PINCH HITTER

Stephanie Rose

Release Date: April 30

Meet Stephanie Rose:

Stephanie Rose is an Amazon top 60 author. She’s also a lifelong New Yorker, a wife, a mother, and a lover of all things chocolate. Her sweet spot is writing the nice guy who goes alpha for the woman he loves. In fact, the alpha cinnamon roll hero is her specialty.

She married her prom date and her biggest fan is her teenage son who tries to offer book ideas in exchange for video games and LEGO.

She spends her free time avoiding discarded LEGO and obsessing over what book to read or listen to next (audiobooks are her favorite!). Weight lifting is her happy place but she loves a good iced coffee or glass of wine and has never met a cookie that she didn’t like.

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Blurb:

Lee Orrico is stuck. The family he depended on to care for his daughter since he lost his wife is moving on and moving out. Having his best friend Stella become his live-in nanny while he works as the team chiropractor for the Brooklyn Bats seems like the right idea. Until the combination of close quarters and cozy nights ignites an attraction that Lee never saw coming.

After years on the road in a job she never liked and a messy breakup, Stella Parker is ready to come back to Brooklyn to make it a real home for herself, not just a pit stop. Moving in with Lee to help care for his adorable daughter is the perfect temporary solution…except it means moving in with the man she’s always been secretly in love with. 

Her once-forbidden love for her best friend was always just a one-sided fantasy, but the lingering touches, long looks, and almost kisses make her start to wonder if this love isn’t so unrequited anymore.

The passion between Lee and Stella is undeniable. But Lee isn’t sure he can love again – he barely survived the loss of it the first time.

Still, the heart he didn’t think would beat for anyone else… wants Stella.

And Stella has always wanted Lee. The question is, does Lee really love her back?

Or is she just a pinch hitter for the real love of his life?

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⚾️Review⚾️
Now that her relationship with her ex has come to an end Stella returns to her home trying to decide what happens next. When Lee, her best friend and the man she has had feelings for since she was a teenager, asks her to move in and help with his daughter when he is out of town she is conflicted but agrees.

Lee is trying to balance being a single father to his daughter and the demands and travel that his career working for the Brooklyn Bats requires. After the passing of his wife his family has been there to help however he now finds himself without childcare so he suggest that Stella move in with him until the end of the season but what he didn’t know was that Stella’s feelings run much deeper than friendship.

Lee and Stella take us on an emotional journey which encompasses a new beginning, healing from the past and a perfect balance between humor and heart. You can’t help but feel for what Stella and Lee are going through and his daughter Bennie completes the story.

Contractually Mine by Jennifer Chipman is now live!

From bestselling author Jennifer Chipman comes a spicy new spinoff of the Best Friends Book Club series, about a boss and assistant who agree to a contractual marriage–all while trying to resist the pull they feel for each other.

It was only supposed to be a contract marriage with my boss…

Zofia Narayan
Being an executive assistant was never a part of my plan–not until Nicolas Larsen practically begged me to be his, insisting I was perfect for the job. Working closely together meant seeing a side of him I’d never seen before, and it was hard to ignore the spark between us. After a year of denying ourselves, we spent one incredible night together, agreeing that nothing would change between us. Except two months later, we’re signing a fake marriage contract. Suddenly, the man who had been my boss for the last year was now my husband. I know I shouldn’t get attached, even though the tender way Nicolas holds me and cares for me doesn’t feel like it’s just for show at all.
Until I’m staring down at two pink lines, and our contract marriage suddenly feels a lot less fake.

Nicolas Larsen
Taking over as the CEO for my father’s company was everything I’d ever worked for. Yet, when the board voiced their concerns that I wasn’t settled and stable enough for the role, I proposed what might have been the craziest scheme of all: asking Zofia to be my wife. I needed her more than I could ever admit: as my assistant, my friend, and my everything. It would all be for show, but I couldn’t help wanting her to wear my ring, to call her mine, even if she never truly would be. I’d take whatever I could get when it came to her, because I wanted more than just one night with Zofia. I wanted forever. I just needed to prove to her that this could work—that we were meant to be together for real.

