Welcome to the Suspicious Hearts series—where every story stands on its own, but the connections run deeper than you think. Each book follows a different couple with a complete, happily-ever-after.
Tropes: Opposites Attract; Sworn off relationships; Grumpy/Sunshine; Damsel in Distress; Friends with Benefits
Release Date: July 13, 2026
Cover Design: artscandare
Photographer: R plus M Photo
The moment I laid eyes on her as she dangled from a string of Christmas lights from her roof, I knew I was in trouble.
Gorgeous eyes, adorable smile, and a tenacity that I found oddly charming.
And so freaking sexy.
No woman should have that much power over a man. Yet, whenever I found myself around her, I couldn’t contain the need to kiss her, devour her…make her mine.
But this town is known for interfering and causing problems in even the smallest situations, which is why this has to stay a secret.
Every kiss, every second spent in her presence has to be between the two of us.
And yet, unforeseen circumstances force me to put myself out there even when I desperately just want room to recover from my injuries and discover who I am again.
I’ve seen the way she looks at me.
I’ve felt the way she shudders in my arms.
Rumor Has It, this isn’t going to turn out like I planned.
I’m a stay at home mom that loves to read. Some of my favorite titles are Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Horatio Hornblower. I started writing when I was trying to come up with suggestions on ways I could help bring in some extra money. I came up with the idea that I could donate plasma because you could earn an extra $500/month. My husband responded with, “No. Find something else. Write a blog. Write a book.” I didn’t think I had anything to share on blog that a thousand other mothers hadn’t already thought of. I decided to take his challenge seriously and sat down to write my first book, Jack. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed writing. From there, the stories continued to flow and I haven’t been able to stop. I hope my readers enjoy my books as much as I enjoy writing them. Between reading, writing, and taking care of three small kids, my days are quite full.
I finally have everything I’ve ever dreamed of: a successful business, an amazing family of friends, and a man who made me his goddess. Just goes to show that the moment you think it’s all going to work out, fate comes in like a wrecking ball… or in my case, a random woman with a jealous streak and a steep set of stairs.
Soren
I’m holding the only thing I’ll ever worship in my arms, happier than I probably deserve and about to get married. But the past can be a vicious vixen, and she just might rip everything away from me before I can seal the deal.
Torin
I never tap out. Never give up. It’s K.O. or keep fighting, and now I have the perfect opportunity to get my Spitfire back where she belongs. Only Frost is still in the way. At the end of it all, I’ll make sure I’m the one that sticks in her memory.
Her grandfather’s sacrifice was supposed to spare her from this life, but his death has pulled her right back home to the ranch she thought she’d left behind for good. Now she’s fighting with her brother for the right to save it. She has a plan but no one will listen to her.
Her brother’s solution is to bring in outsiders, that’s what she says. He claims without the club’s help, the ranch is doomed.
But I see the genius in Della’s vision.
And this ain’t our first rodeo. Literally.
Now we’re up against more than just her brother. Between small minds, big business, and a bunch of folks who don’t think Della belongs here, she’s determined to prove everyone wrong. And I’m determined to prove to her the spark that’s igniting between us is a whole lot more than basic attraction. Can we protect what’s rightfully hers—and ours—or will outside forces burn our new dreams to ashes?
✨TEASER: IT’S ABOUT TIME by @harlowjamesauthor releasing July 10th! This will be a simultaneous release in Audio with the amazing narrators James Cassidy & Mollie Stark in DUET!
🔥brother’s best friend/best friend’s little sister
🔥pierced hero
🔥blue collar FMC
🔥small town
Pretending to be engaged to my enemy might not be my brightest idea.
But it is definitely necessary.
On the brink of the biggest car show of my career, I start to panic because it’s the first time I have to see my ex since our break-up.
Spoiler alert: it wasn’t clean or amicable.
Then when Elliot Thorne’s ex-fiancé shows back up in town, I devise a plan for both of us to get what we want: a buffer from our exes with a dash of revenge.
The problem is Elliot takes his role to protect me too seriously.
He brings me food while I’m working to make sure I eat. He even silences the self-doubt I feel on a day-to-day basis.
And before I know it, he has me on my knees in my garage, and on my back on the hood of my car.
The hate I’ve harbored toward him melts away as fast as my panties, and I soon realize we have more in common than I thought.
Then he tells me a secret that makes me reevaluate our entire relationship.
Now I’m left to consider if something fake could be real…
And that maybe it’s about time I admit that Elliot isn’t my enemy after all.
Three brothers have built their lives with one rule—work hard and don’t rely on anyone else to carry your load.
Noah runs the ranch and keeps everything moving. Luke works the horses, intent on establishing a respected breeding program. Zane stays in town, focused on his position at the local school, keeping his distance from the ranch life even if he’s never far from it and always willing to lend a hand.
When Geraldine arrives to step in and take over her uncle’s vet clinic, she brings skill, independence, and a past she doesn’t talk about. Someone from that past isn’t finished with her, and it doesn’t take long before it follows her to the ranch.
Aoife steps into the horse program with experience that strengthens what Luke has begun building, but she’s also left something behind in Ireland that hasn’t let go. Trouble doesn’t stay where it started.
