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
Nightcrawler	Patricia Logan	Westburg Publishing	11/25/2024	Trackers #1	Amazon
Tin Man Nuptials	JP Wright	Tambaroora House	11/25/2024		Amazon
Wrecked for the Holidays	Kerry Kilpatrick	Self Published	11/25/2024	Home for the Holidays	Amazon
A Fatal Autumnal Stew	Dahlia Donovan	Self Published	11/25/2024	The Skeleton Crew Paranormal Cozy Series #2	Amazon
Rivals on Lockdown	Gaia Tate	Self Published	11/25/2024		Amazon
Adventus	Nando Gray	Self Published	11/25/2024		Amazon
Festive Hearts And Kisses	Annabelle Jacobs	Self Published	11/25/2024	Hope Valley Christmas	Amazon
Phoenix Found	TJ Nichols	Self Published	11/25/2024	Brothers of Fire #5	Amazon
The (Maybe) Murderer Who Knocked Me Up	Amy Bellows	Self Published	11/25/2024	Trash Pandas #2	Amazon
Priest	EM Lindsey & Kiki Clark	Self Published	11/25/2024	Trident Agency #2	Amazon
Ghost Falls	Pandora Pine	Self Published	11/25/2024	Haunted Souls #22	Amazon
Shelf-Made Man	Kim Fielding	Tin Box Press	11/26/2024		Amazon
A Friend in the Glass	Gregory Ashe & CS Poe	Emporium Press	11/26/2024	An Auden & O’Callaghan Mystery #3	Amazon
Solstice	Jena Doyle	Dirty Words Publishing	11/26/2024	Midsummer #3	Amazon
Roughing the Kicker	Michele Shriver	SMC Publishing	11/26/2024	Austin Troopers	Amazon
The Cowboy and the Hacker	Jackie North	Self Published	11/26/2024	Farthingdale Valley #5	Amazon
The Map Home	Elle Keaton	Self Published	11/26/2024	Collier’s Creek Christmas	Amazon
Holiday Hat Trick	Lina George	Self Published	11/26/2024	Hunks Who Puck	Amazon
Naughty & Nice	Freesia Woodley	Self Published	11/26/2024	Merry Elf-Mas 2	Amazon
Destined Bear	Jena Wade & Lorelei M. Hart	Self Published	11/26/2024	Windridge Den #3	Amazon
Tommy	Joe Satoria	Self Published	11/26/2024	A Little Christmas Season Three	Amazon
Once Upon a Lullaby Lane	K York	Self Published	11/26/2024	Once Upon a Holiday Story	Amazon
Beautifully Complicated	Michele Lenard	Self Published	11/26/2024	Front Range University #4	Amazon
Department Store Santa	Sean Michael	Self Published	11/26/2024		Amazon
Common Goal	Rachel Reid	Self Published	11/26/2024	Game Changers #4	Amazon
Under the Mistle-Foe	Rye Cox	Self Published	11/26/2024	Christmas Falls: Season 2	Amazon
Thawed Out	Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga	Self Published	11/26/2024	Merry Everything #4	Amazon
A Matter of Trust	Pelaam	Evernight Publishing	11/27/2024		Amazon
In The Dark	Megs Pritchard	Self Published	11/27/2024	Live By Night #1	Amazon
Just For The Holidays	Micah Carver	Self Published	11/27/2024	Home for the Holidays	Amazon
Out of Nowhere	Rebecca James	Self Published	11/27/2024	Balls and Brawn Security Series #4	Amazon
Where the Heart Sings	L.C. Chase	Wild Roan Press	11/28/2024	Haverstall Mountain #2	Amazon
Dan’s Hauntastic Haunts Investigates: Kapler Hotel	Alex Silver	Self Published	11/28/2024		Amazon
A Christmas for Morrie	Breanna Rae	Self Published	11/28/2024	Red Door Holidays #1	Amazon
August’s Thief	Fearne Hill	Self Published	11/28/2024		Amazon
Draven	Fel Fern	Self Published	11/28/2024	Sky Stead #1	Amazon
For the Love of the Broken Man	Sam E. Kraemer	Kaye Klub Publishing	11/29/2024	Love & Cowboys #3	Amazon
Christmas Beau	Amy Aislin	Self Published	11/29/2024	Christmas Falls: Season 2	Amazon
Once Upon A Christmas Con	Skylar M. Cates	Self Published	11/29/2024	Once Upon a Holiday Story	Amazon
His Demon Daddy	Annie Evers	Self Published	11/29/2024	Creatures of the Night	Amazon
Dragon Eggs Under the Tree	Maggie Hemlock	Self Published	11/29/2024	Starscale Mates	Amazon
Christmas Home	Blake Allwood	Self Published	11/29/2024	The Coming Home Series #6	Amazon
Naughty Elf: Merry	Lorelei M. Hart & Colbie Dunbar	Self Published	11/29/2024	Santa’s Naughty Elf Mates	Amazon
Disguised as Human	Holly Day	JMS Books	11/30/2024		Amazon
The Boyfriend Rule	Eve Morton	JMS Books	11/30/2024	How to Make a Carrot Cake #2	Amazon
The Alpha’s Beary Special Christmas	Aria Grace	Surrendered Press	11/30/2024	A Bear Under The Christmas Tree	Amazon
The Christmas Keeper	V.L. Locey	Self Published	11/30/2024	Laurel Holidays #6	Amazon
My Big Gay Family Christmas Wedding Disaster	Alex Leslie	Self Published	11/30/2024	The Nolan Family #2	Amazon
Living The Legend	Miski Harris	Self Published	11/30/2024		Amazon
Unforgivable	Erin Rose	Self Published	11/30/2024	Texas Hearts #2	Amazon
Folly of Incompetence	Shelby Rhodes	Self Published	11/30/2024	The Undead Detective Files #1	Amazon
Kiren	Wendy Rathbone	Eye Scry Publications	12/1/2024	A Daddy for Christmas 2	Amazon
The Quirky Vet	Casey Cox	Self Published	12/1/2024	Vet Shop Boys Down Under #2	Amazon
The Warrior and The Monk	Layla Moran	Self Published	12/1/2024		Amazon
His Temporary Assistant	A.W. Scott	Self Published	12/1/2024	DKAG Christmas Daddies	Amazon
The Dratsie Dilemma	G. L. Carriger	Self Published	12/1/2024	The San Andreas Shifters	Amazon

 

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TITLE: Nightcrawler

AUTHOR: Patricia Logan

SERIES: Trackers #1

PUBLISHER: Westburg Publishing

LENGTH: 353

RELEASE DATE: 11/25/2024

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I’ve always been a sucker for a guy with muscles and a handsome face. If that makes me sound shallow, maybe I am. I’ve never had a real relationship, unless you consider the guys in my Marine Corps Recon unit. I had a great relationship with those guys. Yeah, yeah, I know we’re splitting hairs. These days, long after my retirement from active duty, the only kind of relationships I really do now are with fictional characters.

I love to read, and lately, I’ve been frequenting the pages of my favorite blog, Bestreads, to escape my real-life job, one I’m not very well suited for. One reviewer on there—Nightcrawler—absolutely slays me. He always makes me laugh, steering me clear of some of the worst trash out there when I’m not trying to earn money as a bounty hunter. Maybe someday the right man will come along, and he won’t simply be a book boyfriend.

Someday.

Lately, I can’t get intrigued by any of the guys I’ve met in bars. Hookups are becoming less and less interesting for me. I’m a reader and of late, I’m also a half decent reviewer. I write exclusively for a blog called Bestreads, working under the name of Nightcrawler and I’m not ashamed to admit, I try to make them funny. In my line of work as a recovery agent for a big insurance company, I’m finding my off hours much more pleasurable.

