It’s hard to keep a big secret in a small town . . .
When Paige Hollister discovers her “Mr. Right” already has a “Mrs. Right,” she swears off men forever. Even more humiliating, she suddenly finds herself labeled the other woman and out of the teaching job she loves. So Paige does what every unemployed single woman staring thirty in the face does: She hightails it to the beach. Bad luck like hers is hard to outrun, however. Her getaway is stalled when her car breaks down in a small-town chock full of meddling, nosy residents. The worst of them being the local sheriff—none other than her estranged father.
Finally on top of the golf world, Tanner Gillette is poised to show everyone he’s not just an entitled playboy coasting through tournaments on his pedigree. That is until his life is turned upside down by a little girl who shows up on his doorstep with a birth certificate inexplicably bearing his name. Complicating matters more, the kid isn’t talking. When the stress of caring for a child whose mother is AWOL gives Tanner a bad case of the yips, he’s forced to enlist help from the one person in town who can’t wait to leave.
Sticking around Chances Inlet and her father’s shiny new, über-successful family isn’t on Paige’s to-do list. Especially when she’d prefer to keep her embarrassing incident under wraps. Yet she can’t walk away from the troubled little girl. Or the sexy Australian golfer who just might make her want to take a chance on trusting her heart again.
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Being burnt by love has not only turned Paige’s life upside down personally but professionally as well. The plan was to distance herself from the situation, but the plan didn’t include finding herself in Chances Inlet where her estranged father is the Sheriff or that she would find herself looking after the daughter that Tanner didn’t know he had.
Tanner is a professional golfer who is focused on improving his game so having Whitney, the daughter he knew nothing about, show up on his doorstep has left him reeling. He isn’t sure how to handle the situation but maybe Paige’s arrival wasn’t chance but fate.
This is a heartwarming story about love and family as both Paige and Tanner are going through a challenging time in their life and find the support they need in each other and the town.
AUTHOR BIO
USA Today bestselling author Tracy Solheim writes books with shirtless men on the cover. Some of them are actually best-sellers. The books, not the men. When she’s not writing, she’s practicing her curling. . . bottles of wine, that is. She’s been known to cook dinner but no more than two nights in a row. Most days, she’d rather be reading, which to her is just necessary research. She lives in the suburbs of Atlanta with her husband and a neurotic Labrador retriever. Her two adult children visit but not often enough. (See the note above about cooking.) Check out her romantic suspense series featuring the Men of the Secret Service–shirtless, of course! See what she’s up to at www.tracysolheim.com
Kandi Steiner has revealed the gorgeous cover for Meet Your Match!
Releasing: July 7, 2023
Cover Design: Kandi Steiner
Photographer: Ren Saliba
One Month with Vince Tanev: Tampa’s Hotshot Rookie
Twenty-four-seven access on and off the ice.
The headline says it all, and my bosses are over the moon when the opportunity of a lifetime lands in my lap. Of course, they aren’t aware that I’ve already met Vince Cool at an all-star gala — and that we were at each other’s throats the entire time.
It doesn’t matter that he’s the kind of hot that shows God has favorites — messy brown hair, heated hazel eyes, the smirk of a rockstar, and a scar over his eyebrow that makes every woman particularly feral.
He’s a rich, cocky playboy — a brand I’m all too familiar with, and one I’m determined to never be around again.
But after my coverage of the gala stirs up buzz, the team’s General Manager and my CEO strike a deal. To help fill the arena at home games, I’ll get up close and personal with Tampa’s new shiny toy. Whether he’s at practice, playing in a game, partying, or drinking coffee half-naked in his condo — I’ll be there for all of it.
Vince gets under my skin like no one else. It isn’t long before that paper-thin line between hate and lust blurs, and being around him every waking minute of the day leaves no chance to escape his devilish stare.
The air crackles between us. The tension is hot enough to melt my inhibitions.
But I know the way this story ends. I’ve lived it once before.
As much as I work to guard my heart, my body is a traitor — and if this man puts his hands on me, I know I’ll submit to desire.
I thought one month with Vince Tanev was a game I could win easily.
