Here are the new releases for the week.

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Title	Author	Publisher	Release Date	Other Details	Link
Where Fools Have Tread	Jennifer Cody	Self Published	8/19/2024	Tales from the Tarot / Murder Sprees and Mute Decrees	Amazon
Say It Again	Tessa Hatfield	Dreamspinner Press	8/20/2024		Amazon
Don’t Point at the Moon	Brian Lancaster	Pride Publishing	8/20/2024		Amazon
Prince of the Palisades	Julian Winters	Viking Books for Young Readers	8/20/2024		Amazon
Otter Heart	Atreus Rosewood	UwU Publishing	8/20/2024	Hardwood Beach Boys #2	Amazon
Jonathon, After All	K. Sterling	Bawdy Books	8/20/2024	Princes Take New York #1	Amazon
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun Vol. 6	Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou	Seven Seas Entertainment	8/20/2024	The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun #6	Amazon
Angel’s Share	Layla Reyne	Self Published	8/20/2024	Agents Irish & Whiskey #5	Amazon
Beauty and the Boutique	Kota Quinn	Self Published	8/20/2024	Foggy Basin	Amazon
Like a Wildfire	Layla Lochran	Self Published	8/20/2024		Amazon
Psychopath	Louise Collins	Self Published	8/20/2024	Behind Bars #2	Amazon
Get A Fix	Mary Calmes	Self Published	8/20/2024	Torus Intercession #6	Amazon
Hometown Hero	Declan Rhodes	Self Published	8/20/2024	Whistleport Hockey #1	Amazon
Wanting to Belong: Hephaestus Story	Lisa Oliver	Self Published	8/20/2024	The Gods Made Me Do It #15	Amazon
Rock Bottom	L Eveland	Grim Cat Press	8/21/2024	Junkyard Dogs Securities #1	Amazon
Fae for Pay	Meghan Maslow	Pun City Pantse	8/21/2024	Fortune Favors the Fae	Amazon
Dare to Trust	Skylar Platt	Self Published	8/21/2024	All About Trust Series #2	Amazon
You Can Save Me	R.L. Merrill	Self Published	8/21/2024	Carnival of Mysteries / You Can Do Magic	Amazon
Lost Mate	Sue Brown	One Hat Press	8/22/2024	Sapphire Ranch Wolves #4	Amazon
Sunshine Prince	Ariella Zoelle	Sarayashi Publishing	8/22/2024	Sunnyside Universe	Amazon
I Destroyed the Elf Prince’s Harem	Jocelyn Drake	Self Published	8/22/2024	Fortune Favors the Fae	Amazon
Say Uncle	Raquel Riley	Self Published	8/22/2024	Sinful Summers Duet #2	Amazon
Dead Serious	Pandora Pine	Self Published	8/22/2024	Cold Case Psychic #28	Amazon
The Magician’s Heart	J.P. Jackson	Self Published	8/22/2024	Tales from the Tarot	Amazon
Big Britches	Timothy Warren	Self Published	8/22/2024	Southern Comfort #2	Amazon
Save the Game	J.J. Mulder	Self Published	8/22/2024	SCU Hockey #2	Amazon
Infernal Vices	Isobel Starling	Decent Fellows Press	8/23/2024	Resurrectionist #3	Amazon
His Gentle Omega	Raiven Matthews	Self Published	8/23/2024	Sweet Alps Mates #7	Amazon
Souls Aligned	Arian Williams	Self Published	8/23/2024	Tasier #2	Amazon
Sweet Surrender	N. Slater	Self Published	8/23/2024	Blue Collar Series #2	Amazon
Best Wrong Thing	Colette Davison	Self Published	8/23/2024		Amazon
Heed The Devil	Delaine Smith	Self Published	8/23/2024	The Captive of Love Series #2	Amazon
Nuts and Bolts	BL Maxwell	Self Published	8/23/2024	Foggy Basin	Amazon
You Were Mine	Caleb Marks	Self Published	8/23/2024	Art of Love #1	Amazon
Taste of Surrender	Kimberly Knight & Rachel Lyn Adams	Self Published	8/23/2024	Forbidden Series #4	Amazon
Sober Dope & Sundays	Nordika Night	Self Published	8/23/2024	Weekday Weirdos	Amazon
A Home for My Omega	C.W. Gray	Self Published	8/23/2024	Hobson Hills Omegas #11	Amazon
The Lab: Daxton	Lorelei M. Hart & Aria Grace	Surrendered Press	8/24/2024	Beyond River’s Edge #2	Amazon
The Haunted Hotel	Vawn Cassidy	Underside Press	8/24/2024	Crawshanks Guide to Mischievous Spectres & Spirits #1	Amazon
Secrets & Sake	CJ Ravenna	Self Published	8/24/2024	A Paranormal Yakuza Duet #1	Amazon
Curses & Kitsune	CJ Ravenna	Self Published	8/24/2024	A Paranormal Yakuza Duet #2	Amazon
Making Waves	Shea Balik	Self Published	8/24/2024	Miracle: Salvation Isle #6	Amazon
Reflections of Cypress	V.L. Locey	Self Published	8/24/2024	Love’s Journeys #2	Amazon
Such a Good Omega	Lorelei M. Hart	Decadent Publishing	8/25/2024	His Alpha Desires #1	Amazon
Steady On The Mic	Cyd Sidney	Self Published	8/25/2024	Cinema School #2	Amazon
Desired Bear	Jena Wade & Lorelei M. Hart	Self Published	8/25/2024	Windridge Den #1	Amazon
Cubs & Campfires	Dylan Drakes	Self Published	8/25/2024	Sweet & Stocky #1	Amazon

 

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TITLE: Where Fools Have Tread

AUTHOR: Jennifer Cody

SERIES: Tales from the Tarot / Murder Sprees and Mute Decrees

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 179

RELEASE DATE: 8/19/2024

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Dec:

I’ve never really had much in the way of direction in my life, until I walk into an eerie shop where a strange man charges me more than I should pay for a tarot reading of one card. Next thing I know, I’m graduating school to be a domestic servant and find myself employed by someone else’s weird uncle in the strangest mansion. Everyone is great even if they’re all a little… off. Except Thoren. He’s a thorn in my side, and I’m not sure how I feel about him dropping his cards all the time just to make me pick them up for him. (My ass is not what he’s looking at because… what?)

Thoren:

I’ve known since I was a child the path I would take in life. I’m a guardian, one of the Trustworthy, and I am excellent at my job. I take my pleasure wherever I can find it, because I’ve earned every second of my leisure with the hours, days, and weeks of work I put in on every mission. Finding pleasure in teasing the new butler is new, but Dec seems to like it just as much as I do, no matter how often he tries to hide in the cleaning closet. (I’m definitely looking at dat ass because… yum.)