I think about my next review and my next blog post all the time. Whenever I put up a funny two-star review, I dream of the guy who might be at home reading it, but pretty sure the kind of man who reads me, is probably living in his mother’s basement. Still, I’m a romantic at heart. Someday I might just run into him in one of my stories.

TITLE: Tin Man Nuptials

AUTHOR: JP Wright

PUBLISHER: Tambaroora House

LENGTH: 233

RELEASE DATE: 11/25/2024

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It’s Gerald’s wedding night. He’s just married James, but he doesn’t feel the way he thought he would. His usual tactics of sex, drink, and drugs have failed to fill the void, and after his daddy issues lead him to misinterpret an offhand remark made by his estranged father, Gerald sets off on a night of self-sabotage, confronting the demons that have left him feeling emotionally detached his whole life. When Gerald does the unthinkable and meets up with his ex, he realizes he must confront his past, including the blame he feels for his parents’ divorce, his guilt over his mother’s death, and his belief that he is truly unlovable, to address his need for gratification and tendencies to act out. Only then can he heal his childhood trauma and feel true love. Tin Man Nuptials is an LGBT+ contemporary erotic romance, dealing with sexuality, addiction, the divide between gay and straight worlds, relationships between divorced parents and their children, and the importance of open communication and honesty in maintaining healthy relationships. With a no-holds-barred exploration of substance abuse and hypersexuality that exist as normalised within the gay community, Tin Man Nuptials uses a biting and dry narrative perspective to retain a lightness throughout.

TITLE: Wrecked for the Holidays

AUTHOR: Kerry Kilpatrick

SERIES: Home for the Holidays

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 143

RELEASE DATE: 11/25/2024

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There’s no reasoning with holiday magic.

Jakob

Being a super genius should make life a sleigh ride, not a snowstorm. Jakob’s entire life has been defined by his oversized brain. When he finally breaks out of the ivory tower he’s been kept in, Jakob has plans to do all the things he’s been told are beneath his intellect. Step one? Deck the halls with his very first Christmas tree. He doesn’t expect to meet his future Daddy on the side of the road, but there’s no arguing with the magic of the holidays.

Reed

Being an ER doctor is an all-consuming profession, especially during the holiday rush. Finding a little takes time, and that’s something Reed has in short supply. He’s used to patching broken bones, not hearts, and the idea of Christmas magic seemed like a fairy tale. But when Jakob crashes into him—quite literally—and somehow jingles his way into Reed’s home and heart, it feels like maybe Jakob is right about being wrecked for the holidays.

TITLE: A Fatal Autumnal Stew

AUTHOR: Dahlia Donovan

SERIES: The Skeleton Crew Paranormal Cozy Series #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 132

RELEASE DATE: 11/25/2024

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Life for gender-fluid, autistic vampire Hyde Snodgrass has never been better. Her cosy village bookshop is thriving as is their new relationship with witch and taco bus owner, Teresa Vega. Autumn is in full magical tilt in their corner of the Scottish Highlands.

Everything is beautifully perfect right up until a tainted meal ends with Hyde sick and someone dead.

The police immediately suspect the restaurant owners. Hyde and Teresa find themselves drawn into yet another investigation, trying to save their friends from arrest and themselves from a murderer. The situation becomes even more complex when family feuds become tangled in the midst.

Can they find the killer?

Or will everything Hyde loves go up in flames?

TITLE: Rivals on Lockdown

AUTHOR: Gaia Tate

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 64

RELEASE DATE: 11/25/2024

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Perfect for when you want a passionate holiday romantic short story…

For Louis Zenith, losing the game on Christmas Eve was bad enough—but getting accidentally locked in the locker room with his biggest rival, Kaden Faulter, takes things to a whole new level. Seven years of rivalry on the ice, sharp words, and tense stares explode into something neither saw coming, all while a snowstorm rages outside.

Louis has always believed Kaden is nothing more than the hockey league’s arrogant golden boy, but being stuck together forces him to confront the truth: the heat between them has always been about more than competition. And as the hours drag on, their carefully guarded secrets begin to unravel, revealing feelings neither of them can ignore.

TITLE: Adventus

AUTHOR: Nando Gray

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 100

RELEASE DATE: 11/25/2024

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Christmas is Hell…

But fret not–there won’t be another.

Zero never had a real name. And he’s never questioned the nature of his reality before now. But when the narrow life he’s always known is hurled into chaos he’s left with no choice. Once, he’d busied himself assembling various widgets and chotskies. Now, he is being redirected to construct something far more harrowing: his replacement…

Dash hasn’t seen another person in years. And he knows the rules–there are only three: submit, produce, obey. Breaking any of these rules is guaranteed to result in immediate termination. Dash lives a bleak life where his only task is constructing the automata. Day after day, year after year, he toiled away building the clockwork machines–until one day, another just like him joined him in his purgatory. Only then did Dash realize there might be more than this on the other side of his cell door…oh, and he realized another thing, too: he was *ucking angry…

This year, Christmas is going to be *ucked.

TITLE: Festive Hearts And Kisses

AUTHOR: Annabelle Jacobs

SERIES: Hope Valley Christmas

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 225

RELEASE DATE: 11/25/2024

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Can a little Christmas romance heal a bruised and battered heart?

One kiss.

That’s all Reed can offer the hot guy who’s kept him company on what would otherwise have been a lonely New Year’s Eve. What he needs right now is a friend, preferably one not connected to his ex. One long distance friendship later and that’s exactly what he’s got.

Friends.

That’s what they’ve been for the past ten months, so when Reed needs a place to stay, offering him his spare room seems like the perfect solution to Jerry. Or so he thought. But keeping their hands off each other is hard. They’re both adults, though, right? They can fool around a little and not lose the friendship they’ve both come to rely on.

At least that’s the plan, but Jerry’s heart is always a little softer at Christmas. Throw some close proximity and mistletoe into the mix and that soft heart is in danger of breaking, because while Reed still doesn’t want a relationship, it’s all Jerry wants from Santa this year.

TITLE: Phoenix Found

AUTHOR: TJ Nichols

SERIES: Brothers of Fire #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 288

RELEASE DATE: 11/25/2024

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He wants to spread his wings…but can he trust them when he’s never been allowed to fly?

Perrin Shade’s family has worked for the phoenix shifters for hundreds of years. It was always assumed he would do the same. But as his thirtieth birthday approaches, the restlessness he’s kept hidden grows. He only knows Mont de Leucoy. He’s never had a chance to explore the world. But there is a reason his family sought sanctuary in the kingdom…

He is the kind of paranormal being that many would like to forget exists. The kind that even paranormals hunted.

A ghoul.

Oliver has spent the last ten years being told that he is a danger to others. That the Coven would hunt and kill him if they found him and that his parents abandoned him. Now, he is being told that is all a lie.

He is a phoenix shifter and his brothers have been searching for him. They claim to know him, but how can they when he doesn’t know himself?

They have their history, their duties, and their expectations. He should be embracing all of this, but instead, all he wants to do is leave before the weight of the past crushes him. The only person who treats him as if he isn’t broken is the castle handyman, Perrin.

Can a man who is really a monster help the man who is convinced he is a monster learn how to live and love?

TITLE: The (Maybe) Murderer Who Knocked Me Up

AUTHOR: Amy Bellows

SERIES: Trash Pandas #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 200

RELEASE DATE: 11/25/2024

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I’m the runt of the litter. Not only am I much smaller than my four raccoon shifter brothers, I’m always behind. They all know what they want to do with their lives, and they can’t wait to move away from home to follow their dreams. All I know is that I like to bake, and I like Slade—the huge grizzly shifter next door who my brothers say I should stay away from.

I’m not very good at taking advice, apparently.

