan | Union Square & Co. | 9/5/2023 | Amazon | |
| Maybe Meant to Be | K. L. Walther | Sourcebooks Fire | 9/5/2023 | Amazon | |
| Driving in Circles | Frances Fox | Self Published | 9/5/2023 | Reluctant Rockstar #3 | Amazon |
| Reckless | Becca Steele | Self Published | 9/5/2023 | Black Diamond | Amazon |
| Bait Wolf | Sienna Sway | Blue Crescent Books | 9/6/2023 | Lunar City Fight League #1 | Amazon |
| The Extraordinary Locket of Elijah Gray | Kayleigh Sky | Kiss Drunk Books | 9/6/2023 | Carnival of Mysteries | Amazon |
| Advanced Chemistry | A.J. Truman | Self Published | 9/6/2023 | South Rock High #4 | Amazon |
| The Charmer | Riley Hart | Self Published | 9/6/2023 | The Vers Podcast #4 | Amazon |
| Demons Treasure Warlocks | Toshi Drake | Self Published | 9/6/2023 | Monsters in Love #3 | Amazon |
| The Fire We Make | SusuKhaa | Self Published | 9/6/2023 | Wicked Games #3 | Amazon |
| Hunted Mate | Sue Brown | Self Published | 9/6/2023 | Sapphire Ranch Wolves #1 | Amazon |
| For Your Heart | Crea Reitan | Dragon Fire Fantasy | 9/7/2023 | For Your Love #2 | Amazon |
| Disrupted Engagement | Nicky James | Self Published | 9/7/2023 | Valor and Doyle #6 | Amazon |
| The Billionaire’s Assistant | Silvia Violet | Self Published | 9/7/2023 | Bad Boy Billionaires #1 | Amazon |
| Bought Deceit | Autumn Winchester | Self Published | 9/7/2023 | Amazon | |
| Epic | BL Jones | Self Published | 9/7/2023 | Skyline #1 | Amazon |
| The Holiday Boyfriend | Rye Cox | Self Published | 9/7/2023 | Doves of Destiny #2 | Amazon |
| Tequila And Tattoos | Raquel Riley | Self Published | 9/7/2023 | Love And Libations #4 | Amazon |
| Raven Saved | Fel Fern | Self Published | 9/7/2023 | Moon Burrow Ravens #3 | Amazon |
| Resurrection Reprise | Hailey Turner | Self Published | 9/7/2023 | Soulbound | Amazon |
| The Earl’s Awakening | Joy Lynn Fielding | eXtasy Books | 9/8/2023 | Amazon | |
| Backup Alpha | Lorelei M. Hart & Aria Grace | Surrendered Press | 9/8/2023 | Alpha For Hire #4 | Amazon |
| You, Again | Lane Hayes | Self Published | 9/8/2023 | The Elmwood Stories #1 | Amazon |
| The Sweetheart Quest | Jacy Braegan | Self Published | 9/8/2023 | Sweetheart Escapes | Amazon |
| Nanny Negotiations | Merry Farmer | Self Published | 9/8/2023 | The Brotherhood: Legacy #1 | Amazon |
| Dumb Supper | Eve Morton | JMS Books | 9/9/2023 | Amazon | |
| An Omega For Jonah | Lorelei M. Hart & Colbie Dunbar | Surrendered Press | 9/9/2023 | Council of the Snow Leopards #2 | Amazon |
| All’s Fair In Love And Dare | Rikki Leighton | Self Published | 9/9/2023 | Amazon | |
| My Daddy Demon | Aster Rae | Self Published | 9/9/2023 | Possessive Love | Amazon |
| The Centaur’s Secret | Lorelei M. Hart & Jena Wade | Self Published | 9/10/2023 | Waiting Hearts: Centaurs #1 | Amazon |
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TITLE: Fake Things
AUTHOR: Charity Parkerson
SERIES: Damaged Devils #4
PUBLISHER: Punk & Sissy Publications
LENGTH: 205
RELEASE DATE: 9/4/2023
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Becoming the deep fake of a sitting senator was never part of Kenneth’s life plan. Neither was falling for the detective bent on exposing him.
For most of his adult life, Kenneth has belonged to a crime lord. When his boss offers him a chance to transform into a missing sitting senator, he sees it as his chance to carve a new path for himself. Except the moment he gets his new assignment, Kenneth becomes an even bigger prisoner than ever before. The cameras and a local detective are always watching. One of those things is his new reason to live.
Detective Nic Higgins knows something isn’t quite right with Senator Kenneth Yearly. He just can’t figure out what. Every time he sets eyes on Kenneth, there’s a feeling in his gut. Nic can’t let it go. Unfortunately, curiosity isn’t the only emotion the cold-hearted senator stirs in Nic, and the truth won’t set him free.
TITLE: Ray of Sunshine
AUTHOR: Casey Cox
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 84
RELEASE DATE: 9/4/2023
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Sometimes, what you need after a storm is a ray of sunshine…
Moving back to his hometown of Sunshine at the age of thirty-seven was never in Ray’s plans. Neither was raising his beautiful twin girls alone. But after cancer stole his husband and surviving in the big city on a single wage became too expensive, Ray was left with no other choice.
