A rumored sorceress. A villainous scoundrel. An ancient castle. What could go wrong?
A woman in hiding, Lenore Emmeranne finds herself at Verenmore after a series of unfortunate events, hoping it would be a clean slate for her. Keeping her head down and blending into the shadows, she simply wants to rest her feet before taking off again.
A man in power, Draven Constantine knows every crack and crevice of the castle. So when he finds her, it breaks his ennui and piques his interest, their descent into doom begins.
Set in 1872 at the University of Verenmore, death, deceit and darkness invade the mountain. Something beyond the understanding is at play, slithering down the spine as Lenore and Draven weave through lies, sink into lust and hold onto life.
From the bestselling author of Gothikana, comes a gripping tale of the gloomy, the grotesque, the gothic, and the gravest flavor of love in the unlikeliest of places.
An Amazon Top 20 and international bestselling author, RuNyx loves creating universes and setting them on fire. When she’s not writing, she’s traveling, binge-watching crime shows, taking long walks, and mostly procrastinating.
Carrie Aarons has revealed the cover for Once Forbidden, Twice Shy!
Releasing September 23, 2022
Running from your problems only brings you hurtling face first into even worse baggage.
After experiencing a brutal trauma in New York that I’d rather bury than address, escaping to a new job in London seems like the perfect solution. That was before I was introduced to my new boss, who is none other than my brother’s best friend. You know, the one I’ve been head-over-heels in love with forever.
Jack Merrick had been my crush since I knew what one was. For years we fought the feelings; I didn’t want to humiliate myself and his excuse was not betraying my brother or parents, who had accepted him as their own. Then, the night of my college graduation party, he undressed me in my childhood bedroom and confirmed that there was no one else on this earth for him but me.
When I woke the next morning he was gone, off to take a job as a coder halfway around the world. Four years and a mangled heart later, Jack is the last person I expect to see in London, and something close to fate is tricking me into thinking this is more than a coincidence. Our shared love of programming has always connected us, but now it’s the thing we’re weaponizing to get back at each other.
Until one night, when the emotional scars from my attack resurface and he’s the only one to witness a massive breakdown. He coaxes out my secrets and swears to love and protect me like he couldn’t before. But with everything stacked against us, I’m not sure we can ever have what we’ve always dreamed of.
Except just as we’re beginning to tackle those obstacles, I learn the truth of why he left all those years ago. And suddenly there may be no future for us at all.
Author of romance novels such as Fool Me Twice and Love at First Fight, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. A former journalist, she prefers the love stories of her imagination, and the athleisure dress code, much better.
When she isn’t writing, Carrie is busy binging reality TV, having a love/hate relationship with cardio, and trying not to burn dinner. She lives in the suburbs of New Jersey with her husband, two children and ninety-pound rescue pup.
Crew Taylor is the picture of perfection, if gruff, grumpy, and prone to throw a punch is your type. Clearly, itโs mine or I wouldnโt be begging him to bite the bullet and claim my virginity as his own.
Sure, heโs a bit of a caveman, broody and bossy and oh so naughty, but thatโs sort of the point.
Heโs experienced, his heated hazel eyes promising sinful skills in seduction, and I want him to teach me all he knows.
Lesson by lesson.
Night after night.
The problem?
He says he wonโt allow me in his bed โฆ but I wonder what it would take to get him to play in mine a bit?
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50 Ways to Win Back Your Lover by Kelly Siskind is now live!
From Kelly Siskind comes a slow-burn romantic comedy about one manโs creative attempt to win back his high school sweetheart after a change in fortune gives them a second chance at love.
Growing up, I had it allโmy art, close friends, a gorgeous girlfriend who owned my heartโbut then my life exploded.
Turns out my father was laundering money, and my whole family got shoved into witness protection. No notice. No chance to explain. I was ripped away from beautiful, blue-eyed Delilah Moon, shattering both our worlds.
A decade later, fate has given us a second chance.
The cartel my father worked for has been wiped out. Iโve returned to my hometown, determined to win back the love of my life. But Delilah is engaged.
Or . . . is she?
Iโm almost positive sheโs lying about her fiancรฉ to protect her heart. Which means I need to up my game.
Iโve made a list of fifty ways to prove weโre meant to be. Except Delilahโs barely looking at me, never mind swooning. I have a feeling my disappearance scarred her more than sheโs admitting, and no one in town will tell me what happened . . .
Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Kelly Siskind moved from the city to enjoy the charm of northern Ontario. When she’s not out hiking or home devouring books, you can find her, notepad in hand, scribbling down one of the many plot bunnies bouncing around in her head.
I can’t remember the last time I read a book that was told solely from the male’s POV. Bravo Kelly on nailing your character’s voice.
This was definitely a slow-burn romance. Lots of groveling, alot of memories being rekindled and just watching two loves rekindle their romance.
Kelly has to do a lot of plot development for this entire series in this first book and introduce all the characters too without taking away from the main plot of this book. While it was great and reads perfectly, it definitely wasn’t holding my interest as much as I had hoped. I wasn’t itching to turn the pages til about 60% of the book.
