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
Divide & Conquer	Abigail Roux	Riptide Publishing	7/1/2024	Cut & Run #4, Re-Release	Amazon
Pucking Human	Charity Parkerson	Punk & Sissy Publications	7/1/2024	Thin Ice #7	Amazon
Hiding Him	Adam Hattan	The Hattan Company Ltd	7/1/2024	Hiding Him #1	Amazon
Paleolithica	Nando Gray	Bonfire Publishing	7/1/2024	Paleolithica #1	Amazon
Meet You In The Waves	Aria Brennan	Self Published	7/1/2024	South Coast #1	Amazon
The Seduction of James Gray	Colette Rivera	Self Published	7/1/2024	Moonlight Falls #1	Amazon
What Daybreak Gives Us	James P Conway	Self Published	7/1/2024		Amazon
Shameless Game	Kelly Finley	Self Published	7/1/2024	Shameless Sport	Amazon
His Country	Jacqueline McCall	Self Published	7/1/2024		Amazon
Dates & Mistakes	Milana Spencer	Self Published	7/1/2024	Love Letters #1	Amazon
The Viscount’s Forbidden Love	M.M. Wakeford	Self Published	7/1/2024	The Stanton Legacy #4	Amazon
Father Crows Best	Jaime Samms	Self Published	7/1/2024	Four-legged Cupid #3	Amazon
Wolf Gift	TJ Nichols	Self Published	7/1/2024	Outcast Pack #7	Amazon
The Man Who Hated Clouds	Gayleen Froese	DSP Publications	7/2/2024	Ben Ames Case Files	Amazon
A Little More Forgiveness	Pauley J Ray	NineStar Press	7/2/2024	Hot Property #3	Amazon
Silver Buckle Linings	BA Tortuga	Turtlehat Creatives	7/2/2024	BA’s Cozy Cowboys	Amazon
Bradford, Bru and Brendan Too	Colin Dereham	Wild One Press	7/2/2024	Bondi Bears #3	Amazon
Husky Love	Gabbi Grey	Self Published	7/2/2024	Friend of Gaynor Beach Animal Rescue	Amazon
Hammering Hearts	Alex Danvers	Self Published	7/2/2024	Pine Point Fixer-Uppers #1	Amazon
The Idiot	Dianna Roman	Self Published	7/2/2024	Carver Brothers #2	Amazon
Choke Hold	Eve Holmes	Self Published	7/3/2024	Eve Holmes #2	Amazon
On Thin Ice	Denver Shaw	Self Published	7/3/2024	The Games We Play	Amazon
Seeking Fire	Megan Linden	Self Published	7/4/2024	Dragon Academy #1	Amazon
Never Darling	Sam Burns & W.M. Fawkes	Self Published	7/4/2024	Fortune Favors the Fae	Amazon
The Brotherhood Vol. 3	Willa Okati	Changeling Press	7/5/2024	The Brotherhood Vol. 1	Amazon
Full Service	Cora Rose	Self Published	7/5/2024	Franklin U 2	Amazon
Marked Out with Greater Brightness	K.L. Noone	JMS Books	7/6/2024	As Many Stars #2	Amazon
14 Beats – No Breath	David Connor & E.F. Mulder	JMS Books	7/6/2024		Amazon
Two Weeks to Look Forward to	Tinnean	JMS Books	7/6/2024		Amazon
Rowan & Aldred	Lucie Fleury	Self Published	7/6/2024	Ambrosia T.2	Amazon
Samuel’s Heart	JoJo Stone	Self Published	7/6/2024	London Series #3	Amazon
Heartbreak Honey	Tammy Subia	Self Published	7/7/2024		Amazon

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TITLE: Divide & Conquer

AUTHOR: Abigail Roux

SERIES: Cut & Run #4, Re-Release

PUBLISHER: Riptide Publishing

LENGTH: 339

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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The last place these men want to be is in the limelight.

Law enforcement in Baltimore has a PR problem. Robberies, bombings, and violent crimes are on the rise. The public wants something done, and even the FBI is catching blame. When Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett accidentally become the handsome faces of the counter-offense, they find themselves the center of attention from the media . . . and a dangerous band of criminals.

Being respectable is busy work, and the added attention makes it harder than ever to keep their blossoming relationship a secret. Neither man is quite sure where they stand, or where they want to stand. Zane can’t seem to say those three little words, and Ty is too mired in his past to notice.

The bombings throughout the city are getting worse. Without any leads, Ty and Zane find themselves taking their frustrations out on each other. Being together in the shadows but hiding in the spotlight is one more stressor when they’re already taxed to the limit. As a mysterious bomber closes in, it starts to look like neither they nor their relationship has much hope for survival.

