Lisa Suzanne has revealed the cover for Resisting the Running Back!
Releasing: June 12, 2025
Cover Designer: Qamber Designs and Media
A steamy Pro Football, Best Friends to Lovers, Fake Relationship Romance from Amazon Top Ten Bestselling author Lisa Suzanne.
When my ex exposes my secret romance pen name to my students and my world unravels, I turn desperately to the one person whoโs always had my back: my childhood best friend Miller Banks. The pro football running back drops everything, leaving in the middle of his wild Vegas birthday party to be by my side.
With my life in shambles back home, Miller invites me to stay with him in San Diego, offering both a sanctuary and a chance to pursue my writing career since my teaching days are over. Itโs the perfect setup with the ultimate book boyfriend, though weโve never crossed that line and never will.
But then I make the mistake of telling my mother that Miller and I are in a relationship, and we tell my ex that weโre engaged. Thankfully Miller plays along, grabbing me into the kind of steamy, soul-shattering kiss I canโt stop thinking about.
As I watch my new roommate work out and cook dinner, itโs becoming harder to ignore the chemistry simmering between us. Especially when our โengagementโ hits the media and weโre forced to be a happy couple in public, further blurring the line between real and fake.
We canโt cross that line. I have to continue resisting the running back. If I donโt, we could both lose the very thing that matters most to us.
Lisa Suzanne is an Amazon Top Ten Bestselling author of swoon-worthy superstar heroes, emotional roller coasters, and all the angst. She resides in Arizona with her husband and two kids. When she’s not chasing her kids, she can be found working on her latest romance book or watching reruns of Friends.
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Life as a professional hockey player keeps me plenty busy, and yet it often feels like Iโm on autopilot as the world passes me by. I suppose I canโt complain. I have the honor of calling myself a New England Bay Shark, so I have more than enough money to buy some form of happiness.
Sleeping around with beautiful women may come with the territory, but Iโve never taken the time to actually get to know any of them. In fact, thereโs only one Iโve relentlessly thought about, but sheโs off-limits. Everyone knows you canโt go after your best friendโs little sister. Especially if heโs already forbidden it.
Iโve had a crush on Saylor Sawyer since I met her years ago, and even though Iโve spent many showers and nights alone creating my own fantasies, starring her, I know I canโt
act on those โฆ filthy thoughts.
No matter how hot they are.
When a teammate hurts her badly, Saylorโs on the warpath, looking for sweet revenge. I just happen to be the lucky bastard sitting at the other end of the bar.
One hookup gets entangled with a lie, and things get complicated fast. But the lie wasnโt mine, and Iโm going to make damn sure she knows it too.
See, the night she used me to get back at her ex awakened a beast inside of me. A beast that only wants Saylor Sawyer.
A beast that wonโt stop until sheโs mine.
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Jennifer Millikin has revealed the gorgeous cover for Hugo!
Releasing: May 29, 2025
Cover Design: Sarah Hansen, Okay Creations
Retired fencing Olympian Hugo De la Vega lives a quiet life in Olive Township. He has his friends, his olive orchard, and a recurring daydream about what he would say to his father’s murderer if given the chance to look him in the eyes.
True crime podcaster Mallory Hawkins arrives in the eclectic small desert town with one purpose: to investigate Hugo’s father’s unsolved murder from twenty years ago.
A chance meeting at a sandwich shop has Hugo harmlessly flirting with Mallory, until he realizes she’s the stubborn woman who has been hounding him for months. Hugo’s swift and emphatic refusal to support her investigation forces Mallory to reveal her personal connection to the case.
Now Hugo is spending time with the woman whose emails he once deleted. She’s witty, eternally curious, and pregnant. Finding this out should make it easier for Hugo to deny the magnetic pull he feels toward her, but it has the opposite effect.
When a situation threatens Mallory and her baby’s safety, Hugo finds himself moving her into his house at the orchard. Now they’re splitting time between a search for justice and fighting their mutual attraction… until a middle of the night encounter in the kitchen has them taking their relationship from professional to personal.
With each passing day, Hugo gets closer to laying it all out on the line for Mallory.
Jennifer Millikin is a bestselling author of fifteen contemporary romance and women’s fiction novels. She is the two-time recipient of the Readers Favorite Gold Star Award, and readers have called her work “emotionally riveting” and “unputdownable”.
Following a viral TikTok video with over fourteen million views, Jennifer’s third novel, Our Finest Hour, has been optioned for TV/Film. She lives in the Arizona desert with her husband, children, and Liberty, her Labrador retriever.
For ten years, I’ve perfected the art of ignoring Ford Donoghue whenever he comes home on leave. You can’t completely avoid anyone on Hatterwick Island, but I’ve made it work. Until his daughter shows up.