Kandi Steiner is an Amazon Top 5 bestselling author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tampa, FL. Best known for writing “emotional rollercoaster” stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance — in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you’re a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she’s your gal.
An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.”
She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.
When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, planning her next adventure, or pole dancing (yes, you read that right). She enjoys live music, traveling, playing with her fur babies and soaking up the sweetness of life.
Kandi Steiner may be coming to a city near you! Check out her “events” tab to see all the signings she’s attending in the near future: www.kandisteiner.com/events
What to expect:
🏒Hockey Romance
🏒Brother’s Friend
🏒Sassy Heroine/Protective Hero
🏒STEAMY, all the hotness in precarious places…
🏒Low Angst/HEA Guaranteed
BLURB:
Ellie
Before my junior year at Lincoln University, I promised myself three things. Just three.
1. Actually dig into the whole sorority girl bit.
2. Stay away from athletes.
3. Seriously, stay away from athletes.
When Professor Taylor posted our chem midterm partners and I got stuck with the captain of Lincoln’s Ice Hockey team , I was sure I’d be able to abide by rules 2 and 3. After all, I was immune to Leo’s whole ‘hottest guy on campus’ thing. I grew up with him— my brother’s best friend .
That I’ve been obsessed with since I was eight.
F’ me.
Leo
Senior year. Captain of the hockey team , already engaged to the NHL with the perfect union months away, my whole life mapped out ahead of me. All my dreams come true.
Except for the one with Eleanor Rhodes.
That one’s reoccurring, starring her in nothing but my number and that perfect little blush that shows up every time she looks at me.
No biggies. I’ve worked that one out. In the shower. Numerous times. She never had a reason to get any closer than her Instagram until Professor Taylor assigned us as chem partners.
The one girl on campus who shouldn’t be on my radar, yet she somehow seems to be the only one.
MJ Fields is a USA Today bestselling author of new adult and contemporary romance novels. She lives in New York with her daughter and smoochie faced Newfie, Theo.
When she’s not locked away in the cave, she enjoys spending time with her family, listening to live music, going to the theatre, singing off key, dancing to her own beat, listening to audio books, and reading— of course.
From the author of Chick Magnet comes a heartfelt friends-to-lovers story about what can happen when a funny guy and his childhood best friend are stuck together in a small New York City apartment.
Sam can’t escape the smash hit “Lost Boy” because, well, he is the lost boy. His pop-singer ex immortalized him in a song about his childish ways, and now his comedy career is on the line.
At least he still has Bree, his best friend and confidante. Bree has always been there for Sam, but she’s never revealed her biggest secret: she’s in love with him. To help herself move on, Bree applies for her dream job across the country—and doesn’t say a thing to Sam.
But as Sam tries to resuscitate his career, he turns to Bree for support—and maybe more. In the confines of her tiny apartment, they share a different dynamic. A charged dynamic. But she’s his friend. He can’t be falling for her.
Except he is.
Are his feelings for Bree just funny business? Or is their smoldering attraction the real deal?
Since he was a child the one constant in Sam’s life has been his best friend, Bree. She has always been there for him through all the ups and downs so when the ending of his most recent relationship goes viral it was only natural that he would stay with her until the frenzy ended. He expected that this would be like the other times she has been there for him, but she has some news that will force him to re-evaluate their relationship.
Bree has a successful career, and she has been in love with her best friend since they were teenagers even if he doesn’t know. She has come to accept that he only wants a friendship so the best way to protect her heart is by distancing herself from him and the recent job offer out of town is the way to do that, but his reaction will change everything.
This is a story of two people who with the help of each other overcame their less than idyllic childhoods. They were both scared of destroying the best relationship in their lives as their journey is filled with humor and emotion.
♡♡ NEW RELEASE ♡♡ 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩 by L.B. Dunbar is the third standalone in the Road Trips and Romance series, and is AVAILABLE NOW!! Join Lindee and Thad when one-night leads to a second chance adventure that neither predicted would take their desires down unfamiliar paths where one person is a wandering soul and the other wants to stay put . . . together.
