✨EXCERPT: 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!
She thinks he’s arrogant. He thinks she’s judgmental.
Neither one of them can stay away from each other.
Rule number one of being a sports journalist. Never get too close to the players.
Rule number two. Oops, too late.
Nate Sandler is the franchise quarterback for the Harbor Bay Hawks. He is confident, infuriating, and way too charming for his own good.
I’ve made it my job to ask tough questions, while he’s built a reputation of dodging them. Every time we are in the same room, the interviews turn into verbal sparring matches.
Especially when he makes a point to call me sweetheart in front of my peers. I should hate it. Instead, my pulse spikes for all the wrong reasons.
To top it all off, my boss assigns me to an exclusive interview with the same man who hates the press as much as he does losing. For the sake of my career, I can’t exactly turn it down. How hard can it be? It’s only a few weeks after all.
Well, the joke is on me because this isn’t as simple as I thought.
Not when every smirk feels like a challenge and every touch feels like a dare. Instead of keeping things professional, I’m breaking every rule and boundary I set for myself.
Now the closer I get, the more I realize Nate is not the man I thought he was. And that’s a problem, because I’m falling for the one man who could derail my career with a single headline.
If I’m not careful, the story I’ve been chasing might not just cost me my career, but my heart too.
Lisa Suzanne has revealed the narrators for Backup Plan!
Narrated by: Ryan Lee Dunlap and Bridget Bordeaux
Releasing August 13, 2026
BACKUP PLAN is an emotional and spicy sports standalone romance with a single mom, a secret relationship, and a pro football player who falls first from Amazon Top Ten Bestselling Author Lisa Suzanne.
Moving into my best friend’s brother’s penthouse was never part of my plan. Neither was falling for him. But when a few drinks with pro football quarterback Liam Bradley leave me tangled in his sheets, my plans have been derailed.
When Liam offers me a room in his penthouse so I can move out of my soon-to-be ex’s house, it seems like the perfect backup plan while I navigate an ugly divorce and try to keep my life together for my two young boys.
Somewhere between video game tournaments with my boys and late-night conversations over cereal, what was supposed to be a one-time thing is turning into more. But Liam is the last man I should want and the worst possible distraction…which is why we’re sneaking around in secret.
While Liam fights for the chance to finally become more than a backup quarterback, I’m fighting to protect my boys from a man determined to use every mistake against me.
And falling for my backup plan is already complicated enough before another woman shows up carrying Liam Bradley’s baby.
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?
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.
When college football star Damon Diamond shows up to surprise his girlfriend at graduation, he’s the one who ends up blindsided.
Ainsley is pregnant.
Seven months pregnant.
And he had no idea.
Damon should be furious. Instead, after the shock wears off, all he can think about is her. Their daughter. Their future.
Because the truth is, Ainsley didn’t keep the pregnancy from him out of fear—she did it out of love. She knew Damon would sacrifice everything for her and the baby, including the football career he’d spent his entire life working toward. So, she made the impossible choice to wait and tell him once the season was over.
Now they’re racing toward a future neither of them expected to happen so soon—balancing a long-distance relationship, football playoffs, new careers, and the overwhelming reality of becoming parents while still figuring out adulthood themselves.
Somewhere between them choosing baby names, designing their forever home, and falling even harder for each other, Damon realizes something undeniable.
Some loves aren’t temporary.
Some loves are forever.
And theirs has always been leading to that someday.
Ainsley loves Damon with her whole heart, but she also doesn’t want to stand in the way of his dreams of playing football. For this reason, she hasn’t been truthful with him about her pregnancy and had plans for when she would tell him however things don’t always work out the way you planned and now she must not only face the hurt he is feelings, but where they go from there.
From the moment that Damon met Ainsley he knew that she was his destiny and he was determined that they would have their dreams and each other. Finding out that she hadn’t told him about her pregnancy created a little turmoil, but he understood why and he isn’t about to let this unexpected surprise derail the future they were destined to have together.
Ainsley and Damon may be young, but they are soulmates who always put the others first. The way they adapt to everything that life throws at them is to be respected and they always had the unconditional support and love of each other and their family.
