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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sword of the Morningstar | Lissa Kasey | Crafty Fox | 1/29/2024 | Rise of the Fallen #3 | Amazon |
| Turn Down Service | Leah Meers | Self Published | 1/29/2024 | The Halcyon Inn #1 | Amazon |
| A Throne and a Crown | Adelaide Blaike | Self Published | 1/29/2024 | The Riehse Eshan Series | Amazon |
| Hunter’s Forbidden Mate | Blake R. Wolfe | Self Published | 1/29/2024 | Ombra Pack Chronicles #5 | Amazon |
| The Heart of Smoke | K Webster | Self Published | 1/29/2024 | Shameful Secrets #3 | Amazon |
| His Tasty Treat | Megan Slayer | Pride Publishing | 1/30/2024 | Sugar Daddy Seeking… | Amazon |
| A Recipe for Love | Elaine White | NineStar Press | 1/30/2024 | Surviving Vihaan #0.5 | Amazon |
| Hallum | Casey Morales | 3Aussies Press | 1/30/2024 | Of Shadows & Secrets #3 | Amazon |
| Game On | Amy Aislin | Self Published | 1/30/2024 | Vancouver Orcas #3 | Amazon |
| Lost in Love | Bindi Kennedy | Self Published | 1/30/2024 | West Village Series #3 | Amazon |
| Short Shift | Emma Barlowe | Self Published | 1/30/2024 | Redline #2 | Amazon |
| Mercury’s Rising | Rose Adam | Self Published | 1/30/2024 | Bikers in Love: Next Gen #2 | Amazon |
| Spark of Wrath | E.M. Lindsey | Self Published | 1/30/2024 | The Carnal Tower #4 | Amazon |
| Bad Pucking Roommate | Michele Lenard | Self Published | 1/30/2024 | Colorado Bulldogs #3 | Amazon |
| Skin and Bones | Sophia Somes | Self Published | 1/31/2024 | London Love #3 | Amazon |
| Meeting his Daddy | A.W. Scott | Self Published | 1/31/2024 | Coleman Ranch #5 | Amazon |
| A Pint of Perfection | Ember Morgan | Self Published | 1/31/2024 | Smoke & Mirrors Tavern #5 | Amazon |
| Zachary | Louisa Masters | Self Published | 1/31/2024 | Demons-In-Law #3 | Amazon |
| Loving Liam | Alex J. Adams | Self Published | 1/31/2024 | Liverpool Boys Series #3 | Amazon |
| Kindred Spirits | L Eveland | Self Published | 1/31/2024 | Monsters in my Bed #6 | Amazon |
| Interwoven | Ripley Hayes | Self Published | 1/31/2024 | Daniel Owen Welsh Mysteries #8 | Amazon |
| I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc | Jennifer Cody | Self Published | 1/31/2024 | Crack Fantasy Adventure Chapter 5 | Amazon |
| B-Mine | Ava Olsen | Self Published | 1/31/2024 | Wayward Lane #2 | Amazon |
| Thorn Evermore | Mia Monroe | Self Published | 1/31/2024 | Immortal Assassins #5 | Amazon |
| One Last Song | Nathan Evans | Inkandescent | 2/1/2024 | Amazon | |
| The Convict | RS McKenzie | Self Published | 2/1/2024 | Devil’s Mayhem MC #1 | Amazon |
| Hateful Love | T. Ashleigh & Addison Beck | Self Published | 2/1/2024 | Kings of Aces #1 | Amazon |
| Justice | Lark Taylor | Self Published | 2/1/2024 | Damned Connections #2 | Amazon |
| Check Mate | Sheri Lyn | Self Published | 2/1/2024 | The Mate Chronicles | Amazon |
| Protecting his Heart | Elouise East | Self Published | 2/1/2024 | Guarding Royalty #2 | Amazon |
| Lucien | Alice La Roux | Self Published | 2/1/2024 | Single Dads of Gaynor Beach | Amazon |
| The Mobster’s Mate | Kiki Clark | Self Published | 2/1/2024 | Kincaid Pack | Amazon |
| Obeying Orders | Matthew Dante | Self Published | 2/1/2024 | Rough Edges #6 | Amazon |
| Candy Hearts | Various Authors | Self Published | 2/1/2024 | LGBTQIA2S+ Charity Anthology | Amazon |
| Heart2Heart Contemporary Volume 7 | Various Authors | Self Published | 2/2/2024 | Anthology | Amazon |
| Heart2Heart Paranomal Volume 7 | Various Authors | Self Published | 2/2/2024 | Anthology | Amazon |
| Easy Does it | K.M Neuhold | Self Published | 2/2/2024 | Palm Island #5 | Amazon |
| Destroyer | Charlotte Brice | Self Published | 2/2/2024 | To Dance with Danger #3 | Amazon |
| Fairest of All | A.D. Ellis | Self Published | 2/2/2024 | Fallen Fairytales | Amazon |
| Threading Carefully | Ashlynn Mills | Self Published | 2/2/2024 | Monster Match | Amazon |
| Squirrel Hunt | Holly Day | JMS Books | 2/3/2024 | Amazon | |
| Smoking Mirror | Pelaam | JMS Books | 2/3/2024 | Amazon | |
| Jonathan | Tim Mead | JMS Books | 2/3/2024 | Sunrise Arts Center | Amazon |
| Phoenix King | TJ Nichols | Self Published | 2/4/2024 | Brothers of Fire #2 | Amazon |
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TITLE: Sword of the Morningstar
AUTHOR: Lissa Kasey
SERIES: Rise of the Fallen #3
PUBLISHER: Crafty Fox
LENGTH: 429
RELEASE DATE: 1/29/2024
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Radu’s kingdom shatters under the weight of the darkness.
Forced to rule when his brother retreated from the world, Radu set aside all comforts and joy to take care of his people and try to fix the continued Fracturing of worlds. Not even leading armies into other worlds, and commanding a dying race of incubi vampires, could have prepared him for Yuri kneeling at his feet, begging for help, control, and love.
But a monster from the past, festering in the thriving shadows of a thousand worlds, has taken Yuri hostage. Cut off from Radu, Theo, Lucian, and Star, Yuri descends into a whirlwind of destruction, leaving the darkness within him to expand and demolish all the remaining worlds.
Radu has to find a way to remind Yuri of his lovers, and regain control, or the darkness will devour everything. As the world crumbles around Theo and Lucian, they fight their way to Radu’s side, seeking to free Yuri, and reunite him with Star, even if it means the end of all creation.