What to expect: ✔️ one-night stand ✔️ reunited lovers ✔️ newly divorced single dad ✔️ boss-employee romance ✔️ restless hearts ✔️ silver fox, over 40 romance
BLURB: The road less traveled by a sexy silver fox and a restless woman might be the path they need to restore both their hearts. Lindee Fox My entire adult life has been a road trip, and I’m ready to put the brakes on the wanderlust in my veins. So, I bought a motel. The irony isn’t lost on me. What I hadn’t anticipated was a little clause in the contract, stating I must use a specific construction company for renovations. A business owned by a man who gave me one toe-curling, thigh-clenching, soul-defining night that came with a huge dose of reality the following morning. I wanted to erase him from my memory, but that has not been easy. And seeing him once again because I’m his new boss, well, I can’t decide if I want to kiss him or fire him. Leaning toward firing him. Maybe.
Thaddeus Rhode My forty-five years have been full of reckless twists and turns. Former motorcycle man. Newly divorced single dad. The one direction I never expected was a glance back at the woman who crashed into my life. Hadn’t planned on that single, incredible night. Hadn’t foreseen a big misunderstanding the next day. After everything that happened, I never thought I’d see her again. But I hoped I would. She rejuvenated my road-weary soul and been impossible to forget. When fate crosses our paths a second time, I had decisions to make. I wasn’t giving up this job. I wasn’t leaving this town. Walking away from her? Definitely not happening again.
**NOTE** The Fox sisters (Road Trips & Romance) are the siblings of Garrett Fox from Wine&Dine, an original sexy silver fox.
Lindee is a free spirit who ventures from town to another renovating dated motels to turn them into a place that people will want to stay. She is beginning to grow weary of not having a place to call home so she purchases a motel and hope that it will become the place she wants to stay. The only catch is that she has no input on the man who will be doing the renovations and she had no idea he was the same man she spent one night with until a misunderstanding tore them apart.
After all that he has recently been through Thad is ready to begin the next stage in his life. He wants to experience all the things he has put on hold and while he will be there for his children, he wants nothing to do with his ex. He spent an unforgettable night with Lindee and he wants to see what they could have together but that means working through the misunderstanding of the past and showing her that she can trust him with her heart.
This is a heartwarming story about second chances and new beginnings. Both Lindee and Thad have difficult pasts but once they open their hearts together they prove they are much stronger together than apart.
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After a devastating loss Donovan was a changed man. He keeps everyone at a distance with his only focus being his job as a mercenary where he has little concern for his actions as long as the outcome is what was asked of him. When he is asked to watch over Alani, she becomes the one assignment he can’t walk away from.
Alani is dealing with the loss of her parents and what her sister when through in self-destructive ways. She not only refuses to believe that she could be in danger, but she goes out of her way to antagonize the man who is determined to protect her.
Both Alani and Donovan are damaged by their pasts, but it also allows them to understand each other. The chemistry between them is intense as their attempts to fight their feelings for each other has the opposite effect until they can’t imagine a future without the other.
Meet Marie James:
Let’s see…where to begin…
I’m a full-time author, mother of two boys, and wife of 18+ years. Dog Mom to four great danes: Maximus, Nala, Freya, and Hagrid.
I’ve spent almost my entire lifetime living in central Texas, with only short stays in South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida. Currently residing in a sleepy little town in East Tennessee.
Writing is my passion, and I absolutely love being able to sit down and put all of my thoughts and emotions into my stories.
I love dogs, coffee, making handmade cards, and steamy romance novels!
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Love arrived when I least expected it. It was lust at first sight, I just never thought he’d ever love me back.
Bradford Manning was my boss. He was older than me and was technically off-limits, but a chance encounter one evening changed everything.
Since then, I’d never been happier. Until one day, it all came crumbling down. He broke my heart and sent me away.
I never stopped thinking about him. I couldn’t. He was it for me. Now he’s back and he wants a second chance, but can I open my heart a second time?
Bradford
Love came when I’d given up hope of finding ‘the one.’ I never thought I’d get the chance. Especially not from my assistant, my much younger assistant.
Fern Halstead was the forbidden fruit, but I couldn’t stop thinking about her. One kiss changed our relationship forever.
When someone tried to take her away from me, for her safety, I did something I swore never to do, I pushed her away.
