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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didn’t See You Coming | Gabbi Grey | The Wild Rose Press | 1/6/2025 | The Haunting of Pinedale High, YA | Amazon |
| Where Fireflies Dwell | Samantha J. Won | Self Published | 1/6/2025 | YA | Amazon |
| Billionaire’s Pet Project | Matt Peters | Self Published | 1/6/2025 | Billionaires and Liars #2 | Amazon |
| Silent Knight | Davidson King | Self Published | 1/6/2025 | Amazon | |
| How to Rescue Your Surprise Baby | Anna Wineheart | Self Published | 1/6/2025 | Closet Baby Chronicles #8 | Amazon |
| Fire and Iron | Andrew Grey | Dreamspinner Press | 1/7/2025 | Carlisle Troopers #4 | Amazon |
| Minding His Master | Samantha Cayto | Pride Publishing | 1/7/2025 | Debt Slave #2 | Amazon |
| Brothers of the Sea | Larry Mellman | NineStar Press | 1/7/2025 | The Ballot Boy #3 | Amazon |
| The Haunting Between Us | Paul Michael Winters | Maelstrom Press | 1/7/2025 | YA | Amazon |
| Heat Transfer | Katherine McIntyre | Self Published | 1/7/2025 | Brannon Boys #1 | Amazon |
| Astaroth | Freydís Moon | Self Published | 1/7/2025 | Amazon | |
| Jack of All Trades | Rain Carrington | Self Published | 1/7/2025 | Valleywood Series Season Three | Amazon |
| Polly Wants a New Year | Jaime Samms | Self Published | 1/7/2025 | Four-legged Cupid #5 | Amazon |
| Monumental | A.E. Jensen | Self Published | 1/7/2025 | Amazon | |
| Rebellious Grace | Jeri Westerson | Self Published | 1/7/2025 | A King’s Fool Mystery #3 | Amazon |
| Frostbite, Lovebite | Megan Derr | Self Published | 1/7/2025 | Harper Valley Witch #2 | Amazon |
| Ballad of Sword and Wine | Tang Jiu Qing | Self Published | 1/7/2025 | Qiang Jin Jiu #3 | Amazon |
| New Year in Kentbury | Claudia Burgoa | Self Published | 1/8/2025 | Kentbury Tales #7 | Amazon |
| Cold as Ice | Beth Bolden | Self Published | 1/9/2025 | Portland Evergreens #2 | Amazon |
| Just Jack | Christina Lee | Self Published | 1/9/2025 | Aqua Vista #1 | Amazon |
| Chasing Danger | Evie Riley | Self Published | 1/9/2025 | Ruthless Empire #2 | Amazon |
| Reckless Hearts | Jax Calder | Self Published | 1/9/2025 | Rainbow Redemption #2 | Amazon |
| Redeeming Bosley | Sammi Cee | Self Published | 1/9/2025 | Devil’s Deal Duology #2 | Amazon |
| Poetry On Ice | Jesse H Reign | Self Published | 1/9/2025 | Totally Pucked #1 | Amazon |
| Damaged | Reese Knightley | Self Published | 1/9/2025 | Erebus Assassins #3 | Amazon |
| Hartley | Michelle Dare | Self Published | 1/10/2025 | East Dremest Mafia #3 | Amazon |
| Hot Saltwater Kisses | Zarah Detand | Self Published | 1/10/2025 | Amazon | |
| The Puck Chase | G.N. Wright | Self Published | 1/10/2025 | Fairfield U #3 | Amazon |
| A Little Cinny Latte | Kota Quinn | Self Published | 1/10/2025 | DKAG Christmas Daddies | Amazon |
| End It All | Brea Alepou & Skyler Snow | Self Published | 1/10/2025 | Vitale Brothers #5 | Amazon |
| Daddy’s Picky Eater | Aria Grace | Surrendered Press | 1/11/2025 | Blue Collar Daddies in the City #8 | Amazon |
| Such a Brave Omega | Lorelei M. Hart | Decadent Publishing | 1/12/2025 | His Alpha Desires #3 | Amazon |
| Daniel’s Story | D.A.E. Jackson | Self Published | 1/12/2025 | Shippan Point Time Travel Romances #1, YA | Amazon |
| Married to the Fae | Layla Moran | Self Published | 1/12/2025 | Amazon |
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TITLE: Didn’t See You Coming
AUTHOR: Gabbi Grey
SERIES: The Haunting of Pinedale High, YA
PUBLISHER: The Wild Rose Press
LENGTH: 192
RELEASE DATE: 1/6/2025
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Holden and Peyton don’t expect much from senior year. He probably won’t manage to date any guys. She’ll still pine over Juliette, the beautiful and unattainable cheerleader. But when they step between class bullies and Oliver, a super-hot transfer student, their year starts to go off the rails.