TITLE: Turn Down Service
AUTHOR: Leah Meers
SERIES: The Halcyon Inn #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 145
RELEASE DATE: 1/29/2024
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Sometimes you just have to plant the seeds of love and see what blooms.
Dropping out of university and working at Halcyon Inn wasn’t in Tyler’s life plan. Neither was the quiet older man he couldn’t stop thinking about. He knew he should turn him down, but it’s hard to resist his warm eyes, hot sounds, and beautiful heart.
Drew’s last relationship ended long ago, but issues with the obsessed ex drag on. A month at Halcyon Inn should give him the break he needs. He never expected it to give him a new chance at love and the type of future he’d never dreamed of before.
Tyler and Drew try their best to resist the attraction that goes deeper than the surface. Will they learn together how to plant the seeds for a brighter, beautiful future?
TITLE: A Throne and a Crown
AUTHOR: Adelaide Blaike
SERIES: The Riehse Eshan Series
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 184
RELEASE DATE: 1/29/2024
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King Renato Aratorre is missing.
Mathias and his husband were meant to be enjoying their hard-won happily ever after. But with Ren disappearing without a trace and dangerous trouble brewing in every corner of the palace, the weight of the Quarehian crown falls on the shoulders of the northerner king consort.
To make matters worse, there’s growing talk of the one thing that despite his best efforts, Mathias can never give to Ren and Quareh.
An heir.
TITLE: Hunter’s Forbidden Mate
AUTHOR: Blake R. Wolfe
SERIES: Ombra Pack Chronicles #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 183
RELEASE DATE: 1/29/2024
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As the new pack Beta, humans are strictly off limits. But when my long-lost childhood best friend unexpectedly lands on top of me, I can’t keep my hands off him.
Logan
It’s been almost fifteen years since I stepped foot in this small town, and nothing has changed. Then I run face-first into my childhood best friend and I couldn’t be happier. But there’s more to him now than I remember. He’s hunky, charming, and has the most beautiful hazel eyes I’ve ever seen. He’s still just as much of a himbo as I remember, but he protects me when some local drunks try to start a fight.
Now I can’t take my eyes off him.
Hunter
Seeing Logan again brought back so many memories and a rush of feelings I didn’t expect. The more I stare at him, the more I realize I feel more than just friendship toward him. I want to hold him, protect him, and let everyone know that he’s mine. But I’ve never dated a man before, and I’m terrified to tell him the truth. I’m not the smartest guy, so I’ll probably mess it up. And there’s the fact that I’m a werewolf, and he’s human. Exposing my world could put him in danger and cost me my position in the pack.
But living without him sounds like a fate worse than death.
TITLE: The Heart of Smoke
AUTHOR: K Webster
SERIES: Shameful Secrets #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 264
RELEASE DATE: 1/29/2024
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He’s a mysterious recluse with an unhealthy obsession with his therapist.
He doesn’t want help… He just wants him.
Love is for those who deserve it. I certainly don’t. The person I loved most in this world died in my arms decades ago and I am to blame. I’ll forever be tormented by what-ifs where I was Mom’s hero instead of this repulsive, mask-wearing beast I’ve ultimately become.
All that’s left of my heart is black smoke—suffocating and toxic. I’m nothing but a shadow of a man, locked in my dark fortress of a home, away from people and hidden in my carefully walled-up world.
My family is all I have to live for. Somehow, they look past the fact I survived when Mom didn’t. Like it’s not my fault. It’s also why I’ll protect them with every single fiber of my being.
Even from him.
Tate Prince has been paid by my father to infiltrate our family. Invited not just into our homes, but into our past, our heartaches, and even our minds. Dad thinks this young man—a therapist with a captivating grin—is the key to repairing all the damage we’ve sustained over the years.
But I know better.
I can see through Tate’s friendly disposition and easygoing nature.
In his eyes are dark secrets that haunt him like ghosts from another life. He’s not as perfect as he seems. Underneath his mask of smiles are ugly truths I’m desperate to uncover.
And I will uncover them.
If that means keeping him under lock and key where I can watch his every move, I will.
It’s not captivity if he’s being paid, right?
However, when I start unraveling his life, I learn there’s a lot more to Tate than meets the eye. The more I discover, the more obsessed I become. My heart, the dusty, charred, still-smoking useless organ sparks to life making me come to a startling realization. I want him.
I’m not the only one who feels this way, though. Tate’s biggest secret is he already has a monster in his life. A terrible, spiteful monster—one who’ll stop at nothing to get what he wants.
But I’m uglier, nastier, and a hell of a lot more vicious. I may have failed to save my mother, but I will not fail this time.
Tate is mine.
TITLE: His Tasty Treat
AUTHOR: Megan Slayer
SERIES: Sugar Daddy Seeking…
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 186
RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2024
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Is there enough room in the billionaire actor’s heart for a chef ready to bake up something tasty?
Hunter Tarleton wasn’t ready to come out, but the tabloids forced his hand. Ever since being outed, he’s lost his shot at acting gigs, but he’s found his determination to be his own man. He’s got more than enough money for five lifetimes and no one to share it with. With his newfound freedom, he’s ready to find love.
When he visits Boys Club, he meets Kaz and he’s knocked off his feet. Kaz isn’t anything like he expected. Kaz loves food play, and he’s quiet and shy, but also a damn good cook. When he and Hunter are together in the kitchen, the sparks fly. Life in the public eye isn’t easy and it’ll take everything Kaz has got to navigate his new life with Hunter. Will Hunter be the strong protector Kaz needs? Can Kaz handle the scrutiny?
With the right amount of love, time and patience, they have the chance to cook up the perfect romance. All they have to do is give in to the tastiest treat of all— love.
TITLE: A Recipe for Love
AUTHOR: Elaine White
SERIES: Surviving Vihaan #0.5
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 156
RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2024
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When Dr Waylan Robell left Vihaan, he did so on the understanding that he was leaving for the right reasons, and he could never go back. He’s never regretted his life in Dnara, but it can be lonely. Taking care of the Vihaans of Dnara should be enough…it has to be enough…but he longs for someone to share his life with.
Channon Taford has run the “A Taste of Home” food truck for nearly twenty years. He left Vihaan knowing the risks, the cost, and the burden it would lay upon his shoulders, but he did it for the sake of the people he loved most. In his early forties, he thought he was past the age of wishing for more.
