Here are the new releases for the week.
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| Title | Author | Publisher | Release Date | Other Details | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bales and Brawn | Jem Wendel | Self Published | 8/17/26 | Foggy Basin Series | Amazon |
| Mafia Daddy | Zack Wish | Self Published | 8/17/26 | Midnight Bratva Kings #1 | Amazon |
| Dance This Song With Me? | R. Gaen | Self Published | 8/17/26 | Aunt Macie’s Lonely Hearts Club #2 | Amazon |
| Blair | Elaine White | Pride Publishing | 8/18/26 | Omega Rescue Taskforce #2 | Amazon |
| Cross Ice | Lisa Linden | Self Published | 8/18/26 | Breakaway Plays #3 | Amazon |
| Fibre and Ink | Jamie Sands | Self Published | 8/18/26 | Foggy Basin Series | Amazon |
| His Incubus Husband | Roe Horvat | Self Published | 8/18/26 | Amazon | |
| The Omega’s Nest | Sasha Avice | Self Published | 8/18/26 | The Grim Reapers’ Omegaverse | Amazon |
| Crease Collision | Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood | Self Published | 8/19/26 | New York Condors Hockey #1 | Amazon |
| Werewolves and Witches AU | Sam Northman | Self Published | 8/19/26 | Because Cannon Sucks | Amazon |
| Saving Pookie | Logan Rivers | Self Published | 8/19/26 | Pink Stallions #1 | Amazon |
| Starting a New Life | Ray Celar | Self Published | 8/20/26 | Cedarwood Pack #2 | Amazon |
| Herds and Hooves | BL Maxwell | Self Published | 8/20/26 | Foggy Basin Series | Amazon |
| Mouth to Mouth | Athena Steller | Self Published | 8/20/26 | Surf City Littles #2 | Amazon |
| Harvest Heat | Silvia Violet | Self Published | 8/20/26 | Frostwick Harbor #1 | Amazon |
| Chasing Kit | M.D. Gregory | Self Published | 8/20/26 | Amazon | |
| The Art of Drowning | EM Denning | Self Published | 8/20/26 | Amazon | |
| Sobek’s Joy | Lisa Oliver | Self Published | 8/20/26 | The Gods Made Me Do It #18 | Amazon |
| Maneater | M.M. Wilde | Knight Ever After Publishing | 8/21/26 | Legends Monster Series | Amazon |
| Three Point Heat | BJ Twigg | Self Published | 8/21/26 | Clash Of Creatures | Amazon |
| Quit Playing Games with My Heart | Merry Farmer | Self Published | 8/21/26 | Common Grounds #2 | Amazon |
| Hunter | Kit Jade | Self Published | 8/21/26 | Toxic Hearts Club | Amazon |
| Daddy’s Little Secret | TL Travis | Self Published | 8/21/26 | The Lactin Brotherhood | Amazon |
| Ruined | Ally Avery | Self Published | 8/21/26 | Wrecked & Wrong #2 | Amazon |
| The Gaybor War | Raquel Riley | Self Published | 8/21/26 | Amazon | |
| Styx’s Storm | Gabbi Grey | Self Published | 8/21/26 | Love in Mission City | Amazon |
| Home Ice | Declan Rhodes | Self Published | 8/21/26 | Top Tier #4 | Amazon |
| Expanding Command | AE LeMercier | Self Published | 8/21/26 | Intricate Ties #6 | Amazon |
| Cat’s Guide To Romance | Morgan Lysand | Self Published | 8/21/26 | Hex Is Where The Heart Is | Amazon |
| Geisha Guy | David Lohrey | JMS Books | 8/22/26 | Amazon | |
| Sparks and Smoke | Eve Morton | JMS Books | 8/22/26 | Amazon | |
| Paid in Blood | Lucien Grey | JMS Books | 8/22/26 | Amazon |
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TITLE: Bales and Brawn
AUTHOR: Jem Wendel
SERIES: Foggy Basin Series
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 163 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/17/2026
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Devin
I’ve only just arrived in this small town and I’ve managed to make an enemy, so it’s a surprise when he offers me a job. Zane is uptight and can’t seem to stand my presence so I’m surprised when he throws down a challenge. One I don’t hesitate to accept. But I soon find out there’s more to Zane than I realised and an attraction I can’t deny.
Zane
There’s something about the dark-haired stranger in town that intrigues me, but I can’t say I like him. His easy going manner rubs me up the wrong way. But he gets under my skin and when I’m forced to accept his help he brings out another side of me. But wanting him has consequences so it’s good he’s only in town for a short time.