TITLE: Say It Again

AUTHOR: Tessa Hatfield

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 369

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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Daniel Greene’s life is dance. What it is not? Really anything outside of that. He certainly doesn’t know how to hobnob with rich people or play bartender for their rich private parties, so when his best friend guilts him into doing exactly that, it ought to end in disaster. Instead, it ends with him pressed against a bathroom wall while a hot lawyer kisses his grand jeté-ing brains out.

Aaron Silva is the swooniest. He’s gorgeous, he drips in romance, and the sex is transcendent. So what if he would rather be Daniel’s dream man than talk about work? Being an attorney must be tiring. All those late nights. All those needy clients.

It’s not until Daniel enlists Aaron’s help with some legalese that he stumbles into a bit of a quagmire:

Aaron isn’t a lawyer as Daniel originally assumed. He’s a high-end escort.

Suddenly the clouds Daniel was dancing on get awfully stormy. He can’t compete with other men—richer men—and why should he have to? This changes everything. Well, everything except the way they feel about each other. Can he and Aaron find their way to a happy-ever-after that’s not just another happy ending?

TITLE: Don’t Point at the Moon

AUTHOR: Brian Lancaster

PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing

LENGTH: 273

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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Mitchell Baxter considers Hong Kong his home and his castle. Tommy Chow has the heart of a fortress. But even the mightiest strongholds have their weak spots.

Escaping painful memories of England, Mitchell Baxter has worked hard to build a life in Hong Kong. His sister thinks he might as well be living on the moon. With a landlady he has never met who sends him cards with auspicious Chinese proverbs, a wheelchair-bound friend who doles out savage advice and a demanding boss who thinks nothing of calling him into work on Sundays, he has grown to love his solitary existence. But change is constant in The City That Never Sleeps, and in the same week Mitchell’s sister persuades him to let the nephew he barely knows come to stay, he learns about his employer’s plans to shut down all Hong Kong operations.

Tommy Chow is a native Hongkonger living a carefree existence. As a handsome and athletic twenty-nine-year-old sports teacher, he is rarely without a bedmate. He has the perfect life of a single gay man. If only he could shut out the voice in his head telling him something’s missing.

When Mitchell ruins Tommy’s evening with a good deed, Tommy gives him a roasting, after which neither hopes to see the other again. But Hong Kong is like a village and the two keep running into each other. Forming a truce, Tommy provides suggestions to keep Mitchell’s nephew occupied while Mitchell agrees to help Tommy win over the best man at his sister’s upcoming wedding.

And sometimes a nudge in the right direction is all that’s required.

TITLE: Prince of the Palisades

AUTHOR: Julian Winters

PUBLISHER: Viking Books for Young Readers

LENGTH: 350

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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When roguish Prince Jadon of Îles de la Rêverie is left in America to clean up his image after a horribly public break-up gone viral, romance is not on the table. Carefully planned photo ops with puppies? Yes. Scheduled appearances with the Santa Monica elite? Absolutely. Rendezvous with a pink-haired, film-obsessed hottie from the private school where he’s currently enrolled? Uhhhh… Together with his entourage—a bitingly witty royal guard, Rêverie’s future queen (and Jadon’s brilliant older sister), and a quirky royal liaison—Jadon’s on a mission to turn things around and show his parents, and his country, that he’s more than just a royal screw-up. If he doesn’t prove that he’s the prince Rêverie deserves? Well, he may not be allowed home… But falling for a not-so-royal American boy has Jadon redefining what it means to be a leader. If he can be someone’s Prince Charming just by being himself, maybe that’s all it takes to win over a nation. Or at least a prince can dream…

TITLE: Otter Heart

AUTHOR: Atreus Rosewood

SERIES: Hardwood Beach Boys #2

PUBLISHER: UwU Publishing

LENGTH: 177

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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Welcome to Hardwood Beach, the best beach with a ridiculous name on Lake Michigan. Where if the wind and waves don’t carry you away, your heart certainly will.

Adam

I’m done with men. After going through exactly one hundred guys, I’m certain there’s something wrong with me. That’s why I packed up and took myself to the lake cabin. I needed a summer to just work on me without any hint of romance.

However, my resolve for a boy-free summer quickly fades when a lost dog finds me on the trail and leads me back to his gorgeous owner, Mateo. He’s unlike anyone I’ve ever met. And he’s blind. But somehow, he sees me better than anyone else and the heat between us is electric and irresistible.

When my friends tell me I need to practice being open and honest in a relationship, I immediately think of Mateo. To my surprise, he agrees to be my fake boyfriend as long as we both get the bedroom benefits to go with it. Everything quickly becomes easy, fun, and full of long nights wrapped in each other’s arms.

There’s only one problem: I think I’m falling in love with him.

Mateo

For the past five years it’s just been me and my seeing eye dog, Bessie. I tried to date, but once a guy finds out I’m blind, he’s gone. So I just gave up, resolving to be happy alone despite what anyone else says. However, when Bessie returns with a gorgeous man in tow, I find myself completely smitten.

However, it’s obvious Adam has a boatload of baggage. But the sound of his smile enchants me and a single hand on his cheek tells me he’s about as handsome as they come. It was all too easy to fall into bed with him once he suggest a fake relationship. The only problem is, I’m falling for him.

How do I convince Adam to give me the chance to make him happy when he’s made it clear our relationship is only temporary?

TITLE: Jonathon, After All

AUTHOR: K. Sterling

SERIES: Princes Take New York #1

PUBLISHER: Bawdy Books

LENGTH: 303

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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What do you say to the man who took your virginity, broke your heart, and ruined your life?

For ten years, Jonathon hid his pain, acting out in ridiculous ways in hopes that one day, his prince would rescue him. But when the day finally came, it was too little, too late after being pushed at and rejected by every eligible bachelor in Manhattan.

Leopold, the new Margrave of Hessen, was the gala’s guest of honor but he didn’t give a damn until he spotted the love of his life at the bar. After nearly a decade apart, Leo’s delight quickly turns into confusion when he’s doused by a cocktail and Jonathon flees the gala.

What happened, all those years ago in Austria? And what went wrong? Both men must confront the truth about their secret, month-long affair and break the spell that’s kept them apart. Is it too late for them to turn back the clock, or will Jonathon get his happily ever after, after all?

TITLE: The Husky and His White Cat Shizun Vol. 6

AUTHOR: Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

SERIES: The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun #6

PUBLISHER: Seven Seas Entertainment

LENGTH: 429

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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CALM BEFORE THE STORM

After two lifetimes of misunderstandings, Mo Ran and Chu Wanning have at last opened their hearts to one another. Mo Ran is determined to treat Chu Wanning with all the devotion his teacher deserves, but Chu Wanning has his doubts: has Mo Ran truly turned his attention from his first love, the beautiful Shi Mei, so easily?

Yet the pair must put aside the bloom of new love all too soon. When a crucial clue about Xu Shuanglin’s whereabouts comes to light, the foremost powers of the cultivation realm set out to confront him. But the more devious moves their opponent makes, the greater Mo Ran’s suspicion grows that behind Xu Shuanglin lurks another player–a true mastermind who holds all the pieces.

