๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง by Ginger Scott releases next week. Check out this teaser!
Years ago, I accepted that football would always be a part of my life. I just didnโt know how.
When I met Wyatt Stone, I figured the game would weave its way into my young heart and become a part of my first real love. When I married him, I assumed my life would follow the same path as my motherโsโthe wife of an NFL quarterback, with all the highs and lows that come along with it.
But when Wyatt didnโt get picked in the draft, everything changed. And Wyattโs light, however hard he fought to keep it alive, dimmed. Football has a funny way of operating in this family, though. It lingers, like the haze that hovers over my familyโs ranch fields in the Arizona desert horizon.
For my dad, the game stuck around through coaching, and Wyatt thought maybe that was enough for him too. But football had other plans. A second chance at glory. A renewed spark in his soul, calling him to give the dream one more shot. And as much as I want to keep him close, to start our family and walk a new pathโone that football doesnโt get to dictateโI know that when it comes to this game, Iโve never really called the shots. Iโve merely gone along for the ride. I just hope that this time it doesnโt break my heart completely.
Check out this teaser for ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ (๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐) by Ruth Stilling, releasing on July 10th!
The name I should have wiped from my mind nearly two years ago.
Her brother, and my assistant captain, has repeatedly warned sheโs off-limits to a guy like meโa playboy bound to bed her one night and break her heart the next morningโan opinion shared by her stepdad, who also happens to be my coach. I can see why they donโt want their goalie anywhere near her. My reputation with women isnโt exactly unblemished.
Except, they shouldnโt judge what they donโt understand, and neither should my girl. Okay, sheโs not technically my girl yet, but thatโs just semantics, as are the things Iโll do to make her mine.
Each time sheโs visited from the UK, Iโve warred with the respect I have for my friendship with her brother versus pursuing a growing obsession for the honey-haired bombshell with blue eyes as big as the Ocean that separates us.
That is, until everything changes and thereโs nothing keeping me at a safe distance. Sheโs living in Brooklyn and looking for fun with guys, and I can no longer observe from the sidelines. Any chanceโno matter how smallโshe gives me, Iโm going to take it and say to hell with the consequences.
Only, the opportunity I get isnโt small, and neither are the stakes that go with it.
My name is Lou, but Iโve been known by many names over the years. The junkieโs daughter. The teen bride. The Internet knows me as Scarlet, but in real life, Iโm just Lou.
Scarlet is desired. She knows how to flirt, how to seduce, how to win. But Louโฆ well, I guess Iโm still trying to figure that out. After a wake up call with a client that made me realize I was not leading my best life, I decided to make some changes. Stop living online. See the world beyond Fairbanks. Explore.
Except my ex-client isnโt taking โnoโ for an answer, and there are three new guys in town for the winter who insist on coming to my rescue. And all of them are keeping secrets.
Secrets that might explain what bright eyes they have. And what sharp teeth they have. And what big packages they have…
Penn Navarro is the best player in the leagueโunstoppable on the ice, untouchable off it. But the moment the game ends, so do the celebrations. Because no amount of goals, no number of wins, can silence the demons that haunt him.
Hockey is my life. Itโs what I was born to do. Thatโs not ego talking, just factโIโve spent years honing my skills, earning my place among the elite. But talent doesnโt erase my mistakes, and no amount of success will make me forget the damage Iโve done. Itโs why I keep my distance from my teammates, because if you never let anyone in, youโll never get hurt. Or those are the lies that I tell myself.
Mila Brennan represents the darkest parts of my history. Sheโs a ghost Iโve tried to bury, the reminder of everything Iโve lost. When she shows up in Pittsburgh looking for me, I know nothing good will come of it, because our sins donโt stay forgotten. They fester, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, and Milaโs arrival means my time is up.
The past isnโt just knocking at my doorโitโs kicking it down, crumbling all the walls Iโve built around myself in the process. And when the danger comes for us both, Iโm forced to do the one thing I swore I never would. Let her in.
The Stingrays call goalie Coulton Moore their gentle giant. The tall, imposing man is the teamโs rock, their steadying influence on and off the ice. However, that mild disposition disappears completely when the beautiful bartender heโs been lusting after from across a crowded bar is attacked. Then, itโs all bets off as he steps in to defend her, protect her, and claim her as his.
Ainsley doesnโt have time for any more men in her life. Between serving a rowdy bunch of guys in her familyโs dive bar, caring for her ailing father, and dealing with her brother and his ever-growing pile of gambling debt, her cup overfloweth when it comes to the male population.