TITLE: Mafia Daddy
AUTHOR: Zack Wish
SERIES: Midnight Bratva Kings #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 190 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/17/2026
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He rules the night.
Milo is his forbidden obsession.
In the shadows of the Bratva underworld, Maxim Kovalev takes what he wants.
Ruthless. Possessive. Deadly.
The Midnight Kings show mercy to no one—until him.
Milo was supposed to be a transaction.
A much younger pawn in a deadly game.
But one taste of the boy’s fire, and this Mafia Daddy claims him as his own.
Now enemies circle. Blood debt demands retribution.
And the only thing more dangerous than crossing Maxim Kovalev…
is belonging to him.
Will Milo survive Maxim’s darkness—or will he crave it?
TITLE: Dance This Song With Me?
AUTHOR: R. Gaen
SERIES: Aunt Macie’s Lonely Hearts Club #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 113 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/17/2026
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When you need relationship advice, who are you gonna ask?
Lucas is done with one-night-stands. Now he’s looking for a relationship and he’s seen just the man he wants. But to get close to him, Lucas is going to have to learnt to dance bachata, and he’ll need to know those sensual moves or it’s going to be embarrassing.
When his first attempt is disastrous, Lucas turns to Aunt Macie’s Lonely Hearts Club for help. However ‘Aunt Macie’ is actually Jase, and Jase is on vacation. He’s left his friend Emilio answering questions while he’s away but Emilio has no experience dispensing relationship advice. Given his personal history, he’s probably not the best man to advise on long term relationships. That’s not stopping him from enjoying his new job although perhaps a little too much. By the time ‘Aunt Macie’ returns from vacation, Emilio has made a commitment the Lonely Hearts Club can’t fulfill.
Will Lucas get the help he needs and end up with the man of his dreams? And will Aunt Macie’s reputation survive Emilio’s involvement?
TITLE: Blair
AUTHOR: Elaine White
SERIES: Omega Rescue Taskforce #2
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 358 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/18/2026
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His past stolen by the market, Jesi is finally ready to forge a future as…Blair.
Grant Harris is many things—student, landscaper—but not ORT. He works, studies and hangs out with his best mate, Chase. Storming in, guns blazing, kicking down doors and arresting the bad guys are not in his future.
Jesi spent years within the Omega Market—bought and sold, stripped of everything that mattered: name, identity, dignity—and escaped on his own merits. He’s built a life worth living, spending his days fighting for justice, freeing trapped omegas, and he has no intention of engaging in mate nonsense with arrogant alphas who only want to possess him.
The problem? Grant has known they’re mates for long enough that, if he waits any longer to tell Jesi, he could accidentally spark a heat. When Jesi shows no sign of wanting any bond, never mind one with him, Grant does the only thing he can: he tells Jesi to break the bond. It will hurt, but at least they’ll both be free.
When Grant finds a group of trafficked omegas at a landscaping site and becomes the focus of the prominent broker, Tomlinson, they’re left with no choice but to work as a team. Together, they could bring down the Omega Market from the inside, and not even Jesi can pass up that opportunity.
An explosion is inevitable; the only question is whether they’ll survive the flames or burn to ash.
TITLE: Cross Ice
AUTHOR: Lisa Linden
SERIES: Breakaway Plays #3
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 334 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/18/2026
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One secret. One photo. No going back.
NHL star Nicolás Briggs has spent over a decade hiding his sexuality to protect his career. In one bold move, he walks into a gay club looking for freedom—not love. Then he meets Evan Beckett.
Evan doesn’t date famous men. Public scrutiny destroyed his last relationship, and he won’t risk his heart again. But Nico feels different—until Evan discovers he’s been hiding who he really is.
When a photo of a private kiss goes viral, it outs Nico overnight and thrusts Evan into a spotlight he never wanted. Their quiet relationship explodes into a media frenzy.
Now they’re facing cameras, past wounds, career pressure, and one question: can love survive when the world is watching?
TITLE: Fibre and Ink
AUTHOR: Jamie Sands
SERIES: Foggy Basin Series
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 181 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/18/2026
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Drag King Aster has just graduated college and moved back home to Foggy Basin to focus on his writing… but with Dillon and Tane planning a wedding, the apartment is feeling far too small. His best friend suggests he move into her old room at the family farm, after all, it’s only her brother living there with the alpacas.
Aster has always had a thing for Mickey, even with the age gap, but it’s just a silly crush, right? He should be fine to move in and write his world-changing poetry.
Mickey just wants a quiet life, he’s given up on the idea of romance after a painful breakup, and Aster is just his kid sister’s best friend, right?