*This is a limited re-release of the original series, without changes. Some aspects of the story are now dated, and an updated version will be published at a later date.*

TITLE: Pucking Human

AUTHOR: Charity Parkerson

SERIES: Thin Ice #7

PUBLISHER: Punk & Sissy Publications

LENGTH: 195

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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Some days, Rider is a terrible boss. Other days, he’s a dream. Either way, he’s completely off limits.

After a long and successful hockey career, Rider moved on to take over the general manager position of a professional hockey team. It’s not exactly the cozy job he hoped it would be. In fact, he might be out on his butt soon if he can’t win a championship. But the job still has its perks—like a sassy personal assistant who couldn’t be deeper beneath Rider’s skin.

Rider is rich, spoiled, and maddening. The guy is barely human. He drives Ben insane with his arrogant ways. Despite all those things, Ben has no desire to be anywhere else. His long working hours are the happiest of his day. The fire between them seems like so much more than friction. They have a spark. Zero good can come of a workplace romance, especially when Rider has nothing to gain, and Ben has everything to lose.

TITLE: Hiding Him

AUTHOR: Adam Hattan

SERIES: Hiding Him #1

PUBLISHER: The Hattan Company Ltd

LENGTH: 278

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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Let’s get one thing straight: Cameron Hawkins isn’t. What he is, is hopelessly single and longing to escape his village in the arse-end-of-nowhere. That is until a newcomer arrives: Finn. He’s tall, dark, obscenely handsome and somewhat of an enigma…

Is Finn the answer to Cam’s happily ever after? Or will shadows of the past stand in the way of their palpable chemistry?

TITLE: Paleolithica

AUTHOR: Nando Gray

SERIES: Paleolithica #1

PUBLISHER: Bonfire Publishing

LENGTH: 237

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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Entin has never belonged. His tribe had never accepted him. And so, when the raid began and his village erupted in flames, he froze. Now, abducted and far from home, he must confront his past to survive the future. He’s never known war, yet now the threat of combat is the only thing that might ensure his freedom and survival. Flung into a culture foreign to him and forced to rely on a young man near his age for survival, he’s destined to make choices he never dreamed of to reclaim his freedom…

Cascade knew duty. It compelled him. And so it had been his designs that allowed the raids to be possible. But he also knew honor. And a part of him had always resisted the path his tribe traveled. As he dragged his captive toward Mountainhome, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of dread about what awaited them. The Wolves were coming. And he feared none of them were ready for the terror the ancient legends warned of…

TITLE: Meet You In The Waves

AUTHOR: Aria Brennan

SERIES: South Coast #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 290

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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AJAY

No one expects to be abandoned the day before Christmas but that is exactly where I find myself when my mum cancels our summer holiday to be with her new husband. Not wanting to spend the break alone, I jump at my best friend’s offer to join him at his family’s beach house.

The only potential hiccup? Dane’s lazy, beach bum older brother, Nick, will also be there.

Except Nick is like nothing his younger brother has represented. He’s a welcome breath of fresh air, a man who lives life to the fullest and who calls to me in ways nobody else has ever done before. Oh, and did I mention how good he looks on the back of a surfboard?

As far as I know I’m totally straight and it’s easy to mistake attraction for admiration. But then the lightbulb suddenly flicks and I can no longer deny how much I want him.

I’m hooked and falling fast but we both have exes – my manipulative, slightly stalkerish high school sweetheart and his devastatingly beautiful supermodel ex who just so happens to be Nick’s best friend – who aren’t quite so thrilled about letting us have our happily ever after. Besides, this was only meant to be a summer fling. Right?

TITLE: The Seduction of James Gray

AUTHOR: Colette Rivera

SERIES: Moonlight Falls #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 298

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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Mystery, temptation, and risking it all.

James Gray lives a life free of complications. Even in Moonlight Falls, a town known for supernatural activity, he stays away from the more sinister magical arts, preferring the simple work of a magical electrician.

Sebastian Storm is a man James hasn’t thought about in years until he hears Sebastian inherited the haunted house north of town. Most locals avoid the place. The eccentric Sebastian moves in and requests James’s help with electrical problems.

Storm House’s shade infestation is the first hitch in the job. The second? Sebastian. He’s doing his best to get James into bed. James doesn’t want any part of Sebastian’s games, no matter how attractive he is, but James begins to wonder if there’s more going on at the haunted property than Sebastian will admit.

