A Billionaire Veteran. A younger, curvy woman on the run. Together, in a protective, all the feels romance.
I just got home from serving in the military and I’m learning how to live as a civilian when I meet her. Elle is my younger brother’s assistant, but the minute I see her, I want to know everything about her.
Elle is hiding secrets. I’m hellbent on uncovering every one. Especially peeling away the layers of her frumpy clothes to reveal the curvy body that plagues my every thought.
I know she’s scared, running from something or someone. So I try to keep my distance to let her know she’s safe with me. Until she forces my hand. Now there’s nothing that will stop me from claiming her.
But can I convince her I’m in it for the long haul and not just here to keep her safe?
USA Today bestselling author Hope Ford brings you a standalone third book in the Whiskey Men series. If you love reading billionaire, ex-military, age gap, forced proximity, and small-town romance, then you’ll love Hudson and Elle’s story.
Tropes: Later in Life; Is It Over?; Rediscovering Love; First Love
Release Date: August 24, 2026
Cover Designer: artscandare
Photographer: Reggie Deanching
Cover Model: Ryan Stanton
I lost my heart a long time ago to one woman.
The love of my life.
The mother of my children.
I could weather any storm with her by my side.
But I lost sight of that somewhere along the way.
Holding her in my arms as she nearly died tore me to shreds.
I vowed a long time ago that I would never let anything happen to her, and I failed.
And now she was ready to leave.
Not because I didn’t protect her, but because I lost sight of who we were.
That was all about to change.
Because if there was one thing I knew for certain, it was that life just wasn’t worth living without her by my side.
I’m a stay at home mom that loves to read. Some of my favorite titles are Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Horatio Hornblower. I started writing when I was trying to come up with suggestions on ways I could help bring in some extra money. I came up with the idea that I could donate plasma because you could earn an extra $500/month. My husband responded with, “No. Find something else. Write a blog. Write a book.” I didn’t think I had anything to share on blog that a thousand other mothers hadn’t already thought of. I decided to take his challenge seriously and sat down to write my first book, Jack. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed writing. From there, the stories continued to flow and I haven’t been able to stop. I hope my readers enjoy my books as much as I enjoy writing them. Between reading, writing, and taking care of three small kids, my days are quite full.
Rule #3: Never get emotionally invested in your quirky small hometown.
Unfortunately, I’ve broken all three rules…
When a career-ending scandal sends me back to Maplewood, Vermont, I need to lay low and figure out my next steps. Instead, I find my hometown in crisis. The local economy is struggling, the beloved Maple Festival has been stolen by a rival town, and I’m forced to work side by side with Mayor Gabriel Harding, my childhood rival and the town’s optimistic hometown hero.
Helping Gabe save Maplewood should be simple. I’m a political strategist. He’s a small-town mayor. Together, we’re supposed to save Maplewood.
The problem? Gabe refuses to see me as the villain I think I am. Every time I push him away, he fights harder for me, for this town, and for the future neither of us imagined. Somewhere between arguing over town budgets, getting snowed in together, and one ill-advised one-night-stand, our enemies-to-lovers rivalry turns into an unexpected pregnancy.
Apparently, saving a small town requires public humiliation, emotional vulnerability, forced proximity … and an alarming amount of maple syrup.
As I fight to bring the Maple Festival back to town, I uncover a dangerous corporate conspiracy, become the target of powerful enemies, and discover someone wants Maplewood to fail.
Now we’re fighting for our town, our future and the family we never saw coming.
Because falling for my enemy was never part of the plan.
🔥Grumpy, Structure Loving Alpha Werewolf And A Chaos Witch
🔥Fated Mates (And Fighting It)
🔥Instalust (And Not Fighting It)
🔥Forced Proximity
🔥Enemies To Lovers
🔥Witchy RomCom
🔥Magic And Mayhem
🔥Sassy Banter
🔥Voyueristic Magical Creatures
🔥A Blue Moon Race
🔥And An Orgy Bed Oh My!
An impulsive witch and a buttoned-up werewolf discover love is its own beast in this spicy rom-com fromUSA Todaybestselling author Avery Flynn.
As the eldest daughter of the magical Sherwood family, I’m supposed to have everything together. Well, joke’s on them—I, Effie Sherwood, am chaos incarnate, and you’ll never be able to guess my next move.