Less than a week after Slade knocks me up, he goes to prison for murder. He confesses and everything. I shouldn’t harbor a secret hope that he’s innocent. I know that. Which is why I don’t tell him about the baby.

But when he gets out six years later on good behavior, I offer to pick him up. Because I have to know if he’s really as bad as everyone thinks he is.

TITLE: Priest

AUTHORS: EM Lindsey & Kiki Clark

SERIES: Trident Agency #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 257

RELEASE DATE: 11/25/2024

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There’s a fine line between lust and love…

Feeding on the pleasure of other creatures might sound like the perfect life, but Priest knows the truth. The bottomless hunger and the never-ending need for more will eventually drive him to the brink of madness.

It’s the fate of all Incubi.

But until then, he’s determined to spend as much time as possible checking on the human bookstore owner who turns Priest into a tongue-tied mess. Oliver doesn’t seem to mind, treating him with a kindness he’s never experienced from anyone outside his Trident Agency family.

Fumbling flirtations is all it can ever be though. The risk of draining Oliver is too great, and Priest refuses to put him at risk.

But then the bookstore goes up in flames, and Priest learns he’ll do just about anything to keep Oliver safe.

Protecting the reckless human he has been obsessed with for months may be the only truly good thing he does with his life. But the longer they’re together, the more difficult it is to resist his demon’s cravings, and the more secrets they uncover. About Oliver… and supernaturals like Priest and his friends.

As the Alpha Team investigates and attacks keep coming—forming a terrifyingly familiar picture—Priest and Oliver have to learn to trust each other… and themselves.

TITLE: Ghost Falls

AUTHOR: Pandora Pine

SERIES: Haunted Souls #22

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 151

RELEASE DATE: 11/25/2024

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On the way to a psychic convention in Niagara Falls, Detective Jude Byrne sees a commercial advertising famed daredevil Cannonball Jackson’s latest stunt, going over the falls in a barrel. Jude thinks it would fun to witness the attempt until his husband tells him the day will end in tragedy. From that moment, Jude’s entire focus is on saving Cannonball from himself.

Psychic Copeland Forbes is in Canada to work, but after meeting Cannonball’s wife and young son, can’t help getting involved in the push to save the man’s life. When the angry stuntman refuses to listen to reason, Cope has a vision in which he sees Cannonball’s entire family crash and burn as a result of the stunt gone wrong. The reason for Cannonball’s stubbornness is unfathomable to Cope. The daredevil wants to one up his father, who died trying to survive the falls twenty years ago.

It’s a race against time to convince Cannonball Jackson to choose family over fame. Can Jude and Cope save the daredevil’s life, or will he be the next victim of the ghost falls?

TITLE: Shelf-Made Man

AUTHOR: Kim Fielding

PUBLISHER: Tin Box Press

LENGTH: 22

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Tobias Lykke is big, awkward, and accustomed to spending his holidays alone. This year, however, his godmother—who may or may not be an Italian countess—gives him an elf doll originally entrusted to her by her second husband, who might or might not have been a wizard.

An evening of THC snickerdoodles and an offhand wish later, Tobias finds himself faced with a living, breathing elf—and a royal elf at that—with an exceptionally traumatic past. Bloodthirsty trolls are on a mission to recapture Prince Alfie, and the search for answers leads Tobias to unexpected discoveries about himself… and deep feelings for Alfie. Now, they just need to live long enough to make sense of it all.

TITLE: A Friend in the Glass

AUTHORS: Gregory Ashe  & CS Poe

SERIES: An Auden & O’Callaghan Mystery #3

PUBLISHER: Emporium Press

LENGTH: 243

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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It’s winter in New York City, and Rufus O’Callaghan is trying to make things work. He’s still got his job as a confidential informant, and he’s still got Sam Auden. The ex-Army drifter has moved in with Rufus, and the two men are trying to build a lasting relationship as Sam struggles to find his footing in the city.

When Sam gets a call from a woman offering to sell him information about Project Stonefish, though, neither man knows what to make of it. Sam still has questions about the training operation that caused him to leave the Army—and that ended in the death of someone Sam cared about. And Rufus is all too aware that when it comes to Stonefish, Sam’s judgment might be in question.

Everything changes when Sam and Rufus learn that the woman who called Sam has died from a suspicious overdose—and that, before she died, she contacted someone else about Stonefish. Someone who wants Stonefish to stay buried in the past. Someone with the power—and the ruthlessness—to make sure it stays buried. And to learn the truth about what happened all those years ago, Sam and Rufus will have to place themselves in the crosshairs.

TITLE: Solstice

AUTHOR: Jena Doyle

SERIES: Midsummer #3

PUBLISHER: Dirty Words Publishing

LENGTH: 323

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Find out what happens to Ivy, Lex, Carter, and Miri in book three of the contemporary MMFF adaptation of Midsummer Night’s Dream by Jena Doyle.

Lex

When my spouses and I left Ireland the last time, we tried to prevent any unwanted consequences from following us home, but that proved more difficult than it should have been.

Now, the wedding event of a lifetime is looming over us, and Ivy and I still hate each other. But I don’t want a marriage full of spite and resentment. I want Ivy to want me, and the harder I try, the harder that gets.

With our bad life choices hunting us down, I refuse to fight a fairy war that has nothing to do with us…even if it crosses into the human realm.

Ivy

Lex is up to something, and I suspect he’s keeping secrets from me again. But I don’t have time to dive deeper into his mind.

Congress is stressful, my mother is making her own plans for my wedding, and Miri is more closed off than ever.

I just need to get through these next few months without any fairy-tale nonsense following us home from Ireland. But even my best-laid plans go to waste, especially with the fairies involved.

TITLE: Roughing the Kicker

AUTHOR: Michele Shriver

SERIES: Austin Troopers

PUBLISHER: SMC Publishing

LENGTH: 170

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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In the dazzling world of professional football, where Austin Troopers star kicker Ryeland Lenhart basks in the limelight of his mansion and supermodel fiancée, darkness lurks beneath the glamorous façade. Rye’s life isn’t the picture-perfect tale it seems; it’s a twisted narrative he’s desperate to conceal.

The son of Mexican immigrants, Cutter Hernandez has conquered the American dream, scoring a gig as an athletic trainer for the local pro football team. Yet hidden beneath his success is a secret—he’s keeping his sexuality from his conservative Latina family, fearing their rejection.

When a routine injury unravels a web of deceit, Cutter confronts Rye, sparking a high-stakes game of truths and lies. As Rye grapples with his own conflicting desires for Cutter, he throws down the gauntlet, forcing Cutter to face the harsh reality of his own double life.

In a gripping tale of love, deceit, and self-discovery, Cutter must guide Rye out of the shadows of his toxic existence. Will Rye find the strength to break free, and can Cutter summon the courage to unmask his own truth?

TITLE: The Cowboy and the Hacker

AUTHOR: Jackie North

SERIES: Farthingdale Valley #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 294

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Will you go with me? Yes, to the ends of the earth and back again.

Cal

Cal made a coding mistake that got him arrested and far away from Preston, his horrible boyfriend.

After over a year in jail, he’s touch-starved and afraid. Not of doing his parole in the wilds of Wyoming, but that Preston will come and force him back to Denver.

In the valley, when Cal is assigned to Zeke Malloy’s team, his luck starts to change because Zeke is patient and kind, both with the horses and with Cal.

Cal doesn’t trust anyone now, except Cal’s crush on Zeke starts with a single word of kindness. A warm touch. And the smile in those green eyes.

Zeke

After a horse fell on him, Zeke’s bronc riding days are over. His girlfriend wants a buckle-wearing man, not a broken one, and leaves him.

Zeke finds he doesn’t care that he’s alone now. But he can’t stop thinking about the time Galen Parnell asked him out, as if there was something Galen saw in Zeke.

Was he gay?

