He needs respectability and she needs a safe place to land. It’s a win-win, right?
Mack Granger’s reputation is a PR nightmare. As his career winds down,
he realizes he needs to clean up his act. One way to secure his post-MLB future
is to convince the media he’s in a stable, loving relationship. When fate drops
a roomie with benefits into his lap, it’s like hitting a grand slam.
Greer Bradley is tossed a curve ball via a creepy email. As her new job
covering the New Orleans Revelers for a local station heats up, so do the
stalkerish advances. A too close for comfort encounter sends her running to Mack Granger’s doorstep. He might be MLB’s biggest playboy, but if she’s being
honest, he makes her feel safe… and sexed-up.
Somewhere in the midst of the crazy game called life, this fake relationship could become the most real thing either of them has ever experienced.
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Mack is a professional baseball player who isn’t certain how much longer he will be able to play. He is a great teammate, a loyal friend and a way with the ladies however it is the latter that he needs to remedy. When Greer finds herself in danger a pretend relationship between them will be the perfect solution for both of them.
Rather than follow the plans other had for her Greer decided to follow her dream of becoming a reporter and she works for the New Orleans Revelers. When she attracts the attention of the wrong person she not only finds herself at Mack’s door but pretending that they are in a relationship as well.
The banter between them is humorous and her feisty personality is the perfect match for the protector in Mack and there is nothing fake about the chemistry and feelings they have for each other.
Meet Jiffy Kate:
Jiffy Kate is the joint pen name for Jiff Simpson and Jenny Kate Altman.
Together, they spend their evenings and weekends spinning tales and hoping one day they hit a best-sellers list.
You can connect with them and follow along with their shenanigans on social media.
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A wounded billionaire in hiding. A surprise baby. One woman trapped on the mountain with them…
I fled to the mountains to escape the pain of my past.
Anguish ruled my days and haunted my nights.
It became my constant companion.
An ax in my hands became the outlet for my agony.
It was the way I liked it.
The way it needed to be.
No amount of money would ever bring back what I lost.
Nothing could ever heal the scars.
Until a knock at my cabin door brings a feisty new lawyer from my company…
Carrying a tiny, crying surprise she says is mine.
It was one night of solace in the arms of a stranger.
A stranger who claims I’m the father of this child.
I can’t handle a baby.
Or the feelings brought up by the woman assigned to deliver him to me.
I tried to escape my life, but now it’s forcing me to face it—whether I like it or not.
Grab this steamy stand-alone about a damaged billionaire, a surprise baby, the young attorney stuck in the middle of it all, and discover what happens when they’re forced together in his cabin with building tension, old wounds…and a tiny human!
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“All you need to know is that this place is dangerous. Pretty much everything on this property could kill you in an instant, could tear you limb from limb, and destroy you.”
Wells shifts closer, his massive chest and frame towering over me until we stand only inches apart, staring each other down—neither willing to admit defeat.
Heat floods my body, starting at my core and spreading out through my limbs under his fiery gaze. “Are you dangerous?”
He narrows his eyes on me. “Very.”
I shake my head. “I don’t think you are.”
“Then you haven’t been paying much attention.”
“I think you’re lonely and confused, and your whole world has been thrown off its axis too many times for you to regain balance. But you aren’t dangerous.”
His jaw tightens, along with his fists at his sides. “You have no idea what you’re talking about, Laurel.”
I take a step toward him until my chest brushes his, my nipples pebbling instantly against the fabric of the shirt. “I do, Wells.”
He stiffens at my use of his first name.
Staring up at him, the confusion in his eyes makes me equal parts annoyed and relieved. This tension between us, the electric sizzle that seems only to intensify when we touch, hasn’t dissipated. It’s only grown the longer I’m here.
Wells feels it, too, but he’s too stubborn or too damaged to acknowledge it.
I raise a brow at him, resting my hands against his rock-hard abdomen. “You don’t remember last night, do you?”
He stiffens, his muscles under my hands solidifying even more. “What happened last night?”
Too much. Not enough.
I thought this attraction to Wells Lockwood would go away. That sanity would prevail and the fact that he’s my boss and beyond emotionally unavailable would convince my body that this is a terrible idea.
Yet the almost kiss last night keeps replaying in my brain on an endless loop, and I can’t stop wondering if it would have been as good as I dreamed it was after he fell asleep.
I push up on my tiptoes and hover my mouth over his. “You did this…”
He sucks in a sharp breath, so close that I can feel the air shifting.
“But then, you stopped.”
