One of the hardest lessons I’ve learned is that the only thing I need is hockey – because hockey has never let me down, never abandoned me. What I lack in my personal life, I make up for with my professional achievements. I’m damn proud of the career I’ve had in the NHL and have no plans of stopping or jeopardizing it by coming out.
That is until I meet Sterling.
He does the unthinkable, he gives me hope, makes me wish for more… and then dashes those hopes and wishes to dust.
In the aftermath, I become someone I don’t particularly like, but that someone doesn’t really care either.
Then, it’s hockey—once more—that saves me.
So yeah, hockey is all I have and all I need.
Sterling
I know I f***ed up.
That I had an excellent reason not to contact Jules after I promised I would—after all my life was a tornado at the time—doesn’t mean I didn’t f*ck up.
I know it and I’m prepared to fix this mess now that I moved to Vegas permanently.
But the man I met more than two years ago is nowhere to be found. The one who opens the door when I come knocking isn’t the sweet boy who desperately wanted someone to take care of him.
No, this man is cynical and detached. Worst of all, he’s hell-bent on never giving me anything real again.
No matter how brief our time was, I know he’s the only person—and I’ve met a lot of people—who’s ever made me want more.
So yes, I’ll fight to repair what I broke and then hopefully we’ll prepare for the rest of our lives together.
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Unexpected sparks ignite a slow burn in this grumpy/sunshine workplace romance when a single mom proposes a marriage of convenience to save her boss’s brewery.
Fans of Lucy Score, Elsie Silver, Carley Fortune, and B.K. Borrison will find their next obsession with this second standalone in bestselling author Lena Hendrix’s spicy, emotional, deeply romantic Kings Series set in small town Michigan.
You might think it’s reckless for a single mom to enter into a marriage of convenience with her boss.
You would be correct.
To make matters worse, Abel King is a grumpy local brewer with a criminal past. He also happens to be my boss and a total stick-in-the-mud. Every time I come to work with a smile and wave, I’m lucky if I can get a grunt in response.
When I accidentally-on-purpose overhear that he’s having trouble securing a business loan due to his criminal record, I hatch a plan to help the both of us.
The arrangement is perfect—a business transaction and nothing more. Like having a roommate without the hassle of other people bugging you for dates.
I will definitely not be falling in love with him—no matter how many times he says “my wife” and tingles dance in all the right places.
Trouble is, as time goes on, things stop feeling like business and start feeling a whole lot like pleasure . . . and really, that’s just my luck . . .
I’ve never been one who thought she needed a man by her side. I’m a strong independent woman who likes to give a middle finger to the patriarchy, you know?
But whenever I do find myself in a bind—a bad date, an arrest, you know, normal things—Cole Campbell is always there.
He’s my knight in shining football pads.
And so when I need a place to stay, my brother’s best friend is there with a key in his hand.
Living with a man I’ve known since childhood should be easy. Except seeing him walk around the apartment shirtless with only a towel around his waist has me biting my lip…among other things.
We try to keep it friendly, but the pull is too strong. The chemistry is undeniable. And when our lips touch for the first time? We both know this is more than a mutual crush.
Our living situation was supposed to be temporary,
Only it’s starting to feel like forever.
Which is probably dumb, right? Falling in love with your brother’s best friend? The man who’s paid millions of dollars to protect him on the football field?
Definitely not what a strong, independent woman would do.
We know we need to come clean. But how?
Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned about football over the years, it’s that teammates shouldn’t fall for sisters.
And sisters shouldn’t fall for their brother’s best friend.
I came to Whispers to start over. Just me, my baby, and a bakery that smells like second chances.
No more judgmental glances. No more family who treated me like a stain they couldn’t scrub out. Just flour, sugar, and the quiet hope that I can build a life worth living.
I didn’t expect to meet Griffin.
Grumpy, gorgeous, and maddeningly closed off, he’s the town’s most elusive billionaire and the man who built homes for the rich but never made one for himself.
He sees me. Not just the bump or the baggage, but the woman underneath. And when he looks at me like I’m the only thing that’s ever made sense, I forget how to breathe.
But trust isn’t something I can afford. My past has taught me to be wary of everyone. Even if the grumpy builder says he’s ready to fight for something real.