When Zeke starts to work with Cal Tamalin, the only parolee on his team, he begins to think maybe Galen had been on to something.

Getting close to Cal can only spell disaster, and surely Zeke’s had enough of those, right?

He shouldn’t take the risk, but doesn’t think his heart can resist the biggest blue eyes Zeke has ever seen.

TITLE: The Map Home

AUTHOR: Elle Keaton

SERIES: Collier’s Creek Christmas

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 177

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Stolen toys and a naughty St. Nick. Will a holiday crime spree bring two hearts together?

Ask Dakota and he’ll say the wall around his heart is high and the moat deep for a reason. Love is a lie.

If Tad knows one single truth, it’s that Dakota is his personal North Star. Dakota, the boy Tad bonded with at fourteen, has grown into Dakota, the man he loves. The second, more frustrating truth, is that Dakota is one of the most stubborn people on the planet.

Dakota craves a simple existence. Work. Sleep. Eat. Hang out with his best friend. Keep things platonic. No one knows him better than Tad.

The holidays have arrived, and it’s supposed to be a time of celebration, but some blackhearted person steals the donations to the town toy box. Dakota finds himself working the case of the purloined toys, while Tad fills in at the town newspaper. It’s inevitable their paths will cross.

Tad is fine with crossing paths–and more. Is it going too far adding Dakota Green to the top of his Christmas wish list?

And what will it take for Dakota to realize that he deserves happiness? That Tad, the person who knows him best, is the one for him?

TITLE: Holiday Hat Trick

AUTHOR: Lina George

SERIES: Hunks Who Puck

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 209

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Christmas break was supposed to go like this:

Party with my Wildwood teammates

Hook up under some mistletoe

Definitely DON’T get shipped off to the Philippines by my parents

But here I am, thousands of miles from the hockey rink, “reconnecting with my roots” at some beach resort because I screwed up one too many times. My punishment? Working alongside the locals, learning “responsibility,” and counting down the days until I can get back to my real life.

At least, that was the plan.

Then Elias Avelino walked into my personal purgatory with his bright smile and eyes that see right through my BS. Suddenly, midnight swims are replacing hockey practice. Stolen kisses are better than scoring goals. And for the first time in my life, I’m not thinking about escaping—I’m thinking about staying.

TITLE: Naughty & Nice

AUTHOR: Freesia Woodley

SERIES: Merry Elf-Mas 2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 147

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Welcome back to Frostdale, where you can live out your kinkiest fantasies.

Rolly Jolly is less than thrilled he was coaxed into playing a Mall Santa until he finds out who his elves are.

Angel and Damon are the sweet pets he met at a Halloween party, and he’s been dreaming of them ever since.

But life in Frostdale is not a winter wonderland, and the puppy and kitten have struggled to make a new home there. What they need is a strong, loving master like Rolly who can show them that Christmas isn’t just about making wishes come true, it’s about finding the family you belong with.

It’s about finding your forever home.

TITLE: Destined Bear

AUTHORS: Jena Wade & Lorelei M. Hart

SERIES: Windridge Den #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 148

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Nothing says love like a basket of hot fries.

Most bears will tell you their favorite place is someplace in the woods or possibly the river. Not me. My favorite place is the Howlin’ Hearth Diner. Sure the food is great, but that’s not the draw. Patrick, their cook, is.

I’m drawn to him in a way I’ve never been drawn to another. Unfortunately, I don’t think he feels the same. That doesn’t stop me from sitting at the counter and offering fries for a chance to talk to him. Maybe someday he will see that I’m more than the flirt everyone thinks I am. Maybe he’ll see that I’m his.

TITLE: Tommy

AUTHOR: Joe Satoria

SERIES: A Little Christmas Season Three

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 138

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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A mountain man, marshmallows, and mistletoe kisses!

Tommy is stuck. Creatively burned out and desperate to meet a looming deadline for his popular comic series, his agent ships him off to the last place he’d expect—a secluded Montana ranch with no Wi-Fi, no distractions, and no way out until Christmas. Tommy hopes the solitude will reignite his spark, but he didn’t count on Hardin, the gruff and stoic cowboy running Lone Pine Ranch, to be as distracting as he is irresistible.

Hardin never asked to play host to a city boy who can barely handle the snow, let alone ranch life. But there’s something about Tommy—his quick wit, his vulnerability, and the way he doesn’t mind the quiet—that draws Hardin in. As the two navigate snowy rescues, spilled hot cocoa, and a shared love for the ranch’s quirky animals, sparks begin to fly in ways neither expected.

With Christmas approaching, Tommy must decide if the life—and love—he’s finding with Hardin is worth taking a leap of faith. And Hardin has to figure out if he’s finally ready to open his heart and take a chance on the one thing he’s been avoiding for years.

TITLE: Once Upon a Lullaby Lane

AUTHOR: K York

SERIES: Once Upon a Holiday Story

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 111

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Growing up, Colt Grieves would’ve sooner died than let his friends step foot into his family’s home on Lullaby Lane. Everyone knew that his dad was a hoarder, but knowing it and seeing it are very different things. When he moves out on his own, Colt’s content to wedge distance between himself and the house—and his father. When he gets the call that his dad’s passed away, he feels like he shouldn’t be surprised, and yet the news hits him like a bag of bricks.

Colt arrives back home with a knot in his stomach and a sense of choking dread. He’s stunned to find another man living in a trailer on the property—someone who’s been helping Mr. Grieves out these last seven years. Sera Howell is tall and gorgeous and could charm a rabid badger, but Colt can’t help the gnawing insecurity and guilt that some stranger had more of a relationship with his old man than Colt ever did.

The house looks worse than ever, and Colt’s nerves are frayed from the moment he steps inside. There is no running anymore, though. Sera will be at his side whether he likes it or not—and he does start to like it—but Colt must dig up the ghosts of his family’s past to come to terms with it. Secrets won’t stay buried, not even under the weight of the house on Lullaby Lane.

TITLE: Beautifully Complicated

AUTHOR: Michele Lenard

SERIES: Front Range University #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Timing is everything.

You know the guy everyone loves in a strictly platonic manner? The one that people think is nice and funny and smart, but not in a romantic way?

That’s me.

What’s worse, not even my formerly straight best friend and current roommate, who I’ve had a crush on for years, saw me as anything other than his buddy.

I blame myself, sort of. If I’d just been brave enough to tell him how I felt, maybe I’d have been the one to help him realize he liked men. That’s why I decided to be bold. To put myself out there if I was interested in someone. So when I found myself sitting next to a man whose life and career I greatly admire, I figured why not.

Kier Caldwell is a leader in the computer science field, and his work is the inspiration for my own professional aspirations. Plus, he’s gorgeous. Even more so in person than on his book cover. And despite being a decade older than me, we’re on the same wavelength. So much so that he invites me back to his room for the most incredible night of my life.

That’s all it was supposed to be. After all, he’s a famous author, and I’m a college student, not Cinderella.

But several months later, when I report to work as a research assistant for a new professor, I find myself face-to-face with the man whose bed I snuck out of so I wouldn’t have to say goodbye. And I learn he’s been searching for me the whole time.

Too bad we’re not in a Disney movie, because if my Prince Charming is also my boss, that means he’s strictly off limits.

TITLE: Department Store Santa

AUTHOR: Sean Michael

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 96

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Luke loves his seasonal job as Jolly Elf at the mall’s Santa display. It suits his sweet and joyful nature and compliments his summer landscaping job perfectly. This year there’s a new man playing Santa and Luke thinks he’s great, even if he isn’t the traditional old guy under the beard.

