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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lust | Sienna Moreau | Self Published | 1/22/2024 | Seven Deadly Sins #1 | Amazon |
| Port in a Storm | Rhys Ford | Dreamspinner Press | 1/23/2024 | Sinners Sin | Amazon |
| The (Fake) Dating Game | Timothy Janovsky | Afterglow Books by Harlequin | 1/23/2024 | Amazon | |
| Earth and Water | J.L. Gribble | Limani Press | 1/23/2024 | Steel Bonds #1 | Amazon |
| Broken Ice | Marina Vivancos | Self Published | 1/23/2024 | Alpha Omega Hockey: Florida #1 | Amazon |
| Chasing the Light | Mal Trevino | Self Published | 1/23/2024 | Granite-Glacier #1 | Amazon |
| Fake Dates and Fanged Mistakes | Alice Winters | Self Published | 1/23/2024 | Fanged Mistakes #1 | Amazon |
| Our Own Story | Lynn Michaels | Self Published | 1/23/2024 | Amazon | |
| Out of the Blue | Declan Rhodes | Self Published | 1/23/2024 | Blue Harbor Boys #1 | Amazon |
| Chain Reaction | Nicole Edwards | Self Published | 1/23/2024 | Brantley Walker: Off the Books #10 | Amazon |
| On the Mountain | Riley Hart | Self Published | 1/24/2024 | Amazon | |
| Vigilante | Eden West | Self Published | 1/24/2024 | Second Chances #2 | Amazon |
| All About Trust: Colorado Grizzlies | Skylar Platt | Self Published | 1/24/2024 | All About Trust #1 | Amazon |
| Fighting Against Fate | Raquel Riley | Self Published | 1/24/2024 | Fighting for Love | Amazon |
| Shoulda Swiped Left | K.L. Hiers | Self Published | 1/24/2024 | Amazon | |
| Honey Moon Murder | Dahlia Donovan | Tangled Tree Publishing | 1/25/2024 | Honey Bear Cosy Mysteries #3 | Amazon |
| For Your Forever | Crea Reitan | Dragon Fire Fantasy | 1/25/2024 | For Your Love #4 | Amazon |
| Icebound Rivals | Hayden Hall | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | Arctic Titans of Northwood U #4 | Amazon |
| Where There’s a Wil, There’s a Way | PT Ambler | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | Duly Domesticated | Amazon |
| Omega Under the Moon: Six Months Later | N.J. Lysk | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | Omega Under the Moon #2 | Amazon |
| Unexpected Heroes | Naomi Valkyrie | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | Amazon | |
| On The Pitch | Michael Mabel | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | The Majestic Lions #1 | Amazon |
| The Base: The Beginning | H.M. Wolfe | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | Ardan & Alasdair #1 | Amazon |
| Unexpected Prejudice | Tal Lewin | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | Bad Inceptions #2 | Amazon |
| Protecting Benoit | T.S. Ankney | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | Guardian Alliance Security #2 | Amazon |
| Redemption | Stella Rainbow | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | Innocent Monsters | Amazon |
| Sugar and Spice Kisses | BL Maxwell | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | PM Kisses #2 | Amazon |
| Lenny | Fel Fern | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | Moon Burrow Bears #8 | Amazon |
| Fire Wings | Jena Wade | Self Published | 1/25/2024 | Love Sync Mates | Amazon |
| The Invention of Wings | Robin Knight | Squid INQ Press | 1/26/2024 | Mulligan’s Mill #1 | Amazon |
| Gargoyle Vigilante | M.M. Wilde | Knight Ever After Publishing | 1/26/2024 | Shadow Slayers #1 | Amazon |
| We Don’t Need Another Santa | Bix Barrow | Self Published | 1/26/2024 | Bent Oak, Texas | Amazon |
| The Alpha Demon’s Surprise Baby | Kiernan Kelly & Minerva Howe | Self Published | 1/26/2024 | Hotel Convergeance #1 | Amazon |
| A Chance Encounter | Koko Klein | Self Published | 1/26/2024 | Love in Terengia | Amazon |
| Repair And Prepare | Hinsel Meyer | Self Published | 1/26/2024 | All It Takes #1 | Amazon |
| Goalie Tandem | Tierney Rose | Self Published | 1/26/2024 | Amazon | |
| After Midnight | Blake Allwood | Self Published | 1/26/2024 | Fallen Fairytales | Amazon |
| Finding Danyaal | Zia Ahmad | Self Published | 1/26/2024 | Amazon | |
| Rylan | Jackie Keswick | Self Published | 1/26/2024 | White Knight Security #2 | Amazon |
| Stranded | E. Davies | Self Published | 1/26/2024 | Sunrise Island Brothers #2 | Amazon |
| Prince of Endless Tides | Ben Alderson | Self Published | 1/26/2024 | Darkmourn Universe #4 | Amazon |
| Love and the Undead | Eve Morton | JMS Books | 1/27/2024 | Amazon | |
| Beneath Brooklyn | L.D. Kreiling | JMS Books | 1/27/2024 | Amazon | |
| Palace Ghosts | Becky Black | JMS Books | 1/27/2024 | Amazon | |
| Gatherdawn | Lee Colgin | Self Published | 1/27/2024 | Luminia Duet Vol. 1 | Amazon |
| Rolling for His Omega | Lorelei M. Hart | Decadent Publishing | 1/28/2024 | Omegas of Oliver Creek #7 | Amazon |
| A Valentine’s Wolf Match For Cupid | Lorelei M. Hart & Colbie Dunbar | Surrendered Press | 1/28/2024 | Amazon |
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TITLE: Lust
AUTHOR: Sienna Moreau
SERIES: Seven Deadly Sins #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 308
RELEASE DATE: 1/22/2024
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Sleeping with the Demigod of Desire could cost Deacon his life, but falling for him could cost him everything.
Deacon St. James’ search for his missing brother has led him straight into the arms of one of the Deadly Sins that rule the world. Lust is charming, captivating and powerful and Deacon all too willingly falls to his knees at his command. The connection and heat between them could consume him whole, if he lets it.
The forbidden fruit has never tasted so good.
As one of the Seven Deadly Sins, Lust has the world at his fingertips, never wanting for anything. From the moment Deacon walks into his life, Lust is enamored by the spirited man who can shake off the very magic that he uses to control the world. Once he has him in his bed, Lust has no intention of letting him go.
