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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hat Trick | E.M. Lindsey | Self Published | 5/18/2026 | Legends and Fury #2 | Amazon |
| Ransom | L. Eveland | Self Published | 5/18/2026 | Dust Devils #1 | Amazon |
| Golden Boy | Freddie Braun | NineStar Press | 5/19/2026 | Amazon | |
| Leading the Blind | BA Tortuga | Turtlehat Creatives | 5/19/2026 | Roughstock #7, 2nd Edition | Amazon |
| Sweet Violence | April Jade | Self Published | 5/19/2026 | In The Spotlight | Amazon |
| Watcher | Charity Parkerson | Self Published | 5/19/2026 | Killers Inc. #7 | Amazon |
| Yule Meet Again | RJ Peterson | Self Published | 5/19/2026 | SEAsons Of Love | Amazon |
| Jay’s Boy Toy | Roe Horvat | Self Published | 5/19/2026 | Winter Sun #4 | Amazon |
| My Kind of Sin | Trisha Linde | Self Published | 5/19/2026 | Valleywood Season Four | Amazon |
| How to Protect Your Fated Mate | FN Manning | Self Published | 5/19/2026 | Hated and Fated #3 | Amazon |
| Stranded | Gianni Holmes | Self Published | 5/19/2026 | Quickies & Confessions | Amazon |
| Dead Rattled | Pandora Pine | Self Published | 5/19/2026 | Cold Case Psychic #43 | Amazon |
| From the Ashes of the Sun | Mel Bossa | JMS Books | 5/20/2026 | Amazon | |
| Edging Coach | Gabbi Grey & L.A. Witt | Self Published | 5/20/2026 | Amazon | |
| The Morettis: A Complete Collection | Beth Bolden | Self Published | 5/20/2026 | Indigo Bay | Amazon |
| Sweet-Talking Silas | D.J Jamison | Self Published | 5/20/2026 | Matchmaking in Granville #3 | Amazon |
| Born Wild | Jesse H Reign | Self Published | 5/20/2026 | Wild Hearts #2 | Amazon |
| Flint’s Arrow | Lisa Oliver | Self Published | 5/20/2026 | Assassin’s Alley #4 | Amazon |
| Streetcar Desire | Jerry Moreno | JMS Books | 5/21/2026 | Amazon | |
| Kneaded Hearts | Izzy Tyack | JMS Books | 5/21/2026 | Amazon | |
| Boy Friends | Kai Spellmeier | Bloomsbury YA | 5/21/2026 | Amazon | |
| Second Helpings | Dylan Morrison | Storm Publishing | 5/21/2026 | Amazon | |
| Breakaway | Riley Bauer | Asher Imprints | 5/21/2026 | Atlanta Firebirds #4 | Amazon |
| Deathball | WH Lockwood & TJ Rose | Self Published | 5/21/2026 | Deathball #1 | Amazon |
| Holden | Kate Hawthorne | Self Published | 5/21/2026 | Ink and Ember #1 | Amazon |
| Worth a Try | Jemma Croft | Self Published | 5/21/2026 | Try for Love #3 | Amazon |
| Under Watchful Wings | Andy Gallo | Self Published | 5/21/2026 | Archangels #1 | Amazon |
| Dirty Hit | Avery Collins | Self Published | 5/22/2026 | Amazon | |
| Hart’s Story | K.M Avery | Self Published | 5/22/2026 | Beyond the Veil Trilogy | Amazon |
| Reclaiming His Heart | Wade Hart | Self Published | 5/22/2026 | Polar Love Stories | Amazon |
| The Greening of Thaddeus Grey | Jay Hogan | Self Published | 5/22/2026 | Amazon | |
| Obsession | N. Slater | Self Published | 5/22/2026 | Obsidian | Amazon |
| Wrong Number, Right Koala | Colbie Dunbar & Lorelei M. Hart | Surrendered Press | 5/24/2026 | Dial M For Mates #9 | Amazon |
| Top Shelf Killer | L.S. Monroe | Self Published | 5/24/2026 | In The Spotlight | Amazon |
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TITLE: Hat Trick
AUTHOR: E.M. Lindsey
SERIES: Legends and Fury #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 378 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/18/2026
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“For five million dollars, would you send a relative to jail?”
“Bud, I would pay five million dollars to send a few there.”
Problem number one: Almost everything the world thinks they know about me is a lie.
Problem number two: Two people know the truth.
Problem number three: One of those two is a stalker and he’s having a blast using that information against me to get his way.
The good news is, the second person who knows the truth about who I am seems pretty dedicated to taking my stalker down.
