Tropes: Friends to Lovers/Fake Dating/Found Family
He Falls First/No Third Act Break Up
Release Date: April 30, 2025
BLURB
They didn’t plan the kiss. Or anything that happened after…
Colton
When I kissed my best friend to shut up her judgmental family, I didn’t expect her to melt in my arms.
Kiss me back.
Hold me tight.
I thought she didn’t feel for me the way I do, but this changes everything.
Our friendship started the day I found her sleeping in her car, fresh off a betrayal that should’ve broken her. I cracked her protective shell and helped her start over. Now she’s become a part of me.
It’s simple: this kiss is the beginning of our forever.
But nothing with Kiara is simple. Not the wounds from her past. Not her struggles to succeed as a pastry chef. Not the reasons she fights her battles on her own.
She turns me down? Fine. I’ll wait.
She starts swiping right on other men? Absolutely not.
Kiara doesn’t know it yet, but she’s already mine.
Kiara
This fake kiss wasn’t supposed to leave me breathless, aching for more, and wondering what if.
Because Colton Harper doesn’t do anything halfway. Not kissing, not pretending, and definitely not loving.
Now he wants to date for real, but I’m terrified.
I built a new life in Emerald Creek, made friends who are my new family. Colton is my rock, and changing our friendship to dating could lead to losing everything.
I’ve seen how love ends, and I won’t let that happen to us.
He’s relentless though, so I cave in. He can be my first. Just once. No expectations. No heartbreak.
When he refuses, I’m left with no choice but to swallow my disappointment and move on.
Colton would do anything for his best friend and that includes coming to her rescue in an unlikely way. One kiss would be all that it would take for him to realize that now is the time to finally claim the woman he has always wanted not only as his friend but the woman who stole his heart.
Kiara has found the place and people where she belongs, and she doesn’t want to do anything that could jeopardize it. Her friendship with Colton is one of the most important relationships she has however her need to be cautious is no match for his determination that they are meant to be.
The interactions between Kiara and Colton were fun and flirty and the romance between them is enchanting. The townspeople of Emerald Creek only enhance the story and are always there for support when needed.
Bella Rivers writes steamy small town romances with a guaranteed happily ever after, and themes of found family and forgiveness. Expect hot scenes, fierce love, and strong language!
A hopeless romantic, Bella is living her own second chance romance in the rolling hills of Vermont. When she’s not telling the stories of the characters populating her dreams, you can find her baking, hiking, skiing, or just hanging around her small town to soak in the happiness.
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“Do you have any fucking idea how fucking beautiful you are?” A small chuckle escapes him. It’s filled with nervous energy and a touch of chaos.
I blink several times, my mouth opening slightly to respond but nothing comes out. Because, did he really just say that? What do I say in return? Why is my throat constricting?
“What’s underneath that T-shirt?”
His question shocks me a little. I wasn’t expecting that at all. But it’s not a bad kind of shocked, like I’m appalled. Instead, I’m feeling quite… turned on.
“Just my panties,” I say honestly.
He squeezes his eyes shut for a long moment, inhaling deeply. He presses his palms to his eye sockets, applying pressure like he’s trying to rid a headache. And then he drops his hands, his eyes back on me in an instant.
“I’m going to ask you something, Darcy. And you have to be honest with me. No matter what.” His face is serious.
“Okay.”
“I’m a thirty-five-year-old man, Darcy. I’m a single dad, which somehow always has my life in a state of crazy. And then there’s you. And you’re young and beautiful and vibrant. You’ve got your whole life ahead of you, and you could literally have or be anything you want. You know?” He exhales. All of that tumbled out of him in one breath and now he’s looking at me like I should totally understand.
“I don’t understand,” I admit.
“Just—” He straightens his shoulders and takes a moment to compose himself. “Just stand up, please.”
Without hesitation, I crawl to the edge of the bed and step off, making sure my shirt doesn’t ride up. I’m mere inches from him, but still, he steps closer. His body is humming. I can feel the energy rolling off him. But I don’t move.
