Part of Natalia’s training as a Royal Protector included serving with the Marines for six months . She has been trying to deny her feelings for Ryan, her commanding officer, and it is only when her time comes to an end that they act on them. She returns to Limaji to serve the royal family however when she learns that has been injured, she needs to see him.
Ryan has devoted his life to serving his country, but Natalia has him questioning his future. After being rescued he finds himself staying at the palace while he heals but not only do they find themselves trying to find out what they mean to each other but that the danger is far from over.
Ryan and Natalia’s journey isn’t only about healing physically but emotionally as well as they have both been through traumatic circumstances but with the help of friends and family they find their way back to each other.
Meet Kat Mizera:
USA TODAY Bestselling Author Kat Mizera was born in Miami Beach with a healthy dose of Wanderlust. She’s lived from coast to coast, and everywhere in between, but home is wherever her family is. A devoted mom and wife to her wonderful and supportive husband (Kevin) and two amazing boys (Nick and Max), Kat loves to travel the globe with her adventurous, hockey loving family. Greece is at the top of that list. She hopes to one day retire there, spending her days writing books on the beach.
Kat is former freelance sports writer who now writes steamy hockey romance about her favorite fictional teams, the Las Vegas Sidewinders and the Lauderdale Knights. The library of novels she’s penned also include sexy contemporary stories about baseball stars, alpha sex club owners, bodyguards, rock stars, and royalty. Regardless of genre, her books about bad boys with hearts of gold will steal your breath, rock your world and melt your heart.
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✨TEASER: SOMETIMES YOU FALL by @harlowjamesauthor is coming January 17th! This will be a simultaneous release in Audio with the amazing narrators Sebastian York and Samantha Brentmoor!
It’s just my luck that I get pulled over by the grumpiest cop in the county on a day when I’m already running late. Deputy Ashton Gannon looks like he stepped out of a catalog for broody lawmen, all sharp jawline and piercing eyes that could stop traffic—and my heart.
Then he runs my license, and I’m hit with the news: I’m a wanted woman.
Ashton
Patrolling someone else’s beat is bad enough. Add in a little red car flying past me like the speed limit is a suggestion, and I’m ready to ruin someone’s day.
But then Emily Smith looks up at me, and suddenly, I’m the one who’s hit hard. She’s gorgeous, with her big (color) eyes and curves for days. But the badge doesn’t care about pretty faces, and when I run her license, I see she has a warrant for her arrest. Great.
I’m a by-the-book kind of guy, but for her? I’d throw the book out the window. She might be flighty, and I might be too serious, but I can’t let her slip through my fingers. Not now. Not ever.
DEEP BENEATH THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, a murder victim is dumped at an archaeological dig. A note pinned to his shirt warns we will bury you.
The question is, who is you?
Desperate to learn what happened–and what might happen next–investigators bring in forensic geologists Cassie Oldfield and Walter Shaws. They have a reputation for reading the rocks with an X-ray eye, and unlocking a case.
The key to this case is finding out where the victim took his final steps. Tracking mud from his boots, the geologists follow the mineral trail to a startling site at the city’s wild edge.
As they rush to learn the connection between this unlikely place and the dig on the other side of the city, they unearth the meaning of we will bury you.
Word by alarming word.
• All books in the series are standalone novels and can be enjoyed in any order.
All my life, I’d been dreaming of two things: shining in the spotlight on stage and falling in love. When I landed the lead part in the spring musical junior year, it felt like everything was falling into place. Especially when my childhood best friend came waltzing back into my life. Only, he’d gone from a scrawny pre-teen to a handsome athlete, and it was hard to take my eyes off of him.
Especially when he ended up as my co-lead for the musical. But our friendship meant too much to me to risk. I wasn’t sure my heart could survive losing him again.
Parker
Transferring to Castleton University for my senior year was my chance to start over and focus on lacrosse and getting my degree. What I didn’t expect when my teammates dragged me to a party was finding the girl of my dreams… also known as my childhood best friend.
I was supposed to be focusing on lacrosse. Not volunteering to be the lead in the musical with her. Or fake dating her.
Except for when I saw her in my jersey, smiling just for me, I had a hard time remembering why this was supposed to be fake.
Which was why I intended to prove that I was the happy ending she’d always dreamed of.
They think my greatest gift is my ability on the ice. But they’re wrong.
I’ve been hailed as the guy who has it all when it comes to hockey. Powerful people have invested their time and money, determined to turn my potential into their reality.
The most influential of those people? Graham Jenkins—former NHL player and the General Manager of the Dallas Destroyers. The second he set eyes on me in the little leagues, he piled all his resources into my success. And when the Destroyers were awarded the first-round draft pick, he didn’t hesitate to snap me up.