The bad news is, it’s NHL goalie Vanya Maximov, and he and I had a one night stand that I can’t stop thinking about. And while Vanya might be walking sunshine so bright he can make even my blind ass see light, we have no business being together.
I’m a mess, and while Vanya is everything I’ve ever wanted in a partner, he deserves better than me.
If only he was willing to listen to reason. If only he was less stubborn and able to give up on a lost cause.
But with his ability to give me exactly what I want—a little pain with my pleasure—and his refusal to treat me like I’m fragile, something dangerous starts happening.
I’m beginning to think that maybe—just maybe—he’s right, and I am worth everything he sees.
TITLE: Ransom
AUTHOR: L. Eveland
SERIES: Dust Devils #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 290 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/18/2026
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I’ve protected Pae Saco Ranch for a decade. Now I’m about to burn it all down for the wrong man.
RANSOM
My job is to settle the score when the law turns its back. I don’t talk much. I don’t fuck strangers. I sure as hell don’t trust a Texas Ranger who shows up on my land with a dead judge at his feet and a smile like he’s already won.
Winston Valverde was supposed to be a problem I made disappear.
I’m starting to think he’s going to be a problem I can’t let go of.
WINSTON
I walked onto Pae Saco looking for a killer. I found one.
I just hadn’t counted on wanting him to put his hands on me.
Ransom Lanza is dangerous in a way I’ve only seen a handful of times in my career. He’s quiet. He’s loyal. He’ll burn the world down for the people he loves, and he doesn’t care who’s watching.
He thinks he can kill me. He doesn’t know yet that I’m already under his skin.
One way or another, that man is mine and I’m going to make damn sure he knows it.
TITLE: Golden Boy
AUTHOR: Freddie Braun
PUBLISHER: NineStar Press
LENGTH: 245 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/19/2026
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At an ancient Scottish university where neo-Gothic spires claw at grey skies and fog settles thick around granite walls, eighteen-year-old Felix arrives hoping to outrun the shadows of his past. He quickly falls under the spell of five strangers who will change the course of his life forever: fierce Jess, who becomes his anchor; quiet Julian, with his cutting truths; the Sarah duo, one magnetic, one thoughtful; and Colin—golden-haired, impossible, the kind of boy who makes Felix forget his own name.
For a brief, shimmering moment, it feels like home: Late nights and shared secrets, cheap wine and the dangerous comfort of being chosen. One reckless night that changes everything. A budding connection with Filip, a teaching assistant who notices what others miss. But as Felix learns about the darkest corners of the human mind under renowned Professor Lorna Baird, the world outside grows darker too—the Aberdeen Ripper, a serial killer who terrorised the city years ago, has returned.
When Jess becomes his next victim, her death sends fractures splintering through everything Felix thought he understood. The friends he trusted. The boy he wanted. The person he was trying to become. In the wreckage, Felix begins to realise the danger was never only out there in the dark.
Her final gift: a lighter and three words, “Keep shining bright.” But in the clock tower that becomes his sanctuary, Felix will discover that not every murder is what it seems. And sometimes the real monsters are the ones we let closest.
TITLE: Leading the Blind
AUTHOR: BA Tortuga
SERIES: Roughstock #7
PUBLISHER: Turtlehat Creatives
LENGTH: 224 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/19/2026, 2nd Edition
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Jason doesn’t need to see to find his forever thing…
After his head injury leaves him blind, professional bull rider Jason Scott can only think of one thing. He desperately needs to win the championship so he can retire and start a new life—one he can live with his best friend and lover, Andy Baxter.
Andy—or Bax as his friends call him—wants to keep Jason safe and alive, but he would never ask his man to be less than he is. With the help of their best friends, they start out on a path that will lead them back to the major circuit, and to a deception that might lose them all their chance at success.
There’s no way the higher ups would let Jason ride if they knew he was blind, so Jason and Bax have to figure out how to get Jason back to the top of the leaderboard without anyone calling foul. They also have to figure out what their new life is going to look like, and decide what they’ll be if they’re not bull riders anymore.
Will Jason and Bax get what they want? Or will the whole thing just be a case of the blind leading the blind?
This is a previously published title. The publisher has changed
TITLE: Sweet Violence
AUTHOR: April Jade
SERIES: In The Spotlight
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 5/19/2026
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Some men survive tragedies.
Some men become them.
Henry Rothwell is famous for surviving.
A fire made him a household name. Everything else followed—a bestselling memoir, sold-out lecture halls, a reputation built on survival.