Like jumping on the back of Darius Aetos’ motorcycle. Not only is Darius grumpy, gruff, and hot, he’s also the head of the Aetos werewolf pack.
My spur of the moment decision has quickly become a much bigger commitment, because a pack elder is convinced this hunk of a man (or wolf, depending on the hour) is my fated mate.
Even though I’m a witch and he’s a werewolf, we’re stuck together until we can find our way out of the tricky pack politics. But under the light of the blue moon, it’s almost starting to feel like Darius doesn’t want to stay away from me. And I’m not sure if it’s my magic going haywire or the starlit skies, but I can’t imagine leaving his arms either.
Exhausted—both mentally and physically—he could barely put one foot in front of the other. Tired to the bone due to a never-ending war. He was desperate to find a new every day that didn’t revolve around getting shot at by kids that could barely hold a rifle steady. War had broken his soul, and the last thing he wanted to do was go home and pretend that he was just a normal citizen.
But then he sees her, also at her lowest of lows, for the first time, and his soul latches on. Bernice, his salvation.
He’s convinced that she’s the answer to his woes, and he develops an unhealthy attachment to her that carries over to his civilian life. For five years, he watches her. Protects her. Keeps her safe when she won’t protect herself. Hux follows her every move and hides in the shadows so she’ll never see.
Then she shows up in his town, and all bets are off.
She’s in his town now. That means his rules. His way. And no more highway.
She’s stuck, and she’ll never know it until it’s too late for her to run.
Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.
After losing years with her brother when not only was he wrongly incarcerated but believed to have passed away Bernice will do whatever is necessary to be close to him even if it only makes her health conditions worse. When she starts working at the store that Huxley’s mother owns it brings them closer, but she also has a secret that she needs to share not only with him but her brother as well.
The first time Huxley saw Bernice he was servicing his country overseas and he saw her unwavering love to her brother. Having her move to his hometown was fate and what began as keeping an eye on her turns into so much more and he is determined to protect her from not only the danger in her past but the toxic presence in the present as well.
The banter between them is humorous, the way that Huxley looks out for Bernice is endearing and these two characters will draw you in and capture your heart. As a side note the epilogue is both heartbreaking and inspiring and only reinforces the beautiful love they share.
I moved to Saddle Creek for a quiet, charming life.
Instead, my smartwatch keeps summoning the new sheriff.
More often than I’d like to admit.
Sheriff Griffen Meadows is grumpy, broad-shouldered, and completely unimpressed by my apologies, my cookies, or my attempts at charm.
That’s fine. I’m not interested in him either.
Mostly.
But when a storm washes out the road and strands him in my kitchen, I discover the man determined to keep his distance isn’t nearly as immune as he pretends.
Turns out the wrong number found exactly the right man.
When an accidental misdial lands in our growly possessive hero’s inbox, sparks fly. Expect instant attraction, undeniable chemistry, and heroes that fall hard and fast. Turns out, the wrong number is the right call after all.
Hope has recently moved to Saddle Creek and has purchased a remote house that she is renovating. She agrees to calm her family’s concerns by purchasing a smart watch however she soon finds out that it has a mind of its own and has a habit of calling the town’s sheriff at the most inopportune times.
Needing a change from his career as a detective in Houston Griff has returned home however the need to help others is strong so he takes over for the retired sheriff. He is concerned when he gets a call to his personal line that few people know however once he sees Hope he can’t deny the feelings he has for her including his need to protect her.
Although the reasons are very different both Hope and Griff have difficult pasts however while he is like a storm cloud she is sunny day as she shows him that the past doesn’t define them or the future they could have together.
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, S.L. Scott, writes character driven, heart-racing suspense, and swoony romances that will leave you glued to the page. With stories ranging from witty beach reads to heart wrenching and heart healing, her stories are highly regarded as emotional, relatable, and captivating.
Her books are more than escapes for the voracious readers of today. They are journeys of the heart that always come with a happily ever after reward at the end.
For more information, visit her website and sign up for her newsletter. She also loves to connect with readers on social media.
There are worse things than being stuck alone in a cabin with a hot as sin firefighter who’s good with his hands. A lot worse . . .This should be fun.
Agreeing to help Brandon Culver recover from his injury seemed harmless enough.
Sure, he’s a firefighter and Mountain Laurel Cove’s most eligible bachelor. But I’m too busy focusing on my nursing career to be distracted by a handsome face.
Unfortunately, Brandon is a lot more than a great face.
