Cover Reveal…Falling In Reverse by Hazel Grace

Title: Falling in Reverse
Series: Seduce & Destroy Book #1
Author: Hazel Grace
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Reverse Harem; Rival-towns; Enemies-to-lovers; Idiots-to-lovers; Street racing; Alpha male energy; Stepbrother; He Falls First; Grayish Romance
Release Date: August 22, 2024
Cover Design: Black Widow Designs
Cover Model: Sergio Carvajal
Photographer: Miguel Piñeiro
 
 
She calls me Pretty Boy.
I call her mine.
From the first time I saw Bay Astor, that was it.
I wanted her.
Nothing would stand in the way of owning her the same way she possessed my thoughts. Not even a rivalry against the faceless gang that ran her part of town.
I’m the Prince of The Landings and she’s the South Shore runner with a love for burning rubber and fast cars, who won’t stop running product through my streets. We’re constantly at odds.
Nothing is more infuriating than her.
Truly the biggest pain in my ass…and I’m not the only one who’s noticed.
My best friend wants her as badly as I do, smitten as hell. And my other buddy thinks she’s the devil respawned, out to destroy us and everything we’ve built.
We’re just a bunch of stupid idiots who can’t figure out what to do with her.
But I’m looking to find out.
Bay Astor can run. She can hide. Hell, she can even deny that she wants me—which is a lie. I’ve never had a problem chasing her before.
Even if it costs me everything.
 

 
Hazel Grace is an avid music lover and hardcore Oakland Raiders fan from the mitten state of Michigan. Her writing goals are “what the f*ck” storylines while enjoying her reader’s private messages to cuss her out.

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Cover Reveal…The Rocker’s Muse by Penelope Ward

Title: The Rocker’s Muse
Author: Penelope Ward
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Rockstar/15-Year Age Gap/Small Town
Found Family/Slow Burn/Forbidden
Cover Design: Letitia Hasser, RBA Designs
Photographer: Brennen McMurray
Model: Levi Stocke
Release Date: August 26, 2024
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From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE novel…

No one but me knew why I was actually in the California desert that day.
Nestled deep within the desolate, rocky area was a recording studio.
When a door suddenly opened, a man mistook me for someone he was supposed to be interviewing for a job.
The next thing I knew, I was whisked inside.
The position? An assistant on the upcoming tour for one of America’s most famous rock bands.
Pretty exciting opportunity for a twenty-two-year-old, just out of college.
Not surprisingly, I bombed the interview.
When I ended up mistakenly walking into the men’s room on my way out, I struck up a conversation with a stranger—not realizing it was the lead singer, Tristan Daltrey.
He seemed to like the fact that I had no idea who he was, that I saw him as a normal person.
That night, I got a call offering me the job.
So began my complicated story with Tristan.
Millions of women loved him.
Yet for some reason, after the shows, he only wanted to hang out with me.
Late-night talks. Casual dinners in his hotel room.
I wasn’t supposed to be fraternizing with the band’s frontman.
Despite our fifteen-year age difference, Tristan and I had a connection.
But I had a secret.
One that would eventually lead to my leaving the tour.
And one that would lead Tristan and the band straight to the small town where I came from.

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The current paperback preorder is for the special-edition, floral cover only.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

ROCKSTAR
15-YEAR AGE GAP

SMALL TOWN
FOUND FAMILY
SLOW BURN
FORBIDDEN

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Penelope 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 millions of books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over forty books. Her novels have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.

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Cover Reveal…Passenger Princess by Morgan Elizabeth

Morgan Elizabeth has revealed the gorgeous cover for Passenger Princess!

Releasing: August 9, 2024

A sexy, Bodyguard, Grumpy/Sunshine, Celebrity romance from best-selling author, Morgan Elizabeth.

