Lincoln Alexander might think he’s too old for me, but he’s wrong. A fourteen-year age gap is nothing when you’re desperate to feel alive again.
The wealthy business owner has only ever seen me as off limits, but he has the power to put me back together—to chase away my demons with just his touch.
So, for one intense night, without him knowing who I am, I put my trust and pleasure in his hands.
My plan is to walk away, ready to move forward with my life, but when the doctor tells me that I’m pregnant, I find myself taking two steps back.
Lincoln
One night isn’t enough with the masked, green-eyed woman who walked into my club and turned my world upside down.
After I gave her what she wanted, again and again, she walked away without a trace.
When I finally discover the identity of the mysterious beauty who stole my heart on Valentine’s Day—and the secret she’s been keeping—my heart stops.
Ellie Bardot is all grown up, but I remember the innocent girl she was, even if she doesn’t. I hate that she lied to me, almost as much as I hate that I still want her.
Now I’m torn between being the man she needs me to be and doing the right thing.
𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐭 by USA Today bestselling author Mira Lyn Kelly is coming March 1st!!! This is a friends to lovers, second chance hockey romance set in the Slayers Hockey series.
I’m Ben Boerboom, the NHL’s favorite puck boy, and Lara’s my slamming hot, former bestie. She’s also the friend who got away and my dirty, dirty accomplice from those two insane weeks that weren’t supposed to change anything… but did.
I wanted it all. Would have wrapped my forever around her finger if she’d let me. But if making bad decisions is my special skill, Lara’s is making good ones… Like prioritizing her career goals and the kind of security she didn’t have growing up.
Hard pass on that kind of heartbreak again. So cue the bunnies. Years of bunnies.
Now Lara’s back in my city. Temporarily. And thanks to a burst pipe and a miscommunication with my sister, she’s living in my spare room.
A lot has changed, but two things haven’t. Her goals and the way she sometimes believes my bad ideas are good… like crossing those lines I swore we wouldn’t cross again.
*All titles in the Slayers Hockey series are loosely connected but can be read as standalones.
Find more books by Mira Lyn Kelly: miralynkelly.com
Why you will love this book… 🏍️MC ❤️🔥Action/Adventure 🏍️Law Enforcement ❤️🔥Interracial 🏍️Single Mother ❤️🔥Damaged Hero 🏍️Widow/Widower
When two broken halves come together to forge one unbreakable whole…
Officer Bradley Lennox, aka Nox, has been living in the shadows of his own grief since the unexpected loss of his wife. Just when he was finally on the road to recovery, they found Sadie in a motel in Ohio, causing his world to spiral back into darkness.
Concerned for their fellow Blue Avenger, his MC brothers issue an ultimatum: accept help or risk losing his job as an officer with the Shadow Valley PD and his spot on the Tri-State Federal Drug Task Force. They hope it’ll compel Nox to free himself of the heartbreak consuming him.
Then Aaliyah, a widow and single mother, takes over running the grief group he’s forced to attend. Knowing the pain of loss all too well, her determination to help Nox reignites the hope of him getting better. But it also sparks a connection he didn’t see coming.
However, their journey is far from easy.
Nox is resistant to fully embracing a new beginning, despite Aaliyah’s unwavering perseverance. To make matters more complicated, her father is the sergeant at arms for the Dark Knights MC and harbors a deep-seated hatred for law enforcement.
While Nox struggles to forge a brighter future for himself, for the task force, the stage is set for a violent showdown. A war erupts between two ruthless factions: the Deadly Demons MC and La Cosa Nostra, posing a threat to Nox’s fragile peace.
Especially when someone he cares about gets caught in the crossfire.
Note: Beyond the Badge: Nox is the six book in the Blue Avengers MC series. It’s HIGHLY recommended to read this six-book action/adventure series in order due to the continuing story arcs (subplots). However, each book focuses on a different couple who gets their HEA. This series has no cheating or relationship cliffhangers.
Within the heart of the Wessex pack, Maddox, loyal beta, has long bided his time, avoiding the quest for his destined mate while he awaited the alpha’s victory in this pursuit. With the alpha’s own mate now secured, Maddox is finally free to seek the one who completes him.
But Enya is not looking for a protector. She’s on the run, hiding from a fate she never wanted. A fiercely independent spirit, she refuses to become a ‘kept woman’ in a world where the pack’s expectations loom large. Her path diverges from their traditions as she searches for opportunities beyond its boundaries.
And the concept of fated mates? She dismisses it as nothing more than a myth.
In this unfolding romance, a clash of wills and desires, their paths collide. Maddox is determined to prove that love is undeniable, even in a world ruled by instinct and tradition. Enya is determined to chart her own course, untethered by fate. But as they grapple with their budding connection, an unknown threat haunts their territory, and Maddox must step up to protect them.