When I earn the assistantship at Wexley, Henry Rothwell is already a fixture. A famous author. An untouchable professor. A story everyone assumes is complete.
They’re wrong.
Up close, his survival isn’t clean. The details don’t line up. The silence feels intentional. Whatever lives beneath the version he presents presses closer the longer I stay.
Henry Rothwell isn’t what the world believes.
And whatever he really is—
I’m close enough now to find out.
TITLE: Watcher
AUTHOR: Charity Parkerson
SERIES: Killers Inc. #7
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 155 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/19/2026
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Two outcasts in the world. One is completely insane, while the other is a cold-blooded killer. Some days it’s impossible to know which is which.
By day, Atticus is CEO of a major tech company. At night, he enjoys a darker lifestyle. His life is filled with secrets. Every space is his playground. The doors his money and looks won’t open are thrown wide for his twisted reputation. While Atticus can’t claim he has gotten everything he ever wanted, he fully intends to own Foster.
Despite Foster being part of an organization of hired killers, he leans toward a quiet life. His position with Killers Inc. doesn’t require working closely with anyone. Maybe that’s why he’s never fit in, even with his so-called family. His loner status is more likely due to him not trying to connect. Now there’s this guy who won’t stop pestering him. Foster might have to kill his annoying ass. That is, if he can stop watching him.
TITLE: Yule Meet Again
AUTHOR: RJ Peterson
SERIES: SEAsons Of Love
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 61 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/19/2026
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When Hollis Leighton agrees to accompany his best friend Burke Trainor on a week-long Caribbean cruise just before Christmas, little did he realize that he’d run into an old classmate at the ship’s LGBTQ+ meet up.
Ronan Melanson walks into a lounge on the first night of his solo cruise and spies his old classmate. He was starting to have feelings for the man twenty years earlier but lost contact when his dad was transferred to a new office. But he’s carrying some baggage—a young son—and isn’t sure Hollis would be interested in someone like him.
The ship’s matchmaking bar waiter Gabe, and a little Christmas magic, helps Hol and Ro realize that fate has interceded to bring them together.
TITLE: Jay’s Boy Toy
AUTHOR: Roe Horvat
SERIES: Winter Sun #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 91 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/19/2026
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Jay hates dating. It shouldn’t be this hard to find an average alpha with just enough brain cells to ask about his day, listen to the answer, and bring him pleasure. Throw in the fact that he’s a single parent in his mid-thirties, working a demanding full-time job, and yeah… dating sucks.
Then a gorgeous twenty-five-year-old PT offers Jay a night of guilt-free fun. Chase doesn’t seem like boyfriend material. But one night turns into two, then five, then eight…
They have no future together. Jay knows that. And yet, neither of them wants to let go.
TITLE: My Kind of Sin
AUTHOR: Trisha Linde
SERIES: Valleywood Season Four
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 206 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/19/2026
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Get on your knees and beg for forgiveness.
Over 250 years ago, Ulysses was born a sin-eater. Some would say it is a distinguished role, one chosen by the gods, to help humans unburden their souls and cross into the underworld, though all it has brought Uly is a life filled with shame and discrimination. He’s tired, ready to spend the last of his years in a mortal retirement. That is until a burly Irish god corners him in an alley with the promise of a mystery to solve… and maybe something more.
Ruadan hasn’t always been an immortal god, but with his rebirth, he was gifted the ability to shapeshift, with the expectation that he would use this ability to spy for the gods. Spying for gods, however, doesn’t pay the bills, which is how he finds himself working as a PI in Valleywood. When he allies himself with the prime suspect in a crime spree, an irresistibly untrusting sin-eater, he finds the lines between suspect and fated mate blurring faster than he can resist.
TITLE: How to Protect Your Fated Mate
AUTHOR: FN Manning
SERIES: Hated and Fated #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 198 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/19/2026
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Dodger summons monsters. Harper hunts them. Will their bond save them from a predator?
Dodger can summon spirits and monsters from the underworld. Sending them back is the tricky part. His control over the dead is shaky at best, and when a corrupt police chief’s obsession forces him to fake his death and flee to the magical city of Concordia, the last thing he needs is a lethally handsome and painfully uptight werewolf bodyguard breathing down his neck.
Enter Ethan Harper: werewolf detective, overprotective pain in the ass, and employee of the man who wants Dodger in chains. Harper believes in justice above all, even when it means protecting a mouthy necromancer from his boss. But protection becomes possessive when the shifter recognizes Dodger as his mate, and Dodger finds himself drawn to the gruff, badge-wearing wolf.
