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
Pucked in the Head	Charity Parkerson	Punk & Sissy Publications	2/19/2024	Thin Ice #2	Amazon
Good at People	Lee Pini	Dreamspinner Press	2/20/2024		Amazon
Are You There, Moriarty?	AE Lister	Pride Publishing	2/20/2024	Parlor Games #1	Amazon
These Haunted Hills	Jana Denardo	NineStar Press	2/20/2024		Amazon
The Star We Sail By	Glenn Quigley	NineStar Press	2/20/2024	Knights of Blackrabbit #2	Amazon
Waiting for the Flood	Alexis Hall	Sourcebooks Casablanca	2/20/2024	Spires #2	Amazon
The Root of It	K. L. Thorne	Self Published	2/20/2024		Amazon
His Helper – Part 2: Temptation & Obligation	Bink Cummings	Self Published	2/20/2024	His Helper #2	Amazon
Cooking With Magic	Lisa Oliver	Self Published	2/20/2024	Hellhound Collar #4	Amazon
The Punk	Kelly Fox	Self Published	2/21/2024	Lost Boys #3	Amazon
The Locket’s Tale	R.J. Peterson	Self Published	2/21/2024		Amazon
Clash and Burn	Catherine Cloverdale	Self Published	2/21/2024	Summerville University #2	Amazon
The Truth in My Lies	L.A. Witt	Self Published	2/21/2024		Amazon
The Imperial	Shannon West	Painted Hearts Publishing	2/22/2024	Bloodlines #2	Amazon
Beauty and the Beard	R.M. Neill	Self Published	2/22/2024	Maple Mountain Lodge #1	Amazon
The Science of Attraction	Jay Hogan	Self Published	2/22/2024	Mackenzie Country	Amazon
A Naiad’s Revenge	Gigi Rivers	Self Published	2/22/2024	Pirates and Water Nymphs #5	Amazon
Scene Queen	Charlie Novak	Self Published	2/22/2024	The Court #2	Amazon
Tooth and Nail	Patricia Logan	Westburg Publishing	2/23/2024	U.S. Marshals I.S.R. (Interspecies Response) #1	Amazon
Shedding Lies	Layla Dorine	Self Published	2/23/2024	Comet Lake Chronicles #6	Amazon
Shadow & Dust	Richard Amos	Self Published	2/23/2024	Demon Heart #2	Amazon
Arranged Salvation	Jacey Davis	Self Published	2/23/2024	Arranging Love #3	Amazon
His Slender Embrace	Amanda Meuwissen	Self Published	2/23/2024	Monster Match	Amazon
Make A Wish	Stella Rainbow	Self Published	2/23/2024	Mystics of Mistvale	Amazon
Cursed Son	Rhys Lawless	Self Published	2/23/2024	Cursed Hearts #5	Amazon
Standing Proud	Various	Self Published	2/23/2024	An Indie Pride Anthology	Amazon
It Starts With Summer	Ezra Dao	Self Published	2/23/2024	Camp Eagle Ridge #2	Amazon
Damien	Cheyenne Meadows	JMS Books	2/24/2024		Amazon
Didn’t Know We Needed	Mere Rain	JMS Books	2/24/2024		Amazon
Hell’s Kitten	HJ Welch	Self Published	2/24/2024	Paddle Creek Daddies #5	Amazon
Wrong Number, Right Tiger	Lorelei M. Hart & Colbie Dunbar	Surrendered Press	2/25/2024	Love Sync Mates	Amazon
UnConVentional Kiss	K.C. Carmine & Katherine McIntyre	Self Published	2/25/2024	The UnConVentional Series #1	Amazon
Stranded	E. Davies	Self Published	2/25/2024	Sunrise Island Brothers #2	Amazon

 

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TITLE: Pucked in the Head

AUTHOR: Charity Parkerson

SERIES: Thin Ice #2

PUBLISHER: Punk & Sissy Publications

LENGTH: 124

RELEASE DATE: 2/19/2024

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Cato’s broken heart cost him everything. Now he has a second chance at the top. Too bad his stupid heart plans to test him again.

After years of playing professional hockey in California, Cato has been traded after a less than stellar year. In his defense, Cato spent the season watching the man he loves fall in love with his twin. Now he’s nearly two thousand miles from his brother and new brother-in-law. He has a chance with a new team to be the star player again. Unfortunately, there’s this other guy. It’s a shame Cato needs everyone to believe he’s straight.