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🎀Review🎀
For the last year Nicolas has been denying his feelings for Zoria, his executive assistant. When they finally cross the line and give in to their attraction it was with the understanding that they would revert back to their professional relationship. That sounded good in theory until Nicolas needed a wife and even they agreed it would be a business arrangement his actions don’t feel that way.

Zofia believes that the only relationship she could have with Nicholas is employer/employee however that begins to change beginning with the night they spent and continuing with their arranged marriage. The only problem is that that there is nothing pretend about the feelings she is developing for him.

I enjoyed that way that Nicolas showed his feelings for Zofia even before he was prepared to acknowledge them and he is supportive and understanding when the surprises keep coming and shows Zofia that she can count on him to be for her for now and always.

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WORST FAKING IDEA by @angelacasellaauthor releasing May 14th!

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Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🔥(secret) fake relationship

🔥reunited with high school nemesis

🔥opposites attract

🔥hot nerd hero

🔥he falls first

🔥horrible double dates

Their secret fake relationship began with a little white lie…

Nora

My ginger beer brewery is, quite literally, my life. Unfortunately, I’m about to lose it. My male business partner’s new fiancée is insanely jealous, and it’s only a matter of time before she forces him to quit.

So I ask him what it’ll 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 I’ve 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. I’ve known him since high school, and he’s 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 boyfriend–an act that only has to work on two people.

Any sane man would refuse, but I’ve promised my father to make peace with her. So I present her with an offer: dog sit my corgi for a weekend, and I’ll be the fake boyfriend of your dreams.

She accepts quickly, because she’s never met my dog.

There’s 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:

A spicy open door version with some strong language and sex scenes

A closed door version with mild language and only kissing.

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✨TEASER: PROMISE by @lbdunbarwrites releasing June 4th!

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Promise

Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

💍Marriage in repair

🩷Only ever been you

🍼Surprise baby (but not how you’d think)

🏁Former NASCAR driver

🏠Small town romance

🩷Heat and heart and HEA

A heart-mending romance for a small town marriage-in-repair between reunited lovers seeking a second chance at love later in life.

Dart Rivers is my ex-husband, or so I thought.

Three years ago, he drove out of our small town to chase racing dreams, leaving me and my broken heart in his rearview mirror.

Couple goals and shattered promises brought feelings of failure on both our parts.

Then one night, a special delivery is left on my back step. A stork-drop of sorts. (Think Baby Boom). At first, I believe there must be a mistake, but when the sweet bundle swaddled in pink gazes at me, I’ll do anything to keep her.

Enter Dart Rivers again.

An accident on the track leads to him sneaking into the house, crashing on my couch, and announcing he’s still mine.

Close proximity provides honest conversations, friendly couch time, and familiar attractions. With silver speckled in his hair, Dart is still the best-looking man I’ve ever seen, making my belly flutter and my heart beat again.

But can I trust that fragile organ? Can I give my ex-not-ex-husband a second chance? Can I believe Dart’s new promises? 

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✨TEASER: JUST MY LUCK by @authorlenahendrix is releasing in a new Deluxe Limited Edition Paperback on May 26 at a store near you! Don’t miss the DELUXE LIMITED EDITION paperback featuring stenciled edges, holographic foil, designed interior covers, chapter headers, and full color special character art!!

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Why you will love this book:

🔥Workplace romance

🔥marriage of convenience

🔥forced proximity

🔥single mom

🔥grumpy/sunshine

🔥boss/employee

🔥ex-con MMC

Unexpected sparks ignite a slow burn in this grumpy/sunshine workplace romance when a single mom proposes a marriage of convenience to save her boss’s brewery.

