Tropes: Secret Society; Forced Marriage; Marriage of Convenience; Enemies to Married Couple; “We have to pretend we’re happily married”; Bound by Duty; Reluctant Partners; Opposites Attract; Detective x Assassin; Secret Identity
Release Date: September 24, 2026
Cover Design: RBA Designs
Discreet Design: Hang Le
He was supposed to catch killers, not marry one.
Detective Boston has built a career on hunting dangerous people. Rules don’t scare him. Blood doesn’t bother him. And morality has always been … negotiable.
But nothing prepares him for the night he walks in to find her.
An assassin for hire with electric blue hair, a blade in her hand, and no intention of being caught.
He should arrest her.
Instead, he makes her an offer.
Marry him, and he’ll keep her secret.
Refuse, and her life will fall apart.
For him, it’s a calculated move.
For her, it’s blackmail dressed up as a wedding.
Living with an assassin was never part of the plan.
But the longer they’re married, the harder it becomes to decide who is more dangerous.
💚Review💚
Maven is brash when it comes to personality, her looks and her career as an assassin. She has accepted assignments from the Society in the past, but when certain members hurt the person she loves the most she is determined to get payback. The only thing standing in her way is Boston, the detective who has given her the choice between marrying him or facing the consequences of her actions.
There are two sides of Boston once which is the detective that follows the law and the other is the work he does for the Society. He has been intrigued by Maven and finding out that she is the person he has been trying to track changes everything and knows that he is only man who can protect her and he will use anything at his disposal to ensure he does.
Maven is such a compelling character both when it comes to what she says and her actions while Boston is determined to protect her whether she wants it or not. The surprises keep coming, the suspense only escalates as the story unfolds and the bond between them is undeniable as they prove to be perfect partners in all areas of their lives.
USA Today Best Selling Author T.L. Smith loves to write her characters with flaws so beautiful and dark you can’t turn away. Her books have been translated into several languages. If you don’t catch up with her in her home state of Queensland, Australia you can usually find her travelling the world, either sitting on a beach in Bali or exploring Alcatraz in San Francisco or walking the streets of New York.
From New York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting comes a new standalone friends-to-fake-fiancée hockey romance. Releasing on February 2nd, it’s the first book in the Chicago Rage series and is Quinn and Lovey’s story.
NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Helena Hunting lives outside of Toronto with her amazing family and her adorable, emotional cat, who thinks the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Helena writes everything from emotional contemporary romance to romantic comedies that will have you laughing until you cry.
✨TEASER: WHO THE HEART CHOOSES by @harlowjamesauthor releasing October 23rd!This will be a simultaneous release in audio with the amazing narratorsConnor Crais and Andi Elosiein DUET!
He’s my former best friend and my husband of convenience, but he’s not the man that got me pregnant.
One year into my nursing program, two little pink lines alter my reality.
Add on that the baby’s father wants nothing to do with us and I no longer have healthcare coverage, and well?
I start to panic.
Enter Easton Buckley—Mr. Dependable, lineman with great health benefits, and a stubborn streak that pays off when he convinces me to marry him so my baby and I can be taken care of.
The problem is, Easton and I haven’t been on good terms for years, and neither of us has attempted to fix it.
Yet now I’m living with him, forced to see him shirtless, and wondering why hearing him call mehis wifeis making my hormones even more wild.
Then I figure out his secret.
And there’s no stopping the flood of emotions and unresolved feelings that come up.
I’m scared to fall for Easton. I don’t want him to be a mistake like every other love interest in my life.
But what if the reality is, you can’t help who your heart chooses to love? Even if they could be the one to break it once and for all?
She came to Whynot to uncover her mother’s scandal and instantly disrupted the quiet life of the local man who prefers bees to people.
Travel blogger Reese Cartier lives for the rush of discovering the unknown. She’s survived missed flights, bad haircuts, and questionable hostels, but nothing could have prepared her for quirky, southern town of Whynot, North Carolina. She’s here for one reason… to untangle the truth about her late mother’s mysterious past.
Her first clue? A dusty rented cottage on a secluded bee farm. Her second clue? The infuriatingly handsome, maddeningly quiet beekeeper who owns it.
Eli Hart likes his life simple, which includes tending hives, bottling honey, and avoiding unnecessary conversation. Then sunshine-in-a-sundress Reese crash-lands on his property—literally—sending her drone into a tree over his bee boxes and his sanity straight into jeopardy.
She’s chaos. He’s calm. She wants answers. He wants her to stop breaking things.
But when the too-curious tenant begins to chip away at her mother’s long-buried secrets, a reluctant partnership is formed with Whynot’s hottest, most reclusive bachelor and becomes a full-blown adventure steeped in the town’s secrets, gossip, and nosiest residents.
Somewhere between Reese’s big questions, bigger ideas, and the way she keeps tripping into his quiet life… Eli realizes she’s the most disruptive thing he’s ever wanted.
A grumpy-sunshine romance full of small-town meddling, slow-burn heat, and one impossible beekeeper who learns that sometimes love buzzes in when you least expect it.
