When I’m confronted in the woods by a man with a chainsaw and a gorgeous face, I should’ve known it would end poorly.
But when I end up in the killer’s house instead of chopped into little pieces, I don’t know what to think. Not when he promises me that he won’t hurt me, and especially when he tells me that I can’t leave.
Not unless he can trust me.
He can’t, of course. I’ll tell anyone that will listen that this monster cut up some man in the moonlight, even if he promises that it had been deserved.
He’s lying, because there’s no way anyone deserves what he did.
Earning his trust is an act, but when the lie starts to fail, I find that the man underneath the terrifying mask is something altogether different than I could ever expect. He’s charming, sweet, and his obsession with me is dangerous enough that I know I should run far and fast before either of us can act on it.
Can a monster like him ever love a girl he found in the woods, or am I destined to become Sunday dinner for a recovering cannibal and the family he swears to hate?
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the first standalone hockey romance in her brand new Hockey Ever After series, JUST BREAKING THE RULES! Narrated in duet by Samantha Brentmoor and Teddy Hamilton, JUST BREAKING THE RULES is releasing January 21st in all formats, and will be free to read in Kindle Unlimited! But what’s better than duet narration? Duet narration performed live with the two narrators in studio together, which is exactly how this audiobook was recorded! This sexy, single dad, opposites attract hockey workplace romance answers the burning question — what happens when you open a small town bakery with your brother’s hockey star best friend? Listen and feel like you’re in the room where it happened with the narrators on January 21st to find out the answer!
Everyone knows the golden rule of business: don’t bang your business partner. Especially if he’s your brother’s hot-as-sin, hockey-star best friend.
But when the sexy single dad athlete saves me from a cake contest catastrophe—and shows me how good he is with his hands—I blurt out the world’s worst business pitch: Want to invest in my bakery?
With no loan or backup plan, this is my last shot at proving I’m more than my past mistakes, and shockingly, he says yes.
We set one rule: don’t mix business with pleasure. Except Corbin Knight’s impossible to resist.
When he’s not scoring goals, he’s staying up late with me to test tempting recipes. Braiding my hair before we bake like it’s foreplay. Giving me his jersey to wear to games.
I try to keep a professional distance from the bossy, possessive and dangerously flirty hockey player, but soon we’re testing the limits of the kitchen counter.
This bakery is my chance to finally get my life right, so I fight the messy feelings. Until one night, he shows up after closing and admits he can’t stop thinking about me.
Suddenly I’m ready to break every rule—no matter the cost to our dreams.
A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sexy, feel-good and witty. Her books have been featured in US Weekly and People. Lauren likes dogs, cake and show tunes and she is the vegetarian at your dinner party.
Fifteen years ago, Cassian Byers murdered his older sister.
And I witnessed the whole thing.
For years, I’ve fought to bury the memories of my troubled childhood, which includes the haunting image of my babysitter’s murder. Life in Hayden Fields has been eerily calm—no big crimes or chaos—until now.
Until the first girl dies.
And I see Cassian outside of my work like he never left.
It seems he remembers me just as well as I remember him. And when people I know start showing up dead, there’s only one likely suspect.
No matter that he promises me with sweet words and an obsession that makes my heart race, I refuse to believe that he isn’t doing this.
Lilah Davis Owning a spicy romance bookstore was supposed to come with feral readers and a meet-cute or two. Not a billionaire in a three-piece suit trying to bulldoze my business.
Lincoln Hanover is everything that’s wrong with the world. He’s hot, bossy, and far too rich for his own good. He thinks he can annoy me out of business. I think he can shove his checkbook where the sun doesn’t shine.
I’ve read every billionaire romance there is. I know how to fight fire with fire.
Lincoln will rue the day. Or I will. Either way, one of us is going down.
Lincoln Modernizing downtown Santa Maria would be simple if people stopped getting in my way. I have a job to do, and that’s all I’m worried about.
Until Lilah Davis threatens to chain herself to her bookstore to keep me out.
I’d love to see her chained up, all right. Preferably in my bed. Wearing my ring.
She thinks I’m the villain. She’s probably right.
But what started as a property feud is now about something far more dangerous: me and her. And I don’t lose.
❤️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 ✔️Billionaire ✔️Enemies-to-Lovers ✔️Rom-Com ✔️Small Town
❤️Review After finding the perfect location Lilah has achieved her dream of opening a bookstore and has big plans to make it a success. Those plans are in jeopardy when Lincoln plans to purchase the property so that he can complete the development plans he has for the downtown area. What she doesn’t need is to develop feelings for the man who wants her building.