Love, Lies, and Whiskey by Melissa Foster is now live!
Get ready to fall hard for the mysterious Seeley “Doc” Whiskey and the one woman he never thought would walk back into his life, in this sexy and emotional second-chance standalone romance. The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch is a small-town, big-family series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal, insanely sexy bikers who give horses—and people—a second chance. No cliffhangers, no cheating, and a happily ever after that will leave you breathless.
First loves that were ripped apart, and the epic love that saves them.
At nineteen, Seeley “Doc” Whiskey fell hard for the governor’s daughter, and then she was torn away. He risked his life and his family’s legacy to get her back, only to find out that everything he believed about her was a lie. His heart has been locked down ever since.
Betrayed by everyone she loves, Juliette Chambers has been through hell and back. Now a single mother and veterinarian, Juliette moves back to Colorado to start over. The last person she expects to run into is the man who completely destroyed her.
A chance encounter turns into a moment of fury, sending them into an emotional maelstrom. Tears and accusations fly and passion ignites, but in their wake they discover a trail of secrets and lies and a life-changing blow that takes them to their knees.
Melissa Foster is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of more than 100 novels. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic, always family oriented, and feature fiercely loyal heroes, smart, sassy heroines, and complex relatable issues. Melissa enjoys chatting with readers and book clubs. Send her an email invitation to your next event!
💛Review💛 Doc fell in love with Juliette when they were teenagers until they were ruthlessly torn apart. He was devastated by what he believes happened and has never been able to move past his first and only love so seeing her again years later brings up all the hurt especially when she doesn’t return alone.
Juliette has tried to move past her first and only love as well but seeing him again makes her realize she hasn’t. As they find themselves in each other’s lives again their encounters are emotional as they uncover the truths of the past and fight for a second chance.
Doc and Juliette are soulmates and seeing them find their way back to each other is heartbreaking and inspiring. Theirs is a journey filled with family, healing and a second chance for the love of a lifetime.
They agreed on three months… but neither expected to fall.
Alex Sebring is a former professional rugby star—and a man with nothing left to prove. Fame, fortune, and adoration were once his everyday normal… until injury ripped him from the game and the headlines turned brutal. Now, he lives in quiet exile.
No press. No relationships. No complications.
He’s content to lick his wounds in peace.
Until her.
Magnolia Steel is in Australia on a three-month work assignment. Just career focus… and maybe a little fun on the side. She never expects to connect with a stranger from behind a wall in a blind-dating suite. No faces. No names. Just voices—and something that feels dangerously real.
At the urging of his best friends, Jack and Laurelyn McLachlan, Alex proposes a deal: three months together, no expectations, no labels. But what begins as a simple arrangement turns into something far more complicated when hearts get involved.
They promised it would end when she left. But what if walking away is the one thing neither of them can do?
Sound familiar? Your favorite Australian caveman and his American girl return—a decade later—with a fresh twist on the love story that started it all.
Magnolia’s time in Australia has an expiry date so she needs to focus on ensuring the success of the matchmaking company that brought her here and not on a match for herself however once Alex hears her voice he isn’t about to walk away.
Alex is at a crossroads at his life as the career he loved ended abruptly and he wants someone to spend his life with, but his attempts so far have been unsuccessful. He was drawn to Magnolia before he even met her and is willing to take what she will give while he tries to convince her they are destined for more.
This is the first instalment of Magnolia and Alex’s story, and it doesn’t disappoint. The heat between them is intense, the emotions heartfelt and the interactions between them are entertaining as the surprises unfold and leave us wanting more of this couple.
Georgia Cates is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author—and a former labor and delivery nurse who now delivers swoony love stories instead of babies. A lifelong reader and proud cat wrangler of three, she writes romance with heart, heat, and a dash of Southern charm. Originally from rural Mississippi, she’s married to her best friend and is the proud mom of two amazing daughters.
From USA TODAY bestselling author Nana Malone, a romance about a Ghanaian American heiress faced with the dilemma of choosing between culture and a love connection.
