The crowd shouts as I smile, hugging my girl close. I twirl her around the stage, feeding their cheers while planting a show-stopping kiss on her sinfully red lips. Our fans scream at our love, both excited and envious of what we have. But little do they know that, in spite of the goddess wrapped in my arms, my eyes look past her and gaze into those of another. My loverboy.
She thought I was lying. The first time we met, she dismissed me as a smooth-talking stranger with a cheap pickup line and easy smileโฆand decided to walk away.
I shouldโve forgotten her. I didnโt.
Now sheโs on my doorstepโsurprised, breathtaking, saying my name like she owns it. And all I can think about is pressing her against the wall and stealing the words from her mouth.
Because sheโs wrong about me. Iโm exactly who I said I wasโthe artist her boss is desperate to sign. The man behind the metalwork her boss canโt stop talking about.
Now sheโs here to convince me to agree to an exclusive show.
I might. On one condition. I get what I want. And what I wantโฆ is her.
๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ’๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ โ๏ธ Heavy Banter โ๏ธ Mistaken Identity โ๏ธ Negotiation Romance โ๏ธ City Girl/Country Boy โ๏ธ Dominant Energy โ๏ธ Creative/Artist Hero โ๏ธ Opposites Attracts โ๏ธ He Yearns For Her
โค๏ธReview Indy has been sent by her boss to Whispering Oak to meet the artist whose work in metal has drawn attention to convince them to participate in a show. After spending a day trying to find this person she is surprised to find out that he was the man she met in the pub the night before who she rebuffed because she didnโt believe him.
Toren was drawn to Indy from their first meeting and when she showed up at his door it only reinforced that feeling. He is willing to do the show as it will allow him to show Indy they belong together
The heat between them radiates off the pages and now that Indy is in his life Toren is willing to make whatever changes are necessary to keep her.
The Savage Kings crowned Sage Sachs their queen, but is she truly prepared to serve them? As one of the hottest bands soaring to stardom the Savage Kings need to repair their reputation. Who better to help them with that than the straight-laced, responsible Sage? But how much can it be repaired when they are contracting her to be in a very public polyamorous relationship with them? Sage is quick to fall for the sweet Collin Pernicious and fun Kellan Malicious, itโs the other two members that draw her in and terrify her at the same time. Drew Ferocious screams danger while causing her body to burn in ways she didnโt know were possible. The same rude, crude Gabriel Vicious that sends her fleeing when heโs in character wormed his way deep into her heart. Sage doesnโt know if she can meet the needs of four strong, sexy men, but does she really have a choice?
Birdie Whiskey has spent years watching love find everyone else. She has a successful chocolate business, an incredible family, and a full life. All thatโs missing is someone to share it with. When she gets swept up in a single, unforgettable night with a mysterious stranger, she believes itโs finally her turn. But the man who knocks her off her feet is the last man her family would ever accept.
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From New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster comes The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch, a small-town, big-family series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal, insanely sexy bikers who give horsesโand peopleโa second chance. Buckle up for a wild ride in Hope Valley, Colorado, as these big-hearted badasses and their sassy sisters wrangle in their forever loves. No cliffhangers, no cheating, and always a happily ever after.
Iโm the man people call when somethingโs off with a horse, and the one they avoid when the jobโs done. I keep my distance, keep my head down, and keep my pastโand the scars it left behindโto myself.
Then Rachel Grable shows up.
Sheโs in town to cover Mustang Mountainโs first rodeo, but it doesnโt take long before she starts asking questions. Questions about horses that donโt add up, records that donโt make sense, and things that were never meant to be looked at too closely.
I should shut her down. But sheโs the first woman who doesnโt look at me like Iโm broken, like there might still be something in me worth saving. So I stop pushing her away, and let her get close enough to matter.
This town buried the truth a long time ago. Now sheโs digging it back up. Walking away would mean letting her face it alone, and thatโs not something I can do. Because somewhere along the way, she stopped being a problem I needed to avoid and became the one thing I donโt know how to lose.
But if I donโt stop her, sheโs going to uncover everythingโฆ and I wonโt be able to keep her safe when she does.
๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ’๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ โ๏ธWounded hero โ๏ธBeauty and the Beast โ๏ธCowboy โ๏ธMountain man romance โ๏ธGrumpy/Sunshine
โค๏ธ Review Rachel is a journalist who finds herself in Mustang Mountain to write a story about the rodeo they are hosting. As she watches Roman work with the horses she canโt help but admire how patient and gentle he is with them, but she is beginning to suspect that not everything is as it appears when it comes to the horses.
Roman was drawn to Rachel from their first meeting as she sees beyond what he views as his imperfections to who he is. As she tries to uncover the truth about the irregularities regarding the horses he is concerned that she is placing herself and the town in danger.
Rachel is independent however she also wants to do what is right for the town and Roman while Roman wants to protect Rachel especially from herself and the way they put each other first was what made their romance special.
I canโt decide if my new summer tenantโa devastatingly handsome hockey player and single dadโis the answer to my problems or the start of a new one.
When big-city developers threaten to buy up my small town, I need to save the rental cottage next door from demolition. I have a plan . . . until Daniel Sutton checks in.
Six-four, a face chiseled by the gods, and a body built by a career on the ice, Iโm knocked sideways. Heโs charming with me and adorable with his son. And when we touch, itโs electric.
But two things change everything. The pipes break in the cottage, and his agent calls. Before I can stop myself, Iโm offering him a place to stay, and Daniel is offering me the answer to my problems. Heโll buy the cottage for me if I help him clean up his reputation.
Sounds simple enough. But when I start to fall in love with him, even though I know heโs leaving in a few months, itโs suddenly more complicated than ever.
Iโm willing to take a chance on us and pour my heart into a letter. But with him skating on thin ice, heโs going to have to sacrifice somethingโme or his career.
I just hope XOXO, Summer isnโt the last thing I ever say to him.
Angela Casella lives in Asheville, North Carolina in an almost-one-hundred-year-old house with her daughter, two dogs, and an ever-changing number of fish. She worked as a developmental editor for years, both as a freelancer and at Random House in NYC before she started writing (inspired by her friend and frequent co-author Denise Grover Swank!). Now, it’s become an addiction, and she’d rather not be cured, thank you very much.
She comes from a loud Italian American family, so she basically has a phD in bickering…er…banter.
Their secret fake relationship began with a little white lie…
Nora
My ginger beer brewery is, quite literally, my life. Unfortunately, Iโm about to lose it. My male business partner’s new fiancรฉe is insanely jealous, and itโs only a matter of time before she forces him to quit.
So I ask him what itโll take for her to back down.
A boyfriend.
I make one up, telling her it’s too early to introduce him, which works up until she walks in on a heated private conversation between me and Cormac, my soon-to-be stepbrother.
She comes to a wild conclusion: the reason Iโve been keeping my boyfriend secret is because it’s him.
I should definitely set her straight. Cormac is the last person I’d ever date, and not just because our parents are about to get married. Iโve known him since high school, and heโs awkward, introverted, and has the people skills of a houseplant.
But I’m desperate enough to tell the worst lie ever.
Cormac
Nora begs me to be her secret fake boyfriendโan act that only has to work on two people.
Any sane man would refuse, but Iโve promised my father to make peace with her. So I present her with an offer: dog sit my corgi for a weekend, and Iโll be the fake boyfriend of your dreams.
She accepts quickly, because she’s never met my dog.
Thereโs only one problem: I had a huge crush on Nora in high school, and the more time we spend together, the more I realize it never went away.
**A standalone romcom in the Babes of Brewing series**
Note: There are TWO different versions of this romcom:
1) A spicy open door version with some strong language and sex scenes
2) A closed door version with mild language and only kissing.
๐Review๐ When Nora became partners with her best friend, Jose, in a brewery she thought it would be the perfect arrangement until his jealous fiancรฉ decides to make things difficult. As a way to appease her Nora claims she has a boyfriend and the only one she can think of to play the part is Cormac, the man she has an adversarial relationship with and is about to become her stepbrother.
Cormac is intelligent, a little quirky and so different from Nora. When Nora needs a pretend boyfriend he is willing to accept the position in part because of their family and in part because of the feelings he has always had for her. What could possibly go wrong?
The banter between them is sure to bring a smile to your face, the chemistry and connection between them never in doubt as two opposites find the perfect balance in each other.
She’s the complication this wild cowboy can’t resist.
Blaze
There are always complications on a ranch, but they’re never a wild blonde passed out in the horse barn… Until now.