When her brotherโs enemies track her down, looking for retribution, a sexy, dominant stranger steps forward to save her. At first, itโs simple enough to accept his help and his kisses and his tantalizing touches because, after a lifetime of crap, she figures sheโs due a night of mind-blowing passion with Coulton, the hottest man sheโs ever met.
The problem begins when morning comes and he informs her what they shared was never going to be just a one-night stand. Nope. Coulton, the stubborn, determined, possessive man is settling for nothing less than her.
Forgetting playboy Wells Silver was supposed to be easy. If only he didnโt make it impossible.
Secrets are made on the sandy shores and in the sweet small towns of Silver Island, where friendships run deep, passions run hot, and the sexy Silvers are considered island royalty. Being born into the Silver empire comes with certain expectations, but these strong-willed siblings are breaking all the rules. Love in Bloom novels are written to stand alone and may also be enjoyed as part of the larger series, so dive right into this fun, sexy romance.
Victoria Braden never expected to become a widow at thirty-two, much less still be trying to figure out how to move on five years later. Sheโd planned to drown her sorrows in alcohol on what would have been her anniversary, not flirt with trouble and lose herself in a night of passion with Silver Island royalty, playboy Wells Silver. Forgetting Wells was supposed to be easy. But apparently the pushy player didnโt get the memo.โจINFLUENCERS: Sign up to review here: https://bit.ly/flirtingwithtroublesignup
At the Edge of Surrender by A.L. Jackson is now live in audio!
Narrated by: Jason Clarke & Erin Mallon
A surprise single dad, small town romantic suspenseโฆ
Iโm the last guy on the planet who should be a dad. My life is chaos. My sins written dark and deep. So, imagine my surprise when my doorbell rings and I open it to find the most gorgeous woman Iโve ever seen standing on the other side. And sheโs holding the hand of a little girl who looks just like me.
Emery tells me her sister, the childโs mother, is dead. I feel like dirt since sheโs a woman I can hardly remember, and itโs no wonder Emery doesnโt trust that Iโm worthy of caring for her niece. But I canโt turn my back, and I insist on raising Maci. So, we strike a dealโsheโll stay with me for one month to ensure the little girl is safe.
Emery tries to hate me for who I am, but neither of us can resist the attraction that blazes between us. One brush of her hand, and she has me on my knees. One kiss, and Iโm falling fast. Soon, we find ourselves tangled in my sheets.
But when itโs discovered her sisterโs death wasnโt accidental, the secret life Iโve been living collides with the past Emery has tried to keep hidden. And when the fiends come back to finish the job they started, Iโm in a race against time to save the two people who Iโve come to love mostโฆ
A.L. Jackson is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes emotional, sexy, heart-filled stories about boys who usually like to be a little bit bad.
If she’s not writing, you can find her hanging out by the pool with her family, sipping cocktails with her friends, or of course with her nose buried in a book.
๐งReview๐ง Emery had come to Moonlit Ridge to honor her sisterโs request. The first time she meets Kane is when he comes to her rescue however not only didnโt she know who he was, but she never expected to see him again. The next time she sees him is to introduce him to Maci, the four-year-old daughter he didnโt know about however developing feelings for him while she helps Maci adjust wasnโt part of the plan.
Kane is a man with a dark and dangerous past and present. He has created a family however due to his past he never expected to have a family of his own however when Emery and Maci come into his life he canโt imagine a future without them however his past is about to catch up with him and threaten those he loves most.
Both Emery and Kane have devastating pasts which has shaped them into the people they are. Not only are they captivating characters, but Maci is cuteness personified. I listed to the audio in one day and couldnโt put it down. The performance by Jason Clarke brought out the protective side of Kane while Erin Mallon brings out the strength of Emery.