During an opulent publishing party, Ofosua Addo crosses paths with Cole Drake for the first time. Their flirtatiously witty exchange culminates in a kiss that etches a permanent mark on both their hearts.
But Ofosua’s identity as a Ghanaian heiress comes before Cole. She loves the vibrant traditions of Ghana’s Gold Coast, and her hand is already promised to a man that even her overbearing mother loves. Yet, when her big Ghanaian wedding transforms from a fairy tale into a spectacle, she’s thrust into a whirlwind of heartbreak and self-discovery.
In the midst of it all, Cole enters her life once again, under circumstances far different from their magical first encounter. Can Ofosua and Cole’s rediscovered spark overcome the weight of tradition?
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Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling author, Nana Malone writes Sexy Feel-Good Romance and loves all things romance and adventure.
That love started with a tattered romantic suspense she “borrowed” from her cousin. It was a sultry summer afternoon in Ghana, and Nana was a precocious thirteen year old. She’s been in love with kick butt heroines ever since. With her overactive imagination, and channeling her inner Buffy, it was only a matter a time before she started creating her own characters.
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Ofusua thought she had her future planned out as she embarks on her career in publishing and is engaged to marry. When she realizes that her fiancé is not the man she thought he was she finds herself trying to balance her mother’s determined matchmaking attempts while denying her attraction for Cole, the son of her boss, and then there is the complication of working together.
Cole and Ofusua met a few years earlier and left quite an impression on each other but due to the paths there lives where following that was where it ended. He has feelings for her, but their different lifestyles and cultures doesn’t always allow him to truly understand the situations that Ofusua finds herself in, but it isn’t for lack of trying.
This story gives us greater insight into what Ofusua faces regularly and how important love and support is in all aspects of life.
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A hate-to-love novel that will leave you craving the romance and the fight!
He’s arrogant, ruthless, and irresistible–the last man I should ever trust. And he wants me to be his wife.
Lucian Daire wants my family’s company. I want to watch him burn for it.
He thinks I’m nothing more than a spoiled princess and I think he’s a heartless bastard. But no matter how much we push, we keep pulling back together.
When I discover he needs a wife and he realizes my determination to save my family’s legacy, a deal is struck–lines are drawn.
But the more we fight, the more those lines blur.
Because hatred is just passion turned inside out. And when it finally explodes, it threatens to destroy us both.
And we might just be desperate enough to let it.
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Fiona Cole is a military wife and a stay at home mom with degrees in biology and chemistry. As much as she loved science, she decided to postpone her career to stay at home with her two little girls, and immersed herself in the world of books until finally deciding to write her own.
💜Review💜 Aspen has always believed that she would assume control of her father’s company when the time was right, so she is surprises to find out that she and Lucian are equal partners and control of the company remains in jeopardy. She soon realizes that the best way to overcome her rival might be marrying him.
Lucien has learnt the hard way what happens when love goes bad, and it isn’t an experience he wants to repeat. Marrying Aspen is an arrangement, and nothing more however not only is the chemistry between them blazing but she brings out the protective instincts that he wants to deny.
Both these characters are well developed, and their back story only makes them more relatable. Lucien shows Aspen a lifestyle she didn’t know she wanted and I’m looking forward to what happens next for this couple.
From the time they were kids in Brooklyn, Shotgun knew he was meant to follow Irish everywhere. But living in the shadow of the man who got everything he ever wanted has tested the limits of Shotgun’s loyalty. So when Irish brutally meets his maker, Shotgun’s devotion shatters once and for all.
Stepping up to fill his fallen brother’s shoes, Shotgun accepts his new role as VP of the Kings of Anarchy MC. Then the first in a long line of betrayals begins as Shotgun finds himself drawn to Irish’s overwhelmed widow. Jade is the one woman Shotgun always wanted but could never have, and he can’t stand by and just watch as she and her children drown in their grief.
Heartache pulls Shotgun and Jade together quickly, their connection deepening as they cope with their shared loss. Soon neither can deny that beneath their sadness simmers the potential for a red hot passion. But defying the Kings’ code would be a costly mistake for both of them since Jade still belongs to Irish in the club’s eyes.