Who knew applying to be the next Miss Americana while you’re drunk on tequila would actually get anywhere? But that’s exactly what happened to Ava when she wanted an excuse to promote her best friends’ new businesses. She never even expected to get past the first round of auditions, much less win the beauty pageant, and now here she is, wearing a silk sash and a crown on her head, trying to picture what the next three months is going to look like. As the newly crowned Miss Americana, she’s off on a three-month press tour, visiting all 50 states as part of her contract.

For a girl who loves adventure, it’s a dream come true, except for two hiccups. The first one being the morality clause and long list of rules the organization is forcing her to live by while wearing the crown. And second, and probably the worst one, is the deliciously sexy, yet grumpy driver-slash-bodyguard assigned to keep her in line.

Jaime normally spends his days as head of security for the world-famous rock band Atlas Oaks, but when they take a break from touring, he’s excited for a change of pace. Until he learns his new assignment is the gorgeous and ever-frustrating pageant princess who gets under his skin in more ways than one.

When he learns Ava has made it her mission to drive him crazy—by constantly looking for a new hit of endorphins by toeing the line as well as by flirting with him endlessly—he realizes what he thought would be a simple assignment is anything but. Now if only he can survive the next ninety days keeping his hands to himself and off the woman he can’t get out of his head.

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Meet Morgan Elizabeth


Morgan is a born and raised Jersey girl, living there with her two boys, toddler daughter, and mechanic husband. She’s addicted to iced espresso, barbecue chips, and Starburst jellybeans. She usually has headphones on, listening to some spicy audiobook or Taylor Swift. There is rarely an in between.

Writing has been her calling for as long as she can remember. There’s a framed ‘page one’ of a book she wrote at seven hanging in her childhood home to prove the point. Her entire life she’s crafted stories in her mind, begging to be released but it wasn’t until recently she finally gave them the reigns.

I’m so grateful you’ve agreed to take this journey with me.

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Cover Reveal…Bound by A Promise by Aleatha Romig

BOUND BY A PROMISE


Aleatha Romig


Release Date: September 16

Arranged marriage, enemies to lovers, Mafia/cartel romance 

As the only daughter of the Kansas City capo, at eighteen years of age, I was given to the son of my father’s consigliere, a man who was expected to accomplish great things for the famiglia. Things didn’t go the way we planned.

There wasn’t love.

My husband was a traitor, taking part in a coup against the famiglia.

My husband is dead.

I’m free.

Until the fateful night my brother, our new capo, informs me that I’ve once again been promised in marriage. He explains that as a childless widow and the daughter of the late capo dei capi, I am desired—requested.

Aléjandro Roríguez is the son of the leader of the Roríguez cartel. My brother married a woman from the cartel, securing the Mafia/cartel alliance. He says that it’s now my turn.

I’ve only met my future husband a few times, but I know without a doubt that I don’t like him. Loving him is impossible. I’ve lived in a marriage without love. I won’t do it again.

Aléjandro lives a dangerous existence.

Death saved me once before.

Maybe it will again. 

Have you been Aleatha’d? 

TILL DEATH DO US PART is a stand-alone dangerous Mafia/cartel romance in the new “Brutal Vows” series. Each arranged-marriage story is filled with the suspense, intrigue, and heat you’ve come to expect from New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig.

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Meet Aleatha Romig:

Aleatha Romig is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana. She grew up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living south of Indianapolis. Together with her high-school sweetheart and husband of over thirty years, they’ve raised three children. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she’s not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns or her new lighter side, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her pastimes include reading and creating heroes/anti-heroes who haunt your dreams!

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Cover Reveal…Psycho Reign by N.O. One

 

 

PSYCHO REIGN BY N.O. ONE

 

Release Date: September 5th

 

Series: Book 3 of the Psycho trilogy in the Sons of Khaos Series

 

Genre/Tropes: Dark MC Romance (with a twist) / Enemies to Lovers / Obsessive Alphahole / Touch her and die vibes

 

 

 

We are honored to share the cover for the final book in the Psycho Trilogy with you all today!!

Psycho Reign by N.O. One is coming September 5th!

 

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Cover Reveal…Frisco by Tijan

Tijan has revealed the gorgeous covers for Frisco!

