The blistering sun brought waves of tourists to the peaceful town of Golden Coast, its sandy beaches beckoning with promises of a perfect summer. Beneath its idyllic allure and carefree crowds lurked two twisted killers, their murderous desires simmering just beneath the surface. While one left her signature kiss of death on her victims, the other stalked silently in the shadows by the sea. As fate would have it, their paths would soon collide, igniting a fiery and deadly dance that would consume the innocent town in a lustful haze of bloodshed and terror.
From USA Today best selling author Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, comes an electrifying MMF, grumpy x sunshine x lightning, motorcycle club romance.
Isla
I wanted to be loved by a biker with my whole heart, but all they ever took was my body.
Somewhere along the way, I stopped recognizing the woman Iโd become.
Inheriting my Nannaโs rundown house is the fresh start I need.
A life away from the club. Away from men who only ever take.
So the last thing I need is Jackal and Shade moving into the only other house on the street…and offering me more than just help with renovations.
Shade
Iโve never thought I was worth loving.
Iโm grumpy, withdrawn, and come with baggage.
Jackal saw through all that and loved me anyway. For me, he chose monogamy.
Men like me donโt get one great love, let alone two.
But Iโm looking at Isla differently now…and wondering if thereโs a way to love her without destroying what weโve built.
Jackal
I fell in love with Shade the day I met him, even though he had no intention of loving me back.
He wanted monogamy, and he was worth the sacrifice.
But now heโs looking at Isla the same way I am.
And I canโt stop imagining a life where the three of us choose each other.
Until violence hits, and we donโt know which of us is the target.
Weโve been given the kind of love you only dare to hope for.
๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ (๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐) by Andi Burns releases on April 2nd! Check out this teaser!
BLURB: Neutral Zone is a friends-to-lovers romance featuring an unconventional hockey hero and his live-life-to-the-fullest best friend who have to get honest with each other when life gets real.
Iโve fallen in love with my best friend. I know, I know. Thatโs a terrible idea, but itโs going to be fine because we have a plan. A best friends with benefits plan.
Weโll keep spending our days and nights together. Weโll keep cheering each other on and making each other laugh. Weโll keep staying up all night in my room, watching true crime documentaries the way besties do.
But now itโs going to get steamy. Very steamy.
In order to keep our friendship intact, boundaries have been set, and as long as we donโt cross the line, everything will be fine. Seriously. Trust me. Itโs a great plan, and itโs all going to work out, and thereโs zero chance that everything will go up in flames.
Although I do have a history of accidentally lighting things on fireโฆbut really, that was just a couch. And a house. This is different. I swear.
Neutral Zone is the fourth and final book in Season Two of the Bainbridge U Hockey series, and it can be enjoyed as a standalone. If youโre a sucker for a hot mess hero with a heart of gold and a feisty heroine who isnโt afraid to fight for the man she loves, then get ready for Mickey and Viv!
๐งAVAILABLE NOW IN AUDIO๐ง RING OF TRUTH by @deborahgarlandauthor with full cast narration starring Gregory Salinas as Darragh and featuring Teddy Hamilton as Cormac!
๐Twin Switch ๐Pregnancy Adjacent Trope ๐Age Gap (32/25) ๐Single Father ๐He Falls First ๐No Third Act Breakup ๐NOT a Love Triangle ๐All-Star Finale ๐End of Series ARC
She escaped her ex, broke, and pregnant. Only to be abducted by his identical twin brother…
Darragh: I left the Irish Mob behind years ago. Cut ties. Built a quiet life for my daughter. One without bloodshed or betrayal.
Then my twin resurfaced. Jailed. Reckless. And tangled up with a woman no one could identify.
Except I did.
Sheโs Bratva royalty. Missing. Pregnant. And now tied to my family by blood. If the Russians find out what my twin did, theyโll come for all of us.
So I did what I had to. I paid her bail. I brought her home. And I locked her down as my nanny.
Sheโs under my roof now. Carrying a child that could ignite a war.