I murmur the words just short of his lips, and we stand frozen for what feels like hours, staring at each other, willing the other to back away, to end the madness the same way Wells did last night.
Wells finally breaks, but this time, he crushes his lips to mine so hard it knocks me back a step and only his strong arm wrapping around me keeps me upright.
He kisses me with an intensity I’ve never experienced before. A primal need, as if stealing my breath and my will can somehow keep him alive, and a growl rumbles deep in his chest. The vibration rolls through my ribcage to my heart and down between my legs to make my clit throb.
I moan into his mouth, clinging to his shirt, trying to get him even closer, but he jerks away from me, leaving me panting and breathless.
His eyes wild, he releases his hold on me and takes a step back. “Don’t ever underestimate how dangerous I can be, Laurel. It could be a deadly mistake.”
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Wells has a devastating past that still haunts him on a daily basis so he lives in seclusion on a mountain where he doesn’t want to see anyone and isn’t about to let anyone past the walls he has built. His life plan was unfolding as he expected until an unexpected visit from a feisty woman with a surprise he never saw coming.
When Laurel accepted her new position at Lockwood Brewery, she never expected one of her first tasks would be delivering a baby that he didn’t know about and wasn’t prepared for. Her past has made her strong and resilient and she isn’t about to let him close himself off from the baby he needs who needs him as well.
This is a story about healing, love and new beginnings as Wells and Laurel take us on emotional journey that will have you hoping that they can find their way to each other and have the happiness they all deserve.
Gwyn McNamee is an attorney, writer, wife, and mother (to one human baby and two fur babies). Originally from the Midwest, Gwyn relocated to her husband’s home town of Las Vegas in 2015 and is enjoying her respite from the cold and snow. Gwyn has been writing down her crazy stories and ideas for years and finally decided to share them with the world. She loves to write stories with a bit of suspense and action mingled with romance and heat.When she isn’t either writing or voraciously devouring any books she can get her hands on, Gwyn is busy adding to her tattoo collection, golfing, and stirring up trouble with her perfect mix of sweetness and sarcasm (usually while wearing heels).
Gwyn is the author of The Hawke Family series, The Slip Series, The Deadliest Sin Series, The Inland Seas Series, The Supernatural Love Stories in the Absurd (written as her alter-ego, DP Payne), and several stand-alone novels.
Does it count as cruel and unusual punishment if you’re forced to be a movie extra with your enemy?
You’re So Extra, an all-new enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, romantic comedy with a hint of suspense and the first standalone book in the Finding You Series from USA Today bestselling author Angela Casella is available now!
Does it count as cruel and unusual punishment if you’re forced to be a mavie extra with your enemy?
Lucas
I figured being a movie extra would be a harmless distraction—a way for me to forget that my life is imploding and I’m the one who pulled the trigger. But it turns out ninety percent of being an extra is sitting around, so I have nothing to do but dwell.
Worse, I have to spend every last minute on set with a woman who’s connected to the incident that sent my life off course. I’m determined to help her, thereby evening the scales of justice imbalanced by my parents, but Delia Evans is so sunshiney and naïve and…
Well, extra.
And, to my utter astonishment, I find myself wanting more of her.
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Delia
It seemed like fate when I got hired to be in this movie. My high school crush is the lead actor, and judging by the number of times my mother has accused me of being dramatic, I’m a natural actress.
Only it turns out my former crush is a jerk, being an extra is shockingly boring, and I’m paired with a man whose last name ensures he’s my enemy. Lucas Burke is gorgeous, but even if he weren’t a Burke, I could never fall for such a conceited know-it-all.
Or at least that’s what I think until accidents start happening on set…
I’m not just kissing the rival… I’m falling for him.
Spencer Pennington has always been a shameless flirt, but when it came to being the best in our MBA program, all bets were off, and the competition was on.
Fast-forward a few years, and all it takes is a bar at a failed wedding and my silly kiss-rating system to lock lips with the enemy. Cocky as ever, Spencer claims he’s a ten and kisses me to prove it. I kiss him back to scratch an old itch, not expecting to like it.
Which is a huge problem, because Mr. Tall, Dark, and Tattooed from grad school is my new boss. And I want to kiss him again and again. Even if I only gave him a four.
Spencer
Charlotte Krause could be the perfect girl, if she didn’t hate me so much. I’m unsure if it was just me or guys in general, but she had this stuck-up, all-work-no-play vibe about her in college.
Imagine my surprise when I find her at the resort bar rating kisses like it’s her job. This carefree woman is nothing like the focused girl who turned me down at freshman orientation. And every time after that.