Lark Carrington came to Coral Bell Cove for a fresh start. A fading inn, a quiet life, and a chance to rebuild something steady after everything she’s lost. She didn’t expect her first real connection to come in the middle of chaos.
Holt Wright is used to being underestimated—long before he ever put on a uniform. The easygoing one. The goofball. The brother no one expected much from. Until he became a firefighter. Now, when the alarm sounds, he’s the one people trust when it matters most.
The one who shows up.
The one who stays.
Even for her.
What begins as a single moment—smoke, heat, and the steady presence of the man who pulled her back from the edge—turns into something neither of them can ignore. Long days restoring the Carrington Inn. Late nights that feel a little too honest. A connection that builds slowly… and burns deeper than either of them expected.
Because Lark doesn’t trust easily. And Holt is still learning what it means to be the man people finally believe in.
And when the past Lark tried to outrun starts to catch up with her… they’ll have to decide if this is just a spark—or something worth risking everything for.
At First Spark is a tender, slow-burn small-town romance about healing, showing up, and discovering that sometimes the person who saves you… is the one you choose to stay for.
Sabbath Creed had an intensity that always enthralled me, yet I never would have fathomed his love could warp my own sanity into madness, setting ablaze everything I loved until nothing was left but ashes and agony.
I’ve always been drawn to fire, the way it consumes, transforms, and purifies. But I never expected it to devour my world, leaving nothing behind but ashes and heartbreak.
From that moment on, I chose to escape my fate, to escape him.
I could always feel his presence, lingering like smoke in the air. It was only a matter of time before he would find me. His love, twisted and charred by the flames of his obsession, burned endlessly for me. He would never let me go, not after what happened.
I thought working at Camp Redwood would hide me from his gaze, but it only pushed me into the spotlight with its own dark secrets. He was here, and I needed to make the ultimate decision: allow his love to consume me or extinguish its flames. Forever.
SABBATH
She thinks she can escape me, but she’ll never understand. I’m not just a part of her past; I’m a part of her. She might try to extinguish the flames, but I’ll never let her. I will make her mine again—no matter the cost. My little spitfire.
Jami Rogers has revealed the covers for Say You Love Me!
Releasing June 9, 2026
One offer from Dutton Richford is all it takes to land me in a deal with the enemy. For a man who I’ve spent most of my life despising (and I assumed it went both ways), he knew exactly what to say to convince me to help him. You see, he wants his father to choose him as the next owner of Lovers Lodge, the destination venue our small town is most known for, and I want to finally own my own business and expand it. We both have obstacles that are keeping us from getting what we want, and somehow, teaming up makes the most sense. It doesn’t take long for me to learn that I never really knew the man who has managed to steal my attention in just a few short weeks. The man who is much more observant and kinder than I expected him to be. Don’t even get me started on his bright green eyes, his sculpted body, and the dimple in his left cheek when he smiles. Which is rare, by the way, but he’s starting to do it more and more often with me. The way my heart pounds and my body heats when he’s near me, looks at me, touches me, or speaks to me is something I’m beginning to crave. It makes hating him that much harder. And that’s a problem, because what’s a girl supposed to do when a harmless deal turns into something more with a man who has always been forbidden?
Cover Designer: Hang Le Photographer: Briquelle Kayanne Photography
My name is Jami Rogers and I write fun, fast, flirty romance with heat. I love love and want to share my passion for happily ever afters with the world. My favorite tropes to write are enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, roommates, and my best friend’s brother/sister. Writing a romantic comedy that makes you laugh out loud is what I aim for. Happy reading!
A.L. Jackson has revealed the ebook cover for Forged in the Fire!
Releasing: June 16, 2026
Cover Designer: Qamber Designs
Photographer: Michelle Lancaster
𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲’𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫…
The second she stepped out of her brother’s car, I knew she was a wildfire.
Spitting mad and so stunning she stole my breath.
She thinks her brother made a deal with the devil, and by working for me, she’s paying off his debt.
𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.
Doesn’t know the danger that surrounds her.
Soon, she realizes there is something sinister lurking in the shadows.
𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤.