Life hasn’t been easy for Chris, but he’s doing the best he can and the job as Santa at the mall is a godsend. He likes the job well enough, even if Jolly Elf Luke is unnaturally happy all the time. When Luke invites him over to watch movies one evening, Chris figures why not and the two co-workers slowly become friends

Chris has a secret, though, and when Luke finds out, he sets about doing something to help whether Chris wants him to or not.

Can a little Christmas magic bring this unlikely pair together for more than just the holiday season?

TITLE: Common Goal

AUTHOR: Rachel Reid

SERIES: Game Changers #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 335

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Veteran goaltender Eric Bennett has faced down some of the toughest shooters on the ice, but nothing prepared him for his latest challenge—life after hockey. It’s time to make some big changes, starting with finally dating men for the first time.

Graduate student Kyle Swift moved to New York nursing a broken heart. He’d sworn to find someone his own age to crush on (for once). Until he meets a gorgeous, distinguished silver fox hockey player. Despite their intense physical attraction, Kyle has no intention of getting emotionally involved. He’ll teach Eric a few tricks, have some mutually consensual fun, then walk away.

Eric is more than happy to learn anything Kyle brings to the table. And Kyle never expected their friends-with-benefits arrangement to leave him wanting more. Happily-ever-after might be staring them in the face, but it won’t happen if they’re too stubborn to come clean about their feelings.

Everything they want is within reach… They just have to be brave enough to grab it.

TITLE: Under the Mistle-Foe

AUTHOR: Rye Cox

SERIES: Christmas Falls: Season 2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 210

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Under the mistletoe with my enemy? What else can we do but kiss?

A family emergency brings me back to Christmas Falls after running away from the loss of my mother six years ago. Not much has changed, and I don’t know if that’s a good thing or bad, especially when it seems my high school enemy hasn’t gotten over his habit of circling around me.

Jett is everything I’m not, so full of confidence like he’s never done a single thing wrong in his life. He vibrates life, and I have to admit his presence distracts me from being back in Christmas Falls. What I didn’t expect is for him to take all my attention.

He’d gotten under my skin back then and he’s only dug in deeper since, and I can’t let anyone find out how much I love that fact. Now if only he’d stop stealing my heart with his crookedly perfect smiles…

TITLE: Thawed Out

AUTHORS: Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga

SERIES: Merry Everything #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 162

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024

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Kiren knows there is a storm coming when he goes to the cabin to deliver divorce papers to his husband Flynn, but he doesn’t plan to stay long. He hates that it’s come to this, but they just can’t seem to do anything without arguing anymore. When he finds Flynn looking so skinny and unhappy, he ends up staying to talk.

And maybe to try harder not to break up their family.

Flynn knows Kiren is just as tired as he is. They both work hard. They both take care of their two kids. He doesn’t want to give up, but between his long hours and going to school, he always seems to be in trouble when gets home.

Before they know it, they’re snowed in with nothing but time on their hands. The two of them decide that they don’t want to be frozen in the worst time of their married life. But can they work together to find the balance they need to start again?

TITLE: A Matter of Trust

AUTHOR: Pelaam

PUBLISHER: Evernight Publishing

LENGTH: 68

RELEASE DATE: 11/27/2024

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Talented landscape gardener Rylan just had his world turned upside down.

He’s been forced to work for a beast of a man called Tudor West when his brother kills one of the TV personality’s prize orchids due to his negligence.

But Tudor’s reputation seems a little exaggerated once away from cameras and bright lights, and Rylan finds himself more than a little attracted to this version.

However, when a misunderstanding puts Rylan in danger, can he put his trust in the man he thinks betrayed his trust?

TITLE: In The Dark

AUTHOR: Megs Pritchard

SERIES: Live By Night #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 128

RELEASE DATE: 11/27/2024

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Jax ‘Key’ Thorpe knew he had a stalker but was strangely unfazed by that knowledge. If anything, he found it reassuring until his stalker made a sudden appearance in his life.

Vampire Kelvin Standing watched his mate from afar. His human mate. The one vampire law stated he could never be with. When Key is attacked Kelvin jumps in to save him and changes both their lives.

With laws broken, and threats around every corner, can Key and Kelvin make their mating work, or will an enemy from the past destroy their chance of happiness?

TITLE: Just For The Holidays

AUTHOR: Micah Carver

SERIES: Home for the Holidays

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 183

RELEASE DATE: 11/27/2024

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Nichol… is salty about returning to his hometown, just in time to celebrate the holidays. Unemployed, completely out of funds, his phone has no service here, and he’s stranded in the middle of Main Street at 3 am, by a luxury car—run out of juice—that he never should have rented to begin with. Luckily, the lights are on at the little pink bakery.

Teddy… is trying to continue his grandmother’s legacy, after inheriting the sweet little shop when she passed. It’s a tribute to the special bond they shared but he can’t seem to attract the local customers—like she did. She may have taught him how to bake her signature goodies, but forgot to share that magnificent charm the close-knit community adored.

When Nichol jingles through the door, catching Teddy in a sticky situation, it sets off a string of twinkling events that has Nichol helping to revive business and Teddy agreeing to pose as Nichol’s fake boyfriend, JUST for the Holidays.

TITLE: Out of Nowhere

AUTHOR: Rebecca James

SERIES: Balls and Brawn Security Series #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 265

RELEASE DATE: 11/27/2024

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Sometimes, you have to leave your comfort zone to get what you want.

When Dex and Seo-jun are paired on a case, Dex is both nervous and excited to work closely with his secret crush of the past two years. To his delight, Seo-jun begins to open up to him, and, in return, Dex tries not to stare in open-mouthed wonder at his beauty. If only he wasn’t juggling his bodyguard duties with his usual tech work, his sister’s problems, and his mother’s interference, maybe he could enjoy himself.

Burned by love at a young age, Seo-jun hasn’t given romance much thought in the past decade. Until Dex. The cluelessly sexy tech specialist at Falcon Security has been teasing his way under Seo-jun’s skin for months. As partners on a case, the two men have to share a bed in their client’s home, and no one’s more surprised than Seo-jun that he enjoys those moments in close quarters. Dex is easy to talk to and fun to be around, and Seo-jun feels comfortable with him–something he doesn’t normally feel with people. It isn’t long before Seo-jun comes to the realization that, if he wants to be with Dex, he needs to change some things about himself.

Seo-jun soon learns that issues left undealt with will eventually resurface, and as Dex tries to help him face his past, Seo-jun attempts to be supportive when Dex finally gets the courage to come out to his dysfunctional family.

 

TITLE: Where the Heart Sings

AUTHOR: L.C. Chase

SERIES: Haverstall Mountain #2

PUBLISHER: Wild Roan Press

RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2024

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Shane Castle, lead singer for a world-famous rock band, has a stalker problem. Overzealous fans are par for the course, but this one is going too far. With photographic evidence that his stalker snuck into his hotel room while he was sleeping, his manager decides it’s time to step up Shane’s security. But now Shane has another problem. His new bodyguard is a cowboy—the epitome of a past he never wanted to revisit.

The last thing digital investigation specialist Wes Stonebraker wants is to leave the solitude of his home on Haverstall Mountain Ranch to babysit a diva celebrity. But when an old friend insists Wes is the only one for the job, he trades the peace and quiet of ranch life for the bright lights and mayhem of a touring rock band.

Even as attraction sparks, their dislike is immediate and mutual, but as the threats increase and the two grow closer, Wes realizes there’s more to Shane than the façade the world sees. But Shane’s stalker seems to always be one step ahead, and if Wes doesn’t figure out who it is soon, they both might not make it to the next show alive.

TITLE: Dan’s Hauntastic Haunts Investigates: Kapler Hotel

AUTHOR: Alex Silver

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2024

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Dan and Chad are excited to spend their first hauntastic holiday season together with Chad’s family until their easy exorcism commission turns out to be far more complicated and dangerous than they could have imagined. Is their love strong enough to overcome their scariest threat yet, or will the ghosts who haunt the Kapler Hotel prove too much for them?