Why you will love this book… 🏈Pro Football Romance
🏈Single Mom
🏈Best Friend’s Brother
🏈Meant To Be
🏈Reluctant Love
I built my football career by keeping everyone at a distance. Then I met my sister’s best friend.
For years, winning was the only thing that mattered.
I was the perfect star quarterback. Focused. Controlled. A team player. I smiled for the cameras, kept my head down, and made damn sure the people I loved stayed safely out of reach.
Until my best friend’s bachelor party forced me back into the life I’d left behind.
And there she was. Lily Callahan.
My sister’s best friend. A single mother with a heart too big for her own good. And someone I had absolutely no business wanting.
It started with one conversation while my defenses were down and turned into hours together that replayed in my mind.
Then came the wedding. Christmas. New Year’s. And suddenly, I was finding every excuse to return to the city I’d spent years avoiding.
Except it wasn’t the city pulling me back.
It was Lily.
She makes me want things I gave up on a long time ago. A home. A family. A future beyond football. Even her daughter has become someone I would protect with my life.
But wanting Lily means letting her past my walls. And I know what happens when I let people get too close.
I’m already the reason someone I love got hurt. I won’t risk becoming the mistake that costs Lily and her daughter everything.
But what happens when the woman I’m determined to protect is the one person who makes me want to stop running?
I spent years of my childhood dreaming of the day I’d call Atlas Grant my own.
He was my older brother’s best friend, my protector, my friend, and the guy I had loved for as long as I could remember.
I bided my time, waiting until I was old enough to make my move.
But the moment I finally worked up the courage to tell him how I felt, he shattered my heart without a second thought.
Since then, I’ve done everything I could to avoid him.
Too bad that’s no longer an option… Because now I’m on a plane to Las Vegas for a combined bachelor and bachelorette weekend. Which means spending the next few days with Atlas is unavoidable.
If I can’t escape him, I’ll settle for making the football superstar regret ever rejecting me.
But you know what they say about Vegas…
What happens there stays there.
Well, unfortunately for us, some things can’t be buried under those neon lights.
A.L. Jackson has revealed the narrators for Carved in the Shadows!
Duet Narrationby:Austin Stone & Andi Arndt
Releasing October 20, 2026
It was a terrible idea to agree to move in with my best friend’s little sister
She is everything I’ve ever wanted and the one thing I can’t have.
As our motorcycle club’s Vice President, I’m charged with her protection. Touching her would be a penalty subject to death.
When she demands the chance to spread her wings, it’s my duty to go with her. I knew staying at her new apartment would be excruciating. Listening to her in her room and imagining her under the fall of the shower. But when she asks me to crawl into bed with her so she won’t feel so alone, there’s nothing I can do.
One brush of her hand and I’m crumbling. One crook of those fingers and I’m trapped. One reckless night and there’s no going back.
Only with the lives we lead, our enemies are never far away, and as she begins to receive threats, I’m in a race to end the threat before it’s too late. Soon, our secrets unravel, and I’m faced with the consequence of loving her. But I promised her everything, and I’m willing to offer the greatest sacrifice.
Why you need to #ONECLICK this book… 🎄 Christmas Romance
🏒 Pro Hockey Player
💔 Ex-Boyfriend’s Brother
❄️ Snowed-In / Forced Proximity
🛏️ Only One Bed
📚 Standalone
Clay Barlowe’s NHL career ended the night his knee gave out. One torn ACL was bad enough. The second? Game over.
Now he’s the guy with a reputation—grumpy, stubborn, hotheaded. Every teammate would agree he’s impossible, and he hasn’t bothered to prove them wrong. Coaching might be his second chance…if he can avoid distractions and keep the rumors under wraps.
Which is why being snowed in with Tessa St. James is a temptation he can’t afford.
Their families spent every Christmas together. Everyone thought she’d grow up to marry Clay’s brother. No one knew her heart quietly belonged to Clay.
She’s sunshine, sugar cookies, and Christmas cheer. He’s a grinch, cold as ice, with more coal than candy canes.
When one stolen kiss under the mistletoe leads to one night tangled up by the fire, Tessa isn’t just snowed in…
She’s stuck in the sin bin with the scrooge.
And this holiday season, the only thing at risk is her heart.
🎧Review🎧 Hockey has always played an important part in Clay’s life but now that playing is no longer possible he is trying to find a path forward. In addition to dealing with this challenge he also finds himself snowbound with the woman he has always wanted but could never have as she was dating his brother even if they shared an unforgettable kiss a few years earlier.
Tessa has always tried to do what others expected of her which is how she found herself dating Clay’s brother rather than Clay, the man she really wanted. She ended her relationship with his brother and has tried to move past the kiss they shared but when they found themselves snowbound the sparks fly but will this be their second chance or another memory that they can’t forget.
Clay only wants what is best for Tessa and he doesn’t believe it is him however Tessa is willing to fight for their relationship and isn’t about to let others derail what they could have together as they take us on an a tumultuous journey that is both heartwarming and humorous. Listening to Amy Hall’s interpretation Tessa brings out all the aspects of her personality while Gabriel Spires allows us to experience the conflict that Clay is feeling.