I truly loved watching Edgar grow in this book. He’s literally lived a lie for the last ten years and now he can finally be himself again. It’s really difficult thing to do when everyone else has moved on.
Edgar and Delilah’s story is filled with lots of emotions. I went from laughter to sadness and then grinning like a cheeseball. These two have a connection that is once-in-a-lifetime and you can feel that coming off the pages. And not sure the author meant to do this or not, but the name of a resort in this book made me think of the movie Dirty Dancing. I enjoyed that whether is was a nod to that movie or not.
While this one started off a bit slow for me, it definitely didn’t deter me from continuing. I loved their story and I can’t wait to read the rest of the Bower brothers.
Can they confront their painful past without losing each other in the process?
Sapphire Spring, an all-new beautifully crafted and emotional MM romance from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice writing as C. Travis Rice, is available now!
Under his new pen name, C. Travis Rice, New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice offers tales of passion, intrigue, and steamy romance between men. The second novel, SAPPHIRE SPRING, once again transports you to a beautiful luxury resort on the sparkling Southern California coast where strong-willed heroes release the shame that blocks their heartโs desires.
Naser Kazemi has never met a problem a good spending plan couldnโt fix. But working as the chief accountant for his best friendโs resort isnโt turning out to be the dream job heโd hoped for. It doesnโt help that his fashion designer sister is planning an event that just might bring Sapphire Cove crashing down all around them. When the wild party unexpectedly reunites him with Mason Worther, the gorgeous former jock who made his high school experience a living hell, things go from bad to seductive.
The former golden boyโs adult life is a mess, and he knows itโs time to reform his hard partying ways. But for Mason, cleaning up his act means cleaning up his prior misdeeds. And he plans to start with Naser, by submitting to whatever the man demands of him to make things right. The offer ignites an all-consuming passion both men have denied for years. But can they confront their painful past without losing each other in the process?
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About C. Travis Rice C. Travis Rice is the pseudonym New York Times bestselling novelist Christopher Rice devotes to steamy tales of romance between men. Christopher has published multiple bestselling books in multiple genres and been the recipient of a Lambda Literary Award. With his mother, Anne Rice, he is an executive producer on the AMC Studios adaptations of her novels The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches. Together with his best friend and producing partner, New York Times bestselling novelist, Eric Shaw Quinn, he runs the production company Dinner Partners. Among other projects, they produce the podcast and video network, TDPS, which you can find at www.TheDinnerPartyShow.com.
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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.
New York Timesย bestselling author J. Sterling brings you a story about a successful millionaire seeking a fake girlfriend in order to secure his company’s future. You’ll love falling for this entertaining and romantic read.ย
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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.
Hi there and welcome to my website! I’m so glad you’re here. ๐ A little about me… I’m a New York Times and USA Today best selling author whose goal is to write stories that you can get lost in. I want you to end my books with a smile on your face and a happy heart. If you can forget about the real world while you’re reading and fall in love with my characters, then I’ve done my job. A lot of what I write has real life aspects in it, but that’s what makes the stories so relateable- the fact that they could happen to anyone… and have!ย
I live in California with my only son, Blake. If you can’t find me sitting behind a computer screen, then there’s a good chance I’m sitting in the bleachers of a baseball stadium watching him play. I love traveling to new places, meeting my readers and living life with the Real Jack Carter.ย โก
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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!
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.
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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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J.D. Hollyfield is a creative designer by day and superhero by night. When she is not trying to save the world one happy ending at a time, she enjoys the snuggles of her husband, sonโs and three doxies. With her love for romance, and head full of book boyfriends, she was inspired to test her creative abilities and bring her own story to life.
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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.
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Feeling completely sapped of life, Rain and her daughter move to the suburbs of Fairview, where white picket fences, welcoming neighbors, and immaculate green lawns make her forget the pain sheโs running from. Settling into her new life, she canโt stop thinking about the guy who wrecked her car. Heโs charming, says the right things, and crashed into her life right when she needs it the most. Itโs only natural Mr. Handsome presents Rai with a big, shiny rock to make it picture perfect.
Then a new neighbor moves down the street. Menacing sleeves of tattoos, a permanent scowl, single with no kidsโhe doesnโt belong in this family-friendly community.
People are whispering.
Doors are staying locked.
Secrets are being shared.
Heart pleasing love doesnโt exist here. It digs a grave and lies in it, whispering untold truths. The quaint town of Fairview isnโt so safe anymoreโand neither is Rain.
M.N. Forgy is an International best seller, best known for her romantic biker stories. Living in the country with her family she often finds herself outside reading or writing most of the time. She started creating stories at a young age but never took it seriously until years later, as a stay-at-home mom, she opened her laptop and started writing again. As a role model for her children, she felt she couldn’t live with the “what if” anymore and finally took a chance on her character’s story. So, with her iced coffee in hand and the family dog sharing her seat, she continues to create and please her readers.
