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He lifted a brow as he stepped toward the back of the boat. “Coming?”

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“I’m just going to sit here and enjoy the view.” I pulled off my tank top, and he watched every move. 

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“I don’t think so,” he said. His tone had dropped, becoming darker. Sultry.

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“Excuse me?”

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“Let’s go, Tennessee. Time for you to cool off.”

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I laughed. “I’m not hot.”

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He moved so fast I wasn’t prepared for it, snaking out an arm, hauling me to him, and then taking us over the side of the boat. The water hit me like a bucket of ice. Cold and hard and staggering. I gasped for air as we surfaced, shoving hard against his shoulder.

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“I can’t believe you did that,” I sputtered.

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The smile that took over his face caused my heart to stop again. It was wide and full, crinkling his eyes and showing off straight, white teeth.

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“Loosen up, Sadie. Have some fun.”

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I snorted. “You’re the one that doesn’t know how to have fun. You’re the one who stopped me from line dancing at your bar.”

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I struggled against his hold, but he just held on. “It’s a piano bar not exactly the place for line dancing. And I didn’t like those two guys falling all over you.”

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“You were jealous?” Surprise rang through my voice. He pushed at the frown that creased my brows with a f1n-ger, sliding it along my forehead and down my cheek. 

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“You’ve had me in knots from the moment you walked in,” he acknowledged. I watched as his l1ps lowered, drifting close to my m0-uth before detouring to my ear where his breath coasted along the shell. “I’m going to enjoy working those knots out with you.”

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My One & Goalie by Kara Kendrick is now live!

He’s the bad boy of professional hockey.
She’s a struggling single mom.
What neither of them sees coming is each other.

I have a reputation—and it’s not a good one. I’m a fighter on the ice, a player in the sheets, and apparently that’s more trouble than my coach wants on his team.

After one too many run-ins with the press, my agent sends me to small-town Starlight Bay to rehab my image. A few well-placed articles and photo ops of me coaching a youth hockey team should get me back in everyone’s good graces quickly. Then I can leave this sleepy town behind for good.

What I don’t count on is falling hard for struggling single mom Rachel. She’s smart, funny, wildly gorgeous—and doesn’t even know it. And the bonus point? Her kid’s got real talent on the ice.

I shouldn’t shoot my shot with a single mom, but I can’t help myself. One night of red-hot passion leaves me wanting more, so much more. For the first time, there’s more to my life than hockey. Now I want a chance at forever with Rachel and her son.

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Meet Kara

Kara Kendrick writes fun and flirty small-town romance destined to give you all the feels. A reformed English major, she also has a master’s in counseling and was an elementary school counselor in her pre-mom life.

She loves the beach, wine, and rock hard abs, not necessarily in that order. When she’s not dreaming up Happily Ever After’s, you can find her chasing after her boy-girl twins, working out semi-hardish, or walking her adorable Shiba pups with her husband, who’s not too bad himself.

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🏒Review🏒
There is no denying his skills as a goalie however Xander doesn’t always make the best choices both when it comes to the games or his behavior off the ice which has led to a one-month suspension. To help repair his reputation he has agreed to help coach the children’s hockey team which is how he meets Jett and her mother Rachel.

Rachel is trying to be the best mother she can be to her five-year-old son Jett even if that means having to deal with her vindictive ex. When she meets Xander the sparks fly but it is the way he always there or her and her son that shows her that there is much more to him than his reputation.

The chemistry between them is intense and the romance is enchanting as Xander shows Rachel and Jett that he is the man they need in their lives.

Title: Sail Away With Me
Author: Heidi McLaughlin With Kassidy Maye
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: December 31, 2024
Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC.

Embark on a captivating seaside romance by Heidi McLaughlin, the New York Times bestselling author of Forever My Girl: The Motion Picture. Experience the magic of a beachside romance, where love and adventure collide against the picturesque backdrop of Seaport.

When Sail’s reckless lifestyle catches up with him, his father forces him to return to his hometown of Seaport for the summer. Determined to pay off his debts, Sail plans to win a high-stakes sailing competition and return to his party-filled Miami lifestyle. However, everything changes when he meets Galvin at her father’s diner. Sparks fly instantly, but their differing circumstances threaten to pull them apart.