When I promise her I’m a ten, I see that competitive spark light in her ocean-blue eyes. There she is. She might have kissed me to prove me wrong, but I know I’m right about one thing.
She feels the spark too. There’s just one problem. It turns out her actual job is working for me.
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After the death of her parents Charlotte was focused on finishing college and being there for her sister and she was in position to allow a man into her life especially someone like Spencer. This resulted in them trying to best each other but the wedding that didn’t happen between her sister and his best friend forces her to realize she didn’t really know him at all.
Spencer has been attracted to Charlotte for years but when she didn’t return his interest, he did everything he could to infuriate her. When the pre wedding celebrations forces them to spend time together he isn’t about to let the opportunity pass him by but between her sister’s broken heart and their careers things are about to become complicated.
The banter between them was humorous and the chemistry intense as Spencer broke through Charlotte’s walls and showed her they were meant for each other in every way.
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan has been crowned the Queen of Swoon by her readers. With nearly fifty romance books under her belt, she’s known for penning happily ever afters with heart. When she’s not writing, you can find her with a book in her hand or hanging out with her family where she resides in her home state of Ohio.
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Releasing: August 8, 2023
Cover Design: Hang Le
Photographer: Wander Aguiar
After an unplanned meeting months before her wedding this mystery bride starts to have second thoughts about her upcoming nuptials. Can she really have another shot with the man who broke her heart so many years ago? She’s not unaccustomed to love triangles but the older she gets the more complicated they seem to become.
Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they’re married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they’re both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!
I kidnapped the wrong girl, and under excruciating circumstances, we fell in love.
I took every beating and form of torture meant for her.
For months I protected Everleigh, only to lose her when we finally escaped.
It’s been years, and the ghost of Everleigh Adams still haunts me.
The nightmare of losing the only woman I’ll ever love has driven me to insanity.
And then I start to see her everywhere.
Her ghost has left my nightmares to taunt me in my waking life.
Turns out Everleigh never died, and she’s kept a secret from me.
When we come face-to-face after four years of pure hell and agony of living without her, she’s still out of my reach.
But if insanity has taught me one thing – there are no rules.
I’ll take what’s mine. There’s nowhere Everleigh can run to escape me.
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Alek is part of the Bratva, and he and his brother have been tasked with abducting a mafia princess. All goes according to plan until not only do they realize that they have taken the wrong woman, but they are abducted as well. Alek changes from abductor to protector but the situation doesn’t end well and it leaves a trail of broken hearts.
Everleigh is trying to honor the plans that her parents made which sends her to Russia where she endured a devastating situation and barely escaped with her life. She has moved forward with her life and has never forgotten everything that she and Alek shared until he comes back into her life bringing the past with him.
Both Alek and Everleigh are struggling by the events of the past and aren’t the same people they used to be. They take us on an emotional journey as the love between them hasn’t diminished but they have so many obstacles to overcome and he isn’t about to lose her a second time.
About the Author:
Michelle Heard is a Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling Author who loves creating stories her readers can get lost in. She resides in South Africa with her son where she’s always planning her next book to write, and trip to take.
What The Heart Wants, an all-new curvy single mom, MFM poly romance from USA Today bestselling author Nikki Ash is available now!
Aubree
After losing my husband, life was all about taking care of my kids and trying to remain afloat.
Brody and Hayden crashed into my life with the force of an entire ocean.
Five years is a long time to be alone.
Now, I have not one but two sexy and successful men to drown in.
But can I handle the desires, passions, and love they both deserve?
Plus, two men mean double the heartache.
And my heart? It’s already mended haphazardly, cracked in multiple places from my loss.
Falling for them could be a disaster.
Choosing between them would be impossible.
But the heart wants what it wants.
And despite my better judgment, I want them both.
Oh, and did I mention that they’re best friends—and want to share me?
Things just got a lot more complicated…
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Vivian Armstrong has taken control of Vortex, her family’s security business, and she’s determined to prove her worth. She may be the youngest of seven and the only woman bodyguard on the team, but she’s every bit as tough as her older brothers. On a trip to Aspen Cove, she finds herself working for famous bass player Red Blakely, the personification of everything she detests in a man: arrogant, entitled, and too handsome for his own good. How can she protect him when all she wants to do is kill him?
Red is used to getting what he wants when he wants it. He likes his women here tonight and gone by morning. But when a fan becomes a fanatic, he finds himself in need of Vivian’s assistance. Forced to stay together, they discover an attraction they never expected, but can love really blossom between a workaholic and a playboy?