When a new development threatens the quiet of the farm and the livelihood of the surrounding wilderness, Aster finds the cause he needs, and brings Mickey along for the ride.
Between battling a new Gen AI data center, escaped alpacas and board games, can true love be denied?
TITLE: His Incubus Husband
AUTHOR: Roe Horvat
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 138 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/18/2026
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From the moment Sir Oswald Sandoval first sees the beautiful omega, he’s determined to have him. He’s prepared to woo and sweet-talk the boy, but the seduction is suspiciously easy. Later that night, Oswald reaches a chilling conclusion; he is the one being had.
Who is Valentino? What is Valentino?
TITLE: The Omega’s Nest
AUTHOR: Sasha Avice
SERIES: The Grim Reapers’ Omegaverse
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 191 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/18/2026
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He’s my life. I won’t stop until he’s out of there.
Alpha Leonard Hale is sure of one thing—when his best friend, Adrian Cunningham, presents as an omega, he will be mating him. But before he can, Adrian disappears.
Leo searches for him for years. He searches until his dad informs him that Adrian has bonded. Crushed, Leo visits a brothel, convinced by his friends to get rid of the virginity he’d saved for his omega.
The last person he expects to see when he walks around the curtain in that brothel is Adrian …
Unbonded, Adrian became the problem of the state when his alpha sire died. Given a choice between the clergy or the brothel, he chose the brothel. He’d hoped Leo would come. Make it just in time. Claim him before they took him …
He didn’t. And all these years later, Leo is the last person he expects to see here, buying his time. Under the weight of his shame, he’s not sure he’s hearing Leo properly …
Because Leo says he’s getting Adrian out of here. But that’s impossible … isn’t it?
TITLE: Crease Collision
AUTHORS: Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood
SERIES: New York Condors Hockey #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 346 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/19/2026
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Kai Mercer can read every shooter in the league. The only man he can’t figure out is guarding the opposite net.
As the starting goaltender for the New York Condors, Kai survives by controlling the chaos. He can anticipate a shot before it leaves the stick, but people are a different story. To calm a world that’s always too loud, Kai keeps his emotional armor locked tight. At least until an anonymous summer fling with a gentle stranger strips away all his defenses. He never even got a last name, but the quiet safety of those warm nights was exactly what he needed.
Until opening night of the season.
When Kai looks across the ice at the New Jersey Fury’s crease, his focus shatters. The goalie staring back at him is the same man who held him in the dark.
Oskar didn’t come to America to fall in love. He came to play hockey. But the unshakeable Swedish goaltender knows a rare shot when he sees one, and he has no intention of letting Kai disappear.
Every game pushes one of them closer to the championship they’ve spent their lives chasing, and further from the one person who feels like home.
TITLE: Werewolves and Witches AU
AUTHOR: Sam Northman
SERIES: Because Cannon Sucks
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 413 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/19/2026
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Milo always knew that spellcasting was unpredictable. What he didn’t expect was that it would land him on the doorstep of a giant ginger werewolf.
Impulsive witch, Milo Tobitt, is prepared to do whatever it takes to slow the aging of his only remaining relative, grandma Ethel—even cast a very risky temporal spell.
When the magic goes awry, and Milo uncovers a five-hundred-year-old plot by a Roman god to seal away all werewolf kind within a fold in the fabric of time, he realises he’s way out of his depth. If he’s ever going to stand a chance at putting things right he’ll need specialist help. Specialised werewolf help. Specialised military werewolf help.
Now, Rowan Rangecroft—leader of the Dogs of War—is in charge of stopping the threat and keeping Milo safe. Under the alpha’s watchful eye, his pack spread across the globe in a race to stop a vengeful god from gaining the upper hand.
But when Rowan’s loyalties are divided between his pack and his growing attraction to the chaotic Milo, only one question remains: can a single wayward witch defeat time?
Additional Tags: Rowan/Milo, MM Romance, Alpha werewolf Rowan x human witch Milo, OmegaVerse Lite, Alternate Universe, Accidental Hero, high stakes, precise spell casting that never backfires, definitely doesn’t require military intervention, military intervention, very serious werewolf military operations (that now include an impulsive witch), said witch never says ‘whoops’, that tag was a lie, everything will be fine, probably, they’re only messing with time, folklore, Roman mythology, Rowan is bad at feelings, Milo is easily distracted, just kiss you idiots, but also don’t settle for anything less than the best, chosen mates, caretaking, food as a love language, calls him pup, knotting, surprise drag queen, best margaritas ever, don’t let Milo sell you shampoo.