Harper has always been part of Sandy Plains, steady in her work at the library and clear about what she will and won’t accept. When Zane comes back into her life after walking away years earlier, she doesn’t forget how easily he left. Trust isn’t something she’s again willing to risk.
Past choices start catching up and each of them has to decide what they’re willing to face, what they’re willing to fight for, and whether they can trust the people standing beside them when things stop being simple.
The brothers’ lives have always been about hard work.
Now it’s about whether they can build something strong enough to last.
Kane Morgan was never supposed to be anything more than one reckless night.
Turns out, he’s the enemy, and he knew exactly who I was when he was making me forget my name—while screaming his.
Now, Kane wants more than just revenge on my family. He wants me as his wife.
After a lifetime of heartache, all I want is to marry for love.
But Kane’s ripping that dream away, forcing me into a marriage of revenge.
He’s cold, ruthless, and calculating, and yet he’s everything I can’t seem to resist.
Because when we’re alone, he shows me a different side of him.
I hate that he comforts me when my past creeps into my nightmares. That he believes in my dreams. And most of all, that every stolen moment with him feels like it could put my broken pieces back together.
I shouldn’t be falling for my new husband. He gives me everything I’ve ever wanted … except the one thing I long for—his heart.
I met Ben Wells at an airport on one of the worst days of my life. We talked, laughed, connected, and survived a travel disaster. Then we shared one wild, passionate night together.
That was where the story was supposed to end.
Ben went back to his life as a professional rugby player, and I went back to mine as a college student. Except mine came with a positive pregnancy test and a life I never planned for. One Ben made it clear he wanted no part of.
I didn’t fall apart or chase him. I picked myself up and brushed myself off, raised my daughter, and fought my way into law school.
For five years, we did just fine without him. We were happy, even.
Then, out of nowhere, Ben crashes back into our lives, smiling like nothing ever happened, and everything I thought I knew comes undone. Because some misunderstandings don’t just break hearts. They steal years.
Now Ben is determined to make up for lost time, and not just with our daughter.
The passion we shared is still alive and well, but the stakes are much higher now. But if there’s one thing Ben is good at—besides being relentlessly cheerful and sexy in his rugby uniform—it’s persistence. He doesn’t give up.
If Ben has it his way, the end of our story will be only the beginning.
Grizz is a scorching, emotionally charged hockey romance about two people who were never supposed to fall for each other, and the bruising, tender, inevitable collision that happens when they do.
A Very Good Bad Idea by Emma Chase is now available for pre-order on audio!
Narrated by Sean Masters & Brooke Bloomingdale
Releasing onJuly 9, 2026
New York Times bestselling author Emma Chase is back with this red-hot romantic comedy about two rival real estate developers who inherit the same lucrative property. There’s just one catch: they have to live in it…together.
Block 42 Lot 17 is the most coveted oceanfront property in Shore Haven, and both Damon Burke and Jade Buchanan are certain it’s already theirs.
The elderly owner, Clarabelle Spicket, promised it to Damon. She also promised it to Jade. Awkward…
Now thanks to a provision in the will, the town’s coldest real estate shark and its fiercest power player are forced to spend the next four months living there together or else they forfeit the property.
Even worse, the dilapidated beachfront mansion seems determined to shove them into the same room—and the same bed. As wills clash, tempers flare and walls crumble…so do their defenses.
It’s a bad idea to get too close to your enemy. To care about them, need them, desperately want them.
But when rivalry turns into something far more than either of them ever expected, Damon and Jade discover that love can be a very good bad idea.
A dark atmospheric psychological thriller packed with small-town secrets, buried trauma, and shocking twists. She escaped her past—and the man she never forgot.
Now with two girls gone missing, she’s pulled back into a deadly game she may not survive.
Jillian Thorne built her career making the unreal feel real. On Hollywood soundstages, she stages murder, kidnapping, and violent crime with chilling authenticity—turning fiction into gripping entertainment.
But nothing she’s created compares to the truth waiting in Blue Gil.
Nearly six years after escaping her small hometown, Jillian is drawn back by the suspicious death of the town’s beloved high school football coach. What first appears to be a tragic loss quickly unravels into something far more sinister—a dark mystery no one is willing to confront.
Because in Blue Gil, secrets aren’t just buried… they’re protected.
As disturbing clues surface and a brutal tragedy strikes dangerously close to home, Jillian finds herself trapped inside a real-life psychological thriller. The instincts that made her successful in Hollywood may be the key to solving the crime—or the very thing clouding her judgment.
Everyone in this small town is hiding something. Including Jillian.
To uncover the truth, she must break through an unspoken code of silence, deception, and loyalty—and face the past she thought she left behind. Because some secrets refuse to stay buried.
And in this twisted game of suspense, trusting the wrong person could be deadly.
Have you been Aleatha’d?
*Perfect for fans of Sharp Objects, All Good People Here, and The Last House Guest, Rising Waters is a dark and addictive psychological thriller filled with buried secrets, small-town corruption, twisted family loyalties, and devastating betrayals.
This is a complete 80K stand-alone psychological thriller with a STEM FMC who needs to learn secrets before it’s too late. The only connection to Aleatha’s FEAR OF FLAMES is that our favorite podcasters from Crime DailyPodcast are back, showing the readers another perspective.
*You do not need to read Crime Daily Podcast book one, FEAR OF FLAMES before RISING WATERS.
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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