I want to hate her back, but with every sassy thing that fires from her mouth, she gets deeper under my skin.
With each heated glance, I feel myself losing control.
And when I crawl into bed with her, I combust.
𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥.
But as outside threats begin to infiltrate, I’ll do anything to keep the oath I made to keep her safe.
Even expose her to the monster that I am…
S.J. Sylvis has revealed the cover for Idle Hands!
Releasing: July 16, 2026
Cover Illustration: Sarah Jane
Cover Design & Typography: Ashes & Vellichor
A Single Dad/Nanny, Age-Gap Formula One romance from Amazon Top 50 and USA Today bestselling author SJ Sylvis.
I’ve always been the kind of person who finds the silver lining in a bad situation. To a fault, some would say.
But after everything fell apart at once, even I hit my breaking point.
Then Van Halston walked into my life.
Formula One’s hottest race engineer. Single Dad. A man built on control and careful distance.
When he presses his business card into my palm and asks me to travel the world with him and his six-year-old daughter, I think it’s a joke. It’s not.
There are rules, of course. I’m there to be a nanny. A teacher. A steady presence in his daughter’s whirlwind life on the racing circuit.
And with nothing holding me back, I say yes–desperate for an escape.
I just didn’t expect it to be him.
The quiet moments. The lingering tension. The way he looks at me like he’s fighting something he doesn’t want to feel.
The more I fall, the more I realize something terrifying: Van Halston doesn’t trust easily, and the second he believes I’ve crossed him…I’m no longer the woman he wants. I’m the enemy.
Stacy Travis has revealed the covers for Accidentally in Love!
Releasing: May 20, 2026
Cover Designer: Wildheart Graphics
When I inherit the dilapidated Loveland Ranch on my birthday, I do what any self-respecting LA career woman would do—have one unforgettable night with a hot, broody cowboy and skedaddle before sunrise.
But when I hear that a crabby neighbor is suing my beloved grandmother’s estate, I decide her legacy is worth the dirt under my manicure and start renovating.
Cue the hot, broody cowboy, who rides up on a horse and informs me he’s the crab. And just when I think things can’t get worse, the universe hands me another surprise.
A little pink plus sign.
Fitz and I have nothing in common except being fiercely independent. We come from different worlds. We have different visions for the future. We don’t share the same dreams, backgrounds, or even the same zip code.
But it doesn’t take long before I find myself wishing for all the things I’d given up on—a real partnership with a protective, kind, hot-as-sin man who reassures me I’m not fighting my battles alone. Except he’s fighting his own battles, and they may be too big for us to overcome.
Will this accidental family we created lead to heartbreak? Or could it be the life I’ve always wanted?
I dreamed of being a Navy SEAL, but to achieve my goal, I had to choose. I could be gay or be a SEAL. Being a SEAL won out. You couldn’t miss what you had never experienced. I hoped being a team guy would fill the void left by denying who I was.
And it did, until terrorists took my teammate captive, and I watched two of my best friends find love. Now repressed thoughts and feelings plagued me, and I didn’t know if I’d be able to resist.
Especially not when my first and only crush showed up.
Roman
Growing up in the bible belt was hard enough, especially when my dad, the town doctor, committed suicide. I hid in the closet until I left for college. There twosomes turned into moresomes, which somehow led to a drunken hook-up with a sorority girl. When she turned up pregnant, I married her, but she disappeared as soon as the baby was born, leaving me a single dad.
A guarded billionaire single dad meets the one woman who could heal his heart in this emotional and blisteringly hot romance by USA Today bestselling author Marni Mann.
One look at former NFL player Gavin Worthington has Emily craving things she shouldn’t. Yet his scorching-hot body and dangerously perfect smile are everything she wants. At the same time, a single glance at the breathtakingly sexy Emily Wren and her unforgettable blue eyes has Gavin desiring things he hasn’t in years.
Their agreement is simple: one night of uninhibited pleasure. No strings, no complications.
But one taste isn’t enough, and he can’t get Emily out of his head.
Gavin never lets women get close—his seven-year-old son, Ben, is his entire world. But there’s something about the gorgeous nurse that breaks through every wall he’s built. She’s incredible with his boy, lights up his darkest places, and makes him hunger in ways he’d forgotten were possible. The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to deny their growing feelings. Except the pull of Gavin’s past is stronger than they imagined.