Uncovering secrets will only bring trouble, but James can’t help himself. There’s something about Sebastian he can’t shake. What’s the worst that could happen if he lets himself be seduced by the mystery as well as the man?

TITLE: What Daybreak Gives Us

AUTHOR: James P Conway

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 468

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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Arlo Chester had never had it easy. The village was small enough that he hadn’t ever had a life outside of this. Being nineteen and a full-time thief, breadwinner, and carer for his bedridden mother wasn’t easy, but he got on with it just as he had for the last seven years since his father’s death.

Or, he did, until his life became intertwined with that of a young man who owned a fruit shop that Arlo frequently stole from. There was just something about Finn Baker, something that he couldn’t place. And he didn’t have the time to place it anyway, not with so much going on.

But Arlo can’t ignore his feelings for very long when Finn becomes directly involved in the backstreet happenings of Arlo’s life. Between secrets from his childhood, long-held grudges, an internal battle about his sexuality, and trying to source where his next meal will come from, there’s far too much for him to deal with alone.

In an attempt to learn how to let go of the childhood that he never got, Arlo navigates loss, love, and life through the circumstances of his upbringing. And through it all, whether or not he makes time for the young man stealing his heart is up to him. A lot of things are, at the end of the day.

TITLE: Shameless Game

AUTHOR: Kelly Finley

SERIES: Shameless Sport

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 468

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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I’m the number one pro quarterback in love with two people. Talk about a double team.

One romance is my sexy, shameless frenemy from college, Blair Monroe. The other is my hot, ink-covered teammate, Colton Hawke.

And here’s the kicker—we’re stuck on a secluded island while Blair pretends to be my girlfriend, and Colton’s still pissed we lost the Super Bowl.

How the hell did we get in this steamy mess?

In high school, Colton was irresistible. Our connection was powerful on the field. We’re still pros at hiding our match.

In college, I fell in love with Blair, too. But her roommate was my girlfriend, so Blair was off-limits…until this past Valentine’s night. We shared one night and a shameless bet—who could out-tempt the other? Yeah, Blair won the bet and my heart.

Back then, I couldn’t have either.

Now, I want them both.

The catch? Name an out pro football player. That’s what I thought.

We have ten days to get our pounding hearts, our tender secrets, our flirting bets, and our hot urges under control. Because I have a Super Bowl to win.

The question is, can I score two hearts forever, too?

TITLE: His Country

AUTHOR: Jacqueline McCall

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 226

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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Aiden Brooks didn’t want to be found. Fate has other plans…and his name is Ethan Landry.

Aiden Brooks never wanted anything in life. Growing up with a distant mother and a father beaten down from fighting to keep the family farm afloat, he couldn’t see much of a future. Especially when he fell in love with his best friend. Terrified and full of shame, Aiden did the only thing he could–he ignored it.

But then his family lost the farm. And his best friend fell in love with another man. So without a word, Aiden ran.

With nothing but his dog and the echoes of his heartbreak for company, Aiden hides on a cattle farm in Montana. But winter blows in more than just cold weather. The past he left behind arrives on his doorstep, and with it comes pushy veterinarian Ethan Landry. He’s stubborn, annoying, handsome, and reminds Aiden of all the things he told himself he didn’t want. And of all the desires he’s fought so hard to repress.

Grappling with guilt and shame, Aiden finds himself drawn to Ethan in ways he never believed possible. He must find the courage to let go of his past or risk losing Ethan—and a chance at happiness—forever.

TITLE: Dates & Mistakes

AUTHOR: Milana Spencer

SERIES: Love Letters #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 228

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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What happens when you accidentally go on a blind date with the wrong guy — worse, a straight guy?

EDWIN

After spending my first year of university sleeping around, I want a real boyfriend. After showing up to a blind date, I meet Leo, who’s friendly and sweet, and we spend the day wandering around the city, getting to know each other. It’s a perfect first date…

Until I realise Leo isn’t my blind date — he’s a random man off the street. I want to die from embarrassment, but Leo laughs it off and insist that we stay friends.

I have to admit, I like being Leo’s friend. He’s funny, kind, gorgeous…and straight. I’m still dedicated to my mission of finding a boyfriend, but with every moment I spend with him, I can’t help but think he’s perfect for me. And sometimes, with his casual touches and lingering looks, I wonder…maybe he wants me too?

TITLE: The Viscount’s Forbidden Love

AUTHOR: M.M. Wakeford

SERIES: The Stanton Legacy #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 300

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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“From the moment I first met you, I have felt an inexplicable attraction. I want you, Ambrose, and I am unashamed to say it.”