Brodie has spent his life surrounded by hockey players. As the equipment manager for the Chuckers, there are a few things he knows for sure. Hockey players are loud, rough, stinky, and straight… even if they aren’t. Very few hockey players live their truth before retirement. He learned a long time ago to steer clear of them. Brodie won’t live in the closet. Now there’s this new player.

TITLE: Good at People

AUTHOR: Lee Pini

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 81

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2024

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In a last-ditch effort to finish a manuscript, Thomas Kovacs packs up his teenage daughter, Alexis, and relocates to a small town in northern England. Things have been strained between them for months, but the closer Thomas gets to the end of his book, the more distant Alexis becomes.

Krishna Singh came to Corbridge to open a bookstore and start a family. After two years, his business is thriving. His family? Well, he hasn’t gotten around to that yet. Actually, he hasn’t even dated. The closest he gets is bonding over books and music with an American teenager who comes into his shop.

When it turns out the teenager’s dad is none other than Krishna’s favorite author, he wastes no time in getting to know Thomas. But attempts at something more go about as well as Thomas’s writing, or his relationship with Alexis. Can Krishna convince Thomas that they all deserve a happy-ever-after?

TITLE: Are You There, Moriarty?

AUTHOR: AE Lister

SERIES: Parlor Games #1

PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing

LENGTH: 330

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2024

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Welcome to Maverick Molly’ s— for the Victorian sex rebel in all of us.

Toby Dunn has a fun job.

As a server-slash-performer at a newish establishment called Maverick Molly’ s— a gaming parlor and kink club in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada— he dons bloomers and a corset to serve drinks and perform burlesque skits for the men who frequent the place. Maverick Molly’ s hearkens back to a darker time, when sodomy was illegal and men who loved other men could be thrown in jail, or worse, for daring to be true to themselves and each other. Maverick Molly’ s brings all the positives from that period— the daring dress and ribald performances, the joy in safe spaces and the resilience of people who didn’ t let anything stop them— and leaves the negatives in the past, where they belong.

Toby’ s life isn’ t all fun, and he’ s determined to move out of the home he shares with his alcoholic mother and keep up his average in his BA program at the University of Ottawa. Oh, and he’ s going to quit smoking… eventually.

But everything changes when charming Alastair Kenney walks up the stairs to the club and invites Toby for a casual hookup at the most prestigious hotel in Ottawa, surprising them both with the intensity of their chemistry.

What happens after that is up to them.

TITLE: These Haunted Hills

AUTHOR: Jana Denardo

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 342

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2024

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Young wildlife conservation professor, Joshua Zimmerman, adores foxes, steampunk, and paranormal investigation. As a geek of the first order, Josh is a collector of nerdy memorabilia and tattoos, and he’s an avid steampunk cosplayer. When his favorite author hires him for some ghost hunting for his new project, Josh can hardly believe his luck.

As an author of the wildly successful urban fantasy series, The Green Tablet, Brendan Halloran should have it all. And he did until his young son, Connor, died of cancer. Heartbroken and drowning in grief, Brendan stops writing, stops living his life. His marriage has disintegrated, leaving Brendan trapped in the moment Connor died.

When Brendan rents a cabin in Ohio’s Hocking Hills, it’s ostensibly to research his next book, an adult paranormal tale. Brendan hires a local professor who is an expert on the paranormal, thinking if he does pull out of his tail spin and makes good on his plan to write a new book, he might as well do it right. And the perfect place to investigate could be the remains of an old hotel constructed to suit the serial killer who built it.

Brendan finds himself swept away, completely unprepared for the joy and enthusiasm Josh brings to everything he does. Step by step, Brendan reenters life. His head might not be convinced he’s ready to love again, but his heart disagrees. Unfortunately for him, the ghost is every bit as vicious as the killer was in life, and he and Joshua have a target on their backs.

TITLE: The Star We Sail By

AUTHOR: Glenn Quigley

SERIES: Knights of Blackrabbit #2

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 310

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2024

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When young sailor Felix Diamond receives a letter from his estranged uncle begging for help, he returns home to Blackrabbit Island for the first time in ten years. There he discovers his uncle missing and his aunt positioning herself as the new head of the notorious Diamond family. With nowhere else to turn, Felix must enlist the help of former crime lord and current Watch Commander, Vince Knight—a man he trusts less than anyone alive. He’ll also have to contend with his opium-addicted cousin and a handsome apprentice horologist with secrets of his own.