Nothing is at seems and survival is a fickle beast.
The harder Lust falls, the more everything falls apart around him. Enemies plot from the shadows, and secrets that both Lust and Deacon hold have the potential to destroy them from the inside. If they’re going to survive, they have to learn what it means to trust… and to love.
When the first strike lands, will they risk it all for a glimpse of a future together?
TITLE: Port in a Storm
AUTHOR: Rhys Ford
SERIES: Sinners Sin
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 229
RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2024
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San Francisco SWAT Lieutenant Connor Morgan and Crossroads Gin drummer Forest Ackerman make an odd couple. Connor, an Irish-born cop from a tight-knit family, never imagined he’d find his happily-ever-after with a raised-on-the-streets musician, but Forest had the gentlest soul he’d ever met. After a long, hard road of heartbreak, murder, and trouble, they fell hard in love and married.
Then Fate intervenes and throws their lives into a chaos neither one of them is prepared for.
During a brutal SWAT raid, Connor stumbles on Tate, an abused, vulnerable little boy caught in a shoot-out with his father’s drug-running gang. As heavy fire riddles the walls, an injured Connor rescues Tate from the fray… only to be struck numb when a caseworker pries a sobbing Tate from his arms.
Scarred from his own childhood experiences, Forest doubts he can be a good enough father, but Connor assures him they can give Tate what he needs and more. Soon they are on an insane ride where trust and affection are hard-earned, especially when coming from a little boy raised in society’s filthiest gutters. Facing down every challenge thrown their way, they battle to give Tate what Connor treasures and Forest never had—a family to call his own.
TITLE: The (Fake) Dating Game
AUTHOR: Timothy Janovsky
PUBLISHER: Afterglow Books by Harlequin
LENGTH: 245
RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2024
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Ready. Set. Faux.
Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audition for his favorite game show, Madcap Market, should have been a moment of triumph—a glorious, loving homage to his adored mom, who died six years ago. Instead, he’s destroying the minibar in a grim Los Angeles hotel room…recently dumped, partnerless and sliding into misery.
But at least the hotel service is sublime. It even comes with an unfairly fit and sexy (smart-ass) concierge who arrives at the door with pizza, Monopoly and deliciously distracting forearms.
All Holden knows about Leo Min is that he’s beautiful and unexpectedly sympathetic, and the chemistry between them is beyond. Maybe it’s even enough to convince everyone, including the show’s casting directors, that they’re a real couple. All they’d have to do is crush the competition, win the huge cash prize and all of Holden’s problems—his broken heart, his buried grief, his complete lack of money and direction—will be fixed.
Of course, reality doesn’t quite work out that way. But love is an entirely different game…
TITLE: Earth and Water
AUTHOR: J.L. Gribble
SERIES: Steel Bonds #1
PUBLISHER: Limani Press
LENGTH: 226
RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2024
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A life with no room for distraction
Earth mage Kane Nalamas may be on his first official contract as a mercenary, but his years of experience and training don’t prepare him for immediate betrayal. Within days, he loses both his client and his freedom.
A prison of his own creation
Water mage Archer Sophin would not wish his half-life as a human magical battery on anyone. Especially not the sweet mercenary who has no idea he’s stumbled upon one of the greatest secrets in the magical world: magic is dying.
An unlikely partnership
Kane will take any help he can get from the intriguing water mage, even if he’s not sure whether Archer’s role is villain or fellow victim. Drawn further together by an unexpected voyage, what begins as a temporary arrangement turns into the potential for so much more.
To live free in a world that craves their power, the elemental mages will have to use earth and water in ways never seen before. And for a chance to build a future together, they’ll have to escape the chains of their past.
TITLE: Broken Ice
AUTHOR: Marina Vivancos
SERIES: Alpha Omega Hockey: Florida #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 213
RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2024
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After being forced to take suppressants for a year by his coach, Beau’s body is a mess. He has a debilitatingly painful heat every two weeks, and there’s no medication available to help him.
Being traded from the team that did that to him is a slap to the face. Being traded to their direct competitors, the Miami Manatees, is just the cherry on top of the sh*t sundae that has become his life.
Now Beau doesn’t just have to get through heats only an Alpha would be able to help with, but has to tolerate Emilio, the guy who doesn’t only hate him, but his Omega scent.
Which doesn’t really make sense, what with how protective and possessive the Alpha gets when Beau goes into heat…and how he keeps volunteering to help him through them.
Beau might take him up on that offer, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to fall in love
TITLE: Chasing the Light
AUTHOR: Mal Trevino
SERIES: Granite-Glacier #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 211
RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2024
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Aiden Marsh is nobody. After his long-ill mother dies, he’s left by himself with the end of their apartment lease, and the loneliness of the city. When the internet friend he’s been crushing invites him on a trip to photograph the northern lights, how is he supposed to say no? There’s just the tiny little fact that he’s been lying about his life for the last year. But everyone lies on the internet, right?
Russell Merritt had it all. Had. Past tense. A meteoric rise to photographer fame: a storied freelance career and his own show on World Wild. What else could he want? Then it all came crashing down, and that’s exactly the question he has to answer. What else could he want?
Now, Russell and Aiden are taking on the wilds of Granite-Glacier–Russell’s old, forsaken hometown–on a photo excursion that lets them both forget the mess of their lives. But even their growing attraction can only keep reality at bay for so long. They’re going to have to drag all their secrets out into the light.
TITLE: Fake Dates and Fanged Mistakes
AUTHOR: Alice Winters
SERIES: Fanged Mistakes #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 386
RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2024
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Julian
This week hasn’t gone the best for me unless you count Casimir, the sexy ancient vampire, bringing me back from the brink of death (and tying my fate to his in the process). Not that it matters if the werewolves and vampires don’t stop their ridiculous feud, because someone is targeting them and widening the divide between our communities with each body they leave in their wake.
But as the alpha’s son, I have a plan to fix everything. I’m going to convince Casimir to fake date me to show the others that we can work together.
I mean… what could go wrong?
Casimir
Everything.
Literally everything could go wrong. Who is actually going to believe that I want this joke-cracking, cute werewolf tagging alongside me?
Honestly, do I even care if people get along? I really think I have much more important things to do than going on hardware store dates, learning the torturous art of holding hands, and attending awkward family dinners, like… staring at my dog… and… I’m sure there’s something else.