Daniel Stanton has been blessed with everything. He is charming, confident and handsome—and heir to the great Stanton fortune. At age 24, he has had his fair share of amorous adventures with women, as well as one tantalising experience with a man, leaving him wondering about his sexual inclinations. Those questions are quickly answered when he first meets Ambrose Cranshaw, his grandfather’s estate manager. He wants the man, and what he wants, he usually gets.

Not this time though.

Ambrose Cranshaw is everything that Daniel is not. With no fortune to his name and no connections, he has had to work hard to support himself and his younger sister, climbing his way up in the world to the trusted position of the Earl of Stanton’s estate manager. He may yearn in secret for other men, but he will never risk it all by acting out on his yearnings. When he first meets debonair and charming Daniel Stanton, he knows at once that the man is dangerous. With one flash of those dark, torrid eyes, Daniel could bring the whole edifice of Ambrose’s life crumbling down. At all costs, Ambrose must hide his true feelings for him.

TITLE: Father Crows Best

AUTHOR: Jaime Samms

SERIES: Four-legged Cupid #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 144

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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I’d made up my mind a long time ago. I wasn’t chasing after the wildlife vet.

Sure, he’s handsome. Sexy. And I absolutely have a competence kink.

But he left after high school, and never came back. That was that. He made his choices, I made mine. Life goes on.

Okay, well obviously he came back. But that was two years ago, and he didn’t seek me out. Our past is past, and I’m fine with that.

So when I see the crow who hangs out in my yard get hit by a car, I’m hardly going to use avoiding the wildlife vet as an excuse to let the bird suffer.

If only I’d known when I picked him up and brought him in, how the damn feathered menace would pay me back for helping him.

I’m sure both Bill and I would have been perfectly happy to let bygones be bygones.

The damn crow thought he knew better.

TITLE: Wolf Gift

AUTHOR: TJ Nichols

SERIES: Outcast Pack #7

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 68

RELEASE DATE: 7/1/2024

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Mitchell Wright expected to die when he was captured by hunters. When they chained him and left him in the bush, he hoped to die fast. Instead, his fated mate showed up and saved him. Now he has to deal with his injuries for the rest of his life and he’s a familiar to a witch he doesn’t even know.

Coven Agent Penrith Flint thought he was saving the wolf shifter’s life, not finding himself a familiar. Because of how it happened—the wolf didn’t consent to becoming his familiar—he’s desk bound with his job on the line, while praying to the Fates to let the bond fade.

After four months it hasn’t.

When Mitchell turns up just before Christmas to see him, Penrith needs to decide if he’s willing to let the wolf into his life and risk his heart one more time. While neither of them wanted a fated mate, it is the gift they both need.

One wounded wolf shifter and a slightly bitter blood witch come together to discover that while love may not heal wounds, it makes them easier to bear and that finding Mitchell a pack is the family they both need.

TITLE: The Man Who Hated Clouds

AUTHOR: Gayleen Froese

SERIES: Ben Ames Case Files

PUBLISHER: DSP Publications

LENGTH: 277

RELEASE DATE: 7/2/2024

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Private investigator Ben Ames is supposed to be on vacation. He’s followed his rock star boyfriend, Jesse, to the Edmonton Folk Festival, where Jess is doing an acoustic set with friends and having a boozy sulk about his changing image.

Neither is there to solve a crime, but they’re offered a case anyway, when the festival headliner hires them to help his author friend Charlie.

Charlie’s latest manuscript is missing. A normal guy would have backups, but Charlie’s an internet-hating conspiracy theorist who saved his work to a laptop flash drive, and now the drive and the computer are gone. Ben thinks the case is impossible, but Jess could use a distraction, so they pay a visit to Charlie’s river valley home—where Charlie tells them he knows who took the book, he’s not telling, and a detective can’t help. Good day.

They’re still in Edmonton, enjoying a lazy summer day, when word comes that Charlie’s been murdered. Back on the case and without suspects or a motive, Ben knows the answers are in that missing book. He just needs to do the impossible and find it….

TITLE: A Little More Forgiveness

AUTHOR: Pauley J Ray

SERIES: Hot Property #3

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 430

RELEASE DATE: 7/2/2024

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Gabriel Sanchez is a man running away from his past, unaware it’s about to catch up to him. Stuck in an isolated cabin with two strangers is the last thing he planned. One guy, a bear of a man shouldering intolerable emotional pain, Gabe instinctively wants to soothe. The other, kinder, gentler, and just wishing to be seen, Gabe desperately wants to show him how visible he is. However, the harder he tries to keep both at bay, the more they fight and the closer they get until his heart begins to desire things he’s promised himself it can never have again.

