A Small Town, Hockey, Forbidden, Standalone Romance from USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov.
Hockey is my first love. And I’m coming off the best season of my life. In the process of scoring the winning goal that gave us the Stanley Cup I tore my MCL, and I’ll need to spend the next few months recovering. Eloise Gable, the team’s new physical therapist, has been sent to Rosewood River to help me heal and get me ready for the new season. Yet, she doesn’t seem all too happy about the situation. In fact, she can’t stand me most days. It doesn’t stop me from staring at her any chance I get. She’s beautiful and brilliant, but she’s got her guard up the minute I get close. Eloise is a distraction I wasn’t prepared for. Did I mention that she’s also my coach’s daughter? But after a long run together in the summer heat, our built up tension snapped. We end up stripping down and jumping in the river. It seemed like the logical thing at the time. The problem is, Eloise Gable is completely off limits. But I’m a professional hockey player, and in my world, limits were meant to be pushed. Hockey may be my first love, but after falling for my coach’s daughter—it’s definitely not my last.
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Harlow Dawson went through something terrible while working a case in Los Angeles. She fell in love. To be fair, the love part wasn’t so bad, but the betrayal left her devastated and in police custody. She returned home to decide how to move forward. One thing was for certain. Her life wouldn’t include Jensen Wiley. Two years later she’s back on her feet, working with her best friend, and building her business. She’s been falling for a new guy at The Hideout. Niall Griffen makes her feel safe. Until she learns his secret at the worst possible time.
Jensen Wiley has spent years working his way up in the criminal organization that took his brother’s life. The only thing that ever threatened to break his need for revenge was meeting Harlow Dawson. She became his partner until he realized she was being drawn into the darkest part of the organization. He had very little time to get her out and didn’t think she would go quietly. He knows his betrayal saved her life, but he hasn’t stopped loving her. Now they’re in the same city and he needs someone watching over her. He means to keep his distance until she walks right into the middle of his mission.
Niall Griffen has worried about his best friend, Jensen, for years. When Jensen asks him to watch over the woman he loves, Niall reluctantly agrees. The trouble is he falls for her too. If nothing happens, he doesn’t feel there’s any reason to talk to his friend about their unrequited love triangle. But after one night together changes everything, Niall knows he needs a new plan to make sure no one gets their heart broken. The good news? Harlow comes from a family with an interesting dynamic. He just might be able to make this work for all of them.
Things begin to unravel when Jensen’s past comes back to haunt him and the man he’s been hunting threatens to turn the tables on him. Protecting Harlow is now the only priority and might just send them all right into the relationship they all need.
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When he finds out who I am, will he save me—or destroy me?
Dirty Little Secrets, an all-new workplace, dark mafia, billionaire romance from bestselling author Carmen Rosales is now available!
NORI
Moving to New York was a chance to jump-start my career after graduating from college. I didn’t want to accept the job offered by the man I was dating, but I had no other choice. I needed a job. It didn’t matter that he couldn’t satisfy me sexually—he wasn’t the only man I’d met who couldn’t.
Then, a friend from work gave me a discreet club membership as a birthday gift. Nothing could have prepared me for what I’d find there—or, more importantly, who.
Xaiden. The owner of the company I worked for. A man who didn’t even know I existed.
Night after night in the dark room, I embarked on a passionate affair that was both daring and dangerous. As secrets began to unravel, I realized Xaiden was not only powerful but also deeply controlling. When he finds out who I am, will he save me—or destroy me?
Bend The Pucking Rules by Rachel Leigh is now live!
Bend The Pucking Rules is the second book in the sexy and suspenseful Ice Lords Series. An Enemies to Lovers, Why-Choose, College Hockey Romance.
I know too much and now, I’m paying the price.
One secret shattered my world.
Three boys wrecked my life.
And one of them just might own my heart—if only he could remember.
As Callan fights to piece together the memories we shared and the time we lost, I’m caught in the crossfire of rival teams, bitter betrayals, and players who would love nothing more than to watch me fall.