TITLE: A Christmas for Morrie

AUTHOR: Breanna Rae

SERIES: Red Door Holidays #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2024

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I’ve never made a Christmas wish, but if I could, I’d ask Santa for a Daddy who understands me.

I learned early on in life that gentle hands and friendly smiles can hide darkness underneath. I shy away from cuddles and hugs and refuse to let anyone get too close to me. It’s safer if they stay away and I don’t mind putting up as many barriers as I can to keep everyone out of my space.

When Scott walks into The Red Door nightclub on the one night of the week I let myself be who I really am inside, everything changes. I’m drawn to his kindness, but his patience and understanding are what shine through the most. Scott promises me a Christmas like I’ve never seen before and I want to believe in the joy of mistletoe kisses, hot chocolate by the fireplace and the warmth that comes from just being near him, but it all seems to good to be true.

Is Scott just another Grinch coming to snatch away everything I love or will he prove to be the Daddy of my dreams?

TITLE: August’s Thief

AUTHOR: Fearne Hill

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 61

RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2024

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Love works in mysterious ways.

August Angel walks in shadow. Permanently disfigured after a childhood accident, he’s failed at finding love the conventional way and spends most of his days lonely and alone. As a last hope, he signs up to CUPID, a dating agency boasting a 100% success rate.

Collecting his first date from a police holding cell is not the promising start August anticipated. Dawson, a sassy unrepentant thief, is not the ideal boyfriend material he’s been assured. But Dawson needs someone to pay his fine and August has money to spare.

As Cupid might say, they are a perfect match.

This novella originally appeared in the Heart2Heart charity anthology. No new content has been added.

TITLE: Draven

AUTHOR: Fel Fern

SERIES: Sky Stead #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 235

RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2024

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A cursed dragon. A lost wolf. An obsession that could destroy them both.

Draven had his life under control—until a black witch’s curse left him teetering on the edge of madness. With each passing day, he feels his grip on reality slipping, and it’s only a matter of time before he loses his soul completely. But everything changes the night he stumbles upon Tobias, a sweet, unsuspecting wolf shifter, alone in a roadside bar. Something inside Draven shifts. He’s no longer focused on the curse. Now, his obsession is Tobias, and Draven won’t leave until the wolf is his.

Tobias Anderson has always been content flying under the radar, but when Draven walks into the bar, everything changes. There’s something dark and dangerous about the dragon shifter, and Tobias knows he should run. But one look, one touch, and he’s already falling. The deeper Tobias gets pulled into Draven’s world, the more he uncovers about the dragon’s haunted past—and the more he realizes just how dangerous Draven really is.

TITLE: For the Love of the Broken Man

AUTHOR: Sam E. Kraemer

SERIES: Love & Cowboys #3

PUBLISHER: Kaye Klub Publishing

LENGTH: 279

RELEASE DATE: 11/29/2024

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Jason Langston has lived the life of an Army brat from the day he drew his first breath in a military hospital. After years of anxiety over his sexual orientation, Jase finally accepts he’s gay, though he knows his family will never support him. As graduation from high school draws near, Jase is given an order: enlist in the Army to follow in his father’s footsteps. Jase knows he’s not cut out for Army life, so he decides it’s time to spread his wings and fly before his fate is sealed—forcibly.

Daniel Johnson strives to live a simple life, but it seems fate is conspiring against him at every turn. After an unsuccessful attempt at a career in the military, he returns to Holloway, Virginia, and takes a job running a cattle operation for an old friend… something familiar and comforting in a world of pain and disappointment.

One day, a green kid arrives in Holloway, Virginia, and life is flipped on its ear for both men. Jase is unfamiliar with life on the farm, and Danny is fighting the draw of the younger man at every turn. Why would destiny put these two men in the same place at the same time? Is Jase the final straw to break Danny for good, or is Jase the answer to the prayers of… The Broken Man?

 

TITLE: Christmas Beau

AUTHOR: Amy Aislin

SERIES: Christmas Falls: Season 2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 193

RELEASE DATE: 11/29/2024

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Hank Beaufort’s life is a mess.

Oh, he looks like he has it all together, but the reality is that he’s freshly retired from an unimpressive minor hockey career, and the ink is barely dry on his equally unimpressive second divorce. Now he’s the hockey director at the community center in a small town that treats Christmas like Santa Claus is real, and he’s not sure his new career is any more impressive than the last. As the new guy in town, he’d be lonely as hell if it weren’t for his dogs.

The one spot of brightness?

Scott Jersey, the adorably awkward single dad who brings his son to practice every week.

Hank’s not interested in a new relationship so soon after the disaster of the last one, but when doggy play dates lead to real dates, will he be able to set aside his reservations to be someone’s Christmas beau after all?

TITLE: Once Upon A Christmas Con

AUTHOR: Skylar M. Cates

SERIES: Once Upon a Holiday Story

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 178

RELEASE DATE: 11/29/2024

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When Cesar fell…

I was a boy in love with my best friend. I’m a man now, but I’m still afraid to tell him and risk our friendship. As a UFC fighter, I know how to feel invincible but don’t know how to protect my heart from rejection.

When Kieran awakened…

Helping my best friend get a date should be easy. My older brother is a good guy, and it’s the holiday season, full of giving and joy. So, why am I finding it impossible? It’s a romantic Christmas con, only I’m the one falling for Cesar.

Maybe it’s those romance books I’ve been given or the unexpected jealousy, but I can’t let Cesar date my brother. Not when I’m just discovering my sexuality and how to deal with my embarrassing health condition. I don’t know what it all means, but one thing I do know? Cesar is mine.

TITLE: His Demon Daddy

AUTHOR: Annie Evers

SERIES: Creatures of the Night

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 11/29/2024

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Lucifer’s getting Kole for Christmas

Kole

I defied the Lord’s command. Stripped of my wings, I am sent to serve Lucifer, the Prince of Sin himself just in time for Christmas. But the Devil is not who or what I thought he was. In defying him, I can’t get enough of his breed of sensual ‘punishment’ and calling him “Daddy” just feels right . . .

Lucifer

The holiday season in the human realm should have been a chance for me to find a new boy toy to play with, but instead I am to babysit a newly fallen angel, a ‘chip off the old block’. When faced with the kids defiant bratty attitude, calling him ‘boy’ just fits. He wasn’t sent to me to be mine but he brings out the Daddy Dom within me, and I quickly discover it’s exactly what we both want and he desperately needs.

But he isn’t mine to keep. I can’t get attached.

When his punishment is over, the Lord wants him back . .

TITLE: Dragon Eggs Under the Tree

AUTHOR: Maggie Hemlock

SERIES: Starscale Mates

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 124

RELEASE DATE: 11/29/2024

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Omega dragon, Stellan, has this single parenting thing down to a T but when he signs up for some holiday help, he stumbles into the alpha dragon he never thought he’d meet: His true-mate. A retired gladiator turned teacher, Brender, is everything Stellan hoped his true-mate would be. At least, he would be, if they could figure out how to mesh their lives together this holiday season.

When family obligations collide, will these two Starscale lovers be able to get it together before they have a dragon egg under the Yuletide tree?

TITLE: Christmas Home

AUTHOR: Blake Allwood

SERIES: The Coming Home Series #6

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 284

RELEASE DATE: 11/29/2024

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In charming Crawford City, the holiday season brings more than just twinkling lights and festive cheer—it brings a chance for healing.

Ruther Crawford, a wealthy New Yorker, returns to his hometown to confront the trauma of a devastating house fire that scarred him both physically and emotionally as a child.

Clyde Griffin, a kind-hearted man recently arrived in Crawford City, is seeking refuge from his past romantic choices.

