Haunted by past battles and sadness following Lucas’ departure, Alex is thrust back into the fray when a brutal murder threatens to unravel the very fabric of their world. Teaming up with old allies, and the Other Tabard’s Inn’s charming bartender Finn, she navigates a web of shifters, fae, and witches, all while grappling with the darkness growing within her.
As the death toll mounts and the sinister machinations of the Hidden Village reveal themselves, will Alex be able to save her friends without succumbing to her vampiric heritage? Will she allow Finn’s kindness to mend her fractured heart? Perhaps most importantly of all, will she ever find out how Argo, her snarky corgi roomie from hell, fixes his gourmet meals?
Prepare for a tale that tests the limits of love, loyalty and the strength to stand in the light, even as darkness encroaches.
A white-out blizzard wasn’t on my New Orleans bucket list, but crashing my getaway Jeep on rebel turf definitely tops the bad-idea charts.
Silvan “Venom” Mercer Combat medic. Enforcer. The silent savage who patches bullet wounds by day and breaks bones by night. I’ve had a crush on the man for as long as I can remember, but he has no idea who I am.
He found me shivering beside twisted metal in nothing but flamingo pajamas and fuzzy slippers, both of which are useless against twenty degrees and his open hostility.
You see, I’m Willow, daughter of Reign’s rival president, and I think I’m about to start a war when Venom slings me over his shoulder, muttering about frostbite and damn politics, before dragging us to a cabin on the back acres of Savage land.
Now I’m stuck with the enemy who looks way too good in flannel, smells like sin on a cold winter day and when I finally peel my eyes off him I notice something else.
There’s only one way out. There’s only one shower. And one bed big enough for exactly one grumpy sinner and one sunshine-girl.
Outside, the storm howls and it won’t be long before my father’s men come hunting for me. Inside, Venom keeps my body against his, swearing I’m untouchable…while his steady hands and rough whispers say otherwise.
I’m the enemy princess he can never claim. He’s the tattooed medic with rough hands and soft lips who’ll spill blood to keep me safe.
Can I trust my thawing heart—and my life—to the biker who calls me “angel” through gritted teeth.
Or will the blizzard outside be kinder than the war we spark when dawn breaks?
❤️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 ✔️A Forbidden Love ✔️Grumpy/Sunshine ✔️Forced-proximity ✔️MC romance with lethal “touch-her-and-die” vows ✔️Age Gap ✔️Instalove ✔️Daughter of the Enemy ✔️One Bed ✔️Snowed in
❤️Review Willow has always known that her father was not a good man but seeing what he is now into becomes the breaking point. She is determined to expose him however her plan to escape and share what she knows takes a detour during a blizzard when she is rescued by Venom, a member of a rival MC.
Venom knows who Willow is and has been denying his feelings for her for a while. When he finds her in danger he takes her back to his cabin and the one thing he does know is that he is never going to let her go and he will eliminate anyone who means her harm.
Venom and Willow take us on an action-packed adventure as he shows how protective he is when it comes to her and she shows how strong she really is and the love between them is undeniable.
She writes thrillers for a living, but nothing could prepare her for the one she’s living now.
By day, Michelle Holdcraft is the quiet woman-next-door in small-town Indiana. But by night, she’s D. Valentine, a bestselling thriller author with a mind for murder and secrets.
Her real life?
Completely ordinary. Until one unplanned trip to visit her estranged father in Iron Falls, Massachusetts, flips everything upside down.
She wakes to a gunshot only to find her father’s body in a pool of blood on the first floor and flames engulfing the walls. She barely escapes the burning house. Fleeing barefoot into the snow, Michelle becomes the only witness to a crime that no one in Iron Falls wants solved. Especially the sheriff.
Hiding in the snowy pines as she watches her father’s home burn, Michelle doesn’t know what to do, until a mysterious man appears, offering to help her—to save her life.
Michelle has never met Fletch—surely, she would remember this handsome and dangerous man if she had. However, Fletch knew her father and knows a lot about her, including her alter ego and her mother’s mysterious death.
With limited options, Michelle accepts Fletch’s help. It isn’t until she sees the large tattoo across his wide shoulder blades that she is shaken to the core. Michelle has seen that exact tattoo before—on her father.
Fletch might be her only ally… but he is hiding something. Her life has become one of her thrillers. But this time, the story’s out of her hands—and the ending might just kill her.
This time, the heroine doesn’t get to write the final page.
Michelle is used to crafting entertaining suspense fiction however she never expected it to impact her real life. When she decided to visit her father she never expected the secrets that would be revealed when she can’t rely on the people she should be able to trust and a stranger who comes to her rescue might be her only lifeline.
Fletch has his reasons for being there when Michelle needs him the most be is also a man with secrets. He is determined to keep her safe until those responsible are held accountable however developing feelings for her wasn’t part of the plan.
Michelle and Fletch take us on an action-packed adventure with so many twists and turns. Just when you think you have the insight to know what is coming next hold on and the sparks between these two as face the ongoing threats only escalates as they become closer.