As a star football player, Oliver hadn’t anticipated trouble. Turns out Pinedale High not only comes with bullies but with new friends, plus the ghost of a Civil War soldier and a shy naked guy in the library. Between the living and the dead, senior year is about to get interesting.
TITLE: Where Fireflies Dwell
AUTHOR: Samantha J. Won
OTHER DETAILS: YA
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 269
RELEASE DATE: 1/6/2025
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Time travel is not a choice. It’s a curse.
Ri Yunho and his best friend, Jo Wooju, have it all. With the immense fame and wealth that come with being two of the most popular Korean Hallyu actors in their generation, the pair jump from one wild success to another. But when Yunho’s life is shattered after a heinous allegation by Wooju leaves him in prison, he’s forced to grapple with the reasons behind his best friend’s betrayal.
As if to salvage his life from the ruin it has become, Yunho mysteriously meets a magical entity and is transported back to his teens, where he is given one chance at redemption—to reshape his future and uncover the truth behind Wooju’s backstabbing.
Caught up in a mounting conspiracy that will force Yunho to reconsider everything he knew about his former best friend, he’ll need to delve into the past and find the shadowy figure pulling the strings that led to his imprisonment.
Can Yunho unravel the web of secrets behind Wooju’s betrayal? Or has his fate already been decided?
TITLE: Billionaire’s Pet Project
AUTHOR: Matt Peters
SERIES: Billionaires and Liars #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 1/6/2025
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The Crane family owns Cardiff. Far away from the UK’s other financial centres, they’ve created a fiefdom of their own. Addison and Myrtle Crane have four sons, all waiting to meet their perfect match.
Cameron Crane is the quietest of the family, but he’s carved out a niche for himself working for Ade, his oldest and most independently succesful brother. When a charity cause close to their heart starts posting discrepancies in its budget, Cam is sent to investigate. The biggest problem? He’s been avoiding its gorgeous, beefy manager for the last fourteen years.
Harvey’s management of the Myrtle Crane Dog Rescue has always been exceptional, and he consistently puts his own needs behind those of the dogs who live there. But he’s been hiding a secret, and it’s about to be discovered. Will his and Cam’s sudden relationship be able to stand the tests that are about to be thrown at it?
TITLE: Silent Knight
AUTHOR: Davidson King
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 56
RELEASE DATE: 1/6/2025
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Can someone have both all the luck and none at all? For Ezra Acker the answer is yes. Life just is for him…until one Christmas when everything shifts and he finds out he has a silent knight who has been protecting him.
A world Ezra didn’t know existed is trying to kill both him and his knight. Can they survive the holidays and have a happily ever after or will Heaven and Hell see to it they don’t?
Silent Knight is a standalone dark paranormal novelette that was a part of the O Deadly Night Vol 2 Charity Anthology. No part of this story has been changed.
TITLE: How to Rescue Your Surprise Baby
AUTHOR: Anna Wineheart
SERIES: Closet Baby Chronicles #8
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 301
RELEASE DATE: 1/6/2025
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Telos has a secret he’s taking to his grave. Instead of the small, vulnerable men he’s supposed to want, he can’t stop thinking about a certain broad-shouldered shifter in his alpha friend group.
The man he’s on a rescue mission with.
Of course, Mav hates his guts.
Mav scoffs at Telos’ dinosaur forms; he doesn’t catch on when Telos flirts with him. He’s annoying and aggravating, and he’s totally Telos’ type.
F*ck his life, right?
When an old hookup calls Telos to tell him he’s a dad, and that his new baby has just been kidnapped, everything gets more complicated.
Why is Mav looking at him strangely? Why is Mav offering to help with the baby? It doesn’t make any sense. Telos is just falling deeper in love with him. And his heart is going to shatter by the end of this.
TITLE: Fire and Iron
AUTHOR: Andrew Grey
SERIES: Carlisle Troopers #4
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 243
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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Gregory Montrose and Fillian O’Connell grew up next door with a tall fence separating their families.
Fillian, now a state trooper, grew up with plenty of love and little else, looking over the fence at the neighbor’s pool he never got to swim in. His family barely made ends meet and he worked hard for everything he has—including making it to the police academy and graduating at the top of his class, and landing a posting in the Carlisle area.