As Sail and Galvin spend their days sailing the open waters and their nights exploring Seaport, their connection deepens. Sail is determined to make Galvin fall in love with him, while Galvin tries to guard he

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Sail lost track of the time as he paced in front of the diner his family owned. He knew the moment he opened the door and stepped inside, his life would be over. His father wasn’t just going to kill him. He was going to strangle him, bring him back to life, beat him within an inch of his life, let him heal, and then start all over again.

Except Jack Carter had never laid a finger on Sail or any of his boys.

Knowing this didn’t assuage Sail’s fear. His father had high expectations of his boys, and they weren’t unreasonable. Except Jack wanted Sail to return to Seaport—with a degree in hand—and help run the family business, which was something he didn’t want to do.

Sail took a step forward and reached for the door, then thought better of it. He could get back into his car and drive away, off into the sunset. The idea of driving south, maybe to the Keys, appealed to him—way more than walking into the diner to tell his father he’d been suspended. He’d had weeks to think of something to say, but words failed him on every level. He’d exhausted his appeals. Even though Dean Holmes told him not to even try, Sail still had. His main point of contention was that he wasn’t the only one responsible for the partying. The entire fraternity was, and the party in question hadn’t been organized or sanctioned by Sail, even though he was president at the time.

Heidi McLaughlin is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of The Beaumont Series, The Boys of Summer, and The Archers.
Originally, from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband, two daughters, and their three dogs.
In 2012, Heidi turned her passion for reading into a full-fledged literary career, writing over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Forever My Girl.
Heidi’s first novel, Forever My Girl, has been adapted into a motion picture with LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions, starring Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe, and opened in theaters on January 19, 2018, and is now available on DVD & Digital.
To stay connected with Heidi visit http://www.facebook.com/authorheidimclaughlin or heidimclaughlin.com

Stealing for Keeps by Rebecca Jenshak is now live!

From USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Jenshak comes a brand-new YA romance series that follows Frost Lake High School’s state champion soccer team. This book will include a special inside cover.

Frost Lake High’s new soccer star, the team captain’s ex-girlfriend, and a dare that changes everything.

When Austin Keller’s family moves across the country for his chance to play with the prestigious Frost Lake soccer team, he’s ready to seize the opportunity. But on his first night out with the team, a dare to kiss the team captain’s ex-girlfriend sets in motion a rivalry that threatens his future.

Claire Crawford was once an aspiring figure skater, but a recent injury has changed everything. To make matters worse, her boyfriend dumped her. Starting her junior year, she’s unsure of her next steps. One thing she knows for sure: she’s not falling for the new guy. That electrifying kiss at the bonfire? Already forgotten…almost.

He’s chasing his dreams. She’s lost hers. The more Claire tries to push him away, the harder he works to win her over. He’s stealing her heart, and he’s doing it for keeps.

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Narrated by: Abigail Reno & Max Meyers

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Meet Rebecca

Rebecca Jenshak is a USA Today bestselling author of new adult and sports romance. She writes sexy, feel-good stories with lots of swoon-worthy moments.

Rebecca lives in Arizona. When she isn’t writing, you can find her cheering on local sports teams, hanging out with friends and family, or curled up with a good book.

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⚽️Review⚽️
Life as Claire knows it has been uprooted as not only has her relationship with her boyfriend ended but an injury has put her dreams of figure skating in jeopardy. When she shares a kiss with Austin it not only opens new possibilities but complications as well.

To pursue his soccer dreams he finds himself at Frost Lake High. All he wants is to fit in and be an asset to his team and sharing a kiss with his teammates ex-girlfriend is not the best way to accomplish that. He knows that he shouldn’t pursue anything with Claire, but some rewards are worth the risk.

The characters draw you in and the camaraderie of the team as well as the family relationships only make this story better. A sweet romance with a little drama that will not only draw you in but entertain you as well.

✨TEASER: TAKEN BY STORM by @maricarrauthor is coming January 7th! 

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There’s a storm coming… and he’s not taking no for an answer. 

Life has dealt Kasi one blow after another. Following her mother’s untimely death, her family implodes, leaving her alone to run the farm. Fatigue and stress have become her new best friends, every day passing in a blur of work, work, and more work. When Levi Storm, her lifelong crush, keeps her from face-planting due to exhaustion, she’s mortified…and more than a little bit turned on.