Fans of Lucy Score, Elsie Silver, Carley Fortune, and B.K. Borrison will find their next obsession with this second standalone in bestselling author Lena Hendrix’s spicy, emotional, deeply romantic Kings Series set in small town Michigan.

You might think it’s reckless for a single mom to enter into a marriage of convenience with her boss.

You would be correct.

To make matters worse, Abel King is a grumpy local brewer with a criminal past. He also happens to be my boss and a total stick-in-the-mud. Every time I come to work with a smile and wave, I’m lucky if I can get a grunt in response.

When I accidentally-on-purpose overhear that he’s having trouble securing a business loan due to his criminal record, I hatch a plan to help the both of us.

The arrangement is perfect—a business transaction and nothing more. Like having a roommate without the hassle of other people bugging you for dates.

I will definitely not be falling in love with him—no matter how many times he says “my wife” and tingles dance in all the right places.

Trouble is, as time goes on, things stop feeling like business and start feeling a whole lot like pleasure . . . and really, that’s just my luck . . .

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Stay With Me by Nikki Sloane is now live!

When the spotlight turns deadly, survival becomes the performance of her life.

A single gunshot rings out, shattering Laurel Hayward’s debut as a professional dancer—and witnessing an assassination is only the beginning of her nightmare. The ruthless killer will stop at nothing to find her—determined to possess her or silence her forever.

Enter Deputy U.S. Marshal Jason Dunn: handsome, confident, and far too good at getting under Laurel’s skin. Keeping her alive is his job, but keeping his distance? Impossible. Alone in the secluded safe house, the line between duty and desire blurs into something too powerful to resist.

Laurel needs Jason to survive. Jason needs her to finally capture the ghost who’s haunted his career for years. But as their attraction ignites, the obsessed killer returns with a deadly final act . . .

And it could cost them everything.

* Stay With Me was previously published in 2014 as Stay by Karyn Lawrence (Nikki’s alter ego). This completely rewritten version features new content, more spice, and a point-of-view switch.

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❤️Review❤️
Laurel’s dream of dancing professionally has been realized however what should have been a perfect night takes a devastating turn when violence erupts and the person responsible believes that she saw them. When she leaves the venue she realizes the danger is far from over and now she finds herself hidden away in the care of the Marshals and one agent in particular, Jason.

Jason has never had difficulty ensuring the lines between personal and professional are not crossed however Laurel is unlike anyone he has ever known. Not knowing who was after Laurel was difficult enough but realizing that she has evolved from becoming their next target to her next fixation only amps up the threat and the tension.

The twists keep coming, the suspense keeps you on edge and the conflict that Jason is feeling regarding Laurel understandable. The audio performance of June deBorahae, Ryan Hudson and Chris Merlin compelling as they bring out every emotion as well as the anxiety they are feeling due to the intrigue part of the story.

✨SPECIAL EDITION COVER ALERT: GRIFFIN by @samantha.skye.author releasing May 27th and you do not want to miss this gorgeous special edition cover!

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🔥Billionaire Hero

🥃Small Town Romance

🔥Not his baby

🥃Grumpy/Sunshine

🔥Found Family

🥃Suspense

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 couldn’t scrub out. Just flour, sugar, and the quiet hope that I can build a life worth living.

I didn’t expect to meet Griffin.

Grumpy, gorgeous, and maddeningly closed off, he’s the town’s 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 I’m the only thing that’s ever made sense, I forget how to breathe.

But trust isn’t something I can afford. My past has taught me to be wary of everyone. Even if the grumpy builder says he’s ready to fight for something real. 

I just hope he knows what it costs.

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The Devil and His Fawn by Charity Ferrell is now live!

The devil has decided he wants me …
And what he wants, he gets.

After being expelled from three universities, I’m sent to Saint Vale University, a secluded college for the world’s richest and most corrupt heirs.
That’s where I learn about the Night Sons, a secret society of masked men who rule the campus from the shadows.
Every year, each Night Son claims a Fawn—a female student chosen to serve as a pawn, plaything, or … sacrifice.