As Harper and Dodger’s connection deepens into something neither can deny, the chief gets closer to discovering his prey. Dodger spent months playing dead. Harper’s making him want to live. That might get them both killed.
TITLE: Stranded
AUTHOR: Gianni Holmes
SERIES: Quickies & Confessions
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 134 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/19/2026
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I hate everything about him.
He was never there when I needed him.
And now that he’s back, he thinks he can rewrite who I am.
He wants to change the way I dress—my makeup, heels, and unmentionables.
He wants to strip away everything that makes me…me, and turn me into his version of what a man is supposed to be.
I refuse.
So I push back, and we clash.
Hard.
When things spiral too far between us, we’re forced to spend a camping trip together to fix what’s wrong between us, but we end up stranded in a desert with no one else to rely on but each other.
Out there, survival strips away pride, anger, and lies, and the truth becomes impossible to ignore.
Because sometimes there’s a thin line between disdain and desire.
TITLE: Dead Rattled
AUTHOR: Pandora Pine
SERIES: Cold Case Psychic #43
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 132 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/19/2026
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Stolen babies. Buried secrets. Mothers demanding justice.
When psychic Tennyson Grimm meets a grieving woman desperate to contact the daughter she was told died at birth more than fifty years ago, he expects another tragic reading. Instead, he finds only silence. No spirit. No trace of death.
Then Ten realizes the impossible—the child is still alive.
Urging the woman to take a DNA test, Ten unknowingly sets off a chain of events that reaches back decades to St. Agnes House, a home for unwed mothers shuttered in 1975 under a cloud of rumors and shame.
Detective Ronan O’Mara digs into the institution’s dark history and uncovers a horrifying pattern: over fifty infants were reported stillborn during the home’s operation, yet none of the children are buried where church officials claimed.
As more families come forward searching for answers, Ten and Ronan uncover evidence of a long-buried conspiracy involving stolen children, falsified deaths, and secrets powerful people will kill to protect.
TITLE: From the Ashes of the Sun
AUTHOR: Mel Bossa
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 288 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2026
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Their love was born in silence, shaped by survival, and tested by time.
Trapped inside a brutal cult led by his own father, Ash learns early on that hope is dangerous and the outside world is doomed to die. Until charismatic Johnny and his mother join the commune and a few words from Johnny shatters Ash’s fragile beliefs, opening his mind to the possibility of a future out there beyond the woods of Chol commune with Johnny at his side.
From the moment Johnny sees the beautiful cult’s leader’s son, he’s annoyed by Ash’s arrogance and ridiculous beliefs in solar aliens. Yet, something in Ash’s silver eyes touches him deeply and he feels the need to protect him from their day to day madness. Slowly, Johnny teaches the neglected and abused Ash what tenderness means. But when a raid on the cult tears them apart, they both carry their first love like a wound they could never heal.
Years later, in the fragile calm of a new life, Ash musters the courage to find Johnny again. Desire reignites between them, but though Johnny’s heart still burns hotter than the sun for Ash, he keeps him at bay, wanting to protect him from the secret police operation he’s been collaborating on. Pulled apart by a brutal history but held together by an even fiercer love, Johnny and Ash have to face what nearly broke them years ago and this time they’re doing it together.
TITLE: Edging Coach
AUTHORS: Gabbi Grey & L.A. Witt
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 418 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2026
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Retired hockey star Jack Showalter is ready for a new challenge: taking over as head coach of the disastrous Abbotsford Grizzlies and turning their horrific season around.
Except Jack isn’t the Grizzlies’ only mid-season acquisition.
Blueliner Devon Jarvis just wanted a no-strings hookup the night before his first practice with his new team. He didn’t expect the silver fox from the app to be such an eager submissive. He didn’t expect to want more than a single, first-name-only night.
He definitely didn’t expect to walk into the locker room and recognize his new coach.
Now Jack and Devon are struggling to focus on hockey while the chemistry sizzles between them. They need to forget everything they did together that one amazing night. They need to pretend they didn’t get a taste of what they’ve both been desperate to find.
Yeah, right, like that’s happening.
TITLE: The Morettis: A Complete Collection
AUTHOR: Beth Bolden
SERIES: Indigo Bay
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 1496 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2026
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Come meet the Morettis . . .
The sweetest, busiest, nosiest, most romantic Italian family, all with hearts of gold and the skills to send your tastebuds to heaven.
Meet Gabe Moretti, who makes his Nana’s meatballs out of the food truck he owns with his cousin, and can’t help but antagonize—and swoon over—the sweet man with the sad eyes who happens to own a food truck with the exact same name.