Finding comfort in their shared heritage and experiences of life, Waylan and Channon have been drawn together for nearly a year. Now, their friendship is starting to feel like it could be more…until Channon discovers Waylan’s life is more complicated than he thought and there might not be room for Channon.
Can Waylan trust Channon’s offered hand, and everything it could represent: a chance, a future, a connection?
TITLE: Hallum
AUTHOR: Casey Morales
SERIES: Of Shadows & Secrets #3
PUBLISHER: 3Aussies Press
LENGTH: 369
RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2024
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aptured or Killed? Only the War knows.
Will Shaw and his friends are typical college students, enjoying dances and parties without much care for life beyond.
When Thomas, a handsome Naval officer and newly arrived student, nearly stumbles into Will and his friends, Will’s heart spins, though he doesn’t understand why. Sparks of something new burst within, opening his eyes to possibilities he’d never dreamed.
In the giddy fog of a forbidden courtship and the safety of the campus bubble, the world’s troubles seem far away.
Until they aren’t.
German tanks roll through Europe, while Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
There’s no safe place left to hide.
Compelled to do their part, young people enlist in record numbers. Will and his friends join the queue.
But instead of a bus headed to basic training, Will is thrust into the world of shadows and secrets.
TITLE: Game On
AUTHOR: Amy Aislin
SERIES: Vancouver Orcas #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 266
RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2024
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When he broke off his engagement to his team captain’s brother the day before their wedding, Jamie Jamieson swore he’d never get involved with anyone associated with a teammate again. Getting traded to the Orcas is a chance at a fresh start, but one glance at his new housemate, and Jamie knows he’s in way over his head.
Dorian is his new coach’s cousin. And his team’s social media coordinator. And his housemate.
It’s the trifecta of bad ideas.
Dorian Shore doesn’t do hockey. He’s lived by that rule for years, ever since a season playing as a kid left him with emotional scars. But his new housemate—a big, buff, beautiful athlete who gets under his skin—makes him seriously consider doing a hockey player.
It’s not a good idea.
They live together.
They work together.
When the sparks between them ignite, will it be game on or game over?
TITLE: Lost in Love
AUTHOR: Bindi Kennedy
SERIES: West Village Series #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 370
RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2024
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Once upon a time, a boy became so lost in love that he lost himself…
I’d proudly known and loudly declared who I was since the age of twelve. I truly believed no one, not Prince Charming himself, would ever change that… Until he did.
Asher Kim recklessly stole and then dismantled my heart. Left me with nothing but shattered dreams, Folklore lyrics, and cat collecting. Only then, when truly alone, did I realize how incredibly wrong I had been.
Well, now he’s back, just as lovely, and grumpy as ever. But so are the walls he’d built between us.
Would this time be different?
Should I let him back in?
Could the cats ever accept him?
Will I ever find my…
Happily ever after?
TITLE: Short Shift
AUTHOR: Emma Barlowe
SERIES: Redline #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 350
RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2024
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New team, new city, new championship fight. A star driver just wants to win… his boyfriend back.
Noah Caparelli has been humbled one too many times in the past year. He’s fresh out of a breakup and recently left the racing team that put him closer to a championship than ever before. His new role as a driver for Cobalt Racing comes with his best friend as a teammate and a new start in Denver, far away from the balmy breezes of Los Angeles.
Noah dives headfirst into driver duties, only to find his problems run a lot deeper than missing his ex-boyfriend and fellow driver, David Jochmann. Noah has to figure out who he is, and learn how to face his new life while seeing David every race weekend. When David goes out of his way to show Noah he still cares, Noah faces an impossible choice: shut the door on the love of his life or return to the relationship that ruined him.
He’s never been very good at winning when it counts. Will Noah finally get it right?
TITLE: Mercury’s Rising
AUTHOR: Rose Adam
SERIES: Bikers in Love: Next Gen #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 65
RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2024
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Falling for the man of your dreams should be easy.
Growing up in the SOSMC with its ups and downs, Mercury finds himself falling for another club kid. The way should be easy, but Mercury is hindered by his fear of his lover’s father, a club brother named Ace.
Nick is a loner in a large club family, even with an extended family of tons of cousins and amazing uncles and aunts. His issues have issues, and Nick struggles as he learns to find his way in life. To him, it should be as easy as saying he loves Mercury and that’s that.
Life is not that simple.
TITLE: Spark of Wrath
AUTHOR: E.M. Lindsey
SERIES: The Carnal Tower #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 268
RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2024
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He is Wrath—and always will be. His anger knows no bounds, rooted deep in his soul and he would be nothing without it.
Flint has come to terms with his future, and the sort of man he is.
Tender.
Quiet.
Angry…
…and alone.
Except there was a man who left as quickly as he’d come into Flint’s life. Tragedy struck and Flint’s waited three long years with nothing but silence.
Then, when he least expects it, Tomás returns, and with him, a promise for more. But there are conditions, because half of Tomás’s heart belongs to another man—one Flint will have to learn to accept if he ever wants a happily ever after.
And while Flint is willing to share, the more time he spends with Luke, the more he realizes his cold, tired heart might have room for one more.
TITLE: Bad Pucking Roommate
AUTHOR: Michele Lenard
SERIES: Colorado Bulldogs #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 301
RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2024
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Superstition su·per·sti·tion noun. A belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation. An irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature or God. A notion maintained despite evidence to the contrary.
Athletes are notoriously superstitious. Some don’t wash their gear. Others sleep with it. I’ve even heard of a guy that peed on the field to ward off evil spirits. But as far as I’m aware, my teammate Luca is the only guy whose ritual requires a more intimate activity.
I wouldn’t know that if I hadn’t stumbled into it by accident, and even then, I wouldn’t have thought my presence had any effect. But the next day he got on the ice and had one of the most spectacular games I’ve seen him play.
One of his best ever.
And it gives me an idea.
At first Luca objects. He’s embarrassed by the things he has to do to play well and doesn’t want to involve me in his sordid activities. But when he realizes there’s no other option he relents, and we become roommates to make things…convenient.
It was supposed to be a means to an end. A way to prolong his career. Things don’t go according to plan.
Now I’m harboring two secrets, both of which could hurt Luca and the team, and there’s no telling how deep the consequences will run if they come out. But one thing is certain—as the veteran player, he’s the one they’ll accuse of being a bad pucking roommate.
