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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shredded Soul | Charity Parkerson | Punk & Sissy Publications | 5/20/2024 | Damaged Devils #12 | Amazon |
| Skeleton Crew | Jordan Castillo Price | Self Published | 5/20/2024 | PsyCop #14 | Amazon |
| Loser | Sara Luna | Self Published | 5/20/2024 | Amazon | |
| Pit Stop | Ellis Mae | Self Published | 5/20/2024 | Amazon | |
| Embracing Magic | Toby Wise | Self Published | 5/20/2024 | A Collection of Familiars #2 | Amazon |
| The Dragon King’s Gardener | Amy Sumida | Self Published | 5/20/2024 | The Dragons of Serai #13 | Amazon |
| Not A Typical Meet-Cute | Lisa Oliver | Self Published | 5/20/2024 | Quirk of Fates Short #3 | Amazon |
| Swipe Left, Power Down, Look Up | Amy Lane | Dreamspinner Press | 5/21/2024 | Amazon | |
| Dangerous Recall | Tyler Anne Snell | Harlequin Intrigue | 5/21/2024 | Amazon | |
| Together in a Broken World | Paul Michael Winters | NineStar Press | 5/21/2024 | Amazon | |
| New Tricks | Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga | Tygerseye Publishing | 5/21/2024 | The Les’s Bar Series #4 | Amazon |
| The Bump | Sidney Karger | Berkley | 5/21/2024 | Amazon | |
| Nearly Wed | Nicolas DiDomizio | Sourcebooks Casablanca | 5/21/2024 | Amazon | |
| Ice + Alligators | Angel Martinez | Mischief Corner Book | 5/21/2024 | Amazon | |
| Under Your Skin | Lee McCormick | Self Published | 5/21/2024 | Amazon | |
| Immersion Play | Katherine McIntyre | Self Published | 5/21/2024 | Leather and Lattes #1 | Amazon |
| Icebreaker | Blair Brady | Self Published | 5/21/2024 | Portland Lumberjacks #1 | Amazon |
| Moonlight Magic | Annabelle Jacobs | Self Published | 5/21/2024 | Dark Forest Pack | Amazon |
| These Bittersweet Vines | Dorian Valentine | Self Published | 5/21/2024 | The Eastern Quarter’s Mana #2 | Amazon |
| Forever Yours, Kit | Atreus Rosewood | Self Published | 5/21/2024 | Amazon | |
| Enchanting Exposition | Alice Winters | Self Published | 5/21/2024 | Demon Magic #6 | Amazon |
| Easy, Schmeasy! | Becca Seymour | Rainbow Tree Publishing | 5/22/2024 | Fast Break #4 | Amazon |
| Welcome Home Ryan | Ian O. Lewis | Cruz Publishing | 5/22/2024 | Amazon | |
| Interference | L.A. Witt | Self Published | 5/22/2024 | Amazon | |
| His Impossible Elf Mate | Jax Stuart | Self Published | 5/22/2024 | Sweetwater Pack#4 | Amazon |
| You’ve Got Male | DJ Jamison | Self Published | 5/22/2024 | Rom-Com Reboot #2 | Amazon |
| The Darkness Within | Raquel Riley | Self Published | 5/23/2024 | Scars And Stripes Trilogy #2 | Amazon |
| Baby Queen | Charlie Novak | Self Published | 5/23/2024 | The Court #3 | Amazon |
| Transparent Is a Color | Kaje Harper | Self Published | 5/23/2024 | Subparhereos | Amazon |
| The Jock | E.M. Denning | Self Published | 5/23/2024 | Breakfast at Bennett’s #2 | Amazon |
| Just a Little in Love | Victoria Sue | Self Published | 5/23/2024 | Unexpected Daddies #5 | Amazon |
| Dreamers | T.J. Baer | Self Published | 5/24/2024 | Amazon | |
| Losing Game (Fall of the Tyrants) | A. W. Turner | Self Published | 5/24/2024 | Office Jinx #3 | Amazon |
| Tell Me Lies | Hinsel Meyer | Self Published | 5/24/2024 | All It Takes #2 | Amazon |
| Gym Bros and Saving Throws | CD Rachels | Self Published | 5/24/2024 | Single Gamer’s Society #3 | Amazon |
| I Touch Hoses | Bix Barrow | Self Published | 5/24/2024 | Bent Oak, Texas | Amazon |
| Shots on Net | J.J. Mulder | Self Published | 5/24/2024 | SCU Hockey #1 | Amazon |
| Resisting You | E.M. Lindsey | Self Published | 5/24/2024 | Words We Never Said #2 | Amazon |
| Ghost Tour | Pandora Pine | Self Published | 5/24/2024 | Haunted Souls #19 | Amazon |
| Arrows | K.L. Noone | JMS Books | 5/25/2024 | Amazon | |
| In Sunlight | Lucien Grey | JMS Books | 5/25/2024 | Amazon | |
| The Guardians: Winning at any Cost | Edward Kendrick | JMS Books | 5/25/2024 | A Shattered Life, 2nd Revised Edition | Amazon |
| The Shed | Dianne Hartsock | JMS Books | 5/25/2024 | Alex #2 | Amazon |
| Brewing for My Mate | Lorelei M. Hart | Decadent Publishing | 5/25/2024 | Omegas of Oliver Creek | Amazon |
| Teas’d | Vin George | Self Published | 5/25/2024 | Evergreen Council | Amazon |
| A London Little’s Octopus | Ellie Rose | CLAficionado Press | 5/26/2024 | Stuffie Hospital London | Amazon |
| Losing his Daddy | AW Scott | Self Published | 5/26/2024 | Coleman Ranch | Amazon |
| Mated into the Mob | Colbie Dunbar | Self Published | 5/26/2024 | The Wolves of La Luna Noir #1 | Amazon |
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TITLE: Shredded Soul
AUTHOR: Charity Parkerson
SERIES: Damaged Devils #12
PUBLISHER: Punk & Sissy Publications
LENGTH: 104
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2024
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There’s betrayal, and then there’s what Charon did to Paine. Paine will never let Charon forget. Sometimes murder is mercy.
They grew up in cages. Side by side. Too many nights to count, after suffering abuse to the edge of death, they nursed each other back to health. Until they were caught, and their tormentors made Charon choose: kill Paine immediately or take up the whip. There was only one choice Charon could make because he couldn’t kill the only person who’s ever loved him. Now, years later, he’s not as sure he made the right decision.
Charon was the only reason Paine lived through the nightmare dubbed the academy. That is until Charon killed him. He did, even if Charon doesn’t realize it. Paine has nothing keeping him moving but the tatters of a shredded soul and thoughts of making Charon’s life hell. Charon doesn’t get to destroy him and live a perfect life. No. They’ll suffer together until they take their final breath. Paine is determined they’ll take that together too.