TITLE: Angel’s Share

AUTHOR: Layla Reyne

SERIES: Agents Irish & Whiskey #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 230

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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FBI agent Aidan Talley just wanted to spend the holiday weekend cheering on his husband’s basketball team. Instead, he’s investigating a cargo theft for the family business and coming face-to-face with a loose end from the case that almost tore him and Jamie apart.

Coach Jameson Walker may spend his days on the sidelines now, but Jamie refuses to stay there when it comes to his husband. When Aidan is cornered by his past, Jamie will do whatever it takes to ground him in the present, including stepping back into his hacker shoes for the Bureau.

Aidan and Jamie thought they’d seen it all, but the City of Angels has more than one ghost in store for them. As revenge and redemption collide, Agents Irish and Whiskey will have to trust in their love and their partnership to solve the case for the family they have, for the one they lost, and for the one they want to call their own.

TITLE: Beauty and the Boutique

AUTHOR: Kota Quinn

SERIES: Foggy Basin

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 162

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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Ezra:

What happens when a famous rock star rescues you from an embarrassing encounter with your nemesis, who also happens to be dating your ex? You kiss him, of course.

When Olly Black walks into my small-town and takes a fast pass to my heart, all I can do is go along with this wild ride. But there’s more to Olly than meets the eye. Sure, he’s gorgeous and talented, and seems a little grumpy at first, but the more I get to know him, the more I see that he’s a genuinely sweet guy.

Something happened in his past, and I want to prove to him that he’s still worth loving. Even if it will break my own heart in the process.

Olly:

I’m still dealing with the aftermath of my stalker. He’s locked up and I’m safe, so why can’t my mind and body get the memo?

When one of my panic attacks is photographed for the world to see, I realize that it’s time I get help. I want to go somewhere quiet, somewhere the paparazzi won’t find me. When my aunt invites me to her small home in Foggy Basin, California, it’s the perfect place to hide out.

TITLE: Like a Wildfire

AUTHOR: Layla Lochran

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 234

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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August: What’s better than watching my favorite team on TV? Gettin’ to see them play live in action. My family surprised me with a once-in-a-lifetime trip, so I’m gonna live it up before the snow flies and I’m frozen to the bone with no one in my bed to warm me up. Here I am in London, ready to catch the game and find a man to set my bedsheets aflame. Realizing my tickets were a scam led me to seek out the next best opportunity and boy, did I find it. This pub’s bartender is as temperamental as our bull back home, but it’s not long before the sparks between us burn hotter than a wildfire in August. This cowboy knows just how to rope this bull and tame his rage. I have eight days before I’m gone. Time’s a tickin’. I better get to work.

Patrick: How did we get here? Americans overrun my pub and it’s driving me mad. In a sea of football jerseys, one man sticks out amongst the crowd; he is the life of the party and wants his way under my kilt. He’s assertive and says he can tame the likes of me? Bring it on cowboy. I’m likely the most stubborn man ye’ve met. Nevertheless, why does my heart skip a beat each time his lips are on mine? All too soon he’s in Wyoming and all we have now are brief texts and missed calls between time zones. Indecision and yearning have me at a crossroads, each path guiding me to one destination—the man at Schuster Ranch.

TITLE: Psychopath

AUTHOR: Louise Collins

SERIES: Behind Bars #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 281

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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No two criminals are alike, and Quinn knows this more than most. After months of stress and pleading, his study has been approved. His participants all reside under one roof: Greenwood Prison.

The men sitting opposite him have done awful things, but Quinn’s not there to judge; he’s there to work through a psychopath checklist.

He needs psychopaths for his study, and one participant fills him with more unease than the others.

Zane Black wears many faces, and Quinn has a hard time finding the real man behind the masks. He flirts, he manipulates, and boasts. He’s clever and takes control of their sessions. With all Quinn knows about psychopaths, he can’t stop his heart being seduced by this one.

When the study finishes, will Zane let Quinn go and move on, or will he leave Quinn with more questions?

TITLE: Get A Fix

AUTHOR: Mary Calmes

SERIES: Torus Intercession #6

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 278

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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Simply because your world collides with a shooting star doesn’t mean that’s a sign, does it?

Cooper Davis has a nice life he’s quite fond of. He has a wonderful family, good friends, and a job he excels at. As a fixer with Torus Intercession, he’s entrusted with the well-being of the people relying on his guidance. He is protector, guardian, but most of all, as his boss always says, everyone needs to be better off once he leaves. The issue is, when he’s asked to watch over the actor Ashford Lennox, he’s not sure that leaving is what he wants to do.

Ashford Lennox is a movie star on the rise. He has everything he’s ever wanted, except someone to love and call his own. He’s learned over the years that home is not a place but sharing a life with one special person you can count on. When he meets the man tasked with keeping him safe during a wedding, it’s like a lightning bolt. Suddenly he can see his whole future unfolding.

Being on the same page is an epiphany for both, now if they could just make it to the happily ever after without getting shot…

TITLE: Hometown Hero

AUTHOR: Declan Rhodes

SERIES: Whistleport Hockey #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 217

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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NHL star Brooks Bennett is at the peak of his hockey career when his widower father experiences a life-threatening health crisis. As an only child, he decides to go out on top, leave hockey, and return to his lobstering hometown of Whistleport, Maine, to care for the man who inspired his hockey dreams.

When he arrives in Whistleport, Brooks is stunned to find his high school sweetheart, Rory Blake, living next door. Rory, now an English teacher and high school hockey coach, is living with his divorced mother, helping her recover from a fractured hip sustained in an overly adventurous cycling mishap.

When Rory swallows his pride and asks Brooks to help save Whistleport’s crumbling hockey rink where they first fell in love, old feelings resurface. The pair, once inseparable, are now nearly strangers, but their shared passion for poetry—a secret language between them—sparks a second chance. However, Brooks’ uncertainty about his future and Rory’s fear of being left behind again threaten their fragile romance.

As they support each other through their parents’ recovery and rally the community to save Whistleport hockey, Brooks and Rory must navigate meddling parents and well-meaning small town gossips to find out whether destiny has a new romance in store for them that could lead to an unexpected happily ever after.

TITLE: Wanting to Belong: Hephaestus Story

AUTHOR: Lisa Oliver

SERIES: The Gods Made Me Do It #15

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 192

RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2024

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Hephaestus, ancient Greek God of fire, metallurgy, and volcanoes, had lived a quiet life on earth, with the three cyclops his only companions. It was a lonely life, especially for one who’d never felt as though he belonged with his kin, but Hephaestus believed he was content. Until one afternoon, when he got blinded by a light, and right before his eyes, the one the Fates intended for him was sprawled on the road, all thanks to his inattention. Finding out later the little shifter was homeless, all compounded the guilt he was feeling.