As Shotgun wrestles with the decision to face the wrath of his brothers, chaos erupts, and the new VP finds himself face-to-face with a deadly shot at revenge. But surviving means facing the demands of outlaw justice. Will Shotgun finally claim Jade or will their forbidden love also find its way to an early grave?
Property Of Shotgun is a thrilling tale of loyalty and forbidden love. Grab your kutte and get ready for a heart-wrenching ride that will leave you breathless.
About Janine
USA Today bestselling author Janine Infante Bosco lives in New York City, she has always loved reading and writing. When she was thirteen, she began to write her own stories and her passion for writing took off as the years went on. At eighteen, she even wrote a full screenplay with dreams of one day becoming a member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Janine writes emotionally charged novels with an emphasis on family bonds, strong willed female characters, and alpha male men who will do anything for the women they love. She loves to interact with fans and fellow avid romance readers like herself.
She is proud of her success as an author and the friendships she’s made in the book community but her greatest accomplishment to date would be her two sons Joseph and Paul.
Before ascending the throne of the Blackburn Empire in Kentucky horse country, they were just Tommy and Fiona, two teenagers from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Young love bloomed during an Irish summer set amidst the rolling green hills and lush pastures of Tipperary County.
Fiona Conlan grew up sheltered by her overbearing parents and vibrating with the need for something more. In the summer of 1978, she found exactly what she needed. Ready to test the boundaries set for her, Fiona trained in the exhilarating and dangerous sport of steeplechase, and in an even more rebellious move, started secretly dating a young and brash American she knew her parents would never approve of.
Too much partying and not enough studying during his sophomore year of college had Tommy Blackburn’s parents desperate to get the future heir of the family business to take life a little more seriously. What better way to do that than to send him to Ireland to work at Glenhaven, a massive thoroughbred and breeding operation run by a family friend. But Tommy’s wild ways followed him across the pond and he couldn’t help but pursue the beautiful redhead with fire in her eyes and a wild spirit just waiting to break free.
Tommy and Fiona fell hard and fast, a secret love built from stolen moments. Rife with drama and disapproval, they overcame it all to set the stage for a new generation of Blackburns to run their American Empire. Their epically romantic journey was anything but easy, but you can’t get to the present without The Past.
The Past: A Blackburn Novel is an opposites attract, long distance love story within the Bluegrass Empires series. All books in the series can be enjoyed as standalones.
On the run, injured, and out of options, I had no choice but to go back to him.
Back to the one place I swore I wouldn’t—because staying away was the only way to keep him safe.
Jude Herbert.
My one-night stand turned unexpected protector.
A rugged, guitar-playing lumberjack with broad shoulders and blue eyes that could light up the darkest Maine night.
And the man determined to keep me safe.
When we’re forced to hide out in his cozy cabin, we make the best of it by playing Scrabble and sharing stolen laughter, pretending the world outside isn’t closing in. He carries me like I weigh nothing, cleans my wounds with gentle hands, serenades me with his guitar and makes heat bloom beneath my skin with every stolen glance.
He insists I take the bed every night. Eventually, I ask him to stay.
The way Jude looks at me—like I’m worth protecting—breaks down my defenses. Soon, he’s my protector and confidant, and in these stolen moments, I begin to imagine a life I’d long ago given up on having.
But the danger I’m running from is catching up. Though the answers I’ve been chasing are within reach, so is the threat that could destroy us both.
In the depths of the Maine wilderness, love can be wild, unexpected, and terrifying. And sometimes it takes a burly, stubborn lumberjack to help a woman find her way home.
Author’s Note: Axe-ing For Trouble is a standalone small-town romance featuring a protective lumberjack and a daredevil heroine fighting their attraction while seeking justice. If you enjoy swoony banter, found family, an awesome dog and forced proximity, you will not be disappointed. Don’t worry, Clive makes an appearance!