Leo Taylor has yearned for approval his whole life, and as the lawyer negotiating the sale of a run-down cabin and its land, this time he may just earn it. But, trying to keep the peace between a cocky New Yorker and the grumpiest man alive is slowly taking its toll. During their confinement, secrets are uncovered that will force Leo to make a tough choice. Close the sale and gain the approval he craves, or follow his heart and fight for the men for whom he’s falling head over heels.

Mitchell Houghton is drowning in grief and guilt following the death of his wife four years ago. Then, along comes a lawyer with an outsider who claims to own 50 percent of his home, his land. After years of self-imposed isolation, Mitch is now trapped with them both in his small cabin. Determined to make their lives a misery, he almost succeeds, until their unwanted interaction and attention makes him remember the man he used to be—the one he thought lost forever—giving him another chance at a happiness he’s not sure he deserves.

TITLE: Silver Buckle Linings

AUTHOR: BA Tortuga

SERIES: BA’s Cozy Cowboys

PUBLISHER: Turtlehat Creatives

LENGTH: 247

RELEASE DATE: 7/2/2024

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When cowboy Sterling Jordan heads from his home in Aspen to Durango, Colorado, he’s looking for his sister’s baby, and he intends to take that child home with him, no matter what the situation is. Then he meets his nephew’s adoptive father, Benjamin Collier, and Benji is the last thing he expects. So he just holds off on telling Ben who he is.

When Ben discovers that Sterling has been omitting some very important parts of his history, he’s furious, but he has to admit that Sterling never out and out lied to him, and that the big name, big money cowboy is absolutely fascinating. He’s willing to let Sterling get to know his son, Xavier, but not to let the man have him, so they have to find a compromise.

The two men navigate siblings, parents, and the bad start to their relationship to find a way to be a whole new kind of family, one where silver linings come with buckles and baby blankets.

TITLE: Bradford, Bru and Brendan Too

AUTHOR: Colin Dereham

SERIES: Bondi Bears #3

PUBLISHER: Wild One Press

LENGTH: 318

RELEASE DATE: 7/2/2024

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A legally-blind man in an abusive relationship finds hope in a burly bear with a heart of gold.

BRADFORD

Six years ago, I lost my mother, my eyesight, and my career within the space of months. Things only started to look up when my guide dog, Brendan, came bounding into my life. Then, just as I was getting back on my feet, I met Jarrod. His fiery personality drew me in from the start, but eventually he turned it against me. Nowadays, I live in constant fear that his nastiness may soon turn to violence. Nobody can know about this, though. There’s no way I’d be able to deal with that kind of shame and embarrassment. The only saving grace is that Jarrod’s insisted on an open relationship. With him out on the hunt most of the time, I can breathe easier.

BRUNO

I love my partner, but after twenty years together, he’s more of a best mate than a better half. When our sex life died, we decided to open up our relationship. It worked for a long time, but lately we’ve drifted even further apart. I want so much more from life, but at nearly fifty, I’m starting to believe my ship has sailed. And then I meet Bradford…

From the very first night I spotted that gorgeous little teddy bear being harassed at a bar, I wanted to save him. The more time I spend with him, though, I realise there’s no saving my heart. I can’t stand the nightmare I see whenever I look into his restless eyes, but the last thing I want to do is saddle an abused man with an ultimatum. He already has a bully. What I want to give him is love.

TITLE: Husky Love

AUTHOR: Gabbi Grey

SERIES: Friend of Gaynor Beach Animal Rescue

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 328

RELEASE DATE: 7/2/2024

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Danny

I may be young, but I’ve done a hell of a lot of growing up in the past year. I watched my big brother deal with the challenges of loving someone, went through some medical stuff myself, and changed my career plans and ultimately, my city. Gaynor Beach is smaller than where I was, but it has two attractions—my brother’s big new house, where he’s letting me live for now, and Rob Dunn. When I met Rob, just, damn. Like my brother, I wanted to help that sweet, stubborn guy and his cute kids get back on their feet. Maybe the rescue husky wasn’t the right gesture, despite Rob’s connection to her, but a dog is love on four paws, and I plan to be there to help all the way.

Rob

I fled my abusive husband with my two kids and the clothes on our backs. I’m grateful every day for the support the Gaynor Beach folks have given us…okay, I’m not sure I’m precisely grateful for the rambunctious young husky Danny Reynolds gave us, but Trouble makes my kids smile, and that’s a big win in my eyes. I’m determined to get back on my feet. I hate relying on other people to help us, but somehow it doesn’t bother me as much when it comes from Danny. It’s nice to have a real friend after all those isolated years, but do I want to keep him in the friend zone?