With time running out, Felix must race to uncover the truth behind his uncle’s disappearance while keeping his delinquent family’s claws off his childhood home—the run-down playhouse named The Star We Sail By.

TITLE: Waiting for the Flood

AUTHOR: Alexis Hall

SERIES: Spires #2

PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks Casablanca

LENGTH: 375

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2024

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Quietly heartbroken, Edwin Tully lives alone in the house he used to share with the man he once loved. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past. Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin’s quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency. An unlikely knight, this stranger with roughened hands and worn wellingtons offers Edwin the hope of something he thought he would never have again.

As the two men are drawn together in their struggle against the rising waters, Edwin slowly lets down his guard as he comes to accept he can’t shield his heart from everything—and perhaps he doesn’t even need to try. Because love doesn’t only leave scars…sometimes, it heals them, too.

TITLE: The Root of It

AUTHOR: K. L. Thorne

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 385

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2024

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When Max Harley takes on a maternity cover job as a dental assistant in a swanky new private practice, he doesn’t for one moment believe he’ll fit in, never mind fall desperately in lust with his new boss.

Dr Rowan Thompson is as perfect as they come – tall and handsome, with a great body and an even better personality… There’s just one problem – he’s married, with a teenage daughter.

Believing he doesn’t stand a chance, Max tries to put Rowan out of his mind, until a passionate kiss at a workplace party changes everything.

As Max gets to know Rowan better, he soon discovers the dentist’s home life – including his supposed marriage – isn’t as perfect as it seems.

Will Max get to the root of the issue, or will keeping their secret be like pulling teeth?

TITLE: His Helper – Part 2: Temptation & Obligation

AUTHOR: Bink Cummings

SERIES: His Helper #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 41

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2024

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Beckett

Finn is unlike any client I’ve helped before.

I can’t get him out of my head…Not when I’m at my day job, not at dinner with my boyfriend, not when I’m helping other clients- he’s always there, under my skin.

I don’t know how this happened or what I need to do to make it stop.

He’s a distraction I can’t afford, and there’s only one way to fix this.

Don’t.

 

TITLE: Cooking With Magic

AUTHOR: Lisa Oliver

SERIES: Hellhound Collar #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 226

RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2024

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“I would never hurt you… Please don’t flinch like that. You need to come with me, that’s all, and for that I need to touch you.”

Hellhound Faron wasn’t expecting anything when he went to his local diner for a meal before heading home. He might have privately hoped that he could catch sight of his favorite chef, Patrick, but the food was worth eating anyway. What he doesn’t expect, when he’s finished his meal, was to find Patrick sitting in a rusty truck at the back of the diner parking lot, with tears and bruises covering his face. Faron had to do something.

“…when I went to get out of the truck, the coma kicked in. This is all a coma-induced dream. It’s amazing.”

Patrick Duncan didn’t expect his favorite hottie from the diner to find him crying in a rusty truck, and he definitely didn’t expect to collapse in a coma-dream straight afterward. But that had to have been what had happened to him. How else could he find himself in Scotland, having a wonderful meal and being taken on a walk to find a magical tree?

Dreams quickly became reality and Patrick has a lot of adjustments to make, finding out he’s the mate of a hellhound. Shadow puppies aside, Faron still wants to deal with the man responsible for Patrick’s bruises. Unfortunately, that wasn’t as easy as it sounded. And what was the message Patrick’s dead Mom trying to send Patrick in relation to his magic? Magic that Patrick didn’t think he even had.

TITLE: The Punk

AUTHOR: Kelly Fox

SERIES: Lost Boys #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 313

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2024

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Punk Rock Superstar Collapses In Front Of Record Crowd

Hendrix Cavanaugh Rushed To Hospital In Mexico City

Cavanaugh Leaves Hospital AMA

I’ve loved Hendrix Cavanaugh since his high school mascot days, and seeing him grind himself down like this has been driving me up a wall. Now that he’s collapsed on stage, I can’t watch from the sidelines for a second longer.

I know I’m not his type—I’m a network security specialist who wears expensive suits and alphabetizes his spice drawer. In contrast, Hendrix wears all black, including his eyeliner and nail polish, and I doubt he’s so much as alphabetized his contacts list.

Swooping in to save the day won’t make him notice me. I know that. But he has to come off the road, and I have to be the one to take care of him, or I’m going to go out of my mind.

That said, sharing a cabin with him while he recovers might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life.