Juggling a bruising divorce, sick parents, and a punishing career as the director of an aged care facility, Paul’s life feels like it’s been drained of all goodness. He’s overworked, over-stressed and lonely. So damn lonely.
Until Ray returns.
Having his best friend back in his life not only brings a smile to Paul’s face for the first time in years—it also unlocks something within him. A heart-shaped box that he’s kept under lock and key his entire life.
Can Paul find the courage to take a chance and make the boy from his past the man of his future?
(Please note: This book was originally part of a MM romance group promo. No new content has been added.)
TITLE: Breaking the Rules
AUTHOR: Nick Alamance
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 268
RELEASE DATE: 9/4/2023
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He’s completely insufferable. He’s going to get me fired. If only he wasn’t so hot.
Ever since he was thrown out of his parent’s home for being trans, John balances on a knife’s edge. He’s unwilling to draw attention to himself, lest he lose his scholarship and job as an RA.
Hayden asks for forgiveness, never permission. Why bother when he can charm his way out of trouble with a smile and a wink?
When Hayden’s mischief entangles John in a white-lie, their fake friendship is the only thing holding back University higher-up’s suspicion. Locked in a stalemate, John is on the line, breaking more rules than he believed possible. Hayden pushes John to the edge, toeing the line of the most infamous Campus Housing rule: absolutely no romantic relationships between an RA and their resident.
TITLE: A Slice For My Demon
AUTHORS: K.L. Hiers & Mozzarus Scout
SERIES: Possessive Love
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 337
RELEASE DATE: 9/4/2023
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Kevin Hamill has never felt like he belonged. Despite a successful pizza restaurant and a lucrative side gig at a local bar, happiness is fleeting and his relationships fizzle out fast. He’s convinced there’s something wrong with him. He’s empty inside, cursed with a void that nothing has ever been able to fill, and he feels trapped in his humdrum small town routine, left yearning for more.
His ordinary life quickly turns extraordinary when he meets Percival Pearl, a man who claims to be a demon and desperately wants to take Kevin to bed. Even though Kevin thinks Percy is nuts, he’s happy for a change of pace and accepts his advances. Percy is charming, handsome, and makes Kevin feel whole for the first time in his life. Percy is definitely strange, but there’s no way the man could actually be a demon…
Right?
The truth is more bizarre than Kevin could ever imagine and results in a cross-country road trip on an epic quest of self-discovery and intimate exploration with the hope he can make it back home alive when unexpected dangers threaten his life and his blossoming romance with his new demon boyfriend.
TITLE: State of Mind
AUTHOR: E.M. Lindsey
SERIES: Running In Circles #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 287
RELEASE DATE: 9/4/2023
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“Whatever happens in the future, whatever we become in life, know you’re the best thing that ever happened to me.”
Taking up shop in a former kosher bakery, Wilder Torres aches to find out who he is beyond his dark past.
He hides his scars under long sleeves, and his nightmares behind a soft smile, and he’s very careful not to let anyone close. And then he meets Luca Moretti, a stranger sitting on a park bench, looking as lost as Wilder had once been.
While Wilder knows the risks in letting himself be vulnerable again, he can’t deny wanting Luca. Because after all, isn’t moving on and embracing who you are nothing more than a state of mind?
TITLE: Yellow
AUTHOR: Jay Bell
SERIES: Pride High #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 488
RELEASE DATE: 9/4/2023
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Another year is winding down for the students of Pride High, but the drama is just ramping up!
Ricky is finally dating dangerous Diego Gomez, but when they keep getting into trouble, he wonders if he’s bitten off more than he can chew. Anthony has decided to come out to his school in a big way and faces backlash, not just from his fellow students, but the principal as well. Cameron’s mom is still drinking and his dad remains absent. Can he turn to his boyfriend for support? Mindy has the hots for a guy who is most certainly taken, a predicament that intensifies when they’re paired for a project. Silvia’s secrets are catching up with her, Keisha struggles to set aside her feelings for a girl she can’t have, and Omar’s dreams are about to crash and burn.
TITLE: On Kink’s Edge
AUTHOR: M.C. Roth
SERIES: It’s a Kink Thing #6
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 265
RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2023
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When kink gets boring, it’ s time to play on the edge.
“ Yes, Sir. No, Sir. Thank you, Sir.” It was the same old thing for as long as Keady could remember, and kink had officially become boring. Fresh out of a year-long contract, the only one who catches Keady’ s eye is Cutler, a Dom who looks as menacing as his name. It’ s too bad Keady is convinced Cutler is some kind of serial killer and not worth the risk of ending up in a freezer.
To try to spark some excitement, Keady throws out his limits— every single one. The decision lands him in a dangerous situation with an unfamiliar Dom, and, surprisingly, it’ s Cutler who comes to his rescue.
But with Keady already thinking about leaving the community at Unkinked behind, it’ s up to Cutler to push him to the edge and beyond.