TITLE: Skeleton Crew
AUTHOR: Jordan Castillo Price
SERIES: PsyCop #14
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 302
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2024
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Although Victor Bayne is a valued asset of the FPMP, he still vividly recalls his PsyCop days: the eye rolls, the nasty looks, and the occasional utterance of the words “Spook Squad” whenever he showed up on a scene. So he really should empathize with Howard Jibben, the weekend lab manager known as Heebie Jeebie.
But does the guy really need to be so darn annoying?
Thanks to the researcher’s OCD tendencies, when a mysterious shipment arrives, what should be a routine ghost-check turns into an excruciating ordeal…made even worse by a freak incident that leaves them stranded in the FPMP’s basement.
Jacob may be the ranking agent on site, but even he can’t control the weather. Yet given the pressure he puts on himself to master his newfound ability, it’s as if he thinks the burden to free everyone is his alone.
Vic has never put much stock in luck, but the sheer number of disasters raining down on them can’t possibly be pure chance—and things are only getting worse. Is it a curse? Telekinesis? Sabotage?
Or is there something more sinister lurking in the shadows?
TITLE: Loser
AUTHOR: Sara Luna
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 81
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2024
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This is the summer Christian is going to learn how to get shit done. Following in the footsteps of his older friends, he’s ready to graduate from petty crimes to more serious offenses, until a stolen wallet leads him on a different path. Inside, he discovers a mysterious message: “If you’re reading this, I am gone.”
Gripped by a confusing sense of responsibility, Christian seeks out Gabriel, the wallet’s rightful owner. If he can just make sure Gabriel is okay, his conscience can be cleared. He befriends Gabriel as a means to an end, but beneath the guilt a brand new feeling builds at every smile and wink the long-haired boy throws his way.
Each encounter with Gabriel puts Christian at risk— and not just from the cops. The more time he spends with Gabriel, the more he begins to question his friendships, his loyalties, and the kind of life he wants to live. Will he get the chance to change, or will Gabriel discover who he is and force him to face the consequences for his past actions?
TITLE: Pit Stop
AUTHOR: Ellis Mae
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 213
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2024
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When Isamu Miura returns home on medical discharge from the military, he finds his childhood best friend busy with a new relationship, and his father packing up to return to Japan. With only Inu, his trusted service dog, left at his side, he plans to outfit a camper van to travel across the country. There’s just one problem. The only guy in town who can help wants nothing to do with him, his dog, or his dreams.
Unlike Isamu, John Love doesn’t consider himself a dreamer. A car accident took his mother way too soon, and he has all but lost his father to alcoholism. All he wants is to work his mechanic job to pay for school and leave everything else behind. Adding more work by helping out Isamu is the last thing he wants.
When a friend convinces John to take the job, will he find something, or someone, worth dreaming for?
Only if Isamu can prove that John is more than just a pit stop on everyone else’s path.
TITLE: Embracing Magic
AUTHOR: Toby Wise
SERIES: A Collection of Familiars #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 115
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2024
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Casper, with a magical compass in hand, hits the road to find his spark. He’s not sure what to expect but he certainly isn’t prepared for his spark, Ray, to not know that she’s living in a world surrounded by the supernatural. Casper’s determined to do everything in his power to help Ray embrace her magic.
Zeke is a banshee who helps usher ghosts into the afterlife. The last thing he’s expecting is to find his true mate during one of these hunts. As happy as Zeke is, he can’t help but worry how his mate will react when Casper learns he’s mated to a monster.
TITLE: The Dragon King’s Gardener
AUTHOR: Amy Sumida
SERIES: The Dragons of Serai #13
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 334
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2024
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Don’t call me a gardener.
I went through a lot to earn my Masters degree in Vegetation. Simply getting accepted into the University of Sken was difficult as a human. There’s a reason why kings hire me to help them with their plant issues. My current client is the Dragon King of Latur, who’s been given the ominous title of Indifferent for surviving the death of his mate. He’s a bit standoffish, sure, but I wouldn’t call him indifferent. Not with the way he looks at me. And I can’t help looking back. Staring. Aching. Dreaming.
On top of being a king and difficult to get a laugh out of, Shaleros the Indifferent is also straight and a Dragon who’s lost his mate. That means there’s no hope for us. Not for anything lasting. But I’m all right with that. Some of the best relationships I’ve had didn’t last long. I’ve decided that I’m going to have him. I’m going to make him smile, laugh, and roar in ecstasy. I’m going to bring the Dragon King back to life, just as I’m doing for his garden. By the time I’m done with him, they’ll have to change his name to Shaleros the Blissful. And then I can walk away happy, knowing I’ve helped him and eased this unrelenting desire in me. I hope.
TITLE: Not A Typical Meet-Cute
AUTHOR: Lisa Oliver
SERIES: Quirk of Fates Short #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 90
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2024
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Welcome to the small town of Appleton where if it’s meant to happen, it will.
Locryn, a Fae with a love of rain and puddles, has been working as a hair stylist in the friendly town for the past five years. He enjoys his life, full of friends who might not know the truth about him, but they care about him all the same. Which is why, when a new man moved to town, the ladies who frequented Locryn’s salon were quick to tell him about the tattooed stranger.
“That’s why we’re in Appleton. No paranormals. No covens. No wolf packs and no weird mages running around in their fancy robes trying to summon me every five minutes…”
Demon Zac moved to Appleton for the peace and quiet. He was tired of getting himself into trouble, just trying to fit in. In Appleton he could be himself, ply his business as a well-respected tattoo artist, and… and… well, a few hobbies were mentioned, but for now Zac was focusing on his business and getting to know the locals.
“If it’s funny business you’re after, then close the door and ensure the blinds are drawn. No point in giving the locals out for their evening meal a free show.”
The Fates are canny ladies who know when to give a subtle push when it comes to bringing unlikely couples together. Although, to be fair, this time the fault could lie with Locryn’s interfering father. But when Locryn and Zac do meet face to face for the first time, Zac is shocked to learn that sex and a bite aren’t enough to be considered a couple in the quaint town. There’s a courting ritual to go through as well… and couch buying?
TITLE: Swipe Left, Power Down, Look Up
AUTHOR: Amy Lane
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 145
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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Busy soccer coach Trey Novak doesn’t have time for the awkwardness and upheaval dating can cause, but when his cousin stands him up for a lunch date, he meets someone who changes his mind.
Dewey Saunders is dying to get a real job in his field and start the rest of his life, but a guy’s got to pay rent, and the coffee shop is where it’s at. When the handsome customer in the coach’s sweats gets stood up, Dewey is right there to commiserate—and maybe make some time with a cute guy.