Someone is out there.
Whispering. Watching. Waiting.
And if I want to survive, I’ll have to trust the very people who broke me.
Aidric. Sebastian.
Maybe even Callan
Sebastian says he hates me.
But hate doesn’t burn this hot.
I see it in his eyes. I feel it every time he looks at me.
I’m just not sure if his fire is meant to save me, or burn me.
When Callan finally remembers, will it be enough to put us back together?
Or will the bond I’m building with his best friend tear us all apart?
They say you can’t have the best of both worlds.
But I’m beginning to realize, the three of us were never meant to live by the rules.
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Rachel, Rachel, Rachel – you are torturing us readers in the best possible way. LOL
Bend the Pucking Rules starts exactly where book 1 left off (gut wrenching cliffy) but we are thrown a loop with Callan. Aidric is his typical alpha-self and tries to remind everyone of their place, all the while making sure nothing happens to them.
This book focuses more on Avery and Sebastian as she leans on him more while Callan is healing. We see a different side to Sebastian but he’s still who he is at his core and that’s what makes him even more intriguing as the story moves along.
Rachel does a phenomenal job with the twists and turns and keep readers on their toes the entire time. Just when you think you know something, she proves us wrong and throws another puzzle piece into the air. And I love how the romance plays right into the suspense of everything, just giving the book a whole new level of intrigue.
A fantastic book two and after that epilogue – I am dying for book three!
An accidental marriage, forbidden, billionaire romance, From USA Today and #1 Amazon Best Selling Author, Bella Matthews.
In my defense, I never planned on marrying my husband.
But after one wild night and one too many cocktails, I wake up tangled in silk sheets, with a diamond ring on my finger, a sinfully sexy prince next to me in bed, and palace guards banging on the door with devastating news.
The king is dead. And apparently, my accidental husband is next in line for the throne.
Now I’m stuck navigating crowns, cameras, and a man I barely know but somehow can’t keep my hands off—all while figuring out what to do with this mistake of a marriage. But Rhys Windsor doesn’t look at me like a mistake. He looks at me like I’m his only truth.
They say a little white lie never hurt anyone… but this little lie could destroy a dynasty.
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We finally get Bellamy’s book!! And it was perfection!!
Striking was so much more than I anticipated. If you have read previous books in this series, then you know about Bellamy. But readers really get to know her in this book and she is a powerhouse.
And there is Rhys – he swept me off my feet with his adoration and love for Bellamy.
I am not saying anything else – this book was perfection and I loved every bit of it.
Go fall in love with Bellamy and Rhys – you won’t regret it.
A man with no limits is the most dangerous kind of threat.
When Trent Clarke caught me picking pockets at eleven, he didn’t turn me in. Instead, he took me under his wing and taught me that in this world, you take what you want and never look back.
He might have shaped me, but I built my empire of the most successful string of strip clubs on the West Coast.
Now that I have everything, it’s time to track down my deadbeat mother and remind her who she left behind. That is if the drugs didn’t kill her already.
But I don’t find the worn-down shell of the woman I remember. Instead, she has all the things she never managed to give me—the white picket fence, a family dog, even church on Sunday mornings.
The real kicker? She replaced me and raised the perfect daughter with all the care and love she never gave me.
A twisted need for revenge roars to life inside me, and I aim it at my mother’s precious stepdaughter—sweet, sheltered Hattie Sinclair.
At first, it’s purely about vengeance, pulling Hattie into the darkness to watch her innocence unravel piece by piece. But she becomes something more. Something dangerous. Something I can’t resist.
Until she becomes my obsession.
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A sexy single dad, nanny, forbidden romance from New York Times bestselling author, K. Bromberg.
The rock star never planned on fatherhood. The nanny never planned on staying. But sometimes the biggest surprises come wrapped in pink bows and second chances.