Releasing: July 23, 2024

Tall. Muscled. Tattooed.
Shane King was seriously hot, and seriously not a good guy.
He went by the name Ghost with his motorcycle club, and he was now their national vice president.

When Shane and his club arrived in town, they began doing favors for my family.
I didn’t know why. I didn’t want to know.
Favors came with strings attached. I didn’t want strings attaching me to the Red Demons.

Shane was a different beast, though.
I should steer clear of him, except I couldn’t.
He was everywhere, and he always looked like he wanted to tie me up in all sorts of strings.

A part of me wanted to let him.
A part of me yearned to let him.
But no.

Shane might act like the hero, but he wasn’t.
He was the villain.
And I was about to learn that the strings that came with Shane…
…they would be my unraveling.

** This is a standalone motorcycle club romance.

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Narrated by: Zara Eden & Jacob Morgan

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Meet Tijan

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing after college and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Fallen Crest series, Ryan’s Bed, Enemies and others.
​She is currently writing many new books and series with an English Cocker she adores.

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Cover Reveal…Tempting by Bella Matthews

Bella Matthews has revealed the gorgeous covers for Tempting!

Releasing: August 8, 2024

Model Cover Design: Shannon, Shanoff Designs

Alternate Cover Design: Val, Books & Moods

Photographer: Julia Mindar

From USA Today and Amazon Top 5 Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes a Fake Dating, Spicy Lessons, Sports Romance. This is book one in a new series in the Krodyon Hills world between Kenzie Hayes and her hotshot hockey player.

Full blurb coming soon!

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Meet Bella


Bella Matthews is a USA Today & Amazon Top 5 Bestselling author. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines. Sarcasm is her love language and big family dynamics are her favorite thing to add to each story.

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Cover Reveal…Beating Heart by Laura Pavlov

Laura Pavlov has revealed the gorgeous covers for Beating Heart!

Releasing: August 15, 2024

Model Cover Design: Hang Le

Photographer: Madison Maltby

Special Edition Cover Design: Sarah Sentz, Enchanting Romance Designs

A Small Town, Single Dad, Neighbors to Lovers, Standalone Romance from USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov.

From the moment my son came into the world—my life changed in the best way.

I’d found my purpose.

My reason.

My heart beats for this kid every damn day.

My company is thriving, and life is good.

But then Emerson Chadwick happened.

It must be the universe’s way of messing with me when I least expect it.

Our town’s new pediatrician is gorgeous and brilliant and—complicated.

I’m not looking for complications.

To make matters worse, my little boy is crazy about her, and now she’s moved in next door.

She’s everywhere I turn.

I can’t stay away no matter how hard I try.

But Emerson isn’t here to stay.

This is just a temporary stop for her.

And now my heart beats for her in a way I never expected.

Falling for the girl next door is a bad idea.

Loving her… well, that’s as easy as breathing.

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Meet Laura


Laura Pavlov writes sweet and sexy contemporary romance that will make you both laugh and cry. She is happily married to her college sweetheart, mom to two awesome almost-grown kids, and dog-whisperer to one temperamental yorkie and one wild bernedoodle. Laura resides in Las Vegas where she is living her own happily ever after. Be sure to sign up for updates on new releases. Laura loves to hear from readers!

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Cover & Trope Reveal…So Real by Abby Millsaps

Abby Millsaps has revealed the gorgeous cover and tropes for So Real!

Releasing: July 31, 2024

TROPES & MICROTROPES:

❤️ Why choose romance

🗓️ Now and then timeline

🪩 Adventures abroad

🏈 College football

⏰ Second chance

🧍‍♀️ “She’s NOT my sister”

😡 Lovers to enemies

🙏 Jealousy and groveling

🇬🇧 British Billionaire

🧎‍♀️Praise and degradation

📚 He curates a library for her

💊 Mental health rep (PMDD)

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Meet Abby


Abby Millsaps is an author and storyteller who’s been obsessed with writing romance since middle school. In eighth grade, she failed to qualify for the Power of the Pen State Championships because all her submissions contained the same theme: young people falling in love. #LookAtHerNow

She’s best known for writing unapologetically angsty romance that causes emotional damage for her readers. Abby prides herself in writing authentic characters while weaving mental health, chronic illness, and neurodiverse representation into the fabric of her stories.