Stephanie Rose is an Amazon top 60 author. She’s also a lifelong New Yorker, a wife, a mother, and a lover of all things chocolate. Her sweet spot is writing the nice guy who goes alpha for the woman he loves. In fact, the alpha cinnamon roll hero is her specialty.
She married her prom date and her biggest fan is her teenage son who tries to offer book ideas in exchange for video games and LEGO.
She spends her free time avoiding discarded LEGO and obsessing over what book to read or listen to next (audiobooks are her favorite!). Weight lifting is her happy place but she loves a good iced coffee or glass of wine and has never met a cookie that she didn’t like.
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I used to have a Nate Becker poster on my wall. Now I have to save his career.
Ever since Nate Becker showed up as the Brooklyn Bats’ shortstop with the million-dollar smile, he’s been the object of every girl’s affection. Myself included.
While others got to watch him from afar, I had an up-close-and-personal view of my lifelong crush, thanks to the benefits of being related to the team manager. We even became friends, although the butterflies in my stomach whenever he was close never went away.
But things are different now. I’m no longer that swooning teenager. I’m a sports reporter determined to make it on my own. And not because of who my family is.
Until a viral photo threatens Nate’s legendary career, turning the golden boy of Brooklyn into public enemy number one. Now he needs positive PR in the worst way, and I’m the one the Bats call on to make that happen.
My job was simple: Fix the narrative. Don’t fall in love.
Easier said than done.
I wasn’t prepared to learn about the humble man behind the cocky grin, or see all the good he did when no one was looking. And I definitely wasn’t prepared to meet the real Nate Becker…and discover the heart of gold that beats inside that broad chest.
The man now looking at me the way I always dreamed of.
Suddenly, professional distance turns into stolen moments. A simple touch turns into a caress. And our scorching kisses are undeniably life changing.
PART EIGHT TO THE NEW SERIES BY THE AUTHOR OF NOCTURNE — A RETIRED MASTER SERGEANT SUCKED INTO AN INTER-GALACTIC ARENA CALLED THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR, A MAN CHAINED BY THE PTSD OF DEATHS HE COMMITED IN A FIT OF MADNESS. AT HIS SIDE, HIS BEST FRIEND, HIS KID, HIS CANE CORSO, BOSE.
Battles have been won, people have been lost, blood has been shed, his mind almost broken again numerous times. His Soldiers have been found, the City of Tombs. A long way from Blood City with only the Endless Dungeon, and days upon days of monsters or the Fathomways, filled with Eldritch Horrors as options. But Blood City isn’t quite done with him as the politics of the Gangs march on.
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Renee Harless is a USA TODAY bestselling author with an affinity for wine and a passion for telling a good story.
Renee Harless, her husband, and children live in Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She studied Communication, specifically Public Relations, at Radford University.
Growing up, Renee always found a way to pursue her creativity. It began by watching endless runs of White Christmas – yes even in the summer – and learning every word and dance from the movie. She could still sing “Sister Sister” if requested. In high school she joined the show choir and a community theatre group, The Troubadours. After marrying the man of her dreams and moving from her hometown, she sought out a different artistic outlet – writing.
To say that Renee is a romance addict would be an understatement. When she isn’t chasing her kids around the house, working her day job, or writing, she jumps head first into a romance novel.
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Hadley Wright never expected one unforgettable night with a stranger to become the beginning of something she couldn’t forget. After slipping away before sunrise, she’s convinced she’ll never see the quiet, guarded man who made her feel safe on one of the hardest nights of her life again.
Until he walks right back into Coral Bell Cove.
Nolan Pierce has spent his entire life believing it’s easier not to need anyone. Buying the town’s struggling marina is supposed to be his fresh start—not falling for the woman who comes from the loud, loving family he’s never had.
But while Hadley believes love means showing up, Nolan is convinced it means protecting the people he cares about… even if that means shutting them out.
Now they’re both about to discover that falling in love is the easy part.
Trusting someone enough to stay might change everything.
At First Catch is a heartfelt, steamy small-town romance featuring a one-night stand, found family, slow-burn chemistry, meddling siblings, marina life, and a hero who falls first, falls hard, and learns that sometimes the strongest thing you can do is let someone stand beside you.
💙Review💙 Even though Hadley has always been strong, independent and willing to put others first sometimes you need a respite. When Hadley met Nolan she never expected to see him again let alone that he would be relocating to her hometown to open a business and now that he is here he has her wondering if their night together was a beginning or the end.
Due to his difficult past Nolan has never had anyone to rely on and although he built a successful business it wasn’t giving him the satisfaction he wanted. Purchasing the marina is an opportunity to follow his dream and he can’t deny that one night with Hadley was not enough.
This is a heartwarming story about two people who are used to handling everything on their own. The feeling between them were never in doubt and the romance between them was enchanting and the missteps that were made only made them and their relationship stronger.
He was supposed to catch killers, not marry one.