Electrician, Gregory had everything growing up, at least on the surface, but it was for appearances. He looked over the fence at the family who did everything together, and listened to his parents fighting most nights. His parents made sure he had all the advantages money could buy, but little else.
When a domestic disturbance call reunites them, both men have changed, and yet they are so very different. Fillian has the life he’s always wanted and Gregory is struggling to raise his niece and nephew. Attraction is a surprise for both of them and as heat builds between them, family disasters threaten to either blow them apart or forge them stronger, like steel.
TITLE: Minding His Master
AUTHOR: Samantha Cayto
SERIES: Debt Slave #2
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 185
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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Love wasn’t supposed to enter the equation.
Tate Graham is the playboy son of a billionaire family. He spends more time amusing himself with extreme sports than he does working in the businesses he will one day inherit. When he is seriously hurt, his parents see the perfect opportunity to rein him in. They seclude him and purchase a debt slave to tend to his personal needs in the hope that he will be pacified enough to finally come to heel.
Caden Beckett fell hard and stupidly for an older man who used up his inheritance and put him heavily into debt. With no skills to earn enough to pay the debts off, Caden is forced to contract out as a debt slave. He figures that some much older guy—his sexual preference—will buy him, but is devasted to learn he has been bought to serve some spoiled man not much older than he.
As much as both men might want to keep their distance, close proximity and unexpected attraction quickly turns their relationship from the physical to the emotional. As their days together grow, so does their affection.
Tate’s parents learn what is happening and their plans for their son do not involve his becoming entangled with a slave. They take Caden away from him. A furious Tate is determined to rescue his love but time is not on his side. He may not reach Caden in time.
TITLE: Brothers of the Sea
AUTHOR: Larry Mellman
SERIES: The Ballot Boy #3
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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Running a gauntlet of raging seas and enemy warships, Nico and Admiral Vettor Pisani race to Constantinople to rescue Venice from Byzantine treachery.
A triple alliance of powerful princes plans to besiege Venice by sea and land and seize the reins of St. Mark’s legendary four horses. With Nico as his right hand, Pisani leads a war fleet to secure the island of Tenedos in the Aegean, fulcrum of the impending war. Amid the mortal dangers of the journey, Nico and Pisani wrestle with their overpowering physical and psychic attraction, knowing that the choices they make will change their lives irrevocably.
Nico first met Pisani and fell under his spell at the age of fourteen. In the decade since, despite great loves and failed loves, Nico never lost his starry-eyed admiration for Venice’s greatest admiral. Pisani, thirty years older and wiser, hesitates to risk everything for a young man’s love until Nico throws open new doors, and their age difference evaporates in the heat of battle.
The enemy triple alliance—Padua, Genoa, and Hungary—outnumbers Venice five to one. Mounted armies blockade the mainland shores and rivers while the enemy fleet breaches the lagoon. Venice can only win on water with Pisani leading her. When he is forced to fight a battle he knows he cannot win, Pisani’s disastrous defeat lands him in prison. Locked behind bars while Venice hovers on the brink of annihilation, Nico and Pisani sketch a bold plan to save the Republic.
TITLE: The Haunting Between Us
AUTHOR: Paul Michael Winters
OTHER DETAILS: YA
PUBLISHER: Maelstrom Press
LENGTH: 346
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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Cameron can’t believe the boy of his dreams just moved into the house of his nightmares.
Sixteen-year-old Cameron Walsh dreads the haunted Victorian mansion across the street, where the ghost of the White Lady roams the halls. When he sees her through the bay window, his ghost-hunting friend Abby wants to investigate. But then the new owners pull up, and Cameron is captivated by the brooding, handsome boy moving in. He longs for a boyfriend, but years of bullying have shattered his self-esteem.
Sixteen-year-old Hugo Cruz and his father flip old houses, moving often, fleeing from the grief at the loss of Hugo’s mother. They unknowingly move into the most haunted house in Port Townsend, Washington. From day one, Hugo encounters shadows that move by themselves, locked doors without keys, and hidden rooms. He hides the mysteries from his superstitious father, not wanting to uproot their lives.
When the White Lady becomes impossible to ignore, Hugo turns to Cameron to help uncover the house’s dark history. They soon form a bond that goes beyond friendship, but as their feelings deepen, the White Lady’s wrath intensifies. Entangled in a web of sinister secrets, they risk not only their love but their very existence.