Gavin “Rocket” Caldwell, member of the world’s biggest rock band, lives fast—sold-out tours, wild nights, and zero responsibilities. Until a three-year old daughter he never knew about lands on his doorstep, and suddenly, the party’s over.
Willow Adams is hired to help him adjust to being a dad—a steady, grounded nanny with a soft heart and a quiet strength he can’t ignore. She’s nothing like the women he’s used to. And maybe that’s exactly why he can’t stay away.
What starts as a temporary arrangement turns into something deeper, just as a custody battle threatens to take it all away. Rocket never wanted to be a father. But now? He’ll fight like hell—for the adorable little girl who changed everything, and the unexpected woman he never saw coming.
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If this happens to be the last book in this series, Kristy ended it perfectly.
Sweet Distraction is Rocket’s story. Without giving too much away, Rocket grows so much in this story. He is why I love this story so much. Willow is the perfect soulmate for Rocket.
I love this band of brothers and how they are so supportive of another.
Kristy wrote this one brilliantly. I want to say so much but I don’t want to ruin any reader’s experience by saying the wrong thing. This book will pull at our heartstrings in so many ways.
Sweet Distraction may be a rockstar romance but it’s on the sweeter side of romance and just shows another side to a rockstar.
From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby comes Where We Bloom, an Age Gap, Billionaire, Best Friend’s Brother romance set in Bitterroot Valley!
Connor
After an explosive night together, I thought I’d never see the gorgeous bookstore owner again. We didn’t exchange names and numbers, and when I left her asleep the following morning, I didn’t intend to pursue her. I don’t have time for relationships nor entanglements.
I’m the CEO of Gallagher Hotels, and my life is spent traveling around the world, focusing on my business, not a small town in Montana. Even if my thoughts keep returning to the most incredible woman I’ve ever met.
It turns out, my mystery woman, Billie, is my sister’s best friend, and she’s suddenly everywhere I turn. She’s become my obsession and all I think about. She’s become the only thing that means more to me than running my empire. And I’m determined to have her.
Billie
Owning a bookstore in my hometown of Bitterroot Valley has been my lifelong dream since I was a little girl. The only thing that brings me more joy is my love of thrift stores and coffee.
And, maybe, the sexy Irishman with intense emerald-colored eyes that take my breath away. His charming accent, how he looks at me, and the way he spoils me with lavish gifts are just the icing on the cake. I’ve tried to stay away from him, but my resolve is slipping. Nothing is better than being in Connor’s arms and feeling like I’m the most important woman in his world. But being with a high-profile billionaire comes with a price. Can we withstand the storm headed our way, or are we destined to fall apart like delicate blooms in the wind?
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Micalea Smeltzer has revealed the covers for The Infiniteness of Yesterday!
Releasing: September 15, 2025
Photographer: Regina Wamba
Cover Designer: Emily Wittig
Models: Hannah Peltier and Jered Sternaman
An angsty, love triangle romance from bestselling author, Micalea Smeltzer
He was my first love, but it doesn’t mean he’s my last.
I fell in love with Spencer when I was only fifteen. He was the sun, the moon, and the stars in my young eyes. But our lives were turned upside down when I got pregnant. A baby wasn’t part of the plan. Neither was him becoming one of Hollywood’s hottest young actors. Suddenly, he wasn’t mine anymore. He belonged to the world and I was his past and just the girl he had a child with.
He’s my present, but it doesn’t mean he’s my future.
I didn’t expect Jameson, but life works in mysterious ways, giving you what you need when you least expect it. He picked up the pieces of myself that were shattered in the aftermath of Spencer. I’m older now, not blinded with stars in my eyes like I once was. Jameson is my safe harbor in all of life’s storms.
But just like the twinkling stars in the sky, love soars, changes and burns with the passage of time.
When my past returns to collide with my present, only my forever love will remain…
My dad’s teammate needs a nanny and I need a job. Sounds perfect, right? Except for my massive crush on him … the one he knows all about.
Lars
I just found out I’m a dad.