Okay, fine, maybe this whole fake dating scheme isn’t the worst idea that I’ve come across in the past five hundred years, but it’s definitely in the running. The two of us are just going to have a bit of fun while I stop whoever’s hunting down the vampires and werewolves… right?
TITLE: Our Own Story
AUTHOR: Lynn Michaels
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 115
RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2024
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A gentle nudge from the mysterious beyond may be all one needs for a happily ever after
When Tad Conway’s ex-boyfriend, Bobby, returns after a long absence, he realizes that there are certain things in the universe he can’t explain. Like spending the night in Bobby’s arms only to learn that he’d died months before and is most likely haunting him. Oh, and that Bobby may be pushing Tad into the arms of another man, even though he isn’t over Bobby.
Drew Sinclair has had a major crush on marketing guru, Tad Conway, for the longest time. After Drew lands a job as an intern in Tad’s company, he gets his chance to show his stuff – in and out of the bedroom. Maybe he can earn more than a job, if only he can get Tad to see him.
Help can sometimes come where you least expect it.
TITLE: Out of the Blue
AUTHOR: Declan Rhodes
SERIES: Blue Harbor Boys #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2024
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Bookish nerd Parker and jock Cole, friends since childhood, have always shared a close summertime bond in their Great Lakes coastal town, Blue Harbor. When a newly confident Parker returns home from his first year in college more handsome than ever, simmering attractions spark into something neither expected.
Seeking relief from prodding parents, jokester Cole proposes they fake a relationship. Parker agrees and secretly hopes the pretend dating can turn into real romance.
Just as their private passion ignites into a series of firsts, a candid video brands them #BlueHarborBoyfriends on social media overnight.
As the Blue Harbor community rallies around their coming out with noisy support and messy questions, both Parker and Cole battle anxieties about their future. Can a single summer of self-discovery cement their transition from secret soulmates to officially out boyfriends?
TITLE: Chain Reaction
AUTHOR: Nicole Edwards
SERIES: Brantley Walker: Off the Books #10
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 366
RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2024
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During the two years since they created the Off the Books Task Force, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis have had their share of difficult cases, but their next one hits close to home. Too close.
After Jessica James is taken in broad daylight in the center of town, the Off the Books Task Force joins forces with family and friends in Coyote Ridge to find her. When JJ turns up safe and sound, they realize finding her was only half the battle. A series of chain reactions have the task force working to clear one of their own while searching for the person responsible for JJ’s disappearance.
Some relationships are tested, while others grow stronger as the team works to stop the dominoes from falling.
TITLE: On the Mountain
AUTHOR: Riley Hart
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 267
RELEASE DATE: 1/24/2024
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One feels he’s not worthy of love. The other fears he doesn’t know how. But the sizzling chemistry between them has both tempted to explore the unknown.
Cyrus
I was intrigued by Crow at first glance. Who wouldn’t be? He’s a mountain of a man, who was raised in a cult and now lives secluded in the wilderness. But the draw I feel to him goes beyond mild interest. When his intense gaze falls my way, it feels like he can see into my soul, to my deepest yearnings and desires.
I took a bold chance venturing to his mountain uninvited. But I can’t help myself. Despite Crow’s dangerous facade, I feel at home when I’m near him. I’ve never felt wanted or needed…until the mountain man took me in his arms.
Crow
The mountain is my home, the only place that truly suits me. I reveled in my solitude…until Cyrus showed up looking as lonely as I felt. The warmth in his gaze made me welcome someone into my home and my heart when I never have before.
The way he smells. The way he feels. I come apart with his every touch. The past haunts us both. Yet when we’re together, the weight of it is manageable. Cyrus is mine, and I don’t ever want to let him go. Still, I fear that eventually he’ll want to leave the mountain, and for the first time in my life, I don’t want to be alone.
TITLE: Vigilante
AUTHOR: Eden West
SERIES: Second Chances #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 1/24/2024
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I believe I’m asexual. The tragedy that tore my family apart blocked me from forming bonds with people. Even a simple kiss can make me shiver and run away. I live consumed by persistent darkness, hating the world, dreaming violent dreams, patrolling streets, drawing dark comics. I wait for my chance to get revenge.
One day, a trivial matter brings me to a small computer shop, where I meet him. Josiah. He is guarded and distrustful. He’s also deeply hurt. And… so beautiful. My artistic soul wants to paint him, but he keeps his distance—until the day he tells me his secret. Oh, how well he understands my hate and my rage. We are so similar deep down. Maybe I could make him my prince? Well, or a boyfriend. No sex, of course. Neither of us is ready for it. We just want a special, emotional relationship, the kind we lacked during the lockdown. But before the prince can be truly mine, I have to prove myself. I have to slay the ‘dragon’ for him. Isn’t that how it always works? But will I lose or… rediscover myself in the process?
TITLE: All About Trust: Colorado Grizzlies
AUTHOR: Skylar Platt
SERIES: All About Trust #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 242
RELEASE DATE: 1/24/2024
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TRUST – firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone.
DAVEY
Carter Hughes. I loathe him.
Loathe him for everything he did in the past, or rather didn’t do. Now he has the nerve to be here in my city, working for my team, invading my space.
He had the nerve to do something else too, he grew up.
Carter is shining a spotlight on the fact that I have not. I’ve spent decades in denial.
For years I blamed Carter for everything wrong in my life…what if he turns out to be everything that’s right?
CARTER
Davis Franklin George.
Avoiding him is impossible. Did I really expect to not feel anything when I laid eyes on him for the first time in years? For the first time since that night I can’t forget? A night I don’t want to forget.
But I have to forget. I have to let go. I’ve spent way too much time and energy letting go of the past, moving on with my life to let Davis Franklin George derail everything. We can co-exist, right?
Problem is, now that we are in the same city, working for the same team, I can’t escape him. The bigger problem, I don’t think I want to.
TITLE: Fighting Against Fate
AUTHOR: Raquel Riley
SERIES: Fighting for Love
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 182
RELEASE DATE: 1/24/2024
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Love is like a roundhouse kick, you never see it coming the second time.
-Aaron
I fell in love with the first guy I got close with. Not out of convenience, but fate. We shared everything—the same apartment, the same trainer, the same gym, and ultimately, the same dream—to become famous and successful UFC fighters.