TITLE: Heat Transfer
AUTHOR: Katherine McIntyre
SERIES: Brannon Boys #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 203
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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Cor’s crush on the straight boy in sword fighting class has been unrequited, but with one crossed sword, that’s all about to change…
Cor
From the second I showed up for sword fighting class, Felix grabbed my attention. Yet not only was he straight, but he also had a girlfriend. However, the more we hang, the more I can’t help but hang on his every word, every look. And when he ends up newly single, I can’t stop my hopes from running rampant.
Felix
I’ve been accused of talking about my best friend Cor too much, but when my client mistakes us for boyfriends and invites us to the historical gala of our dreams…well, it’s time to ask him to be my fake date. Except fake dating Cor doesn’t just feel natural, it feels better than most relationships I’ve been in. And when my curiosity for more takes the wheel, we end up exploring everything.
We’re circling each other, just like we do in a sword fighting match, however, this isn’t just skill or reputation on the line. Far too fast, it becomes clear that I love him, and if he doesn’t feel the same, I won’t just be disarmed—losing him would deliver the finishing blow.
TITLE: Astaroth
AUTHOR: Freydís Moon
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 143
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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Once a year, every year, the Celestial Auction showcases a prime selection of Fallen and Damned, allowing angels who tumbled from their heavenly pedestals and humans who landed in purgatory the ability to expedite their hellish consequences…
Briar Wright, a fallen War Angel, has sold his body and soul. His buyer? The Great Duke of Hell—Astaroth.
As Briar explores the gothic estate he’s expected to call home, he wrestles with nightmares of past abuse, blooming curiosity about his recent buyer, and an uncomfortable—yet insatiable—feeling attached to the idea of desire. Empowered and free, he enters a heated courtship with the demon duke. Questioning everything he’s been taught leaves him reeling, but soon, Briar finds himself in the middle of a sensual awakening and a spiritual revelation.
TITLE: Jack of All Trades
AUTHOR: Rain Carrington
SERIES: Valleywood Series Season Three
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 181
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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Jack Pengrove lives a secret life in a magical city. He was born to a powerful family of witches, but he, unlike everyone else in his family, never acquired powers.
Leaving them and their horrible treatment of him for his lack of powers, he moved to Valleywood, hoping that being surrounded by magical beings would help his familial gifts finally come to him. Already there for years, however, he has little hope left.
Doing jobs through a temp agency that covers for the prostitution ring it truly was, Jace makes enough money to get by, but still dreams of more.
After the huge blizzard that buries Valleywood, Jack gets a straight job, fixing a roof for a man who collects classic cars.
Maltin Graves is a half-witch. With his powers being finite, the man who has lived nearly two hundred years knows that every time he uses his powers, his life shortens.
Graves’s warehouse houses these cars and also the man, in a beautiful loft above the cars, where he can always watch over them. He’s a writer of screenplays for the major studios in town, and that leaves him to live almost as a hermit. Rarely going out, he has everything he needs in that warehouse.
The two clash instantly, and Jack finds his new employer not only rude but also aloof. So why, then, is he so drawn to the guy?
Could it be they are fated mates, and if so, what kind of shifter could they possibly be? The terrible dreams that begin for Jack could hold a clue, and one that makes him fear himself more than he’s ever feared anything.
TITLE: Polly Wants a New Year
AUTHOR: Jaime Samms
SERIES: Four-legged Cupid #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 181
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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There was no chance I was following my boss to his new home, a million kilometers north of nowhere.
So what if he was also my best—maybe my only real—friend. That town is too small. Too claustrophobic. And there are no dance clubs. So when he low-key abducted me after the disastrous New Years Dance Club Incident and brought me back to his boyfriend’s farm, I was not super happy with the arrangement.
When he volentold me I had to house-sit for a friend of a friend of his, I might have told him where he could shove his job.
That would explain why he failed to mention that I was also baby-sitting the world’s most obnoxious parrot. He also left out the part about the parrot’s owner being an over-the-top nervous pet parent.
It should not have been a surprise that Mel-no-one-ever-calls-me-Melvin, came back to check on his beloved bird. Unexpectedly. In the middle of my trying to get the feathered menace down from the ten-foot bookshelf.
My broken leg was the parrot’s fault.
Mel agrees that everything that happened after that was also because of that meddling bird.
TITLE: Monumental
AUTHOR: A.E. Jensen
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 340
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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CODY
“I know who I am and I know where I’m going.”
Or at least, I always thought I did. Until I meet him. Luke Carrington, defenseman for the Aurora Mountain Lions. The most happy-go-lucky guy I’ve ever met. My new teammate. My new roomie. Someone who sends pucks flying around in my belly when I promised myself I’d never fall for a guy again unless he’s ace.