My one-night stand dropped a baby bombshell in my local bar where I was celebrating my team’s win. Then she fled, leaving me holding my new daughter.
Thank God for Adeline. The daughter of my teammate and closest friend on the Chicago Rebels, she practically raised her little sister and knows exactly how to deal with this situation. I need a nanny; she needs a job. Problem sorted, right?
Not so fast …
Adeline
I think you’re the sexiest guy alive.
That’s what Lars Nyquist overheard me say while recounting my embarrassing crush on him. Yeah, that Lars Nyquist. Defenseman for the Chicago Rebels. Owner of the thickest thighs in the league. More than a decade my senior. Oh, and my dad’s teammate.
My only option? Leave the country, of course. Luckily, I’d already planned a round-the-world trip with my bestie and by the time I returned to Chicago a year later, I expected my blunder would be long forgotten. Shows what I know. Now I’m lying awake in the bedroom next to his while playing nanny to his surprise little girl. But I can ignore this stupid infatuation. I have to. Even though the sight of Lars learning to be a dad leaves me breathless and takes that crush to a whole other level.
One that has the potential to break my sorry little heart …
Sweet Thing is the first book in the brand new Chicago Players hockey series from Kate Meader, the USA Today bestselling author of the Chicago Rebels and Rookie Rebels series.
Sweet Thing is a great start to this series. It’s a sports romance with the single dad, nappy, age gap tropes and written very well.
I really enjoyed the small-town vibes this gave off with the found family (looking forward to reading about more of them). I love that Lars and Adeline’s relationship blended into this found family so well.
I really liked that we got to know Lar’s background as it helped readers understand him more. Madeline comes from a very a family that has well accomplished and feels a bit overshadowed – Kate wrote this character beautifully and her growth shows how she comes into her own. Lars, Adeline and Mabel become this unique family unit that I absolutely adore.
I will say that there alot of side characters and felt a bit confused as to who is important to this series and who was from a previous series. This is my only drawback with this book but I just sort of breezed over these parts.
The story moved at a perfect pace. Kate delivers a great blend of romance, humor and sports into this story. The chemistry between Lars and Adeline just builds as the story moves along and I really liked that.
Overall, a great read and I am looking forward to more in this series.
Meet Kate Meader:
Originally from Ireland, USA Today bestselling author Kate Meader cut her romance reader teeth on Maeve Binchy and Jilly Cooper novels, with some Harlequins thrown in for variety. Give her tales about brooding mill owners, oversexed equestrians, and men who can rock an apron, a fire hose, or a hockey stick, and she’s there. Now based in Chicago, she writes sexy contemporary romance with big-hearted guys and strong heroines – and heroes – who can match their men quip for quip..
Some love stories are meant to weather the storm. Others are the storm.
Alex and Magnolia have survived lies, long-distance heartbreak, and the kind of silence that could’ve ruined everything. Now, they’re engaged and finally chasing forever—together.
But love isn’t always smooth sailing.
When Magnolia decides to trade her American roots for a life in Australia, it feels like the beginning of everything they’ve dreamed of. A home. A future. A second chance to build what was almost lost.
Until the past returns—with claws.
Tyson. Celeste. The paparazzi. The shadows they thought they’d outrun come roaring back, threatening not only their peace but their future.
And Alex is done running.
As the final showdown looms, Magnolia and Alex will have to fight harder than ever—for each other, for their privacy, and for the love that was always worth the war.
Because true love doesn’t cower.
It endures.
It defends.
It wins.
The epic conclusion to Alex and Magnolia’s trilogy delivers all the heat, heartbreak, and hard-won happily-ever-after readers have been waiting for.
Georgia Cates is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author—and a former labor and delivery nurse who now delivers swoony love stories instead of babies. A lifelong reader and proud cat wrangler of three, she writes romance with heart, heat, and a dash of Southern charm. Originally from rural Mississippi, she’s married to her best friend and is the proud mom of two amazing daughters.