Trey’s making hopeful plans with Dewey when his professional life explodes. He and Dewey aren’t in a serious place yet, and suddenly he’s promising to make sports a welcoming place for all people. When Dewey puts himself out to comfort Trey after an awful day, Trey realizes that they might not be in a serious place, but Dewey has serious promise for their future. If someone as loyal and as kind and funny as Dewey is what’s offered, Trey would gladly swipe right for love.
TITLE: Dangerous Recall
AUTHOR: Tyler Anne Snell
PUBLISHER: Harlequin Intrigue
LENGTH: 219
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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An unidentified body. A vulnerable client.
And a bodyguard pushed to extremes.
Protecting people is Mack Atwood’s job. But when a mysterious murder leaves Aiden Riggs in danger, the determined bodyguard will go off book to keep the quick-witted computer genius safe. Neither is prepared for the heated chemistry flaring between them—even as a killer closes in. Until Mack realizes Aiden’s case is directly connected to shared events from both their pasts…
TITLE: Together in a Broken World
AUTHOR: Paul Michael Winters
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 356
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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wo boys fall in love in a deadly world, but it’s the secrets they keep that might kill them.
Seventeen-year-old Zach was visiting his uncle in a small Montana town when a mysterious illness ripped through the world. Most died, but those who survived the Infection became mindless killers, spreading the disease with a single scratch. Now, a year later, civilization lies in ruins, and Zach is the town’s sole survivor. Desperately lonely, he longs to return to his family in Seattle, but his fears hold him captive.
Eighteen-year-old Aiden is on a critical mission for the covert Scientific Collective, delivering vials whose contents could cure the Infection. Tortured by his boyfriend’s death, he welcomes the risks of the perilous journey. When a militia attacks Aiden, he flees to Zach’s town.
The boys escape together and soon form a bond as they comfort each other in this desolate and broken world. The farther they travel, the more their affection grows, as do the forces pulling them apart. But their greatest threats are the secrets they keep. Zach hides details of his uncle’s death, and Aiden conceals the vials’ sinister origins. In order to survive, they’ll have to confront the truths that could tear their love apart.
TITLE: New Tricks
AUTHORS: Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga
SERIES: The Les’s Bar Series #4
PUBLISHER: Tygerseye Publishing
LENGTH: 281
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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Miniature artist Kit Swann is starting over when he moves to New York. His late husband left him nearly everything he needs, but living on his own in a big city can be lonely. He’s not sure if he’s ready yet, but that gay bar he’s been watching for a while from the coffee shop across the street is interesting to him, and he’s working up the courage to go inside.
Elijah Russo has been looking for a full-time partner for so long he’s ready to give up. The right man just doesn’t seem to exist until he meets Kit, he dares to wonder if he may have found exactly the man he’s looking for. Still, Kit’s guarded and grieving and may not even know if he wants the lifestyle Elijah could offer him.
The pair have to navigate their differences, from where they come from to what they know about their desires, while the shadow of the tragic death of Kit’s husband looms over them and makes navigating their relationship even more prickly. If they’re going to bring their very different lives together, they’ll have to teach each other some new tricks.
TITLE: The Bump
AUTHOR: Sidney Karger
PUBLISHER: Berkley
LENGTH: 363
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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Wyatt Wallace is a practical, super organized director of TV commercials. Biz Petterelli is a child-actor-turned-magazine-writer who thrives on spontaneity. Though polar opposites, they are fully committed to their relationship and their life in Brooklyn with their dog, Matilda. They’re also about to have a baby together.
And they’re freaking out.
They’ve both dreamed of becoming parents, but now that it’s happening, they’re doubting everything. Their baby is due in a few weeks and instead of flying to California just before the birth as planned, Biz has a better idea. They could use one last hurrah, along with some serious “us-time” to mend the issues they’ve been having lately—before they get tied down by fatherhood and its impending responsibilities. So the daddies-to-be load up their 1992 Volkswagen Cabriolet and embark on an epic cross-country babymoon. They attempt to recharge at the beach in Provincetown, stumble through their impromptu baby shower in Chicago, and endure a Star Wars-themed wedding in Colorado before heading west for the baby.
But when they take several unexpected detours, old wounds are reopened and secrets spill out that could change their relationship for better or for worse, forcing the couple to reexamine the meaning of family while building their own. After all, what’s a road trip without a few bumps along the way?
TITLE: Nearly Wed
AUTHOR: Nicolas DiDomizio
PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks Casablanca
LENGTH: 345
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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5 Signs You and Your Fiancé Might Be Secretly Incompatible…and #3 Will Shock You!
Ray Bruno and Kip Hayes are horrible on paper. Ray is a chaotic millennial ex-clickbait-writer who’s been oversharing his every thought online since he was a teenager, and Kip is a pragmatic Gen X doctor who values privacy above all else.
But somehow it all manages to work…until Ray convinces Kip to join him for an early honeymoon at a famous lux resort in Ray’s coastal New England hometown, eschewing the tradition of bachelor parties and hoping to recharge before their end-of-August wedding. When a surprising encounter with another couple at the resort leads to a series of escalating mishaps and miscommunications, Ray and Kip are forced to look at their many differences in a stark new light, turning the trip into less of a vacation and more of a test: will they be able to work through their issues in time for the big day? Or is this marriage over before it begins?
TITLE: Ice + Alligators
AUTHOR: Angel Martinez
PUBLISHER: Mischief Corner Book
LENGTH: 103
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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Offend the Frost King? Get kicked from the Court. Land in the jaws of a living dinosaur?
Ink, the black ice fairy, isn’t shocked that his frostiness banished her, but she’s shocked to find herself sent to a swamp. It’s hot, sticky and mucky—an ice fae’s worst nightmare. Banishment means she’s stuck with the heat and the stupid, hungry alligators. She’s gone from knowing all the rules of her world to knowing absolutely nothing about existing in her soggy new home. At least the draiad guardian’s kinda nice, though what the hell is a draiad?
A thunderous boom and an ice fae being dropped into her swamp interrupted Pickerel’s quiet, contemplative day of preserving flowers. The fae is abrasive, just shy of rude, and apparently unable to leave. The last thing Pickerel needs this close to the winter solstice celebration is another responsibility. But she can’t ignore her host obligations, nor can she deny the fae is rather attractive.
When dangerously reckless human poachers invade the swamp, all other concerns evaporate. Ink and Pickerel must learn to work together, combining their knowledge and their wildly different talents to combat the threat to the wildlife and the peace of the swamp. And–oh no—they might even have to admit they like each other.