She’s thirteen, scared, and looking for the father she’s never met. And suddenly I’m the one making the call I swore I’d never make, pulling Ford away from his Navy post and into my carefully constructed life. But something about her story doesn’t add up, and when a body washes up on our quiet beach, the whole island starts to unravel.
Now a teenage girl is counting on me, a murderer walks freely among us, and the only person I can trust is the former best friend who broke my heart a decade ago. And the people threatening everything I love? They’re counting on the fact that Ford and I are too broken to work together.
They don’t know how wrong they are.
In this small tourist town, old wounds run deep and deadly secrets hide in plain sight. And this time, running away isn’t an optionโfor any of us.
Harper Jackson has rescued her co-workers from a hostage situation, battled ninjas, and stopped international espionageโin her head anyway. Now that sheโs no longer busy devising ways to make staff meetings more entertaining, sheโs pouring that imagination into tales of breath-stealing, small-town romantic suspense. She believes that peach cobbler with ice cream is the best dessert ever and has a black belt in taekwondo to back it up. She lives in the Deep South with her husband and canine furbabies. You can explore her lighter contemporary romances at https://kaitnolan.com.
๐Single Dad x Nanny ๐ฉตHeโs a Tattoo Artist ๐Sheโs a Grad Student
From USA Today Bestselling Author Kat Savage, comes a brand-new spinoff series: Family of Misfits! If you fell in love with the found family in the Men of Bird’s Eye series, travel south to Nashville, where the second studio location is up and running under the ownership of a familiar face with a new crew of artists!
Ridge Jessup is many thingsโan award-winning tattoo artist with celebrity clientele, the manager of the Birdโs Eye Tattoo Studio Nashville locationโฆ oh, and a thirty-five-year-old single father to a rowdy little girl.
With work getting busier, convention season coming up, and his daughter booted from her third daycare this month, heโs in desperate need of summer help. Forget about having a personal life or datingโheโs just trying to survive.
Darcy Anderson is a handful of credits short of her degree and broke. The college fund her grandmother left her didnโt withstand the test of time or inflation.
When she sees an ad for a summer nannying job, it seems perfectโone kid, weekdays only, and compensation well above average. It almost seems too good to be true.
The moment Ridge lays eyes on Darcy, he really doesnโt want to give her the job. Sheโs hot, smart, and funnyโa dangerous combination that feels disastrousโespecially with the ten-year age gap between them. But of all the candidates interviewed, his daughter only likes her. It’s a real dilemma.
Despite his best efforts to keep their relationship professional, things get hot and heavy as complications continue to mount. Darcy finds herself tornโher practical brain still preparing for the perfectly planned future she envisioned for herself while her fairytale-loving heart is looking to override everything for a single dad and his little girl she doesn’t want to walk away from.
From USA Today bestselling author JD Hollyfield comes a sizzling, rule-breaking romance that will leave you breathless.
When Georgia receives the opportunity of a lifetimeโan internship alongside her boyfriend for the summerโshe never expects to be swept into an illicit affair with the one person she should avoid: his father.
In a whirlwind of family secrets, undeniable chemistry, and steamy passion, Georgia finds herself caught between a love that defies logic and the dangerous consequences of betrayal in this age-gap, forbidden romance that pushes every boundary.
Is their connection enough to withstand the explosion when the truth comes out, or will they burn in the embers?
This novel may contain triggers. Donโt say you werenโt warnedโฆ
Genre/Tropes: Small Town; Blue Collar; Alpha Male; Grumpy MC; Curvy PC; Past Trauma; Long Time Crush; Sister’s Best Friendย
Release Date: April 14, 2025
Cover Design: Karen Hulseman at Feed Your Dreams Designs
When youโre crab fishing in the Bering Sea, one misstep can have devastating, even deadly, consequences.
Henrik, a grumpy crab fisherman living on Kodiak Island, has never been swayed by anythingโnot until Carina, a curvy, sweet-tempered marine biologist, catches his eye. Heโs drawn to her by an unquestionable attraction that he canโt shake.
A former resident of the island, Carina returns home because the rapidly declining population of crabs in the Bering Sea troubles her. And although years have gone by, sheโs still incredibly attracted to the brooding object of her teenage fantasies. And now heโs the captain of a crabber, and determined to protect the crabs too.
But getting to know him means she must face the childhood trauma that made her fearful of her first true loveโthe ocean. Will she be able to conquer the anxiety sheโs held for so long? Can she once again entrust someone she loves to the sea?