TITLE: Saving Pookie
AUTHOR: Logan Rivers
SERIES: Pink Stallions #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 288 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/19/2026
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Pookie
I’m broke, homeless, and running from a violent ex. So, when I land a bartending job at Mr. Pink’s, I think I’ve found a lifeline. Instead, I find a reality TV camera crew. Cast as the fresh meat, production’s first order of business is getting me to make friends with the Pink Stallions—a raunchy and cliquish group of dancing bartenders masquerading as cowboys.
The next thing I know, I’m moving in with the show’s resident golden boy, Braxton.
Braxton is cocky, loud, and supposedly straight. He’s everything I tend to avoid, but behind closed doors, he’s the only person who makes me feel safe. Now, the hardest part of the job isn’t acting—it’s resisting the boy who looks at me like he wants to devour me.
Braxton
What do I think about Pookie? He’s a handsome dude, but I’m not into him.
Because, look, I’m not gay. I just dance shirtless at the hottest gay bar in NYC for cold, hard cash. But when my cheating girlfriend leaves me with an apartment I can’t afford, production hands me a solution: take in the mysterious new guy for a fake bromance storyline.
It was supposed to be easy money. But there is nothing fake about the protective rage that hits me when I notice the faded bruises on his skin. The closer I get to Pookie, the more I realize the biggest lie I’ve ever told is the one I tell myself.
TITLE: Starting a New Life
AUTHOR: Ray Celar
SERIES: Cedarwood Pack #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 376 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2026
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Would you rather keep running from an entire pack of wolves or let just one into your life—and your heart?
Nix
My coven betrayed me. Even worse, they tried to sell me to a wolf pack to become their slave.
After five months on the run and constantly feeling the pack’s metaphorical breath on the back of my neck, I can’t do it anymore.
Hiding in the Cedarwood Pack’s territory was supposed to be a brief stop. Staying here is risky. What if they find and enslave me? If I stay, it’s just a matter of time until I’m discovered, but I don’t think I have it in me to keep running.
Will I lose my freedom after all, or is the Alpha my chance for a fresh start?
Gray
Weird things are happening in my territory, and my wolf and I don’t like it. First, the barrier started suddenly getting stronger even though it shouldn’t be able to do that, and now stuff is going missing. We’re a pack, a family. Family doesn’t steal from one another, yet it keeps happening.
So when I discover a strange mage on my territory who’s apparently been here for months, I snap.
Throwing him in a cell might be the biggest mistake of my life. I didn’t recognize the mate bond in time, and now he’s terrified of me and my wolf. I have no idea how to make him see that I’d never harm him.
Will helping him free other mages show him who I really am, or have I lost my chance for good?
TITLE: Herds and Hooves
AUTHOR: BL Maxwell
SERIES: Foggy Basin Series
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 182 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2026
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Keith Brooks has lived in Foggy Basin for all of his thirty-eight years and cannot imagine any reason to change that. He’s made a life for himself here trimming cattle hooves and occasionally working as a farrier when one of the nearby horse ranches needs it.
Bart Martin grew up in a suburb of Sacramento. Where conveniences are nearby, and he’s content with his life if not a little lonely and bored. Until he receives a call from his uncle, who lives in a tiny town in northern California that’s barely big enough to be on the map.
Bart is out of his element when he arrives at Foggy Basin during a Pride parade, and after getting lost. Lucky for him, Keith offers to help. He’s not sure he should trust the gruff man with arms the size of tree trunks, but he’s desperate. It’s a small decision that could change both their lives and force this city boy to learn to enjoy a life that he’s never considered.
TITLE: Mouth to Mouth
AUTHOR: Athena Steller
SERIES: Surf City Littles #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 122 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2026
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Luca loves his life. He came to Surf City nearly six years ago to get away from his overbearing and massive family, determined to make his way on his own. Somehow instead of becoming the free young man he imagined, he’s once again bogged down in responsibilities. At least this time every obligation is of Luca’s making.
Learning that several of his best friends indulge in the same age regression dynamic as him opens up a wonderful new world for Luca. Now he just needs to forget the night he hooked up with the newest hottie in town. Luca doesn’t want to call him Daddy, no matter what his stupid heart thinks.
Moving to Surf City was supposed to be a second chance for Brad after nearly losing everything over the boy he thought would be his future. Brad is supposed to be concentrating on his newest certification and getting his life on track. He has a five-year plan. One that doesn’t include the town’s favorite resident with the sharp tongue and sassy attitude.