TITLE: Under Your Skin
AUTHOR: Lee McCormick
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 386
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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You’re the only one who can get under my skin.
Levi
Trapped in nightmares from my past, the only comfort I find is in gifts from the man who killed my mother’s killer—presents wrapped in a body bag and delivered to the morgue for me to examine.
From the first time I saw his mark, I knew I had to keep my Killer safe, had to keep his work a secret for me and me alone. Every body is a love letter, and I’m the only one who can read them.
Jonah
When I accidentally leave evidence behind during a kill, I have to go to the morgue to rectify my mistake. I didn’t expect to find a young mortician admiring my work.
Relishing in it. Studying it.
Covering it up.
I have no idea why someone would want to hide my crimes, but I’m determined to find out. What I discover is a man named Levi—a man obsessed with the idea of who he thinks I am.
A man who threatens to change my entire world.
TITLE: Immersion Play
AUTHOR: Katherine McIntyre
SERIES: Leather and Lattes #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 297
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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One bratty boy searching for somewhere to call home, one damaged Daddy Dom looking to escape his grief, and one kinky found family ready to help them both heal.
Micah’s starting over. He left his old life in the middle of the night and showed up in San Francisco on a job tip from a friend. However, when Meg hires him at Whipped, he not only enters a new city but also a whole new world with this cozy crew of kinksters. And one man continues to catch his attention again and again.
Parker doesn’t do relationships. After his mom died and his father became a shell of himself, he swore never to let anyone wreck him like that. Except Micah’s gotten under his skin. The hot new barista at Whipped isn’t as vanilla as they all thought, and he’s the brattiest boy that Parker could’ve ever dreamed of playing with. The connection between them? Incendiary.
However, the deeper their relationship grows, the more Micah’s realizing he can’t just be casual with Parker—not anymore. The man’s made a mark on his soul, inspired dreams Micah had never even thought to reach for. But if Parker isn’t willing to bend his rules to risk his heart, the two of them are definitely going to break.
TITLE: Icebreaker
AUTHOR: Blair Brady
SERIES: Portland Lumberjacks #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 226
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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Axel : I’ve been around the hockey block more times than I care to count. Hockey is my life, my sanctuary, and the only thing that’s kept me going through the years. Traded to the Portland Lumberjacks, I’m now the grizzled, some would say grumpy, old-timer tasked with being the voice of experience for a team of wide-eyed rookies and journeymen. Haunted by a troubled past, I’ve long since given up on finding romance, but a certain blond, blue-eyed rookie is about to change everything.
Quinn: Fresh out of college, I’m ready to storm the professional hockey world. With a killer smile, a quick wit, and a love for pranks, I’m determined to make my mark on the ice and in the hearts of my teammates. When I meet Axel Karlsson, the Lumberjacks’ grumpy defenseman, I’m knocked back, and I can’t look away. Armed with a pair of pink figure skates and a whole lot of persistence, I set out to melt the ice around Axel’s guarded heart.
Together, Axel and Quinn embark on a journey of self-discovery, healing, and unbridled passion. As they navigate the challenges of their careers, the ghosts of Axel’s past, and the intensity of their growing connection, they learn that love has the power to heal even the deepest of wounds.
TITLE: Moonlight Magic
AUTHOR: Annabelle Jacobs
SERIES: Dark Forest Pack
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 338
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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SYL
My control is shot, almost at breaking point.
I want to kiss, to touch, to bite. But that’s not a future I get to have.
So I close my eyes, and feel.
Soft words and eager hands.
My silver-haired fae with his dirty mouth, and my hot as sin witch with storm-grey eyes.
I want to soak up every second of it, hoard those memories for when it all ends.
Because I don’t do casual.
I’ve wanted a mate for as long as I can remember, spent my days hoping for fate to send me the one person meant for me.
But she didn’t.
She sent me two.
Neither ready for the lifetime commitment I’m offering.
Losing one mate would break my heart.
Losing both will shatter my soul beyond repair.
TITLE: These Bittersweet Vines
AUTHOR: Dorian Valentine
SERIES: The Eastern Quarter’s Mana #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 514
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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After stumbling from the blood soaked catacombs, Prince Ortherion discovers he’s lost more than just his memories. His father is gone, leaving the kingdom crumbling, and his rightful crown has been given to his brother. Even his lover has abandoned him.
While finding a deeply needed companionship with his guard, Ortherion works to heal and piece together his broken memory and kingdom, amending what his father has destroyed. But a horrifying creature has other plans, whispering warnings and threats, refusing to leave the prince alone. Ortherion has every bit of trust in his new guards to protect him from this threat, but the treachery runs deeper than he knows, and the past refuses to be forgotten.
TITLE: Forever Yours, Kit
AUTHOR: Atreus Rosewood
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 244
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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When I left him, I broke both our hearts. But when he reappears in my life, can I make something of the second chance I never thought I’d get–or will I ruin things for good this time?
Growing up in the 80s, Kit and I were thick as thieves. I thought it couldn’t get any better until that one magical night.
Then my father found out.
Terrified of what he’d do to us, I cut Kit off without a word–and shattered both our hearts in the process. I’ve spent ten years drowning my sorrows and regretting that choice, knowing he’ll never forgive me. How can he, when I’m incapable of forgiving myself?
Until Kit suddenly shows up at my door and forces me to confront my demons. Even better, he seems willing to forgive and forget. Suddenly, a second chance is within my grasp, but how can I seize it when I’m more terrified than ever of hurting him?
How do I tell the man I hurt so badly ten years ago that I have loved him all this time?
TITLE: Enchanting Exposition
AUTHOR: Alice Winters
SERIES: Demon Magic #6
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 317
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2024
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Maybe it wasn’t my best idea to draw dark magic into myself to save a friend… but it’s definitely not my worst (don’t ask Havoc what that was). The first thing on our list of “Save Miles from the Dark Magic That Might Be Making Him Do Ridiculous Things” is to destroy the ominous book that’s snagging my attention. But what I don’t expect is to be dragged into the book filled with dark mysteries that leaves me with more questions… and a lack of pants.
But it’s nothing that Havoc and I can’t handle. The two of us have proven that our relationship is strong enough that we can face anything life throws at us, so I think we can handle a measly book… maybe… I mean, so far it may look like we’re not winning, but that’s just because it’d be boring if heroes won immediately.
And it’s not like we have to fight this battle alone, especially with an awe-inspiring dragon familiar who is forced to face his greatest adversary (a common housecat), a narcissistic angel who comes with a sword that compliments every cut made, a centaur who always manages to look like he’s on the set of a cologne commercial, and… Etienne (whatever he is).