Meet Aleatha Romig:
Aleatha Romig is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana. She grew up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living south of Indianapolis. Together with her high-school sweetheart and husband of over thirty years, they’ve raised three children. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she’s not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns or her new lighter side, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her pastimes include reading and creating heroes/anti-heroes who haunt your dreams!
After Scrooge has his revelatory night, ever wonder if he continues to turn over a new holly leaf, or if he goes back to his miserly ways?
I’ve been thinking about this question ever since a gorgeous red-headed angel saved me from a heart attack with a kiss and a whispered plea.
Of course, I am not certain whether any of it really happened. The redhead. The kiss. The whisper. Maybe it was all a dream. A visionary warning to change my life before it was too late.
As the CEO millionaire of a major department store in downtown Chicago, believing the holidays are about ribbons and bows; packages, boxes, and bags, and comes from a store has been my upbringing. However, I’ve decided to heed this cautionary tale in search of that something more in the season.
Only, I don’t know exactly how to move from selfish to elf-ish.
When that glorious redhead visits me in the hospital, a plan starts to form. I accept her request for a date to her younger brother’s holiday wedding, setting off a string of unexpected events and emotions.
She becomes my reason for the fa-la-la season.
And maybe perhaps, she’ll see I’m a little bit more than a grinch in a penthouse, but an elf longing to be taken down from the shelf.
+++
This November, L.B. Dunbar continues the seasonal tradition with another holiday hottie coming your way, only this time, HE needs the saving, and SHE’s with the fire department.
When I wake up next to my best friend’s brother after a night of bottom shelf tequila and a sizzling one night stand, I do my best to pretend the whole thing never happened.
Until six weeks later, when two pink lines derail my every plan.
Not only is Graham Astor the brother to my three closest friends and the boy I secretly crushed on for years as a teenager, but he’s also a single dad and a grieving widower.
With a new career on my horizon, I don’t have time for complicated or messy—everything Graham and this news brings—and yet, when he expresses how much he wants this, I can’t deny how much I do too.
Even if that means I might wind up heartbroken later.
Navigating this new reality and everything that comes along with it quickly becomes a test of my willpower and self-control as he continues to say all the right things and shows up for me, even when I don’t ask him to. The more time we spend together, the harder it is to keep my feelings out of it.
Especially when I move in with him, and the memory of his hot breath on my neck and the weight of his body on mine haunts me, reminding me of the blazing chemistry we shared.
I tell myself I won’t fall in love with Graham—not again—I swear, I won’t.
But then he looks at me the way he does, or he talks to my belly, telling our growing baby how lucky he is to be their dad, or I watch how incredible he is with his daughter, and it’s impossible not to.
It’s impossible not to picture what our life could be like together, in love and as a family.
But then I think about how the truth of our beautiful little surprise, and all the history we share, will come out eventually.
What if the fantasy in my head is as close as I’ll ever get to being loved by him?
I’ve always wanted to be a firefighter, and I never thought I would become a father, but it turns out—I’m both.
And while being a firefighter was the only career I ever wanted—being a father has become my greatest destiny in this world.
Now I need to do everything I can to protect my son, even if that means going back to my hometown. I won’t let my son down, no matter what, and I will do my duty as a fireman.
Hopefully, I can do it without everything else burning down around me.
Spencer
I never expected to see Kade again—my high school crush and my biggest heartache in adolescence.
I’m not the same person I once was. I’m stronger now. I won’t allow myself to be invisible.
I love being a teacher, and nothing will stop me from being the best one I can be. But Kade coming back into town with his adorable young son in tow—makes it a challenge.
All I can hope is to get through this school year without going back to that unsure, terrified kid.
I have to remember who I am—and when that fear comes back, threatening my newfound confidence—I hope I’ll find the courage to burn it down to the ground and come back stronger than ever.
Lulu Moore has revealed the cover for Wylder Ranch!
Releasing: November 20, 2025
Cover Designer: Ink and Laurel
Alexander, Lord Burlington, has spent ten months coming to terms with being ghosted by the American he could see having a future with. Not to mention Christmas is the one time of year he hates, so the sooner he can escape Valentine Nook, the better.
Haven Wylder tried to forget her week-long fling with the hot Englishman, something made impossible when two lines flashed at the end of a pregnancy test.
Now she’s grappling with motherhood.
Being alone makes it harder and all the more exhausting, but having lost both her parents means she’s determined not to give her daughter the same experience.
She sets out to find the guy who’s taken up way more of her head, and heart, than she intended.
One look at Haven, and Alex casts aside his feelings for Christmas. Instead, he puts his energy into “how to be the best girl dad” and hopes, perhaps, Haven’s sparkle might return. He hasn’t forgotten her smile, the twinkle in her brilliant green eyes, or the way she felt in his arms either.
When he invites them to stay, it’s only a matter of time before the lines are blurred between keeping things platonic and giving in to their undeniable chemistry.
Soon, all that’s left is figuring out how to raise their daughter together from separate sides of the Atlantic.
Haven might have gotten away once, but Alex isn’t making the same mistake twice. He has other plans.
