As the billionaire CEO of Lombardi Holdings, I don’t make impulsive decisions. Each investment is intentional, and the risk is always worth the reward. I’ve spent years trusting my instincts, and they’ve never steered me wrong.
Until one unforgettable night ends with Alexandria wearing my ring.
I remember every second.
Every vow.
Every kiss.
Every whispered promise she made in my arms.
I never imagined she’d wake up believing it was all a drunken mistake. Now we’re back in Seattle, and she won’t return my calls. Alexandria avoids me at every turn, pretending the diamond on her finger and the marriage license that makes her my wife never happened.
Too bad I’m not a man who admits defeat. Alexandria’s my wife—she’s wearing my ring, and I always keep what’s mine.
❤️Review When Alexandria agreed to go to Vegas to finalize a business deal for her boss she thought it would end there. Instead after a few drinks too many she wakes u married to Dante, a friend of her boss, and her only thought is returning home and ending their marriage and expected that Dante would feel the same.
Dante has wanted Alexandria for a while so their impromptu marriage is not something he wants to escape. Instead he is determined to show Alexandria that they were always meant to be and isn’t’ about to let her walk away without a fight.
Dante is possessive and protective, but he has met his match in the strong and independent Alexandria and he wouldn’t want it any other way. The chemistry between them is electric but it is the way he wants to support her rather than overrule her that makes him so perfect for her.
Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Hope Mazzola returns to the ice with the next installment in her Shots on Goal: MN Frosthawks series—where chemistry is dangerous, and some lines were never meant to be crossed.
Ty “Buzz” Burns was never supposed to come back into Lucy Thomas’s life.
Not after high school.
Not after the mistake that ended everything.
Because Lucy didn’t just move on—she rebuilt.
A life where reckless boys like Buzz don’t belong.
Except now he does.
Buzz plays for the Minnesota Frosthawks.
The team her father owns.
The team she works for.
The one place she can’t avoid him.
He’s still chaos on the ice—fast, loud, impossible to ignore.
But this version of him doesn’t disappear when things get hard.
He shows up.
He stays.
And the more they’re forced into the same space, the harder it becomes to ignore the truth—
This isn’t over. It never was.
Lucy has everything to lose—her career, her father’s trust, the life she’s built.
Buzz has one chance to prove he’s not the boy who broke her.
But wanting each other has never been the problem.
Walking away is.
Wild Card #13 was supposed to stay in the past.
This time, it might be the one mistake they can’t walk away from.
❄️Review❄️ Lucy fell in love with Ty when she was a teenager and was devasted when he ended their relationship before leaving to embark on his hockey career. In the years since then Lucy has moved forward with her life and never wanted to see him again however that is about to change when he joins the team that Lucy works for and that her father owns.
When Ty ended his relationship it wasn’t because he didn’t love her and it is the one thing in his life that he would like to change. Seeing Lucy again has brought up all the feelings he has always had for her and now he needs to convince her that he is not the boy who hurt her but a man who will do whatever he can to be with her.
Ty is so determined in his pursuit of Lucy, but she isn’t about to just forgive and forget. Learning what motivated their actions allowed us to understand them better and their journey is tumultuous, entertaining and well worth the ride.
About the Author:
Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Hope Mazzola is a Florida native now happily rooted in North Carolina with her loving husband and two lazy basset hounds. After several years away from publishing, she has returned to the romance world with a renewed passion for storytelling and a bold, reimagined vision for her Shots on Goal universe. She writes every flavor of contemporary romance— from steamy rom-coms to gritty biker tales to emotional, heart-thumping sports love stories.
Rule number one of being a sports journalist. Never get too close to the players.
Rule number two. Oops, too late.
The Comeback Plan is a sports romance featuring a confident quarterback and a feisty reporter, that’s packed with all the tension and heat you can handle with a guaranteed happily ever after.
He’s the league’s most dangerous enforcer. She’s the specialist sent to determine whether he’s too broken to save.Neither of them is prepared for what happens when the truth hits back.
From USA Today bestselling author, Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, comes an electrifying small town, opposites attract, single mom romance.
VANDAL
The men who took me thought they could break me, and maybe they did.