I tell myself itโs a strategy. Protect my daughter. Shield my heart. But when I see her laughing with my little girl, the ice around my heart starts to melt.
Now I want things I shouldnโt.
She thinks Iโm the good twin. Iโm just the one who knows how to hide the monster better.
๐งReview๐ง For the wellbeing of Sophie, his seven-year-old daughter, Darragh has distanced himself from mafia side of his business and is focused on his daughter and his career as a doctor. When he finds out that his twin brother, Cormac, has been arrested he isnโt about to abandon him however when he arrives to help he realizes how far his brother has fallen and instead chooses to protect Ana, the woman who is carrying his baby.
Ana is a Bratva princess who escaped being forced into a marriage she didnโt want only to find herself being held captive by Cormac when she finds out she is pregnant. Trying to escape him results in her arrest until Darragh arrives and ensures her release. He takes her to his home to protect the baby she is carrying where the feelings the develop for each other brings escalating danger to their door.
I enjoyed how protective and possessive that Darragh is when it comes to Ana and the child she carries as he claims them as his own while Ana is strong and independent as she fights for the future she wants. Greg Salinas portrays the facets of Darraghโs character both when it comes to how caring he is when it comes to those he loves and how he will do anything to keep them safe while Lexi Evans brings out the strength and resilience of Ana as she faces every challenge head on.
Why you need this on your TBR: ๐ Small town ๐ฅ Friends to lovers โจ Second chance ๐ก Returning home ๐ข Slow burn ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง Found family ๐ญ Mutual pining ๐ถ Golden retriever hero
Welcome to delightfully nosy Whynot, North Carolina โ where sweet tea is hot and secrets never stay buried. When big-city Penny Pritchard comes home to help at Central Cafรฉ, the last person she expects to complicate things is easygoing bartender Sam-Pete Rochelleโฆ who just happens to be a wildly successful (and very secret) fantasy romance author. ๐ Now the town is talking, the chemistry is undeniable, and Penny has a choice to make โ the career she builtโฆ or the man who might be her real happily ever after.
๐ Review When Penny left her hometown she created a successful career for herself in politics which was nothing like the life she left. When her aunt needs her help she doesnโtโ hesitate to return to Whynot and manage the restaurant that means so much to her and the town.
Sam was born and raised in Whynot and never had any interest in leaving. He is no longer the boy who had feelings for Penny when they were growing up as not only is he a bartender in town, but he has a secret life as a romantasy author. Spending time together brings them closer and will have them both reconsidering their life choices.
This story finds the perfect balance between fun and feelings. They are both supportive of each other while Penny contemplates the life she wants and Sam faces judgment when everything is revealed. Both Penny and Sam are endearing characters and their romance was endearing while the great group of eclectic characters added another dimension to the story.
๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ (The Wildhaven Series: Book 4) by Amber Kelly releases on April 9th. We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover with you!
I grew up on Wildhaven Storm Ranch, raised on hard work, determination, and tradition. Now Iโm fresh out of college and chasing a dream that feels just out of reachโworking at the historic Belicourt Resort Hotel while trying to convince my oldest sister, Matty, to let me turn part of our family land into a guest ranch and spa.
The Belicourt has a long-standing reputation for being hauntedโfull of whispered legends, unexplained sightings, and guests who swear theyโre not alone in its halls. I think itโs charming. Mysterious. Marketable. My new boss, Porter Garrison, doesnโt agree. Heโs all rules, rigid schedules, and closed doors, and heโd much rather I stick to spreadsheets than old legends and small-town folklore.
But I see potential in the pastโin the stories people tell. And behind his cool, controlled exterior and expensive suit, I see the man beneathโthe cowboy full of fire and buried passion heโs trying desperately to hide.
Maybe the hotel isnโt the only thing haunted. Maybe some dreams are worth fighting family for. And maybe, after the storm, we both need something to believe inโespecially each other.