From my dad and brother leaving to my mom micromanaging my life, I’ve set one goal for myself: to reach the NHL and become the best goalie I can be. But now that I’m here, I find myself wanting more. I find myself wanting him.
LUKE
They don’t call me the Comeback Kid for nothing. Nothing gets me down – not even a freeze-your-butt-off Colorado winter or a failing season. There isn’t a challenge I won’t take on. And I wanna take on our new goalie, Cody Mitchell. Only problem: he’s ace and he’s friend zoned me. And me… Well, come to think of it, I’m not sure. From living and breathing hockey all my life, there’s been no time for love or dating.
As easy as life has been, things always going my way, I suddenly find myself wanting the one thing I can’t have. Him.
TITLE: Rebellious Grace
AUTHOR: Jeri Westerson
SERIES: A King’s Fool Mystery #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 209
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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Henry VIII’s court jester Will Somers turns reluctant inquisitor once again when a grotesque murder within the palace walls is linked to the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion in this gripping Tudor mystery.
1536, London. The gruesome murder of a servant in the king’s palace, his throat savagely cut, has brought fear to the court of Henry VIII. When the man’s body is then dug up from the churchyard and disembowelled two weeks later, Will Somers, the king’s jester, is horrified. What terrible mischief is now afoot under the king’s roof?
With Henry VIII distracted by The Pilgrimage of Grace, the religious revolt led by Robert Aske in protest at the king turning his back on the Catholic faith, Will becomes reluctant inquisitor once again. As he attempts to unmask a murderous knave, Will uncovers a chilling link between one of Queen Jane Seymour’s precious jewels, the rebellion and the dead man. Is a shocking act of treachery behind a grotesque killing?
TITLE: Frostbite, Lovebite
AUTHOR: Megan Derr
SERIES: Harper Valley Witch #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 53
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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With Valentine’s Day approaching, Match is looking forward to being a mushy, romantic cliché with the boyfriend of his dreams. The fight to get his pay increased hasn’t been going well, and he’s long fed up with the bitter cold of winter, but snuggling with Ronan after a day spent picking herbs and flowers is pretty good compensation.
Until he returns to his apartment only to find an eviction notice, despite having done nothing to merit it—and then the town is struck by a deadly Jack Frost, and the Guard goes to work in earnest to stop it. But when he stops at shop after shop for help, for food, as he works through the day and night, Match is turned away and thrown out by people he thought were his friends…
TITLE: Ballad of Sword and Wine
AUTHOR: Tang Jiu Qing
SERIES: Qiang Jin Jiu #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 414
RELEASE DATE: 1/7/2025
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DESPERATE MEASURES
After a close call with a deadly epidemic and an attempt on the emperor’s life, the imperial court of Qudu is in turmoil. The emperor is determined to hold someone among the noble clans accountable, a desire Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye are prepared to use to their political advantage. The chaos gives them another opportunity as well–a chance to investigate the suspected mastermind behind the fall of Zhongbo five years ago.
Yet as they delve deeper into the past, new dangers emerge in the present. For every move they make, their unseen adversary seems always a step ahead, driving them into a trap from which there is no way out. As Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye’s lives grow more and more entwined, both find they are increasingly reliant on each other. But when Xiao Chiye extends a hand in their most desperate hour, will Shen Zechuan take it?
TITLE: New Year in Kentbury
AUTHOR: Claudia Burgoa
SERIES: Kentbury Tales #7
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 135
RELEASE DATE: 1/8/2025
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I can’t believe I’m calling Kentbury home. When I first arrived, I wasn’t planning on staying, but I’ve found my place here with Damian Harris. Our arrangement started off as some no-strings-attached fun, but somewhere between midnight kisses and secret touches, my heart got involved.
Now it’s almost New Year’s Eve, and I’m done being invisible. I’ve discovered how to love in Kentbury, learned who I really am—and I refuse to keep hiding behind locked doors. Damian may be tied to his powerful family name, but if he wants me by his side, he has to face the truth of who we are together.
If he won’t stand with me in the open, then I’ll have to ring in the new year on my own—because I can’t keep being his secret anymore.
TITLE: Cold as Ice
AUTHOR: Beth Bolden
SERIES: Portland Evergreens #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 345
RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2025
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Malcolm’s all about checking off items in his Life Plan.
He’s made it to the first line on his hockey team, the Portland Evergreens. He’s made the Dean’s List the last four semesters. He’s right in line to graduate on time, and head to the pros. All steps on the ultimate goal of becoming the best front office guy in the NHL.
