I learned at a young age to trust no one, protect myself, and guard my heart. All lessons my mother burned into me. She may not have had a lot to offer in way of help but she poured all she had into me and made me the independent woman I am today. So after laying her to rest, I packed my belongings and moved to the place that she talked about often. A place where she enjoyed the carefree pleasures of childhood.
Balsam Ridge, Tennessee is a little slice of paradise and nothing like the busy city that Iโm accustomed to. With its idyllic setting, friendly strangers, and slower pace, a girl could easily be charmed into letting her walls down.
It was only going to be a stop on my journey. A respite while I figured out my next move, and catching feelings for the confident and sexy local Fire Chief, Corbin Tuttle, was not part of the plan.
It was supposed to be a game. A hoax. A brief fling to help him break a toxic cycle. But my mother always told me, that sometimes you need a little rain to calm the fire.
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Joseph Martin has been my best friends’ boss for years. So when she comes to me, with this half baked idea of me posing as his girlfriend to help him out, I’m tempted to tell her to take a hike.
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And says that he’ll pay off my med school bills and… you guessed it,ย I cave.
Even though I hate him. Even though we apparently hate each other (I’m not the one who didn’t anything wrong, mind you). But things aren’t always how they seem and the guy I thought I couldn’t stand, I suddenly find myself falling for.ย
It was supposed to be fake. An arrangement with no strings attached.
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Really cute and quick read.
I am really enjoying this cute little novellas from Jen. There are really cute, sweet and very low drama. You can read them within a few hours and have this happy feeling afterwards.
Falling for the Boss features Sutton and Joseph. Joseph runs his family’s company and his mom who is getting ready to hand the full reigns over to him and take off on a trip of her lifetime, wants one thing from him. She wants to see him have more in life than just his job.
Joseph tends to keep his personal life very private and he hasn’t been one to look for anything permanent with women as his life hasn’t really allowed for it. He enlists his assistant Kayla to help him out. She has a few ideas but the one that seems to be the best option is her roommate, Sutton.
However, Joseph and Sutton don’t exactly care for one another. They’re last encounter didn’t go so great and they both hate each other.
Sutton’s life is her job – she’s still in school to become a burn specialist, so she really doesn’t have much time for anything else. When Kayla mentions this whole “fake dating” idea to her, she’s absolutely against it.
And that’s all I am telling you! This book is super quick and readers will absolutely love how this plays out. I love that Jen didn’t take the usual route with this one and kept things interesting. The banter between everyone was great and at times, quiet hilarious.
Another beautifully written story from J. Sterling!
The Forever Love Duet, a captivating, angst-filled and emotional new adult romance collection featuring When Forever Changes and No Feelings Involved from USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Siobhan Davis is available now!
An emotional, angsty, new adult romance duet from USA Today & WSJ bestselling author Siobhan Davis. Over 700 pages of binge-worthy romance. Each book focuses on a new couple and ends with an HEA.
WHEN FOREVER CHANGES (Forever Love Book 1)
Looking back, I should have seen the signs. Perhaps I did, but I subconsciously chose to ignore them.
From the time I was ten, when I first met Dylan, I knew he was my forever guy.
Dylan was more than just my best friend, my childhood sweetheart, my lover. He was my soul mate. We were carved from the same wholeโdestined to be together forever.
Until he changed.
And I believed I was no longer good enough.
Until he shattered me so completely, it felt like I ceased to exist.
And Iโd never experienced such heart-crushing pain.
Until he leveled me a second time, and I truly wanted to die.
But I had to stay strong because I wasnโt alone in this cruel twist of fate.
I canโt help wondering if I had seen the signs earlier, if Iโd pushed him, would it have been enough to save us?
Or had fate already decided to alter our forever?
For readers who enjoy friends-to-lovers, brotherโs best friend, second chance, angsty new adult college romance. Some scenes may be triggering – please read the note at the start of the book.
NO FEELINGS INVOLVED (Forever Love Book 2)
Ryan James doesnโt believe in love.
Itโs a truth he learned early in life.
He broke his golden rule one time, but Myndi trampled all over his heart, cementing his belief that love is a lie and not worth the effort.
Now heโs returned to his cynical views and promiscuous lifestyle, racking up more notches on his bedpost than he can count.