TITLE: The Locket’s Tale

AUTHOR: R.J. Peterson

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 110

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2024

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When Miles Wickford happens upon a locket one day during his morning walk, little did he realize how his life would change.

Elias Grafton is frantic when his beloved locket is taken from his antique shop. He fears it may be lost forever.

Miles is intrigued by the power the locket possesses but can’t in good conscience keep what doesn’t belong to him. Although it can’t hurt to try it once or twice, can it?

A locket brings these two men together. And Fate, or the locket’s magic, leads to so much more.

Sometimes love is just lying there, waiting to be found.

TITLE: Clash and Burn

AUTHOR: Catherine Cloverdale

SERIES: Summerville University #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 351

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2024

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I work hard and party even harder—but now my rival is making me play hard to get.

I never lose. Whether it’s Summerville U’s highest GPA or beer pong champion, I always come out on top, even if I have to hurt a few feelings. When the pre-law department announces a summer internship for the most-qualified candidate, it’s mine.

Especially when I learn I’m up against my sexy rival:

Alex Vanguard, the basketball-playing frat boy who loves to crawl under my skin. He may have a killer body and a jaw-dropping smile, but the only thing that matters is that he’s competition.

At least until he dares me to kiss him and realize he can be so much more satisfying in my bed than in my way.

TITLE: The Truth in My Lies

AUTHOR: L.A. Witt

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 297

RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2024

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It’s been months since Seth Byrne’s boyfriend ghosted him. Seth is still angry, but he’s worried too, because when Andrew Keller disappeared, he completely disappeared. Disconnected phone. Empty apartment. Abrupt departure from his job. Gone.

Until tonight.

Just as Seth is beginning to move on, Andrew shows up at his door with a story so wild it has to be fake… except he’s armed with a stack of evidence proving he’s telling the truth. And the truth is that everything Seth knew about Andrew is a lie.

Detective Brandon Gaines was supposed to be Andrew Keller for the rest of his life. After being marked for death by the white supremacist cops he tried to bring down, he was put into witness protection. When a chain of events returns him to his old identity, Brandon doesn’t know who he is anymore. Now he’s caught between two identities that don’t fit, and nothing in his world makes sense… except the way he feels about the man he left behind.

Is it even possible to rekindle their relationship when Seth knows nothing about Brandon? He understands why Brandon had to lie, but that doesn’t change the fact that the man in front of him is a stranger. Where do they even start?

But as they struggle to bridge the gap between them, they may have much bigger problems.

Because there are people who do know who Brandon is.

And they haven’t forgotten why they drove him into witness protection in the first place.

TITLE: The Imperial

AUTHOR: Shannon West

SERIES: Bloodlines #2

PUBLISHER: Painted Hearts Publishing

LENGTH: 209

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2024

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Colonel Tariq, of the prestigious Tygerian Imperial Guard, has lived a hard life. A war hero, wounded in battle, he lost his parents in a shocking way at an early age, and then lost his young husband after only two cycles of marriage. The tragedies have left him wary of relationships and too scared to love again. But now, he’s been given an offer he can’t refuse—an opportunity to “do King Davos a favor” and act as a personal bodyguard for the youngest prince of Tygeria, the famously blond, gorgeous and hard-to-handle Prince Rakkur.

Rakkur is on his way to meet a potential suitor on the faraway planet of Loros, where Prince Mikol now lives. It sounds easy enough—except for one major problem. Tariq has a huge secret when it comes to Rakkur. One that will challenge all he thought he knew about himself—one that will change literally everything.

Fasten your seatbelts and come along—it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

TITLE: Beauty and the Beard

AUTHOR: R.M. Neill

SERIES: Maple Mountain Lodge #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 243

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2024

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Leaf

Grief is a complex thing to experience. Since losing my husband, I’ve let it call the shots. It’s been in control so long that I’ve almost forgotten what it feels like to have someone hold me tight at night or share a secret smile with.

But a beautiful young model shows up at my lodge. He’s eager to learn about the outdoors and experience life outside the city. The more we laugh and share secrets under the stars, the more he makes me want things that I’ve kept buried for too long.

He’s more than my first impression; he’s intelligent, kind, eager, and fiercely protective. He’s only supposed to be here for a month, but he’s chipping at the walls around my heart.

Now that I’m falling for him, I need to convince him to stay, but we’re from two different worlds.

Could a beauty like him be happy in the mountains with a bearded widower like me?