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Henrik- Lord, this woman. The adjectives in my limited vocabulary donโt do her justice. From the moment she opened her front door, I was completely captivated and mesmerized. And that fascination never wavered. It only grew stronger, reaching epic heights Iโve never experienced before. Carina- After years of harboring my fears, Iโve realized each one has made a delicate slice in my fragile heart, leaving it in ruins. But his words are sincere, honest, and full of love. The perfect salve to my anxiety.
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At times Henrik can come across as brusque but that is only side of who he is. Crab fishing is a part the life he thought he was content until Carina comes back into his life.
The primary reason that Carina has returned home if for her career. When she reunites with Henrik the sparks fly and now she finds herself not only facing the feelings she has always had for him but her history as well.
Henrik is the perfect mix of sensitive and swoony while Carina is stronger than even she knows. Together they are magic, and I am looking forward to the next book in this series.
โจNARRATOR REVEAL: BEAUTIFUL MESS by @authorashleyjames writing as A. James is coming to audio May 12 and will be performed by the amazing CJ Bloom and Alex Kydd!
Why you will love this bookโฆ ๐Small Town ๐ฅAge Gap ๐Ex Boyfriendโs Dad ๐ฅSingle Mom x Single Dad ๐Grumpy Sunshine ๐ฅDaddy Kink ๐She Falls First/He Falls Harder ๐ฅBaker ๐Blue Collar ๐ฅForced Proximity
Iโm pretty in pink dipped in sunshine and sweet Southern smiles. Heโs blue collar wrapped up in a gruff summer storm with a scowl. He also happens to be my ex-boyfriendโs 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 canโt 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 childrenโs school, Iโm certain I wonโt 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 skinโฆ 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 doesnโt do relationships, and Iโm not built for casual. But I couldnโt 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?
Check out this teaser for ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐จ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐ซ๐ถ๐พ๐ต (๐ป๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ 2) by Ruth Stilling, releasing on May 1st!
Iโm the unapproachable NHL captain with a reputation for chewing up reporters in interviews, forwards on the ice and shutting down anyone who tries to get close to me. And thatโs how I like itโno feelings, no complications, and zero chance of reliving the grief I experienced when my wife passed away seven years ago.
But sometimes the best laid plans go up in flames, and thatโs exactly what Collins Mackenzie does when strolls into a bar one post-game night and gives me a taste of the cold shoulder Iโve bestowed on all those around me.
The only person she doesnโt dismiss? My boy. In fact, she lights him up with her pink hair and perfectly winged eyeliner, leaving him fascinated and me infatuated.
Thereโs only one problem: sheโs nine years younger, convinced Iโm not her type and doesnโt do relationships. She doesnโt even hang around in the same city beyond a few months. Trouble is, I want her permanence right next to meโon the couch watching movies and in my bed on lazy mornings.
Iโm ready to chase her, no matter where she goes or how quickly she hits the accelerator. This girl is a ride I never want to get off.
๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ โ Tactically Acquired by Giulia Lagomarsino is releasing 4.21! โ https://mybook.to/TacticallyAcquired_GL
๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐๐: ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ. Sometimes that refers to clients as well. When we took this job, it was supposed to be a simple pickup. That all went to hell the moment we stepped onto the tarmac and found bullet casings instead of the actor and actress who were supposed to be returning to Kansas with us for a โreal-life training scenarioโ. If anyone questioned why a person might kidnap Audrey Leigh at gunpoint, all they had to do was wait for her to open her mouth. Full of sass and spice, this woman drove me freaking insane. ๐๐ค๐ง๐ง๐ฎ, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐. My teammates were supposed to have my back, but instead, they tossed me into the lionโs den with a woman who would be damn near impossible to resist. That leather outfit was made for sinning, but then again, so was her mouth. She was a temptation I needed to avoid, yet she pushed me at every turn, forcing me out of my comfort zone until I snapped. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐. She had more men trying to take her than any client Iโd ever had before. I lost count of the number of people who want her and her best friend dead. At least he knew how to follow instructions. But I would be lying if I said their closeness didnโt bother me. Supposedly, it was strictly platonic, but the way he always held her hand and smothered her with homemade smoothies said otherwise. It would be so much easier if she hated me. Or better yet, wasnโt my client. ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ-๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ญ.
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 bandโs 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 havenโt 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 Iโll do when my touring career comes to a screeching halt, and I move back to the small town I couldnโt 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 canโt answer, and making me risk spilling all my secrets.
Welcome to Music City Park, where the lights shine bright, the stakes are high, and the players of the Tennessee Terrors donโt just risk it all on the baseball field โ 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 doesnโt end when the ninth inning does.
Batter up โฆ
Let the season of love begin!
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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 havenโt done in yearsโI 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 daughterโs nanny. Hiring Cassie Warner might be the wrong decision, but Iโm 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.
๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ by USA Today Bestselling Author Louise Bay is coming on May 16th! A runaway bride finds unexpected love with a billionaire in this sizzling standalone romance.
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I never thought Iโd be a runaway bride. But when it came down to it, I just couldnโt marry the wrong man.
So, I ran.
And somehow, I ended up in Star Falls, Coloradoโstranded, no luggage, no planโin a wedding dress with a past Iโd rather forget.
Fate lands me in the only available rental in town, a cozy little cabinโฆ right next door to Byron Miller, the brooding billionaire who wants nothing to do with me. Or this town.
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I left Star Falls years ago, along with every mistake. Now Iโm back, determined to build a luxury resort that might just rewrite my past.
The last thing I need is a distractionโespecially not one like the runaway bride that moved in next door. She has too many secrets and a smile so wide, I just canโt look away.
But no matter how hard I try to keep my distance, thereโs something about her, that refuses to be ignored.
Snow falls. Sparks fly. Late-night porch talks turn into something more, something neither of us expected. But Roseyโs past isnโt far behind, and my future here is hanging by a thread.
Sheโs just passing through. Iโm trying not to put down roots. But Star Falls, Colorado has its own plan.
Heโs too busy raising his daughter to be looking for love but it seems fate had other ideas. When Luke Steele started his shift as a paramedic this morning, he never thought heโd end up finding the woman whoโd steal his heart.
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All it took was some tears and a shared bowl of ice cream and Luke knew his life would never be the same. He vowed never to go there again but Charlotte Rowe isnโt just any woman. Sheโs a smart, beautiful, hard-working doctor whoโs shattered after losing a patient.
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Teaming up with his six-year-old daughter, Isla, Lukeโs determined to give love a second chance and mend Charlotteโs broken heart.
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Sheโs sworn off men. Walking in on her fianceโs side piece wearing her dream wedding dress turned Charlotte Roweโs heart to iceโฆ except when sheโs focused on becoming the best pediatric oncologist Chicagoโs ever seen.
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Overcome at the loss of one of her patients, Charlotte falls apart only for a s3xy, kind, EMT to find her and take her for ice cream โ because ice cream makes it all better.
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Protected is a standalone single parent, second chance, ugly cry book. 1-Click today to find out if Luke and Charlotteโs love story is strong enough to beat the odds!
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Luke is a man who is always there for anyone which makes him a perfect match for his career as a paramedic and a devoted father to Isla, his daughter. When he comes across Charlotte during an emotional moment he offers support and understanding.
After her last relationship Charlotte is guarded when it comes to men however Luke shows her that not all men are like her ex. Spending time with him and his daughter shows her what life could be like but it isnโt without its complications.
Charlotte and Luke are perfect for each other in every way and with Isla are a heartwarming family. The feelings between them are intense however they must also overcome the effects that their pasts are having on the present.
โWhat are you doing up so late, Baby Hall?โ she calls as she gets closer, a tease of a fucking smile on her face.
My stomach twists in anticipation. โThought maybe Iโd ask the prettiest girl at the game to come to dinner with me.โ
She arches a surprised brow. โArenโt our friends waiting for us back at the house?โ
โIโm sure they can keep themselves entertained.โ
Clearly not nearly as affected by me as I am by her, she lifts a shoulder in a casual shrug. โWhat do you have planned?โ
โYou mentioned steak and an orgasm. I can handle one of them right now. The other one might need to wait until we get to the restaurant.โ
Head tossed back, she laughs loudly.
God, the way that sound fills the night air has my balls tightening. Sheโs so fucking pretty.
โYou heard that, huh?โ
I dip my chin and let my lips tick up on one side. โWas standing right behind you.โ
Rather than turn pink or stutter out an embarrassed response, she breaks into a wide smile. โIโll let you get the steak. I can handle the orgasm.โ
After my human death, I found a new and purrfect life as the feline familiar to a witch. But my safe haven is about to crumble. Winnie, my witch, is performing more spells, draining both our magic reserves and acting suspiciously as she works on a secret project. Since curiosity kills cats, I escape into the arms of Charlie: the handsome and grumpy hacker next-door that I want, but can never have. When supernatural visitors show up asking him for help we are introduced to realms beyond our world. A faei, his demon lover, and the irresistible titan, Zaide, who Iโm instantly drawn to, are looking for somethingโฆand it might be closer than they think. As the mysteries of Winnieโs project unfold, Iโm horrified by what I discover. I go against my witch, and lose my fur to help Charlie and his new friends. But with my human body comes the haunting memories of my human past. I only hope the men Iโve come to care for will help me remember how good being human can be.
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