A person could set a clock by Levi’s daily routine, right down to his afternoon trip to the Mills’ farm market to buy one of Kasi’s delicious pies. He’s known Kasi her entire life, so when the beautiful young woman faints in front of him, coming to in his arms, Levi is stunned by the sudden realization that she’s meant to be his, and he’s prepared to move heaven and earth to claim her.

Kasi should at least try to shake the sexy new six foot five shadow she’s acquired, but Levi’s much-needed help around the farm, his comfort as she struggles with grief, and his breath-stealing kisses are reigniting the hope and happiness she’s lost.

Until reality crashes in again, forcing her to choose between the dominant, possessive, amazing man who makes her heart race and her family’s beloved farm.

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She’s the light of their lives, and there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for her…

If only he could do anything at all.

Deliver Us From Evil by Janine Infante Bosco is coming to audio on January 20th!
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USA Today bestselling author Janine Infante Bosco and Pink Flamingo Productions present Deliver Us From Evil in audio. Narrated by Sarah Puckett & Michael Norman Johnson!

Darkness always works overtime.
It thrives in the depravity of grown men.
Hardening hearts and leaving them empty.
It destroys everything and everyone it touches.
Now it’s coming for our innocent beacon of light.
Stronger than she knows, but still so fragile.
In the fight of her life, all I can do is watch.
There’s no outlaw justice for what she’s facing.
No protection from the cold realities of life and death.
But there’s also no limit to what I would do for her.

About Janine

USA Today bestselling author Janine Infante Bosco lives in New York City, she has always loved reading and writing. When she was thirteen, she began to write her own stories and her passion for writing took off as the years went on. At eighteen, she even wrote a full screenplay with dreams of one day becoming a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

Janine writes emotionally charged novels with an emphasis on family bonds, strong willed female characters, and alpha male men who will do anything for the women they love. She loves to interact with fans and fellow avid romance readers like herself.

She is proud of her success as an author and the friendships she’s made in the book community but her greatest accomplishment to date would be her two sons Joseph and Paul.

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THIS WILD HEART

Karla Sorensen

Release Date: February 7

Meet Karla Sorensen:

Karla Sorensen is an Amazon top 10 bestselling author who refuses to read or write anything without a happily ever after. When she’s not devouring Dramione fan fiction or avoiding the laundry, you can find her binding books, and watching football (British & American) or HGTV. With a degree in Advertising and Public Relations from Grand Valley State University, she made her living in senior healthcare prior to writing full-time. Karla lives in Michigan with her husband, two boys and a big, shaggy rescue dog named Bear.

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Blurb:

Who forgets marrying a football player? Me, apparently. Turns out countless shots and a bad breakup lead to questionable decision making. But waking up in Vegas with a ring on my finger beside a hot, naked man is hard to ignore. I married Parker Wilder. Thanks to our quickie nuptials, I’ll get my inheritance, and he’ll get his family and their well-intentioned meddling off his back.

Forgetting the wedding was the easy part. Being married to him is a whole different story. Parker is too … everything. Chiseled by the gods good-looking. A heartbreaking kind of broody. The kind of man you know will wreck you for all others. Good thing this is all pretend. And oh, how we pretend. We pretend ourselves right into me ripping the clothes off his body.

It’s all fun and fake marriage until the day he gets a knock on the door with the surprise of a lifetime. Until the bomb goes off and we’re left to pick up the pieces. Until the pretending stops and we’re left with only one question: was any of it real?

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🎧 Wicked Vile King, A Dark Asylum Bully Romance

by @Jordan Grant is now available in Audible! 🔥

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𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 (𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕, 𝑮𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏). 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌.

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We are lords over a savage land.

— Gabriel —

It’s my senior year at the Asylum. After this, it’s either college or padded walls for life.

They say fake it until you make it, and I’ve gotten really good at faking it.

Well, I was really good, until she came along.

A blonde transfer student with a sharp tongue and a superiority complex makes me want to see her insides.

They call me a sociopath, a maniac, unbalanced.

But here, I am king.

Repent your sins and beg forgiveness, baby girl.

Prayers won’t save you from me.

— Avery —

I never expected my parents to deliver me to this hellscape.

They want this place to cure me, to make me into a good girl, to save me from starvation.

An arrogant creep with dead eyes made me his target instead.

He’s sick and twisted, and I’m tired of his games.