TITLE: Borders Between Empires
AUTHOR: Sasha Hope
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 228
RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2023
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Detective Hanni Nassar finds himself in enemy territory while investigating a string of robberies. After accidentally crossing the Central Empire’s borderline, he comes face to face with Jaemin Yi, a high-ranking Alpha of the Southern Empire’s Elite.
A cop and a gangster, both Hanni and Jaemin are suspicious of each other at first. Jaemin wants to know what Hanni’s doing on Southern turf, and Hanni wants to know if Jaemin’s notorious boss has any involvement with his case. Their initial meeting is tense, but soon Jaemin starts pursuing him for his own dissolute reasons.
Despite the clandestine rumblings through the streets of Luxor City, this isn’t about a case anymore.
Jaemin Yi is persistent. He thaws Hanni’s frigid airs and shows him there’s nothing wrong with caving to his more primal desires once in a while. As an Omega working in an Alpha-dominated field, Hanni has buried the Omegan side of himself, and Jaemin seems keen to draw it to the surface.
But where did his sudden interest come from? And will the lines crossed be too much for Hanni to handle or will adversarial passions heat up the borders between Empires?
TITLE: This Winter
AUTHOR: Alice Oseman
SERIES: Heartstopper
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press
LENGTH: 116
RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2023
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Reuniting Tori Spring, her little brother Charlie, and Charlie’s boyfriend Nick, this novella sees the Spring siblings brave a particularly difficult festive season.
TITLE: Straight Expectations
AUTHOR: Calum McSwiggan
PUBLISHER: Union Square & Co.
LENGTH: 338
RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2023
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If you were granted one wish, what would it be?
Seventeen-year-old Max has always been out and proud. But every time he looks around his small school, he sees straight couples everywhere. It’s everything he’s ever wanted for himself, but there are few queer boys to choose from. When his frustrations get the better of him, he lashes out at his best friend, Dean, and wishes he had what everyone else has. And he wishes they’d never been friends.
Max gets more than he bargained for when he wakes up to find his wish has come true—his feelings for boys have vanished, and so has Dean. And he got exactly what he wanted . . . a girlfriend. With his school life turned upside down and his relationship with his family in tatters, Max sets out on a journey of rediscovery to find a way back to the life he took for granted, and the love story he thought he’d never have.
TITLE: Maybe Meant to Be
AUTHOR: K. L. Walther
PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks Fire
LENGTH: 332
RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2023
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If Charlie and Sage are meant to be, why can’t Sage stop kissing Charlie’s brother?
And why can’t Charlie stop thinking about kissing the new boy at school?
Everyone at the Bexley School believes that Sage Morgan and Charlie Carmichael are meant to be. Even though Charlie seems to have a new girlfriend every month, and Sage has never had a real relationship, their friends and family all know it’s just a matter of time until they realize that they are actually in love.
When Luke Morrissey shows up on campus his presence immediately shakes things up. Charlie and Luke are drawn to each other the moment they meet, giving Sage the opportunity to spend time with Charlie’s twin brother, Nick.
But Charlie is afraid of what others will think if he accepts that he has much more than a friendship with Luke. And Sage fears that if she lets things with Nick get too serious too quickly, they won’t be able to last as a couple outside of high school and miss their chance at forever. The duo will need to rely on each other and their lifelong friendship to figure things out with the boys they love.
TITLE: Driving in Circles
AUTHOR: Frances Fox
SERIES: Reluctant Rockstar #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 96
RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2023
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An oblivious roadie and a lighting designer with self-confidence issues…will they ever manage to communicate what they want?
All Dave wants is a low-stress job driving gig equipment around, loading and unloading, rinse and repeat. Then he can go home and spend what time he can with his kids, listen to music and gardening podcasts and dream about the life he’s never had. He’s known Richie for years and he’s never thought of him as more than a mate. With two ex-wives behind him, he’s never thought of himself as anything other than straight. It’s a shock when he suddenly realises he has a massive crush on a guy.
It’s more than a shock for Richie when Dave turns up at a Heggarty’s Bow gig with an empty truck instead of a van full of kit, it’s possibly career-ending. There’s no time for Richie’s usual low-key flirtation with the oblivious Dave whilst they’re sorting out how to rig the show, but there should be plenty of time to catch up with each other properly on the drive back to London. It’s not Dave’s fault the steering on the van blows out on the way home.
TITLE: Reckless
AUTHOR: Becca Steele
SERIES: Black Diamond
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 334
RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2023
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Welcome to Black Diamond Resort and Spa…
An ultimatum from my football team manager landed me here on this far-flung tropical island, where I’m expected to work on my issues in a rehab centre for the elite.
But I’m not the only one here to curb their reckless behaviour. My teammate, Theo Lewin, has been banished to the island with me. Now we’re supposed to learn how to work together, otherwise we risk being transferred to another team.
There’s one small problem. We’ve hated each other since the day we met.
Forced to confront our issues with nowhere to escape, we’re expected to not only spend our days together, but our nights, too. This can only end one way. In disaster.
Except… I’m starting to see Theo in a different light. He’s not the aloof, pretentious person I thought he was. And from the way things are heating up between us, he might see me as something more than just the cocky, shallow thorn in his side.
There’s a saying… what happens on the island, stays on the island.