With the demon I love by my side and my found family, we’re going to stop this darkness before it spreads. But doing so might unveil some things we never expected.
TITLE: Easy, Schmeasy!
AUTHOR: Becca Seymour
SERIES: Fast Break #4
PUBLISHER: Rainbow Tree Publishing
LENGTH: 313
RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2024
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There’s a lot in life that comes hella easy for me. Turning heads with my stellar looks, strutting like a peacock with my smooth moves and adorable charm. Heck, need ideas for party shots or fresh recipes to make your friends jealous? I’m your guy.
It’s not even a front—my epic modesty—but that doesn’t mean I’m not a lying liar who lies.
What is definitely not easy is holding so much of myself back from my friends.
Or from myself.
It’s a truth that sucks.
But I can’t do that anymore, and it’s absolutely 100 percent my best friend’s fault.
Since our first college basketball practice, Bentley’s been by my side. He’s sweet, understanding, supersmart, and absolutely smoking hot. What’s more, he’s too good for me.
What I should do is keep our friendship platonic, but apparently patience isn’t my strong suit. Go figure.
Cue me starting something with him that I find impossible to stop, walk away from, or admit aloud.
But loving him… heck if that doesn’t become the easiest thing I’ve ever done. I just need to find a way to be worthy of his love and for him to stay patient as I pull my head out of my ass and give him the world he deserves.
TITLE: Welcome Home Ryan
AUTHOR: Ian O. Lewis
PUBLISHER: Cruz Publishing
LENGTH: 114
RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2024
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“You want your boring old life back, or do you want to experience a colorful new world with me?
Ryan Mitchell thinks he has it all figured out – a fresh start in his hometown of Richmond is just what he needs after being fired from his job by his now ex-boyfriend. But when he’s reunited with Jude Thompson, the cocky artist from his college days, Ryan’s carefully laid plans are turned upside down. Determined to keep his heart guarded, Ryan agrees to a simple friendship. But there’s something different about Jude, and against his better judgment, he discovers he can’t resist him.
Jude Thompson has been eagerly awaiting Ryan’s return, confident their reunion will reignite the flame they once shared. As Ryan settles back into the rhythm of life in his hometown, Jude feels a surge of excitement coursing through him. Cocksure and confident, Jude wants Ryan, and sees an opportunity to show him what he’s been missing all these years. Can he take the risk and win Ryan over, or will he let the opportunity for love slip away?
TITLE: Interference
AUTHOR: L.A. Witt
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 534
RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2024
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25% of the author’s royalties for Interference will be donated to organizations assisting homeless and/or disabled veterans.
Disabled veteran Wyatt Miller is out of options. Six months after his eviction, every day is a struggle just to survive on the streets. Sometimes, the only thing that motivates him to move forward at all is his determination to protect and feed his beloved service dog, Lily.
Then a cold snap drives Wyatt to beg a veterinary clinic to board Lily… and puts him on the radar of someone who can’t stomach letting the dog or her owner sleep out in the cold.
On the surface, hockey star Anthony Austin has it all. The fans and cameras see a man with dazzling stats, a fairy tale home, and a red hot sports car. He and his longtime boyfriend are the poster boys for out-and-proud male athletes.
The limelight doesn’t see the cracks, though. His boyfriend has quietly moved out, and nothing Anthony says or does will bring him back. Anthony’s play is starting to suffer, and he’s too miserable to care.
When he sees the man pleading for a warm bed for his dog, Anthony doesn’t hesitate to open his home.
All he has in mind is keeping a man and his dog off the street. He has no idea Wyatt is about to upend his world—and his attempts at reconciling with his boyfriend.
TITLE: His Impossible Elf Mate
AUTHOR: Jax Stuart
SERIES: Sweetwater Pack#4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 380
RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2024
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An elf with a secret.
Tearlach is on a mission to find the reason behind the beta sickness and how the plight relates to the elven fertility crisis. The last thing he expected to find is the man who feels like a part of his soul.
Or how determined he’d be to keep Axel. No matter what.
A shifter with an impossible dream.
Axel’s recovery from the beta sickness is slow and only bearable because of the elf that breathes new life into his world. Just when everything finally feels perfect, he is rocked by revelations.
The choice between his secret dream or a love that makes him feel whole seems impossible.
When truths are uncovered along with what is at stake, they have to decide if their love is worth everything they may have to give up to be together.
TITLE: You’ve Got Male
AUTHOR: DJ Jamison
SERIES: Rom-Com Reboot #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 171
RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2024
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My friends are all about the romance. Me? I’ve got other things to worry about.
Carrying on my uncle’s little record store–his legacy–means everything to me.
Too bad a big entertainment store is opening across the street. The owner, Chase Fox, is too friendly, too smooth–too annoying. He knows I’m straight, and his competition besides, and still he flirts with me.
My only comfort is the new friend I met on the SeattleLife site. We never exchanged real names, and I don’t know if they’re a guy or a girl, but there’s a freedom in that. I can say anything to them without holding back.
But as time goes on, I get more curious. And more confused.
Could my online pal be more than a friend? Even if they’re not a woman?
And why are Chase’s flirty smiles suddenly giving me flutters and making me wish for the impossible–that my business rival and my closest online friend might actually be the same guy.
A guy meant to be mine.
TITLE: The Darkness Within
AUTHOR: Raquel Riley
SERIES: Scars And Stripes Trilogy #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 328
RELEASE DATE: 5/23/2024
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You can’t give your heart away until you first learn to love yourself.
Nash
A mission gone sideways. My world turned upside down on a dime.
Held prisoner in the dark tunnels below ground, cut off from the world, I was hanging onto life by a thread. Wanting to end my suffering, but afraid to let go.
And then I was rescued. Dragged into the light. My first breath of freedom in twenty-two days. But I was still trapped in my nightmare, inside my head.
A prisoner of war.
Brewer
His mind may be broken, but his soul is still intact, and it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. As his sponsor, I promised to help him find his way, to show him how to love himself again. I’m breaking all the rules of recovery by falling in love with him. But when you find the person you’re meant to spend the rest of your life with, you don’t want to waste another day apart.
TITLE: Baby Queen
AUTHOR: Charlie Novak
SERIES: The Court #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 288
RELEASE DATE: 5/23/2024
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Note to self: falling for the new queen you’re mentoring will only lead to trouble.
Being broke, single, and homeless after winning the UK’s biggest drag show wasn’t how my life was supposed to go. I’m meant to be the one with everything, but thanks to an unscrupulous tour company I’ve got nothing but my image and a mountain of debt.
Moving back home with my mum and taking the first gig I’m offered in a local drag panto is supposed to help me get back on my feet, but meeting Colin tangles me up more than ever.