Can Maddox, a wolf who’s always followed their ways, find a way to lead his own destiny, convince Enya of their connection, and safeguard their home from this mysterious menace? They’ll both learn that sometimes, destiny has its own plans.
Why you will love this book: 🏒Hockey romance 💕Single Mom 🏒Forbidden – doctor/patient 💕Reverse age gap 🏒Opposites attract 💕He falls first and hard 🏒Found Family 💕Secret relationship 🏒Alpha hero 💕ROM COM!
Things that stress out this widowed single mom: high fructose corn syrup, intrusive thoughts about my son getting swept up by a tornado, and the sexiest hockey player to grace this planet.
Oh, and the fact that I’m also said hockey player’s physical therapist. But we’ll lock that tidbit away in the same nightstand as my battery-operated toys.
Moving my son and me across the country to live with my three best friends and our seven children into one dilapidated Boston brownstone should have been the biggest risk I’ve ever taken–not figuring out how to protect my heart, career, and panties while trying to navigate my secret double life.
But Rowan ‘Slick’ Parker is nothing if not hell-bent on taking slapshots at my comfort zone. The more I try to keep things professional, the more he works to break the rules with his charming grin, piercing gaze, and world-class rear end.
Not to mention, he adores my son.
So, I finally give in.
Don’t worry, though, it’s all temporary–a way for us to get each other out of our systems.
But little do I know, ‘temporary’ has a way of leaving lasting impressions on the heart.
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KenzieKenzie’s always dreamed of owning her own bakery. With a heart of gold, everything she does is filled with love. Busy running her shop, she doesn’t have time for relationships. However, priorities shift when she catches the eye of a kind and sexy professional hockey player who has developed a major sweet tooth.
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𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲, an enemies to lovers sports romance and prequel novella, by Kelly Finley is releasing February 5th. We are thrilled to share a teaser with you!
I just lost the Super Bowl — but tonight, I’ll win her.
Blair Monroe has always been off-limits. In college, I dated her best friend, while Blair and I were total opposites according to those romance books she always read. She hated football, and secretly, I loved that about her. So the pranks we played were legendary, the tension between us intoxicating.
Blair was an epic tease I could never win.
Until one night, we confessed our secrets, our guilty attraction. We never did anything about it… and we never spoke again.
But this Valentine’s night, when the only romantic company is my right hand, fate sends me stumbling into Blair at an adult store. And now the game we’ve waited eight years to play is finally ON. I want her to clean up the mess she made of my heart, and she wants to show me what dirty really is.
Who can out-tempt the other? It’s the forbidden game we’ve agreed to play for one night only.
I don’t do girlfriends, and Blair doesn’t do love.
Or so we thought.
Shameless Play is a prequel novella to Shameless Game (coming soon). It is in a series of interconnected standalones set in the author’s spicy world where MMCs and FMCs are drawn to this special store and to each other. They do not need to be read together, but you can devour more of this world, the couples and their group romance, in other Kelly Finley books.
After weeks on the run, the US Marshals relocate me to a small West Texas town. I’m exhausted and lonely with no friends or family to lean on—until my two sexy-as-sin neighbors stop by. I shouldn’t fantasize about our friendship growing into more but can’t stop my growing attraction.
I want them both.
And both want me.
Shade with his brooding scowl and Trap with his flirty smiles work in tandem igniting heart-pounding passion and provide the unending support I desperately need while in witness protection. Add in the way they are with my daughter makes me never want to leave. I finally feel safe, protected—wanted.
But when you’re on the run from a monster, everything can change in the blink of an eye.
I’m a veteran hockey player known as Ballas the Beast. All I want to do is continue playing hockey and extend my contract with the Vikings for another year. But those goals might be thwarted because of her. Karis Spurlock is the niece of the team owner, known as the Ice Queen because she comes across cold as ice. When we hooked up in Vegas six months ago, she was anything but cold…she was hot and daring and it was supposed to be a one-time thing. No strings. No attachments. No need to ever interact again. Just the way I like it. Yet here I am negotiating what could be the terms of my final contract with the one woman I slept with in Vegas. The same woman who now owns the Vancouver Vikings through a tragic twist of fate. And who also is now my new boss.
Sierra Hill is a RONE Award-Winning author of Game Changer, as well as over 40 novels, including the college sports series, Courting Love, and the twice award-finalist erotic why choose serial, Reckless – The Smoky Mountain Trio. She lives in the Seattle area with her husband and their rescued lab. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to audiobooks, baking, and hiking.
🏒Review🏒 Karis is the owner of an NBA team who has faced the difficulties of being a powerful woman in a man dominated sport and she is about to the face the same challenge with the NHL team that she has recently inherited. The one difference between the two is that one of the hockey players is also the same man she spent an unforgettable night with that she hasn’t been able to forget.
