Since I was a little girl, I’ve known the fairy tale I’ve wanted to live.
Grow up. Fall in love. Get married to a man who will dance with me in the kitchen and kiss me for no reason. Have a big family and live happily ever after.
There’s just one problemโmen suck.
What’s a southern girl have to do to find her future husband? It’s certainly not on the dating apps, so I do something out of my comfort zoneโI ask my step sister to set me up.
And what does she deliver? A six-foot-two, sexy as sin football coach who has a fear of commitment.
Great. The definition of my Prince Charming.
Only this man is no prince. He’s a tall, dark, and handsome playboy who is impossible to resist.
I’ve never been a fling kind of girl, but with Davis, something so wrong feels so right. Maybe it’s that we’re doing it in secret? Or that I can somehow always feel his lips on me?
We both know we need to stop. Get out before anyone gets hurt.
There’s just one problem. Well, two.
Two pink lines specifically.
Yup, this is definitely not how the fairy tale is supposed to goโฆ
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BLURB: Neutral Zone is a friends-to-lovers romance featuring an unconventional hockey hero and his live-life-to-the-fullest best friend who have to get honest with each other when life gets real.
Iโve fallen in love with my best friend. I know, I know. Thatโs a terrible idea, but itโs going to be fine because we have a plan. A best friends with benefits plan.
Weโll keep spending our days and nights together. Weโll keep cheering each other on and making each other laugh. Weโll keep staying up all night in my room, watching true crime documentaries the way besties do.
But now itโs going to get steamy. Very steamy.
In order to keep our friendship intact, boundaries have been set, and as long as we donโt cross the line, everything will be fine. Seriously. Trust me. Itโs a great plan, and itโs all going to work out, and thereโs zero chance that everything will go up in flames.
Although I do have a history of accidentally lighting things on fireโฆbut really, that was just a couch. And a house. This is different. I swear.
Neutral Zone is the fourth and final book in Season Two of the Bainbridge U Hockey series, and it can be enjoyed as a standalone. If youโre a sucker for a hot mess hero with a heart of gold and a feisty heroine who isnโt afraid to fight for the man she loves, then get ready for Mickey and Viv!
When the one you thought you’d never have is yours for one night…
Lucas is the man I shouldn’t crave. He’s an egotistical player like my cheating ex, but he knows what I want, even the scandalous fantasies I’ve never admitted. And he wants to help me fulfill all of them. A bet makes it easy to pretend this is all a game. One night of fun, then I can walk away. But Lucas touches me like he wants me to lose more than just the bet. Contains MF, MM scenes and some voyeuristic fun. This is a short and steamy novella in Her Sweet Seduction Series. Each novella is stand-alone with new characters and spicy scenarios to enjoy anytimeโbut especially fun as a bedtime treat.
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ย Now that Avrilโs divorce from her cheating ex has been finalized she is ready to move on to the next stage of her life. When she makes a bet with her ex-husbandโs best friend Luca she expects that it would only be one night however he has other plans.
Luca has had feelings for Avril for a while but since she was married to his best friend he knew that nothing could happen between them. With his best friendโs betrayal and their divorce, he is determined to finally have a chance with the woman he has always wanted.
When Luca and Avril finally give in to their feelings for each other the heat radiates off the pages and he shows her how special she is to him. Through the performances of Teddy Hamilton and Savannah Peachwood you can experience not only the chemistry between them but the feelings as well.
About the Author
Adele likes her red wine with chocolate and her sweet romances with lots of heat. Her spicy stories are a bedtime treat with enough spark to warm your sheets and alluring characters to make you beg for more. When sheโs not writing, Adele can be found lost in other fantasy worlds. Whether itโs a hairy beast and a talking candlestick or black leather and heels, Adele loves her heroines feisty and her heroes irresistible.
About IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA (Coming 3/3/2026):
He ghosted me once, now heโs supposed to protect me?
I donโt need a bodyguardโI run a small-town lavender farm, for beeโs sake. But when my identical twin sister lands the movie role of a lifetime thatโs being shot in my hometown I get one anyway.
And guess which broody, tattooed protector the studio sends to keep the paparazzi off my porch?
Last monthโs almost one-night stand.
The guy with the wicked mouth and heated eyes who slipped out before the fun even started. But turns out the sexy jerk is excellent at rescuing me from sneaky photographers at the market. Then the coffee shop. Iโm trying hard to stay mad after the third time my new bodyguard saves me.
To top it all off, heโs staying in the cottage at my farm. With me. And thereโs only one bed.
Maybe if we finally give in and finish what we started, itโll relieve the tension? But one night quickly turns into another. Then into late-night secrets and soft confessions we shouldnโt say out loud. Especially since heโs leaving and Iโm staying, and thereโs no way we can be more than a summer romance that ends far too soon.
Escape into a spicy and hilarious forbidden small town rom com from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely!
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 thatโs 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.
Kara Kendrick has revealed the covers for Bad Boy Breakaway!
Releasing: April 2, 2026
Cover Designer: Emily Wittig Designs
Photographer: Cadwallader Photography, LLC
Model: Trevor Brachtenbach
Heโs the benched bad boy hockey player. Sheโs the team ownerโs daughterโand his new babysitter.
Iโm the bad boy of hockey. I score goalsโand make headlines. My latest fight bought me a three-game suspension and a brand-new babysitter.
Tori Prince.
Ice Queen, hedge fund sharkโand the team ownerโs daughter.
Now weโre neighbors and she runs my life like a hostile takeover: no partying, a strict curfew, mandatory sessions with the teamโs psychologist. Smile for the cameras. Stay out of trouble. Donโt give her fatherโs franchise another reason to regret keeping me.