TITLE: Skin and Bones
AUTHOR: Sophia Somes
SERIES: London Love #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 389
RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2024
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Hugo Burrows has life under control. He has a decent job, a long-term relationship and a flat in Canary Wharf. It’s all under control. It’s just becoming a little problematic trying to hold everything together. Keeping the bruises on his skin hidden away. A smile plastered on his face. Controlling the calories he allows himself to consume. And now his boss is on his back with too many questions, and the grumpy French head chef keeps staring at him like he’s a freak or something.
Everything is under control. It has to be.
Benjamin Desjardins may be the head chef at the Clouds Hotel, but he definitely hasn’t got anything under control. His relationship with his best friend is crumbling, and simply turning up for work seems to automatically cause never-ending chaotic disasters. Yet there is something about the new concierge that has crawled straight under his prickly skin.
Ben doesn’t need more complications in his life. In fact, the last thing he needs is to inconveniently, and reluctantly…fall in love.
TITLE: Meeting his Daddy
AUTHOR: A.W. Scott
SERIES: Coleman Ranch #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 157
RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2024
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“Can you keep a secret?”
Corey had been good at keeping other people’s secrets all his life. When he was little, it was a way to help earn his friend’s favor. As he grew older, he learned that some people’s truths weren’t his to share. When he decided to cure his loneliness by signing up to be someone’s pen pal, the connection became another in a long line of things he kept to himself.
Years passed, and the friendship with his pen pal shifted into… more. Corey loved how naturally caring for the other man felt. Even with the distance, they’d found the perfect dynamic for them.
Ashley understood how life could change in an instant. The first big change came when he signed up to serve his country out of a sense of duty. Another came with his first deployment. One after another, the universe showed him just how strong he had to be to survive.
He battled against the current until the day that first letter arrived. From the first line, Ashley knew this would be another change in his life. Instead of bringing him pain and sorrow, each piece of communication brought him joy and hope. It gave him a safe space to be the man he truly was deep inside.
When Ashley decided to choose himself for the first time, he opted to separate from the military to pursue the man he’d slowly but surely fallen in love with. He wanted to meet his pen pal —his Daddy.
TITLE: A Pint of Perfection
AUTHOR: Ember Morgan
SERIES: Smoke & Mirrors Tavern #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 317
RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2024
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CONNOR
After years of dating every available woman in Eastbend, I can officially say with complete confidence — I’m exhausted. I kept up the positive attitude until it drained me dry, but it turns out dating is a soul-crushing game of chance and fate has a twisted sense of humor.
Hunters destroyed my family when I was just a cub and I’ve spent my entire life trying to rebuild what I lost. While I’m surrounded by people I care about at the tavern, I can’t seem to shake the loneliness that plagues me. A deep, nagging feeling that I’m missing something.
When Levi stumbled into the tavern, I hardly expected he would be the one to ease the ache, but it turns out I’m a quickly growing addicted to his cynical humor and gentle manner. But the cat shifter has secrets that could shake the whole town. Not the least of which is a young kitten who needs protecting.
Between the hunters’ new endeavors and the council’s sudden interest in Eastbend, things have gone downhill in a hurry. And when Levi’s secrets come to light, bringing more even trouble, the timing couldn’t be worse.
Levi disappears after our plans for the hunters are exposed, and things don’t look good. But the hunters have taken too much from me already, and I’m not letting go without a fight.
LEVI
Why am I so bad at life? I swear, I’ve done the best I could, but somehow the hole I’m in just keeps getting deeper.
My best friend, Abby, left me alone to protect her kitten, knowing damn well I can barely take care of myself. Now we’ve stumbled into this weird ass town on the last of our gas, and I’ve only managed to make things worse. The secrets just keep stacking up and the people we’ve come to depend on would hate me if they knew the things I’ve been hiding.
But Eastbend has some secrets of their own. And it turns out, so did Abby.
The walls are closing in the longer we stay, and while I know I should go, I can’t quite make myself leave. I’ve developed a ridiculous crush on a man who should want nothing to do with me, and worse, I can’t seem to make it stop. No matter how hard I look for flaws, it’s like Connor is some inhuman being put on the planet to confuse me with his relentless kindness and his big, spine-melting hugs. No one could possibly be that perfect. And yet, I can’t seem to find the crack in his mask.
When Ollie and Sage connect the dots of my past, it’s time to lay it all out and accept my fate. I’ve caused Connor too much trouble already, and I’ll do whatever it takes to protect him and his family. I thought I knew what that meant, but my heart is telling me I was so very wrong. Maybe I’ve finally figured things out — but isn’t it just my luck that it’s already too late.
TITLE: Zachary
AUTHOR: Louisa Masters
SERIES: Demons-In-Law #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 251
RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2024
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A dragon with endless secrets meets a demon with nothing to hide…
I’m the easygoing one. The fun one. The rare member of my family who gets along with anyone. Except there’s a chance I may have got off on the wrong foot with our new dragon liaison, Ronan. In my defense, he rubs everyone the wrong way. The only thing he’s got going for him is his looks… if the miserable frown weren’t there to mar them. But he seems to be trying harder to connect, and I guess I should do the same. Even if his arrival here was the beginning of all my problems.
When I cross the line and guilt compels me to apologize, I get my first glimpse of a different Ronan. Someone who enjoys baking, thinks glitter is amazing, and wants people to like him. Someone I could be friends with. And when that frown disappears? I want more than just friendship.
But there’s something going on with him, something he’s been carrying for a long time. He’s been hurt before, and the secrets he’s keeping are the kind that eat you inside. How can we take things to the next step if he can’t be open with me?
It’s only when he steps up to make all my dreams come true that I realize some secrets need to stay that way… and that loving Ronan means accepting him for who he really is.
TITLE: Loving Liam
AUTHOR: Alex J. Adams
SERIES: Liverpool Boys Series #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 208
RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2024
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Five years. That’s how long it had been since my life as I knew it had ended.
Others that had suffered a similar fate, had fallen on their feet. They had the perfect life and the perfect partner, but I wasn’t bitter. No, not me.
Who was I trying to kid? I was as bitter as hell.
Because while their life was perfect, mine had fallen apart. Holding down a job was nigh on impossible. I’d been in and out of rehab so many times, I didn’t even have to tell them my name.
I used to be someone’s little, now I was just a nobody, a nobody that belonged nowhere. Or that’s how it felt.
How hard could it be to forget my past? Damned hard, that was obvious.
The real problem? I wasn’t sure I had it in me to care anymore about me or anyone else, but when Detective John Palmer turns up, offering to help, I wonder if he’s what I’ve been waiting for.
Time is short. Hours, minutes and seconds are running through my fingers like sand in an hourglass.