But the reality was much different from the dream. It was a bitter pill to swallow knowing that if we wanted to find success, we couldn’t do it as lovers.
I only found the strength to walk away from him because my drive to succeed was greater than my need to be loved. Or so I thought…
-Cortez
Once upon a time I was a fool in love. A naïve kid with starry eyes. I thought being a great fighter was all it would take to launch me to the top. I had so much to learn. And the hardest lesson of all was finding out the one man I thought I could trust, who would never betray me, could rip my heart from my chest and crush it in his fist like I never meant anything to him.
Lesson learned. Don’t shit where you eat. Don’t sleep with your coworkers. And above all, don’t ever fall in love with your rival opponent…again.
TITLE: Shoulda Swiped Left
AUTHOR: K.L. Hiers
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 99
RELEASE DATE: 1/24/2024
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Joseph Abrams can’t believe he’s found his perfect match through online dating. Zale Petropoulos is hot, charming, and just the right amount of mysterious.
They meet for their first date and the sparks fly all the way through dinner and right through dessert.
But Zale has a confession to make and finally reveals his secret…
He’s god of the Underworld.
And Joseph is his new prince-consort.
TITLE: Honey Moon Murder
AUTHOR: Dahlia Donovan
SERIES: Honey Bear Cosy Mysteries #3
PUBLISHER: Tangled Tree Publishing
LENGTH: 125
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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Honey, Romance, and Danger…
As August winds down, George Sheth and Murphy Baird are ready to put months of murder mysteries behind them. They hope for calmer days as they move in together. But it’s all for nought when his pug, Bumble, stumbles on the body of a new bride in the middle of the lane.
It’s clear Bumble didn’t kill anyone, but someone did—and they may have set their sights on George.
With a wedding party full of potential suspects, they find themselves caught between the police and angry family members. Can they make it safely through the end of summer alive?
TITLE: For Your Forever
AUTHOR: Crea Reitan
SERIES: For Your Love #4
PUBLISHER: Dragon Fire Fantasy
LENGTH: 365
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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Wishes on a star just don’t come true.
I used to believe in fairy tales, but I’ve kissed far too many frogs that never turn into Prince Charming. The glass slipper never fits. I’m always the ugly step-sibling; never the princess. They’re the same crushing blows every time.
When will you grow out of this phase?
Why can’t you be normal for once?
This was cute but now you’re just embarrassing me.
Why is it so difficult to accept that I like myself the way I am? With my pretty dresses, pastel tattoos, and sparkly nail polish, I like to feel beautiful.
All I want is my happily ever after. To be cherished and adored and loved for who I am. I desperately want to find my forever person.
Why am I always left with a broken heart instead?
TITLE: Icebound Rivals
AUTHOR: Hayden Hall
SERIES: Arctic Titans of Northwood U #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 217
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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Grayson Reed is into me.
We are each other’s fiercest opponents in the rink. But now, Grayson’s eyes are stripping me down whenever we cross each other’s paths.
I don’t mind being the object of another guy’s desire, but I also refuse to jump into a stranger’s bed so quickly. It’s just that I’m not really dating material.
And of all the guys on Earth, Grayson Reed is the last person I would give a chance. But if there is one thing everyone knows about Gray, it’s that he is not a quitter.
The more I push him away, the more he tries to get closer. And as he struggles to win me over, I stumble into the very thing I swore I would avoid.
Love.
Our struggles on the ice are nothing compared to the conquest of each other. And when I find out about the dare that had brought us together, my trust is shattered. It will take a lot more courage to fix this mess than it took to win a date with me. And I just don’t know if this playboy is brave enough for a relationship or if his story ends with the conquest.
TITLE: Where There’s a Wil, There’s a Way
AUTHOR: PT Ambler
SERIES: Duly Domesticated
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 239
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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A fledgling butler with a legacy to uphold.
A celebrity boss with a family to protect.
Crossing the upstairs/downstairs divide has never felt so natural…nor so perilous.
This is the one, Wil thinks when he interviews for the butler position at Buck House, Oxfordshire.
Dream home.
Dream job.
Dream boss…maybe.
Worst idea ever, Rhys thinks when he’s convinced to employ a butler straight out of the academy.
His privacy gone.
His sanity gone.
His heart…that might be gone, too.
TITLE: Omega Under the Moon: Six Months Later
AUTHOR: N.J. Lysk
SERIES: Omega Under the Moon #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 70
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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It’s been six months since Cole presented omega and ended up dating his two alpha best friends.
Time has run out and certain needs must be met. But is their bond strong enough to survive heat and all the changes it will bring?
TITLE: Unexpected Heroes
AUTHOR: Naomi Valkyrie
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 109
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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Losing everything is a disaster, until an unexpected hero sneaks into your life and saves the day.
ELIJAH
After narrowly avoiding a prison sentence, I snatch up the chance to start over. But my ex certainly didn’t make things easy. I’ve lost everything–my job, my reputation, my friends, everything except what matters most, my infant son, Griffin. He’s the reason I live and breathe, but I don’t know if I can do this alone.
Then an angel appears in the form of my new neighbor, Jude. He’s handsome and good with my son, but my heart is hesitant to love again. Especially with Jude’s personal demons interfering, leading him to betray my trust.
Despite our falling out, when my past shows up, putting Griffin in danger, Jude’s the one riding to the rescue. He’s a good man, but am I ready to risk my heart to build a future with him?
JUDE
He’s gone, and he took my heart and soul with him. Life is now an endless round of working security jobs and losing myself in the bottom of a bottle… until the night I meet my new neighbor Elijah and his baby boy. Suddenly, the future I always wanted is possible again, and I cling to it with all I’ve got. But my clinging leads me to make a decision that could tank everything before it gets started.
Even though Elijah has pushed me away, when he and Griffin are in danger, I can’t stand by and do nothing. Elijah and I may not end up together, but he and his son have become my reason to live. As long as they are safe, nothing else matters. I’d rather they be alive to love from afar, than be dead and return to the darkness I was in before we met, because this time I might not make it out.
This story was originally published in the Saved by the Everyday Hero anthology.
TITLE: On The Pitch
AUTHOR: Michael Mabel
SERIES: The Majestic Lions #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 213
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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Kyle and Mark, best friends since their days in school, share a bond that has withstood the test of time. Since they first met, they have been inseparable, navigating the challenges of adolescence and adulthood. Little do they realise that the quiet rhythm of their friendship is about to crescendo into something greater that will redefine their connection forever.