Welcome to Aspen Cove, the tiny Colorado town where fire and gasoline combine to create red-hot love…
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With her brother’s marriage and the birth of his daughter Vivian ventures to Aspen Cove to spend some time with them. She wants to play a bigger part in their family’s security business but she didn’t expect that the opportunity would included protecting a musician who has drawn the attention of the wrong person.
Red is a musician who is well aware of his appeal with the opposite sex. He is used to being in the spotlight but the attention he has recently received has him on guard so he hires Vivian for protection. She was supposed to protect his body but when feelings become involved will they be able to protect their hearts?
I enjoyed seeing the transformation in Red as he realizes how much better his life could be with the right woman to share it with.
International bestselling author of more than thirty novels, Kelly Collins writes with the intention of keeping love alive. Always a romantic, she blends real-life events with her vivid imagination to create characters and stories that lovers of contemporary romance, new adult, and romantic suspense will return to again and again.
Kelly has sold more than a quarter of a million books worldwide, and in 2021 she was awarded a Readers’ Favorite Award Gold Medal in the Contemporary Romance category for A Tablespoon of Temptation.
This grumpy man of the month wants to be a daddy and he thinks he’s found the one. But Candy Cane Key’s newest resident and self-proclaimed cat lady is on a mission and doesn’t have time for love, marriage, and babies. Can the town grump steal enough sunshine to woo her stubborn heart? Readers who love a little grumpy with their sunshine will enjoy Come to Papa by Matilda Martel, a steamy, small town, friends to lovers, age gap romance.
This grumpy man of the month wants to be a daddy. Reclusive writer Felix Mercer came to Candy Cane Key to find silence but quickly discovered peace and quiet are overrated. Disgruntled and unhappy, he can’t figure out what ails him until he meets the town’s newest resident and self-proclaimed cat lady, Harlow Jane. Harlow loves two things— Christmas and cats. When she reads an article about an island in the Florida Keys that celebrates Christmas all year round and with a long-suffering stray cat population, she knows she’s found her own personal paradise. Felix is instantly enamored, and a casual acquaintance quickly becomes an obsession. Harlow’s hot little curves drive him to distraction. Her kind, nurturing heart confirms he’s found the one. But Harlow’s on a mission to save the world— one cat at a time. She doesn’t have time for love, marriage, and babies. Can the town grump steal enough sunshine to woo her stubborn heart?
Stray cats need to be on their guard night and day— that’s the only way they survive. I hold my breath, watching her take two steps back and three steps forward, with one more to go. Her pupils suddenly dilate to saucers. Her back arches then a low guttural growl catches me by surprise. I scramble back like a crab, but my momentum stalls against a brick wall, and the kitty runs away. “Do you need some help?” The brick wall speaks. My head snaps up, and I glimpse the source, a fair-haired man with dark eyes, a wicked smile, and a body sculpted by the gods. I blink rapidly, blinded by the sun and his unspeakable beauty. I’ve never seen anyone who looks like him, not here or in Sycamore Mountain— not even on television. But this creeper ruined my plans and threw away five days of hard work. “No, you’ve done enough.” I groan, then bite my tongue, too frustrated to hide my intense displeasure for a man who was only trying to help. It’s not his fault, but my failure could result in tragedy if I don’t catch that cat soon. Stray dogs roam this beach at night in search of food, and they might mistake this fat little Calico for their next meal. I scramble to my feet, shifting aimlessly in the soft sand to regain my balance. The handsome stranger clears his throat and offers his hand. I hesitate but ultimately place my palm in his hand, letting him pull me to my feet. Attractive does not mean harmless. We’re alone on a beach, and my mother didn’t raise me to be a trusting fool. “Thank you, and I apologize for my snarky comment. I’ve been trying to catch that cat for the past few days, and this is the closest I’ve come.” I stammer, embarrassed by my rudeness and hoping my contrite behavior will make amends or prevent him from carrying me into the ocean and drowning me. “You mean Buster?” His deep voice jumps an octave, and he points to the chunky Calico reclining against a nearby palm tree, frantically cleaning his behind. “Buster? That’s a silly name for a girl.” I tiptoe towards the cat and consider my next course of action. He may be huge, hot, and handsome, but I have a one-track mind. There are far more important things on my to-do list than flirting with strange men who smell like cocoa butter, and what is that? Sandalwood? A storm is