For this grumpy single dad to move forward and hold on to the only woman who’s made him feel alive in years, he’ll have to convince Emily that their connection is more powerful than the emotional barriers between them. They’ll need to trust that sometimes the most unexpected love stories lead to the happiest endings. All they have to do is take the chance.
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💛Review💛 After his NFL career ended Gavin directed his attention to being a successful business and a single father to his son Ben. Due to his past, he isn’t looking for love or a relationship, but when his son needs medical attention that is provided by Emily he realizes he doesn’t just want her to walk out of his life. He was only willing to offer one night but that would be all it would take to convince him one night would not be enough.
Emily has directed her attention to her career as a nurse as well. Even though she wants love and a relationship she doesn’t believe that Gavin is the man who would be willing to give it to her. She is willing to give into the chemistry between them however she also knows what she deserves and isn’t willing to accept anything less.
The physical connection between Emily and Gavin was never in doubt but they share an emotional connection as well. She is the first person to make Gavin feel in a long time and now he needs to convince her to trust him with her heart.
I can’t be in love, so I’m just going to pretend the curvy, sunshine goddess who stole my heart doesn’t exist. No sweat.
Max I refuse to become another story for Duhring Park’s ridiculous love at first sight myth, but lord help me, I need Aubrey like I need air. Self-preservation makes me mean and growly when she’s around, but that’s what happens when I’ve been dreaming about a woman I can’t have every day and night for a year. Her beautiful smile, her soft, curvy body. Her desserts that taste like sunshine and heaven. I cannot be in love, and yet, my heart begs to differ.
Aubrey Max Miller is a grumpy, growly, jerk. I hate his perfect smile. The one he gives to everyone but me. And his stupid handsome face that shows up in every single one of my nightly fantasies. His muscles are gross. And dumb. And yet, my entire body throbs with burning passion that I can’t explain, because I hate him. Except when he tries to kiss me. How do I convince my heart… and other areas of my body that we are not open for business?
📕 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 ✔️Instalove ✔️He Falls First ✔️Novella ✔️High-steam
❤️ Review Even though Max was drawn to Aubrey from their first meeting he refused to act on it. Instead for the last year he barely speaks or looks at her. When her friends sign her up for a dating sight he knows he needs to declare his feelings before it is too late.
Aubrey isn’t sure what she has done to irritate Max so much however he is friendly with everyone except for her. A misunderstanding drives them even further apart until Max shows her how he has always felt about her.
The helping hands of their friends made the story even more fun as Max and Aubrey finally acknowledge how they feel about each other and get the happiness they both deserve.
Gideon had been dreaming and dreaming and dreaming, a dream he never seemed to able to wake from. And to call it a dream was as broken a description as a child could crayon draw. A nightmare mired in the macabre was the signpost planted in the blood of its concrete. A nightmare shivving his spine and soul with every moment it crawled forward
It was filled with all those he loved, calling for him, pleading, screaming, to save them, to help them and yet he could do nothing but sleep, nothing but dream, circling on repeat over and over again.
And the images were a caricature of a reality cracked in madness, Shira and So’Sha, grown, blades and death in their eyes, Shadow and Moon standing on two legs, L’Sana and Ari in a cage dreaming their own dreams, chained in their own devils, flashing images of a universe at war with itself, the Shadowborn whispering again and again ‘Soon Gideon, soon….be ready..”
He wanted to shatter his prison, wanted to howl, wanted to reach out to those that were his world, his everything but only sleep and dream, sleep and dream…the true War had come and he was drowning within his own mind, choking on the detritus of impotency, eternity in chains that didn’t give a shit.
“I will slaughter them all!!”
Gideon would wake and people would die, a thousand times over they would die!!!
He screamed this at himself, over and over, lost in the dream, in the macabre broken of breaking. It was the prayer he kept lamenting to no-one, kept spitting into the pillow of his insanity as the bars to his cage, tightened, crushing his flesh and his hope, endlessly cruel, endlessly ambivalent.
He would wake, a promise, and a killer would come with him.
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