When confessions reveal a depth of feelings previously unexplored, the dynamic of their relationship undergoes a profound transformation. As Kyle and Mark traverse the uncharted waters of this new romance, the once familiar bond of friendship becomes a romantic haven, filled with the promise of something more.
Whether as friends, teammates, or lovers, they will forever change each other’s lives going forward.
TITLE: The Base: The Beginning
AUTHOR: H.M. Wolfe
SERIES: Ardan & Alasdair #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 228
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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After helping the man who was like an older to him to make a decision about Ezra, the other teen he took under his wing, young Alasdair comes back to The Base. With every day that passes, he comes to see the place as what it really is: a safe haven for the survivors of unspeakable horrors and a home for him.
The man who runs it, known only as Ardan, is no longer seen by Alasdair as a cold-blooded killer, but as a kind soul, his most ardent supporter, who always encourages him to study and become the best version of himself. His protector is a mystery for the youth, who wants to take a peek and see what’s beyond the seemingly impenetrable wall Ardan surrounded his heart with.
For over a decade, the only thing Ardan thought about was revenge; the budding feelings he has for Alasdair, the red-haired boy with a brilliant mind and a caring heart, scare the otherwise courageous man. He plans to send the young man to live with his relatives, the powerful, rich, and influent Stark family, but, after being confronted by Alasdair, he decides to let him stay at The Base.
The redhead manages to completely win Ardan’s trust, but, just when the two of them get closer than ever, Alasdair’s world comes crashing down after seeing the man of his dreams about to get intimate with another youth. Heartbroken, he’ll run away, before Ardan realizes and has a chance to explain his actions. Is it too late for the two to have a fresh start?
TITLE: Unexpected Prejudice
AUTHOR: Tal Lewin
SERIES: Bad Inceptions #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 400
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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Jessie and I had never fought.
Not in the eight years we’d known each other. Not once.
But when we started our senior year at Beverly Bay High, a school for the rich and the elite, we were exposed to a new reality. One that showed us how unexpected life could be. And when a guy with ocean eyes stepped into our lives, we couldn’t imagine the impact he would have on us.
This wasn’t a story about three people falling in love. Nor was it a love triangle.
Prejudices made us believe our hearts were safe, only they weren’t.
This isn’t just our story.
It never was
TITLE: Protecting Benoit
AUTHOR: T.S. Ankney
SERIES: Guardian Alliance Security #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 180
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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Spicy food. Spicier attraction. Dangerous sparks ensue in 3…2…1…
As co-owner of Guardian Alliance Security, former Navy SEAL Vic Catori lives for his career and his teammates. Benoit Aguillard will inherit his family’s restaurant empire, but first he must prove he can take care of him himself. Vic isn’t impressed with Ben’s less-than-stellar attitude in the training course, but Ben’s determined to graduate, even if it means spending extra time with his gorgeous instructor. But when lethal forces threaten these two, will they learn to trust each other or lose everything?
TITLE: Redemption
AUTHOR: Stella Rainbow
SERIES: Innocent Monsters
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 199
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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A lonely kelpie trapped in his small world. A human on the run in need of a safe haven.
Alaric
After almost killing two humans under the influence of dark magic, I’d lost the last of my will to live. What was the point, when every day was exactly like the one before and I had no one to share it with?
Just when I was about to end it all, a human came stumbling into my clearing with a bizarre offer: He’d be my friend if I promised to protect him from the people he was running from.
Bellamy
When I realized I was missing a day’s worth of memories, I had to investigate what had happened, and it led me to Alaric. Fascinated by the strange being that he was, I ended up striking a deal with him.
The more time I spent with Alaric, the more I realized what a sweet and kind man hid behind the ‘monster.’ It wasn’t a surprise when I fell in love with him, but the people I’d been running from were determined to find me. Would they let me have my happily ever after?
TITLE: Sugar and Spice Kisses
AUTHOR: BL Maxwell
SERIES: PM Kisses #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 106
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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Randy Miller is living his dream come true. His cookie business has taken off since he started it just before Christmas, and he’s in love. He never thought he’d find the love he’d always dreamed of with someone he’d known his whole life, and who he’d always thought of as competition.
Eli Canton is happier than he’s ever been. He’s living with Randy, the love of his life. They spend their nights getting to know each other better, and baking when they’re not distracted by each other. He’s proud to know Randy’s business is as successful as it is, and he’s more than willing to help him make it even better.
When Valentine’s Day rolls around, both Randy and Eli want to surprise each other. They’ve only been together a few months, but neither can imagine loving someone else the way they love each other. If they can both pull off their plans, Valentine’s Day could be even more exciting than Christmas was, and definitely full of more surprises.
TITLE: Lenny
AUTHOR: Fel Fern
SERIES: Moon Burrow Bears #8
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 262
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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Can Jack save his biker bear, or will Lenny’s rage consume him?
Volatile. That’s the perfect word to describe Lenny’s grizzly. His MC brothers consider Lenny no better than a rabid animal. Some of them even believe that putting Lenny down is the best option for the club. Lenny himself is willing to face his own execution. But all bets are off when he’s sent on a mission to rescue an empath from a bloodthirsty group of hunters. While most people are terrified of Lenny, Jack is different. He believes that Lenny can be saved, but the road to redemption will be long and hard.
Betrayed. Jackson Lake never expected the people he helped with his psychic abilities to turn against him. On the run and with nowhere to go, fate leads him to a terrifying and broken biker bear who claims that Jack is his fated mate. But some wounds run deep, and Lenny is consumed by rage that threatens to swallow Jack whole. Can Jack save his beloved biker, or will he end up losing him?
TITLE: Fire Wings
AUTHOR: Jena Wade
SERIES: Love Sync Mates
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 153
RELEASE DATE: 1/25/2024
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Rule number 1 of internet dating: Never send pictures first.
I’m known as “the dragon who almost exposed us all” thanks to some less than spectacular choices in my youth. The fact that I even have my new job as Flight Trainer for Fire Wing Academy is more of a second chance than I ever thought I’d get. I refuse to mess it up… that is until I do.