Landyn, a small Black Footed Ferret shifter, hadn’t stopped running for two years. Every time he felt he’d found somewhere safe, a voice from the past would jump out at him and remind him all over again that safety was an illusion. Having lost the use of his bike after a random car accident, Landyn was on the point of giving up on life. He had no food, nowhere to stay, and no energy left to run. When a random man finds him at the bridge he’d been sheltering under, he truly thought his life was done.

But the Fates love it when two misfits find each other, and Landyn and Hephaestus find a connection, even when the only thing they have in common is the fact they believe their mate would be better off with someone else. Unfortunately, there are others who are not as happy with their mating, and they’ll do anything to split the two apart. Can Hephaestus and Landyn overcome the odds, or will their dreams of belonging disappear into the flames of Hephaestus’s forge?

TITLE: Rock Bottom

AUTHOR: L Eveland

SERIES: Junkyard Dogs Securities #1

PUBLISHER: Grim Cat Press

LENGTH: 307

RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2024

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When you hit the top, there’s only way left to go…

Down on your bodyguard.

Dante

Life as a rockstar’s not easy. I’ve got my vices like anyone else, but I can quit anytime I want. Unfortunately, my band mates have issued me an ultimatum: get sober in thirty days or I’m out. A month in the middle of nowhere should be just the distraction I need to get my head on straight.

Especially since my manager hired a big, British beefcake to guard me.

Now I can’t focus on anything except that gorgeous scowl, those thighs that could crush my skull to powder, and did I mention his sexy accent?

Unfortunately, all he cares about is my creepy stalker fan, but that’s no big deal. Right?

Church

Babysitting Dante is the worst job I’ve ever had. He’s an undisciplined, spoiled rockstar that never bloody shuts up. I can’t trust a word he says, especially when he’s trying to seduce me to get what he wants.

But Dante has a way of getting under my skin like no one else. He knows just which buttons to push to make me want him, even though we both know I shouldn’t.

I can’t afford any distractions, not with an unhinged stalker lurking in the woods nearby. My reputation—and Dante’s life—are on the line. Falling for him is the worst thing I can do, but it might already be too late.

TITLE: Fae for Pay

AUTHOR: Meghan Maslow

SERIES: Fortune Favors the Fae

PUBLISHER: Pun City Pantse

LENGTH: 250

RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2024

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A hot AF wolf who could make me howl all night long. A persistent gold coin with dubious intentions. And a magical whammy no one saw coming!

Hello, gentle reader (or online stalker). My name is Teremie—yes, it’s a T, not a J, thanks for asking—Summers. Maybe you’ve seen me on Only Fae. I play the sexpot elf of your dreams.

Through a bizarre turn of events, I end up cast as an elf in an upcoming epic fantasy film—even though my acting skills are mainly of the “fae for pay” online variety.

My co-star is the once-cute-teen-star, turned smokin’ hot, all grown up, wolf-shifter Kade Savage. He’s gentle, honorable, and he doesn’t care about my past mistakes.

All great, right? Well . . .there are a couple of teensy tiny roadblocks to my happily-ever-after. See, wolves don’t date non-wolves. It’s a thing. And, oh, yeah, he’s straight. Which is fine. I’m perfectly okay with it. My track record is so poor that I might as well be running backward. So, it’s a little crush. What’s the harm?

But before long I catch him giving me big-bad-wolf eyes when he thinks I’m not looking. His low, growly voice makes my heart beat a little faster and sends tingles down my spine and on a one-way trip to my nether regions. Just when the UST between us is about the erupt, we end up in a fantasy scene so real it would make Peter Jackson jealous. What in the Lord of the Rings alternate dimension is this?! Trapped, we have to rely on each other—and a contrary magical coin—to get us home . . . or die trying.

TITLE: Dare to Trust

AUTHOR: Skylar Platt

SERIES: All About Trust Series #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 284

RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2024

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Experiment – A procedure undertaken to make a discovery

Off the ice, people see a hot, charming playboy who aims to bed every woman in the universe before settling down.

On the ice, people see the bad boy enforcer other teams hate, but wish they had on their side.

The truth, I’m numb, tired and alone. The best friend I have is a dog, and she doesn’t even belong to me.

The image I’ve carefully crafted was an escape from the criticism of my father, from the reality of losing my mother and trying to take care of my half-brother from afar. It was all carefully controlled until…it wasn’t.

Until a pair of men changed everything.

One of them claims he doesn’t want to feel anything.

The other claims he’s satisfied with being second choice.

They’re both liars.

I just need to convince them I am their truth.

TITLE: You Can Save Me

AUTHOR: R.L. Merrill

SERIES: Carnival of Mysteries / You Can Do Magic

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 381

RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2024

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Sixties folk singer Dane Donovan vanished from a desolate highway rest area in 1979. Forty years later, he’s found hitchhiking in the California desert on a cold winter’s night. He hasn’t aged a day, but the roadmap of scars he wears tells a chilling tale.

Veteran detective Walter Muse took over Dane’s missing persons case twenty years ago, but his haunting connection to Dane Donovan goes back to a peculiar run-in as a child with The Troubadour and his Talking Board at a traveling carnival. He receives a late-night call with Dane’s whereabouts and races to Laurel Canyon to see for himself whether Dane is real — or a ghost meant to taunt Walter and his somewhat precarious hold on his sanity. Walter’s carefully honed detective instincts are thrown out the window, however, when his obsession with the case develops into an undeniable attraction to the mysterious singer.

Dane is on a mission to stop a new killer hell-bent on picking up where Dane’s kidnapper left off, and Walter is determined to protect him, no matter the personal and psychological cost. They’ll have to rely on new friends and trusted colleagues as well as the power of a mystical spirit board to stop the killing, and have a chance at a real future together.

TITLE: Lost Mate

AUTHOR: Sue Brown

SERIES: Sapphire Ranch Wolves #4

PUBLISHER: One Hat Press

LENGTH: 163

RELEASE DATE: 8/22/2024

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Can the mated humans and wolf shifters of Sapphire Ranch navigate their lives and new love through a world of hunters, danger, and betrayal?

Finding his mate was easy. Proving his innocence is another issue entirely. Will his human mate stand by his side or walk away?

A knock at the door of Sapphire Ranch. Finally, Ross’s lost mate arrives. He’s waited forever to meet his shifter wolf, and now he doesn’t know if Dylan is a traitor to the Cavalry and the war they’ve been fighting against the hunters. The passion between them is undeniable, but their happy ever after is in jeopardy. No one from the pack trusts his mate.

Dylan remembers nothing before waking up four days ago. This strange pack tells him he was an operative of the Cavalry before he went dark. They tell him he could be a traitor. His past is a blank. Does his new mate trust him or will he walk away?

The newly mated couple must find out about Dylan’s past if they are to rejoin the pack. Dylan doesn’t care but for Ross, the Cavalry and the pack are his life. Will Ross stand by his mate whatever the outcome? Will Dylan’s memory return?