TITLE: Hammering Hearts

AUTHOR: Alex Danvers

SERIES: Pine Point Fixer-Uppers #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 274

RELEASE DATE: 7/2/2024

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It’s been years since Jake Rasmussen and the Pine Point Fixer Uppers crew worked a job together. What used to be a successful project now brings in little more than coffee money. Years of drifting apart, moving away, and at least one messy breakup split them all apart. It would have taken a literal miracle to get them all back together in the same room…or a juicy offer to host their own home renovation show.

Quinn Benson has a house full of grief. After his grandfather passes away, he inherits the property where he grew up, along with his grandpa’s overwhelming hoard. When he stumbles into a call from a new show, looking to fix up people’s houses, he seizes the opportunity. It’s only when the crew shows up and they dive head-first into the problem that reality slams down onto him. Sorting through a lifetime of memories is one thing. Doing it with a hunky, blond carpenter over his shoulder is more than he bargained for.

Jake isn’t a permanent fixture. The show will whisk him off to another city in a few meager weeks. Quinn’s not ready to open himself up to a relationship with an obvious expiration date. Yet each time they try to keep a reasonable distance, they crash back into each other. Jake is light and goofy and always ready to lend an ear. Quinn is stark and serious, and just like fixing up a house, Jake can’t resist trying to dive in and help. As they tear open the walls and expose everything, they’re either going to find something sturdy, or see that there’s too much rot to build anything.

TITLE: The Idiot

AUTHOR: Dianna Roman

SERIES: Carver Brothers #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 314

RELEASE DATE: 7/2/2024

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There’s no picking who you love…nor getting rid of them.

Murphy Malone loves his orchard, his mother, and his dog. Life is great until he can’t stop thinking about what he’s missing—someone to share it all with. When he realizes that his love for his best friend, Jesse Carver, runs deeper than the bonds of friendship, it just makes things worse. The problem—Jesse Carver is the straightest man he’s ever known.

Only time and distance can ease the ache, but what do you do when your loyal best friend follows you to the gay singles cruise you fled to in an attempt to escape your feelings?

TITLE: Choke Hold

AUTHOR: Eve Holmes

SERIES: Eve Holmes #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 324

RELEASE DATE: 7/3/2024

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“But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.”

-Rocky Balboa

Ty Roscoe and Luca Mitchell have moved beyond their rivalry in MMA, becoming more than just teammates. Now working together both in and out of the cage, they’re focused on one common goal: making it to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

But their journey is about more than just achieving success in the octagon. As pressures and obstacles threaten to derail their path to the top, they also grapple with how to love and support each other through it all. As Ty returns to training after injury, and Luca continues to fight for his choices in life, they are no longer exerting dominance and control over one another. Instead, they learn to lean on each other’s strengths and break free from the choke hold these pressures have on them.

They’re stronger together than they ever were apart.

And no matter how tight the hold, they refuse to submit. Because the ultimate strength comes from facing life’s challenges side by side.

But is it enough to make their dreams come true?

TITLE: On Thin Ice

AUTHOR: Denver Shaw

SERIES: The Games We Play

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 334

RELEASE DATE: 7/3/2024

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As captain of the LA Grizzlies, Ryan ‘Ry’ Bennett’s life is all about hockey and pushing himself to the limit. A future in the major leagues would fulfill his life-long dream, but at 32, it seems like a far-off goal, especially as he watches younger, more promising players earn their chance.

Then he skates into Ry’s life.

Twenty-two year-old Alexander ‘Xander’ Harrison, a ray of sunshine, turns Ry’s world upside down. From their first clash at training camp to the late-night conversations that reveal the man beneath the surface, Ry finds himself drawn to Xander in ways he can’t explain. Xander’s everything Ry’s not – carefree, optimistic, and unapologetically himself.

Ry never thought he’d find love, especially with a man. But Xander shows him that love doesn’t care about expectations or pasts.

It just is.

When a league shake-up threatens to tear them apart, Ry knows he can’t let go without a fight. Because in the end, love isn’t about the games we play. It’s about the person we choose to stand with, no matter what.

TITLE: Seeking Fire

AUTHOR: Megan Linden

SERIES: Dragon Academy #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 7/4/2024

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Zaryen defies his family—and tradition—to attend the Academy, the school where humans bond with dragons and create partnerships for life. When he meets his companion, he gets more than he could ever dream of, but that’s only the beginning.