Before we go back to reality, we’re going to be reckless one last time.
TITLE: Bait Wolf
AUTHOR: Sienna Sway
SERIES: Lunar City Fight League #1
PUBLISHER: Blue Crescent Books
LENGTH: 192
RELEASE DATE: 9/6/2023
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Coal
I’m the top wolf fighter in the Lunar City Fight League. Thirty wins, zero losses.
That’s why I get targeted.
I have to throw my next fight, let the underdog win. That’s the only way I’ll get my baby sister back from the gangsters who kidnapped her. But things don’t go as planned when the bait wolf brought into the ring turns out to be my fated mate.
Ember
This is my last night. I’m sure of it.
I’ve been kept in a cell for months now, only brought out to stoke the competitive flames of the alphas on their fight nights. I’m a realist; one more fight will kill me.
But when the huge alpha, Coal—The Redwood—Kent sets eyes on me and loses all control of his senses, he doesn’t put me in harm’s way, quite the opposite.
Coal will stop at nothing to protect me and keep me, even if that means losing everything that matters to him. But that is, of course, if I will let him…
TITLE: The Extraordinary Locket of Elijah Gray
AUTHOR: Kayleigh Sky
SERIES: Carnival of Mysteries
PUBLISHER: Kiss Drunk Books
LENGTH: 374
RELEASE DATE: 9/6/2023
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Don’t look. It isn’t there.
On the day Eli almost drowned in Coup d’Oeil Lake, a boy pulled him to shore and took him to a carnival. Nobody saw the boy or the carnival—not the lights, not the crowds, not the rides. So Eli kept quiet and ignored what he’d seen. He’s good at ignoring things now…
Except for the shadows.
Those he can’t ignore.
One step from homelessness and flirting with assault and battery every time somebody pisses him off makes the caretaker gig on out-of-the-way Greenwood Glen a safe place for Wade to cool his jets for a while. All he has to do is take care of a ramshackle house nobody lives in. Easy peasy.
At first.
The house was quiet until the prickly Elijah Gray returned home with his fluffy cat and woke something up.
Something dark and mysterious… and deadly.
TITLE: Advanced Chemistry
AUTHOR: A.J. Truman
SERIES: South Rock High #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 280
RELEASE DATE: 9/6/2023
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Today’s experiment: Combine one socially awkward science teacher with two beefy, former students. Mix well.
I love watching chemicals bond, but I avoid the practice myself.
When I’m not teaching, I’m hanging out with my cat and putting together puzzles. I shy away from romantic entanglements because I know firsthand the collateral damage they cause.
Until I bump into Anton and Sebastian: best friends, business partners. and former wrestling superstars at South Rock High who could barely pass my class. Catching up turns into drinking, which turns into dancing, which turns into them practicing wrestling moves on me, sans clothing.
It’s clear that the men have a history—and some unresolved feelings between them—but being the piece of meat in their jock sandwich unleashes a wild, confident side in me I can’t ignore.
The other thing I can’t ignore: we’re falling for each other.
With three hearts on the line, I can’t risk destroying their close friendship and burgeoning business, not to mention reliving my own past pain. But is the chemical attraction between us too strong to ignore?
TITLE: The Charmer
AUTHOR: Riley Hart
SERIES: The Vers Podcast #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 266
RELEASE DATE: 9/6/2023
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Corbin
If you listen to The Vers, a queer podcast I host with my three best friends, you know me as The Charmer. I’m always happy, flirting, and trying to win everyone over. I think most people would be surprised to learn I have a lot more going on beneath the surface.
But ever since all my friends have fallen in love, it’s getting more difficult not to feel left out…
Cue my fascination with Spencer, my neighbor who hates me. There’s something addicting about getting under his skin, and I blame the combination of my confusing emotions and too many drinks for spilling my guts to him about all my insecurities…and about how much I love cuddling.
Turns out, Spencer doesn’t hate me, and my word vomit is the catalyst that makes us decide to be cuddle buddies. When I need affection, I go to him, and he just…holds me. Along the way we become friends, and when I fall for him, it’s surprising that he feels the same. Spencer’s easy to talk to, fun to be around, and did I mention he’s hot? I love how confident he is in his full figure, and there’s nothing like being in his beefy arms.
Spencer has me wanting more for the first time in my life, and he’s determined to help with my disordered eating, but if I want a healthy future with him, I need to work toward being healthy for myself too.
TITLE: Demons Treasure Warlocks
AUTHOR: Toshi Drake
SERIES: Monsters in Love #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 315
RELEASE DATE: 9/6/2023
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With imminent destruction possible, and the trust of the townsfolk gone, can Darius and Bale work together and set things right to send Hastur back to his demonic dimension?
Darius has worked hard to get where he is now. He has a home, two cats and a close circle of friends. He doesn’t mind that lightning sparks out of his fingers when he’s about to lose control, or his former lover, Bale, keeps hanging around, waiting for forgiveness Darius doesn’t believe he deserves.
He is fine. Everything is fine.
Bale knows that trying to get back into Darius’s good graces will require perseverance and a lot of patience. He’s determined to do it though, because Darius is the world to him. Agreeing to work with Hastur nearly killed him but it was worth it to keep Darius safe.