One more screw-up and I lose my contract.
Pissed off, I push back. Hard.
Except Tori doesnโt flinch. Sheโs all perfect curves and ruthless self-controlโand I may have finally met my match.
Which only makes me want to undo her more.
Every glare she gives me feels like a dare, and the closer she stands, the harder it is to remember why we canโt cross the line.
Then we do.
One kiss turns into her hands fisting my jersey, her panties on my floor, the rules between us shattered.
And if our secret leaks? Iโm off the roster, sheโs Wall Streetโs punchline, and the Coastal Crushers get scorched by the fallout.
I remember the desert. The blood. The men who left me to die.
My name is Sofiya. Ten years ago, I was a fifteen-year-old girl they tortured and abandoned in the sand. I’ve spent every day since becoming a weapon. Every smile is a lie. Every dance at the club they own brings me closer to the men who destroyed me.
They don’t recognize me.
Except him.
Volk. The Pakhan’s second-in-command. The man who drove me into that desert. He knows I am the ghost he failed to kill, the girl whose screams still echo in his nightmares, the revenge he’s been waiting for.
He should end me. Instead, he kisses me in the dark with a passion that rivals my hatred.
VOLK
Her name was Yelena when I left her bleeding in the desert.
For ten years, that night has haunted every dream. Now she’s back, calling herself Sofiya, dancing at our club, and I’m the only one who sees through the disguise.
I should tell the Pakhan. Put a bullet in her before she destroys everything.
But I’m going to help her do it instead.
Because she deserves her revenge. Because the Pakhan is a monster who lost sight of what his leadership should be. Because when I look at her, I don’t see the weapon she’s becomeโI see the girl I left with a single choice, and the woman who’s going to set us both free or kill us trying.
Two broken people. One brutal revenge. Secrets that could shatter everything.
In a world built on blood and loyalty, we’re about to burn it all downโtogether.
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BLURB
Clean eating never tasted so deadly.
Willowbyโs Autumn Wellness Fair promises green juices, yoga sessions, and fresh beginnings. When Liam Carter, the charismatic owner of Glow Juicery and self-proclaimed smoothie guru, collapses after toasting his own signature blend, the wholesome event turns toxic. At first, everyone assumes an allergic reaction. Then the coroner confirms poison.
Suspicion quickly falls on Glowโs competitors. Tamsin Blakeโs Velvet Scone Cafรฉ has been struggling ever since Glow opened, and her new Autumn Glow menu is drawing side-eye from wellness enthusiasts who believe she is trying to profit from tragedy. Determined to protect her cafรฉ and her reputation, Tamsin begins investigating.
She soon learns that Liam built his business on stolen recipes, poached staff, sabotage, and charm that turned sour. Marina Jones, an herbalist betrayed by Liam, appears to be the prime suspect. But others have reasons to want Liam gone, including his angry ex-girlfriend, a critical local doctor, a furious mother, and even Tamsinโs own cousin who worked at Glow.
With help from Inspector Crumpet the parrot, Professor Pembroke the Maine Coon, and her loyal friends, Tamsin follows a trail of mislabeled powders, shady wellness products, and fake health claims.
The fabric of Samโs T-shirt is bunched in my fists and I donโt want this kiss to break. I meanโฆ who needs oxygen anyway?
โPennyโฆ,โ he warns. Heโs thinking the same as me. This feels like itโs getting ready to become very dangerous between us.
โStop thinking,โ I whisper against his mouth. โJust feel.โ
โOh, Iโm feeling, all right,โ he mutters before his mouth captures mine again in a bruising kiss.
I swing a leg over his lap and straddle him, putting us face-to-face. Sam groans, his hands catching me at my hips like he means to stop me. For one long heartbeat, he holds me there, breathing hard, caught somewhere between donโt and please. Then his grip shifts from resistance to permission, as he leans back just enough to make room for me.
The couch creaks as I shift, knees on either side of his hips, and he makes a rough sound at the back of his throat that goes straight through me.
โPenny, Iโm not gonna lieโฆ you straddling my lap has my brain close to short-circuiting and Iโd be a fool to tell you to stop. Butโฆ Iโm going to tell you to think about it.โ
โI know what Iโm doing,โ I whisper, not sure which part Iโm agreeing toโgo slower, donโt spook him, keep kissing him until we both forget our names. Maybe all three.
My grip on his shoulders, I lower my head so my mouth can meet his. Samโs hands hesitate at my waist like heโs afraid of being greedy, then settle there, fingers splayed, both reverent and possessive in the same beat.
His mouth moves over my jaw, down the line of my neck, where his teeth scrape deliciously against my tender skin. His fingers flex into my hips, pushing me down to feel every inch of him. He pins me there, head pulling back slightly to stare at me.
โTell me to stop,โ he says, โand I will.โ
I circle my hips, creating friction between our bodies that almost makes me lose any shred of restraint I have. โTell me to stop, and I absolutely wonโt.โ
Daniella is my best friendโs younger sisterโsweet, innocent Little Russoโand the one woman I should stay away from.
But when she unknowingly marries a man whoโs out to destroy her family, she lands herself in danger she canโt escape, and Iโm the only one who can protect her.
My first mistake? Insisting she move in with me.
Because the more time I spend with Daniella, the more the light threatens to break through my darkness, making me want things Iโve rejected for most of my life.
I should reject her too. Keep her away from me as much as from him.
Thatโs the problem with our arrangement though โฆ
Her husband is bad.
Me? Iโm worse.
Iโm rough, ruthless, and nothing close to what she deserves. I canโt give her the white picket fence she desires.
But she doesnโt see the blood on my hands, or that Iโm not husband or father material.
All she sees is the man whoโll burn down the world to save her.
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