But Fern owns my heart and I want her back. She’s my endgame. Now I just need to find a way to eliminate the threat so I can never let her go again.
About DL Gallie:
DL Gallie is from Queensland, Australia, but she’s lived in many different places all over the world. She currently resides in Gladstone with her husband and two kids. She and her husband have been together since she was sixteen, and although they drive each other crazy at times, she couldn’t imagine her life without him.
Shortly after her son was born, DL began reading again. With encouragement from her husband, she picked up the pen and started writing, and now the voices in her head won’t shut up.
DL enjoys listening to music, drinking white wine in the summer, red wine in the winter, and beer all year round. She’s also never been known to turn down a cocktail, especially a margarita.
Is an all-out blitz on her heart enough to score big?
Cole Jackson is the perfect reminder of why I’ve sworn-off relationships.
I don’t have time for games, or the empty promises of a good time from the manwhore of the Baltimore Royals. Not with a growing stack of bills to pay and a maid-of-honor gig to perform as flawlessly as possible.
But what if this time, I’m wrong? What if the no players rule that has kept me safe, is the very thing that will break my heart?
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Current Status: Football stud turned … husband?
Kristen Keller has turned me down more times than I can count. But I’ve got an in now, especially playing best man to her maid of honor for my sister’s wedding. She’s stuck with me for the next few months and this marriage is my chance to show her that I’m not what she thinks.
I can easily prove we’re right for each other. As long as chasing her doesn’t ruin my game, my family, and most importantly, a chance to avoid ending this accidental marriage.
***Beauty & the Cornerback is a Forced Proximity, Accidental Vegas Wedding, Sports Romance that’s the perfect mix of sexy and swoon. It is a novel inside the Baltimore Royals Football Series, though each book can be read as a standalone. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happily ever after for all.
Ava Woods is a pen name for USA Today Bestselling Author Anna Applegate. Ava writes sexy contemporary romance novels while living tucked away in rural Maryland with her beautiful daughters, building a mini-Disney Princess army in their own little happily ever after.
Ava loves to escape into her fictional world – whether through her unchecked book addiction,
or by creating swoon-worthy romances that will sweep any reader off their feet.
To learn more about Ava and her books, visit here!
One summer, one rebellious rockstar, and a love that won’t quit — even when it hurts.
Four years ago, Derek “Reign” Reiner gave me my first kiss and flipped my world upside down. Then, my brother’s bandmate catapulted to stardom, becoming a veritable rock god, while I moved across the country.
The last thing Derek expects is me on his band’s doorstep. Yet, here I am. Lost, uncertain about my future, and desperate to feel a connection — to my family, to my brother, to him.
I’m in Boston for one summer, hoping to find my path and discover if there’s something between Derek and me.
And, oh, there is.
Our attraction is intense and heady, fueled by a reckless need. Our chemistry is electric, brimming with a desperate passion neither of us can control.
And our relationship? Well, that’s complicated. Tumultuous.
Derek Reiner may be my brother’s best friend, an international heartthrob, and a musical genius. But he’s also mine.
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Allegra isn’t certain what the future holds and she needs to make some life choices. She believes that best way to do that is to distance herself from school and visit her brother. The only problem is that it raises more questions than answers as she tries to reclaim her relationship with her brother which also reunites her with Derek.
Derek is not only Allegra’s brother’s best friend and but are in the same band as well. He has always had feelings for her but believes she deserves more than he can ever give her which causes some angst and that is only one of the challenges they find themselves facing.
This is only the beginning of Allegra and Derek’s story as they take us on a emotional ride that leaves us wanting more of them and to see where they go from here.
Meet Gina Azzi:
Hey Lovelies!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I’m Gina Azzi, a book-obsessed, coffee-drinking, globetrotting, mama of three! I write steamy Contemporary and Sports Romance books with heartwarming happily-ever-afters.
A Jersey girl at heart, I spent my twenties living and working abroad before settling down in Ontario, Canada with my family. When I’m not dreaming up storylines or writing all the words, you can find me hanging with my littles, attempting to bake, or planning my next adventure.
Let’s see…where to begin…
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