From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the second standalone small town rom com in her bestselling Darling Springs series, I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU! This spicy, grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, workplace, forbidden small town romantic comedy releases July 28^th in all formats, including the deluxe edition paperback featuring stunning salmon-colored sprayed edges, and will be free to read in Kindle Unlimited! Check out this Mr. Darcy moment in the excerpt below and pre-order your copy today!

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Who thought it was a good idea to make lakes so cold? Or so wet? Or so slimy?

I right myself under the water, treading even though it’s not too deep. But this is no easy feat with sneakers on. But I manage, then pop my head above the surface, batting at the hair sticking to my face as I blink lake water out of my eyes.

When two strong arms wrap around my waist.

Is that…?

I look up. Sawyer’s kneeling on the dock, arms stretched into the water—and he’s lifting me out of it.

He’s hauling me up like I weigh nothing, tugging me back onto the wood slats. My soaked body smacks into his…very firm chest. Yep. I was right about the arms. Right about the chest. He’s all kinds of strong.

“I’ve got you,” he says, steady and calm, pulling me the rest of the way…right into his lap.

I’m still a little dazed—getting tackled by a rowdy partier will do that to you. But still, I manage to say, “I’m surprised you didn’t jump in after me.”

“You don’t strike me as the kind of woman who wants a man making himself the center of attention.”

Damn. He’s right. “It would have been ridiculous too, right?”

He arches a brow in a way that says he’ll go toe-to-toe with me. “Want a do-over and I’ll jump in this time?”

“Maybe I do,” I tease.

“Also, the water’s maybe three feet deep,” he says and, okay, he has a point. “Didn’t seem like you needed rescuing.”

“Spoken like a man who’s never watched Mr. Darcy emerge from the lake in Pride and Prejudice.”

His smile quirks, sexy and wry. “My white shirt is wet,” he says, plucking at the fabric. “But if you want the full Darcy moment, say the word.”

I’m more interested in his shirt now though. I glance down, and hello, six-pack. “Yes, it is.”

Then I glance at myself.

Oh. Oh no.

My white dress is soaked. And officially see-through. Of course this has happened tonight. Of course it has happened to me.

Evidently, the universe won’t let me have nice things.

About I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU (Coming 7/28/2026):

My secret workplace romance starts innocently enough at a birthday party.

But when a rowdy partier knocks me into a lake and a sexy stranger comes to my rescue – my night becomes one to remember.

A night so steamy I almost forget why I’ve sworn off men after a failed workplace romance.

Trouble is, the brand new doggy daycare in Darling Springs that I’ve contracted with is owned by none other than my sexy stranger. Thanks, fate.

Sawyer turns out to be a total grump in a tailored suit, no matter how sunshine-y I am. Even when he squeezes that hard body past me as I bring donuts to work. Or when he pretends he’s not roaming his dark eyes over me as I teach Fido to sit, stay and come.

But I’m focusing on my shiny new future—my dog-training business is suddenly the hottest thing in town, thanks to a new actress client. And when I’m roped into a charity dance number, I smell an opportunity, especially when I learn my hot landlord has an alter ego and a fandom.

Turns out Mr. Serious Boss is up for dance lessons.

Then the entire Dirty Dancing experience.

Giving into our chemistry once won’t hurt. Two might be pushing it. By the seventh, it’s undeniable–I’ve got a crush on him too.

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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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THE LOVE LINE

Heidi McLaughlin

Release Date: July 21

Meet Heidi McLaughlin:

Heidi McLaughlin is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of The Beaumont Series, The Boys of Summer, and The Archers.

In 2012, Heidi turned her passion for reading into a full-fledged literary career, writing over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Forever My Girl.

Heidi’s first novel, Forever My Girl, has been adapted into a motion picture with LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions, starring Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe, and opened in theaters on January 19, 2018, and is now available on DVD & Digital.

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Blurb:

Liam Page spent decades singing about love. Now he’s ready to talk about it.

The stadiums aren’t selling out like they used to. His bandmates are ready for a change. And Liam is finally okay with that because being home in Beaumont with Josie, their son Noah, and three perfect grandchildren is everything he never knew he needed.