Meet Ren Moretti, who’s sworn off love and relationships, until the ex-soldier who visits his food truck wants more than just Ren’s meatball subs. He wants a partner and a future, and it’s Ren he’s got his sights set on. Can a lifelong bad boy change his spots?
Meet Luca Moretti, all work and no play. He’s sent to Indigo Bay to turn around his aunt’s failing Italian deli, and discovers the playful local baker who’s determined to turn his frown upside down.
Meet Enzo Moretti, who’s left Indigo Bay to pursue his mural art dreams, but then finds himself back in his hometown for one hot summer. The only way to cool down is with the owner of the gourmet ice cream shop. Neither are looking for love, but the only way to combat Enzo’s matchmaking mama is to pretend they’re falling head over heels.
Meet Rocco Moretti, who’s just moved to Christmas Falls and bought the town’s adorable, picturesque coffee shop. But he’s hardly filled with holiday cheer when the changes he makes goes down like coal in the town’s stocking. Coming to his rescue is the town’s deputy mayor, who convinces him to go all-in not just with coffee, but with love.
Meet Marco Moretti, who’s so busy running his family’s restaurant to have a relationship. But then an old childhood friend shows up in Napa, ready to bail Marco out from a sudden pastry-chef-emergency. Maybe love can be sweet after all.
Includes On a Roll, Ride or Die, Sweet as Pie, Cherry on Top, Flake It Til You Make It, and Piece of Cake, a novella currently unavailable anywhere else.
TITLE: Sweet-Talking Silas
AUTHOR: D.J Jamison
SERIES: Matchmaking in Granville #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 226 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2026
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I plan happily-ever-afters, but I don’t believe in them…
That doesn’t stop the Matchmaking Mamas from trying to find me a dream man. When they corner me at a wedding I’m working, I’m too busy to fight their meddling ways. I agree to one match so they’ll back off. One date and I’ll put the matchmaking nonsense behind me for good.
Then I meet Bryson. As if he stepped out of a movie, he sweeps me off my feet. He’s gorgeous, sweet, romantic–and so very sexy. Despite my reservations, I agree to a second date and start to wonder if maybe I could have more with the right guy.
Until he shows up to a wedding consult the next day.
With his bride.
I’m horrified to be taken in so easily. How could I have doubted, for even a second, that love wasn’t for me? I was the guy who got jilted at the altar. I didn’t get fairytale endings.
Only… now I’m getting texts and calls telling me that Bryson has a twin.
An identical twin.
But if Bryson’s not the groom, is he really the amazing guy he seemed to be when we met? For better or worse, it seems I’m about to find out.
If I’m going to risk my heart again, this man has some serious sweet-talking to do.
TITLE: Born Wild
AUTHOR: Jesse H Reign
SERIES: Wild Hearts #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 255 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2026
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It’s a good thing I’ve sworn off men because Old Jensen would have taken one look at my new boss and spontaneous heat would have been a real threat.
He’s an alpha and an English nobleman. A mannered man who employed me to restore the library at Beaumont Craven House. He’s impossibly attractive and also straight up impossible.
He’s hard to draw out, quiet, and broody. His behavior is often as confusing as it is mysterious.
Unfortunately for me, he has a sweet side I find impossible to resist.
It isn’t long before the lord’s sad backstory has me going above and beyond the requirements of my job description.
It’s fine though. It’s a casual arrangement, and I can keep things casual. I definitely can.
It’s just that my body—and my heart—don’t seem to agree.
TITLE: Flint’s Arrow
AUTHOR: Lisa Oliver
SERIES: Assassin’s Alley #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 233 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2026
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“…he took one look at us and decided we weren’t assassin enough, weren’t alpha enough, weren’t enough full f**king stop…”
Flint, snake snifter and the best sniper on the Agency’s books, met his mate while he was in the middle of a job. Unfortunately, when the wolf shifter opened his mouth all of Flint’s fears came true, and showing a lot more strength than he believed he had, Flint left, did his job, and walked away. But the Fates don’t like it when their matings plans don’t work out, and Flint is feeling the separation deeply… he only hopes Arrow is feeling the same way.
I made a mistake, but I can’t fix it if I can’t find him.
Arrow, wolf shifter, who works in the Cybercrimes unit of the same Agency Flint works for, met his mate, opened his mouth and shit came out. He knows it. He regrets every second of it. But unfortunately, as far as first impressions went, he’d made a mess of it and he couldn’t even find the cute blond assassin, let alone try and get a second chance.