Can he stem the flow? Can he be the one to give me what I need, what I desperately crave? Only time will tell.
But when my past catches up with me, I’ll need him more than I ever thought possible.
TITLE: Kindred Spirits
AUTHOR: L Eveland
SERIES: Monsters in my Bed #6
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 263
RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2024
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I ain’t afraid of no ghost…But tentacle monsters are another story.
For the last year, I’ve been living with an invisible monster who steals my snacks, turns off my electricity, and runs off all my dates. As annoying as that is, he’s my only companion, and the only one I trust with my deepest, darkest secret.
I’m not human.
Then again, neither is my new roommate, and he and ESCU have history. Not the good kind either. But since he seems to think we’re mates, his problems are now mine. I’m certainly not going to argue, especially since he’s got a razor-sharp teeth and claws. But hey, I’m into that so it works out…
Until my estranged father leads ESCU right to my doorstep. Now, I have a choice: either hand over my pizza roll loving tentacle monster boyfriend, or turn myself in to save him.
I knew I shouldn’t have gone to work today.
TITLE: Interwoven
AUTHOR: Ripley Hayes
SERIES: Daniel Owen Welsh Mysteries #8
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 281
RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2024
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Daniel Owen has spent the best part of ten years renovating his house when he finds the cellar. By falling into it.
The mysterious cellar has a mysterious door, and behind the mysterious door is a mysterious box … and in the box … there are clues to the shocking history of Daniel’s beloved home town.
A cold case is occupying Mal Kent’s time. A notorious car thief is released from prison. Town and police station gossip says the thief killed an old man years ago, and the minute he gets out, there’s another death.
But Mal has other problems, problems that threaten his future as a police officer and his future with Daniel.
If that wasn’t enough, the wedding is six weeks away.
TITLE: I Went on an Adventure and All I Got Was This Barbarian Orc
AUTHOR: Jennifer Cody
SERIES: Crack Fantasy Adventure Chapter 5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 138
RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2024
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Lawton:
I honestly thought passing through the ward to the freezing land of Gwafellaw would be more miserable than it turns out to be. Who has time to be miserable when everything in the land wants to kill you? No one, that’s who.
Between fighting dragons, finding a new species, and saving a crazy druid, Berklak and I are learning exactly what it means to be anchored, tied together, bonded, and in love. We’re going to defeat the aelysou hurting Fasgard no matter what it takes, because I’m the high sorcerer of Fasgard and the most powerful necromancer alive. I won’t let anything separate me from the love of my life—not my father, not a goddess, not even death.
Berklak:
I’ve been adventuring for over fifty years, and I’ve adventured in Gwafellaw before, but I’ve never seen so much hostility. The only good thing walking this land is Lawton, and I’d follow him to the portals of death herself if that’s where he wanted to go.
I might not be sure exactly what we’re going to find in this frozen wasteland, but if it’s not my happily ever after, I won’t have done my job right. I’m proficient in weapons, and I’m confident we’ll prevail, but it’s a good thing we have Lawton to keep us from permanently making the ultimate sacrifice. I’d hate for him to lose me before we even figure out where we’re going to live after this.
TITLE: B-Mine
AUTHOR: Ava Olsen
SERIES: Wayward Lane #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 330
RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2024
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Holloway: I’m the lead guitarist for Wayward Lane and I love everything about my rockstar life. Everything except my security detail. All it takes is one obsessed fan and I find myself constantly shadowed by the one bodyguard I love to tease and evade: Dawson Everly. Dawson lives by strict rules, and I’m a free spirit, so naturally, we argue at every turn. But my flirtation and his aggravation is a combustible mix and suddenly I discover there are some orders I don’t mind taking. And those strings I avoid? They start looking pretty good. Thing is, Dawson has a son and I never imagined I’d fall, let alone for a family man.
But every rockstar has their day – is it crazy that I want Dawson to be mine?
Dawson: As a bodyguard for Wayward Lane, I’ve seen all the rockstar shenanigans. The biggest troublemaker? The guy who loves to escape his detail: guitarist, Iain Holloway. He’s stunning, spontaneous, and a pain in my… you get the picture. I’ve tried keeping my professional distance but it’s getting impossible to ignore the attraction between us. But falling for a rockstar is a risk I’m not prepared for. I have an eight-year-old son, Jaxon, who means everything to me. The single dad guilt is hitting hard when I’m on the road and the time has come to make a choice.
Only, my heart doesn’t belong solely to my son anymore. It turns out, Iain has managed to find a way in there too.
TITLE: Thorn Evermore
AUTHOR: Mia Monroe
SERIES: Immortal Assassins #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 242
RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2024
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Catching feelings? No thanks. Love is a cage and I like my freedom.
Kyson
They say forty is the new thirty, but maybe that’s for regular people. Not guys like me who spend their days dusting off antiques and fantasizing about mythical beings. After too many breakups, I’ve given up on finding love, but my milestone birthday sent me out looking for a random hookup.
When I saw him, a man so gorgeous he didn’t even seem real, I hoped I wasn’t dreaming. We spent a few amazing hours together, leaving me with memories of an incredible night to keep me warm. Weirdly, Thorn didn’t just want a one night stand. He swept me off my feet like a regular fairy tale. Only he’s no prince. He’s way more exciting than that. A little dangerous too. He’s dropping love bombs left and right, but there’s just something about Thorn that lowers my guard, and I can’t help but fall for him.
When he drops a whole different kind of bomb on me, I discover my fantasies are real. Until him, I didn’t know what love really was, but now that I do, the past is truly history and the future is Thorn Evermore.
TITLE: One Last Song
AUTHOR: Nathan Evans
PUBLISHER: Inkandescent
RELEASE DATE: 2/1/2024
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A gentleman called Joan lands up in a care home, like a colourful, combustible cocktail… ticking. A gentleman called Jim doesn’t know what’s hit him… everything about his new neighbour is triggering. Battle begins. May the best man win. But beneath antics and antique armour plating, what are both hiding? Maybe they’ve more than a wall in common? Might they even be batting for the same team
TITLE: The Convict
AUTHOR: RS McKenzie
SERIES: Devil’s Mayhem MC #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 357
RELEASE DATE: 2/1/2024
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Rax
Fifteen years to life is a long time to be sentenced to prison, even if I do deserve it. As the Enforcer of my MC, I had to do some things that would give most people nightmares. I’m prepared to do my time, waiting for my lawyer to appeal my sentence. But when an opportunity presents itself to escape, I take it. I’m on my way back to my clubhouse in Tennessee when I get stuck in a small Missouri town. I have to kidnap the small town mechanic to aid in my escape, ignoring the unfamiliar cravings I feel towards him.
