One fake date, one real kiss, and zero chance of resisting the hockey player next door.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the final standalone hockey romance in her Love and Hockey series, THE FLIRTING GAME! This sexy, revenge fake dating, neighbors-to-lovers, workplace hockey romance brings all the feels, spice, and heat you’ve come to expect and love from a Lauren Blakely sports romance! THE FLIRTING GAME is now available in all formats and free to read in Kindle Unlimited!

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About THE FLIRTING GAME:

Revenge was the plan. Falling for the hockey star next door wasn’t.

My new neighbor is a hot, grumpy hockey player who works out shirtless on his porch every morning. But it’s not technically spying if I just happen to be on my patio at the same time … right?

Imagine my surprise when the sexy grouch turns out to be the client who just hired me to redecorate the house he’s giving his mom.

What’s a ray of sunshine like me to do? Pretend I’ve never noticed his abs while we pick out furniture—since I’d never date a client. And Ford’s made it clear this is his final season, and he wants zero distractions.

Which means I need to exercise some serious resistance …

To his cool blue eyes that track my every move.
To that deep voice that makes me shiver.
And to the mouth that shuts me up one night in our shared backyard with a scorching kiss.

We agree it’s a one-time slip-up—until my cheating ex invites me to a party, and Ford insists on being my revenge date. Our fake night out turns into a very real sleepover.

Now the press and fans think we’re a couple, so we keep it up. One fake date at a charity gala turns into another at a hockey game, and somewhere between fabric swatches and porch picnics, I stop pretending.

But how do I convince Ford that with me, he can have both love and hockey?

Tropes: Neighbors to lovers, hockey romance, workplace romance, revenge fake dating, romantic comedy. This is Ford and Skylar’s romance!

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🏒Review🏒

While housesitting for her brother Skylar can’t help but notice her swoony neighbor however their first meeting was unforgettable and didn’t leave the best impression.   Things go from bad to worse when she finds out that design job that she is trying to win is for his parents and that is when the fun really begins.

Ford wants to finish his hockey career with a successful season and that mean that he needs to limit complications outside of the rink.   That plan is not going well when he meets his whirlwind neighbor who has been hired to design his parent’s home.   Now they find themselves pretending to be in a relationship where the only people they are fooling is themselves.

The characters draw you in, the interactions between them are humorous as they know exactly what to say to get a response from each other and I enjoyed seeing Ford let Skylar into his heart and realize how much fuller life would be with her in it.

ABOUT 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 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. 

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❤️𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 #𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝!

He was her escape. She became his reason to fight.

It was supposed to be one night.
No names. No attachments. Just her.
She was sunshine and sin and everything I’d forgotten how to feel.
Then I lost her—and the rest of my damn life with her.
Now I’m home, broken in more ways than one, trying to put myself back together. The last thing I expect to see is her—the woman I can’t forget—working at the rehab center my best friend helped to build.
Paige Hayes. My best friend’s little sister.
The one woman who’s completely off-limits.
But the more I try to stay away, the more I want her.
And if I let myself fall again, it won’t just be my heart on the line.

A SEAL’s Sacrifice is a second chance secret baby romance between a single mom and a wounded warrior.

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❤️Review
Paige finds herself at a bar where she is hoping to find companionship for the evening to forget the passing of her mother even if it is only for a few hours. When she draws the unwanted attention of a man another patron intervenes. The feelings between them were intense and they spend an unforgettable weekend together before she leaves without exchanging their names or contact information.

Three years later a devastating injury has ended Ryan’s career as a SEAL, and he is trying to deal with the emotional and physical toll. His best friend Hudson is determined to see him through, and it is through him that he reconnects with Paige and the secret she holds might just give him the inspiration to fight for the life and family he wants.

Paige’s life isn’t without its challenges, but it only shows how strong and resilient she is while Ryan is protective and determined to become the man that Paige needs.

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My Favorite Fake Romance by Elizabeth O’Roark is now live!

Faking it never felt this good.
Dr. Easton Walsh thought she’d be showing up to her best friend’s wedding with a dazzling ring and a fiancé everyone wanted to Instagram. Instead, her boyfriend dumped her over what was supposed to be a proposal dinner and the only man offering her a lifeline is the last one she’d ever choose: Elijah Cabot. Her best friend’s older brother. The guy who broke her heart once already.