Colin desperately wants to start doing drag and suddenly I’m helping a baby queen find her feet while falling head over heels for the man behind the lashes.
We all know mixing these power dynamics is a recipe for trouble, but my life is already a mess. Will falling for Colin really spell disaster or is he the only thing keeping me upright in my seven-inch heels?
TITLE: Transparent Is a Color
AUTHOR: Kaje Harper
SERIES: Subparhereos
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 271
RELEASE DATE: 5/23/2024
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Perry’s mother told him he’d develop the superpower of flight, like his grandfather. She even named him Peregrine, so folks would call him “The Falcon.” Spoiler— they don’t. Because when he did come into his power, all he got was the ability to change colors. Not even himself, like some kind of Chameleon Man, but the color of objects. He can de-pukify the shade of his bedroom curtains, turn a bully’s sweatshirt pink, or even turn a red traffic light green. (Not a good idea.) He hasn’t told anyone except his disappointed mom about his power. What would they call him? The Interior Decorator?
Back in high school, under stress, he did convince his power that transparent was just another color. Now that ability’s sometimes fun in an illicit way. Then one morning, in the mailroom at work, he turns a cardboard box transparent and sees a bomb inside. And Perry’s ordinary life explodes.
Sergeant Deckard of the Nova City Bomb Squad never thought much about superheroes, or supervillains for that matter. He has plenty of work with ordinary humans and their explosives. Until he and his bomb-sniffing dog, Nix, get called to a possible-explosives situation in a highrise mailroom. The guy who reported the bomb is a nerdy twink in dark-framed glasses who pushes all of Deck’s buttons. When he finds out the young man has a weird superpower and may be the target of a villain, every protective instinct comes into play.
Deckard’s goal is to keep his job, his dog, Nova City, and Perry intact. His libido can just sit down, shut up, and take a number. But as their attraction gets hotter and the villain closes in, their future might be blown apart before it even has a chance to start.
TITLE: The Jock
AUTHOR: E.M. Denning
SERIES: Breakfast at Bennett’s #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 230
RELEASE DATE: 5/23/2024
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Colby Bennett is straight.
At twenty-five, he’s the middle of three boys raised by a single father. He’s always been a jock, so managing a gym feels like his calling. If only being a big brother were as easy. When Colby stumbles on his younger brother trying on feminine clothing, Taylor is angry and embarrassed. Looking for a way to make amends, Colby seeks the help of a new gym member whose eyeshadow and shimmering lips capture his attention.
Milo Kennedy is recently single.
Having broken up with his boyfriend, he’s trying to reclaim the person he used to be. Ashamed that he let someone take so much away from him, he’s determined to find himself again. The last thing he needs is another gym-bro in his life, but Colby seems sincere in his mission to help his brother and Milo can’t make himself say no.
Being around Milo has Colby questioning if he’s actually straight… or if there are things he still has left to learn about his own identity. But even though he can’t stop thinking about Milo, he knows better than to make a move. His little brother needs someone like Milo and Colby doesn’t want to do anything to jeopardize their budding friendship.
But as Colby is exploring and embracing his sexuality, and Milo reclaiming the pieces of himself that he lost to a bad relationship, they discover they might need each other despite their reasons for hesitating. Will they learn that the best things in life are worth taking a risk for?
TITLE: Just a Little in Love
AUTHOR: Victoria Sue
SERIES: Unexpected Daddies #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 229
RELEASE DATE: 5/23/2024
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Rowan couldn’t remember a time when he was truly happy. Especially not suffering from his mother’s so-called care or his father’s complete indifference.
The only time he was even a little bit free was every Friday night at the club with his friends.
And even there, he wasn’t ever quite good enough. Not quite good enough to relax and let his Little self truly come out to play, and especially never good enough to get a Daddy of his very own.
And to further complicate things, he’d adored Master Gabriel from afar for the last two years, except Master Gabriel was a Dom that wanted boys on their knees, and Rowan just wanted to be in his lap.
Then Rowan makes a really bad decision out of desperation and Master Gabriel comes to his rescue. Will Master Gabriel discover that Rowan is exactly what he’s been searching for all this time? Or will he simply pick up his whip and go look elsewhere, leaving Rowan just a Little alone.
TITLE: Dreamers
AUTHOR: T.J. Baer
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 218
RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2024
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The week of Leo Torres’ sixteenth birthday, he decides to finally start living as the boy he is. Armed with a new haircut, a chest binder, and a stack of notes declaring his new name to his teachers, Leo shows up to the first day of school ready for a brand new start.
But the ghosts of the past aren’t so easy to overcome. As word about him spreads around school, Leo has to deal with confused classmates, a furious sister, and recurring dreams featuring his long-dead father, who promises he can teach Leo how to “dream walk.” Leo is almost positive the dreams are just that—dreams—but when they take him into the dreamscape of the soft-spoken new kid, Robbie, Leo realizes nothing is as it seems.
Leo never expected to spend his sixteenth year coming out, falling in love, and walking into other people’s sleeping minds, but he’s learning that pretty much anything is possible. Anything he can dream.
TITLE: Losing Game (Fall of the Tyrants)
AUTHOR: A. W. Turner
SERIES: Office Jinx #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2024
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SAM – Over-aged intern – I was attracted to strength and charisma, it didn’t hurt that the man I was currently fantasizing about seemed to have both, only he was a candidate running for office against my boss (Mervin Cross). Me wanting to suck on his d*ck was a complication I didn’t need. The man’s views were the opposite of mine. We were too different, and just because I was Bi, that didn’t suggest he was too. Even if he was looking at me like he wanted to devour me. But I had to confide in someone, otherwise I was going to lose my mind as well as my job.
MAMMON – Prince of Greed – MAMMON – I’m not sure how I allowed myself to be drawn into this farce. It’s not as if I don’t already have enough work on my plate. But when I was pulled into a discussion about Mervin Cross, I was intrigued. Just how had the human managed to amass such a fortune without seeking out demonic intervention. The more I heard the more convinced I was that he was destined for the lake of fire and cheated hell out of his soul. So, when Karriel suggested that I help Jack and Ryan with a scheme to bring down Mervin Cross I couldn’t help myself. My role was to offer myself up as a political rival swaying voters just enough for Cross’s popularity to slip. The fact that I had to distract his campaign manager enough for Jack to find the evidence he needed to crack the Lucem and Mervin Cross apart was just a bonus. Only I’d never expected him to be my mate.
TITLE: Tell Me Lies
AUTHOR: Hinsel Meyer
SERIES: All It Takes #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 296
RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2024
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Drew
A wedding planner moves to Las Vegas to start a new business…
Does that sound like the start of a bad joke? Well it’s my life.