Elliott is the only fly in his ointment.
The younger, wilder forward parties every night, sleeping with everything with a pulse, and barely attending classes or practices.
It’s annoying, but Mal’s dealing with it, until their new coach insists Mal tutor Elliott to help him pass a class.
And until Elliott discovers Mal’s biggest secret: he’s been too busy checking off points on his life plan to get laid.
They’re fire and ice. Bad boy and virgin. They shouldn’t work at all. But the more time they spend together, on and off the ice, the more irresistible their chemistry becomes.
The more desperate Mal becomes for some of Elliott’s one-on-one tutoring—this time in bed.
But Elliott wants more than just sex. He wants to melt Mal’s icy cold shoulder and convince him there’s more to life—and love—than a plan.
TITLE: Just Jack
AUTHOR: Christina Lee
SERIES: Aqua Vista #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 250
RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2025
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Aaron
When I’m running on fumes while driving on what feels like the loneliest stretch of road in California, I worry I’m in trouble. Luckily, I happen upon Aqua Vista, a sleepy coastal town with the only pump for miles, and the grumpy owner who is more gorgeous than he has any right to be. When I’m told I’ll need more than fuel to disable the check engine light on my dash, I figure there are worse places to be stuck while my car gets needed repairs.
Jack
After driving the handsome city dweller to a local motel, the last thing I expect is the hot hookup that happens afterward. As soon as his car is ready, he’s on his way home, so imagine my surprise when he shows up a couple of months later with an offer to buy my business. No way I want an out-of-towner to own part of what my family has built here. Even if I’m not always fulfilled by it. Besides, it belonged to my parents, and it’s all I have left of them.
When Aaron decides to spend several days in town, I figure it’s to soften me up to his proposal. I shouldn’t hook up with him again. Or spend time showing him around…but I do. Before I know it, the charming, attractive visitor starts to feel familiar, almost like he belongs here. Like he’s woven himself into the very fabric of Aqua Vista. I’m fooling myself, of course, and it’ll certainly sting when he hits the road. Outsiders never stay, and though I secretly wish he would, I’m no stranger to heartache.
TITLE: Chasing Danger
AUTHOR: Evie Riley
SERIES: Ruthless Empire #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 350
RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2025
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A surprising connection.
A risky lifestyle.
A true history revealed.
In a cozy coffee shop, flamboyant barista Oliver Grant uses his bubbly demeanor and flamboyant clothing to distract from the scars on his face and his belief that he is unlovable. What starts as casual conversations with a mysterious man over coffee becomes more as shared passions for classic cinema and art spark a deep connection.
Drawn by the perfect cup of coffee, D’Angelo Bianchi is unexpectedly captivated by a younger man’s vibrant personality and exceptional latte art. When an attack linked to his mafia ties threatens Oliver’s safety, the broody man’s protective instincts kick in, revealing a hidden heart of gold. As their relationship deepens, their bond is tested by additional threats and escalating violence.
Can their desire survive the ruthless dangers of D’Angelo’s world?
TITLE: Reckless Hearts
AUTHOR: Jax Calder
SERIES: Rainbow Redemption #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 416
RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2025
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Some people are meant to be in your life. Others are meant to turn your life upside down.
Seb:
Marcus is my sister’s best friend. He’s also the most gorgeous and charming man in the universe. And he knows it.
He’s always seen me as a nerdy geek who can’t string together a coherent sentence around him. So when he unexpectedly propositions me at a party, I decide to take the opportunity for all it’s worth.
Turns out it’s a night that will change everything.
Marcus:
There’s one person who’s always been off-limits: my best friend’s younger brother. But when I’m annoyed at Saskia one night, I don’t just cross the line. I obliterate it.
That one night determines the trajectory of my life.
Because it turns out one encounter with Seb will never be enough. And as the years go by, Seb and I collide over and over again, drawn together by an unexplainable force neither of us can escape.
But how can I accept Seb’s heart when I’m not sure if mine is worthy to give?
TITLE: Redeeming Bosley
AUTHOR: Sammi Cee
SERIES: Devil’s Deal Duology #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2025
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Sometimes you have to make deals with the devil to save the people you love.
Cory is changing my life. My quirky boy. So opposite of me in every way. Sweet and vulnerable, he’s willing to wear his heart on his sleeve. He’s willing to accept who I am—what I am—so I won’t fail him.
Now his worries are mine. His found family is mine. Mine to shelter. Mine to protect.