He’ll help make her ex jealous…All she has to do is help him drive his grandmother across several states to the wedding. Easy.

But the fake relationship is starting to feel real, and the longer the trip goes on, the harder it is for Easton to remember that Boston—and her carefully built life—don’t include Elijah. Especially when her ex starts dangling threats that could derail her career if she doesn’t come back to him.

Now Easton has to decide: risk everything for a second chance at the one man she shouldn’t want…or keep playing it safe, even if it means losing the best thing that’s ever happened to her—again.

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🧡Review🧡
Easton has overcome a difficult childhood and a first love that left her devastated and finally believes that happiness is within her reach. She believes that her long-time boyfriend is going to propose and that she will be attending her best friend’s marriage newly engaged only to have him end their relationship. She wants to win him back and believes the best way to do that is to show him she has moved on however that plan includes her first love and a road trip that is far from fun.

Elijah is the brother of Easton’s best friend, and he is also the man who left her devastated however that didn’t mean he didn’t have deep feelings for her. When she wants to make her ex jealous and he wants a buffer on the road trip where he is taking his grandmother to the wedding however spending time together in forced proximity will force them to face the past as well as the obstacles between them.

When you throw in a snarky grandmother as well as the two intriguing characters of Easton and Elijah you find yourself in for a rocky journey that is filled with emotion as their first love might just become a second chance.

Cross the Line by S.J. Sylvis and S. Massery is now live!

Scarlett Wallace has hated me since the moment we met.
Fine—feelings are mutual.

When she transfers to Shadow Valley U, her dad’s brilliant idea has us living under the same roof as newly minted step-siblings, and she becomes impossible to ignore.
Too stubborn. Too tempting. Too off-limits.

But when I mess up with the wrong crowd, they demand repayment.
and unfortunately, they decide Scarlett is the perfect leverage.

She deserves a fresh start after what happened at her last school…
Instead, she gets me—her stepbrother. 
The guy who can’t stay out of trouble…and can’t stay away from her.

Protecting her means crossing every line.
Wanting her means destroying the rest.

Cross the Line is a spicy new adult romance featuring a fighter and his brand new enemy (AKA step-sister), brought to you by the bestselling authors S. Massery and SJ Sylvis.

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❤️Review❤️
Scarlett is a facing some major changes in her life as not only is her father marrying a woman she doesn’t know but this marriage also includes her stepbrother Cross. As the turmoil in Scarlett’s life escalates she needs a fresh start so not only does she find herself attending Shadow Valley U but she will be living with her stepbrother as well.

Cross is determined to be independent even if it leads to a dangerous way to make money which having an impact on his grades which escalates his problems when his scholarships may no longer apply. The last thing he needs is to be living with Scarlett especially with the animosity between them but when that turns into sparks of a different nature he realizes that there isn’t anything he wouldn’t do to keep her safe.

The depth of feelings between Cross and Scarlett was intense whether they were annoying each other or giving into the chemistry between them as they take us on an emotional and suspense filled journey that is sure to entertain.

STERLING STONE

L.B. Dunbar

Release Date: January 29

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L.B. Dunbar loves sexy silver foxes, second chances, and small towns. If you enjoy older characters in your romance reads, including a hero with a little silver in his scruff and a heroine rediscovering her worth, then welcome to romance for those over 40. L.B. Dunbar’s signature works include women and men in their prime taking another turn at love and happily ever after. She’s a USA TODAY Bestseller as well as #1 Bestseller on Amazon in Later in Life Romance with her Lakeside Cottage and Road Trips & Romance series. L.B. lives in Chicago with her own sexy silver fox.

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Blurb:

Quiet. Serious. Protective. All words Stone Sylver would use to describe himself. And yet, something in his classic blue eyes said he was so much more. Buried beneath the  years of raising his younger siblings and being a small town sheriff was a man looking for love.

Of course, I didn’t get all that the first night we met. The night we did a one-two step in a hotel hallway and knocked heads. The same night we shared a sweet potato cupcake and a single kiss.