When Ruther and Clyde’s paths cross, their contrasting worlds collide—Ruther’s polished exterior hides deep-seated fears, and Clyde’s difficulties with relationships make him reluctant to try again.

As they share stories over cinnamon rolls and coffee, Ruther and Clyde learn to confront their pasts, support each other’s dreams, and open their hearts to the possibility of love. Will the magic of this small town and it’s quirky holiday celebrations be enough to bridge the gap between their lives or are their scars too deep to allow love to grow?

TITLE: Naughty Elf: Merry

AUTHORS: Lorelei M. Hart & Colbie Dunbar

SERIES: Santa’s Naughty Elf Mates

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 122

RELEASE DATE: 11/29/2024

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All I want for Christmas is my mate.

I love everything about my life at the North Pole from my job, to my friends, to the abundance of cookies. What more could an elf ask for? Someone to share it with. That’s what. I’ve tried dating, going as far as using the North Pole’s version of a matchmaker. But it always ends the same: me waking up alone.

This year I have a plan. Rumor has it that if you are really naughty, Santa sends you to the perfect place to find your mate and done—happy ever after. Sure, I’ll need to be a knickknack for a little bit, but for my fated? Yeah, that would be worth it.

Only try as I may, I stink at being naughty and at my worst, I’m messy and annoying. When I get called into Santa’s office I think I’ve finally done it, finally made him mad enough to send me to my true love. Instead, he asks what I want for Christmas. What do I say to that? I tell him I want to be a bad, bad elf and he laughs hysterically. At this rate, I’ll be alone forever.

TITLE: Disguised as Human

AUTHOR: Holly Day

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 192

RELEASE DATE: 11/30/2024

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What’s a vampire to do when falsely accused of murder?

Had Jasper Argall known he’d be accused of murder simply because he went into a grocery store, he would’ve stayed in the supernatural community where human laws don’t apply. Things are hard enough as they are without having to deal with the human police.

Oscar Christopherson is a magic user pretending to be human. He likes being a detective, but supernaturals aren’t allowed to work in law enforcement, so he’s faking it. There is always a risk he’ll be found out, and that risk increases when he’s around other supernatural people, since they have a better sense of smell than humans do.

Vampire or not, when Jasper is wrongly accused of murder, Oscar can’t look the other way. Jasper knows humans can’t be trusted, but maybe Oscar is different from all the other humans in Myrfolk. He’s out of options, so what else can he do but put his life in Oscar’s hands?

TITLE: The Boyfriend Rule

AUTHOR: Eve Morton

SERIES: How to Make a Carrot Cake #2

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 51

RELEASE DATE: 11/30/2024

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Billy Lawson hates Christmas. The carols, the gaudy decorations, and the crowds seem to be more horrible than ever this year. To make matters worse, it looks like Billy’s father Jimmy will be stuck in the hospital over the holiday season due to his illness.

Billy thinks he’s fine, but when Nate wants to go to yet another holiday party, Billy ditches the cookies he’s making and the party. Just when Billy thinks he’ll be alone on Christmas, Nate reminds him there are certain rules boyfriends must abide by.

TITLE: The Alpha’s Beary Special Christmas

AUTHOR: Aria Grace

SERIES: A Bear Under The Christmas Tree

PUBLISHER: Surrendered Press

RELEASE DATE: 11/30/2024

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The magic of Christmas will sparkle when you least expect it.

Human omega Riley has been on the streets since his company shut down last Halloween. He was just getting by with overtime and extra shifts as it was, so when he was handed his final paycheck and showed the door, he knew nothing would ever be the same. He was right. Sleeping in his car isn’t how he expected to spend the holidays. But the holidays don’t mean much to guys like Riley. They’re all just days to survive.

Alpha bear Blake has heard one Christmas song too many. He’s not in the mood for jingle bells or frosted cookies, but the non-profit he volunteers at still needs his help, regardless of his mood. So when he comes across a human almost frozen in the back of a beat-up car, he knows what he has to do.

Save the omega. Save his mate.

TITLE: The Christmas Keeper

AUTHOR: V.L. Locey

SERIES: Laurel Holidays #6

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 186

RELEASE DATE: 11/30/2024

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A grumpy pub owner is about to have his chilly heart warmed by a down-on-his-luck country singer.

Brann Argraves has never left the charming village of Whiteham before nor does he wish to. As the owner of the Whiteham Taphouse, he is content to spend his life serving drafts of beer to the locals, shooting darts with his buddies, and shutting himself away in his cabin for the duration of the holidays. Who needs all that ho-ho-ho, any who? His sister, on the other hand, not only yanked him out of his happy yet somewhat solitary bubble, but she’s also reveling in it. Planning a winter wedding was plain foolish, Brann feels, as is making people fly to some frozen wasteland in Canada to tie the knot. Now, he’s never been happier to return home after the wedding and get back to his bar, his darts, and his little home on the outskirts of town.

Landing at a wintry airport smack dab in the middle of a nasty snow squall, Brann and his weary fellow flyers are entertained by a handsome, rumpled man busking outside the airport. There’s something almost magical about the man’s dark, sad gaze as well as his angelic vocals. Perhaps it’s the residual merry-merry of his sister’s nuptials, or maybe he recognizes a lonely kindred soul, but Brann steps way out of his comfort zone when he offers the man a warm place to sleep above his bar. Kenan Gardet settles into the pub with ease and Southern grace. The down-and-out singer quickly proves himself an asset to Brann’s business as a good barkeep and as a nightly draw on stage. What he didn’t expect was Kenan capturing his heart one plaintive song and gentle kiss at a time.

TITLE: My Big Gay Family Christmas Wedding Disaster

AUTHOR: Alex Leslie

SERIES: The Nolan Family #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 83

RELEASE DATE: 11/30/2024

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You’re invited to the wedding of the year… and it’s going to be a disaster!

It’s been a couple of years since Charlie and Liam got engaged and, much to Charlie’s Mum’s chagrin, they haven’t yet tied the knot. It’s not that they aren’t in love, it’s just life and their busy work schedules have gotten in the way of any wedding planning. That’s when Kathleen Nolan takes things into her own hands by throwing her son a surprise wedding over the Christmas holidays!

If you thought a normal Nolan Family Christmas was a chaotic mess of drama and insanity, adding a surprise wedding into the mix is just asking for trouble. Get ready for disgusting cocktails, inappropriate costumes, fights over who gets to be the flower girl, threats to expose family secrets, unexpected guests and what is possibly the most unforgettable wedding design theme you’ll ever experience!

Will Charlie and Liam finally make it down the aisle or will Kathleen Nolan’s psychotic obsession with throwing the ‘perfect’ gay wedding (emphasis on the ‘gay’) lead to a complete disaster?

TITLE: Living The Legend

AUTHOR: Miski Harris

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 11/30/2024

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Oliver Legend had it all.

The most talented left-handed guitarist since Jimi Hendrix, he’s a six-foot-one bronze god with eyes so grey you could almost see lighting flash in them. His stage presence is either so high energy he could single-handedly light a football stadium or so mellow it melted you into a pile of goo. He is the total package, a man with a plan, regardless of who may get in the way.

Enter Montana Richardson, a man of many strengths and talents. He loves life and is the first to jump into new experiences. Because he’s been able to withstand the storms thrown his way, he is the first to offer his testimony to help others.

Thrown together by military service and complementary musical talents, the men develop an easy friendship that morphs into bandmates with benefits. That harmony is broken, however, when they find themselves on opposing sides of a life-changing decision.

Determined to stick to his “plan,” Oliver moves on. He doesn’t need Montana—does he? A question he ponders continuously until a second chance brings the man back into Oliver’s orbit.