The one hookup Brad and Luca shared ended in disaster before Brad knew who the other man was. Now Brad’s learning he needs to make nice with Luca if he’s planning on sticking around. Becoming friends is all well and good except Brad can’t keep his hands off the brat. And being around Luca is making the Daddy part of Brad that he’d shoved down resurface, leaving them both wanting more.
TITLE: Harvest Heat
AUTHOR: Silvia Violet
SERIES: Frostwick Harbor #1
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 314 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2026
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Rhys likes his life controlled, quiet, and predictable. At Frost + Foam, every espresso shot is measured to perfection and every routine carefully maintained. The last thing Rhys wants is a distraction, especially not the annoyingly cheerful owner of the new coffee shop down the block.
Caleb arrives in Frostwick Harbor determined to make Cloud Nine Coffee a success. His café is full of seasonal drinks, mismatched tables, and chatty customers. Caleb gets along with everyone, and he can’t understand why the gorgeous, sharp-tongued man at Frost + Foam refuses to speak to him.
When the Harvest Festival committee pressures them into collaborating on a signature fall drink, Rhys reluctantly agrees. He knows working side by side with Caleb will be torture. Not because they disagree on everything about coffee, but because Rhys finds Caleb far too hot and intriguing. Caleb’s warmth slips past Rhys’s defenses, and Rhys gives up control of more than just lattes.
But Caleb wants a relationship lived openly, while Rhys has spent his whole life avoiding scrutiny and small-town gossip. Falling for Caleb means embracing attention, vulnerability, and the terrifying possibility of being truly seen.
As autumn settles over Frostwick Harbor, Rhys must choose between protecting the ordered life he’s always known and taking a chance on the man who makes him want more
TITLE: Chasing Kit
AUTHOR: M.D. Gregory
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2026
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Kit Uhlig’s father leads a double life. When an unexpected letter leaves Kit questioning everything he has ever known, his perfectly normal life is turned upside down. The truth of his father’s illegal activities scares him into running from New Gothenburg and the only family he has left.
Kit’s only hope is that his father won’t come looking for him. . . .
But there is no place for hope in New Gothenburg, especially for the son of a criminal like Derek Uhlig.
Warrick “War” Briggs has been working for Derek’s New Gothenburg crime syndicate since he left the Navy SEALS. Derek saved his life, so War owes him, and when Derek orders him to bring Kit back home, War doesn’t hesitate. But after enemies attack them and force them to fight for their life, War discovers Kit is nothing like what he’d expected. Getting Kit back to New Gothenburg will be more than just a battle of wills, and War is looking forward to every second.
TITLE: The Art of Drowning
AUTHOR: EM Denning
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 336 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2026
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Once upon a summer, Callum Weeks rescued his brother’s best friend and things were never the same.
Damien Flynn was a little bit younger and a lot more popular. He was also the constant companion of Callum’s brother, Sam. From a neglectful home, Damien was a constant fixture at the Weeks’s house, often hanging out poolside whether Sam was there or not.
The two boys get in over their heads, literally, when Callum saves Damien from near drowning. The course of their relationship was changed forever, but neither of them expected things to get so serious. Sam was possessive by nature and his best friend should have been off-limits, but that was not enough to keep Callum away. The love that grew between Damien and Callum was also not enough to keep Sam from eventually tearing them apart.
Hell hath no fury like a teenage boy scorned.
One summer day, Callum taught Damien how to swim, and without Callum, Damien has spent his life mastering the art of drowning. He moved away and moved on. He built a life, found a new best friend, a pet rock. Things are good. But Sam dies and turns Damien’s life upside down for the second time. Without a good reason to be apart, Callum and Damien are brought back together for the first time in years.
Time can heal many wounds, but history repeats itself. Sam is not done interfering with the lives of the people around him and the secrets that he’s left behind threaten to drown everyone who loved him.
TITLE: Sobek’s Joy
AUTHOR: Lisa Oliver
SERIES: The Gods Made Me Do It #18
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 225 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2026
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I don’t need that shit in my life. This is all I need. Peace and quiet. Solitude. Just water, silence, and the slow passage of time.
Sobek, Egyptian God of Crocodiles and the Nile among other things, likes his peaceful life. He travels, collects antiques and goes where the winds or water takes him. Until the waters took him to a small pond in rural Louisiana and he comes across three unusual children invading the privacy of his pond… shifter children. No matter how many times he told himself that the children weren’t his concern, when he finally meets their guardian, Sobek’s perspective changes completely.