scheduled to pass through later this evening, and I hate to think of this little girl spending another night cold, wet, and alone. “Buster isn’t a girl. He’s a boy.” The strange man follows close, oddly fixated on lending a helping hand. I glance over my shoulder and lift my hand to my brow, shielding my eyes from the sun to get a better look at his face. There’s no denying he’s yummy, but he doesn’t know the first thing about cats. “Calicos are almost always girls,” I huff, confident with my assessment. He chuckles and points to the cat. “He’s got balls. I’m pretty sure he’s a boy.” I squint and squat to get a better look. My jaw drops. My tongue ties. “Oh… my… God. Oh, my God. We’ve just found a polydactyl male Calico. Do you have any idea how rare he is?” I flail my arms, squealing with glee, then accidentally strike his calves. He hardly flinches. He’s a golden slab of sculpted marble, and I couldn’t hurt him If I tried. “We need to get him. He must be guarded like the Mona Lisa.” I creep forward, and he drops to his knees, crawling next to me. “I’m Felix, by the way.” He stops to extend his arm, and I give him a quick shake, one eye on his sinewy forearm and the other on my fat Calico boy. He mustn’t escape. “I’m Harlow. I’m new to the island— on a mission to save the world, one cat at a time.” I laugh, crouching low, careful not to lose the element of surprise. “Can you crawl that away and block his exit?” I gesture with my head and slink forward like a snake. “That’s a lovely name.” His brown eyes twinkle as his mouth tips into a slight smile. My heart skips a beat, and for the first time, it has nothing to do with cats. “If I help you catch Buster, what do you plan on doing with him?”
Matilda is a Texas girl in love with a Philly boy who loves to write dirty books about two people who trip into love and fumble their way into a Filthy, Funny, Happily Ever After.
I live in Austin, with my husband, two crazy Chihuahuas and an even crazier cat. And I spend most of my day writing dirty romance books about older men who fall in love with younger women and make fools of themselves trying to win their hearts.
Genre/Tropes: Age Gap, Fake Marriage/Marriage of Convenience, Virgin Heroine, Ruthless Hero, Stalker, Captive, Forced Proximity, Slow Burn, Fractured Fairytale, Dark Mafia
Cover Model: Blaze
Photographer: Wander Aguiar
Designer: Silla Webb
Release Date: June 29, 2023
From USA Today Bestselling Authors SR Jones and Silla Webb comes a twisted Dark Mafia, Fractured Fairy Tale, Age Gap Romance filled with hatred and desire.
I have nothing.
My father’s death left my world ruined.
All that remains is my ancestral home, but my stepmother will do all that she can to take it from me.
Broken and alone, things can’t get any worse…
Until he arrives.
Nico Andretti. A dangerous mobster with a soul so dark the Devil himself would fear him.
He claimed me as his Cinders, but he treats me with disdain.
His men desecrate my family home and ruin my last shred of hope.
I want him gone.
But then I realize he hates my stepmother even more than I do.
Could my enemy’s enemy be my friend?
Once I have his attention, we begin a deadly game.
Our strange new bond is as brittle as glass and just as breakable.
It seems I’ve made a pact with the Devil, and he just might burn my world to ash.
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SR JONES
Redeeming dark and dangerous heroes one book at a time.
Skye Jones is an award winning and USA Today Bestselling Author.
She writes dark mafia and contemporary romance as SR Jones, and angsty paranormal romance as Skye.
When not writing, Skye can be found reading, dog herding, or watching gritty dramas on Netflix with her husband. She lives in the grey, windswept north of England, which fuels her taste for the dramatic and the gothic.
SILLA WEBB
Backwoods, barefoot, and bad-ass—those are just a few words often used to describe the HBIC that is also the classy and brilliant Silla Webb. Born and raised in the coal fields of Eastern Kentucky, Silla is the epitome of a Southern Belle, sass and strength with a side of sarcasm. All of her amazing attributes bleed through in the fictional heroines she brings to life beyond the pages.
Silla, a sweet tea and cupcake lover, is married to her high school sweetheart and a mother to three fine young men. I’m not saying Silla is Superwoman, but they’ve never been seen in the same room together. Silla is a USA Today Bestselling Author and the owner of Masque of the Red Pen, an independent publishing company that prides itself in bringing authors’ dreams of success to fruition. She’s an Executive Assistant and Editor to many amazing authors, but she often hides away from reality to immerse herself in the fictional worlds that consume her mind.
Silla’s most notably known for her Romantic Suspense world, Buried Secrets and her Contemporary Romance series, Under Construction, co-written with her soul sista and best friend, Kaden Layne.
Jiffy Kate is the joint pen name for Jiff Simpson and Jenny Kate Altman.
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