Instead of sending the new friend and potential hookup I connected with online the details of our upcoming date, I had to go and send him the details of my new flight training plan for work—with pictures. He probably opened them expecting the smexy kind. Now instead of getting an eye and possibly a hand full, he has proof of dragonkind.
I was hoping to get screwed tonight, but not like this.
TITLE: The Invention of Wings
AUTHOR: Robin Knight
SERIES: Mulligan’s Mill #1
PUBLISHER: Squid INQ Press
LENGTH: 278
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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MITCH
‘Wings’. That was the nickname they gave me in the lead-up to the Winter Olympics. I was ready to take home the gold for figure skating, ready to make all my dreams come true… all but one… the dream of finding true love. That dream ended the night I lost the only man I ever wanted, betrayed by fear, by doubt, by him. It was a moment that led to my downfall on the ice rink and the ultimate humiliation. And so I did what any broken spirit would do… I fled my hometown of Mulligan’s Mill, determined never to return.
That is until I get the call from Doc Morgan, letting me know that my sister Maggie’s hoarding habit is getting out of control. Now it seems Mulligan’s Mill is calling me back… back to face the past. Is it possible for a fallen hero to find his dignity once more? Is it possible for a man to return home and not make the same mistakes twice? Is it possible to pretend the past never even existed… or was I destined to re-live it all over again?
GAGE
He was the rising star of the ice-skating rink. I was the captain of the hockey team with my eyes on an Ivy League scholarship. We had everything… promise, potential, each other. Then one night I freaked out, I pushed him away, and nothing was ever the same again. In the years since Mitch had left Mulligan’s Mill, my life was turned upside-down by a family tragedy. Now, as the sole carer of my niece Ginny who relies on a wheelchair to get around, I spend every waking hour working part-time jobs to keep the roof over our heads. I barely get a minute to think about my shattered dreams of becoming an ice hockey star… but I still think about him… every single day.
When I find out that Mitch is returning to Mulligan’s Mill, the news triggers a wave of excitement and regret. Was what we had real, or just a foolish young fling? Would the flame re-ignite once more if we saw each other on the street, or would he turn around and walk away like we never met? Would I finally find the courage to talk to him again, or would fear get the better of me just like it did on the night I broke both our hearts?
TITLE: Gargoyle Vigilante
AUTHOR: M.M. Wilde
SERIES: Shadow Slayers #1
PUBLISHER: Knight Ever After Publishing
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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The world’s holiest relics are at risk, and the dawn of evil looms. Only the Shadow Slayers can keep the darkness at bay…
As a Shadow Slayer gargoyle appointed by the Archangel Michael, Dante has fought for centuries to defend the human realm. The rogue gargoyles he hunts are relentless in their quest to maim and destroy, but Dante is one of Heaven’s top warriors. However, Dante prefers eliminating the dark scourge by his own rules.
Amir is a student of Near Eastern studies who carries a secret. When Amir discovers his antique dealer uncle’s mutilated corpse, he flees in terror with the sacred artifact he swore to protect. Yet somewhere in the shadows, a sinister threat exists—one that seeks to steal his life as well as the treasure he guards.
Thrust into a world Amir never knew existed, he struggles to understand what part he must play. For Dante, he learns that only the touch of his Fated One can crack the stone of his cold, lonely heart. Together, they will risk everything to save the life of their unborn child.
This time, the battle is personal…
TITLE: We Don’t Need Another Santa
AUTHOR: Bix Barrow
SERIES: Bent Oak, Texas
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 170
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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One retired hitman, one actor just out of rehab, and a Santa sack full of complications…
Even though I don’t need to pose as a third-grade teacher anymore, I stuck around to keep Seth, one of my students, and his brother Robin from being abused by their slimy stepfather. It’s their lucky Christmas Eve when I find out Robin accidentally killed the jerk while protecting Seth, because who better to help them dispose of the body than a retired hitman-slash-operative?
But Santa also delivers the boys’ uncle, famous actor and tabloid headliner Lucas McCord. I’m trying to decide if I can trust him with the boys’ well-being—and possibly my cold, withered heart—when an ill-timed photo has the press announcing I’m Lucas’ boyfriend and the key to fixing his reputation.
Note: We Don’t Need Another Santa was originally released as part of the MM Book Buzz 12 Days of Christmas promotion in December 2023. The story has not been changed.
The skills I honed in my former life are strangely useful navigating the perils of Hollywood, but when I come face-to-face with an enemy from my past, I’ll use every weapon in my arsenal to keep Lucas and the kids safe.
TITLE: The Alpha Demon’s Surprise Baby
AUTHORS: Kiernan Kelly & Minerva Howe
SERIES: Hotel Convergeance #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 162
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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When Joe escapes his humdrum human life to go to the mystical Hotel Convergence in Maine, the last thing he expects is to meet maddening, sexy, alpha demon Bael. And he certainly has no intention of hooking up with said demon.
Bael is taking time off from his warlike dimension when he meets Joe, but he knows Joe is his mate, and he’d tickled with Joe turns up pregnant. Can they find a way to make it work or will they be a summer fling gone horribly wrong.
This title has previously been a Kindle Vella serial story.
TITLE: A Chance Encounter
AUTHOR: Koko Klein
SERIES: Love in Terengia
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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Two men. Too Many Secrets. But a Second Chance at Love.
Frederick’s unexpected invitation to Terengia’s first gay Royal Wedding sounded like a dream. Now it’s threatening to turn into a nightmare. As a hotel manager, he’s learnt to head off problems before they happen. And Prince Leo’s best man looks like trouble.
But Liam Lacrois’ grumpy outside is hiding a broken heart—he’s just watched his Prince Charming have his Happily Ever After … with someone else.
Frederick’s swift intervention takes Liam’s mind off his heart. And their chance encounter leads to a heady night of passion. Despite wanting more, they are busy men living separate lives hundreds of miles apart. And Liam’s not over Leo … yet.
When a second chance encounter throws them together again, it seems Fate has intervened. Can Frederick help Liam find love again? And can Liam be the man Fredrick’s been longing for?
But true love never did run smooth, and when a family secret turns Liam’s life upside down he decides Frederick is better off without him.
Will hidden truths continue to come between them?
Or could a chance encounter turn into a lifetime of love?