Ballas has focused all his attention to his hockey career to the detriment of his personal life and he finds himself struggling as his hearts wants to continue playing but his body isn’t feeling the same way. Finding out that the woman he spent a steamy night with holds his future in his hands adds more twists to an already challenging situation.
You can’t help but feel for both these characters as Ballas finds himself at a crossroads in his life and Karis understands the damage that a personal relationship with a player could have. The chemistry between them is undeniable and I enjoyed seeing them support each other as they realized that as long as they had each other they could overcome anything.
A grumpy boss and single dad with a big project on the horizon. His sexy new assistant, who has a brilliant smile, a sunny attitude, and an oversized heart. The stolen kiss that they can’t forget, no matter how much they try…
After my fiancée left me standing at the altar, I kissed a gorgeous, sultry woman. Months later, that same sunny blonde with a dazzling smile is introduced as Savannah, my new assistant. I try not to panic, but I’ve been fantasizing about her ever-so-kissable lips during my dark, lonely nights. Savannah needs money, and I happen to need a community mouthpiece who can sweet talk the locals.
It’s a match made in heaven… or in my personal hell. From the first second I look into Savannah’s pretty green eyes, I am toast. She is bright and chipper and eager to help a grumpy boss like me succeed. I can bark orders at her all day, but she just smiles and hops to it. It’s annyong how Savannah just smiles at people and somehow ends up getting her way.
Moving back home to Cape Simon is what’s best for my son Charlie. Being a single dad to him all by myself has been tough. Here he can be surrounded by my large, close-knit family. That’s assuming my pro-athlete brother Rex doesn’t drive me insane with his endless demands first.
Lovely, sweet Savannah sticks around to lend me a hand. I’m powerless to resist her sunshine-y charm. She just loves to help anyone and everyone. And what do I do? Grab her by the shoulders, pull her against my body, and kiss her lips until she’s breathless. It’s stupid, reckless, and thoughtless… but it feels so right.
Opposites attract, but nothing can happen between us. I’m not planning on staying in town long. And she’s such a good girl that she practically screams relationship material. Been there, done that, got jilted in a tux.
There’s no way I’m going to kiss her again. No matter how gorgeous she looks, how desperately I start to want her, or how many times we get stuck together spending all afternoon in a tiny swamp shack…
Cole is trying to regroup after the public humiliation of having the woman, who also happens to be his son Charlie’s mother, leave him on their wedding day. When his brother convinces him to manage a project for him, he has his reservations especially when he finds out that his new assistant is the same woman he shared a stolen kiss with.
Savannah may come across as cheerful and carefree that is only part of who she is. She agrees to help her cantankerous boss convince the town that the project is a win-win for everyone and hope that he doesn’t break her heart in the process.
Cole and Savannah were exactly what the other needed in each other and found the perfect balance in each other. I enjoyed seeing their relationship develop and how they appreciated each other for who they truly were, and I am looking forward to more stories centered around this family.
Meet Vivian Wood:
Vivian Wood is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Top 20 bestselling author. She specializes in writing about damaged billionaires, ruined princesses, mouthy ballerinas, and anti-heroes that are oh so deliciously bad.
Vivian likes to write about troubled, deeply flawed alpha males and the fiery, kick-ass women who bring them to their knees.
Vivian’s lasting motto in romance is a quote from a favorite song: “Soulmates never die.”
Did someone say surprise pregnancy small town romance?! Carrie Aarons just released Sizzle, the third book in the Ashton Family series. This is an extremely angsty, former teacher/student, forbidden romance that will have you crying and swooning on every page.
Everyone knows that if there was an award for biggest small town grump, Liam Ashton would win for Hope Crest, Pennsylvania no questions asked.
The reclusive, brooding farmer might be part of the family business and do anything for those closest to him, but his bark keeps almost everyone else away. Perhaps that’s what happens when you fall in love at first sight but aren’t allowed to be with the soulmate you didn’t realize you were looking for.
When the forbidden woman of his dreams blows back into town, he might finally get a shot to convince her they’re destined to be together. Only, her denials and refusals won’t let him get anywhere near her.
Gabrielle Murphy swore she’d never return to the town where she took her first teaching job. She’d done the right thing, once upon a time, and there is no room to question what if.
But when the only woman who ever understood her passes and leaves her to clean up the pieces, she can’t exactly say no. Get in, fulfill her grandmother’s wishes, and get out. That’s the plan. Until Liam confronts her and they give in to the unmatched inferno that’s been blazing between them forever.
Even though there is nothing standing in the way of a happily ever after this time, Gabrielle still can’t let this surly version of the Liam she once knew love her completely.