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โBet you didnโt plan on learning to skydive today.โ โThis is not skydiving,โ she shouted. โThis is gracefully falling to your death! I would have preferred the fiery plane crash!โ I looked around, spotting Chase and Nick in the distance. They were further to the left, having jumped out after me. Weโd have to hike through the mountains to get to them, but at least we were alive. For now. โI have a confession to make!โ she shouted over the roar of the wind. โWhatโs that?โ โI really donโt like heights!โ I chuckled, holding her tighter to me. โItโs a little late to change your mind about taking that flight.โ โI have another confession,โ she yelled. โI think youโre really sexy!โ She looked up into my eyes, her cheeks bright red from the wind whipping at us. โI just thought I should say that in case I plummet to my death! I canโt have anything hanging over my head!โ โThatโs alright,โ I laughed. โAnd I also didnโt pay my taxes last year!โ โWell, I think youโll be okay.โ โAnd I accidentally called my fiancรฉ Big Bad Dick in an email once. Except, I was responding to a group email and sent it to everyone instead of him!โ I guided us to the right, hoping to make it to a clearing, laughing the whole fucking time as she spilled her guts to me. โAnd when I was in college, I stuck my roommateโs hand in water while she was sleeping because she told me I looked fat in my jeans. She wet the bed and was made fun of for three months!โ โThatโsโโ โAnd when I was in high school, I was working at this shop and I really had to go to the bathroom. The toilet wouldnโt flush and Iโd gone number two. I was so scared about them finding my poop that I pulled it out with toilet paper and stuffed it in the trash!โ I choked on a laugh. โYou did what?โ โThey were going to see my shit! But then the garbage didnโt get emptied and it smelled like shit in the bathroom. I was mortified!โ โI think confession time is doneโโ โAnd I always told James I liked it when he fingered me, but he was horrible at it! I was just too chicken to tell him!โ Now, that was interesting, but I didnโt have time to discuss it further as we soared toward our landing.
Sheโs baking her heart out. Heโs playing to win. Together, theyโre about to heat things upโon and off the field.
Liv Garnerโs cafรฉ is her safe haven, where she crafts mouthwatering pastries and dodges her motherโs endless criticism. But when her vengeful ex-fiancรฉ stirs up trouble, Livโs dream is suddenly on the line.
Elliott “Iceman” Snow is a rugby legend with a steely focus thatโs made him unstoppableโuntil an injury sidelines his career and his confidence. A chance meeting with Liv brings a spark he canโt ignore and a challenge he canโt resist.
When Livโs buttery sweetness collides with Elliottโs fiery determination, their connection is instant, electric, and completely off-script. But between meddling families, career pressures, and a paparazzi frenzy, can they keep their romance from getting tackled?
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Sweet Rucking Temptation is a fast-paced, feel-good romance packed with sizzling chemistry, bold risks, and the ultimate play for love. Get ready to fall hard!
I used to believe in happily ever afters, until the man my mother married stripped away my innocence, piece by piece.
For years, he kept me completely isolated, locked away and out of sight. If not for my diary, I’m not sure I would have survived his torment.
But when two pink lines turn my world upside down, I know it’s now or neverโI have to escape before the monster down the hall learns my secret and destroys my only reason for living.
Alone and on the run, help comes from the last place Iโd ever expectโhis son.
Atlas swears he’s nothing like his father. He says he only wants to protect me and my unborn baby.
Slowly but surely, he earns my trust and begins stitching me back together again, and before I know it, I find myself falling for him.
But no matter how much he feels like home, I can’t shake the fear of what will happen if his father finds me. Because no amount of paper and ink will shield me from the past… or him.
HIS TO SAVE is the first standalone in the all new Lake Fortune series. If you enjoy small-town suspense, an over the top protective hero who will do anything for his woman, a pregnant heroine running from her dangerous past, a slight age gap, a slow burn romance brimming with all of the feels, and a guaranteed HEA, pre-order your copy today!
Teller Bailey is the last single son in a Montana bourbon empire. Heโs also arrogant, infuriating, and unfairly handsome with his beard and flannel.
Everyone in town loves him. Everyone in town detests me.
Iโm โMad Maddyโ Townsend, the only surviving daughter of Bourbon Canyonโs most reviled family. Iโm also mouthy, broke, and spectacularly alone.
Iโve wanted nothing more than to get away from this small town and their opinions of me since birth, yet Iโm stuck here with nothing but a trashed dive bar and a shoestring budget to get it back in businessโor my mom will be evicted from her nursing home.
But there isnโt a contractor in the county whoโll return my calls, at least without including a few four-letter words in their messages. My only hope for competent help is the annual bachelor auction featuring the townโs most eligible Bailey. The prize? One project completed for the highest bidder.
I must be every bit as crazy as this town thinks to bid on Teller. The man I canโt stand will be mine until Iโm ready to serve my first drink. All I have to do is not fall for his charming smile, his unyielding support, or the way his name opens all the doors slammed in my face. Iโve never been treated so well, but I know how this goes. When this job is finished, heโll ride off into the bourbon sunsetโwithout me, just like everyone else in my life.