Why didn’t we share more? The moment became a great mystery to me and because I thought he was only a brief interlude in my wanderlust life, I wasn’t prepared to see him again in Sterling Falls.

Visiting the small town where I once lived, I learn the man who I witnessed act like a superhero was more entwined in my past than I’d remembered. And for a woman often afraid of a future, I suddenly craved one…with him. Which made no sense as I’d never stuck in one place before. No one had ever asked me to stay.

Then again, from our first encounter, I knew Stone Sylver was different.

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Keeping Score by Rebecca Jenshak is now live!

I woke up in Vegas with hazy memories of the night before and the hottest hockey player alive wrapped around me.

Some people come to the city of sin for gambling and partying—I did one better and left as Mrs. Travis Bennett.
My annoyingly handsome and charming neighbor has been asking me out for weeks. After nearly costing me my gymnastics career, I’ve tried to stay far away from the hot, cocky hockey player.
And now I’m legally bound to him.

When the media gets wind of our whirlwind romance, we agree to stay married until my season starts to avoid a PR nightmare.
I think it’s a mistake. He thinks it’s fate. And he’s doing everything he can to prove me wrong.

In public, I’m wearing his ring and his jersey. At home, he’s walking around shirtless, packing my lunches, and trying his best to make my heart race.
Unfortunately, he’s succeeding.
This game of pretend is starting to feel a lot more real.

My new husband is keeping score, and he won’t stop until he wins my heart.

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🏒Review🏒
Travis is a man that any woman would be lucky to have as not only he is great at the big gestures but he is also there for the little things that make Hannah’s life easier. From the moment he saw her he was all in, but it will take an impromptu wedding for Hannah to give him a chance as getting married was the easy part and now he needs to show her that he is the man she needs.

With the challenges that life has thrown at her Hannah has had no other option than to fend for herself and her sister. She has enough complications in her life and believes that the last thing she needs is an impromptu marriage and a husband who doesn’t want to let her go however with everything he does and says he makes it more difficult to keep her distance with every passing day.

Travis and Hannah fit into each other’s lives like they are meant to be there. He understands the challenges she faces and wants to be there for her while she supports him both when it comes to his career and emotionally when it matters the most. These characters and their relationship draw you in and they are surrounded by a great cast of secondary characters who add humor and support as required.

TEASER: AT FIRST PLAY by @renee_harless releasing January 14th! 

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Why you will love this book…

📗Small Town

🏈Second Chance Romance

📗Best Friend’s Brother

🏈He falls first

📗Close Proximity

🏈Football

📗Slow Burn

🏈Childhood Crush

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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✨TEASER: ONLY FOR LOVE by @natashamauthor releasing January 9^th! Grab it at your favorite book vendor as it will be exclusive to KU on release day! 

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🏒Sworn Off Love

🏒Friends to Lovers

When a chance encounter changes everything.

Lexi

Falling for a famous hockey player? I would have laughed at you.

I was trapped in a marriage-caged with cruelty.

I wasn’t ever going to be free.

Until I found a way to escape. 

Before him, I thought love was a nightmare.

Now I dared to dream.

Kirby

First time I met her I was drawn to her light.

Then I saw the fear in her eyes.

Fear I’ve seen before.

Our chance encounter turned into two.

If she ever needed me, I’d be there.

I never dared to want her.

But I lost my heart to her anyways.

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Brooke’s Bliss by Lexi Blake is now live in audio!

Narrated by: Kitty Bang, Ryan West & Lee Samuels

Brooke Harper thought she would make it big in New York City, but she knew her heart would always be back in her hometown of Bliss, Colorado. She’d intended to come home as the big-shot fashion designer she’d always wanted to be, but her dream job turned into a nightmare, and now she’s crawling home to lick her wounds. When she meets up with two hot cowboys one night at Hell on Wheels, she decides they’re just what she needs to get her groove back.

Bailey Kent hasn’t stopped thinking about Brooke since he met her years before when he first visited Bliss. She’s his dream woman, and now she’s within reach. She responds so beautifully not only to him, but to his brother. They’ve shared women all their lives, but both know Brooke is the one. There’s only one problem. She’s his muse, but she sees him as a way station, not the destination on this journey she’s taking.