Physically, I get better every day. By my head is so messed up, I can’t tell the difference between a memory and a nightmare. The club says I survived. Most days, it doesn’t feel like it.
Then a little girl calls my phone by mistake.
One wrong number puts Daisy and Elsie right in the middle of my wrecked life. Daisy with her gentle touch and guarded eyes. And Elsie clutching her teddy bear, looking at me like I’m someone safe.
I’m not.
I’m an Iron Outlaw. Damaged. Barely holding myself together.
But Daisy’s running from dangerous men. And I start wanting things I stopped believing I deserved. A home. A family. Her.
So, when Daisy’s past finally catches up to her, they’re going to learn exactly how dangerous a broken man can be when you threaten the only people keeping him alive.
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“Wait.” Emerson holds up a hand. “Does that mean Hutch expected me to live here too?”
I grind my molars together. Acid reaches my throat and dread fills my gut.
“Yes, and . . .” The paper in Zack’s hands shakes. He draws in a fortifying breath. Brooks turns back around, and Emerson takes another step closer to the lawyer. They sense the impending doom. Zack clears his throat and wets his bottom lip. “You’d have to be married.”
Emerson barks out a laugh so loud it startles Ethel. Hillary has to put her catch down or get wacked in the face by Ethel’s wings. “That’s not happening. I’m not married, and I’m not just grabbing some guy off the street so I can have this shithole.”
Regret crosses Zack’s face, and not for the first time, I wish I could’ve talked sense into Hutch.
“You can’t just marry anyone,” Zack says weakly. “He had someone specific in mind.”
Emerson screws her face up. “Who?”
Zack flicks his gaze up to me. The poor guy has been through enough. I’ll take this one. “Me.”
When Hannah’s bakery is vandalized during a storm, I know one thing.
This wasn’t random.
Someone is sending a message; a warning.
I missed something once, and the consequences of that mistake haunt me every day. I won’t fail Hannah the way I failed before.
Moving into the sisters’ farm should be simple. Keep watch. Keep Hannah safe.
Keeping my hands off the curvy baker is a whole lot harder.
The more time I spend with Hannah, the harder it becomes to remember where duty ends and desire begins.
I’ll do anything to keep her safe.
Anything.
And when the danger comes for her again, they’ll learn exactly how far an obsessed ex-soldier will go to protect the woman he loves.
A Veteran’s Desire is a steamy protector romance featuring a possessive ex-military hero, a curvy baker, forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine chemistry, protective obsession, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
After he retired from his career as a Green Beret Grant has been trying to decide what comes next. He hadn’t planned on staying in town however when a storm hits town and he believes that the damage to the bakery wasn’t caused by it he is determined to protect Hannah and find out who is behind it.
Hannah owns the bakery and the damage from the storm is a setback that is hard to manage but to find out that someone did it on purpose makes it even more difficult. Grant has been a regular patron at the bakery, but she never expected that he would consider it his mission to protect her and that includes moving into her family home.
Both Hannah and Grant are characters who will draw you in as she will do anything for her family while Grant feels guilt about the past and it is only with Hannah’s help that he realizes he deserves to be happy as well.
When not writing or reading, the author can be found gardening barefoot or chasing her spirited daughter. Some of her favorite things are puzzles, podcasts, and small dogs that resemble Ewoks. Home is Portland, Oregon.
Everyone knows falling for your best friend’s brother is a disaster waiting to happen…
Good thing I can’t stand him.
River Ashburn has all the makings of a main character — striking looks, seductive charm, and a career as modern art’s reigning prince. But to me, he’s a villain.
For the last nine years, the only passion we’ve shared is mutual loathing. As for the other tension I occasionally feel around him? That’s just my body confusing fury with foreplay. Easy to ignore.
Until a plot twist changes everything.
When I arrive for my writing residency at a secluded retreat in Northern California, the last person I expect to cross paths with is River. Now he’s derailing my dream from the other side of a paper-thin wall.
Seeing him every day is a distraction I don’t need. Listening to him shower? Torture. But the real danger of forced proximity is a truth unveiled over days and weeks: beneath our hostility is powerful chemistry.
With every shared smile, vulnerable confession, and not-so-accidental touch, the magic between us grows. So does my fear.