He’s going to prove to Darius that he always loved him.
Though their world is in constant peril, and friendships are strained to almost breaking Darius and Bale will fight to the death to keep the Elder Demon, Hastur, from consuming their town.
TITLE: The Fire We Make
AUTHOR: SusuKhaa
SERIES: Wicked Games #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 192
RELEASE DATE: 9/6/2023
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Bank has gone his entire life without real friends. When he meets Storm, Wind, Seua, Kai and Gear, he knows he’s hit the jackpot. When strange things starts happening around him, he turns to his friends without hesitation.
Slowly, he begins to realize, he feels for Seua more than a friend. But the fear of putting himself out there has him in a chokehold and if he’s not careful, he could lose Seua forever.
While Seua has his fathers who loves him, he’s still trying to get used to the love of his chosen family. And with all of that, he’s falling hard for Bank, an heir and confectioner. Bank is also a part of the friendship group and Seua doesn’t want to ruin that.
But when someone starts coming after Bank, Seua is determined to protect him with everything.
TITLE: Hunted Mate
AUTHOR: Sue Brown
SERIES: Sapphire Ranch Wolves #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 172
RELEASE DATE: 9/6/2023
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As they fight to protect their love and their families, will Joe and Cal survive long enough to discover just how strong they can be together?
When Joe shoots a predator on his ranch, he never expects the wolf to shift into a naked man at his feet, talk in his head, or declare they are now fated mates. Joe is a down-to-earth kind of guy. Shifters don’t exist, do they?
An omega wolf on the run from vicious human hunters, Cal never expects to find a human friend, let alone his true mate. From the moment he meets Joe, he knows he’s the one. Convincing Joe is another matter.
But Joe discovers that not only do shifters exist, but they are in danger from a group of hunters who seek to capture and exploit shifters for their gain. He must protect Cal and his family, but how?
This is an extended version of The Last Wolf, originally published by Love Lane Books.
TITLE: For Your Heart
AUTHOR: Crea Reitan
SERIES: For Your Love #2
PUBLISHER: Dragon Fire Fantasy
LENGTH: 372
RELEASE DATE: 9/7/2023
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The heart is a cruel master.
After the fallout between me, my brother, and Simon, I find myself either wallowing in a black pit of depression or lashing out with vicious rage. Technically, Simon still lives in the condo the three of us bought together, but ever since our relationship imploded months ago, I’ve barely seen him.
His absence is loud and it feels like a knife through my heart.
I miss dancing with him. I miss having him sandwiched between my brother and I at night. I miss the soft brush of his lips against mine, just because. I miss him.
A newly single co-worker strikes a bargain. All he wants is someone to wreck his body while I get to let out my anger. It’s a win-win.
Except I’ve still lost.
Once, the only future I saw was with Simon, but I don’t see a future at all anymore. Because all I have left is a broken heart and no one to pick up the pieces.
TITLE: Disrupted Engagement
AUTHOR: Nicky James
SERIES: Valor and Doyle #6
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 372
RELEASE DATE: 9/7/2023
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The ring has been bought, and all Aslan has to do is create the perfect setup for a proposal. No problem. Nothing to it. Quaid deserves the best, and he plans to deliver.
After choreographing a romantic evening to officially pop the question, Aslan is ready.
But things don’t go as planned, and the evening is ruined. Quaid’s insecurities rear their ugly head, making him suspicious. He knows Aslan is hiding something, but pessimism insists it isn’t a good thing.
When Aslan gets called out of town to hunt down a long-acting serial killer, there is no time to soothe his overanxious boyfriend’s worries or make a new attempt to propose.
Torn between a complicated case and figuring out the perfect way to ask Quaid to marry him, Aslan is left scrambling. Every idea falls flat. Every attempt fails. The more pressure he puts on himself, the more unsuccessful his efforts, and Quaid’s fears grow.
Aslan needs to solve this serial killer case and get home to straighten the mess he’s made.
TITLE: The Billionaire’s Assistant
AUTHOR: Silvia Violet
SERIES: Bad Boy Billionaires #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 276
RELEASE DATE: 9/7/2023
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I hired Ben under false pretenses. He may think I don’t know who he truly is, but I do.
Even so, I’m tempted to trust him. His family may be full of con artists, but Ben is too innocent for his own good.
Trustworthy or not, I’m going to keep him in my sights. I know better than to turn my back on a potential enemy, but watching Ben is no hardship.
Before he’s worked for me a week, I know that sooner or later, I’m going to make him mine—in every possible way. It doesn’t matter who I have to eliminate to keep him safe. No one but me is ever going to touch him.
TITLE: Bought Deceit
AUTHOR: Autumn Winchester
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 435
RELEASE DATE: 9/7/2023
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Trained to be the perfect slave while trapped in one of the largest human trafficking rings ever recorded, Dakota was broken beyond repair and the men who bought him treated him like he was nothing more than dog crap underneath their shoes.
After being brainwashed into believing he was nothing more than a worthless slave, Dakota had no reason to believe otherwise until an older gentleman named Allister, an undercover FBI agent determined to dismantle the ring, bought Dakota and showed him how to be human again.