Only one problem? Shane Kent knows his brother sometimes doesn’t see the bigger picture. Bay’s head and heart are wrapped up in his art, and it’s Shane’s job to remember the reality of whatever situation they’re in, and this time it’s big trouble. Their last job took them to a ranch that might have been selling more than cattle. Shane witnessed something criminal and they ran, but their old crew is looking for them and he’s worried they’ll find Brooke, too. And then there’s the fact that they once hit on her sister-in-law and her brothers hate them….

It’ll take a miracle to bring these three together, so it’s a good thing Bliss is known for them.

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🎧Review🎧
Brooke left Bliss with big dreams of a career in fashion only to find the industry and the people in it aren’t what she expected. She has returned to her hometown trying to overcome what she went through and deciding what comes next.

Bay and Shane are brothers who have always known they were destined to share one woman. When they uncover some information at the ranch they were working on they head home to Bliss hoping the danger stays in the past. They have had feelings for Brooke for a while so when their paths lead them all back to Bliss they are finally going to pursue the woman they have always wanted.

The chemistry between them is off the charts, the romance is heartwarming, the suspense is intriguing and it was fun to spend time with this trio as well as the other characters we have come to know. Kitty Bang, Lee Samuels and Ryan West were a perfect choice to narrate this story as they bring out the personalities of the characters as well as the depth of the love between them.

⚜️𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐋 ⚜️

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐃 (𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒆𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔) by USA Today bestselling author Layla Hagen releases on January 23rd, 2026! Check out this gorgeous cover!

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What to expect:

⚜️Billionaire Romance

⚜️ Single Dad

⚜️Enemies-to-Lovers

Blurb:

I’m the last single LeBlanc brother—famous in New Orleans for being a successful CEO…and a total man-whore. Becoming a single dad wasn’t on my to-do list…until my one-night stand drops my newborn daughter on my doorstep.

Suddenly, my world revolves around Charlotte: snuggling, changing diapers, preparing bottles. I’m running on little to no sleep and can barely focus.

So when I space out during Piper’s pitch, she assumes I’m hungover. Given my reputation, I can’t blame her—but it still annoys me. So even though her pitch was great, I kick her out of my office. I don’t need complications. Especially not one as attractive as Piper.

However, gossip travels fast in the French Quarter. When Piper discovers the truth behind my exhaustion and apologizes, I give her a second chance. I invite her to my penthouse to redo the pitch…except I’m far more focused on her cleavage, her smile, and the way she instantly connects with my daughter.

I shouldn’t want Piper. I can’t afford distractions. But the more time I spend with her, the harder it is to remember that she is off limits.

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 🌹💚A Feast to Die For 🌹💚 a Cozy Mystery novel by E. Hazard in The Velvet Scone Mysteries is Now LIVE! ✨

 

 

A New Zealand Small Town Cozy Mystery 

The Velvet Scone Mysteries 

Author: E. Hazard

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~Blurb~

Murder, mulled wine, and Christmas chaos in a small New Zealand town.

In Willowby, the annual “Twelve Tables of Christmas” feast at St. Agatha’s Parish Hall is the highlight of the summer holiday season. With themed tables, lavish dishes, and fierce competition for the coveted Golden Ladle Award, the community is ready to celebrate in style.

But the festivities come to a shocking halt when Trevor Pike, the arrogant Chair of the Garden Society, collapses after sipping poisoned mulled wine. Known for his sharp tongue and endless feuds, Trevor made enemies at every table — leaving almost everyone a suspect.

Café owner and amateur sleuth Tamsin Blake is determined to uncover the truth while juggling gingerbread Santas, café gossip, and even an ugly Christmas jumper contest. With Iris by her side, Inspector Crumpet squawking unhelpfully, and Detective Sergeant Cal Morgan frowning at her interference, Tamsin must untangle a web of secrets before the holiday season is ruined.

Full of festive flavor, quirky characters, and twisty clues, A Feast to Die For is the perfect holiday cozy mystery for fans of small-town whodunnits, culinary sleuths, and Christmas stories with a summery Southern Hemisphere twist.

 

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