A tall, dark mysterious stranger appears at your door…
The only connection Rudy Crisp, regular human, had to the paranormal world was in his love of the romance stories he read after the children had gone to bed. Sure, his small found family might have some quirks – the odd flash of hair, fur, and scales, but that was just kids being kids, right? Rudy didn’t judge and he refused to let anyone insult his kids either. So when a tall, dark stranger returns his kids, after their excursion to a neighbor’s pond, Rudy wasn’t going to listen when that man started spouting nonsense about shifters. Clearly the sexy hunk had hit his head recently.
“Sometimes people just need reminding that they’re okay.”
Realizing he has no choice, Sobek sets out to win Rudy’s trust – a trust earned through house repairs and spending time with the kids, all while trying to work out how to approach that delicate “paranormals are real, and you’re my mate” conversation. But when one of the children gets deathly ill, Sobek realizes he’s run out of time. Will Rudy accept he’s actually part of his own paranormal romance story, or will he take the kids and run?
TITLE: Maneater
AUTHOR: M.M. Wilde
SERIES: Legends Monster Series
PUBLISHER: Knight Ever After Publishing
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
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An epic, magical summer solstice celebration with super scary monster legends, and a cryptid wants me as his date. Seems legit.
Darien
As much fun as it is making two dollars above minimum wage, I’ve always dreamed of a career as an herbalist. Now that I’ve broken up with my girlfriend, it seems like the perfect time to trade the go-go-go culture of LA for the peace of the great outdoors. But once I arrive in the Ozarks, communing with nature takes on a whole new meaning.
Rex
It’s spring once again, and the Monster Network chat is alive with preparations for our yearly summer solstice bash. Sure, it’s great seeing all my buddies—except they’ll have someone by their side and I’ll be traveling solo. Romance is overrated, right? At least I have all my adorable forest friends to keep me company.
I’ve never considered getting involved with a human, because seriously, how many of them have ‘ISO a giant hairy bear with horns’ on their dating profile? However, when Darien’s life is threatened, I have no choice but to reveal my true form and out myself as an Ozark Howler.
Is it possible that a human is my forever guy after all?
TITLE: Three Point Heat
AUTHOR: BJ Twigg
SERIES: Clash Of Creatures
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 351 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
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Harrison McCarthy is used to proving himself.
As an enhanced human selected for the clash of the creatures.
Every move he makes is under scrutiny, and every mistake is magnified.
On the court, he’s focused, controlled, unshakeable.
Off the court, everything is starting to slip.
Barrett Mason has always been his steady anchor. Grounding him and pushing him to new limits, but their relationship has been a concealed affair for two years.
Lucas Viera is the opposite: He’s cocky, charming and impossible to ignore.
One offers safety; the other demands attention.
Neither is willing to let him go.
As the rivalry ignites with the Clash, pressure builds, and Harrison is forced to confront a truth he can’t outrun.
What if he doesn’t have to choose? What if he can love both?
TITLE: Quit Playing Games with My Heart
AUTHOR: Merry Farmer
SERIES: Common Grounds #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 115 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
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Falling for your employee, who is also your brother’s best friend, isn’t in the handbook. So he rewrote the rules of the game.
Brian
First rule of being a best friend: don’t fall for your bestie’s older brother. Especially if he’s your boss.
I’ve broken that rule spectacularly.
My crush is the last thing Common Grounds needs, what with construction ripping up the storefront and foot traffic disappearing by the day. I’ve got exactly one shot at saving the place I’ve come to think of as home and impressing Sam in the process: games night. It’s the best idea I’ve ever had. It’s also the perfect excuse to spend more time with Sam…who is off-limits and everything I want.
Sam
I wrote the rulebook. Literally. It’s kept me professional, careful, and safely un-entangled for three years. But now the café is bleeding customers, and when Brian walks into my office with a games night pitch that might actually save us, and I realize the heart doesn’t care about rules. I’ve ignored my attraction to Brian for years, but I can’t ignore it anymore, especially when I have the sense Brian needs my help.
Is this the beginning of a beautiful love story or the beginning of the end for Common Grounds?
TITLE: Hunter
AUTHOR: Kit Jade
SERIES: Toxic Hearts Club
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 326 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
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Two broken men. One court-ordered circle. A love that burns even in the ashes.
Hunter
Therapy isn’t going to fix me. Court-ordered, mandatory, whatever they want to call it—it’s just punishment in a circle of strangers.
Until him.
Golden curls, painted nails, and a voice too soft for a world this cruel. He looks at me like he sees every scar I’ve tried to bury. And I hate that I want him to keep looking.