TITLE: Repair And Prepare
AUTHOR: Hinsel Meyer
SERIES: All It Takes #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 296
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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Jules
One of the hardest lessons I’ve learned is that the only thing I need is hockey – because hockey has never let me down, never abandoned me. What I lack in my personal life, I make up for with my professional achievements. I’m damn proud of the career I’ve had in the NHL and have no plans of stopping or jeopardizing it by coming out.
That is until I meet Sterling.
He does the unthinkable, he gives me hope, makes me wish for more… and then dashes those hopes and wishes to dust.
In the aftermath, I become someone I don’t particularly like, but that someone doesn’t really care either.
Then, it’s hockey—once more—that saves me.
So yeah, hockey is all I have and all I need.
Sterling
I know I f***ed up.
That I had an excellent reason not to contact Jules after I promised I would—after all my life was a tornado at the time—doesn’t mean I didn’t f*ck up.
I know it and I’m prepared to fix this mess now that I moved to Vegas permanently.
But the man I met more than two years ago is nowhere to be found. The one who opens the door when I come knocking isn’t the sweet boy who desperately wanted someone to take care of him.
No, this man is cynical and detached. Worst of all, he’s hell-bent on never giving me anything real again.
No matter how brief our time was, I know he’s the only person—and I’ve met a lot of people—who’s ever made me want more.
So yes, I’ll fight to repair what I broke and then hopefully we’ll prepare for the rest of our lives together.
The only question is, will it all be in vain?
TITLE: Goalie Tandem
AUTHOR: Tierney Rose
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 275
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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Theo Wallin doesn’t believe in rose-colored glasses. He’ll never win the Cup, and he’s made his peace with that. His team is afraid of him, and he’s stopped trying to change their minds. He’ll never find love, because he’s prickly, unfriendly, and likes things done his way.
He’s okay with that. What he’s not okay with is losing his position as the starting goalie for the Saskatoon Sentinels to an upstart rookie, especially one with effortless charm and a heart-stopping smile.
Theo wants to retire on his terms, and Niklas Stromberg is making that very difficult.
TITLE: After Midnight
AUTHOR: Blake Allwood
SERIES: Fallen Fairytales
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 332
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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In the shadows of Denver’s comedy scene, a bartender named Dominique becomes the unexpected star of his own twisted Cinderella tale. Is love strong enough to save him from his wicked stepmother?
After Midnight is an enchanting tale that reimagines the classic Cinderella story as a dark and passionate gay romance. In this modern retelling, Dillon, a talented and aspiring comedian, finds himself drawn to Dominique, a sexy bartender at the local comedy club.
Dominique, whose unfortunate life mimics the story of Cinderella, selflessly cares for his younger stepsisters while facing a treacherous stepmother.
Amidst the glittering lights of the comedy club, Dominique and Dillon’s love slowly grows as they overcome the challenges created by a willful and selfish adversary.
TITLE: Finding Danyaal
AUTHOR: Zia Ahmad
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 425
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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“It is against this God who kills that we are fighting and resisting.”
—Alexia Salvador
Rami is coming into adulthood. Life is hell for boys like him in the unforgiving streets of Lahore, Pakistan—but especially bad for Rami—a teenager grappling with inner turmoil; he has fallen in love.
When Danyaal, a boy rooted in honesty and integrity, comes into Rami’s life, their unparalleled bond strengthens. Obsessed with relentless intimacy toward each other, despite the growing concern of heads turning, eyes narrowing—through thick and thin—Rami and Danyaal forge ahead with the romance developing between them until one fateful day.
A kiss between Rami and Danyaal, witnessed by a band of aggressors, sends the two boys racing away from their tormentors through the woods. Even greater pain awaits when their attempt to escape fails, and Rami watches in horror Danyaal being dragged away by his captors. What happens to them next demonstrates the many ways people love, betray, wound, and sacrifice for one another.
TITLE: Rylan
AUTHOR: Jackie Keswick
SERIES: White Knight Security #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 97
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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Rylan Jeffers has silent and dangerous down to an art form, even though it’s just a ruse to keep him away from people and protect his big, soft heart.
Then nightclub owner Kris Hillyard turns up in hospital, badly beaten, and Rylan can’t stay away, even as Kris and his entourage turn his life upside down.
Rylan can handle the danger that comes with protecting Kris. He can even handle Kris’s particular brand of stubborn. But can he drop his shield and find the courage to ask Kris to stay?
TITLE: Stranded
AUTHOR: E. Davies
SERIES: Sunrise Island Brothers #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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One last chance at freedom.
RONAN:
If I can’t pull up my failing fashion grades by the end of the semester, I’ll have to follow in the footsteps that everyone expects of me. Trade daring harnesses for dull neckties, and dim my sparkle for good. My bridges are burning fast, leaving me stranded—literally—until my knight in a shining ferry rescues me.
Alph says he isn’t gay, but the skipper can’t hide the way he looks at me after one stolen moonlight kiss. I can’t afford a distraction. And he’s six-foot-something of pure, muscled, earnest, lighthearted, stupidly crushable distraction.
So I really shouldn’t make him my landlord, right?
I want to save him from the rising tide.
ALPH:
I have half a house to rent out, and Ronan needs to escape his tormenting classmates. Our friendship should be a perfect fit: Ronan makes island life more fun, and he gets desperately-needed artistic inspiration. If only we could keep our hands off each other.
We make a deal: one night together. No strings, no expectations, and this is settled for good. But now I want to prove that Sunrise Island is more than an artist’s retreat for Ronan. It could be our home—forever.
Can we find the strength to wear our hearts on our sleeves for the whole world to see?
TITLE: Prince of Endless Tides
AUTHOR: Ben Alderson
SERIES: Darkmourn Universe #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 488
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2024
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Do I please you, my Prince?’
Prince Ernest Ire will do anything to please his controlling father. Even if that means using his god-given magic to sway the minds of everyone he has ever met. Wealth, royalty, and control over the land and everything on it, but still, it is not enough. With the power to achieve anything, all he wants is to give it up. But everything changes when he is infected with the deadly poison of a Mer bite, and his magic is stolen.
Killian Metropoli made a deal with the god of the ocean, Karakos, on the fateful night when his mother took a blade to his throat and killed him. Gifted with immortality and the power over sea and storm, Killian was offered a second chance at life, for the sole purpose of ridding the oceans of the evil soulless creatures – the Mer, terrifying monsters made from a union between two warring gods.