To do that, I’ll make another deal with the devil. One that will draw me out of the shadows to align me with a crime Family. They’ll give me the soldiers and resources to give my Cory answers, and hopefully, get his remaining family member back.
I’m playing a dangerous game. One I’m determined to win. No matter the cost. Because I’ll do anything for my boy. Anything to keep him by my side.
TITLE: Poetry On Ice
AUTHOR: Jesse H Reign
SERIES: Totally Pucked #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 474
RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2025
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I can’t tell if we’re fighting…or flirting?
Being traded to the Seattle Vipers has left me with mixed feelings. On the one hand, they’re my team, the team I’ve loved and supported since I was a kid, but on the other hand, he’s here. Him. Ant Decker. Infamous NHL bad boy. Right wing to my left. A man who’s made it his sole purpose in life to be better than me.
Well, the joke’s on him because I’m faster and my stats are better than his.
Not that I’m competing with him. Of course not. I wouldn’t stoop to his level.
He’s the most infuriating person I’ve ever met. A dark, chaotic presence that distracts me.
When we’re not coming to blows on the ice, he tries to provoke me by calling me Princess. And Pretty Boy…and Babygirl.
I hate it. Obviously, I do. It makes me so angry I can hardly see straight.
So why does my body react as if I like it?
TITLE: Damaged
AUTHOR: Reese Knightley
SERIES: Erebus Assassins #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 203
RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2025
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Could they even be together when they were forever one step away from death?
-Rogue
Wrath wants him and Rogue knows it.
But he’s not good enough for Wrath—a man who is liked by everyone.
And Wrath has roots. And him? He’s a drifter now that he’s free.
Plus, he struggles with his past and the things he’s done.
So as far as Rogue is concerned, he’s going to hell for them.
And there is no way he is pulling Wrath down with him.
-Wrath
He couldn’t pinpoint what it was about Rogue that kept him coming back.
But one thing was for certain, he was not going to quit Rogue.
The big, quiet, and intense assassin with the storm-colored eyes holds his heart.
Only Rogue thinks he’s too damaged to give them a try.
Wrath aims to change that—if Rogue will let him.
But honestly?
He is getting tired of being the only one who wants to give them a try.
TITLE: Hartley
AUTHOR: Michelle Dare
SERIES: East Dremest Mafia #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 274
RELEASE DATE: 1/10/2025
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Talk about surprises…
We welcomed a new member into our family. Adding her to our little mafia group meant fear like we hadn’t known.
But she wasn’t the one we had to worry about. No, it was me.
How was I supposed to know visiting my grandfather’s home would turn everything upside down? It was a chance to show Jordan where Vail and I grew up. Instead, guns were drawn and threats were made.
Jordan would do anything to protect us. The thing was, I wanted to protect them too, even if it meant going behind Jordan’s back.
I wasn’t cut out for the mafia life, yet I lived with the most possessive boss of all.
For my family, I’d do anything. They were who mattered. Jordan and Vail were who I craved going home to at the end of the day.
So, I’d take whatever violence and revelations came my way. The alternative was giving them and this life up, and that was never going to happen.
TITLE: Hot Saltwater Kisses
AUTHOR: Zarah Detand
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 230
RELEASE DATE: 1/10/2025
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Tropical heat, summer love, and a secret identity that could ruin everything—just another day in paradise.
Milo, a dive instructor at a luxurious island resort, knows the rules: no fraternizing with guests. That’s fine. After all, his last relationship was more of a shipwreck than a love story. Enter Logan Fox, a brand-new resort guest who ticks all the boxes: hot, rich, and completely off-limits.
Until he’s not.
What Milo doesn’t know? Logan’s not just anyone. For him, pretending to enjoy a normal vacation was supposed to be a test, a way to prove to his family he’s not just the screw-up nephew. But falling for a dive instructor who challenges him, makes him laugh, and has no idea he goes by a fake name? That wasn’t part of the plan.
As secrets bubble to the surface, Milo and Logan must decide—sink or swim.
TITLE: The Puck Chase
AUTHOR: G.N. Wright
SERIES: Fairfield U #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 1/10/2025
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Hockey is my life. It’s my only goal, my only escape, and everything was going according to plan. All I had to do was focus on the game, keep my head down, then get drafted into the NHL.
Starting my senior year at FU everything was as perfect as always, but sometimes just because you play on the same team, doesn’t mean you can play nice. And it turns out I enjoy taunting a certain teammate just as much as I enjoy being on the ice.
Daemon Forbes loathes me, but I love nothing more than fanning the flames of that hatred into an inferno.