TITLE: Sunshine Prince

AUTHOR: Ariella Zoelle

SERIES: Sunnyside Universe

PUBLISHER: Sarayashi Publishing

RELEASE DATE: 8/22/2024

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I thought dodging screaming kids was my worst nightmare until I find myself unexpectedly romancing Prince Charming. Who knew the universe had a better plan than cannonballing into the sun?

Given the choice to either spend the day at an amusement park filled with screaming kids or be shot out of a cannon into the sun, I’ll gladly volunteer to go out with an explosive bang on the intergalactic trip of a lifetime. It would surely be more enjoyable than listening to children shriek like banshee demons while I slowly die of heat stroke.

The last thing I expect is to have a meet-cute with Prince Charming. As a card-carrying grump, I should be immune to Everson’s sunny charm. But something about him makes me want to enjoy the sweet summer heat and maybe, just maybe, a steamy night together.

But what happens when the morning comes?

TITLE: I Destroyed the Elf Prince’s Harem

AUTHOR: Jocelyn Drake

SERIES: Fortune Favors the Fae

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 377

RELEASE DATE: 8/22/2024

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Don’t Pick Up That Coin!

I was just an innocent author minding my own business. Until I found that coin…

The evil thing zapped me into the novel I was writing.

Now I’m dodging ogres, humans, elves, and a certain wizard-in-training with a proclivity for changing people into small harmless animals.

My only goal is to get home again, and the best way to do that is to get this book back on track. I must help the sexy exiled prince find his brother’s killer.

The only problem is that the prince keeps flirting with me rather than the women he’s supposed to be adding to the harem.

Wait! Flirting with me? That can’t be right.

Wait wait! Why did I call him sexy? Am I falling for the prince, too?

TITLE: Say Uncle

AUTHOR: Raquel Riley

SERIES: Sinful Summers Duet #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 254

RELEASE DATE: 8/22/2024

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A bratty middle meets his match in his strict step-uncle when he pushes all the wrong buttons.

Samson

There were other ways I could’ve spent my summer, but my sister’s stepson needed a swift kick in the rear and she thought I was the perfect man for the job. I’m no brat tamer, so being saddled with one wasn’t my idea of a good time, but I can see the appeal when my… less-than-conventional methods prove fruitful.

Matteo

Sam is an egotistical, cocky, rude, impatient jerk. He’s also my boss for the summer… and my stepmom’s brother—did I mention he’s hot AF? He’s supposed to be teaching me a lesson about becoming a man and respecting authority, but his methods probably aren’t what my parents had in mind.

TITLE: Dead Serious

AUTHOR: Pandora Pine

SERIES: Cold Case Psychic #28

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 156

RELEASE DATE: 8/22/2024

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When a grieving father begs the cold case team to investigate the untimely death of his eighteen year old son from a suspected fraternity hazing, Detective Ronan O’Mara is all in. Discovering the previous detectives assigned to the case have done little over the years to solve it, Ronan is determined to uncover exactly what happened to Bash Stark. Along with a little help from his pint-sized psychic, can Ronan bring the truth to light at long last?

Meanwhile, psychic Tennyson Grimm has his hands full when Carson and Cole’s father, Corny, on the run from legal troubles, comes to town with a young wife and a huge ask: a new kidney. Neither son wants anything to do with the con man, but can Tennyson convince them that everyone deserves a second chance?

With one father using his every waking moment to find out how his son died, and another, who hasn’t seen his sons in nearly twenty years, Ten and Ronan navigate the complicated relationships between fathers and sons.

Was Bash murdered? If so, by whom? More importantly, why has this case remained unsolved?

TITLE: The Magician’s Heart

AUTHOR: J.P. Jackson

SERIES: Tales from the Tarot

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 8/22/2024

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Patrick leads a nice quiet life with his dog companion Argus, and his pet raven Kaos. The quiet and calm of this lakeside cabin is the perfect place to be the area’s most powerful water witch and the local representative Magician on the Mage’s Council. Other than the odd task assigned by the Council, his only other responsibility is to answer the call from the local police when they come across a situation that might be magical. It’s a serene life, mostly, if not a little lonely. Could he have fallen into a bit of a rut? Is Patrick fulfilling his witchy duties and being the Magician he really could be?

Allan’s life is a mess. His friends regularly lead him into bad situations, and life never seems to go his way, until one night when his buddies drag him and his abusive ex along on an ill-fated camping trip. After a night of drinking, and another nasty encounter with his ex, Allan discovers he’s not exactly human. Once his witchy side takes hold, there’s no turning back. But in order to get a grip on his newfound abilities, he’s going to need some expert guidance, not to mention making things right with the local Fae population who he’s managed to anger.

Patrick doesn’t want a student. Allan has no need for a mentor. But when the two of them come together, a new kind of magic blossoms that just might save them both.

TITLE: Big Britches

AUTHOR: Timothy Warren

SERIES: Southern Comfort #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 292

RELEASE DATE: 8/22/2024

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Do you mind me holding your hands like this?”

“No. I think I might even be sad if you let go.”

“Then I won’t.”

Titus Shepherd once had it all. Born into a wealthy southern family, he ruled the high school football field, married the town sweetheart, and fathered a beloved son. His future as the next mayor seemed certain. But fate took a cruel turn, and now he’s a reclusive widower raising his four-year-old son alone.

Pedro Torres was destined for academic success in Mexico until disaster forced him to abandon his dreams for the sake of his family. Determined to change his circumstances, he migrated to the US as a landscaper, aspiring to gain citizenship and bring his mother to their new home.

Both men sacrificed happiness for their families, and neither believed in love at first sight. However, a chance meeting at the Shepherd country home in the summer of 1995 sparked a passionate affair, as fierce and fated as the humidity, stars, and fireflies on a hot southern night.

But will their love withstand the harsh preconceptions and deep-seated prejudices of small-town Spoon, Georgia?

TITLE: Save the Game

AUTHOR: J.J. Mulder

SERIES: SCU Hockey #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 302

RELEASE DATE: 8/22/2024

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After a traumatizing event and rough sophomore year, Max Kuemper does his best to keep his head down and not draw attention to himself. School and hockey are the only two things he can handle; it’s all he can do to keep himself afloat. He wants to forget about what happened to him and bring the secret to his grave.

Confident and flirty Luke Kelly likes to play the field—dating as well as baseball. When he meets Max during a night shift at work, he takes an instant liking to him, despite the other man’s reserved exterior and shy personality.

But secrets have a way of coming to light, and both Max and Luke will have to come to terms with what that means for their relationship.

TITLE: Infernal Vices

AUTHOR: Isobel Starling

SERIES: Resurrectionist #3

PUBLISHER: Decent Fellows Press

LENGTH: 294

RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024

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January 1898

Benedict Hannan has veered off his celibate, godly path and onto one of erotic exploration with his beloved criminal Sebastian Cavell. He is also trying and failing to rid himself of the insidious bonds of the deviant cabal Fratres Seminis. The cabal drew Benedict into their blasphemous schemes at the behest of his ex-lover Lord Euan Ardmillan. However, now Ardmillan is out of favour with the leader, Lawrence Blake, and considered to be a betrayer.