Killian is faced with duty or escape; he must choose to go against a powerful god for a bad-mouthed prince, who could give him the one thing he desires most…freedom. Time is of the essence, otherwise, Killian will be forced against his will to kill Ernest if he becomes the very monster his life is dedicated to destroying.
Fate is fickle, the threads knotted, and time is running out. Ernest must save his people before he becomes the very monster he has always feared. Killian will do anything to rid himself of his shackles. But an evil darkness is rising, and they must become allies to stop it before the world they know becomes a battlefield for benevolent gods.
TITLE: Love and the Undead
AUTHOR: Eve Morton
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 257
RELEASE DATE: 1/27/2024
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Mike’s brother Zach has always been a little weird. He spends most of his nights sneaking out to hunt for ghosts, and then reading fan fiction for his favorite TV show Paranormal whenever he has free time. But when Zach comes out as gay, and is subsequently bullied at school, Mike realizes his brother needs an ally more than anything. Though Mike knows he’s also pretty strange, they form a pack with other outcasts at the school to make their time spent in high school a little better.
Everything changes when Ray, a new student, shows up at the school. Mike breaks away from his brother and soon falls for Ray — while at the same time unearthing a mystery about their small town. As teachers disappear and dead bodies pile up, Mike and Ray are left alone fighting evil, when all Mike wanted to do was fall in love.
TITLE: Beneath Brooklyn
AUTHOR: L.D. Kreiling
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 219
RELEASE DATE: 1/27/2024
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Devon is bumbling through his new path in life as a newly turned vampire. Living out of his van and playing music in dive bars to get by, he tries his best to curtail his sanguine cravings in the most ethical ways he can manage.
One night at a show, he is met with a serendipitous run in with his old flame, Levi. Thinking maybe his life is going in the right direction for once, Devon quickly discovers there is a lot more to his ex than meets the eye. After a quick catch-up that turns violent, it becomes clear Devon isn’t the only one who’s changed, and the city is more than what lies on the surface.
Thrust into a complicated situation riddled with politics, violence, lore, and a roommate with an odd shine to his eyes, Devon struggles to navigate vamp life while trying to hold on to the one person that matters to him the most.
TITLE: Palace Ghosts
AUTHOR: Becky Black
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 249
RELEASE DATE: 1/27/2024
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When evidence emerges hinting that a long lost starship wasn’t destroyed after all, Ishir Jha has to investigate. His father sent the last desperate message from the ship before it was lost in a battle with pirates. Ish must learn the truth, even if he has to do it alone.
But his husband Finn Moran isn’t going to let him run off alone and get killed in the outer system, where the influence of the Li pirate empire is spreading again, this time under the command of the daughter of the warlord who once terrorized the colonies and the ships that plied their trade there. But Li Xhing doesn’t want to terrorize. She wants to rule.
When Finn and Ishir end up as prisoners at Li’s stronghold, The Red Palace, Finn appears ready to accept a recruitment offer to join their captor’s ranks, since the other alternative is a life of slavery. Ishir can only wonder if his husband is losing his mind.
But thanks to Finn, plans are being laid elsewhere, to breach the Red Palace’s impenetrable defensive barrier. One that only a few people can navigate, all of them ready to die before giving up the secret. The plans will change the destiny of the whole outer system and set Finn and Ishir onto a whole new path.
TITLE: Gatherdawn
AUTHOR: Lee Colgin
SERIES: Luminia Duet Vol. 1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 1/27/2024
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Zenith
I stand watch, cold as the stone encasing me, immortal, forgotten, lonely. Until one bright festival evening, when a young prince from a faraway land catches my gaze… and he sees me. My heart springs to life like a bloom in the sunlight. For the first time in centuries, someone knows that I’m real. I’m here.
Anash
My father is a king, but my mother was a whore. Where does that leave me? Halfling by blood, demon by nature, loner by necessity because no one, absolutely no one, will have me. In a last ditch effort to find a suitable match, Father drags me to the Gatherdawn, a spring festival of bounty and fertility—or bullies and frostbite, if you ask me. Which nobody ever does.
The trip is pointless, and I’m tempted to give up, until I lay eyes on the most handsome creature I’ve ever seen. A gargoyle, standing guard in stone form, who keeps returning my stare, ogling me from across the ballroom so shamelessly it’s a wonder his overseer doesn’t scold him for being distracted.
But when I work up the courage to speak with him, he gives me the cold shoulder. Just like everyone else.
TITLE: Rolling for His Omega
AUTHOR: Lorelei M. Hart
SERIES: Omegas of Oliver Creek #7
PUBLISHER: Decadent Publishing
RELEASE DATE: 1/28/2024
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Hawk
My bird rescue keeps my days full, but my lion wants a mate and a family. He sounds ready to settle, but I’m waiting for my fated omega—it feels like I’ve waited forever.
Mason
I thought we were in love —but my alpha left me for an omega who could do what I couldn’t. After a full year of trying, I still was not pregnant. A problem his new omega did not have. New-guy also apparently was a trust fund baby and could support the lifestyle he wanted better than me and my sushi truck. I was devastated. Not only did I have to face my inability to bear children, something I’d dreamed of all my life, but I had to do it on my own. Months later I realized he wanted a baby factory and a sugar omega, not me for me, but at the time it left me reeling. Fortunately, my career is mobile, and I’ve driven my job to Oliver Creek, ready to start fresh. I may not have an alpha or any babies in my future, but I do have a gift for making sushi. I’ll just have to be a career omega and get all my joy from my work.
TITLE: A Valentine’s Wolf Match For Cupid
AUTHORS: Lorelei M. Hart & Colbie Dunbar
PUBLISHER: Surrendered Press
RELEASE DATE: 1/28/2024
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I have one job. One. Help shifters find their fated mate. Why do I keep messing it up?
It isn’t a hard gig. I don’t need to figure out who to match or where they will be. My boss sends me that information. In theory, it’s the easiest of all the cupid positions and yet my success rate is 0/13. My boss has given me one more chance. If I mess this one up, I’m back to the mailroom proving my parents right; I’m the worst cupid ever.
Valentine’s Day is my do or die. All I have to do is connect two best friends who, in theory, have been pining over each other for years. Out of all the scenarios, this one should be a piece of cake. Only when I get there, one of the two besties is my fated mate. This sucks.
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