What’s harder than trying to make it in the wedding capital of the world?
Being the one in charge of telling the very big, gorgeous goalie for the Las Vegas hockey team that the woman he thought he was going to spend the rest of his life with, married another man the night before.
Also, running into him at the all-male s*x club where I work.
What’s harder still? Trying to squash my attraction to him every time I run into him.
There’s something about him that just does it for me, too bad he’s heartbroken and fresh out of a huge betrayal. Otherwise I might give into my need for him.
Bear
A secretly gay hockey player agrees to marry a woman for a green card…
Sounds like a plot straight from one of the romance stories from my book club, but it’s my life.
When the gorgeous wedding planner shows up to break the news that my bride has married someone else, I have to push down the happiness and relief.
Weddings are his business, and I can’t let him see how the news affects me, or how he affects me.
But we can’t stop bumping into each other. At the s*x club I’m a member of, the grocery store, he’s everywhere and he’s the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen.
Even as we become friends, I’m still lying to him.
He can never know my wedding was a farce, and I’m the furthest thing from heartbroken. Otherwise I might never see him again.
TITLE: Gym Bros and Saving Throws
AUTHOR: CD Rachels
SERIES: Single Gamer’s Society #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 220
RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2024
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My goal is to be strong and get built. Falling for my―gorgeous, straight―gym bro is against all the rules.
I realize I’m unapologetically, flamboyantly gay. My board game buddies accept me as I am. I love my eyeliner, my accessories, and even my curly hair. Not every gay man is into that, hence my cruddy love life.
But the one thing I want to modify is my physique. I might never be ‘masc,’ but I can be muscular. No one will hurt me again if I become brawny and big, just like the dudes I’m into.
And the one guy I’m into the most is my new gym bro, Vil. He’s big, fit, fun, and charming. How can one dude have all those manly traits and still want to be friends with a femme guy like me?
I refuse to fall for a straight guy. So we’ll keep it strictly platonic while we exercise together. But as the weeks go by, I can’t help but be enchanted by him. He accepts me and has a genuine interest in my life. Vil claims he’s straight, but his smoldering looks tell me otherwise.
When he gently places his hands on me behind closed doors, my world is forever changed. All I wanted was to become jacked so I could love myself more. I’m not supposed to fall for a not-so-straight guy in the process.
Board games have always been fun for me. But getting closer to the gym bro―the same guy who might like me, too―is dangerous. Vil and I are gambling with our hearts, a dangerous game where we both could lose it all.
TITLE: I Touch Hoses
AUTHOR: Bix Barrow
SERIES: Bent Oak, Texas
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 96
RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2024
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What happens when a smoking hot retired rock star finally decides to take a walk on the bi side?
I have no idea. I panicked and tanked our date before I could find out.
When I accidentally overheard Jake Lord, womanizing rock god with a d**k of legendary proportions, say he wanted to come out as bisexual, I never imagined I’d be the first man he’d ask to dinner. What could a famous musician want with me—a guy who’s so freaked by what happened on my last job that I’m working as a gardener to try to forget?
I should’ve turned him down immediately, but he was so adorable—all nervous and awkward—I couldn’t stop myself from accepting his invitation.
But after decades of the rock and roll life, Wesley doesn’t want to be “Jake Lord” anymore. He’s ready to be a dad, a homebody, a guy who rescues kittens. A man like that needs someone who’s got their s**t together. And that’s definitely not me.
So I bailed before I was in too deep.
Oops. Too late.
TITLE: Shots on Net
AUTHOR: J.J. Mulder
SERIES: SCU Hockey #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 371
RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2024
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Carter Morgan III hates everything about South Carolina University except for one thing: hockey. As the starting netminder for the team, he lives for those moments when he can step onto the ice and between the pipes. Unfortunately, his time at school and on the team is slowly coming to an end; although he’d love nothing more than to pursue a career in the NHL, he knows better than to get his hopes up.
Zeke Cassidy needs a place to live. When he answers an advertisement for a roommate, he’s not sure what he is expecting except that it isn’t Carter Morgan III. Carter is unfriendly, aloof, and they have nothing in common; even so, the pair hit it off immediately and become friends.
Carter knows Zeke isn’t interested in being anything beyond friends and roommates. Unfortunately, knowing this doesn’t stop him from hoping for more, no matter how much he tries to convince himself it’s impossible.
TITLE: Resisting You
AUTHOR: E.M. Lindsey
SERIES: Words We Never Said #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 269
RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2024
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“Do you think I can go to jail for cutting holes in all the toes of my boss’s socks? Because that’s where I’m at in life.”
Frey’s a single dad, a nurse, and ready to wage a one-sided prank war against the arrogant surgeon with the sexy accent he keeps getting paired up with. And while there might be more to Dr. Renato Agosti, Frey isn’t sure he wants to feel anything but hatred for the man who said his biggest accomplishment was that he never met a resident he couldn’t make cry.
But everything changes the day Frey’s pranks go too far, and Renato corners him behind closed doors. In a series of bad decisions, hate turns into something else—something forbidden and delicious—and it doesn’t take long before Frey realizes the fine line between hate and love has started to blur.
Frey’s not sure he has room in his life for something complicated with a man who doesn’t know what he wants, though. He has a son to worry about, and a future to figure out. Still, the more Frey and Renato keep sneaking around, the more Frey starts to realize his feelings might be real.
He just needs to figure out if resisting Renato is worth the pain, or if loving him is worth the cost.
TITLE: Ghost Tour
AUTHOR: Pandora Pine
SERIES: Haunted Souls #19
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 178
RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2024
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With the kids out of school for the summer, Detective Jude Byrne takes everyone on vacation to Arizona to visit the Grand Canyon and his grandfather, Running Eagle. The trip will be a chance for everyone to relax and enjoy some fun in the sun without a cold case to work or ghosts to hunt. Little does Jude know he’s dead wrong on both counts.
While driving through Navajo Nation on the way to a family reunion, psychic Copeland Forbes has a terrifying vision. Several women scream in agony while another begs for help. It turns out four Navajo women have disappeared without a trace over the last six months, the last being college student, Prairie Moon. With no clues to their whereabouts, the cases have all gone cold.
Wanting to help, Jude offers the services of the Salem Cold Case team to the Navajo tribal police force, which happens to be manned by three of Jude’s childhood bullies. Not sure who he can trust, Jude turns to Cope and Tennyson in hopes they can contact the missing women’s spirits for some clue to the killer’s identity.
A killer who’s closer than anyone realizes.
Can Jude and Cope rescue Prairie Moon from the monster’s clutches or will her grave be another stop on the ghost tour?