Once a Night Son chooses you, your fate is sealed.

When Enzo Marchetti, son of the most feared Mafia boss in the world, selects me, I’m pulled into a world of manipulation, obsession, and violence.

The harder he tries to break me, the more I refuse to bend.
And the more obsessed he becomes with owning me.

He starts seeing me as more than just a Fawn.
And I begin to see the man behind the mask.
Because beneath Enzo’s ruthless exterior is someone who’s loyal to his brotherhood and dangerously protective of the people he loves.

But when my past comes back to haunt me, Enzo faces an impossible choice:
Honor the oath he swore … or destroy everything for the girl he was never supposed to want.

Tropes:

Dark academia

Secret society

Morally grey hero x good girl

Touch her and die vibes

Mafia families

The Devil and His Fawn is a dark academia romance and the first book in the Saint Vale Series. This book can be read as a standalone.

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🖤Review🖤
Blair didn’t know what to expect when she found herself at St. Vale University, but it certainly didn’t include attracting the attention of Enzo or all that it would entail. After all that she has been through she isn’t about to bend to his will even though the depth of his dark side will surprise her at times.

Enzo comes from a powerful family and isn’t a man that you want to get on the wrong side of. He isn’t certain what it is about Blair that brings out the possessive side in him but the one thing he does know is that he will protect her from everyone except himself.

Blair may be still feeling the impact of her past but Enzo is just the man to bring out the fight in her and Enzo may be dark and dangerous, but he allows Blair to see another side which he has hidden deep and the heat between them fire.

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The Saga of Nocturne I: Ossa Temporis by @jdglasscock

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Blurb:

Gideon had been dreaming and dreaming and dreaming, a dream he never seemed to able to wake from. And to call it a dream was as broken a description as a child could crayon draw. A nightmare mired in the macabre was the signpost planted in the blood of its concrete. A nightmare shivving his spine and soul with every moment it crawled forward

It was filled with all those he loved, calling for him, pleading, screaming, to save them, to help them and yet he could do nothing but sleep, nothing but dream, circling on repeat over and over again.

And the images were a caricature of a reality cracked in madness, Shira and So’Sha, grown, blades and death in their eyes, Shadow and Moon standing on two legs, L’Sana and Ari in a cage dreaming their own dreams, chained in their own devils, flashing images of a universe at war with itself, the Shadowborn whispering again and again ‘Soon Gideon, soon….be ready..”

He wanted to shatter his prison, wanted to howl, wanted to reach out to those that were his world, his everything but only sleep and dream, sleep and dream…the true War had come and he was drowning within his own mind, choking on the detritus of impotency, eternity in chains that didn’t give a shit.

“I will slaughter them all!!”

Gideon would wake and people would die, a thousand times over they would die!!!

He screamed this at himself, over and over, lost in the dream, in the macabre broken of breaking. It was the prayer he kept lamenting to no-one, kept spitting into the pillow of his insanity as the bars to his cage, tightened, crushing his flesh and his hope, endlessly cruel, endlessly ambivalent.

He would wake, a promise, and a killer would come with him.

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The Backup Plan by K. Bromberg is now live!

Sometimes love isn’t part of the plan. Sometimes it’s the backup plan.

Lucas Hale built his entire life around football.
The franchise quarterback.
The GOAT.
The man everyone on his team counts on.

Recovering from a devastating shoulder injury, the veteran quarterback signs with the Lone Star Rebels for one last chance to prove he still belongs in the league.

There’s just one problem—Dr. Emery Porter.

The Rebels’ new injury specialist isn’t impressed by Lucas’s charm—or his determination to push through pain.

She’s seen the scans.
She knows the damage.
And if she clears him to play, it might mean destroying his career for good.