Yet lately it seems that fire is burning even hotter than ever, and what I thought was a fun little game, is turning into something else entirely. It doesn’t matter that he hates me, it doesn’t even matter that we are teammates. No, it seems we were doomed the night we met and he found me occupied in his bedroom.
I know he has a dark past, and I know my sights should be on the ice and the life I want, but burning with him feels better than anything else.
But what do I do when the shadows that surround him threaten to consume me whole?
TITLE: A Little Cinny Latte
AUTHOR: Kota Quinn
SERIES: DKAG Christmas Daddies
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 1/10/2025
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When Riley misses experiencing Christmas with a Daddy, John decides to spoil the adorable little. Who cares if it isn’t December anymore? Riley deserves the world.
A sweet Christmas romance between a man who has been searching for his forever little, and the cute coffee shop owner who captures his heart.
Expect coffee, baked goods, and holiday cheer.
TITLE: End It All
AUTHORS: Brea Alepou & Skyler Snow
SERIES: Vitale Brothers #5
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 393
RELEASE DATE: 1/10/2025
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What do you do when your only way out is to join a family you never knew existed?
I’m not well behaved, that’s a given. But meeting the Vitale’s puts my life into perspective. They’re everything I’ve longed for; rich, adventurous, fearless, and close. Really close.
This is supposed to be my family too.
So why do I feel like an outsider?
I have no choice except to fit in because I can’t go back home. Not when I’m on the run…
Amidst the chaos of a cooling war, a family struggle, and the law nipping at my heels, I meet Quincy. Bold, crazy, and hot as a five alarm fire.This man is the grand red flag of all red flags, but then again so am I.
And I’ve always loved to play with fire.
TITLE: Daddy’s Picky Eater
AUTHOR: Aria Grace
SERIES: Blue Collar Daddies in the City #8
PUBLISHER: Surrendered Press
RELEASE DATE: 1/11/2025
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Augie likes what he likes, but trying to explain himself to others almost never goes the way he plans…
Augie has been slow to start dating since his attack last year. He’s physically healed but still nervous about trusting new men. When Ethan, his friend’s Daddy, introduces him to a chef friend, Augie is smitten. The only problem is that chefs like to cook, and Augie is a picky eater. Like, can’t trust anyone to cook for him because it’s never right.
So he tries to hide his true feelings.
Dex is intrigued by the sweet boy Ethan introduced him to, but he gets the feeling there’s so much he doesn’t yet know. Other than the fact that Ethan likes to have Little playdates with Ethan’s boy and a few other friends, he isn’t sure how much of what Augie shares is true or half-truths.
But he has every intention of finding out.
TITLE: Such a Brave Omega
AUTHOR: Lorelei M. Hart
SERIES: His Alpha Desires #3
PUBLISHER: Decadent Publishing
RELEASE DATE: 1/12/2025
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I’ve been on the run for so long. Can’t remember the last time I slept in a bed that belonged to me. Had a phone that held contacts. Didn’t live out of a threadbare duffel bag.
I fell for the wrong alpha. I left him and now, true to his promise, I was paying the price for abandoning him.
Until one night, looking for somewhere to sleep, a car hit me as I crossed the street.
With broken ribs and the taste of blood in my mouth, I hobbled to the nearest place where I thought I would be out of the way of prying eyes and any of my ex’s goons only to have someone come out and drag me from my hiding place.
An alpha who smelled like peaches and cream. Except it was too late. I was too broken and my ex wouldn’t stop until I was dead.
The best thing for this man to do was leave me be, let me fall into the darkness in peace.
TITLE: Daniel’s Story
AUTHOR: D.A.E. Jackson
SERIES: Shippan Point Time Travel Romances #1, YA
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 1/12/2025
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Daniel, a young man from The Bronx, inherits the family legacy: a giant old house. No sooner does he arrive, with his boyfriend in tow, than strange things start to occur.
Before he can fully understand what’s happening, he’s thrown back into 1920 where he meets a kind librarian who’s shellshocked and wounded from the Great War. Sparks fly between them, but can Daniel give up his life to stay?
TITLE: Married to the Fae
AUTHOR: Layla Moran
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 246
RELEASE DATE: 1/12/2025
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Idris Hadid was all of five years old when he pretend married his childhood best friend, Tam, on the playground amid the swings and slides. He hasn’t thought about that day since then, but now he’s thirty and he just got a letter in the mail telling him that his “pretend” marriage was apparently magically binding and can he please come to the faerie kingdom to grant his husband, Tamriel, a divorce.
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