Readers who love Elsie Silver, Devney Perry, Laura Pavlov, and Lyla Sage will love Bourbon Sunset.
Before ascending the throne of the Blackburn Empire in Kentucky horse country, they were just Tommy and Fiona, two teenagers from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Young love bloomed during an Irish summer set amidst the rolling green hills and lush pastures of Tipperary County.
Fiona Conlan grew up sheltered by her overbearing parents and vibrating with the need for something more. In the summer of 1978, she found exactly what she needed. Ready to test the boundaries set for her, Fiona trained in the exhilarating and dangerous sport of steeplechase, and in an even more rebellious move, started secretly dating a young and brash American she knew her parents would never approve of.
Too much partying and not enough studying during his sophomore year of college had Tommy Blackburnโs parents desperate to get the future heir of the family business to take life a little more seriously. What better way to do that than to send him to Ireland to work at Glenhaven, a massive thoroughbred and breeding operation run by a family friend. But Tommyโs wild ways followed him across the pond and he couldnโt help but pursue the beautiful redhead with fire in her eyes and a wild spirit just waiting to break free.
Tommy and Fiona fell hard and fast, a secret love built from stolen moments. Rife with drama and disapproval, they overcame it all to set the stage for a new generation of Blackburns to run their American Empire. Their epically romantic journey was anything but easy, but you canโt get to the present without The Past.
The Past: A Blackburn Novel is an opposites attract, long distance love story within the Bluegrass Empires series. All books in the series can be enjoyed as standalones.
Well, sixty nine if you count me, Elizabeth Sweet, Monheganโs newest resident and retired child star.
When I first step off the boat, Iโm ready to be charmed by the island that holds the sweetest memories from my childhood. A place so remote that even the pesky media wonโt bother to look for me here.
What I get instead is exasperation.
โSummer people.โ Itโs grumbled like a curse, a growl of sorts. No one seems to want me here, least of all the grumpy sheriff who seems affronted by my mere existence.
Heโs stupidly handsome, goes nowhere without his beloved golden retriever Bing, and speaks in nothing but grunts.
Unfortunately for Fisher Jones, Iโm not going anywhere. In fact weโre neighbors. And his niece Sutton, like every other eight year old in America, is obsessed with me.
Summer in Monhegan isnโt at all what I expect, but neither is Fisher. I havenโt quite figured out why heโs so miserable, but Iโm also not volunteering what Iโm running from.
All I know is the Islanders arenโt the only ones worming their way into my heart. Though, I suppose it wonโt matter how I feel, if my past catches up to me. Maybe Iโm destined to be nothing more than ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐.
I wasnโt supposed to love him. I wasnโt even supposed to acknowledge him. But my entire life, Iโve had heart-eyes for my oldest brotherโs former best friend, Cortland Haven.
I canโt help it that boys can be stupid, and a feud broke apart a long-time friendship and divided once-close families.
Try as I might to ignore Cort, I didnโt miss his eyes on me from across a crowded bar, twelve years ago. Oh, the way my skin tingled under his appraisal. The way my heart pattered knowing he was looking at me.
We shared more than a moment.
Now, weโre older and wiser. And with a little over a decade age gap between us, and a divide greater than that between our families, my heart still hasnโt gotten the memo.
No, that fickle organ has other plans for Cortland and me.
Especially when the silver fox is my sonโs new baseball coach and I suddenly find myself assigned as his physical therapist.
I donโt just fall for the man adverse to touch, I tumble hard for him, when he should never be mine.
Wistful Whispers is an irresistible battle of the wills where surrendering to forbidden temptation could cost them everything.
I never promised forever. A good time? Absolutely. Heartbreak? Only if they got too attached.
My reputation as a quiet playboy precedes meโwomen talk, and my โtalentsโ follow me wherever I go. But Iโve always been upfront. No commitments. No expectations. No complications.
Marcella Delgado is nothing but complications. Brilliant. Fierce. Eight years older. And the attorney trying to take down my boss in a malpractice case. She should hate me on sightโhell, she does. But that doesnโt stop the heat between us from igniting the moment we meet.
Sheโs heard the stories about me firsthand, right there in the depositions. She knows exactly what Iโm good at, and even though she fights it, I can see the temptation in her eyes.
One night. One line crossed. Now my futureโs unravelingโand she might be the only thing I donโt want to let go.
For the first time, I want it all.
And Iโll fight like hell to be the man she canโt leave behind.
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