Finding Morgan Lott face down in the hay is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. She’s chaotic, loud, and guaranteed to shave years off my life. She’s also the sweetest temptation I’ve ever seen.
But she’s running from something. And it’s catching up fast.
I don’t lose what’s mine. And I’ve never played fair a day in my life.
Not when the stakes are my future.
Not when it’s my heart on the line.
She isn’t going anywhere. Ever again.
Morgan
Waking up in a barn with a nosy horse wasn’t my plan. Neither was being accused of a felony.
The barn is a way better choice than prison.
Until Blaze Hendrix throws me over his broad shoulder and says I belong to him. This rough cowboy is big, beautiful, and a little too bossy. He also has my heart going wild every time he touches me.
I don’t want to like him. I don’t want to stay. And I don’t want to fall.
I do anyway.
Because he makes me feel safe… even when I know my mess could blow everything up.
Morgan hasnโt had an easy life, and it isnโt about to get any easier when she fears she will be charged with a crime she didnโt commit. She has been trying to hide for the last two days but that comes to an end when Blaze finds her sleeping with his horse.
From the moment that Blaze meets Morgan he knows that she is meant to be his. He is determined to protect her and keep her safe while they uncover the truth about her predicament and he shows her that she has finally found the place and people to call home.
Morgan is a whirlwind and is exactly who Blaze needs in his life. Once he meets her he canโt imagine a future without her while giving her the life and happiness she was always meant to have.
I came to Whispers to start over. Just me, my baby, and a bakery that smells like second chances.
No more judgmental glances. No more family who treated me like a stain they couldnโt scrub out. Just flour, sugar, and the quiet hope that I can build a life worth living.
I didnโt expect to meet Griffin.
Grumpy, gorgeous, and maddeningly closed off, heโs the townโs most elusive billionaire and the man who built homes for the rich but never made one for himself.
He sees me. Not just the bump or the baggage, but the woman underneath. And when he looks at me like Iโm the only thing thatโs ever made sense, I forget how to breathe.
But trust isnโt something I can afford. My past has taught me to be wary of everyone. Even if the grumpy builder says heโs ready to fight for something real.
Liam Page spent decades singing about love. Now he’s ready to talk about it.
The stadiums aren’t selling out like they used to. His bandmates are ready for a change. And Liam is finally okay with that because being home in Beaumont with Josie, their son Noah, and three perfect grandchildren is everything he never knew he needed.
When a producer pitches him a late-night call-in radio show, Liam is skeptical. But “The Love Line with Liam” becomes something unexpected. A chance to help strangers navigate heartbreak, second chances, and everything in between.
He’s good at giving advice. It’s his own life that keeps getting complicated.Because after decades of silence, his estranged father is asking for forgiveness. And Liam isn’t sure he has any to give.
Lark Carrington came to Coral Bell Cove for a fresh start. A fading inn, a quiet life, and a chance to rebuild something steady after everything sheโs lost. She didnโt expect her first real connection to come in the middle of chaos.
Holt Wright is used to being underestimatedโlong before he ever put on a uniform. The easygoing one. The goofball. The brother no one expected much from. Until he became a firefighter. Now, when the alarm sounds, heโs the one people trust when it matters most.
The one who shows up.
The one who stays.
Even for her.
What begins as a single momentโsmoke, heat, and the steady presence of the man who pulled her back from the edgeโturns into something neither of them can ignore. Long days restoring the Carrington Inn. Late nights that feel a little too honest. A connection that builds slowlyโฆ and burns deeper than either of them expected.
Because Lark doesnโt trust easily. And Holt is still learning what it means to be the man people finally believe in.
And when the past Lark tried to outrun starts to catch up with herโฆ theyโll have to decide if this is just a sparkโor something worth risking everything for.
At First Spark is a tender, slow-burn small-town romance about healing, showing up, and discovering that sometimes the person who saves youโฆ is the one you choose to stay for.
Marni Mann has revealed the cover for The Forbidden One!
Releasing: October 22, 2026
Cover Designer: Hang Le
Photographer: Daniel Jaems
USA Today bestselling author Marni Mann brings an angsty, tortured heroine, billionaire romance to the sizzling conclusion of the Weston Group Series …
Get ready for Eden Weston’s story. Full blurb to come.
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