He’s using his actions, not words, Flint realized. He’s showing me, not just telling me, that he can change. That’s a freakingly big change.
That mating pull is strong, and of course, Arrow and Flint need to meet up again, but it’s not an easy path. Arrow has to make some big changes to get Flint to even give him a chance, and when other people decide that maybe the bond between Flint and Arrow isn’t a true one, they add their own brand of pressure to an already volatile situation.
TITLE: Streetcar Desire
AUTHOR: Jerry Moreno
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 44 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2026
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The unmistakable rumble and clang of a New Orleans streetcar is one of the things Michael loves about the city. When he meets a streetcar operator named James, who happens to be exceptionally cute, he’s instantly smitten. His attempts to orchestrate an introduction are awkward and embarrassing and end up with him face planting on a sidewalk. Regardless, the two men begin a friendship.
Fishing trips, snake bites, hospital stays, street fights, and a brief incarceration are no match for the strength of their friendship, but Michael wants more. He’s confused because James hasn’t pursued sex, something Michael desperately wants. Finally, their night of passion arrives, but there’s one interruption after the other. Will Michael and James ever take their relationship to the next level?
TITLE: Kneaded Hearts
AUTHOR: Izzy Tyack
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 207 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2026
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Simon has spent his entire life trapped, bound by pack expectations, an arranged marriage, and a father who rules with an iron fist. On the night of his wedding, with a storm raging and his future sealed, Simon makes a desperate choice: he runs. Swept away by floodwaters and fate alike, he leaves behind everything he’s ever known for a chance at freedom. Even if it costs him his life.
Vic is barely keeping his head above water. Left alone to run his family’s bakery in the welcoming sanctuary town of Everdale, he’s overworked, lonely, and in desperate need of help. When a mysterious stranger with haunted eyes and nowhere else to go walks into his life, Vic takes a chance.
In a town built on second chances and chosen family, Simon and Vic begin to rebuild one loaf of bread, one shared smile, one fragile moment at a time. But Simon’s past isn’t so easily escaped, and trusting someone new might be the biggest leap of all.
As hearts begin to soften and sparks ignite, both men must decide: is love worth the risk? And can they truly leave the past behind?
TITLE: Boy Friends
AUTHOR: Kai Spellmeier
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury YA
LENGTH: 301 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2026
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Luca has loved Simo for as long as he can remember. But confessing? That could ruin everything. And in their tiny, cosier-than-cosy seaside town, there would be nowhere to hide.
Then an anonymous post on the community noticeboard blows his secret wide open – and suddenly, everyone is shipping them hard. Luca and Simo have no choice but to face the truth. Will they risk it all for love – or lose each other for ever?
TITLE: Second Helpings
AUTHOR: Dylan Morrison
PUBLISHER: Storm Publishing
LENGTH: 291 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2026
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Sam Adelson has spent over a decade pouring his heart into Silverman’s Deli, the beloved Cleveland institution his family has run for seventy-five years. So when a scathing review tanks his business, Sam develops some strong feelings about the critic responsible. Fantasies involving expired clam juice may be involved.
Then Jake Thompson walks through the door—Sam’s first love, the one who got away. Reconnecting after twelve years feels like coming home, and having Jake around makes even the chaos of saving the deli feel manageable. But Sam’s fought to move on from the disaster that tore them apart, and now pretending it never happened is becoming more impossible every day.
As Sam falls harder than he ever meant to, Jake’s past begins to catch up with both of them. Some recipes are worth perfecting, even when the first attempt was a disaster—Sam just hopes this one doesn’t blow up in his face…
TITLE: Breakaway
AUTHOR: Riley Bauer
SERIES: Atlanta Firebirds #4
PUBLISHER: Asher Imprints
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2026
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When Luca Berger joined the Miami Tempest, he ended up in Wesley Mercer’s penthouse for what was supposed to be a few weeks. He stayed for two years. They kept it from the team, from the league, from everyone. Because Wes asked. And because being chosen quietly was the first time being chosen had ever felt like enough. Then the expansion draft sent Luca to Atlanta. The relationship survived the initial trade. It might not survive what comes next.
Luca is loud, Swiss, and managing his life the way he’s always managed it: by being the first one talking and the last one to leave the rink. The version of him that existed in Miami has been getting quieter for months.
Wesley Mercer is Minnesotan, watchful, and has been closeted his entire NHL career. He keeps the wall up because he’s seen what it costs others. Now, the man he loves is dissolving hundreds of miles away.
Texts become missed calls. Missed calls become silence. An MM hockey romance about a two-year secret, a long-distance silence, and walls that have to come down before either of them can be loved out loud.