Meveris doesn’t understand human prejudices and he understands family rejection even less, but he will do whatever it takes to support his companion and treat him the way he deserves.

They will face backlash from Zaryen’s family, other students, and more, but they will also find love, safety, and courage in each other and those willing to stand by them through it all.

TITLE: Never Darling

AUTHORS: Sam Burns & W.M. Fawkes

SERIES: Fortune Favors the Fae

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 233

RELEASE DATE: 7/4/2024

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Connor Darling has the perfect life. Beautiful husband, million dollar company, and the most adorable tow-headed kid any man could ask for.

When the worst thing imaginable happens, it all crumbles through his fingers. He’s left revisiting the scene of his real-life nightmare over and over, not sure if he’s coming back to try to fix things or figure out where he went wrong. Or if maybe, this is where he belongs now.

Mattias Hall has come home, because the worst has already happened. His grandfather, the man who raised him, has died, and left his grandmother alone to run the family inn. So Mattias gave up his flashy New York chef life for one he’s perhaps better suited to: small town innkeeper.

When Connor Darling returns year after year, neither is sure what the other is looking for, but in Cider Landing, anything is possible. Maybe they’ll both find just what they needed in each other, and in the magic of the woods outside of town.

TITLE: The Brotherhood Vol. 3

AUTHOR: Willa Okati

SERIES: The Brotherhood Vol. 1

PUBLISHER: Changeling Press

LENGTH: 305

RELEASE DATE: 7/5/2024

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Under Hill and Over the Bar — It’s a Midsummer’s Eve nightmare for Laurence, who has set up camp deeply in the closet. Keelan’s more interested in encouraging him to embrace his true self.

Tunnel of Love — Christian, the youngest member of The Brotherhood, is also a male stripper. Ewan treats Christian like a real person. Still, Christian will have to accept more than Ewan’s geekiness when his fantasy comes to life.

Salt of the… Earth? — A former male escort, Alex is hot, he’s hip, and he knows how to play the dating game. He’s out at Amour Magique with one goal in mind: find someone absolutely down to earth, have a fabulous night, and hopefully get laid. What he finds is Dylan.

Once Upon a Liam — Jordan’s just been through a really special level of Hell, and desperately need to work off some stress. He wants Liam — and Liam is what he gets in his bed, every way Jordan and Liam could possibly want.

TITLE: Full Service

AUTHOR: Cora Rose

SERIES: Franklin U 2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 252

RELEASE DATE: 7/5/2024

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In all of my years as a professor, never did I imagine I’d end up getting a lap dance from a student. But I did. What’s worse? He’s my new TA. And the icing on top of the cake? I can’t stop thinking about it. Can’t get him off my mind.

I’m Dr. Silas Sinclair. Respectable educator and a man with his head on his shoulders. I don’t break the rules. I don’t cross boundaries. And I certainly don’t stalk students.

Or at least I didn’t until him.

Everly Winslow is bad news waiting to happen. He’s everything I should stay away from, but I can’t. The flirting. The taunting. It’s constant, and it’s too much.

I’m only human and it’s only a matter of time before I crack and give in to my desires. When all is said and done, will I be able to maintain my respectable career or will it all crash and burn?

TITLE: Marked Out with Greater Brightness

AUTHOR: K.L. Noone

SERIES: As Many Stars #2

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 61

RELEASE DATE: 7/6/2024

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Adventurer Blake Thornton, scholar-duke Ashley Linden, and Scottish physician Cameron Fraser are in love. They plan to build a life together. But change comes with complications, as Cam knows all too well.

He worries about Ash’s health, after illness. He needs to ensure Blake feels safe and cared-for, especially in bed. He knows his new lovers are an earl and a duke, young and titled and wealthy, all of which Cam isn’t. He’s promised to move in with them, in London, but that means leaving his practice in Edinburgh, his home, full of memories and ghosts.

During a fortnight in Edinburgh, Cam will face his doubts, and with Blake and Ash at his side, he’ll learn to believe in happy endings again.

TITLE: 14 Beats – No Breath

AUTHORS: David Connor & E.F. Mulder

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 209

RELEASE DATE: 7/6/2024

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Cecil, son of Anna and Dr. Albert Morgan, was raised in a well-to-do neighborhood in the 1930s. Always feeling different — separate — from everyone around him, after college, he relocates to an Appalachian Mountain cabin.

Lonely at first, Cecil spends a great deal of time talking to himself. One night, he hears a song on a breeze with a long note held for fourteen beats. As far as Cecil knows, he is alone on that side of the desolate mountain, so who is singing?