Sasha

Being a model assumes you’re all looks and no brains. Well, I’m done playing the part of the pretty boy. The flirt. The easy target. No more cowing to the demands of others. It’s time to figure out who I am and what I want from life.

I’m heading to the mountains for a month to discover the kinder side of life—if there is such a thing. I want to heal my wounds and use the wilderness to search my soul for where I should go next.

When I arrive at the lodge, the sexy lumberjack with the sad eyes immediately captures my attention. He’s incredibly thoughtful, and he emboldens me to be me. With his encouragement, I’m doing things I never thought possible, like learning to fish… and catching feelings instead.

We lead different lives, but even though I didn’t come here looking for love, would he want a beautiful mess like me to stay?

TITLE: The Science of Attraction

AUTHOR: Jay Hogan

SERIES: Mackenzie Country

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 385

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2024

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I am Mackenzie Country born and bred. Farming the high country runs in my blood, like my father, and his father, and my great grandfather before him. My future has been mapped out for me since the day I was born. Or at least it was, until Liam Skelton walks onto Lane Station, lights a fire in my heart, and turns my whole world upside down.

Bossy, tatted, and out and proud, Liam is everything my father abhors.

And I want him.

Badly.

But having a chance with Liam means risking everything. My family. My future. And my life in these mountains that I love.

Still, the heart wants what it wants, and mine wants Liam.

With so many things against us, maybe we don’t have a chance.

Maybe we’ll crash and burn.

Or maybe we’ll find a way to have it all

TITLE: A Naiad’s Revenge

AUTHOR: Gigi Rivers

SERIES: Pirates and Water Nymphs #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 305

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2024

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A water nymph locked in darkness. A human who brings him light.

Sion is an ocean nymph who has never seen the ocean. He has spent his whole life in a cage, kept prisoner by the Order so they can steal his energy. Then one day, a human arrives. But unlike other humans, Tomas doesn’t treat Sion like some beast. He talks to Sion and tells him of the sea. He becomes Sion’s first friend. And as they spend time together, Sion begins to feel something more than just friendship for Tomas.

Tomas despises the Order, the sect that his parents belong to. He plans to leave before he is initiated on his twentieth birthday. But before that day arrives, he discovers a water nymph in a cage. Horrified, Tomas helps and cares for the naiad. As he does, Tomas connects with Sion. He develops feelings for him. Tomas will not abandon Sion to a life locked in a cage.

He plans to break Sion free. But with the Order working against them, will they find a way to be together? Or will they be forever torn apart?

TITLE: Scene Queen

AUTHOR: Charlie Novak

SERIES: The Court #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 289

RELEASE DATE: 2/22/2024

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Note to self: just because he’s hot and funny doesn’t change the fact he’s annoying AF.

Hooking up with my irritating as hell neighbour wasn’t on my agenda for the week, even if he is ridiculously gorgeous with a smile that lights up my life. His music is too loud, he’s too nosy… but I can’t stop myself from wanting more than a taste.

It was only supposed to be a one time thing, but now Rhys seems determined to charm his way into my world. And when he gets his nose broken at a rock concert, I’m the one who comes to his rescue.

But there’s no time in my life for a relationship. Juggling drag, a paramedic career, and helping with my sister’s kids has already pushed me close to burnout, and I’m walking a fine line between survival and exhaustion.

I’ve always been the one helping everyone else and I can’t remember the last time I put myself first.

Maybe it’s time to cause a scene and go after the thing I really want: a chance with the sparkling man next door who has terrible taste in music.

TITLE: Tooth and Nail

AUTHOR: Patricia Logan

SERIES: U.S. Marshals I.S.R. (Interspecies Response) #1

PUBLISHER: Westburg Publishing

LENGTH: 329

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2024

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The very last thing U.S. Marshal Eoghan Sapphire wants is a new partnership. Worse yet, the transfer from Lexington, Kentucky is a civilian. That means it’ll be Eoghan’s responsibility to break him into the I.S.R. and the unique way their particular U.S. Marshals Service unit operates. He decides being a jerk to him and keeping him at arm’s length just might be the way to handle things…until he meets him.

Aristotle Brown isn’t like anyone Eoghan’s ever known before. He’s polite, willing to learn, and most of all, devastatingly handsome. Eoghan’s actually happy they’re thrown into a dangerous situation with a WITSEC protectee the first day his brand-new partner is on the job. Dealing with this particular man will let Eoghan know what Ari Brown’s made of. Will he break under pressure?