TITLE: Deathball
AUTHORS: WH Lockwood & TJ Rose
SERIES: Deathball #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2026
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Intimidate. Annihilate. Survive.
Welcome to Deathball
ROBIN
They ripped me from my home.
They put me in these chains.
And now they expect me to fight other men to the death for their entertainment.
Bruised, battered, enslaved, and then I meet him—Marco, the reigning champion with blood on his hands and secrets in his eyes. Terrifying, unpredictable, an impossible beauty in the barren wastelands, Marco’s twice as vicious as the sport itself.
So why is he obsessed with me, training me harder than the other men, pushing me to my limits? And why does every brutal lesson only draw me closer to the one man I should fear most of all?
MARCO
Five years I’ve been their weapon. Five years of victory, of survival, of telling myself one more season, and I’ll finally earn my freedom, make it home.
Then they bring me Robin—beautiful, golden-haired, obstinately fierce, and smelling like the sunshine of my homeland—and suddenly I’m fighting a war on two fronts. In the arena, I have to forge him into a killer. In the shadows, I’m falling for the rival who could destroy everything I’ve worked for.
Because the one man I’m desperate to protect is also the one I’m destined to murder in the arena, in front of thousands of cheering Deathball fans.
When they’ve taken everything, maybe love is the only rebellion left.
TITLE: Holden
AUTHOR: Kate Hawthorne
SERIES: Ink and Ember #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 175 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2026
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Ink and Ember is open for business.
Holden Walker likes peace and quiet, which sometimes makes working at a boisterous tattoo shop, Ink and Ember, hard for him. Fellow tattoo artist Merrick does not know when to stop talking and inserting himself into other people’s business, which is how Holden ends up escorting Merrick’s younger brother Bryce Shannon to lunch on his first day in LA.
Attraction between the two men is immediate, and their first time together is incendiary. Without meaning to, Holden creates a safe space for Bryce to slow down, breathe, and explore some interests he’s never been brave enough to ask for before. In return, Bryce shows Holden that there’s nothing wrong with speaking up for the things you want in life.
Their relationship can only stay casual—and secret—for so long. It’s only a matter of time before Merrick finds out what his co-worker and brother have been doing behind closed doors. Will Holden and Merrick survive when their relationship comes to light, or will their future extinguish before it has a chance to ignite?
TITLE: Worth a Try
AUTHOR: Jemma Croft
SERIES: Try for Love #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 471 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2026
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Aiden and Finn have been friends since they were teenagers. Not even nine thousand miles could separate them for too long.
When the coach for The Bath Centurions selects them as the team’s new co-captains, they must figure out a way to merge their opposing playing styles and form a cohesive leadership or lose their newly appointed roles.
But between playing rugby and hooking up in secret, how will they find the time to work on their differences?
TITLE: Under Watchful Wings
AUTHOR: Andy Gallo
SERIES: Archangels #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 5/21/2026
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Falling in love was never part of the assignment.
Henry Angelini’s assignment is simple: move to Silver Spring, MD, befriend Nick Fenton, keep him safe. Oh, and don’t fall for the guy. Sounds easy.
Nick doesn’t know he’s an angel—the first ever born to human parents. He doesn’t know angels exist, or that people he trusts are angels tasked by the archangels to watch over him. And he definitely doesn’t know his powers are about to make him the most wanted person on the planet.
Henry knows all of it. He also knows Nick is his soul mate, which wasn’t in the briefing.
Now an ancient enemy is closing in and Nick’s abilities are spiraling out of control. Henry can’t tell him the truth—revealing what Nick is too soon could kill him. But waiting too long will do the same. Only the archangel Uriel knows when Nick is ready, and Uriel has gone silent. If Henry gets it wrong, they both die.
TITLE: Dirty Hit
AUTHOR: Avery Collins
SERIES: In The Spotlight
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 521 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2026
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He’s the campus god with blood on his hands.
I’m the TA who should’ve walked away.
Everyone worships Dominic Volkov—the Russian quarterback with a million‑dollar smile, a body built for victory, and a future everyone wants a piece of. He’s untouchable on the field and off it. The kind of man who owns every room he walks into.
But I know better.
The first time I met him, there was a dead man lying at his feet and blood on his hands. But instead of running, I made a deal with the devil and bound myself to a man who doesn’t believe in mercy.
I was raised to fear sin and resist temptation. To believe wanting the wrong thing would damn me.
I’ve always been good at running from sin.
But Dominic has made it clear that I’m his favorite.