Writing happy endings isn’t the same as believing in them, and surrendering my heart means risking more than I can afford to lose.
Except River isn’t the villain in my story anymore.
He’s the hero.
And he’s about to steal my pen.
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If you love banter, slow burn tension, summer camp vibes, emotional romance with humor, and a hero who falls first and hard, you won’t want to miss RIVER & RUE.
For the last year Ava has been hiding her feelings for her stepbrother by distancing herself from him. That is about to change when she tells him she has feelings for her neighbor and now she is about to find out what happens when she brings out his possessive side.
Dawson has had feelings for Ava since they met, and he isn’t about to let the face that she is his stepsister come between them. He is willing to keep their relationship secret until she is ready to let other people know but he isn’t about to walk away.
I really enjoyed how Dawson was willing to do anything for Ava and how supportive both their family and friends are when it comes to their relationship as they take us on a journey filled with heat and heart.
Neve Snowe doesn’t need to settle down. She is already settled in her small harbor town, with a cozy beach cottage and part ownership in the family-run auto repair shop. She doesn’t want a man, but she likes them. And she has one golden rule: only sleep with flatlanders. You know, the guys who never intend to stay in Lovewell Landing, only use the coastal area for a brief holiday.
And the last thing she desired was the unexpected . . . to be expecting.
Tate Love spent his summers in Lovewell Landing as a teenager, but somehow he’d missed the beautiful girl who turned into a spunky woman, daring him to jump into the icy ocean one New Year’s Eve, then slept with him near the town’s sacred well, holding spell-binding waters.
He never thought he’d see her again, until nine months later, a business prospect brings him back to the area.
Now, the man who longs to be tied down finds that one night planted the seed to everything he ever wanted, while he holds the pen that could sign away all she’s ever loved.
Welcome to Lovewell Landing, where autumn is in the air, pumpkins decorate every doorstep, and a little fiasco might cause opposites to fall in love.
Fall Love is a steamy, romantic comedy companion novel to The Holiday Post and continues the romances of the Snowe sisters in the beautiful and quirky small town of Lovewell Landing.
✓ Brother’s Best Friend ✓ Teammate’s Sister ✓ Reverse Grumpy/Sunshine ✓ Football ✓ Small College Town
✓ Childhood Crush & Neighbor
✓Girl next door vibe ✓ Interconnected Standalone
From USA Today bestselling author Brooke O’Brien comes a small-town, brother’s best friend football romance about a guy who swore she was off-limits—but some lines were meant to be crossed.
Football rules everything in our small town. Under the stadium lights of the Gridiron, no one plays under more pressure than Zane Kinnick—the hometown legend and future NFL star who’s spent his life proving he’s built for the spotlight.
And me? I’ve always been the one risk he wasn’t willing to take.
I’ve loved Zane for as long as I can remember. My next-door neighbor. My brother’s best friend. The boy who swore I was off-limits.
For years, he kept me at a distance—until the night we finally gave in.
Then he walked away like it never happened.
Now, he’s done pretending. The stolen glances have turned into lingering touches. The tension we ignored is finally snapping. And for the first time, he’s tearing down all the walls he’s built between us.
But we aren’t the only ones holding on to the past. His rival is out for blood, using me and the people he loves to get inside his head, feeding him lies, and twisting the truth.
Because this rivalry? It’s not only about football.
It’s about secrets that refuse to stay buried. And when the truth finally comes out, it won’t just change the game—it’ll shake up his world.
Gideon has vowed to take down the Capitol Ship, the Sword of Vonomidea, and its fleet before touching the City Stone of Umbra Mortem and freeing Erebus. After decades of slavery and his people pushing through starvation and constant siege, they have given him and L’Sana their faith and hope. It is a risk, a gamble but anything less would do nothing to bring the Multi-Versal War from the brink of loss. They had decades of their lives stolen from them, their souls and bodies entombed as a chess piece on the board of Primordials and their murderous creation, the System. For them to have a shot Gideon has to send a message.
To take on a Capitol Ship is the equivalent of taking on a God of War. Gideon Sho has become powerful beyond imagining but even he may fall before this enemy.