Much to Dakota’s surprise, he began to feel things for Allister that he had never felt before as he struggled with the fact that Allister refused to use him like the slave Dakota thought he had been bought to be.
Was it truly possible that Allister wanted nothing more from Dakota than to give him the opportunity to heal from the horrors he had experienced or would Dakota wake up one day and find himself back in the nightmare he had called life?
Could Dakota’s trauma be preventing him from seeing what was right in front of his eyes? Was it possible that Allister wasn’t his master at all but a guardian angel sent from heaven above?
TITLE: Epic
AUTHOR: BL Jones
SERIES: Skyline #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 90
RELEASE DATE: 9/7/2023
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In a world without heroes–can a rock band made up of queer ex-street kids save the day?
In the depths of downtown Danger City, Ryan meets fellow street kid Milo when he helps him steal the tyres of a gangster so they can hock them to buy meds for other sick street kids. Figuring, if they don’t look out for one another, no one else will.
Ryan and Milo spend the next six years falling hard for each other and building their own found family.
Everything is great—better than they could have dared hoped for growing up—until Ryan and Milo find out someone is selling a lethal new drug called ‘Epic’ to the kids of Danger.
Now, Ryan and Milo, along with their friends, will need to do whatever it takes to protect them and save their city.
TITLE: The Holiday Boyfriend
AUTHOR: Rye Cox
SERIES: Doves of Destiny #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 212
RELEASE DATE: 9/7/2023
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Can love develop from a situationship? Asking for a friend.
Austin Wood
There is nothing worse than being in love with your best friend. Scratch that. There is nothing worse than living with your best friend whom you are madly in love with and had an accidental one night stand with. What is even more confusing is the fact that Jim seems to not understand what a one night stand is. He thinks we’re in some kind of friends with benefits situation, and I don’t know if I’m in heaven or hell.
Jim Walker
I love my best friend. Not in that way, but I consider him one of the most important people in my life. I’ll do anything for him, even helping him relieve some tension when he needs it. Now, I just have to ignore the weird pang in my chest every time he leaves right after.
TITLE: Tequila And Tattoos
AUTHOR: Raquel Riley
SERIES: Love And Libations #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 287
RELEASE DATE: 9/7/2023
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There’s an old Latin phrase – omne trium perfectum – meaning everything that comes in threes is perfect.
Gordy-
We all have choices to make and consequences to suffer. Two decades ago, I chose Shannon. But Shannon didn’t choose me. He chose my family instead. And when he broke my heart, my consequence was an addiction to food. I spent years overcoming my struggles, all while my anger and hurt multiplied. I swore to myself I would never make the same mistake twice, until I met Aries. I fell hard for my best friend. Unfortunately, so had Shannon.
Were the mistakes of my past doomed to repeat themselves?
Shannon-
I chose to have a family, over the love of one man. Their warmth and acceptance were commodities I yearned for my entire life. But nothing comes without cost, and the price I paid to become a Carrick was too high. I lost my best friend, the only man I’d ever loved, and was convinced I’d never have it again. Until Aries.
I vowed never to hurt Gordy again. How was I going to find the strength to walk away from love a second time?
Aries-
My bromance with Gordy had quickly bloomed into a full-fledged romance, while my crush on Shannon had ignited from a spark into a raging inferno. I was in love with two men at the same time. Two men who hated each other. Did I mention they were also cousins? Choosing one was impossible. My only option was to make them see how good the three of us could be together.
Are love and hate really two sides of the same coin?
TITLE: Raven Saved
AUTHOR: Fel Fern
SERIES: Moon Burrow Ravens #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 219
RELEASE DATE: 9/7/2023
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An unlikely killer and a heartbroken warrior…
Elliot Fry has one mission. To save his brother, Elliot must breach enemy territory and kill the leader of the Moon Burrow Ravens. It’s a tall order, but failure is not an option. Elliot can’t allow himself to be distracted by a certain dark-haired, overly protective but unexpectedly kind alpha. Simon hits all of his buttons, but Elliot knows getting close to Simon might only result in tragedy.
Simon Sims is sick of always coming in second. He’s heartbroken after losing his crush to another. When Simon finds a half-dead omega on the roadside, he knows fate has made him wait for a reason. The mysterious Elliot is evasive about answering any personal questions. Simon wishes he has all the time in the world to get to know Elliot, but there’s a traitor in the flock. Someone wants his lead alpha dead, and it’s up to Simon to weed out the killer. When the assassin turns out to be the one he loves, Simon’s loyalty is tested. Who will he choose, Elliot or his adopted family?
TITLE: Resurrection Reprise
AUTHOR: Hailey Turner
SERIES: Soulbound
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 413
RELEASE DATE: 9/7/2023
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Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
Spencer Bailey has spent his entire life under government oversight for something he can’t change: his magic’s affinity for breaking souls. After surviving the end of the world, Spencer joins the Supernatural Operations Agency with the intention of keeping his head down and his hands clean.