TITLE: Hart’s Story
AUTHOR: K.M Avery
SERIES: Beyond the Veil Trilogy
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 1198 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2026
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Some days, an elf can’t get a break.
I’m overworked, underpaid and underappreciated, and up to my lavender eyeballs in missing and murdered shifters. To make matters worse, I’ve acquired a dog.
Sort of. He’s not actually a dog. He’s a shifter. And he’s changed my life.
With everything else that keeps going wrong–killer cults, dead shifters, and the murder of my best friend’s dad–I’m not sure I’m going to manage to keep myself together, much less hang on to him. Now if only I can hold it together long enough to put together the pieces, maybe, just maybe I can manage to get through this without losing him, my best friend, or my life. Whether or not I lose my mind is pretty low on the list of priorities—I’m willing to give that up if only I can keep the rest.
TITLE: Reclaiming His Heart
AUTHOR: Wade Hart
SERIES: Polar Love Stories
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2026
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One Chopper
Daredevil Pilot x Loner Doctor
Fake Marriage
Husbands On A Mission
TITLE: The Greening of Thaddeus Grey
AUTHOR: Jay Hogan
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 343 pages
RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2026
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Sometimes you have to lose everything to find the one thing that matters most.
The day begins like any other—canoodling with my live-in boyfriend, making weekend plans over breakfast, and arguing about the apartment renovation list. Then my best friend and business partner texts, begging me to ditch Thad so we can meet for a lunchtime quickie in our usual spot.
Small problem: I’m Thad. Oops.
By midday, I’ve lost one ratface boyfriend, my best mate, the company I built from scratch, and the courage to hire a hitman—although I’m not ruling that last one out just yet. The future I had neatly mapped out is now toast. In its place, a laundry list of awkward questions, rumours, and pitying looks.
And so, I do what I do best. I run—my crumbling life fading in the rearview mirror. No plan. No destination. Just a road. Through a forest. In a storm. To a dog. And a shed. And a towering man who smells of pine, rain, and, mercifully, bacon.
There’s dirt under my nails, something growing in my heart, and suddenly I’m breathing again. Breathing and smiling and lying, lying, lying. To the man I’m falling for. To the people I care about. To myself, most of all.
But for every lie, there’s a reckoning. And when the truth catches up, and the heart is truly at stake, there’s no running anymore.
TITLE: Obsession
AUTHOR: N. Slater
SERIES: Obsidian
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 5/22/2026
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Running the most popular and expensive drug on the market, XR3, comes with its ups and downs but Obsidian needs protection, more hands, and an alliance we can trust.
The Rogues are a last resort, a connection Saint’s father facilitates with one stipulation: Marry a Rogue heir.
They expect Saint to pick Varina, their daughter, and the one trained to take over the Rogues.
But he’s more interested in her older brother, stuck in the shadows. The one everyone seems to gloss over. The one with the soft hands and the sweetest sounds.
It starts off as a game—possession, need, control. Saint wants to break Oisín, make him hurt, make him understand that Saint doesn’t want him anywhere near his Obsidian family.
Until Saint realizes that the darkness he’s offering is the very thing Oisín craves.
And just like that, Saint no longer wants to break him. Saint wants to consume him.
TITLE: Wrong Number, Right Koala
AUTHORS: Colbie Dunbar & Lorelei M. Hart
SERIES: Dial M For Mates #9
PUBLISHER: Surrendered Press
RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2026
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Sometimes the wrong number is the exact one you need.
I’m just trying to confirm a delivery with a client. One quick call, that’s it. But thanks to my co-worker’s horrible handwriting, I spend days leaving messages at the wrong number instead.
Finally, the number calls back. I expect them to be pissed. Their furniture is still in our warehouse and not in their living room as promised. Instead, I discover my mistake as Remy, the man I called by mistake, explains why it took so long for him to return my calls, ones not meant for him. He’s never heard of our store, much less ordered from us. I want to keep talking to him, but the customer I’d been attempting to contact barges into the store and our call is cut short. They are livid.
A week goes by, and I can’t stop thinking about Remy. I want to call him, talk to him more, and listen to him ramble on about his day, but that would be wrong. He never gave me his number. I got it by accident, and that isn’t the same. It’s best to let it go. If only it were that easy.
I’m about to cave, to give into my need to hear his sweet voice again, when he walks into the store. The second I see him, I know he’s mine. It doesn’t make any sense, but when has love ever made sense?
TITLE: Top Shelf Killer
AUTHOR: L.S. Monroe
SERIES: In The Spotlight
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 5/24/2026
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Everyone is dying for a place in the spotlight….
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