He’s steady. Dependable. He’s the kind of man who remembers the little things and shows up when it matters. His easy confidence is comforting. His quiet strength makes me feel safe. And the way he looks at me makes me question everything I thought I wanted.
But I’m in his home to care for him, not fall for him.
One tiny slip could ruin all the plans I’ve meticulously made for my life. Romance is a fool’s game and if I’m anything, I’m level-headed. Until his heated gaze and lingering touch threaten to turn the electricity between us into a five-alarm fire.
If I’m not careful, I might be the one getting burned.
August’s Cowboy Braxton by Eve London releases August 15th!
Get ready for Braxton and Briar’s forced proximity, bodyguard, cowboy, mountain man romance.
The Cowboys of Mustang Mountain carry regrets, rivalries, and reputations they’ve never quite outrun. They’re the men who fix fence lines by day, fight their demons by night, and swear they don’t need anyone. Their pasts are messy. Their scars are real. And their hearts are locked down tight.
Until the right woman walks into their path and shakes the dust off their hardened hearts. Women who aren’t afraid to push back, dig deep, and call these cowboys out on every wall they try to hide behind.
On Mustang Mountain, even the roughest cowboy can find a future, but only if he’s brave enough to love the woman who won’t let him walk away.
The fight is far from done. Who will live, who will die when the Weavers plans fall to ashes and the Skull and Bones enter the scrap. The Bloody Skull has made many mistakes but he refuses to see his child in all but name, the Blade, fall. Bogie is dying but he for the first time has family so he will die doing everything he can to help them. Jeb and Bose have their backs to the wall but it wasn’t the first time and it wouldn’t be the last. Humanity is arriving and he refuse to let some red lightning spewing Blood-Elf Bitch end his road…..
Will they survive? Will Bogie die? In what City will Humanity and Jeb’s soldiers land? And can he get to them in time?
S. Jones is a contemporary romance author from Upstate New York. She has a strong passion for writing and reading stories that will rip your heart out before it’s put back together again.
If she’s not buried in her writing cave, she’s usually reading or planning out her next vacation.
She loves to travel to different places and spends all her free with her husband, and two college age children.
When the weather permits, you can find her outside walking her golden retriever, or enjoying a nice cocktail by the pool. She loves cooking and entertaining for her family and friends.
When she’s not holding a glass of wine in one hand and her kindle in the other, she loves to hear from her readers at: authorsjoneswrites@gmail.com
Rule number one of being a sports journalist. Never get too close to the players.
Rule number two. Oops, too late.
Nate Sandler is the franchise quarterback for the Harbor Bay Hawks. He is confident, infuriating, and way too charming for his own good.
I’ve made it my job to ask tough questions, while he’s built a reputation of dodging them. Every time we are in the same room, the interviews turn into verbal sparring matches.
Especially when he makes a point to call me sweetheart in front of my peers. I should hate it. Instead, my pulse spikes for all the wrong reasons.
To top it all off, my boss assigns me to an exclusive interview with the same man who hates the press as much as he does losing. For the sake of my career, I can’t exactly turn it down. How hard can it be? It’s only a few weeks after all.
Well, the joke is on me because this isn’t as simple as I thought.
Not when every smirk feels like a challenge and every touch feels like a dare. Instead of keeping things professional, I’m breaking every rule and boundary I set for myself.
Now the closer I get, the more I realize Nate is not the man I thought he was. And that’s a problem, because I’m falling for the one man who could derail my career with a single headline.
If I’m not careful, the story I’ve been chasing might not just cost me my career, but my heart too.
The Comeback Plan is a sports romance featuring a confident quarterback and a feisty reporter, that’s packed with all the tension and heat you can handle with a guaranteed happily ever after.
Nate is a professional football player who is determined to keep his private life that way however he knows that the media is a requirement of his job even if he doesn’t always like it. He now finds himself having to give an exclusive interview with Becca where spending time with her will make it even more difficult to deny his feelings for her.
Becca has worked hard to obtain her position in sports reporting as a woman. From the few interactions she has had with Nate she isn’t certain how this interview will unfold but the more she gets to know the man beyond the quarterback the more she is drawn to him.
The romance between Nate and Becca is forbidden due to the professional lines being crossed however even that wasn’t enough to keep them apart. She is feisty and he is protective as they always put each other first which only made the romance between them more endearing.
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?
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