Tasked with tracking down a stolen artifact, Spencer wants to run his first case with the SOA by the book. The master vampire of the Seattle Night Court won’t make that easy. Takoma is demanding and possessive, used to getting what he wants, and he lures Spencer into his Night Court with the seductive promise of freedom.
In the Pacific Northwest, ghosts are crawling out of the woodwork, demons are on the rise, and Spencer can’t afford to make a mistake. Torn between the life he should lead and the one Takoma is offering, Spencer has to make a choice that won’t break his soul, but it might just shatter his heart.
TITLE: The Earl’s Awakening
AUTHOR: Joy Lynn Fielding
PUBLISHER: eXtasy Books
LENGTH: 196
RELEASE DATE: 9/8/2023
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One glance, and his past life was history.
Leander Talbot’s life changed forever when his wife died. He is now reluctantly venturing back into society, knowing that, as the Earl of Ockley, he must marry again to produce an heir. But he can’t bring himself to the sticking point. Instead, he spends his time evading the matchmaking mamas of the ton.
The dark and dangerous Duke of Arden is an infamous libertine. It is said that he seduces innocents, and there are even more sinister tales whispered of his predilections. Only the wild young blades who form his retinue know the truth, but he is shunned by all save those wishing to court notoriety.
A chance meeting brings Leander into Arden’s orbit. Ignoring the warnings about Arden’s intentions, Leander is drawn into a seductive world of sexual indulgence. There, he finds the freedom he craves from his overbearing family. By the time he suspects Arden might have ulterior motives, it may be too late to save his reputation—and his heart.
TITLE: Backup Alpha
AUTHORS: Lorelei M. Hart & Aria Grace
SERIES: Alpha For Hire #4
PUBLISHER: Surrendered Press
RELEASE DATE: 9/8/2023
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When your alpha date bails on you for an important wedding, sometimes you need to call in the big guns. Alpha For Hire to the rescue!
TITLE: You, Again
AUTHOR: Lane Hayes
SERIES: The Elmwood Stories #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 220
RELEASE DATE: 9/8/2023
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The hometown hockey hero and his best friend’s brother…
Vinnie
Hockey is in my blood. I learned to skate before I learned how to ride a bike. I’ve been on a wild ride, playing at the highest level for some of the biggest and best teams in the league. But now it’s over, and I’m not sure what to do with myself.
So I’m going home to Elmwood.
But I’ll tell you what I’m not gonna do—I’m not going to coach my buddy’s junior hockey league. No chance. I don’t know how to deal with kids, and besides, the other coach—who happens to be my best friend’s brother—hates me. With reason.
That may be old news, yet something tells me we’re going to have to deal with the past.
And that’s almost as scary as coaching teens.
Nolan
No, I don’t hate Vinnie, but he drives me nuts.
He’s cocky, goofy, selfish, and yeah…after all these years, I’m still attracted to him. But I’m a responsible adult now. I run my family’s business, and with the help of my ex, I’ve made Elmwood Diner into a New England institution.
So maybe my life isn’t particularly exciting at the moment, and maybe Vinnie isn’t the worst. Nonetheless, I have no desire to rekindle a friendship with the hockey hero who no doubt will be on the first flight out of town the second he gets bored or gets a better offer.
And I’m not coaching with him. No way.
Ugh…
I can’t believe I’m doing this again.
TITLE: The Sweetheart Quest
AUTHOR: Jacy Braegan
SERIES: Sweetheart Escapes
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 9/8/2023
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Finding out my blind date is one of my gamer friends? Awesome. Finding out he’s also my boss? Kill me now.
Trevor:
When my best friend suggested a blind auction to aid in my shy self losing my v-card, I thought he was insane. If a hook up weirds me out, why would a blind date be different? Especially one no one I know can vouch for. While I’d rather have it be the guild mate I flirt with in-game, somehow I find myself sitting in the parking lot for the resort of my date. How did I get here… and who awaits me inside?
Rhodes:
Passing the reins of our family’s business over to my twin? Check. Building a successful gaming company? Proudly done. My love life? Laughable. I put all my focus in developing my game and company which left little time for dating. When my friend tells me about the auction he’d been working on, I’m curious. What could the auction bring me?
TITLE: Nanny Negotiations
AUTHOR: Merry Farmer
SERIES: The Brotherhood: Legacy #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 241
RELEASE DATE: 9/8/2023
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Will a bi-reawakening be what this single father needs to heal his wounded heart? Looks like a job for nanny….
When Heath Manfred is left in a lurch after an acrimonious divorce, he turns to the Brotherhood for help with finding a nanny for his three-year-old daughter. But the last thing he expects is for the nanny who shows up to interview for the job to be a hunky man. Correction, the last thing he expects is for Aubrey to assume the nanny position is live-in…and for him to go along with that and have Aubrey move in.
Maybe Heath’s attraction to men wasn’t just part of his wild university days after all…
With few other options in life due to a shameful event in his past, Aubrey is overjoyed to move in with Heath and his daughter. He adores Eugenie…and he adores Heath as well. It’s against the nanny code to fall in love with your employer, but Aubrey is helpless when faced with Heath’s grumpy ways and the smoldering attraction between them.