Finn
After finishing my weekly food run, I’m approached by a hot-as-sin guy in the parking lot with a broken down truck. I help him out and think he’s on his way until he shoves a gun into my back. Turns out that hot guy is an escaped convict and all he wants is my cooperation as a hostage. To live, I’ll have to trust him and do everything I can to save my life… including using my body.
TITLE: Hateful Love
AUTHORS: T. Ashleigh & Addison Beck
SERIES: Kings of Aces #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 418
RELEASE DATE: 2/1/2024
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Silas
I’m tired of feeling trapped in my life.
It’s just a never-ending cycle of trying to survive the day.
Luckily, I have Blaine to keep me entertained.
We’re enemies but despite him being everything I hate; I’m addicted to him and the things we do in the dark. Somehow, he’s crept his way under my skin, and I’m obsessed with the way he’s making me feel.
I don’t want to admit I’m falling for him—the golden boy—but he’s my perfect match in every way.
He gives me something I never thought I’d have and, even though we’re impossible, I won’t let anyone stand in the way of us.
Blaine
My life is suffocating me.
Perfect son, star athlete, ideal student. I’m overwhelmed—unraveling at the seams.
Until Silas flips my world on its axis.
My dirty little secret.
He’s my perfect escape from reality. I can let loose and feel good for a change. He makes me feel alive for the first time.
But he’ll always be someone I despise. He’s arrogant, the epitome of a bad boy and yet the longer we do this, the harder it’s becoming to ignore my growing feelings. He’s not what I expected, but he’s exactly what I need.
And now that I’ve had him, I refuse to let him go.
TITLE: Justice
AUTHOR: Lark Taylor
SERIES: Damned Connections #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 464
RELEASE DATE: 2/1/2024
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Sebastian
Blood. Torture. Murder. They’ve been my only companions for centuries. I haven’t needed or wanted anything else.
Until I see Matty smile. Then something in me, something that’s been dormant for centuries, begins to reawaken.
Matty doesn’t belong in my world. He’s loving, innocent, and full of joy. The darkness of my life would corrupt him in a heartbeat, but when he’s dragged into it against his will, nothing can stop me delivering my personal brand of justice.
Matty keeps fighting for things I can’t give him, for things I’m no longer capable of. I can’t come between him and his family. I can’t give him what he needs.
But I also can’t stay away from him.
Matty
I’m surrounded by couples in love.
Once, I thought that’d be me. That I’d be swept off my feet and experience the kind of epic love you only see in movies.
Now, I know better.
A horrific night taught me to look for other things in a partner. Someone who’s predictable. Safe. Stable.
Sebastian is anything but.
Everyone tells me to stay away from him, but I don’t understand their concerns. How can he be a villain when all he’s shown me is kindness?
He makes me want things I thought I’d given up on. Things I’m too scared to admit I still want.
The trouble is, I can’t figure out what Sebastian wants. He tells me he can’t say no to me, but he won’t open up. He says to stay away from him, but he keeps coming around.
One thing is for sure, Sebastian is who I want in my future.
But how can I keep fighting for us if I’m the only one doing it?
TITLE: Check Mate
AUTHOR: Sheri Lyn
SERIES: The Mate Chronicles
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 139
RELEASE DATE: 2/1/2024
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Tucker “Rook” Jameson’s week takes a thrilling turn when he stumbles upon a lifeless body, only to discover his destined mate—the newly appointed Sheriff. In Blue Creek, a hidden menace targets the pack, but the motive remains elusive.
Sheriff West Graelin sought a tranquil change in Blue Creek, yet his first week thrusts him into a whirlwind of mystery. A chance encounter with a naked stranger beside a corpse ignites a forbidden attraction. As the body count rises, a brazen killer taunts them.
In a town where secrets lurk, Rook and Sheriff Graelin must unite in more ways than one. Amidst the chaos, love, desire, humor, camaraderie, and danger entwine. In Blue Creek, every day brings a blend of passion and peril.
TITLE: Protecting his Heart
AUTHOR: Elouise East
SERIES: Guarding Royalty #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 305
RELEASE DATE: 2/1/2024
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Their hearts have been broken too many times.
Owen had never wanted a fancy job, he just wanted to be able to take care of his family. Losing his heart to his best friend was something he’d never expected but was inevitable, nonetheless. Despite the ups and downs of their childhood, when Evan moved to Italy after Owen made a huge mistake, Owen was shell shocked. He focused on protecting the royal family and keeping his feelings to himself. It was the only way he could take another breath…and another.
One thousand miles wasn’t far enough to run from his heart, but Evan couldn’t bring himself to go any further. Or stay away for more than a few years. His family and friends lure him back, but it’s one person alone he needs and cannot stay away from any longer. With a lot to answer for and many apologies to make, he’s not sure where to start. But when things get dicey, they have each other’s back – even if it ends up being the last thing they do.
He has no chance of protecting his heart because it already belongs to his best friend, but how do they survive when someone doesn’t want them to?
TITLE: Lucien
AUTHOR: Alice La Roux
SERIES: Single Dads of Gaynor Beach
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 278
RELEASE DATE: 2/1/2024
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Lucien
Divorced, with four children, and having to start again with my career – life at almost 40 was nothing like I’d planned.
When my ex-wife leaves our children with me for the summer, it’s clear I’m in over my head. It isn’t long until daycare worker Oz has me pulling up my socks and seeing what’s important.
Oz
The Westlake family need a little more fun and love in their lives. Not my family to fix, that’s what I tell myself. But…but what if I want it to be?
What does it matter that Lucien Westlake is thirteen years older than me?
Or that his ex-wife is a model and he’s never looked at another guy before?
It’s never too late to chase happiness.
TITLE: The Mobster’s Mate
AUTHOR: Kiki Clark
SERIES: Kincaid Pack
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 209
RELEASE DATE: 2/1/2024
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A human mob boss and an injured jaguar shifter brought together by a cruel enemy… and fate.
Caden hasn’t believed in fated mates since he was a cub. He figures it’s more of a fairytale that shifter parents tell their kids than the reality of what passes for mates in some of the packs he’s seen.
But then he comes face-to-face with a human man who smells like orange blossoms and radiates authority and safety.
And Caden… Well, he hasn’t felt safe in a long time.
