“If I hadn’t asked about tomorrow, were you going to leave without telling me?”
“No. I just…” I try to think of something to say other than the embarrassing truth, but I don’t want to lie to him. “I’ve never done this before. I don’t know how to navigate a fling. I thought that’s what people did. They have fun, then move on.”
He rubs the back of his neck, giving me a look somewhere between amusement and disappointment. “I gotta say, that makes me feel a little cheap. You were just using me for a few orgasms and going to take off like it meant nothing?”
“I wasn’t using you. I mean, no more than you were using me, but—”
“Ouch.” He puts a hand over his heart, feigning pain. “I might be strong, but I’m still human. My ego can be bruised.”
I try to give him a stoic look, but he’s so damn endearing, with those sexy dimples and a playful glint in his eyes, I can’t maintain it, and I laugh. “You’re a fool. What am I supposed to do with you?”
“I can think of a few things.” He strides toward me like a panther stalking prey, and my pulse quickens with every powerful step. “That is, unless you didn’t want one more night to kiss me?” His breath warms my lips, sending heat prickling down my limbs. His hands slide over my hips, resting hot and heavy on my ass as he draws me to him. “Another night to explore each other’s bodies?”
Forget talking. I want exactly what he’s offering. One more night, for closure. “I never said I didn’t want that.”
“My bruised ego needs to hear you say you want me.”
He brushes his scruff along my cheek, and I feel him getting hard. Lust coils tight and hot in my core as I wind my arms around him. “Your ego feels solid to me.”
He smiles against my lips. “Maybe I’m a greedy bastard with you and want to hear that you want me as much as I want you.”
When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she’s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It’s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn’t listen to her…
When Audrey met Bastian, the sparks flew and they spent a steamy evening together. She never expected to see him again but when their paths cross again they once again give in to the chemistry again. The third time isn’t the charm as that is when she finds out that he is the CEO of the publishing company where she has recently been hired.
Bastian hasn’t been able to forget the time he spent with Audrey, and he wants more. He isn’t about to let the fact that he is her boss come behind, but he has quite the challenge in front of him convincing her. Let the fun begin!
The interactions between them are entertaining and the chemistry undeniable as despite all the challenges that conspire to keep them apart isn’t enough to deny a love that was meant to be.
An injured rugby star, his pregnant roommate, and one rule they can’t break: Don’t date the owner’s daughter.
It was supposed to be an easy house- and dog-sitting gig while the owner was gone for a month. But when my sportsing landlord comes home unexpectedly, injured and in need of a new arrangement, we end up as accidental roommates instead.
But if Holt Webster, the tall, thick-muscled, square-jawed, broody-eyed rugby player, had told me he played for the Copper Valley Pounders, I would’ve told him that my stepdad bought the team while I was working cruise ships overseas.
And he would’ve noped out of offering me a place to stay because the only thing worse than looking like you’re flirting with the owner’s daughter is looking like you’re hooking up with the owner’s pregnant daughter.
Yes, yes, I’m that woman—the one who accidentally got knocked up, decided to keep the baby, and had to move home because pregnancy and cruise ships aren’t a good match.
And now I’m that woman who doesn’t just look like she’s hooking up with an off-limits player. I actually am hooking up with an off-limits player. But who can blame me? He’s hot. He’s kind. And he’s spending our nights sleeping with his hand on my baby bump.
Claiming us both.
But if my dad finds out, Holt’s gone. And we’ll be…rucked.
The Roommate Mistake is a heart-tugging sports romcom featuring two people in need of new best friends, a dog with an attitude, and a very…fowl…meet-cute. It stands alone and comes complete with a found family happily ever after.
Content note: This book contains a character dealing with the loss of his brother to cancer.
A chance encounter with Ziggy leads to her losing a job she really needed as now her only option is to move back in with her parents unemployed and pregnant. Ziggy gives her a reprieve she never expected when he offers her a play to stay while she looks after his dog while he is out of town. It seemed like the perfect solution to both their problems.