Dealing with humans is standard everyday stuff in the U.S. Marshals Service but other non-human species like shifters, other paranormals, and aliens from distant star systems…well, that’s where things promise to get downright interesting. Their second day on the job is no different. And he’s not prepared for Ari’s cool-headed composure when he comes face to face with an example of everything the I.S.R. deals with every day.

To top it all off, the marshal sent to back the two men up when things get dicey in Griffith Park isn’t as reliable as Eoghan had hoped. The impulses of the guy nearly get them all killed but fortunately, Ari performs like a dream, helping extract everyone when things go from bad to worse. Eoghan is sure of a couple of things…acting as this man’s training officer isn’t going to be such a struggle after all, and keeping his hands off him is going to be the hardest part about this assignment.

TITLE: Shedding Lies

AUTHOR: Layla Dorine

SERIES: Comet Lake Chronicles #6

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2024

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For more than a decade, mates Baz and Charlie have lived separate lives. Baz has spent much of it on the road as the president of the Howling Devils Motorcycle Club, protectors of the Comet Lake Pack, and one of the biggest contributors to the pack’s financial success. Charlie, on the other hand, has spent his whole life on pack lands trying to move past the accusations that cost him five years of good standing among his friends and family. Between bitterness, loneliness and a longing for the truth, he’s harbored ill will towards his mate, even after Baz keeps his promise about turning over their mate if he should ever find the wolf meant to be their third. Now Kale is living with Charlie, wanting to learn more about Baz, and struggling to process the events that landed him at Comet Lake. Unfortunately for the three of them, the past hasn’t finished wreaking havoc on their lives. If they are to have any hope of a future, they must first shred the lies of the past.

TITLE: Shadow & Dust

AUTHOR: Richard Amos

SERIES: Demon Heart #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 240

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2024

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Time really is a funny thing.

Only, I’m not laughing.

Ever since meeting Xavier—smoking hot demon with a kiss to die for—my life has come apart. Everything I ever understood about myself, about my job as an assassin/spy for the Witch Queen of the United Kingdom, is in pieces.

I’m caught up in complicated web of enemies and deadly magic, all while falling hard for the delicious demon.

Xavier. Xavier. Xavier.

Man, I seriously have it bad.

I want to survive this deadly rising storm.

I want Xavier.

I want a shiny new life.

But time keeps playing its funny game, and I really want to avoid becoming the punchline.

TITLE: Arranged Salvation

AUTHOR: Jacey Davis

SERIES: Arranging Love #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 326

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2024

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Bastion would do what it takes to protect his child, even if it meant pretending he had a fated mate.

Bastion: Making that call was terrifying, but necessary. I’d do anything to protect the baby growing inside me, even if it meant escaping my abusive husband’s home and facing dangerous consequences. Now, I must pretend I have a fated mate—Arden, an alpha unlike any I’ve known. While I dare not hope for more, I’m grateful for his kindness.

Arden: My protective instincts for Bastion are fierce. Despite our unconventional bond, I’ll stop at nothing to keep him safe. But as tensions rise in our political climate, our love faces its toughest challenges yet.

TITLE: His Slender Embrace

AUTHOR: Amanda Meuwissen

SERIES: Monster Match

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 226

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2024

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Gaze long into the abyss and you might fall in love.

Eldritch, Tall Man, slender and strange – Cael is all these things, with a presence humans fear, and among monsters allowed visas to the human world, he still feels like an outsider. The first time someone hears his voice, they’re knocked unconscious, and if they look at him for too long, they risk losing their minds or worse. Handy for a monster who means to menace, but not for one seeking love and hoping to one day feed from the energies of passion instead of terror.

He thought the Monster Match app might finally find him a compatible partner, but no one responds to him as a match. Perhaps the only way he’ll know passion is to switch what he’s looking for from romance to the carnal side of human curiosity.

Coming off a bad breakup with a gaslighting ex, Miles Wainwright isn’t looking for love, though he still longs for it and misses the presence of someone else in his home. Even in his work as a graphic designer, he can’t stand up for himself and always ends up doing what is asked of him. He wishes he could give himself over to a partner and trust that they’ll take care of him. For now, he’ll settle for fulfilling a fantasy and hope it helps him heal.

He doesn’t expect to want more from Cael, the strangely alluring monster with a shark-toothed smile and tendrils who matches his request, but even if it means madness to stare long into the abyss, does Miles dare steal a peek?