Abby met her husband at a house party the summer before her freshman year of college. He had a secret pizza stashed in the trunk of his car that he was saving for a midnight snack–how was she supposed to resist that level of golden retriever energy and preparedness? When Abby isn’t writing, she’s reading, traveling, and raising her three daughters.

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Cover Reveal…A Violent Agenda: The Complete Series by Mallory Fox

Mallory Fox has revealed the gorgeous cover for A Violent Agenda: The Complete Series!

Releasing: July 26, 2024

Cover Design: Temptation Creations

A Violent Agenda: The Complete Series contains the following books:
– A History of Violence: A Violent Agenda Book One
– A Legacy of Sorrow: A Violent Agenda Book Two
– A Promise of Torment: A Violent Agenda Book Three
– A Destiny of Carnage: A Violent Agenda Book Four

Fire burns the worst sins. Trust is overrated.
Killing for pleasure is messy, bloody, chaotic…

He was supposed to die.

But now I have him where I want him, I can’t help but taste him a little.

All of them.

They’ve gotten under my skin. These Sacred Heart boys.

The way they look at me, a need, a hunger clawing inside, I recognize it in the mirror. It’s their eyes. They tell me they don’t give a fuck if they live or die. That I’m the prey and they’re the carnivores. That they’re soulless.

But in the end, they all beg.
Violent, bloody, and raw.
Because I’m the real monster.

They just don’t know it yet.

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Meet Mallory Fox


Mallory Fox is a USA Today best-selling author who is addicted to reading big books that never end, eating chocolate-covered pretzels, and looking deep into heart-melting, big brown eyes…the canine kind. She loves to write deliciously dark romance with wicked, twisty plots.  Mallory currently lives in London with her bean-shaped dog and the rest of her non-furry family. When she’s not at her desk writing up a storm, she’s walking her overgrown cocker spaniel, or trying to learn how to cook, badly.

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Cover & Excerpt Reveal…Blue Jeans In Low Beams by Claire Hastings


BLUE JEANS IN LOW BEAMS

Hayes Family #1

by Claire Hastings


Release Date: July 18, 2024


Cover Design:

Y’all That Graphic


Photographer:


FuriousFotog


Model:


Andrew Flanagan


Genre: Contemporary Romance Standalone

Trope: Best friend’s little sister, age-gap, forced proximity, summer fling to forever, small town



Synopsis

It was a simple promise—watch out for my best friend’s little sister the same way I would my own.

Turns out, Brenna is a lot more grown-up than I realized. And a lot more beautiful. Which makes sharing an apartment with her this summer tougher than I expected.

Until she shares something with me. Something she’s never shared with anyone. Something that makes me want to step in and help.

Something that changes everything.

Soon enough, my wanting to be with her has nothing to do with that promise I made and everything to do with the undeniable spark between us.

It doesn’t matter that I’m more than a decade older than she is. Or what our small town thinks.

But Brenna’s time in Hickory Hills is limited, making everything more complicated.

The more time I spend with Brenna, the harder it is to stay apart. The more I want to convince her to stay.

I already broke my promise to her brother. But I will keep my promise to her.

Even if I break my own heart in the process.




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Excerpt

Milo smiles softly at me and I relax, reminding myself who this is. Who we are.

Roommates. Almost siblings. Who cares if he accidentally saw me naked and masturbating and now knows my deepest secret?

“Hi. Whatcha making?”

“Just mac ’n cheese.”

Just mac ’n cheese? Is this man crazy?