Benedict’s relationship with Sebastian grows ever closer, but it’s his friendship with fellow acolyte Charles Ashe that leads to a discovery that could end Lawrence Blake for good. They must tread carefully, for when the young, blond hedonist Leopold Von Liebenstein returns to London, Blake’s nefarious plan to dabble in ancient Greek magic and pass through the veil draws ever closer to completion.

TITLE: His Gentle Omega

AUTHOR: Raiven Matthews

SERIES: Sweet Alps Mates #7

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 448

RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024

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Shay Pierce

How could I love my fated mate when I couldn’t love myself?

Escaping with my young son from an abusive relationship, I had one plan to keep my son and I safe. Getting to the safety of my estranged brother and mending our rift. I never imagined I would find my fated mate at the worst possible time in my life. My priorities had to be rebuilding my life, breaking the mate bond that had been an epic mistake, keeping my son safe, and putting all my broken pieces back together. Easier said than done. My life was a train wreck and dragging Bennett into my mess wasn’t fair to either of us. I was barely hanging on, and I knew I couldn’t be the Alpha he deserved. So, I had to let him go.

Bennett Maxwell

They say you find love in the most unexpected places.

Finding my fated mate in the bruised and battered Alpha lying in the Emergency Room wasn’t the stuff my dreams were made of. But one look into Shay’s haunted eyes and I knew he and his adorable son were my future. Giving him the space he asked for was the hardest thing I had ever done, especially with him being my new next-door neighbor. I promised to give him the time he needed to heal, even if it meant keeping my pregnancy from him. But when his ex finds him, I’ll fight for what is mine.

TITLE: Souls Aligned

AUTHOR: Arian Williams

SERIES: Tasier #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 270

RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024

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Eric

Beautiful, enigmatic, and timeless.

From the moment I laid my eyes on him, I knew he was my soulmate.

But as my guardian and protector, he seems oblivious to my love.

Bhas

I could not let myself love him and he ran away.

Now that he’s come back to me, will I have courage to hold onto my love?

Danger follows us as we embark on an adventurous journey to the past to help our friends.

As we fight the darkness, will there be enough time for us to align our two souls?

TITLE: Sweet Surrender

AUTHOR: N. Slater

SERIES: Blue Collar Series #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024

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Everyone thinks that my delicate tinkering as I create sweet masterpieces is a way to deal with the lingering trauma from my time overseas. Putting all my effort into pounding dough instead of faces is why everyone accepts the heavily tattooed and pierced bakery owner that I’ve become.

In reality, I bake for one reason.

Him.

The man who holds my heart.

The man who can make me kneel when I bow to no one.

The man who in the same breath can control my actions and then plead for my newest creation.

Jameson isn’t just my heart and soul. He’s the man who is keeping me together.

He’s also my brother’s best friend.

And that makes him off-limits.

It’s a good thing I’m ready to break the rules.

TITLE: Best Wrong Thing

AUTHOR: Colette Davison

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 234

RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024

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How can something that feels so right be wrong?

What do you do when your dad tells you he’s married the woman he had an affair with? Go out and get drunk.

At least, that’s my plan until the cute guy behind the bar chats me up. One thing leads to another, and we end up in bed together, only for me to discover he’s the last person on earth I should be fooling around with.

The problem? I can’t keep away, even though I know I should.

The more time I spend with Archer, the deeper I fall for him.

But when everyone around us will judge us for being together, can I be brave enough to admit he’s the best wrong thing to ever happen to me?

TITLE: Heed The Devil

AUTHOR: Delaine Smith

SERIES: The Captive of Love Series #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024

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Kyle Cain and Alexia Sinclair have figured out their complicated relationship and are moving forward with their lives.

While planning for their future, buying a house together and getting married- they continue their lifestyle well into their honeymoon.

Shane Cunningham and Tad Lawrence are long time romantic partners. They meet Kyle and Alexia and instantly become acquainted during dinner.

Shane is a bi-sexual Dominant, while Tad is strictly into men. They enjoy being intimate with other partners together. The swinging lifestyle is something that excites them both.

Kyle and Shane are both powerful business men from opposite sides of Tennessee. Both enjoy the power that comes from business as well as pleasure.

Alexia is eager to explore all she can with their new acquaintances, both in business and privately.

Passion, business connections and a lifestyle they all have in common could lead to a new future for them all.

All of them are careful to never let emotions mix with business and pleasure…. will it hold true as they spend more and more time together?

Could these partnerships spell trouble for these couples?

TITLE: Nuts and Bolts

AUTHOR: BL Maxwell

SERIES: Foggy Basin

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024

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Jack Hulbert has worked at the hardware store Nuts and Bolts since he was sixteen. He had big dreams of leaving town and traveling, but five years later, not much has changed, and he worries he’ll end up living the rest of his life in the small town he was born in.

Hudson Carter has been working in Sacramento for the past ten years, managing a big box store. He left Foggy Basin for college in the city and he never once looked back. His parents have owned the hardware store in town for two generations, and he’d hoped to avoid the same fate, but when his father tells him his plans to either sell the store or close it, he has a change of heart.

Hudson has been single for years, and a few bad breakups have left him jaded about finding the perfect partner. But he’s not prepared for the cute, and much younger man who knows far more than he does about running the hardware store and isn’t afraid to tell him. It’s time for this city boy to embrace his country roots and find out what really matters in his life, and a certain country boy is more than willing to help.

TITLE: You Were Mine

AUTHOR: Caleb Marks

SERIES: Art of Love #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 85

RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024

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I knew so little of love, I didn’t recognize it when it was right in front of me.

Mark

Sure, you can call me naive. I thought my bond with Logan was just casual—a bit of fun between friends with some very enticing benefits. He’s the one who encouraged me to pursue the nude model in our art class, practically pushing us together. If he wanted me to see someone else, why does everything feel so tense between us now?

Logan is more than my roommate; he’s my best friend. The last thing I want is to lose him, but everything has changed. I’m seeing the model now, and he has the kind of connections that could skyrocket my art career. I can’t afford any distractions, especially not from Logan. Yet, I can’t help but wonder if what I’m losing is worth what I’m gaining.

Logan

Jealousy? Sure, you can call it that. But Mark is mine, and I want him back.

From the moment we became roommates, I knew I had feelings for him. But I’ve always been terrible at relationships. I thought we could keep things uncomplicated—hookups, hangouts, no feelings attached. Instead, I pushed him away, right into another man’s arms.

Watching them together is unbearable. The way Mark looks at him used to be just for me. A better man might step aside, let him find happiness with someone who can give him everything he deserves. But now that I understand how deep my feelings run, walking away isn’t an option. I need to tell him the truth, so he knows he has a choice. Because if he knows, he’ll choose me… won’t he?