Once more, they find themselves in the calm before the storm, one that has Oliver racing against time to save more than the music. Montana’s life hangs in the balance, and it’s up to Oliver to prove that Legendary is more than the name of a band.

TITLE: Unforgivable

AUTHOR: Erin Rose

SERIES: Texas Hearts #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 396

RELEASE DATE: 11/30/2024

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What happens when your prince and the villain are one in the same?

Rhys

One night was all it took to attract the attention of the devil. Callum is as charming and gorgeous as he is vengeful and cruel. We weren’t supposed to meet, but our paths crossed and led us down a road we can’t come back from. However, the longer I’m around him, the more his walls start to crumble and I see what he’s really hiding from the world. I recognize his pain. Cal says he hates me, but he keeps coming back for more. He’s gotten under my skin and is determined to bring me to my knees. He’s convinced he’s the villain in our story, but I wonder if he’s just a damaged prince in a villain’s mask.

Callum

One night was all it took for that menace to nearly ruin my life. I was trying to escape from the memories that plagued me, but he turned up and pushed all the wrong buttons. He’ll cost me everything if I don’t find a way to deal with him, but he isn’t what I expected. My obsession with him has become something else. I feel too much when I’m near him. Rhys says he sees me through my scars and broken pieces, but I’ll be the one to break him. I’ll show him the villain he awakened and he’ll be begging me to stop. Once I’m through, I’ll make sure he understands why I am unforgivable.

TITLE: Folly of Incompetence

AUTHOR: Shelby Rhodes

SERIES: The Undead Detective Files #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 389

RELEASE DATE: 11/30/2024

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Welcome, welcome, it is I, Octavius Evander, Lead Detective and Owner of The Undead Detective Agency, here to say…we’re back!

Before dropping some hints about what is to come in this amazing and very sparkly first volume, those who have no clue who I am…I’d suggest you go back and read the previous series that is graciously named after my Agency, otherwise… Well, frankly, you will be very confused. If confused is your way of life…carry on, I shall not judge!

Now, the story picks up months after the end of The Undead Detective Agency, and my crew is dealing with the aftermath of…well, you know what. So, of course, I, the loving, amazing boss that I am, decided that it was time for a vacation—a fun duck-related vacation. And after hinting at resorting to possible friendnapping, I got my way!

But can I, Octavius, have a single day off without someone dying?! No, apparently, I cannot! So, cue multiple murders, long-time grudges, a baffling level of incompetence, and me facing down the ultimate enemy in a battle of wits…and glitter. What more is there to say besides…let the chaos begin…again!

TITLE: Kiren

AUTHOR: Wendy Rathbone

SERIES: A Daddy for Christmas 2

PUBLISHER: Eye Scry Publications

RELEASE DATE: 12/1/2024

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Can a bitter young man learn to trust and have the best Christmas ever?

After an accident that leaves deep scars on Kiren’s back and side, not to mention his psyche, Kiren decides not to go back to college and instead goes to work for his parents at a job he hates. On top of it all, he’s very sensitive about his body now, and refuses to date.

It’s better to be alone, he tells himself. Because he also has a secret no one knows about. He is a little.

While his fantasies depict a desperate side to his personality that craves a daddy to take care of him, his grownup self mocks that longing as self-pitying and weak.

Kiren lost his dream, lost his perfect body, and hates his job. And now he’s just discovered his parents are going to the Bahamas for Christmas for their anniversary, and he’s not invited. Could it get any worse?

To top it off, the dusky, tall and silver-sideburned boss of accounting, Max, bought him one drink at a holiday celebration just before Thanksgiving, and now Max haunts his thoughts.

It isn’t only that Max is handsome and popular at the office, or that he exudes charisma and daddy vibes. It’s also that the drink was exactly Kiren’s favorite right down to the cherry on top. How did Max know?

Is it Max who is leaving sweet little gifts on Kiren’s desk when he isn’t looking? One candy cane, a tiny toy truck, and a gumball machine whistle later, a burn starts inside him that he hasn’t felt in a long time. His body wants Max. But will his mind follow? And what if Max is disgusted when he discovers Kiren’s flaws and secrets?

TITLE: The Quirky Vet

AUTHOR: Casey Cox

SERIES: Vet Shop Boys Down Under #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 238

RELEASE DATE: 12/1/2024

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What happens at a Las Vegas pop-up wedding chapel, stays at a Las Vegas pop-up wedding chapel… Until it doesn’t.

Muir

Fitz and I have done some wild things, but waking up as newlyweds? Total disaster.

It threatens to expose the one secret I’ve kept buried for years, the only secret I’ve ever kept from my best friend—that despite us both being straight, I think I’m in love with him.

When Gramps needs me to stay married to lock in my inheritance, I’m terrified my feelings for Fitz could destroy everything we have.

Fitz

To the world, I’m the glitter-bearded, onesie-loving quirky vet. Sure, that’s part of who I am, but it’s not the whole picture. Only one person truly knows me—Muir.

When he tells me he needs us to stay married so he can keep his grandfather’s house, it’s a no-brainer. Of course I’ll help him out.

The real question is: why does staying married to my best friend feel so right?

TITLE: The Warrior and The Monk

AUTHOR: Layla Moran

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 265

RELEASE DATE: 12/1/2024

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Wilder’s life at the monastery is quiet and predictable until a fleet of longships arrives, carrying warriors from a distant land. To avoid bloodshed, one of the monks barters Wilder to a silent, enigmatic warrior named Anders in exchange for little more than a battered sword and the fragile promise of peace. With no say in the matter, Wilder is taken aboard the warriors’ ships, bound for an unknown land he’s never even imagined.

Believing he has been claimed as a servant, Wilder resigns himself to his fate. What he doesn’t realize is that, in Anders’s mind, this exchange has made Wilder his husband.

TITLE: His Temporary Assistant

AUTHOR: A.W. Scott

SERIES: DKAG Christmas Daddies

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 12/1/2024

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Crushing on the new coach wasn’t in his plans.

Timothy loves his job work as Jake Bellport’s assistant. At a time when his life was in shambles, the opportunity gave him more than he ever dreamed: stable income, friendship, and purpose. When his boss buys out a hockey team, he thinks it’s just another day on the job. At least until they need a new coach — who happens to be the man of his dreams — walks through the door.

Given Timothy’s secret little side, he knows there is no chance he has a shot at more than a working relationship with Luke.

Luke is looking for a big change after losing the one person in his life who supported him through his hockey career. Not ready to leave the ice fully, he takes the job as the head coach to the Bellport Bears. It should be an easy gig, except everything that could go wrong does. Adjusting to his new life requires help from the adorable man who makes all his Daddy instincts roar to life.

When he has to step in to protect Timothy, he realizes there is no denying the chemistry between them.

TITLE: The Dratsie Dilemma

AUTHOR: G. L. Carriger

SERIES: The San Andreas Shifters

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 388

RELEASE DATE: 12/1/2024

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Once upon a time, Trick went up against the sea and lost. Badly. Or so he thought.

What the sea decides to keep, it keeps forever.

Trick is a dratsie shifter, a river otter. He is charming, loads of fun, and just a little bit slippery. He’s running from a past he can’t forget, and he’s landed unexpectedly in the chaotic comforting embrace of a small town cafe and the world’s queerest pack of werewolves.

Unfortunately, it turns out the past has also refused to forget Trick. It washes up on his doorstep and gets instantly tangled up in marine biology conferences, twelve mermaids thrift shopping, and specialty cappuccinos. That past is grumpy, sexy, and wearing a very sparkly tail. (Don’t you dare call him a fish.)

Trick was just starting to feel like it was all going to be okay. But sometimes the sea decides to spit up a merman who has been looking for Trick for over a decade. And Trick will have to decide whether he starts running all over again or faces up to heartbreak and the childhood best friend who betrayed him.

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