I drop my bag, kicking off my shoes and placing them at the mat by the door. Inhaling deeply, I walk into the kitchen, examining the baking dish sitting on top of the stove. Sure enough, this is the real deal. Multiple cheeses melted into and mixed in with a roux, before folded over pasta and topped with breadcrumbs. A quick glance down at the counter reveals a loaf of bread and food processer, meaning these breadcrumbs are real, not store-bought. Fuck, yes.

“Milo, there is nothing just about mac ’n cheese. Especially real deal mac ’n cheese. I know you know it’s my fave. Especially if that’s Hayes mac ’n cheese.”

He laughs, the deep vibrato making my insides feel just as gooey as that cheese. “It is.”

Fuck, I have died and gone to heaven. Hayes mac ’n cheese, made by a sexy-as-sin Hayes man? Yeah…I’m done for.

“It was your first day at your first big girl job. I figured that was worth celebrating.” He gives me a wink, turning away from me to put the dish in the oven.

My first big girl job? Well then, if Milo’s going to talk to me the same way he and Brandt did when they took the training wheels off my bike, then I’d say seeing me naked is irrelevant. Thank goodness.

“Seriously? Thank you. You didn’t have to do that. I’m sure you had better things to do with your afternoon.”

Milo shrugs his tattooed left shoulder, stepping into me, winking again. My insides melt a little more. This is dangerous.

“I wanted to. You deserve it.”

I sigh, my heart grateful for not only the gesture, but how much he cares. I’m lucky to have him in my life.

“Also, I was thinking.”

“Uh-oh, that’s dangerous,” I quip.

Milo chuckles, stepping in closer, the gap between us now no more than a foot. My pulse kicks into high gear, his musky scent filling my nostrils. I don’t know if that’s his cologne or deodorant or some soap, but damn, he smells good. So good it might fry my brain.

“Whatcha doin’ Friday?”

Friday? Ummmm…

“Errr…ahhh…studying?” I hope that’s the right answer.

“Take a night off.”

“Any particular reason?”

A list of possible answers rushes through my mind. The most likely is that he needs my help again at Pour Decisions. Which, if that’s what he needs, he can consider it done. I’m not only happy to help, but it’s the least I can do since I’m squatting in his apartment all summer.

“I’m taking you out.”

Record scratch—he’s what?

Milo must see the confusion register on my face, because he steps into me even more, this time, taking my hand.

“Let me start over. Brenna, would you like to go out with me on Friday?”

“Like a date?”

Like a date? Oh good gracious, who asks that? Like a date. Of course it’s not a date.

“Yes, like a date.”

I stand corrected.

“You want to take me on a date?” My voice squeaks, betraying me and my excitement.

Milo Hayes wants to take me on a date. Well, dear diary, your preteen fantasies are coming true.

“I was thinking about what you said yesterday—”

“Ugh, could we not?”

“No, we’re gonna. I hate to see you upset, always have. Yesterday was no exception. And I can’t fix everything in this world, but this, this I can. No, not fix. Because you don’t need fixing, Brenna. Change, that’s a better word. This I can change.”

“Milo, you don’t have to do this.”

“Bren,” he whispers, squeezing my hand. “This isn’t about have to, this is about want to. I want to take you. I want to show you what it’s like to experience a second date. And in order for there to be a second, there has to be a first. So, what d’ya say? Go out with me Friday night?”

My heart soars. Milo Hayes wants to take me on a date. How does a girl say no to that?

She doesn’t. That’s how.

I let my smile loose, a giggle escaping with it. I can’t help it. Because I’m giddy.

“I’d love to.”

“Good.”

He squeezes my hand again, keeping the small gap between us. Looking down at me, his blue eyes sparkle, upping my giddiness.

“Can I ask where we’re going?”

“You can ask.” He smirks. “But I’m not gonna tell you. It’s a surprise.”

Oh boy…

His smirk grows and he starts to lean in. My whole body is on high alert, calling out to the universe, trying to manifest something out of thin air. It’s not too much to also want a kiss, right? I mean, I did just get asked out.

Milo continues to lean, and I’m starting to think the universe might be listening to me.

At least until my phone goes off.


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