Charlie
I escaped. The church. The backwoods. The conversion therapy that tried to break me. The city is louder, faster, and sometimes dangerous—but it’s mine.
Here, I can breathe. Here, I’m not the only boy in makeup and chipped nail polish.
I’m ready to move on from it all.
But then there’s Hunter. Six feet of rage.
He terrifies me even as he draws me in. And he’ll either undo me or be my salvation.
TITLE: Daddy’s Little Secret
AUTHOR: TL Travis
SERIES: The Lactin Brotherhood
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 167 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
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For years, Trey sat quietly and watched as his best friend, the man he loved, raised his younger brothers. Family came first and Trey more than understood that, but now that they were all adults, was it finally his turn to come first?
Sure, Oscar openly admitted to his brothers about having a secret relationship with Trey, but would that change once they left their safe place in the Northern Arizona mountains?
Better question was, if he did, how would Trey’s grandmother feel about it. The one constant in his tumultuous childhood and the one person he should’ve been honest with.
Maybe Oscar wasn’t the only one with a secret to reveal.
TITLE: Ruined
AUTHOR: Ally Avery
SERIES: Wrecked & Wrong #2
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 254 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
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He was once the man who tucked me into bed, kissed my mom goodnight, and promised to keep us safe.
But when he walked out of my mom’s life, he walked out of mine, too.
He disappeared. Ruined everything we had.
Then, through a chance encounter you might call fate, we meet again.
He’s back in town, and he says he wants to make up for the time we lost. Take care of me again, like he used to.
I want that, but I also want him in a different way than when I was younger.
It’s dirty.
Wrong.
Inappropriate as hell.
But I crave it more than I crave my next breath.
Even if it’s wrong.
Even if he’ll leave me ruined.
TITLE: The Gaybor War
AUTHOR: Raquel Riley
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 327 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
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Morningwood Estates: a community that always rises to the occasion and takes ‘love thy neighbor’ a little too literally.
Carter Reed moved to Morningwood Estates for peace, quiet, and a fresh start.
Instead, he got Benji Stewart.
Benji doesn’t believe in rules, subtlety, or minding his own business—especially when Carter’s perfectly organized life is just begging to be disrupted. From competitive decorating to passive-aggressive pranks, their neighborly standoff quickly becomes the most entertaining thing on the block.
Carter thinks Benji is irritating.
Benji thinks Carter is repressed.
The neighborhood is placing bets.
These gay neighbors quickly realize that the boundary between animosity and attraction is as thin as their property line.
Because in Morningwood Estates, privacy is a myth… and falling for your rival is practically a community event.
TITLE: Styx’s Storm
AUTHOR: Gabbi Grey
SERIES: Love in Mission City
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 35 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
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Styx
Shock and grief at the loss of our bandmate have driven Baxter and me from our home in Toronto all the way across the nation. I want to find some perspective on the shores of the Pacific, but our ancient van dies in a hick town, one hundred miles from my goal. There, Baxter ditches me like I’m worthless and vanishes. I have no money, no home, no friends, and I’m stranded in Mission City. So, of course, I decide a hookup with a hot stranger in a dark motel room will take my mind off my pain. Except in the morning, the oddly familiar dude’s gone, and I’m alone again. I have real problems to focus on, so I don’t know why some small part of my brain keeps wondering if I’ll ever see that guy again…
TITLE: Home Ice
AUTHOR: Declan Rhodes
SERIES: Top Tier #4
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
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Rafe Mikkelsen says yes to everything.
Yes, sir, to the coaches. Yes to the cameras. Yes when the team’s PR people ask him to be seen around town with influencer Max Gregory a few times—fans love it, sponsors love it, it’s harmless. At twenty, the league’s most polite rookie has never once been the guy who makes trouble, and rumors about his relationship with a handsome celebrity is good for attendance at home games.
The only person who isn’t charmed is Max’s brother.
Niko’s a carpenter who makes real things and has no use for fake ones. He isn’t impressed that Rafe is famous. He doesn’t care about hands, or points, or the aw-shucks farm-kid thing the whole city has fallen for. What Niko can’t stand is watching a decent guy play a role that obviously isn’t real—and he keeps saying so, until the afternoon he says the one thing no one else ever has out loud.
My brother isn’t who you want.
Rafe has spent his whole life being agreeable and giving easy answers. He’s good at it. It’s what everyone expects from him. But the costume that works on nineteen thousand strangers does nothing on the one man he can’t stop thinking about—and sincerity, it turns out, is the only thing Rafe has that Niko might actually want.