TITLE: Make A Wish

AUTHOR: Stella Rainbow

SERIES: Mystics of Mistvale

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 91

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2024

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A djinn with a wish unfulfilled. A human looking for love. And the meddlesome Mistvalers.

Kezan

Being a djinn without a master sucked.

After years of waiting, Fate had finally granted my wish for a mate. But what should I do when my mate tells me he’s straight?

Ezra

Walking into Wish For It changed everything for me.

One minute I was looking for an outfit to impress the woman I liked, and the next moment I was thrust into a world of magic I never knew existed.

TITLE: Cursed Son

AUTHOR: Rhys Lawless

SERIES: Cursed Hearts #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 142

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2024

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We made a baby out of magic. We didn’t expect what would happen next…

I still can’t believe it but all of a sudden we have a son. And our daughter couldn’t be happier to meet him.

To top it all of, Wade finally proposed to me.

Too bad we can’t celebrate just yet because a group of phoenices show up to put our three-year-old daughter on trial for murder.

Even though we stand our ground, we know by the time the sun rises there’s no escaping judgement day for either of our children.

TITLE: Standing Proud

AUTHOR: Various

SERIES: An Indie Pride Anthology

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 523

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2024

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Enemies to lovers, shifters, opposites attract, paranormal, and more. This collection of original, brand-new short stories, touching on the common themes of the LGBTQ+ and Reverse Harem genres, is brought to you by fifteen amazing authors signing at Indie Pride in March 2024.

All stories relate to the quote:

“You were born to stand out, stop trying to fit in.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Participating authors include: Ana Ashley, Arabella Black, Arizona Tape, Carol Kerry-Green, Harleigh Beck, January Gray, Katherine Isaac, Kelly Lord, L.P. Dillon, Laura Greenwood, Layla Dorine, Raven B. Stone, S Lucas, Scarlet King, Shannon O’Connor, Vawn Cassidy and Vinni George.

All proceeds from this anthology will be donated to the Mind Out Charity: an LGBTQ mental health service.

TITLE: It Starts With Summer

AUTHOR: Ezra Dao

SERIES: Camp Eagle Ridge #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 2/23/2024

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Working at Camp Eagle Ridge was amazing until my asshole ex showed up.

Parker

Camp Eagle Ridge is my safe space. It’s where I first came out as gay, where I met my best friend, where I found home when there was no longer a home to return to. But this year, everything has changed. My best friend has a better job offer, the staff is full of people I don’t even recognize. I’m getting too old for summer camp. And the worst part of all? My ex—the closeted athlete who refused to make our relationship official—is in our cabin and won’t explain why. Dare I dream that he’s here to chase me, to win me back?

But when Ravi, my nerdy new co-counselor confronts me about my troublesome crush on Sutton, it’s him I can’t stop thinking about. His gorgeous body, his dimples, and the way he studies everything in the most intense, detailed way—including me.

Ravi

Coming to this camp was the biggest mistake of my life. Everyone is so effortlessly cool, so comfortable in the great outdoors. It’s the sort of place where I’ll never fit in. No one has a proper appreciation for the value of checklists and spreadsheets. And to make matters worse, Parker, my co-counselor is a cheerful golden retriever of a man who is the exact opposite of everything I look for in a friend. He’s perpetually disorganized, ridiculously impulsive, and never, ever on time.

But I can’t stop staring at him. And when I let Parker do something very sexy with his pretty mouth, my orderly world spirals out of control. Now I’m driven by lust, bad decisions, and the dawning realization that I might not be quite as straight as I always thought I was.

TITLE: Damien

AUTHOR: Cheyenne Meadows

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 207

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2024

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Free Spirit Thursday, a shifter with no recollection of his past beyond being raised in a monastery, lands in the Bluebird Valley Preserve with no further motivation than assisting others through massage therapy and meditation. Disbelieving a leopard exists inside him and unable to change into such a beast, he disregards the speculation that he’s truly a shifter. To do otherwise would potentially go against all the pacifist teachings he’d taken to heart.

Damien, struggling with a sudden change in temperament from his inner wolf, searches for a way to mollify the suddenly aggressive and demanding beast before he loses complete control. If he can’t rein in his wolf, their future consists of banishment or, even worse, a death sentence. Just as he reaches his wit’s end, Damien stumbles across the most unusual shifter around, who just might hold the answer to soothing his wolf once and for all.