Until a surprise binds them to each other for the foreseeable future, and they have to forgive enough to move forward. But just as the ice around their hearts starts to thaw, darker outside forces threaten to ruin their chance before it’s even taken.
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Since he was a teenager Liam has been in love with Gabrielle and he didn’t mind that she was his teacher, but she didn’t feel the same way. It will be more than a decade later before she comes back into his life and this time, he is determined to convince her that they have always belonged together.
Even though the age difference between Gabrielle and Liam is minimal there was still an imbalance because of the student/teacher relationship. She had feelings for him as well, so she needed to distance herself from the situation but now that she has returned, she finds herself conflicted between her feelings for Liam and what she believes is the right thing to do.
Liam is all in when it comes to Gabrielle, and he isn’t about to let the past compromise the future they could have together even if they have some turmoil and setbacks to overcome along the way.
Brace yourselves, book lovers! The secret is out! Presenting Whitney G.’s clandestine masterpiece: I WISH I WOULD’VE CHOSEN YOU.
Prepare for a rollercoaster of emotions in this Forbidden Romance that will leave you breathless! A tale of forbidden desires, toxic undertones, and unexpected twists awaits you. Whitney G. takes you on an emotional ride that will challenge your heart and leave you questioning everything. This isn’t your typical love story, and the author wants you to know it.
Mark your calendars for the release date on February 9th, and get ready for an unforgettable literary experience!
PLEASE AVOID THE BLURB FOR THIS BOOK. This story will hurt you a lot less if you scroll by and go in BLIND, trust me… But if you *have* to know what you’re getting into, you can read the synopsis below.
I should’ve known better. I should’ve left her alone… She told me she was twenty-one. I found out that was a lie. There was over a decade between us, and sure, she was mature for her age, but I kept my distance every chance I could. At least, I tried to. There aren’t too many places to hide on a boarding school’s campus, and there are far more places to get caught… I never intended for this to happen. I was her English professor, and she was only supposed to be my student. **See?That’s why you shouldn’t have read this blurb and went in blind. Alas, this is an emotional ride of a romance with toxic undertones that will drive you to some unexpected places. The author just felt like writing this story one day, so don’t say you weren’t warned about what you were getting into.**
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Whitney G. is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author. Her books are currently published in over a dozen languages.
She lives deep in the Tennessee woods and spends most of her time drinking coffee while penning dirty-talking alpha males.
She’s a white-picket-fence kind of girl, but I only do casual. My first mistake? Asking her to be my roommate.
Gabe
When someone’s down on their luck, I like to help out. Diane needed a place to stay, and my attic was empty. How hard could it be to have a temporary roommate?
It turns out—very hard.
Living with her is turning out to be physically impossible. Every time she saunters through the living room, I can’t help but want her. Whenever she gives me sass, I fantasize about kissing that mouth until she begs for more.
But she is my employee’s sister and that is a line I can’t cross…or can I?
Diane
At first I was a little leery about accepting Gabe’s offer, because he’s my sister’s boss. But Gabe is the best. He’s not only generous and fun (and hot!), but also considerate.
One night after dinner in the city he does the gentlemanly thing and walks me to my door — only, I manage to stumble, rip my dress and flash him my various lady parts.
It’s a full-on disaster! Or so I think.
The man gives me the hottest kiss of my life— toe curling, sparks-flying, panty-melting hot. Even though I’ve just been through the break-up from hell, I can’t resist his charms.
But I don’t want to embarrass my sister by getting involved with Gabe. Besides, he and I want different things in life.
Just this once, though, I’d love to throw caution to the wind…
Gabe is a successful businessman who doesn’t want to be distracted from his area of the family business which is the distillery. When he agrees to help out one of his employees by having her sister become his roommate, he had no idea that it would have him re-evaluating his life and the way he was living it.
When her relationship ended with her boyfriend Diane finds herself infringing on her sister which isn’t a good situation for either of them. The opportunity to live with Gabe will give her the independence she needs and it’s not like she will develop feelings for him as they want very different things in life.
This is a heartwarming story about love and family that is filled with romance and all the feels. Gabe is the perfect mix of sweet and swoony as even though he doesn’t realize it his actions show that his heart was involved long before he acknowledged it and Diane is one lucky woman as even though she doesn’t realize it everything he does or says shows how much he cares.
Meet Layla Hagen:
My name is Layla Hagen and I am a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance.
I fell in love with books when I was nine years old, and my love affair with stories continues even now, many years later.
I write romantic stories and can’t wait to share them with the world.
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Vivian Wood is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Top 20 bestselling author. She specializes in writing about damaged billionaires, ruined princesses, mouthy ballerinas, and anti-heroes that are oh so deliciously bad.
My name is Layla Hagen and I am a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance.
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