Meet Jillian Dodd
Jillian Dodd is a USA Today and Amazon Top 5 best-selling author of over fifty books. She writes fun binge-able romance series with characters her readers fall in love with–from the boy next door in the That Boy series to the daughter of a famous actress in The Keatyn Chronicles to a spy who might save the world in the Spy Girl series. Her newest series include London Prep, a prep school series about a drama filled three-week exchange, and the next generation of The Keatyn Chronicles, Eastbrooke Academy. She is married to her college sweetheart, adores writing big fat happily ever afters, wears a lot of pink, buys way too many shoes, loves to travel, and is distracted by anything covered in glitter.
One look and he was hooked. One “no” and he was obsessed.
Hudson
I have the world at my feet.
Power and iron-clad authority are my birthrights, and “no” isn’t a word in my vocabulary. I’m used to people bowing to my name and melting under my gaze. I’ve always been the hunter, never the prey. Until I meet Tinsley Essen.
Stunning, sharp, and maddeningly indifferent, Tinsley doesn’t give a damn about my billions or my influence. She’s completely immune to my charm, meeting my commands with a bored yawn and my arrogance with a single arched brow.
For the first time in my life, I’ve met a force I can’t control. I was supposed to be the one doing the hooking, but one look at Tinsley and I’m the one caught. Now, I’ll do whatever it takes to break down her walls and prove that while she might not need me, I’m never letting her go.
I’m about to learn that the only thing more addictive than power is the one woman who refuses to give it to me.
Tinsley
I’ve spent my life building a world where I don’t have to answer to anyone—especially men like Hudson Carrington.
He’s used to the world parting like the Red Sea when he walks into a room. He expects a bow, a blush, or total surrender. But to me? He’s just another suit with too much ego and a look in his eyes that says he’s never been told “no” in his life.
It’s a word I’m finding more and more pleasure in using.
His billions don’t move me. His shadow doesn’t intimidate me. And his “legendary” charm? It’s nothing more than a polished weapon I have no intention of falling for. But Hudson isn’t just a man who wants his way, he’s a man who has decided I’m his next conquest.
He thinks he’s the one doing the hunting, but he’s about to find out I don’t play by anyone’s rules but my own. He can try to buy my time and command my attention, but my heart isn’t for sale.
The problem is, the harder I push him away, the closer he gets and for the first time, I’m having a hard time fighting the pull between us.
In this fast-paced, steamy instalove romance, the powerful billionaire cowboy is about to learn that the only thing more addictive than power is a woman who tells him “no.”
From the moment that Tinsley delayed his arrival for a business meeting he was distracted and wants to know everything he can about her. All his flirting and gifts aren’t making an impact, so he realizes that if he is going to have a chance with her he is going to have to try a different approach which includes being there for her without taking over.
Tinsley has never had anyone to depend on, and she isn’t about to start now. She isn’t impressed by his wealth, but when she asks him for help and he is there for her she realizes that there is a lot more to the man as he tries to honor her independence even though he just wants to make everything easier for her.
Tinsley is a character you can’t help but relate to as she is determined to forge her own path and after his initial missteps Hudson gets to know Tinsley and what really matters and he will do whatever is required to claim the woman who has stolen his heart.
New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Sawyer Bennett uses real life experience to create relatable stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From contemporary romance, fantasy romance, and both women’s and general fiction, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone.
A former trial lawyer from North Carolina, when she is not bringing fiction to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to her very adorable daughter, as well as full-time servant to her wonderfully naughty dogs.
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A whistleblower is dead. A journalist is hunted. And only one man can keep her alive.
After a career in special forces, then as a smokejumper, Cole Mercer is ready for a new challenge. When he hears that the world-renowned covert operations team at Jameson Force Security is opening a facility in Seattle, Cole knows exactly where he belongs. What he doesn’t expect is to come face-to-face with the woman he never stopped loving—the one who walked away before either of them said goodbye.
Investigative journalist Tessa Ward has uncovered proof that a powerful real estate developer is tied to a string of deadly wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. It’s the kind of story that could make her career… or end her life. When her source is murdered in cold blood, Tessa realizes the truth is more dangerous than she ever imagined. With no other options, Tessa knows she has no choice but to turn to the one man she swore she’d never ask for help.