Until Summer Petersen comes crashing into his world, threatening to knock down his walls with her tempting body and sunny, sweet personality.
Summer is determined to lose her V-card before she starts freshman year of college, and the hot, older guy with the cute dimples, dazzling smile, and rippling biceps is just the man for the job. Ryan doesnโt take much persuading, and he rocks her world, giving her a night to remember.
When they walk away, thereโs an agreement it was a one-time thing. Ryan doesnโt do feelings, and Summer doesnโt want to be tied down at eighteen.
But when she moves into her brother Austinโs apartment, sheโs shocked to discover her new roomie is the guy who recently popped her cherry.
Ryan canโt believe he slept with Austinโs baby sister, and if he finds out, heโll literally kill him. Keeping their hook up a secret is nonnegotiable. Keeping his thoughts, and his hands, off Summer, less so. Because the longer heโs around her, the more he finds himself catching feelings for the gorgeous brunette.
Summer doesnโt want to care for her older brotherโs best friend, but Ryan makes her feel things sheโs never felt before, and sheโs slowly falling under his spell.
Embarking on an illicit affair behind Austinโs back has train wreck written all over it, but provided they keep their feelings in check, they can end this before he ever finds out.
Itโs not like either of them is in love.
Right?
For readers who enjoy brotherโs best friend/best friendsโ little sister, age gap, second chance, forbidden, angsty new adult romance.
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About Siobhan Siobhan Davis is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Amazon Top 10 bestselling romance author. Siobhan writes emotionally intense stories with swoon-worthy romance, complex characters, and tons of unexpected plot twists and turns that will have you flipping the pages beyond bedtime! She has sold over 1.5 million books and her titles are translated into several languages.
Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Siobhan forged a successful corporate career in human resource management.
She lives in the Garden County of Ireland with her husband and two sons.
A stand alone second chance grumpy sunshine romance about Josie & Maddox by USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde…
Maddox Nelson is the only boy Iโve ever loved.
And the only one to break my heart.
I thought I was over that long ago. After drowning the heartbreak in two failed marriages, I should want safe and easy, and Maddox is nothing but complicated.
Now that Iโm back home in Savannah, I canโt deny the pull toward him. Heโs the grumpy to my sunshine, the introvert to my extrovert, the uncompromising to my go with the flow. But years of friendship, love, and tangled lust binds us together in the city where it all began.
When heat flies between us, he makes it clear that we already had our chance. Both of us should move on.
K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels.
She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team.
She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.
She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.
It has the power to take everything from youโeven yourself.ย Itโs why I stay clear.ย
Donโt get me wrong. Iโm a big fan of insta-lust. The kind that only lasts as long as the heat does. Come morning? Itโs a whole new day. Thatโs why, when I meet the perfect girl at a wedding, I know, for the next couple of hours, Iโm going to love every little succulent inch of her.ย
Thatโs until she tricks me, leaving me high and dry, literally.ย
Itโs now my mission to find out who she is.ย
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My life couldnโt be going any worse. Falling apart would put it mildly. Comparing it to a dumpster fire sounds more accurate.ย And now, Iโm being forced to move back home, a place I swore I would never return to.ย
When the one person Iโve spent my entire life hating walks back into my life, it finally pushes me over the edge.ย
Heโs still so arrogant. So full of himself. And still has a way of lighting a fire inside me.ย
I need to stop looking at him the way heโs looking at me.ย
But everything will go up in flames once he finds out who I am. ย
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4.5 Stars
Enemies with Benefits was definitely more than I expected and I really enjoyed it.
J.D. wrote a unique enemies to lover story with a thrilling twist to their story.
Mak and Ben were much enemies til Mak unexpectedly moved away. Now they are both at a mutual friend’s wedding, except one of them doesn’t realize it til it’s too late. And that’s the start of their whirlwind journey.
I am not giving anything else away because then it would take away from the tension and angst that J.D. fills these pages with perfectly. There is no love-loss between these two but as adults, the chemistry is explosive!!
I loved the banter amongst everyone, but especially Mak and Ben. These two are true fire in so many ways together.
J.D. wrote this story beautifully. She kept true to the characters and their mannerisms. I loved that she added a thrilling layer to this book to give it more depth and go beyond just the enemies to lovers story. While I was able to figure things out fairly early on, I still enjoyed the story.