He just needs to convince Haven before she returns to Aspen, and prays she says yes.
We love planning things for every single one. That means the last couple of months of the year usually whizz by with planning and crafting I love! But this year, they’ve decided we need to step out of our comfort zone. Instead of annual Halloween-themed book club, they want us to visit a haunted house that ends with a masquerade ball.
Somehow, they’ve talked me (Captain Scaredy Pants) into going with them, and I’m not going to lie—I’m so out of my element!
One wrong turn, and I find myself in the arms of a mysterious vampire daddy who makes me tingle with anticipation. Will it be love at first bite? Or should I let him nibble me up to make sure it’s the real thing?
Even though she is nervous Tabitha agrees to attend a Halloween party with her best friends. When she sees Brewster, a swoony vampire, she is convinced to approach him and the sparks fly.
Lately Brewster has been feeling a little discontented with his life but that all changes when he meets Tabitha. He knows that she is what has been missing in his life and that one night one night will never be enough.
The chemistry between them is intense and both are all in when it comes to their relationship. I also enjoyed the friendship she shares with her besties.
I’m obsessed with her. She’s mine … she just doesn’t know it yet.
They say I’m a sociopath, but Ivy makes me feel like I’m worth something. She’s the only one to see past the fake smile that hides how dead I am inside.
Ivy is an incredible nurse to my sister and a loving single mom. Which is exactly why she should fear me, because while she saves lives, I end them.
And she would, if she discovered I’ve been stalking her, like a man possessed. Because as the club’s Enforcer, I protect what’s mine.
Ivy needs to take sanctuary at the club with her daughter, and I vow to keep them safe. In return, she thinks she can save my tortured soul and heal what’s broken inside me. But I know better.
I’ve already sinned too much to be saved. She can’t change my violent past. My dangerous life. Or the fact that I’m damaged beyond repair.
But if she wants my heart, I’ll carve it out for her, because I’m not afraid of pain or death. There’s only one thing left in life that scares me …
✨Did you see?✨ALL THIS TIME by @harlowjamesauthor is available NOW! Grab it in KU and audio with the amazing narrators Teddy Hamilton and Samantha Brentmoor in DUET!
Fletcher Adams is not just the man that stole my heart at fifteen and never gave it back.
He’s also my brother’s best friend, and now one of the most famous players in the NFL.
But now he’s back in Blossom Peak for our mutual friend’s wedding, and guess who are the maid of honor and best man?
That would be us.
I’ve spent the past twelve years ignoring what happened between us that fateful night, and avoiding him as much as possible when he did pop into town to visit.
But now he’s everywhere.
In my salon getting a massage to support my business.
Participating in yoga to support my family’s winery.
And even hacking into my phone to monitor my glucose—which makes me furious and also a little bit weak in the knees.
Then he finds out that my ex-fiancé never satisfied me in the bedroom, so he instantly volunteers for the job.
Turns out time couldn’t snuff the flames that still burned between us.
But Fletcher has demons from his past he hasn’t faced, the kind that you can try to bury but always manage to get washed up in a storm.
And this storm just might destroy us both.
There’s one thing we can’t deny however, even though we try—feelings still matter, even after all this time.
Matteo “Lucky” Branson has it all—an elite hockey career, a massive fanbase, and the kind of charm that trends effortlessly on TikTok. As the fun-loving left winger for the Pittsburgh Titans, he’s built a brand on superstition and swagger. But when a viral dating challenge puts him opposite a woman who couldn’t care less about his fame, Lucky’s about to learn the hard way that some games don’t follow the playbook.
They call me Lucky for a reason. My grandmother swears I was cursed at birth—yet somehow, I’ve been kissed by fate every day since. I’ve got my rabbit’s foot, a shamrock tattoo, and quirky rituals by the dozen—and it’s all worked so far. Life’s been smooth. Hockey, clout, fun… I’m skating through.
Until I meet Winifred Shaw. Winnie. She’s smart, bold, and laugh-out-loud funny, with a TikTok following that rivals mine and a dating challenge that’s going viral. The premise? Thirty days of dating to prove an average woman can still land a decent guy. I’m the first to accept the challenge—one night, one chance, and then she moves on. But the moment she rolls her eyes at me, I’m hooked.
She thinks I’m just another overhyped athlete with a pretty face and a lucky streak. But I see her—confident, curvy, electric—and I don’t just want a second date. I want every single one after that.
I’ve always trusted luck to get me where I need to be. But this time? I’m ready to fight for it.
I need a husband. Jensen needs a business makeover. A marriage of convenience should solve both our problems.
Moving back to Coal Haven should have been simple—start my tutoring business, settle into the historic house my grandmother left me, and move on from my past. But there’s a catch: I can’t claim the house unless I’m married.
Jensen Hollis. My childhood rival. The guy I spent years trying to outdo. The one who married our mutual friend while I watched from the sidelines. Now he’s divorced, a single dad, and—somehow—my only option.
It’s a perfect arrangement. A temporary marriage. One year with no feelings involved. At least, that was the plan… until playing house starts to feel a little too real.
Kari's Book Reviews and Revelations 