TITLE: Arrows
AUTHOR: K.L. Noone
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 87
RELEASE DATE: 5/25/2024
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Evander Roche doesn’t want to kill anyone. But he’s one of the Queen’s bowmen, and the kingdom’s been invaded. Now Van, and his loyal best friend Milo, and their fellow soldiers, are standing at the brink of war.
Fortunately, the greatest magician in the world has shown up to help. Lorre will either win a war or prevent it — after all, he always gets what he wants. And tonight he wants Van for company.
The magician’s beautiful and powerful. The invitation’s an honor. But Milo’s only concerned about Van getting hurt — and Van’s starting to realize just how much Milo cares.
On the edge of a battlefield, tempted by magic, Van will discover what he really wants … and the person he truly loves.
TITLE: In Sunlight
AUTHOR: Lucien Grey
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 44
RELEASE DATE: 5/25/2024
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The toxic atmosphere that once forced what remains of humanity below ground and made many of them infertile has, after ninety generations, become hospitable. Those strong enough, Settlers, venture Above to aid the survival of the citizens in the Sanctuaries Below.
Trained to become a Settler since childhood, Graham’s dream of living Above with his lover Cole is shattered when his medical test comes back with damning results: he is fertile. With the human race close to extinction, Graham is duty-bound to breed, forcing him and Cole apart.
Misery is followed by fleeting happiness once Graham and his assigned partner’s daughter is born. But loss and grief, hatred and resentment soon follow, leaving all of them uncertain of what their futures hold.
Will he and Cole get the chance to live the life they want together, or will they be kept apart until Graham fulfils his duty?
TITLE: The Guardians: Winning at any Cost
AUTHOR: Edward Kendrick
SERIES: A Shattered Life, 2nd Revised Edition
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 256
RELEASE DATE: 5/25/2024
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Two men, bitter enemies.
One is Roger Nielson. He works security for Phoenix Rising under the auspices of Greg Merrick. He also has a second job, working for a covert organization run by the Old Man. Its mandate is to help those who in need of its services. Roger is gay and often uses the fact effectively to get close to those who have to be eliminated.
The second man is Rico Ferranti. Straight as an arrow, he earned Roger’s hatred when they worked a job together while he was undercover for the DEA, although Roger didn’t know he was. In the process, Rico’s showboating almost caused Roger’s death.
They are brought together again when a gangster Greg helped put in prison is released and comes after him. With the help of Giuli Salvaggi, who also works for Greg, they are able to deal with the man — permanently. In the aftermath, Roger suggests he wouldn’t mind screwing Rico for tension release and Rico explodes. In the back of his mind, however, he wonders what it would be like.
Then, Robin Seawood, who works for the Old Man, recruits both Giuli and Rico into the operation, much to Roger’s consternation.
From there, things explode when the trio is given the job of stopping the head of a Mafia family deep into drug dealing. When Roger is almost beaten to death in the process, Rico must come to terms with his feelings for the man while helping him recover.
Can two opposites become friends … and more? Only time will tell.
TITLE: The Shed
AUTHOR: Dianne Hartsock
SERIES: Alex #2
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 273
RELEASE DATE: 5/25/2024
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As a clinical psychologist, Scott Reid has his share of interesting experiences, though nothing compares with the time he spends with psychic Alex Elson. Plagued by terrifying images and dreams, Alex turns to Dr. Reid in the hopes of learning to control his visions. Instead, Scott is pulled into Alex’s world, where dreams and reality mix and nightmares are real.
Two young brothers have been abducted from the lake outside of Oakton without a trace. Then Alex receives a silver pocket watch in the mail belonging to the elder brother, a taunt from the kidnapper to come find them. Alex’s visions turn at once into nightmares. Images flash in his mind of an abandoned well and a terrified, lonely boy slowly dying at the bottom. The shed looms close by, holding a horrifying secret, a dark place Alex’s frightened mind refuses to go.
With the help of Scott Reid, Alex endeavors to control his visions and find the brutalized victims before death claims them. But the watch is ticking away and time’s running out.
TITLE: Brewing for My Mate
AUTHOR: Lorelei M. Hart
SERIES: Omegas of Oliver Creek
PUBLISHER: Decadent Publishing
RELEASE DATE: 5/25/2024
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I started the Oliver Creek Brew five years ago before Oliver Creek went from sleepy and dying to a bustling, trendy town. I wait daily for my omega to walk right in and order a coffee. Perhaps I’ve been reading too many romance novels. I long for him, whoever he is.
Everyone loves coffee and pastries, and I even offer a selection of superior loose-leaf teas. I’ve almost given up on meeting my fated when a handyman traveling through town offers to help with my disaster of a plumbing issue. Problem is, he’s a wandering spirit and mine loves to stay right here at home.
TITLE: Teas’d
AUTHOR: Vin George
SERIES: Evergreen Council
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 53
RELEASE DATE: 5/25/2024
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Don’t play games with a vampire unless you’re prepared to lose.
Playing pranks on his three-hundred-year-old vampire sire wasn’t Charley’s brightest idea. Now Dalziel has set him a task.
Charley is stuck with a night’s worth of brain-twisting clues and his own company until he solves them all. Not even Luc can help!
Charley wants to win, but can he ever really lose? His mate is waiting for him regardless, ready to rock his world.
TITLE: A London Little’s Octopus
AUTHOR: Ellie Rose
SERIES: Stuffie Hospital London
PUBLISHER: CLAficionado Press
RELEASE DATE: 5/26/2024
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Charlie hasn’t seen Leon since they were both on the same ward after their top surgeries, so when the social worker brings a stuffie in to get repaired, Charlie’s delighted to see him again.
Leon hasn’t been able to get Charlie out of his mind since he left the hospital, so bumping into him here, a year later, feels like fate for the Daddy Dom.
TITLE: Losing his Daddy
AUTHOR: AW Scott
SERIES: Coleman Ranch
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 5/26/2024
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This is Gerald’s story.
TITLE: Mated into the Mob
AUTHOR: Colbie Dunbar
SERIES: The Wolves of La Luna Noir #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 5/26/2024
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I thought revenge would taste sweet… but it’s not revenge I keep wrapping my lips around.
Bartending is far from my career goal, but I’m not at La Luna Noir to pad my 401k. Heck, I’m not even here to pay my bills. I took this job for one reason and one reason only: answers. If only it is that easy. This place might be filled with secrets, but all I’ve been discovering is new cocktail recipes… until today.
The office is left open and now’s my chance. All I have to do is go in, find what I need, and get out. Easy peasy. Right?
Wrong.
Now I’m a prisoner in the mob boss’s basement, struggling for my life, and hating how hot I think he is. Oh yeah, and he bit me for no reason… who does that? And why did I like it?
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