TITLE: Taste of Surrender

AUTHORS: Kimberly Knight & Rachel Lyn Adams

SERIES: Forbidden Series #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 252

RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024

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Jasper Bennett has always thought his crush on Malachi Danvers, his older brother’s straight best friend, was one-sided. But everything changes during a family camping trip when Malachi confesses his own hidden feelings for Jasper.

After a taste of what could be, Jasper and Malachi can’t get enough of each other. From stolen kisses to sneaking into bedroom windows, they embrace their forbidden romance until both of their hearts shatter when Malachi receives the news his band, Surrender, has scored a shot at fame in Los Angeles through a reality competition.

Caught between his feelings for Jasper and Surrender’s big break, Malachi decides to chase his dreams out west, expecting Jasper to wait for him until he returns to Boston. Instead, Jasper has aspirations too, and jets off to Paris for culinary school.

With the distance between them and no one knowing Malachi is bisexual, they realize there isn’t much of a future for their relationship. That is until years later when Jasper’s brother offers him a job as Surrender’s chef for their upcoming tour.

Not able to pass up the opportunity of a lifetime, Jasper accepts the position. Once they’re reunited, Jasper and Malachi have to address their unresolved feelings. Leaving them to decide if a second chance at love outweighs the risks of exposing their secrets or if it’s time to surrender what they once shared.

TITLE: Sober Dope & Sundays

AUTHOR: Nordika Night

SERIES: Weekday Weirdos

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 328

RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024

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WHEN ZERO WILLPOWER MEETS AN IRON WILL…

Who goes to rehab eight times? Gage does. As a recovering addict fresh out of rehab, moving back in with his mom and starting over in his hometown isn’t part of his life goals, but Gage needs all the support he can get. Lost and a little unsure of himself, Gage meets his new sponsor. A sponsor whose son is the perfect sober companion. But companionship isn’t all these two find…

Content with who he is, Alexei isn’t looking for anyone to save him. No stranger to the ups and downs of addiction, Alexei is comfortable with his life. Confident and resilient, he’s learned to cope with trauma in his own healthy way, but that doesn’t make him boring. Far from it. He may not need an army like Gage does, but he knows how to keep things interesting. Especially when he believes in true love and his soulmate just walked into town in the body of a sexy, shady smoker. The audacity of fate, right?!

What happens when zero willpower meets an iron will?

Gage and Alexei know they shouldn’t fall for each other, but when destiny intervenes, well, let’s just say… you can’t fight soulmateship.

TITLE: A Home for My Omega

AUTHOR: C.W. Gray

SERIES: Hobson Hills Omegas #11

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 8/23/2024

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Welcome back to Hobson Hills!

Tomás grew up in foster care, living hand-in-hand with loneliness and dejection. Then, when he turned eighteen, he met the Wilsons and everything changed. He knows what true family is, and now, he lives a life surrounded by family and friends in Hobson Hills. Maybe he should just be happy with what he has, but he can’t help but yearn for more when his heart is stolen by an omega full of fascinating contradictions.

Henry Powell grew up in a wealthy, privileged family. With a prominent name, the best opportunities, and a healthy trust fund, he should be happy. However, beneath the shiny veneer of his life is a lonely, demoralized man trying to find somewhere he belongs. In his journey to find a home, Henry never expected to meet a young alpha with kind eyes and a loving heart.

Together, the two young men could discover a love to last a lifetime, but it will take patience, understanding, and courage. Will they be strong enough to stand together or will a world of expectations pull them apart?

TITLE: The Lab: Daxton

AUTHORS: Lorelei M. Hart & Aria Grace

SERIES: Beyond River’s Edge #2

PUBLISHER: Surrendered Press

RELEASE DATE: 8/24/2024

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Daxton figured out he was different for a while.

He didn’t understand how or why until he met Willy. The only other person in the world just like him.

But it wasn’t until they started putting the pieces of their origin together that they could start to understand just how significant their past would be to saving the future of others like them.

TITLE: The Haunted Hotel

AUTHOR: Vawn Cassidy

SERIES: Crawshanks Guide to Mischievous Spectres & Spirits #1

PUBLISHER: Underside Press

RELEASE DATE: 8/24/2024

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Have a frightfully good stay…

Morgan Ashton-Drake hasn’t given his ancestral home in Yorkshire a second thought in decades. He has a great life in the States, so what if he works eighteen hour days seven days a week? You don’t get and keep a place on the Forbes 500 list unless you’re prepared to sweat blood.

But when a suspicious death and rather public scandal at his childhood home forces Morgan to return to England for the first time in years, he’s determined to close the hotel. What he didn’t count on was the seriously cute little blonde disaster who seems to be single-handedly running his eccentric grandfather’s hotel.

Ellis Sparks has worked at the Ashton-Drake Manor House Hotel since he was sixteen and he loves it from the bottom of his soul. Always the eternal optimist, he’s never met a frown he can’t turn upside down; that is, until he meets Morgan Ashton-Drake, the grumpy grandson of his employer.

With Morgan determined to close the hotel for good and Ellis determined to convince him otherwise, the resident ghosts decide to try their ghostly hand at a little matchmaking. After all, how hard can it be to get a grumpy workaholic to fall in love with a twinky ray of sunshine?

TITLE: Secrets & Sake

AUTHOR: CJ Ravenna

SERIES: A Paranormal Yakuza Duet #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 299

RELEASE DATE: 8/24/2024

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Jinta

He’s a yakuza with secrets. I’m the reporter determined to bring them to light.

When people start going missing, I sense a story that could make my whole career. I even have the perfect suspect: Raiden Noboru, enforcer for the most powerful yakuza organization in Japan.

The plan is simple: go undercover as “Hiro” the photographer, cozy up to Raiden, and discover all he knows about the disappearances.

Problem is? Raiden isn’t the monster I thought he was. The beast beneath his skin is fiercely protective of what’s his, but he worships my body and soul, showing me a tender side of himself he hides from the rest of the world.

But I’ve got a story to tell. All I have to do… is betray the man I’m falling for.

Raiden

I stopped believing in fated mates long ago. Love only ends in heartbreak.

Ever since I was a boy, my only purpose has been to serve the Namikawa-kai.

Until him. The minute I see Hiro smile like a sunbeam and catch his cherry blossom scent, I’ve got to have him. What I thought would be a casual fling becomes so much more. Hiro is mine. Mine to care for, mine to protect. No one else can have him.

Before I realize it, I’m beginning to dream of a life outside the yakuza, a life with Hiro. Too bad that’s all it’ll ever be. A dream. I’ll never make someone as innocent as Hiro happy. I’m a criminal, and I’m no good for him…

…But I can’t stay away from him.

TITLE: Curses & Kitsune

AUTHOR: CJ Ravenna

SERIES: A Paranormal Yakuza Duet #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 285

RELEASE DATE: 8/24/2024

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Jinta

Nothing’s easy when you’re fated to a yakuza boss.