But the more time they spend together, the more dangerous everything becomes.
For Emery’s career.
For Lucas’s future.
And the harder it becomes to remember where professional boundaries end—and where love begins.

Because if Lucas keeps playing, he could lose everything.
And if Emery stops him . . . she might lose the man she’s fallen for.

Sometimes the biggest risk isn’t losing the game.
It’s losing what you never thought you wanted.

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🏈Review🏈
Lucas isn’t sure what the future looks like without football so even though he is recovering from a serious injury he isn’t about to end his career that way even if it means signing as the backup for a new team. The one roadblock he hadn’t expected was Emery as not only was she hired by the team to help the players with their injuries but his feelings for her are far from professional.

Working for the team is a fresh start for Emery as she tries to leave her marriage and her ex in the past. Lucas was there for her when she needed someone the most however the more she learns about his injury the more concerned she is about his return to the field especially as the feelings between them escalate.

Lucas and Emery are both facing challenges in their careers which is further complicated by the fact that they are also employed by the same team. The characters are relatable and their journey is filled with emotion, witty banter and a love that neither saw coming or could walk away from.

Embers and Echoes by R.C. Stephens is now live!

Coming to Maple Valley was supposed to be temporary.

Work the summer on the orchard.

Keep my head down.

Find answers about the best friend I lost years ago.

Simple.

Until I met my boss.

Asher Thorne is everything I should stay away from–gruff, protective, and impossible to ignore.

He’s an MMA fighter chasing his next big win.

A man who’s spent his life moving from town to town, never staying long enough for anything or anyone to matter.

The orchard is the only thing anchoring him here.

And he’s made one thing clear from the start.

Mixing business with pleasure is a terrible idea.

Too bad avoiding him is impossible.

Not when the way he looks at me makes my pulse trip.

And not when one kiss from him makes me want things I’ve never wanted before.

Falling for him was never part of the plan.

But the closer I get to the truth about my friend’s disappearance, the more Asher insists I stop digging.

Because Maple Valley has secrets.

And someone wants the past to stay buried.

But I came here looking for answers.

I never expected to find the one man who could derail my plans.

Or ruin me completely.

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🩵Review🩵
Claire has come to town looking for answers when it comes to the disappearance of someone she loved. It was the loss of this friend that changed the course of her life, and she can’t afford to be distracted from her mission by anyone and that includes Asher, her boss.

Asher is balancing his career as a MMA fighter and helping at his family’s orchard which doesn’t leave much time for anything or anyone else. When he meets Claire he is surprised by the intense feelings he has for her, but he also knows that her quest is placing her in danger and he is determined to protect her from everyone and that includes herself.

I enjoyed seeing the relationship between Asher and Claire as his protective nature and her independence has them challenging each other in the best ways as they take us on an adventure filled with emotion, intrigue and romance.

Meet R.C. Stephens

R.C. Stephens is a top 100 Amazon bestselling author. She writes contemporary romance novels ranging from hot hockey players to romantic suspense.

When she isn’t in her writing cave she is raising three lovely children with her adoring husband.

Her books are filled with humor, heartbreak, emotion and true love.

Born and raised in Toronto, she loves the winter, but Spring and Fall are her favorite seasons.

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TEASER: AT FIRST SPARK by @renee_harless releasing May 20th! 

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Why you will love this book…

🌺Small Town

💛Firefighter

🌺Forced Proximity

💛Grumpy/Sunshine

🌺He Falls First

💛Slow Burn

🌺Found Family

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 she’s lost. She didn’t expect her first real connection to come in the middle of chaos.

Holt Wright is used to being underestimated—long 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, he’s 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 moment—smoke, heat, and the steady presence of the man who pulled her back from the edge—turns 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 slowly… and burns deeper than either of them expected.

Because Lark doesn’t 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 her… they’ll have to decide if this is just a spark—or 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 you… is the one you choose to stay for.

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