Crown of Ash and Oath follows King Pawelinus of Reopheral and Queen Yvaine of Echuqurian after war strips them of every easy option.
Gaivaria isnโt a single enemy you can bargain with or kill; itโs an empireโstructured, patient, and built to absorb smaller kingdoms through armies, bureaucracy, and influence that reaches as far as ink and coin can travel.
With the Gaivarian Army pushing in from the borders and working quietly inside their courts, King Pawelinus and Queen Yvaine are forced into an alliance that canโt be made public without them becoming a target.
They trade intelligence, coordinate disruptions, and make decisions that have to look routine to everyone watching. Every move has to hold up under scrutiny, because the empire wonโt need a battlefield victory if it can turn their systems against them.
Their pact begins as strategy, but it doesnโt stay there. Under pressure, trust stops being theoretical, and proximity turns into something neither of them can dismiss.
King Pawelinus learns that Queen Yvaineโs control isnโt coldnessโitโs survival.
Queen Yvaine learns that the Kingโs discipline isnโt prideโitโs an oath he means to keep.
As crowns replace titles and losses turn to ash, their partnership becomes the one thing those in control of Gaivaria canโt easily predict: two rulers choosing each other as deliberately as they choose resistance.
Kay Lyons always wanted to be a writer, ever since the age of seven or eight when she copied the pictures out of a Charlie Brown book and rewrote the story because she didnโt like the plot. Through the years her stories have changed but one characteristic stayed trueโ they were all romances. Each and every one of her manuscripts included a love story.โฉ
Published in 2005 with Harlequin Enterprises, Kayโs first release was a national bestseller. Kay has also been a HOLT Medallion, Book Buyers Best and RITA Award nominee. Look for her most recent novels from Kindred Spirits Publishing at online retailers or ask for them wherever books are sold.โฉ
Sometimes all it takes is one spark, one touch, one brave leapโto turn a slow burn summer into forever…
Bronwyn
All I needed was a fresh start.
A quiet, peaceful place to open my dream bookstore. Space to justโฆbreathe.
Carolina Cove was perfect for that.
Falling (literally) into the fire chiefโs arms? Not part of my plan. Because the truth is, I donโt know if Iโm even capable of love anymore.
Or if I deserve itโฆ
Gabriel
Love, for me, has always meant heartbreak and loss. So, duty became my refuge, the firehouse my home.
Until her.
Bronwyn shined a light into all the dark corners of my life, making me want things I swore Iโd never have again.
Hope.
Forever.
Her.
But I built the walls around my heart for a reason. Letting her break them down is a risk Iโm just not sure I can afford to takeโฆ
Slow-Burn Summer, book 1 in the Hearts on Fire series, is a sweet, emotional, friends to lovers, small town contemporary romance/womenโs fiction beach read featuring a silver fox fireman hero and a heroine who is much stronger than she realizes. Grab your copy today and get ready to fall for Bronwyn and Gabriel.
Bronwyn has come to Carolina Cove as a way to rebuild her life after the passing of her husband. She is making friends, has her bookstore but she definitely isnโt looking for love now and maybe not even in the future.
Wolfe is the Fire Chief who experiences when it comes to love have left him believing that he is meant to be single. When he meets Bronwyn he is drawn to her and a friendship develops but when friends no longer seem to be enough will they be willing to open their hearts to more?
I did enjoy the slow burn of this story as both Brownyn and Wolfe have some turmoil in their pasts that they must overcome so that they can give each other what they need. The secondary characters add some humor to the story and are always there to support this heartwarming couple as they find their way to each other.
Alone.Thatโs the way FBI Agent, Santino Alvarez, prefers to live his life.
To serve, and protect. The oath Santino took the day he was sworn in and one that he fully intends to keep. Playing pretend and blending in.
Nothing is as it seems.
Especially when he collides with Silva Hunt and sparks begin to fly. Romance was never supposed to be in the cards. But Silva awakens something in Santino that he hasnโt felt before.