Welcome to Music City Park, where the lights shine bright, the stakes are high, and the players of the Tennessee Terrors don’t just risk it all on the baseball field — they gamble with their hearts too.
From second-chance romance to forbidden love, grumpy meets sunshine to enemies to lovers, single moms and single dads, fake dating and opposites attract, these baseball stars are about to learn the game doesn’t end when the ninth inning does.
Batter up …
Let the season of love begin!
BLURB:
I was the single dad baseball star living my dream life filled with family pride, games, and a community that cheered me on. But when a surprise trade to Nashville whisked me away from everything I knew and loved, I found myself struggling with my new normal and questioning my career.
Then I went and did something I haven’t done in years–I surrendered to a wild, impulsive one night stand with a gorgeous redhead, whose blue eyes mesmerized me the moment she glanced my way. After the numerous games my ex played on me, I was anti-relationships. So I took advantage of a lonely night to have some consensual fun.
But fate has a wicked sense of humor and threw me another curveball: the woman from that steamy night walked back into my life, this time as a candidate interviewing to be my daughter’s nanny. Hiring Cassie Warner might be the wrong decision, but I’m desperate to find someone, so I make it clear to her there will be no repeat performances of our hook up. Problem is that every time our eyes meet, I’m pulled back to that memorable night, which leaves me wanting more.
The Only Thing That’s Real is book three in the Only in Goose Hollow series by USA Today Bestselling author Lisa Shelby! In this interconnected standalone, take a trip back to Goose Hollow and go on tour with the Hollow Knocks!
Ryan Staley has got to go.
We hired the beautiful, fierce journalist to chronicle my band’s farewell tour.
But that was before my life blew up.
Before every stage I performed on became shrouded in the shame of my secret.
A secret I haven’t even shared with my bandmates, my chosen family.
Now is not the time for deep-diving questions about my life, but Ryan is around every corner I turn and refuses to be intimidated or ignored.
She wants to know what I’ll do when my touring career comes to a screeching halt, and I move back to the small town I couldn’t run away from fast enough.
A town I can no longer avoid.
But Ryan has claimed every spare thought in my head. Her lips, hypnotizing to the point of distraction. The perfect rasp of her voice, sending chills down my spine, asking questions I can’t answer, and making me risk spilling all my secrets.
Teller Bailey is the last single son in a Montana bourbon empire. He’s also arrogant, infuriating, and unfairly handsome with his beard and flannel.
Everyone in town loves him. Everyone in town detests me.
I’m “Mad Maddy” Townsend, the only surviving daughter of Bourbon Canyon’s most reviled family. I’m also mouthy, broke, and spectacularly alone.
I’ve wanted nothing more than to get away from this small town and their opinions of me since birth, yet I’m stuck here with nothing but a trashed dive bar and a shoestring budget to get it back in business—or my mom will be evicted from her nursing home.
But there isn’t a contractor in the county who’ll return my calls, at least without including a few four-letter words in their messages. My only hope for competent help is the annual bachelor auction featuring the town’s most eligible Bailey. The prize? One project completed for the highest bidder.
I must be every bit as crazy as this town thinks to bid on Teller. The man I can’t stand will be mine until I’m ready to serve my first drink. All I have to do is not fall for his charming smile, his unyielding support, or the way his name opens all the doors slammed in my face. I’ve never been treated so well, but I know how this goes. When this job is finished, he’ll ride off into the bourbon sunset—without me, just like everyone else in my life.
Readers who love Elsie Silver, Devney Perry, Laura Pavlov, and Lyla Sage will love Bourbon Sunset.