When a producer pitches him a late-night call-in radio show, Liam is skeptical. But “The Love Line with Liam” becomes something unexpected. A chance to help strangers navigate heartbreak, second chances, and everything in between.

He’s good at giving advice. It’s his own life that keeps getting complicated.

Because after decades of silence, his estranged father is asking for forgiveness. And Liam isn’t sure he has any to give.

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💜Review💜
Liam has been a successful musician for decades however he is beginning to wonder if his appeal is fading so he and his band are on a hiatus. Finding himself at a home is a mixed blessing as he loves spending more time with Josie, his kids and his grandkids but he is also wondering what comes next.

An offer to host a radio show has him conflicted as it might just be the challenge he didn’t know he needed but giving advice to others will force him to also face some of the emotional turmoil he has experience especially when it comes to his estranged father and his reluctance to open that door once again.

This is a heartwarming story about love and family. Noah is going through a change in his life but he has the support of those he loves as he makes peace with the past and a new appreciation for what really matters.

Grumpily Yours by Teagan Hunter is now live on audio!

Narrated by: Chloe Ryan & Nelson Hobbs

When a blacklisted chef is forced to work for a grumpy ex–NHL player, sparks fly in and out of the kitchen. A steamy workplace romance about rebuilding dreams, breaking rules, and finding forever.

When a public meltdown ruins chef Summer Turner’s career, she flees to her hometown in the Pacific Northwest, hoping to rediscover her passion for cooking. Summer doesn’t want to work for someone else again, but when her father secures her a job at a local cidery, she doesn’t dare say no, even if it means working for scowling former NHL player Ezra Rawlings.

After a career-ending injury, Ezra knows what it’s like to lose everything. Emotionally guarded, he’s sworn off relationships to focus on business. But sparring with Summer ignites something he thought was gone forever, and what starts as a casual fling becomes impossible to ignore.

As their connection deepens and defenses crumble, their explosive chemistry threatens every boundary they’ve set. Summer’s determined to prove she’s not a failure, while Ezra’s convinced he’s too broken for love. But two stubborn hearts might be exactly what each other needs—if they’re brave enough to stop running.

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🎧Review🎧
Summer has returned to her hometown in part because of her father’s medical condition and in part because of her recent career challenge which has her questioning her future. When an incident has her drawing the attention of law enforcement her father, who is also the sheriff, arranges for her to work at the pub of which Ezra is a partner in.

Ezra is still dealing with the residual pain that ended his hockey career and is determined that the pub will be a success as it will allow him to support youth hockey. After a speeding ticket too many he agrees to the request of the sheriff that Summer will work at the pub and when it comes to her work he has no concerns but the escalating feelings between them is another matter.

Summer and Ezra are perfect for each other in every way as he gives her the confidence to follow her dreams and she shows him that his injury doesn’t define him. The physical connection between them is intense but it is the emotional connection that makes their relationship special. Chloe Ryan brings out the feisty side of Summer while Ezra portrays the evolution of Ezra’s character from town grouch to happy.

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Loving the Fallen (The Springlake Pines Pack, Book 4) by Mika B

Narrated by @audreyobeyn.narrator

Published & Produced by @pfpaudiobooks

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Blurb:

She’s alive.

Those two words have bounced back and forth through Kendall Davis’ head since his daughter told him his missing wife might be alive. For twenty years he’s mourned her and let grief consume him. He prayed to the Father to help him find her even though He cast him out of heaven and stripped Kendall of his powers a long time ago. What he wouldn’t give for those power right now with the possibility of Luni being alive.

When an enemy threatens the people he loves, Kendall has to somehow regain his powers to protect those he loves

Jane Doe.

A name that reminds Luni Davis she doesn’t know who she is or if there’s anyone out there looking for her. Found in a ditch at death’s door, she’s just starting her life over. A trip to the neighboring town of Springlake Pines changes her life as she knows it. Springlake Pines calls to her soul. She returns multiple times, chasing a feeling that eventually leads her to a clearing in the woods and to words she believes she’s uttered before.