Holt finds himself heading overseas for a month to play rugby so the situation will help both his dog and Ziggy. An injury throws a wrench into the plans when he returns early, and they now find themselves roommates. It isn’t long before they become much more than roommates which is a complication as her father holds the fate of his career in his hands.
Ziggy and Holt’s story has everything you could want and more. Witty banter, humor that will have you laughing out loud, two captivating characters, a heartwarming romance and so many feels. This is a story you don’t want to miss which will keep you enthralled from beginning to end.
Pippa Grant wanted to write books, so she did. Before she became a USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling romantic comedy author, she was a young military spouse who got into writing as self-therapy. That happened around the time she discovered reading romance novels, and the two eventually merged into a career. Today, she has more than 30 knee-slapping Pippa Grant titles and nine written as Jamie Farrell. When she’s not writing romantic comedies, she’s fumbling through being a mom, wife, and mountain woman, and sometimes trying to find hobbies. Her crowning achievement? Having impeccable timing for telling stories that will make people snort beverages out of their noses. Consider yourself warned.
The Life We Left Behind by Piper Wylde is now live!
Trace Farrington was the love of my teenage life, until his family ran me out of town, heartbroken and pregnant. They told me he didn’t want me any more. When he never came to find me, I had no choice but to believe them.
Now my father has passed away, and I have to return to Willowbrook. The old farmhouse needs closing up and the funeral arrangements made. It’s the least I can do for the man who always supported me.
But returning to Willowbrook means facing the Farringtons and seeing Trace again.
I should be angry with him. I shouldn’t want anything to do with him, but when we meet, old feelings resurface and I’m lost. We aren’t teenagers anymore, and with age has come wisdom and maybe even forgiveness.
Trace wants a second chance, but I have no idea what I want anymore. I’m a mother now, and starting over isn’t just about me.
Emotions and tempers are running high. Can we put the past behind us, or are there larger things at play keeping us apart? Things set into motion all those years ago.
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Piper Wylde is an author who writes small town, contemporary romance that will make you feel all the feels. She lives with her husband, son, two neurotic golden retrievers and a put-upon cat who rules the house. Piper is from England and living the dream of her own small town existence in the countryside. She spends her days in imaginary worlds, and drinking as much tea as physically possible.
💗Review💗 Even though she was only a teenager Delaney loved Trace with her whole heart. She was devastated when she thought he no longer wanted her or the baby she was expecting but she had no choice but to leave town and start over. A decade later her father’s death brings her back to her hometown where she realizes that nothing is as it appears.
Trace has never been able to forget his first love and he regrets the choices he made after she left. Now that she is back he wants a second chance not only with her but with the son he didn’t know about and this time he isn’t about to let anyone come between them.
Not only are Delaney and Trace compelling characters but their son Cade was a charmer. For different reasons the time that Delaney and Trace have spent apart has been difficult, but it also makes them realize how special the love they share truly is.
Once, I was the lead guitarist of the hit rock band, Midnight Sun. Then a tragic accident took everything from me. I can no longer play guitar, my wife left me, and the future I worked so hard for is slipping away.
All I am now is a grumpy, infamous, former rockstar.
So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I’m not in the market for a woman, especially not Jade Cantrell—who’s as beautiful and talented as she is sweet.
Then the media pounces on a story about the two of us, and suddenly we’re zipping off to a mountain retreat and writing an album together.
I can’t keep it strictly business—no matter how hard I try.
And the more I get to know her, the more I know I don’t have any hope of keeping her out of my heart.
One night will never be enough.
I’m going to keep her forever.
When the Game Breakers meet more than hearts will be broken… They’ll claim, protect, and…maybe just rock their women’s worlds.
Book tropes include:
🎸Snowed in
🎸Forced Proximity
🎸One night stand
🎸Reclusive hero
🎸Country singer + her rock star
🎸Friends to lovers
🎸Starting over
🎸Protective MMC
🎸Grumpy/Sunshine
🎸Found Family
Kimberly Readnour has revealed the new covers for Sworn to Protect!
Releasing: February 27, 2025
Photographer: Paul Henry Serres
One Vow. One Duty. One Secret.