He eventually meets up with the mysterious mountain man without a name, a man who also lives separated from the world. Was his seclusion a choice? When illness occurs, will the aid Cecil brings during a time when doctors treat mental illness like a crime and homosexuality as a mental illness make things better or worse?

TITLE: Two Weeks to Look Forward to

AUTHOR: Tinnean

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 160

RELEASE DATE: 7/6/2024

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Greyson Carteret has been sick for as long as he can remember. His life has been one surgery and invasive procedure after another, and nothing has helped. In fact, he seems to be getting worse, and he feels too miserable to care one way or the other. His father had apparently been unable to cope with his chronic illnesses and took off with another woman.

As a result, his mother is the only one available to see to his care. Now, though, due to a family emergency, she has to go out of town. She doesn’t feel Grey can be left on his own, so when his doctor refers a home healthcare agency to her, she hires Dylan Morse to look after Grey. To his surprise, Grey is fascinated by the man.

Dylan, who is taking a break from nursing by working as a home health aide, finds he likes Grey, and is saddened to learn the young man only has months to live. A friendship quickly develops between the two, and Grey regrets it isn’t likely to grow into anything more. However, Dylan is curious about Grey’s symptoms and by Mrs. Carteret’s insistence that her son only eat the food she’s prepared for him.

Will Dylan discover the truth behind Grey’s numerous illnesses? Can their friendship become anything more if he can help Grey live to see his twenty-third birthday?

TITLE: Rowan & Aldred

AUTHOR: Lucie Fleury

SERIES: Ambrosia T.2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 320

RELEASE DATE: 7/6/2024

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Rowan is a bully. Always has been, always will be. After all, what better way to prevent people from hurting you, than hurting them first? But this time, he’s gone too far. The God of Justice has heard about his crimes, and now he must suffer the consequences…

Aldred, God of Justice and Retribution, is all too willing to take Rowan into his dungeon to deliver the sentence he rightly deserves. After all, punishing humans is his favorite pastime—he’ll take great pleasure in the careless, sadistic fun that Rowan’s incarceration offers him.

What he doesn’t expect is finding more. Because there’s something underneath Rowan’s spitefulness. Something he wants to find, care for and protect. However, if he acts on his urges, his ward will become permanently addicted to the ambrosia his body produces, altering Rowan’s life forever.

TITLE: Samuel’s Heart

AUTHOR: JoJo Stone

SERIES: London Series #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 258

RELEASE DATE: 7/6/2024

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The journey to forgiveness begins with goodbye…

Samuel

I don’t deserve love or happiness. The last few years of my life have been full of enough guilt and hurt for me to deny it. The pain in my body matches the pain in my heart and it’s my penance for the role I played in the loss of my mentor, a man who would still be here if it weren’t for my failure. If I can’t even forgive myself, how can those who lost him forgive me?

The guilt that drives me to help others is my only companion—even when it’s to my detriment. That is until I see him. He’s as broken as I am and wants to move on, but he can’t do it alone. I know I’m not good enough for him, but maybe he’s the key to my absolution.

Rory

I spent the last two years enveloped in pain while I tried to find the man I’d loved and lost. My need to say my last goodbye and find closure keeps me driving forward, despite the pain and loneliness. If I can’t find what I lost, how can I ever move forward?

After being blocked, barred, and shut down at every turn, I’m ready to give up. That is until I run into him. We’re both broken, but maybe by helping me, he can help himself, too. He thinks he’s not good enough for me, but I found love once and lost it, so maybe we can find it—together.

TITLE: Heartbreak Honey

AUTHOR: Tammy Subia

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 509

RELEASE DATE: 7/7/2024

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Five years ago, the global sensation boy band Boys Will Be Bovs broke up in a disastrous fashion while at the height of their fame. Now, Skyler James’ solo career has made him more successful than ever, but he still feels like something is missing. Because remember all those rumors back then about him and his bandmate Trevor Blue? They weren’t just rumors. And he lost a lot more than the band when they all split up—he lost Trevor too.

Meanwhile, thanks to the flop of his first and only solo album, Trevor has managed to fade into relative obscurity. But when Skyler shocks the world by coming out as gay, he inadvertently drags Trevor back into the spotlight, and Trevor’s not happy about it. Until he reconnects with Skyler and realizes that he was meant for so much more than the quiet, lonely life he’s been living. All the passion he had for music when he was younger is still inside of him—and so is all the love he had for Skyler. But will the pressure of the outside world tear them apart again?

 

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