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Why you will love this book…
💕Small Town 🔥Age Gap 💕Ex Boyfriend’s Dad 🔥Single Mom x Single Dad 💕Grumpy Sunshine 🔥Daddy Kink 💕She Falls First/He Falls Harder 🔥Baker 💕Blue Collar 🔥Forced Proximity
I’m pretty in pink dipped in sunshine and sweet Southern smiles. He’s blue collar wrapped up in a gruff summer storm with a scowl. He also happens to be my ex-boyfriend’s dad. Not only is Conway Levine grumpy, arrogant, and entirely too handsome for his own good, with the salt and pepper scruff lining his sharp jawline and his thick, corded arms, but he also had a front row seat fourteen years ago to a drunken night so mortifying I can’t look him in the eye without feeling the shame all over again. Living in a small town makes avoiding him impossible, even more when you add in the fact that his daughter is friends with mine. When a little tardiness and a whole lot of bad luck lands me partnering with him at our children’s school, I’m certain I won’t survive. Before I know it, the dread from having to work with him turns into a burning desire impossible to ignore when his once stone cold demeanor shifts into longing, heated stares, and somehow, he knows all the right things to whisper in my ear to get under my skin… and my dress. Between his filthy mouth and stifling need to devour me any chance he gets, the chemistry we share between the sheets quickly becomes something out of my wildest dreams. Except Conway doesn’t do relationships, and I’m not built for casual. But I couldn’t quit him even if I tried. When all is said and done, will I be able to protect my already tattered heart or will it end up shattered into a million beautiful, messy pieces?
From bestselling author Monica Murphy comes a sweet, sexy story about the secret crush between a college QB and his teammate’s sister, and the obvious chemistry that keeps them in the huddle.
Sienna
I’ve had a thing for Gavin Maddox ever since I was a freshman, but it’s a mission doomed to fail. Of all the guys I could have picked on campus, I had to go too far with the quarterback, my brother’s best friend.
We’ve spent the last two years avoiding each other. It’s not that easy when you have the same friends, not to mention I can’t forget the way it felt to be with him. But I can be civil. Polite. Detached.
I think…
Gavin
Sienna Cooper is off limits–except for that one time. I can’t forget it, but I need to forget her if I want to keep my head in the game. This is my senior year and, more importantly, my last season of college football. I can’t let anything distract me.
I’ve respected Sienna’s boundaries for this long. I can do it for another year.
…Can’t I?
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Monica Murphy is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling romance author. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. Both a traditionally published and independently published author, she writes young adult, new adult and contemporary romance.
A native Californian, she lives on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere with her husband, son, their goofy dog, and three cats. When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about writing. Or reading. Or binge watching something.
🏈Review🏈 Even though Sienna has had feelings for Gavin, her brother’s friend and teammate, for years she has also come to realize that one steamy moment is all they are destined to share. She will continue to be his friend, but it is time for her to pursue her own path where she will be appreciated for who she is and not for who she knows.
Gavin has been denying his feelings for Sienna as he needs to focus on playing football and isn’t prepared for the turmoil that getting involved with her would entail both on and off the field. That plan was working for him until he realizes he isn’t prepared to let her be anyone else and now he must decide if he is going to pursue the woman he has always wanted.
Gavin is a complicated man as he appears to have everything he wants but he is also fighting his internal demons while Sienna is conflicted as she knows she needs to move forward with her life but with Gavin being part of it she finds it difficult to imagine a future without him.
Can a sexy eagle shifter give up his globetrotting lifestyle to stay in one place long enough to explore romance with his homebody best friend or convince her to go with him?
Daphne:
I gave up my dreams when my parents died. Since then, my life’s become smaller and smaller.
Maybe I spend too much time working an unfulfilling job and crashing on my couch with ice cream, watching reruns of Murder, She Wrote. But who needs adventures when I can live vicariously through my travel photographer best friend Logan? I’m a boring human, he’s a golden eagle shifter. Why would he waste his time with me in small-town Shifting Pines, New Jersey when there’s a whole world of sexy, glamorous shifters out there to choose from?
Logan:
I’ve spent years traveling the world, waiting for my best friend Daphne to finish wallowing in grief and start living again. To start realizing how much more than friends we could be.
Now that she’s finally ready to change, does she still have room for me in her life? And what will she think when she realizes I’d like to be much more than her best friend? She’s smart, beautiful and puts up with me. She’s perfect. Too good for me.
Can I be her forever? Or will admitting how I really feel lead to me losing it all?
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