Memories and magic restored invokes the wrath of an old enemy hellbent on destroying the newly reunited family, forcing two very different, but ancient magics to combine to defeat them.

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When I make the cheerleading team for Seattle’s pro football organization, there are many rules.

Most notably?
Stay away from the football players.

Everyone on my squad takes that warning to heart.
I, on the other hand, take it as a challenge.
Especially after I meet Braden Lock.
With his easy smile, endless patience, and heart-of-gold reputation, the star receiver is everything I’m not — soft where I’m sharp, steady where I’m mayhem. Braden Lock has always played by the rules.
Unfortunately for him, I’m very good at breaking them.
And after one unexpected turn of events leaves me spiraling, I convince the league’s golden boy to indulge in one very forbidden distraction: me.
What starts as secret hookups and harmless fun quickly turns into something far more dangerous — because the more time we spend sneaking around behind closed doors, the harder it becomes to pretend we’re not already in too deep.
But our organization has one ironclad rule: players and cheerleaders are strictly off limits. If anyone finds out about us, Braden’s contract — and my spot on the squad — could disappear overnight.
We knew the risks of our illegal formation. We just didn’t realize the real danger wasn’t getting caught.
It was how badly we’d destroy ourselves trying to hold on.

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🏈Sports Romance
🏈Forbidden
🏈Secret Hookups
🏈Workplace Romance
🏈Football Player x Cheerleader
🏈Opposites Attract
🏈Caretaker Hero
🏈High Stakes Relationship
🏈Sneaking Around

🏈Review🏈
Braden is a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, and he is determined to succeed as his family is counting on him. When Emily becomes a cheerleader he is drawn to her fun and flirty personality as those are in short supply in his life. He knows that he should keep his distance as getting personally involved could end both their careers however she is a force of nature that draws him in.

Emily is still trying to find her place in life, and she is hoping that becoming a cheerleader will give her the fulfillment she is looking for. She can’t help but try to get a reaction from Braden every time they see each other and show him that there is more to his life than responsibilities.

The chemistry and connection between them was unparalleled, the banter humorous and the way they support each other with everything they are going through is heartwarming especially when it comes to the turmoil they are both experiencing when it comes to their families. Aaron Donahue and Audrey Obeyn were the perfect choices for Braden and Emily as you could feel every emotion as well as the bond the characters shared.

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Small Town Motorcycle Romance Fans, This one’s for you!

Sun Up To Sun Down (Fallen Meadows Ranch, Book 1) by @janineboscoauthor

Narrated by @harlow.wilde.847438 & Theo Sinclair

Published & Produced by @pinkflamingo_productions

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Blurb:

Welcome to Saddle Ridge, where life is hard and love is wild…

Maddox

I’m no stranger to hard work. I’ve got a family ranch that’s on the brink of collapse, a grandfather whose health is fading, and a laundry list of other responsibilities that demand my constant attention.

Every sunrise brings a new fight. There’s no time to worry about what might have been with the girl who got away.

But it seems I’ve avoided Amelia King for as long as I can.

One reckless ranch hand making trouble at her bar is more than I can afford. Her outlaw cousin and his gang of gearheads won’t take kindly to the mess my man has made. So I swallow my pride and head into town to make things right.

The moment I spot her, she takes my breath away. Still gorgeous and igniting that familiar fire in my veins, just the sight of her brings back all of my memories. But before I can grab a broom or write a check for the damages, an unexpected phone call interrupts our chaotic reunion.

With my grandfather’s legacy now on the line, I’m desperate to preserve it if it’s the last thing I do. We’re facing an enemy with a dangerous connection to Amelia of all people, and they’re determined to stop me no matter who gets hurt in the process. As the stakes get higher, lives hang in the balance, so I do exactly what my sister begs me not to. Forming an alliance with the Fallen Demons Motorcycle Club could cost my family everything. But there’s something more dangerous than going into business with the outlaws: admitting I’m in love with their vice president’s cousin.

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 by @sawyerbennett123 releasing August 11! 