I’m possessed by an ancient, powerful kitsune hellbent on chaos and destruction. Until we can find a way to lift the curse, I’m a threat to everyone I hold dear. Tensions within the Namikawa-kai, hunters lurking in the shadows, and vengeful ex-boyfriends want to thwart us at every step.

All I want is to be with Raiden, my mate, the man I love. If we stand together, we can get through it all. But when I see a new, ugly side to Raiden, I can’t help but question if we really want the same things.

When the time comes to run, will Raiden leave it all behind for me?

Raiden

I’ll destroy anyone who hurts my mate—but I’m the one hurting him the most.

I’m the boss now. This is my pack. Tokyo is my city. No one will ever control me again. As I fall deeper into my new responsibilities, Jinta and I grow more estranged.

When betrayal strikes from within my own pack, Jinta is the one who pays the price. Jinta has no place in my world. He’s a pure ray of sunshine in the darkness of my life, and I can’t be the reason he gets hurt. I don’t deserve him. Never have.

I’ve got to let him go. Before the shadows of my world consume the only person I’ve ever loved.

TITLE: Making Waves

AUTHOR: Shea Balik

SERIES: Miracle: Salvation Isle #6

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 8/24/2024

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Glyn Webb had always fought for justice. He never backed down, even when fighting the leadership of his rookery of penguins. But when he and the rest of his town had been overrun and sold to one of the most dangerous countries in the world, he’d discovered he wasn’t as brave as he’d once thought.

Cayman Dahl had been trained from childhood to defend the fever of manta rays by his Alpha father. It hadn’t been easy, but in the end, he’d thanked his father for making him an invisible killer. He knew how to watch his enemy without ever being detected. It was this skill that had the Council turning to him since hunters had started taking shifters and selling them.

When the Council sends him on what is basically a suicide mission, Cayman didn’t hesitate, despite the odds of him setting any of those captives free. But when he scents his mate, Cayman is determined to free them all, even if it means his own death.

TITLE: Reflections of Cypress

AUTHOR: V.L. Locey

SERIES: Love’s Journeys #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 324

RELEASE DATE: 8/24/2024

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When you’re forced to walk a different path, the detour just might be what your heart required all along.

Arlo Bonetti has enjoyed a life of unparalleled luxury. As the sole heir to a global olive oil empire, he’s traveled the world, indulged in every pleasure, and never known a day of responsibility. While he revels in his lavish lifestyle, his father is less than pleased. Amidst a series of scandals, the latest being the most outrageous in Arlo’s eventful life, his father decides to intervene. Taking control of Arlo’s trust fund, he issues an ultimatum: he has a year to grow up, or he’ll lose access to the family’s immense fortune. To make sure Arlo follows through, he’s dispatched to Italy, the heart of the Bonetti legacy, to manage one of their renowned olive farms.

Surly doesn’t even begin to describe Arlo’s mood when he lands in Florence to report to his great-aunt, the matriarch of the family and the only person his father feels can whip the spoiled, truculent young man into shape. It’s there, in the city of the Renaissance, that Arlo meets Donvino Marini, the grandson of his great-aunt’s housekeeper. The two young men come from vastly different backgrounds: one is a millionaire’s son and the other a poor athlete with dreams of making the Italian rowing team. Arlo is instantly charmed by the beautiful, affable rower and what starts off as a flirtation soon turns into something much deeper, something that will change Arlo’s world in ways he couldn’t have imagined.

TITLE: Such a Good Omega

AUTHOR: Lorelei M. Hart

SERIES: His Alpha Desires #1

PUBLISHER: Decadent Publishing

RELEASE DATE: 8/25/2024

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Talon retreats to his office every night, drink in hand, scowl twisting his features. My wolf howls, wanting me to follow him. But he’s my boss, and I desperately need this job. Besides, I don’t think I’m ready for the kinds of games the alpha likes to play. I’ve heard whispers of all kinds of preferences, but Talon is a mystery and moves like a shadow through the club.

When the club opened, I put in my application immediately. Talon interviewed me in person. There were NDAs to sign. Background checks. More like an interview for employment the FBI than to work at a club. The job paid well, so I followed all the instructions like a good boy, ready to make a fresh start.

The black leather wristband on my left arm meant that I was off-limits to clients who came in but more than anything, I want Talon to ignore the rules, and take me into that private room on the second level of the club or even to a station on the main floor. I haven’t seen him with anyone…yet. That didn’t mean I’d be the first. Of course, I wasn’t. But I wanted to be the last.

TITLE: Steady On The Mic

AUTHOR: Cyd Sidney

SERIES: Cinema School #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 8/25/2024

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Rock bottom’s more fun with him by my side…

This was supposed to be my darkest depths: taking a job as barista after my business burned down. But ever since I met my co-worker Dave, I spend less time thinking about what I lost and more thinking about him. Dave seems like my total opposite, a polished rich boy that always follows the rules. But maybe that’s not the whole story. When my best friend Jules invites me to help out his student film, it seems like good enough way to kill time. Then Dave shows up and things get much more interesting. There’s something naughty lurking under his perfect surface, and I intend to find it while we’re here on-set.

TITLE: Desired Bear

AUTHORS: Jena Wade & Lorelei M. Hart

SERIES: Windridge Den #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 8/25/2024

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Fate might not make mistakes, but they sure do have bad timing.

I’m a people pleaser and a fixer. When a problem pops up in the den and I have the solution, I don’t think twice before suggesting it. It’s who I am. Usually it’s no big deal— I have an extra spreadsheet to run, or a new chore to add to my list. This time it’s different… this time I offered my freedom.

Now I’m going to mate an Alpha who will be joining our den to strengthen our numbers. His reputation isn’t the best, but my brother would never put me in danger. What’s the worst that can happen?

Walking in and discovering that my brother’s right hand bear, Zane, is my fated. That’s what.

Time is running out before it’s too late and I am bound forever to an aIpha who isn’t mine. I need to figure out how to get out of the agreement without endangering the safety of my den. Where are my fixer skills now?

TITLE: Cubs & Campfires

AUTHOR: Dylan Drakes

SERIES: Sweet & Stocky #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 254

RELEASE DATE: 8/25/2024

BLURB:

A cozy summer romance with low angst and high heat.

Luca Torres, struggling journalism graduate, never meant to take a vow of celibacy. It was just a dumb idea from a job interview gone wrong. He never thought they’d approve the article. Or make his future career conditional on delivering it.

Now, with no choice but to steer clear of temptation for the summer, he takes the most isolated job he can find: a fire lookout in the rural and picturesque mountains of Washington State.

However, his goal becomes much harder with the arrival of the husky and flirtatious Artair Osmond, a musician and wilderness enthusiast who takes up camp nearby. Now he must decide what he really desires: the career at the prestigious newspaper, or the big, bearded bear he can’t get out of his head.

 

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