When a deadly threat forces Thursday’s leopard to the fore, it sends him into a tailspin, unable to cope with the realization of his true genetics and his traumatic past, as the violent cat goes against everything he’d come to believe. It’s up to Damien to create a bridge between the two differing entities. Failure to do so means the loss of so much more than Damien could ever imagine.

TITLE: Didn’t Know We Needed

AUTHOR: Mere Rain

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 134

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2024

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Sometimes one decision changes your life.

Javier made a mistake and paid for it with jail time and parents who won’t speak to him. But with supportive friends and hard work he’s back on track, holding down a job and going to college. He doesn’t need anything else on his plate — especially not a preppy rich boy who doesn’t look like he’s ever had a problem in his life.

Brandy made a mistake and now, instead of attending Princeton with his friends, he’s at a city college full of people who seem to hate him no matter what he does. He’s trying not to care. He isn’t staying, so he doesn’t need a friend — especially not a macho guy who would probably beat him up if he knew how much Brandy wanted to get him naked.

Javi didn’t know he was making a decision: it was just a moment’s kindness to someone who looked sad and alone. Now somehow Brandy is eating lunch with Javier’s friends and Javi is inviting him to parties, and he isn’t even sure how the conversation led to Brandy’s parents thinking they were dating. There’s only one bed and bed is where Javi excels, but is hot sex enough to keep Brandy in his life when they have nothing else in common?

TITLE: Hell’s Kitten

AUTHOR: HJ Welch

SERIES: Paddle Creek Daddies #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2024

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One grumpy biker. One sunshine kitten. Could it be a purr-fect love?

JESSIE

Okay, so maaayyybbee surprising my boyfriend was a bad idea, especially since apparently he already has a boyfriend and it isn’t me. My only option for now is to sleep in my car. That is until the big, bad, tattooed biker who owns the cat café insists on letting me stay with him. I swore off men, but the way he dotes on me has me falling for him fast. My inner kitten is out of the bag, and there’s no putting him back now.

NIM

I’m a terrible Daddy. My last kitten told me that. Words and emotions are tough for me. But when the perfect boy drops into my lap, how can I refuse? Rescuing strays is what I do. It’s only so long that I can resist this beautiful kitten and his bubbly personality. But someone in town has it out for me and my fellow bikers, branding us troublemakers. I can’t let Jessie be dragged down with me, not when it puts everything he’s worked so hard for at risk. I swore I’d do anything to protect him. Even if that means letting him go.

TITLE: Wrong Number, Right Tiger

AUTHORS: Lorelei M. Hart & Colbie Dunbar

SERIES: Love Sync Mates

PUBLISHER: Surrendered Press

RELEASE DATE: 2/25/2024

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Sometimes the wrong number is the exact one you need.

The phone and I are not friends. Send me a text any day, but ask me to make a call and I’d rather do anything else, and I mean anything. So when my prospective boss asks me to call to schedule an interview, I nearly withdraw my application. Who does that anymore? My rent answers for me: I do.

I dial the number, expecting someone to answer with the company name. Instead, I get a typical “Hello.” I explain why I’m calling and he tells me I have the wrong number. That should be that. But no, I have to babble on about how I got to this point. I hear him asking for a date just as I hang-up. Crap.

TITLE: UnConVentional Kiss

AUTHORS: K.C. Carmine & Katherine McIntyre

SERIES: The UnConVentional Series #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 275

RELEASE DATE: 2/25/2024

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One Comic-Con. One chance encounter. One kiss that changes everything.

Beck

I never claimed to be easy to love. My steady stream of ex-girlfriends is proof positive, and my anxiety pretty much confirms I’ll be alone for the rest of my life. No matter who I date, I can’t ever feel completely myself.

At least until I met Cay, who’s bright, charming, and captures my attention from the start. And one kiss at a Comic-Con sparks some very not-straight feelings in me.

Cay

I’ve spent my whole life trying to make people happy, yet all my effort never seems to be enough. But when a blind double date lands me next to the guy I’ve been thinking about ever since Comic-Con, I’m ready to claim something for myself. Even if I’ve never been into guys before and I have no clue what I’m doing.

That single kiss sparked something in both of us that we can’t seem to deny, and we agree to fool around, exploring where this chemistry leads. All too fast, feelings take the wheel, steering me off the course of fast and easy. However, being bi is new for both of us, and when the time arrives to come out, I don’t know if I’ll be taking that step forward with Beck…or alone.

TITLE: Stranded

AUTHOR: E. Davies

SERIES: Sunrise Island Brothers #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 2/25/2024

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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?

 

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