As things heat up between the two of them, so does the chase between Santino and The Reaper.
Jaine Diamond has revealed the cover for Thirst For Me!
Releasing: June 15, 2026
Cover Designer: The Brewster Project
Photographer: Michelle Lancaster
Model: Chad Hurst
Two rivals. One small-town summer. And a heat wave no one saw coming.
Mason Grant is driving me crazy. The grumpy, gorgeous bar owner thinks my waterfront shop belongs to his family. I think he needs to mind his own business.
It all started the moment I arrived in Orchard Cove. I came here for a chance to save my smoothie business. A chance to heal. What I didnโt come here for was to start a war with the town hottie.
ExceptโฆMason is impossible to ignore. And every heated argument just leaves me wanting more. The more time I spend battling him, the harder it is to deny our chemistry. And I know he feels it too. Suddenly, a summer fling seems like a very temptingโbut badโidea.
The problem? Iโm still healing. And Mason is grieving. Neither of us is ready to let someone in through the cracks in our hearts. Besides, I never planned to stay in this town forever.
But despite my war with Mason, Orchard Cove is starting to feel like home. And maybeโjust maybeโMason Grant is so much more than my enemy.
Photographer: Anna Krueger, Anna Shields Photography
Flynn Morley has spent his life getting by with as little as possible. No girlfriend. No real home. No money to speak of. Raised in the system, he learned early not to trust people who seemed to have everything. So when he takes a job as a “muse” for a wealthy Minneapolis couple, it feels like crossing a line he never thought he would.
Then he meets June.
June is a bike tour guide with a quick smile, a calm confidence, and a way of making Flynn feel seen without being judged. Their connection is immediate and playful, built on shared humor, quiet moments, and a mutual longing for a simple life.
As Flynn adjusts to his bizarre new job, he starts encountering something he never planned for: kindness without strings attached. It challenges everything he believes about money, power, and who gets to be comfortable in the world. And falling for June only complicates things, especially when it turns out she’s carrying secrets of her own.
When June’s past surfaces, Flynn has to decide what scares him more: becoming someone he’s always sworn he’d never be or letting her see his darkest secrets. If he can’t let go of his fears, he might lose the one person who finally feels like home.
Taj Blackman knows a thing or two about responsibility. As the new CEO of Blackman Boards, he intends to carry on the legacy his father built with dignity.
Itโs that mindset that leaves him unable to neglect the duty he feels in other aspects of his life. Like with a specific someone.
Olivia Thomas.
Taj never expected to see the supermodel in his small hometown, especially not in her wedding gown.
But when Olivia appears, desperate for his help, Taj canโt turn her away.
Using everything heโs learned from the man who entrusted a multi-million-dollar company to him, Taj is honored to take on a new responsibility thatโs worth far more than money could ever buy.
A.K. Evans is a contemporary romance author of over seventy published novels. While she enjoys writing a good romantic suspense novel, Andreaโs favorite books to write have been her extreme sports romances. That might have something to do with the fact that she, along with her husband and two sons, canโt get enough of extreme sports.
Before becoming a writer, Andrea did a brief stint in the insurance and financial services industry and managed her husbandโs performance automotive business. That love of extreme sports? She used to drive race cars!
When Andrea isnโt writing, she can be found homeschooling her two sons, doing yoga, snowboarding, reading, or traveling with her family. She and her husband are currently taking road trips throughout the country to visit all 50 states with their boys.
Taj is the perfect package as he is close to his family, a success businessman and so considerate when it comes to those he cares about. His first meeting with Olivia was unforgettable and while he knew that she was his destiny he was willing to be patient until she realized it as well.
Olivia is a successful model who is trying to escape the life she doesnโt want both when it comes to her aborted wedding and her career. She isnโt certain what she wants but she knows what she doesnโt want and Tajโs only priority is her happiness.
Taj is supportive and understand as Olivia becomes the woman she is meant to be not the one others want her to be while she brings light and laughter that he didnโt know was missing in his life.
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