While the rest of the world fears and reviles Quinten Amato and the things he does under the guise of his business, Caden is drawn to him like a cub to an alpha. He doesn’t care what anyone says or what Quinten does, he and his jaguar know the kind of man he is.
The kind who saved his life.
The kind who comforts him when he wakes up terrified.
The kind whose calm commands set his blood on fire.
Convincing his bossy human they’re meant to be together isn’t going to be easy. Especially not when Quinten’s certain Caden needs things he can’t get from him—and that being a part of Quinten’s life in the shadows is too dangerous.
And he might be right.
TITLE: Obeying Orders
AUTHOR: Matthew Dante
SERIES: Rough Edges #6
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 246
RELEASE DATE: 2/1/2024
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Rian Lassalle
42, Muscle Daddy, enjoys putting Brody in his place and showing him who the real alpha dog is on this crew.
Running from your past can be painful. I moved to Jersey, hoping to find some peace and perspective. Instead, all I found was an annoying man-child who thinks that he’s God’s gift to women. Seriously, the arrogance of this man is astounding. If he thinks he can continue to disrespect people while I’m around, the boy clearly doesn’t know who he’s dealing with. There’s a new Alpha in town, and I’m about to show Brody what I do to those who misbehave.
Brody O’Connell
32, work for the O’Brien Crew and have my own auto shop. Oh, yeah, and I’m tough, muscular, and sexy as sin.
Don’t hate me cus I’m hot, and my biceps are bigger than your head. I’m an Alpha. A top dog. Women want to lay with me, and guys want to be me. It’s a simple fact. Some of us have it, some of us… well, that’s not my issue to worry about. Everything was going great until my boss decided I needed a… partner? A boss? A glorified babysitter? I don’t exactly know what Rian’s role is supposed to be. All I know is that he thinks he’s the top dog. Just because his muscles are slightly bigger than mine, and he happens to be a head taller, he seems to think that I’m going to lay down on my back and let him take me… any way he wants… ordering me around. Come to think about it, why do I keep getting turned on whenever he gives me an order? Perhaps, I’ll keep that last bit of information to myself…
TITLE: Candy Hearts
AUTHOR: Various Authors
SERIES: LGBTQIA2S+ Charity Anthology
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 1179
RELEASE DATE: 2/1/2024
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What’s sweeter than a low angst queer romance at Valentine’s Day? How about sixteen of them brought together in one anthology to help support a good cause?
Each novella in the Candy Hearts Anthology is overflowing with red-hot romance and all the good feels. And this time around, every story has a secret—a secret admirer.
The Candy Hearts Anthology will be available for a limited time, and all proceeds will benefit the Transgender Law Center and the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Participating authors in this inaugural volume are:
Becca Seymour
Beck Grey
Bix Barrow
Chantal Mer
D.K. Sutton
Finn Dixon
Lee Blair
Linden Bell
‘Nathan Burgoine
Nic Starr
Rain Carrington
Riley Long
Stella Rainbow
Susan Scott Shelley
Toby Wise
Victoria Gillilan
TITLE: Heart2Heart Contemporary Volume 7
AUTHOR: Various Authors
SERIES: Anthology
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 688
RELEASE DATE: 2/2/2024
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Once upon a time SIX YEARS AGO, the Heart2Heart app made its first batch of incredibly unlikely (but oh-so-perfect) love matches. So a fresh, new group of your favorite authors wondered… what happens when the world’s most perceptive dating software gets an upgrade, just in time for Valentine’s Day?
Will the porcelain teacup collector, the shy rugby player, and the bank robber with a heart of gold find their perfect matches? Only fate (and C.U.P.I.D) know.
As always, all proceeds from this anthology will benefit LGBTQ+ charities to ensure that love in all its incarnations will be celebrated and protected every single day of the year!
Stories included in this collection are:
Among Friends, by Annabeth Albert
A New Thrill, by Avril Ashton
Brie Mine, by Charlie Novak
When CUPID Strikes, by Cora Rose
Mixed Signals, by E.M. Lindsey
August’s Thief, by Fearne Hill
Skating After You, by Hayden Hall
Wings of Love, Jackie North
Love in Bloom, by Jocelynn Drake
The Shape of the Heart’s Desire, K.C. Wells
Meat Cute, by Kelly Fox
Mixed Motives, by Leslie McAdam
TITLE: Heart2Heart Paranomal Volume 7
AUTHOR: Various Authors
SERIES: Anthology
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 50
RELEASE DATE: 2/2/2024
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Once upon a time, a bunch of authors wondered… what would happen if Heart2Heart, the mystical matchmaking app adored across the supernatural world, brought in an absolute legend to help them find true love?
This Valentine’s Day, the sunshiny necromancer, the lonely vampire, and the nonbinary dragon will put their trust in H2H and a certain cheeky cherub of romance. Will Cupid’s arrows strike true?
As always, all proceeds from this anthology will benefit LGBTQ+ charities to ensure that love in all its incarnations will be celebrated and protected every single day of the year!
Stories included in this collection are:
You Can’t Spell Necromancer Without Romance, by Alice Winters
Hot Date, by Eliot Grayson
Sweet Treats, by Grae Bryan
Looking 4 Furever, by Kiki Clark
Locked in Love, by Lark Taylor
Love Me Love My Dogs, by Macy Blake
Not So Cupid, by Mika Nix
Starry Night, by Pandora Pine
The Hidden God of Open Doors, by Tavia Lark
Love Under the Sea, by Taylor Rylan
TITLE: Easy Does it
AUTHOR: K.M Neuhold
SERIES: Palm Island #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 232
RELEASE DATE: 2/2/2024
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I’ve never shied away from the hard things in life. But falling in love with Lux… EASY has never felt so good.
Most of the guys on Palm Island call me the token straight guy. The truth is, I’m not so much straight as I’m just… nothing. Asexual, demi, the label doesn’t make much of a difference to me. And living on an island that’s nothing but parties and nudity half the year… well, let’s put it this way… I’m the guy who sells clothes.
As long as I have Easy, everything else is a day on the beach.
I didn’t think anything could ever change things between us… but that was before I saw the tape.
It’s like seeing him that way flipped a switch in my brain. Now it’s all I can see when I close my eyes. It’s all I can hear. I think I want the real thing…
It’s the middle of the season which means nothing but beach parties, theme weeks, and all of the insanity that comes with the six months of Palm Island being overrun by tourists flooding our shops from dawn to dusk.