But when Heath’s ex shows up again to cause trouble, Heath’s and Aubrey’s budding love will be put to the test. Can the Brotherhood help them weather the storm, or are the two men too different to form a lasting relationship in the face of struggle?
TITLE: Dumb Supper
AUTHOR: Eve Morton
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 23
RELEASE DATE: 9/9/2023
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When heartbroken Lyle and his best (and very pregnant) friend Delia hang out one afternoon, Lyle realizes he’s not fully himself. Sure, he’s still hurting over his boyfriend’s Chris abandonment, and from the non-stop chubby jokes he’s grown up with, but there is something more to his sudden chest pain, his random forgetfulness, and his sudden cravings for all things marshmallow. He’s not Lyle at all, but Cassandra, the ghost of a teenage girl who is also heartbroken.
With the help of his best friend Delia, and her ever-trusty midwife Hazel, both Lyle and Cassandra must learn how to mend their broken hearts if they ever want to be un-haunted again.
TITLE: An Omega For Jonah
AUTHORS: Lorelei M. Hart & Colbie Dunbar
SERIES: Council of the Snow Leopards #2
PUBLISHER: Surrendered Press
RELEASE DATE: 9/9/2023
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Jonah is a rule follower… until the rules mean breaking the heart of the man he loves.
Omega chinchilla shifter Kyle hates his job and after a year of job hunting he’s still stuck in his cubicle. When his sister complains about her boss not being able to find a manger for his new restaurant, Kyle wonders if maybe a move to Oakheart and a career change is in order.
Alpha snow leopard Jonah never felt like he belonged. Sure, he was on the snow leopard council, but that was more business than pack. When the new Alpha proposes the idea of creating a sizzle, Jonah is the first to claim their home. He loves the idea of finding his mate and raising a family in the sizzle. What he doesn’t consider is that his fated mate might not be a snow leopard.
When the two meet sparks fly, but are feelings enough to break from the ways of old?
TITLE: All’s Fair In Love And Dare
AUTHOR: Rikki Leighton
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 9/9/2023
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If all’s fair in love and dare, someone’s heart will have to give, but how can we survive the fallout?
Being a virgin is my well kept secret.
Being straight is the lie I’ve hid behind for the last twenty-one years. The truth is, I don’t know what I am. But when my best friend dares me to sleep with a guy, the floodgates of foreign desire open and threaten to bury me under their current.
Messages sent in secret to a stranger wake up my heart and libido in newfound ways, and while we trade scorchingly dirty texts, the person I pretend is on the other side of the screen has my conscience in a tailspin: my best friend’s brother.
Blair Novak has been our protector for years, taking his father’s harsh words and harsher hands in stride as long as it meant me and his brother were safe. He’s always given us his everything and somehow, I never realized it.
I see it now. In the shake of his hands as he pulls me close with a white-knuckled grip. In the ink that he wears on his skin like armor, like patches to the wounds he’s spent his whole life healing.
Blair has given up so much of himself for his brother. I want to be his balm, not the final shard that rips him apart. Our connection has bloomed from words on a screen to a galaxy of emotions I can never rein in, and I’m not sure I want to.
Even at the expense of my best friend’s heart.
TITLE: My Daddy Demon
AUTHOR: Aster Rae
SERIES: Possessive Love
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 9/9/2023
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I didn’t expect the summoning spell I found on Tik Tok to work.
I’m Saint. I’m your average, run-of-the-mill, overstressed college sophomore. My Daddy prospects are nil, and that’s assuming I even have time for a partner.
Ha. An English major with free time. That’s a good one.
When I use a spell I found in a viral Tik Tok video to help me with an assignment, the last thing I expect is for a six-foot-ten blue-skinned protector demon to show up in the campus library.
My demon’s name is Onyx, and he’s an Etruscan demon who’s last master locked him in a tomb for three thousand years. Onyx tells me that he’s here to do my bidding and I think that sounds great, to be honest. He quickly finishes my classwork and even makes a new game I’ve wanted appear out of nowhere.
Onyx’s assistance comes with a price. As it turns out, he was shut up in the cave because his last master refused to pay up.
I ask Onyx what his price is, and he tells me he demands… cuddles. And kisses. And lots and lots of… other things.
Looks like I conjured up more than I bargained for…
TITLE: The Centaur’s Secret
AUTHORS: Lorelei M. Hart & Jena Wade
SERIES: Waiting Hearts: Centaurs #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 174
RELEASE DATE: 9/10/2023
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Maddox is looking for truths buried deep in the past…
Terran has been living in hiding for several hundred years. He and his brothers have no choice, it is either their lonely existence or risking the lives of shifter kind. They have a duty to protect them from the weapon his creators made and it’s a sacrifice he’s more than willing to make.
And then one day, something changes. Time is passing differently and that can’t be a good sign… or can it?
Finding his father’s journals opens up a whole new world to lion shifter Maddox, one no one will believe exists. His head says he needs to find the enforcer pack and let them handle his discovery or at the very least confide in his best friend. His heart shouts something else: find the forest, the one where they live.
He follows his heart, discovering the beasts of legend…. and coming face to face with his centaur mate.
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