Enemies to Benefits is more than what you think โ don’t pass this one up.
A.L. Jackson is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes emotional, sexy, heart-filled stories about boys who usually like to be a little bit bad.
Her bestselling series include THE REGRET SERIES, CLOSER TO YOU, BLEEDING STARS, FIGHT FOR ME, CONFESSIONS OF THE HEART, FALLING STARS, and REDEMPTION HILLS novels. Get her latest enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance, NEVER LOOK BACK, available now!
If sheโs not writing, you can find her hanging out by the pool with her family, sipping cocktails with her friends, or of course with her nose buried in a book.
Be sure not to miss new releases and sales from A.L. Jackson – Sign up to receive her newsletter https://geni.us/ALJacksonBookClubB or text โaljacksonโ to 33222 to receive short but sweet updates on all the important news.
M. Robinson is the Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling Author crowned as the “Queen of Angst” by readers around the world.
Dive into her visionary world that will take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions and leave you wanting more.
She writes everything from contemporary to suspense romance and is best known for her novel, El Diablo.
When M isn’t in the cave writing her next epic love story, you will find her shopping and living on a boat in Florida with her real life pirate, her lobster, her husband Bossman. Sipping on Starbucks and hanging out with their two dogs, a German shepherd mix and a gordito Wheaten Terrier reading a good book. Or spending time with her family, who she is extremely close with.
Above all, M loves her readers more than anything and loves to connect with them! She is on all social media platforms but you will find her in her happy place the most. Her VIP Reader Group on Facebook or her second favorite happy place, Instagram.
Evil Queen is an annual romance anthology celebrating women’s empowerment. It is meant to inspire and remind readers that they, too, can do absolutely anything they dream of.
This year, all proceeds from the sale of Evil Queen will be donated to WriteGirl – a creative writing and mentoring organization that promotes creativity, critical thinking and leadership skills to empower teen girls.
(Evil Queen will be a Kindle Unlimited release. Paperbacks will be available closer to the release date.)
Evil Queen will include all new stories from:
Dee Lagasse | Kandi Steiner | Victoria Ellis | Georgana Roland | Amanda Cuff | Chasity Tarantino | Kat Singleton | Mignon Mykel | Aubree Valentine | Tori Fox | Savannah Stewart | M Leigh Morhaime | K. Peters | Sutton Bishop | Shannon O’Connor | Renee Dyer | Persephone Autumn | Kay Blake | Cali Melle | K Leigh | Ellie Isaacson | K.F. Hassall | Malynda Schlegel | Daisy Allen
From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.
The day I showed up to Dax Moodyโs sprawling home, I had no idea what was coming.
As a traveling massage therapist, I was used to entering the houses of strangers.
But this assignment was different from any before it.
From the outside, Iโd correctly assumed the owner was rich. What I didnโt realize was that he would be younger than Iโd imagined, single, stunningly gorgeous, and mysterious.
Despite the fact that Dax had booked a massage, it never actually happened, since our first appointment was unexpectedly cut short by a comedy of errors.
Certain Iโd never see him again after that day, Iโd done nothing but think about the captivating man.
To my surprise, he called a second time. That appointment, we talked a lot, developing a stronger connection. But once again, there was no actual massage.
The man I now affectionately called โMoodyโ kept calling me to come back.
It took three times before I finally gave him the massage heโd ordered. Letโs just say it was challenging to keep things professional. I was extremely attracted to Dax, and by that time, I was falling hard.
Eventually, Iโd find out why heโd been so aloof, the reason why he and I could never be together.
Our story was supposed to end there, but it didnโt.
Instead, I was left perpetually longing for a forbidden man.
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Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling
author of contemporary romance.
She grew up
in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a
television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son,
and beautiful daughter with autism.
With over two
million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author
of over thirty books. Her novels have been translated into over a dozen
languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.
The Close-Up, an all-new moving second-chance novella set in the Hollywood Renaissance/HOOPS world from New York Times bestselling author Kennedy Ryan and 1,001 Dark Nights is available now!
I met Nazareth Armstrong when I was eighteen years old. From the beginning, my brother warned me to stay away from him. Told Naz to stay away from me.