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🔥Emotionally Wounded Hero

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🔥Sports Romance (Hockey)

🔥Forbidden Workplace Romance

🔥Grumpy × Sunshine

🔥Forced Proximity

🔥Slow Burn

🔥Opposites Attract

🔥Found Family

🔥Damaged Hero Learns to Love

He’s the league’s most dangerous enforcer. She’s the specialist sent to determine whether he’s too broken to save.Neither of them is prepared for what happens when the truth hits back.

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Raven Running (Beyond Seven Hungers, Book 3) by @morganquaidwrites & Josh Gersch
Narrated by Phillipa Miller

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Blurb:

The world has changed.

In the wake of the Fae uprising, Infernal power has waned and Raven now finds herself estranged from her old city, her old crew, and her closest friend.

Struggling to come to terms with a new life without Mia, Harry’s betrayal, and her work with the Bureau, Raven is visited by an old acquaintance and a new threat to the twin cities emerges.

The Fae might once more be in ascendence, but they are not the greatest threat to stability within the twin cities, nor the world beyond. Something darker and much more insidious now stalks the streets of Dusk.

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A tattooed, touch-averse alpha becomes the sunshine to a grieving woman’s darkness—but the secret connecting him to her family’s brutal murder could destroy the love that’s healing them both. From USA Today bestselling author Michelle Heard.

Kelcie

After losing my entire family in a brutal attack, I’m drowning in grief. The only bright spot? My mysterious new neighbor, Levi—a tattooed bestselling author who somehow understands my pain.

He’s grumpy, he’s damaged, and he hates being touched. Except by me.

Levi

I moved next door to Kelcie for one reason: to make sure she’s okay after the tragedy that took her family. A tragedy I know more about than I should.

She’s the only person whose touch doesn’t make my skin crawl. The only one who makes me want to be whole again.

But I’m hiding a devastating secret—one that connects me to the worst night of her life. And when she discovers the truth, it could destroy the fragile love we’ve built from our broken pieces.

💛Review💛

One devastating night would be all that it would take to change Kelcie’s life and leave her feeling alone with only memories to comfort her.   She is still trying to make peace with what happened when Levi becomes her neighbor and for the first time in a while she feels something beyond loss and pain.

Levi is a successful author who is aware of what Kelcie has been through and wants to help her heal.  He is willing to be her friend and support system, but what he didn’t expect was that she would be the one person whose touch he could handle especially when their pasts are connected in the most painful way possible.

Kelcie and Levi take us on an emotional journey as they are both dealings with so much turmoil when it comes to the past which only makes the characters more compelling.   He is patient, understanding and conflicted while Kelcie’s strength is evident in everything she does and the intrigue part of the story only draws you in further.

❤️𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐱 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐑𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 #𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝!

It’s supposed to be a pretend relationship. Too bad my heart didn’t get the memo.

I need a fake girlfriend. Yesterday.

As the newest player for the Seattle Knights, I’m struggling to fit in with my former rivals, and team management has officially had enough. Their ultimatum is clear: settle down and clean up my image—stat.

There’s just one problem, though. I don’t have the time or desire to date.

But then my sister’s best friend has a bright idea. Her roommate, Rory, needs a “fake” boyfriend to get her family off her back. It seems like a win-win. That is until I meet Rory Fox.

One look at her, and my plan crashes into the boards. Pretending to be her boyfriend? It’s pure torture. Because while we’re supposed to be playing a part, all I want is to make her mine for real.

I’m playing the most important game of my life, and my one goal is to prove that our fake relationship is the most real thing either of us has ever had. Losing on the ice is one thing. Losing her? That isn’t an option.

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✔️Hockey romance
✔️He falls first
✔️Fake dating
✔️Obsessed Hero

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❤️Review
Ryan has been told by the hockey team he plays for that he needs to show that he is responsible and it begins with a pretend girlfriend. When discussing this with a mutual friend she tells him that Rory would be the perfect person for the job.

Rory loves her family but every time she sees them it is an attempt to matchmake her with men who are unlike anything she envisioned. Pretending to be Ryan’s girlfriend is the perfect solution however he might just be the boyfriend she didn’t know she wanted.

Rory and Ryan were so much fun together as he shows her that there is so much more to him than his reputation, the banter is humorous and the romance is enchanting.

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