He says he’ll stop if I go with him to the basement, to the place forbidden and kept under lock and key.

Everyone knows, though, you don’t go down there and come out alive.

Author’s Note: Wicked Vile King is recommended for those 18+. It features mature themes including, but not limited to, an explosive heat level, bullying, and, like my other novels, struggles with mental illness.

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Giana Darling has revealed the narrators for

The Moon & His Tides

Narrated by: Shane East, CJ Mission, Desireé Ketchum

Releasing: January 23, 2025

From Wall Street Journal best-selling author Giana Darling comes an MMF romance between an Italian chauffeur dreaming of stardom and the power couple who offer him the deal of a lifetime…

Everyone in Naples told me I was tall, dark, and handsome. An Italian with golden eyes made for fame on the silver screen, even when I was just the young patriarch of my broken, scattered family.

I may have beauty and talent, but opportunities are scarce in the theatre and film industry.

That is, until I become chauffeur to the lovely and glamorous Savannah Meyers, wife to one of the most revered actors in England.

She notices me…in more ways than one.

Before I can check my impulses, I find myself falling for Savannah and her promises.

Only, instead of enraging her husband, Adam Meyers, they approach me to make a very scandalous proposition.

Live with them as their lover, and they will make all of my wildest dreams come true.

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Meet Giana

Giana Darling is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Top 40 Bestselling Canadian romance writer who specializes in the taboo and angsty side of love and romance. She currently lives in beautiful British Columbia where she spends time riding on the back of her man’s bike, baking pies, and reading snuggled up with her cat, Persephone, and Golden Retriever, Romeo.

Connect with Giana

Website: https://gianadarling.com/

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Last Call

A New Year’s Romance Collection 

The New Romance Café 

Collection Book 39

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Genre: Romance

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Description:

A little bit of bartender wisdom for you:

Dance like the music will never stop.

Love like it’s your first time.

Celebrate like it’s midnight on New Year’s Eve.

That last stroke on the last hour of the last day has magic in it.

Sounds like a fairytale, doesn’t it?

I’ll tell you another secret.

It’s not.

Find out more in this spicy collection containing exciting stories from USA Today best-selling and award-winning romance authors curated by The New Romance Café.

 

 

Participating Authors:

Annee Jones

Gabbi Grey

Emma Lynn Everly

VK Holt

Jill Brashear

K. Rose

Keighley Bradford

Mila Chase

Katie Baldwin

Chelle Pimblott

Bella Paige

Renee Dahlia

MacKade

 

Join the Tour HERE

 

About The New Romance Cafe

The New Romance Café is the place to get your daily dose of romance books. 

Hang out with like-minded readers and authors at different stages of their writing journey, in a diverse and inclusive group. 

Find out about new releases, take part in fun discussions, and recommend your favourite reads in the safe space of the Café.

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✨EXCERPT: FORBIDDEN DREAMS by @natashamauthor releasing January 3^rd! Grab it at your favorite book vendor as it will be exclusive to KU on release day! 

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Listening to her tell her story of the hell she endured over the past years leaves me speechless. It also leaves me so fucking angry. “I just want to be free of them.” The desperation in her voice cuts me to my core.

I vow to do whatever is in my power to make that happen for her. “Harmony,” I say her name as if I’ve said it my whole life, as if I was born to say her name. Pushing her hair behind her ear, I then trail my finger from her ear to her collarbone. Trailing my fingertip down the side of her neck. “Harmony.” It sounds like a plea more than anything else. When my finger gets to her collarbone, my head leans forward, placing a kiss on her neck, right under the hinge of her jaw. The feel of her heart beating as fast as mine makes me kiss her again softly. Her hand comes up to my cheek. My cheek now rubs with hers as we move our faces so our mouths meet. The kiss is soft, the need to pull her into my lap and bury my hands in her hair and kiss the ever-loving shit out of her is more than my need for my next breath. Her tongue slides into my mouth for a split second, and I feel more alive than I have in my entire life. The need to taste her fills me. The need to take her makes my body come alive. The need to have her and only her is something I’ve never known I needed, and I haven’t even had her.

“I can’t do this,” she murmurs. My heart sinks to my stomach as I move away from her. “I can’t drag you into this.” She gets up to stand, my hand falling from her, and the cool air hitting where it was just resting on her warm skin. “I refuse for them to take anything more from you.”

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