When Lincoln comes to tell Lilah that he has tendered an offer to purchase the building he wasn’t expecting her to be happy about it but he wasn’t prepared for her feisty personality. The more time he spends with her the more he wonders if the land acquisition is worth losing the woman he has come to love.
Rather than being infuriated by Lilah’s fiery personality it only makes him want her more as he realizes what truly matters as a future without Lilah is no future at all.
The moment I witness a murder, my quiet, careful existence goes up in smoke. I’m thrust into the world of Santiago Hernández, Central America’s most ruthless cartel leader.
In exchange for my life, I’m placed under his watchful eye. Day in and day out, he waits for me to betray my promise of silence.
The longer I stay in his world, the deeper I fall for the glimpses of the man beneath that handsome yet cunning exterior. The man whose possessive touch ignites a long-lost part of me.
But I should know better than to open my heart to a cold-blooded criminal with a laundry list of deadly sins and secrets. Especially when he has no idea who I really am.
Because when the lies unfold, he’ll discover I have a list of sins and secrets of my own.
A.L. Jackson has revealed the covers for On the Brink of Bliss!
Releasing: February 10, 2026
Cover Designer: Qamber Designs
Photographer: Michelle Lancaster Photography
A sizzling single mom, fake marriage, heroine in danger romance from New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author, A.L. Jackson
The last thing I expected when I found the trespasser bathing in my river was for it to be her…
Daisy Adair has always been my dream girl. From when we were best friends in high school to finding her now. A gorgeous mother who shows up on my property with three kids in tow. But I became a recluse for a reason. The life I chose is full of wickedness and peril. The last thing I need is the object of my every fantasy invading my space and risking her life because of me. Only when she tells me she’s on the run from her ex, I promise to do anything to keep them safe, even marry her to protect her kids. That single kiss at the altar rips through every barrier, our passion unleashed. Now, living under the same roof blurs the lines I’ve drawn. Each glance of her down the hall and I am splintering. Each brush of her hand and I am brought to my knees. Our future—bright, hopeful, and almost within reach—hovers on the edge of becoming real… Until we discover the threat surrounding her is grimmer than either of us imagined. Now I’m fighting to save her and her children before our second chance at forever is burned to the ground…
From the bestselling author of Infidelity and Sin comes a sultry romantic-suspense series set deep in the cutthroat and seductive world of the NFL.
Mauve “Vee” Hubbard is determined to secure her future as owner of the Lexington Coopers, but when the team signs Griffin “Fin” Graham, the league’s most magnetic quarterback, everything she’s built teeters on the edge.
In The Coopers, family legacies clash with forbidden desire, secrets run deep, and the chemistry burns hot enough to scorch the field—perfect for readers craving the boardroom battles of Succession and the haunting passion of Wuthering Heights.
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!
Waylon Ludlow was my first heartbreak—the boy I secretly loved from the sidelines while he ruled Wildhaven High and then disappeared without a word. Now he’s back, all smirks and whiskey-soaked charm, and with a baby no one knew about.
But I’m not the same quiet girl I once was. I’m fire now. Feral, stubborn, and one smart-ass comment away from punching him square in the jaw.
I live loud, love hard, and fight for what matters. And even though Waylon is a mess of mistakes wrapped in faded denim, my heart still skips like it’s seventeen every time he looks at me. And his little girl, well, she’s got me wrapped around her tiny finger.
We clash. We burn. We break things. But the more I push him away, the more I wonder—am I chasing the storm, or is it chasing me?
𝐎𝐡 𝐍𝐨… 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮: 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬-𝐭𝐨-𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 by USA Today bestselling author Lauren Runow releases on January 29th, 2026! Check out this beautiful cover!
What happens when your mystery match is everything you want—except he’s your real-life enemy?
I would honestly rather walk down Fifth Avenue in my underwear than deal with David at work.
When my best friend’s brother creates a blind dating app where your friends play matchmaker, signing up feels harmless. Seven days of anonymous texting before you can even exchange phone numbers? Easy. Low stakes. Zero chance of someone finding out it’s me if I don’t want them to—especially since I sign up with my middle name instead of my real first name, you know… just in case.
My mystery guy turns out to be charming, funny, and he gets me in a way no one else ever has. I look forward to every message like some kind of lovesick teenager staying up way too late just to talk to him.
There’s just one teensy little problem, one big enough to shake the universe—the person I’m matched with is David from work only I don’t figure that out until day seven.
So now I’m falling for the man I swear I can’t stand, and he has no idea it’s me on the other side of the phone.
What do I do when the seven days are up and real life steps in, insisting I either reveal myself or ghost the one person I never meant to fall for?
Oh No… It’s You is a contemporary rom-com featuring an irresistible enemies-to-lovers, workplace romance twist that will have you rooting for David and Zoe to finally get it right.