A warm, funny, fake-dating hockey romance about a kid who’s never told anyone no, the man who refuses to be lied to, and learning that home isn’t a city or a farm or a frozen lake back in Saskatchewan.
Home is the one place no one needs you to be anyone but yourself.
TITLE: Expanding Command
AUTHOR: AE LeMercier
SERIES: Intricate Ties #6
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 127 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
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Miles finally found the man he was meant to lead. Then the masks came off… revealing an Intricate Tie that would change everything.
After years of learning what it means to trust completely, Miles and Darren are ready for the next step in their journey together: finding another devoted couple who shares their vision of love, commitment, and chosen family. Behind elegant masks at an exclusive showcase, the connection is immediate.
Miles finds himself drawn to the quiet, thoughtful “Bunny” in a way he can’t explain, while Darren discovers that his husband, Leander, has spent years longing for the chance to surrender the same steadfast control he offers everyone else. By the end of the evening, promises have been made, trust has begun to grow, and all four men agree to explore what could become something extraordinary together.
Then the masks come off.
Tristan, the man Miles has just promised to mentor, is the first boy he ever wanted – and could never have. For Tristan, the confident man offering him safety and guidance is the protective older brother figure who unintentionally became his very first heartbreak. As old memories collide with new desires, both men must decide whether the past is something too big to overcome… or the very reason fate brought them together again.
In this high-heat, cozy story of second chances, healing, and chosen family, Darren, Miles, Leander, and Tristan discover that sometimes the person you’ve been searching for isn’t someone new at all. Sometimes they’re simply the one you were never meant to lose.
TITLE: Cat’s Guide To Romance
AUTHOR: Morgan Lysand
SERIES: Hex Is Where The Heart Is
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
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Welcome to Hex, Indiana…
Sparkle
I should know what romance feels like. What it’s like to have someone’s lips pressed to mine and melt me into the floor. What it feels like to be cherished. Instead, I’m still at home, helping my mother raise my six siblings. I love my family, but I’m ready to be on my own. So maybe I sneak through the veils and into the human world to get a taste of what it’s like not to have to worry about anything back home.
Lucien
When a pretty little cat shifter waltzes into my club, The Rot, on Halloween, I want to make him purr. He’s beautiful and innocent and I want to take him apart. He’s from the local sanctuary town, but I make my living in the human world drinking in all the lust on the dance floor. Can the pretty kitty handle my obsessive love?
TITLE: Geisha Guy
AUTHOR: David Lohrey
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 49 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/22/2026
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When an unassuming American teacher accepts an invitation after a chance meeting in a local bar, he enters the secluded world of Yoshi, a enigmatic host who demands total submission. Stripped of his clothes, his speech, and his masculine defenses, he agrees to one uncompromising rule: never say no.
What begins as a shadowy game of control quickly devolves into an intense, surreal transformation. Tasked with serving Yoshi’s wealthy associates as a traditional, white-skinned male geisha, he finds himself swept into a storm of escalating physical alterations, psychological undoing, and dangerous corporate favors.
As his boundaries blur and the line between submission and self-erasure vanishes, he must ask himself: is he yielding to Yoshi out of love, fear, or a deeper need to escape who he used to be?
TITLE: Sparks and Smoke
AUTHOR: Eve Morton
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 16 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/22/2026
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Greg and Paul have been roommates for the past six months. Greg likes Paul — probably too much — and his admiration only grows when Paul’s computer sparks and smokes, and he becomes the consummate mechanic to fix it. During a heatwave. While not wearing a shirt.
Paul continues to entice Gregory, even when he’s at work, making Greg wonder if there is something he’s been missing in his roommate’s other interests.
TITLE: Paid in Blood
AUTHOR: Lucien Grey
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 82 pages
RELEASE DATE: 8/22/2026
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Anthony Vale’s hands are soaked in blood — the blood of the enemy, of heathens, spilled for a war he sees no end to, for a god he no longer believes in. But he is a soldier, a holy knight of Talma, and when he is sent into enemy territory to bring back an arcane weapon, he does as ordered.
However, when he and his men arrive at the ancient ruins of a temple dedicated to long dead gods, instead of the enemy, they uncover secret plots, vile magic, and the remains of a primeval, blood hungry monster whose existence tests his knight’s faith, loyalty, and sanity.
Amidst the madness and conspiracies, Vale’s one comfort is Oren Raines, a talented warrior under his command for whom Vale gladly breaks his vow of celibacy. But this too is threatened by secret alliances and treachery which reveal that under the human conflict, greater powers are at work and the monstrous creature is more than it appears to be. The Lord of Blood and Vengeance will rise.
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