Our hearts didnโt listen.
I shared one magical night under the stars with my brother’s rival, thinking it was the start of a once-in-a-lifetime something. But one awful moment ended it all.
Years later when we meet again, weโve both pursued our dreams, lived a little, found successโฆbut never found love. What began as a tiny flame when we were young now threatens to consume us. Iโm more drawn to Naz than ever, but his complicated history with my brother makes whatever this could beโฆnearly impossible.
But Naz accepts impossible as a dare.
Through his clever maneuvering and dogged determination, I find myself on a yacht with him and his friends cruising through the Mediterranean. Itโs a whirlwind set ablaze. Away from reality, surrendering to the tender heat of his touch, I forget that everything could burn.
*This is the love story of Takira, who first appears in Reel, book 1 of the Hollywood Renaissance series. Characters from the HOOPS series also make appearances, but you do not have to read any of those books to enjoy this one.
**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, itโs an introduction to an authorโs world. And for fans, itโs a bonus book in the authorโs series. We hope you’ll enjoy each one as much as we do.**
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Naz has abandoned his cabin completely and has spent every night over the last week with me. Why front? He brought me here, and we canโt get enough of each other. Iโm glad weโre on this yacht with a bunch of couples who also canโt get enough of each other because weโd be pretty obnoxious otherwise. Heโs rich as hell and could shower me with material things. And he does. At every port, I find some keepsake from the local shops heโs left for me in the roomโan ankle bracelet, clips for my hair, diamond earrings. There has been no shortage of gifts, but the real gift has been his attention. The way he cares. The man bathes me. He wraps my hair up at night. He washes my face. I donโt know what this is, but I feel spoiled. Doted on. Adored. At first I was likeโฆis this cringe? Is it weird? But then I recalled all those times when I didnโt feel valued in a relationship. All those times a guy disrespected me by looking at other women all night. All those times I didnโt feel this almost embarrassing amount of single-minded focus from a man whoโs determined Iโll know how much he enjoys me. How much he likes me. Cherishes me, even. Heโs constantly pulling me onto his lap. We sneak away from the group anytime the mood strikes us. Last night at dinner, he fed me from his plate. From his plate. Who am I right now? Iโm that girl, living out a fantasy on a half-a-billion dollar yacht floating on dreams along the coast of Italy. Forget Black girl magic. This is pure sorcery, and if itโs a spell, weโre both under it.
About Kennedy Ryan USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Kennedy Ryan and her writings have been featured in Chicken Soup for the Soul, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, Cosmo, TIME, O Mag and many others. A RITAยฎ and Audieยฎ Award winner, Kennedy writes empowered women from all walks of life and centers those who have found themselves perennially on the margins of traditional storytelling.
Her Hoops Series (Long Shot, Block Shot and Hook Shot) and All the King’s Men Series (The Kingmaker, The Rebel King and Queen Move) have been optioned for television.
An autism mom, Kennedy co-founded LIFT 4 Autism, an annual charitable initiative, and has appeared on Headline News, Montel Williams, NPR and other media outlets as an advocate for autism families. She is a wife to her lifetime lover and mother to an extraordinary son.
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I wasnโt supposed to catch feelings for my best friendโs older brother.
It started with a letter and grew into us confessing our secrets.
Then, he left, taking my shattered heart with him.
Twelve years later, heโs back.
We have to keep our distance. If we fall for each other, everything will fall apart.
But then Iโm blackmailed into marrying another man, and the guy who broke my heart is the only one who can save me.
Only Him is a second chance, small town romance
and is a bundled standalone from the Tyler & Gemma duet.
I had a picture perfect life. At least everyone thought I did. But behind closed doors, my life is a mess.
My husbandโs far from the man Iโd fallen in love with years ago. As my rocky marriage crumbles, my best friend, Noah, stays by my side.
But then, when my husband dies, the finger is pointed at Noah. For years, heโs pushed me away, but when his life is threatened, I risk my heart to save him.
Only Us is a friends to lovers, small town romance
and is a bundled stand-alone from the Noah & Katie duet.
Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. They share a love of Hallmark movies, overpriced coffee, and making TikToks. When they arenโt bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters thatโll make you blush and your heart melt. Happily ever afters guaranteed!