Bear shifter Everett has found his fated mate, but he’ll have to defeat another alpha to keep him.
When Milo’s date sprouts fangs and tries to bite him, he flees into the nearby forest and ends up lost. The gorgeous man who rescues him seems too good to be true…until Milo discovers his secret.
Everett knows the human omega is his fated mate, but the last thing Milo needs is another alpha shifter trying to claim him so soon after his traumatic experience.
Unfortunately, Milo’s date from hell is determined to mate with him—willing or not—and Everett will have to fight tooth and claw to protect their love.
If you love mpreg, possessive shifters, and omegas who just want to belong, then The Bear’s Brave Omega is your next must-listen audiobook.
Download this sweet and steamy M/M shifter romance today!
Dee: I’ve been crushing on Eamon for what feels like forever, and a girl can’t wait forever, right? When a dream job offer lands in my lap, I figure it’s time to pack up my unrequited feelings and hit the Big Apple. Surprise. Surprise. The moment I announce my grand escape plan, Mr. Oblivious suddenly can’t bear to let me go. Talk about timing! Now I’m caught between the city of my dreams and the man of my fantasies. Who knew giving notice could be so complicated?
Eamon: Dee’s always been there – dependable, beautiful, and completely off-limits. At least, that’s what I told myself. Then the moment she mentions leaving for New York, my world tilts on its axis. Suddenly, I’m seeing Dee in a whole new light, and let me tell you, it’s blinding. Now I’m on a mission to convince her to stay, armed with nothing but liquid courage from one too many Hot Buttered Rums and years of pent-up feelings. Will my eleventh-hour revelation be enough, or am I about to lose the best thing I never knew I had?
If you like possessive hero, sassy heroine, over-the-top, insta-love romance with an abundance of humor, and a tiny amount of drama, this Loni Ree romance is perfect for you.
❤️𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞
Friends to Lovers Workplace romance She Fell First, He Fell Harder Oblivious Hero The Ticking Clock
❤️Review Dee has had feelings for Eamon, her boss, for a few years, however she has finally accepted that he will never feel the same way about her. Being around him and not being with him is no longer possible so she decides to apply for a job out of town excepting handing in her resignation doesn’t go as she expected.
Eamon has been denying his feelings for Dee but finding out that she is not only willing to walk away from her job but from him as well changes everything. He is determined to show her that she can achieve her dreams with him both personally and professionally.
This is a heartwarming story of mutual pining as the prospect of not being in each other’s lives is enough to bring them together.
Under the fearless leadership of Captain Jordan Threat, the people of the Carivian Islands have fought valiantly for their freedom. But as they stand on the brink of victory, a secret weapon threatens to destroy their revolution.
To turn the tide of the war, Jordan seeks help from a new ally… who is also an old enemy. Commodore Erika is a bewitching yet sadistic dominatrix, and a former Imperial officer. Her loyalties are fickle, but she may be the rebellion’s only hope. If she can be trusted…
When one of Jordan’s beloved crewmates is abducted by the Imperium, he leads a rescue mission that uncovers dark secrets about Governor Jakjobb’s malevolent endgame. But as Jordan learns the truth behind his own powers, he fears a greater evil may lurk within himself.
In the crucible of battle, Jordan and his crew of beautiful lovers find strength in each other as they are drawn closer than ever before. But will it be enough to vanquish the Imperial tyrants and liberate the Carivian, once and for all?
With heroic battles, tender moments, and a dash of sexy spice, Magic Steampunk Pirate Booty 4 is an explosive conclusion to this epic saga of titillation, devotion, and revolution!
Bailey Hart has mastered the art of staying small. A lighthouse-bookstore, a quiet life in Coral Bell Cove, and enough romance novels to drown out the heartbreak she swore she’d never repeat. She’s sworn off big leaps, big risks, and especially the boy who once left her love note—and her heart—on full display.
Crew Wright was supposed to have it all. The charming quarterback with a Southern smile and a future paved in stadium lights… until an injury sent everything crashing down. Now he’s back home to heal his shoulder, his pride, and the parts of himself he buried beneath fame. He’s not expecting Bailey—the girl who saw him before the world ever did.
What starts as borrowed tools, paint-splattered afternoons, and late-night confessions quickly turns into something neither of them can outrun. Bailey wants to protect her heart. Crew wants a second chance to prove he won’t break it.
But when old wounds reopen and the world comes calling for him again, they’ll have to decide if love is something you chase… or something you stay for.
At First Play is a slow-burn, banter-filled, small-town romance about forgiveness, falling again, and finding the one person who feels like home—no matter how far you’ve run.
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