Some fires are set on purpose. Others never stop burning.
Their past ended in heartbreak, but when it’s clear she’s being hunted, Tessa and Cole are forced to set aside their hurt. As they chase a trail of corruption, arson, and murder, every life-or-death decision reignites old passions. But the closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous the game becomes—and one wrong move could cost them everything, including each other.
It’s been five years since the relationship that Tessa had with Cole ended however the feelings she has for him haven’t. While investigating a story she finds herself in danger and she knows that despite their past he is the one person she can trust to help.
Cole has always had deep feelings for Tessa so when she needs his help there is no hesitation that he and his team will protect her. As they work together to find the evidence that is needed for Tessa’s story and to bring the perpetrators to justice the dormant feelings between them ignite but will be their second chance or will the issues that tore them apart the first time be too much to overcome?
You can’t help but feel for both these characters as Tessa’s need to be independent clashes with his need to protect as they take us on an action-packed adventure filled with suspense, surprises and love. Kelsey Navarro Foster brings out the determined yet feisty personality of Tessa while Stephen Dexter portrays the conflict that Cole is feeling between understanding what drives Tessa and his need to keep her safe.
❤️ 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐋!
July’s Cowboy Dallas releases July 15th
I’ve spent years being the friend she counts on. Now I want to be the man she can’t let go.
Sadie Hollister is the rodeo vet everyone in Mustang Mountain trusts when things get dangerous, and I’m the cowboy she calls when she needs steady hands. We’ve spent years working side by side through injured stock, late-night barn calls, muddy pastures, and storms bad enough to make smarter people stay home.
Being the man she counts on has always been safer than risking everything by asking for more.
But when forged livestock papers threaten the Fourth of July Rodeo, Sadie’s loyalty to the animals puts her at odds with her powerful Hollister family. One injured steer leads to altered certificates, mismatched brands, and old records someone clearly wants buried.
She needs a partner she can trust, and I’ve always known how to be that man. But as the secrets pile up and the danger closes in, the line between friendship and wanting starts to disappear. One touch turns into a kiss. One kiss turns into a night I’ll never forget.
And suddenly, standing beside Sadie doesn’t feel like enough. Not when she finally looks at me like I’m hers. I’m done waiting, done holding back, and ready to claim every part of her.
The Cowboys of Mustang Mountain carry regrets, rivalries, and reputations they’ve never quite outrun. They’re the men who fix fence lines by day, fight their demons by night, and swear they don’t need anyone. Their pasts are messy. Their scars are real. And their hearts are locked down tight.
Until the right woman walks into their path and shakes the dust off their hardened hearts. Women who aren’t afraid to push back, dig deep, and call these cowboys out on every wall they try to hide behind.
On Mustang Mountain, even the roughest cowboy can find a future, but only if he’s brave enough to love the woman who won’t let him walk away.
Theo Williams loved and lost once and isn’t interested in doing it again. He has his family and friends, and plenty of women passing through his new hometown who are happy with a no-strings attached night of passion. Working as a partner at his cousin’s construction company, he’s perfectly content with his life—until he meets Collins Henderson, the one-night stand who will change his world forever.
Collins grew up on the wrong side of her small hometown. Thanks to her parents’ shady schemes, every local knows a Henderson cannot be trusted. She works hard as a paramedic, putting in every extra hour she can to save for a better life. But every time she starts to get ahead, her parents show up to pull her back down. Having one night of passion with a man she doesn’t know is not something she’d normally do, but there was just something about him … And two months later, she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant.
When she runs into the mysterious stranger again, she has to tell him, not because she needs or wants anything from him, just so he knows. But now he’s showing up at her house to cook her meals, stocking her refrigerator, and doing everything he can for her. Collins has always taken care of herself, she wasn’t looking for a relationship, but she can’t deny the chemistry between them.
She knows it’s only a matter of time before he learns who she is and changes his mind. She can’t let herself fall for this guy, but every day he’s getting harder to resist …
TEASER: THE COMEBACK PLAN by @sjonesauthor releasing July 31st!
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