TITLE: Destroyer
AUTHOR: Charlotte Brice
SERIES: To Dance with Danger #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 233
RELEASE DATE: 2/2/2024
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Caeo
Bringing Nico into my life is like trying to tame a tiger. A tiger with a death wish.
Every time I take my eyes off him, he is off doing what little demons do best. And every time, I’m the one picking up the pieces. It isn’t until the two of us go undercover in the Little club that I realise what my boy needs. He needs a daddy to care for him, hide his knives and show him the right way to hurt.
And no one would object to me teaching him better English. Honestly, he speaks like… well, he speaks like a little psychopath who was taught English by a gambling giant who only spoke Russian.
TITLE: Fairest of All
AUTHOR: A.D. Ellis
SERIES: Fallen Fairytales
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 202
RELEASE DATE: 2/2/2024
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Zane DeWitt is the poster child for traumatic pasts. He’s also the epitome of selflessness, resilience, and determination. Now that he’s finally away from the ones who hurt him, it’s time to reclaim his family’s good name. And seek revenge, of course.
Holter Todd would rather forget everything that brought him to this point in life. He doesn’t need friends or family. He’s good at what he does. If a few of his jobs take him across the line of morality, so be it.
Holter is hired to kill Zane, but he quickly switches his focus to the most deserving target. What happens next leads the two men on a twisting path toward healing and retribution. With the help of their found family, they find their happily ever after along the way.
TITLE: Threading Carefully
AUTHOR: Ashlynn Mills
SERIES: Monster Match
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 2/2/2024
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Lonely and bored with life, I was talked into going on a trip to the Monster world. I planned on seeing new things and visiting places different from what I’m used to, but I never planned on him.Nova wasn’t like the others of his kind or anything like me. He was a combination of several humans but didn’t think like one or share the same experiences. He was the only one willing to find me the medicine I needed, but only if I made a trade with him. He wanted the human experience. To cuddle, hold hands, kiss, and make love with someone like me. I didn’t know how far I’d go for the needs of my patients at the hospital, but after a while, I realized how far I wanted to go for him.
TITLE: Squirrel Hunt
AUTHOR: Holly Day
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 146
RELEASE DATE: 2/3/2024
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The smartest thing a squirrel can do is avoid werewolves, not get mated to one.
All Dahy Doocey wants is an unlimited supply of nuts and a safe place to stay. As a squirrel shifter, he always has to hide and watch out for stupid wolves and other predators. Frozen and starving, he reaches out to a friend, not knowing she recently mated a shifter. She agrees to hide him anyway, but now he’s neck-deep in wolves. Not ideal.
Konrad Broody is the alpha of a werewolf pack. When he agreed to hide a friend of the newest pack member, he assumed it was a human woman, not a squirrel. And he certainly didn’t believe Dahy would turn out to be his mate. The problem is squirrels often end up dead when spending time around wolves.
Konrad will fight anyone who dares go near Dahy, but when Dahy goes missing, there is no one he can fight. Dahy should’ve known hanging around wolves would get him in trouble. How will he be able to escape the idiots keeping him prisoner before they eat him? Stupid wolves.
TITLE: Smoking Mirror
AUTHOR: Pelaam
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 248
RELEASE DATE: 2/3/2024
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When Draco attends a ball held by the Aztec emperor to celebrate his victory over sky pirates, Draco meets the attractive and enigmatic Yolotli. However, a vindictive act sees Draco forced to captain a unique ship, the Nephele. The first ship designed to sail the oceans of space, and built by the combined forces of the British and Aztec Empires.
Draco is obligated to take Yolotli with him, bound under an oath by the emperor. Their lives, as well as their burgeoning love, are beset with dangers neither man could imagine.
Even if they survive the mission, their love may not endure when the truth is revealed.
TITLE: Jonathan
AUTHOR: Tim Mead
SERIES: Sunrise Arts Center
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 127
RELEASE DATE: 2/3/2024
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Dr. Jonathan Baker volunteers to man the reception desk because, like he says, he enjoys meeting people. He also boasts he folds a mean program. Everyone tells him he’s wasting his talents at doing such menial tasks. But Jonathan is lonely and needs to keep busy.
After retiring, Jonathan decides to move back to his hometown. Although he was quietly out at work, he’s uncomfortable in disclosing his sexual orientation in the more conservative hometown. This is despite the new director of the Arts Center being out and proud. Whitney is young, Jonathan is not.
In a further effort to meet people, and to dip a toe into the waters of the local gay scene, Jonathan joins a men’s book group at his local church, most of whose members are gay. The person chairing the first meeting is high school English teacher Frank Cummings. Frank confesses he knows of Jonathan through scholarly articles Jonathan had written.
Frank and Jonathan soon find they have several things in common. Both teachers of English, both belong to the same church, and both are of a similar age. This last is the problem. Jonathan has previously lost a lover to illness and fears history repeating itself. Is it fair to burden someone with looking after him if/when he becomes frail? Should people their age enter into relationships or just stay friends? Only time will tell, but how much time do they have?
TITLE: Phoenix King
AUTHOR: TJ Nichols
SERIES: Brothers of Fire #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 248
RELEASE DATE: 2/4/2024
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Kill the King of Mont de Leucoy, and his siblings will be released.
It should be an easy job for Malcolm Forrest. He’s ex-army, and hiking through snow doesn’t bother him because he’s a snow leopard shifter. He enters the country on four feet, his plan not formed beyond reaching the castle and getting eyes on the king.
Seeing a phoenix flying through the trees is unexpected, but his curiosity has been awakened, and so has the firebird’s. He follows, but what he finds is a man standing by a fire. A man he believes to be a shifter living wild and in need of some company, which, after days of living as a snow leopard, is rather too tempting.
Escaping his security to shift and fly is one of the reasons Gerrit likes to visit his remote mountain estate. The only shifters he ever finds are those in trouble, so when he sees the snow leopard, he’s happy to share his fire.
When the leopard shifts, Gerrit wants more than words. He’s tired of being alone and unable to connect because of who he is and the secret he needs to keep. He doesn’t expect to see the snow leopard again.
The next time they meet, Malcolm realizes who the phoenix is and how he missed his chance. With a magic-fueled blizzard closing in and no means of escape, he fails to act again. Instead, when Gerrit offers him shelter on his estate and in his bed, he accepts. Even though the lie eats him up. How can he kill a man who cares about his country, his family, his staff, and a stranger so much?
With lives on the line and too many secrets being kept, revealing the truth may be the only way out of the mess…but it will cost him more than his heart.
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