Dr. Nate Dixon has dedicated his life to serving his country as a decorated Ranger Regiment surgeon. For him, love and duty have always been one and the same–until a devastating mission changes everything. When his best friend dies in his arms, Nate makes a promise that shakes his world: take care of the family left behind.
Mackenzie Gillman had dreams of escaping her small-town life and building something extraordinary. At twenty-eight, those dreams have been replaced with harsh realities. Widowed, raising two kids, and starting over in her hometown, she’s determined to rebuild her life from the ground up. Nursing school and her children are all that matter–until a brooding stranger with haunted eyes steps into her world and awakens desires she thought she’d buried forever.
Nate thought protecting Mackenzie would be simple. But as his covert mission turns complicated and his connection to her deepens, he’s walking a razor’s edge between duty and desire. A good soldier never abandons his mission, but a great surgeon knows when to cut ties. And when Mackenzie’s darkest moment arrives, Nate must choose between the mission he’s sworn to uphold and the woman he can’t let go.
If you crave steamy, age-gap romance with heart-stopping twists, concealed identities, and rugged, tattooed ex-military heroes, download Sworn to Protect today.
**Sworn to Protect was previously published by K. Bromberg in her Everyday Heroes World. This has been revamped with an added bonus scene.
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Meet Kimberly Readnour
Kimberly Readnour lives in the Midwest with her husband and a very snuggly cat.
Having a true passion for romance and HEA’s, she took the leap from the young adult genre to romance and never looked back.
Kimberly worked as a Registered Nurse for fifteen years before hanging up her stethoscope. When she isn’t running her own business, you can find her tucked away writing.
A grumpy/sunshine, single dad/nanny, hockey romance by Amazon Top 50 and USA Today bestselling author, S.J. Sylvis.
I’ve been making rational decisions my entire life.
If someone is in need, I’m there. My Nana needs help with the bills? I’ll drop out of art school and secure a well-paying job. Someone needs the shirt off my back? They can have mine.
When the league’s most desirable bachelor and single dad needs a nanny that can look past his star power and won’t end up in his bed, I’m the perfect choice.
Except, Rhodes Volkova isn’t the easiest to get along with. He’s grumpy, blunt, and cynical from past women and their inability to do their job and nothing else. It doesn’t matter that he has a serious soft spot for his daughter and is irresistibly good-looking.
It doesn’t affect my ability to be the best nanny, and it surely won’t lure me into his bed like the rest.
Rhodes is skeptical of me, fearful I’ll turn out like the rest with dollar signs in my eyes or just wanting a fling with someone rich and famous. But what he doesn’t know is that I’m distrusting too. I’m done with men and have issues of my own. He doesn’t have to worry about me crossing a line.
No one said anything about skating the line, though.
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S.J. Sylvis is an Amazon top 50 and USA Today bestselling author who is best known for her new adult romances. She currently resides in Arizona with her husband, two small kiddos, and pets! She is obsessed with coffee, becomes easily attached to fictional characters, and spends most of her evenings buried in a book!
💙Review💙 Rhodes’s world is centered around his hockey career and his daughter Elle. In the past he has had difficulties when it comes to nannies as they are more interested in him and what he can do for them than his daughter, so he does not want to repeat that mistake. He is not certain that Sunny will be different but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Sunny has a difficult past that she is not about to let define her. She wants the job, adores Elle and she is not looking for a relationship anymore than Rhodes is so keeping their relationship strictly professional shouldn’t be a problem, right?
I enjoyed every minute of this story. The chemistry and connection between them is undeniable and Sunny changes the dynamic of the home with her cheery attitude and Rhodes will do anything for those he cares about and that includes Sunny.
𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 (𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 #𝟯) by Hannah Gray releases on March 6th!!! This is a slow burn, second chance, professional hockey romance. Check out this teaser!
BLURB: It’s true what they say, you really are wiser when you’re older, because I’ve hated my younger self for years. After leaving behind the girl that I spent my entire life loving from afar, younger me deserves the hate, though. But when her dad told me I was ruining her life, I let my own insecurities consume me and knew I had to set her free.
Now, I’m a defenseman for the New England Bay Sharks, living my dream. At least, that’s what everyone thinks. Inside, I’m haunted by past mistakes, wishing I had a clock to turn back time and right my wrongs.
Just as I lose hope that she’s ever coming back, she shows up in Portland, bruised and battered—claiming she was in a car accident. She isn’t the same strong-willed girl with the bright eyes she was before. No, replacing that girl is a woman in pain. A woman who’s scared. And a woman who really hates my guts.
Right away, I knew there was no car accident. No…those bruises were put on her perfect body by a monster. One that was supposed to care for and love her till the end of time. Worried for her safety, I craft a plan to keep her safe. One that includes her living in my house while pretending to be my girlfriend. After what I did to her all those years ago, I’ll do anything to earn her forgiveness.
I may have promised her that it’s all for show and that I have no motive for wanting to keep her so close, but the truth is…I never stopped wanting her, and that’s not about to change now.
How to complicate your rookie season in the NHL: fake date your former college rival and now teammate’s ex-girlfriend.
It’s a bad idea, and I know it, especially since Kendra Hart has had a hold over me since our freshman year of college. She has no idea how I feel, and I have zero control over my mouth when her life goes up in smoke and she needs a friend, along with a place to stay.
My coach, who also happens to be my stepdad, is warning me to stay away not only for the team’s sake but to spare me from getting hurt. I should probably listen to his advice. However, taking the simple route has never been my thing. And with every “fake” look, touch and kiss I give her, I think she might be starting to like me for more than just my British accent.
I’m starting to think this might be my best idea yet…
From Amazon Charts bestselling author Jennifer Millikin comes the first in a swoony fairytale retelling series packed with unapologetically romantic heroes, sassy heroines, and their fractured paths to a happily ever after.
The entirety of Olive Township is looking forward to the fast-approaching day when Daisy St. James will say ‘I do’ to the town golden boy.
There’s just one little catch.
Daisy isn’t in love. Her impending nuptials are transactional in nature, and that suits Daisy just fine. She learned the hard way a long time ago that true love does not exist, so what does it matter if her marriage is a farce?
But then a stranger named Peter sails into town, his forearm bearing a tattooed symbol of the Navy SEAL he used to be. And wound around that symbol, are daisies.
Daisy is ready to write it off as coincidence, but there’s no denying the way the enigmatic man feels familiar to her. His slow smile, his stormy eyes, the shape of his jaw. He makes her laugh, draws out her smiles, and even more dangerous, he challenges her previous thoughts about true love.
And then one day, he says three little words only someone from her past would know…someone named Penn.
Penn Bellamy returned to Olive Township with plans to sell his late mother’s estate, snag a locally famous Sammich, and be on his way. Under no circumstances was he to speak to his childhood best friend, Daisy. Or be her ear when she fled her engagement party. Or become her physical therapy client. Offering to help her with her home remodel? He wasn’t supposed to do that, either.
When Daisy learns Peter and Penn are the same person, and he discovers Daisy’s engagement is a pretense, all bets are off.
Penn will do whatever it takes to make Daisy his, even if it means telling her the truth about why he left once before.
After all, all is fair in the quest for true love.
* Penn is the first in a four-book contemporary romance series inspired by the film The Princess Bride. Expect swoon, sass, spice, and happily ever afters.
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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.
🌼Review🌼 Penn left his hometown years earlier and the only reason he has returned is to close the chapter on his previous life here so that he never has to return. His plans are about to take a U-turn when he sees his childhood friend and realizes that she deserves better than the life she is about to embark on. He wants to protect her even if she doesn’t recognize the man he has become from the boy she used to know.
Daisy will do anything for those she cares about which includes agreeing to a marriage with a man she does not really want. When she sees Penn, she is conflicted by the feelings she has for him and the way he makes her feel as her future has already been planned out.
You cannot help but love Daisy as she always puts the needs of everyone else and Penn is exactly who she needs as he shows her that she deserves to be happy as well. The banter between them is entertaining and the romance is enchanting as Penn and Daisy find the happiness and love they both deserve.