He thought I was the golden boy, the star that would make his team as successful as his playing career. Only I wasn’t. Instead of unleashing my potential in front of the goal, he discovered my real talent—secrets.
And I have many that I will never share. One for every scar disguised beneath the tattoos painting my body, along with the childhood memories either buried deep inside my broken mind or drowned out by empty bottles lining my kitchen counter.
There’s only one secret I wish I didn’t have to keep. She’s also the addiction I know I’ll never kick. A detox my heart could never survive since it only beats for her. And even years after we were torn apart, my fixation hasn’t changed. Although neither have our circumstances—I’m still the broken boy, suffocated with trauma. And she’s still Mia Jenkins, the good girl, and daughter of the man who offered me everything except his blessing to date her.
But one thing about addiction? It never seeks permission.
TW include: Abusive parents, domestic violence, substance abuse, off page child loss (not involving the main characters) mental health rep namely PTSD, off page discussion of self harm.
I wear my emotions on my tattoo-covered sleeve, I say all the wrong things and I revel in pissing off a certain redhead far more than I should. In other words, I’m the last person the court would choose to parent any child, let alone three of them.
Yet being their father is all I want.
So when the woman I love to hate offers to help make all my dreams come true, I jump at the chance. Marrying Ava is a convenient solution: she’s my kids favorite person and the court will absolutely approve of the woman who runs the biggest charity in Boston.
But there is nothing convenient about the way I feel when she fights with me, or when we kiss. And I’m not sure which I enjoy more.
This marriage may have a time limit but I’m beginning to think I’d like to keep my wife. She’ll probably fight me on it, but as they say, all’s fair in love and war.
♡ public displays of “she’s mine, and I’ll burn the world down for her”
♡ unhinged hockey friend group
♡ girl group bonding
♡ poor girl/rich boy
♡ tracks her without her knowledge
♡ only soft for her
♡ he falls first
♡ touch her/ look at/ breathe near her and literally die
♡ virgin FMC & MMC
♡ somno w/ prior consent
♡ birth control refusal/tampering
♡ mirror play
♡ s*xting
♡ co*kwarming
♡ no third act break up
♡ no other woman drama
If he can’t have her, no one can. Hayden Lockwood harbors a dark obsession with Madison Caldwell. The brooding hockey captain’s unhinged infatuation began the instant he laid eyes on the most untouchable girl on campus. The night his mother and her father were found slain amidst their affair, Hayden couldn’t tear his eyes away from the girl who didn’t shed a single tear. Hayden’s fixation on Madison deepens as he watches her every move, intervening at every imposing threat and sabotaging any potential suitor.
Madison can’t avoid the hothead hockey player when their surviving parents find comfort in each other and decide to marry. As their parents’ wedding approaches, a violent attack on campus forces Hayden and Madison to make life-altering choices. When someone threatens to expose the dark secrets of their elite circle, Hayden is forced to reveal just how obsessed he is with Madison, and how far he’s willing to go to protect her.
Kings of Castlebrook are elite hockey legacies born to cause trouble on and off the ice. Please read Pucking Obsessed with caution as it contains dark themes, and please note that this book is not enemies to lovers and there is no malice between the main characters.
Jill is a Texan, born and raised. She manages the hectic social calendars for her three active children and occasionally spends an evening with her dashing husband. Aside from being an author and a mom, she’s a travel junkie and loves to read when she is not lost in her own stories.
With Jill’s books, you can count on confident heroines, plenty of steamy tension, and deliciously assertive leading men. There are no guarantees in life, but with her books, you know everything will work out in the end. However, a perfect ending would not be nearly as satisfying without a seemingly insurmountable challenge. Jill loves to add plenty of adversity in her stories, creating unforgettably dynamic characters and sneaky plot twists you will never see coming.
❤️Review❤️ After being away for four years Sante is back and the main reason is Amelie, when he met her he was drawn to her in a way he hadn’t expected however their lives took them in different directions. He wants to explore what could be between them and isn’t above some subterfuge to ensure that happens.
Amelie has two driving forces in her life and that is her family and ballet. She is intrigued by Sante but also cautious as she believes it is best for everyone if she distances herself from him, but he doesn’t seem to agree.
Both Amelie and Sante have dark pasts which only makes their relationship more compelling. The chemistry between them is intense and the surprises keep coming as they take us on an action filled journey.
I’m a total nerd, but I look like a jock. I had a perfect GPA in high school, and my GPA in college is perfect too. I smile when I’m supposed to smile. I have two loving parents and a brother and sister who are always by my side. I’m the perfect all-American guy.
But the only thing that actually defines me is the before. The things I keep hidden deep inside because I’m too afraid of losing what I have now.
The past lives deep inside me as I force the plastic smile on my face. And no one sees through it because I’m just that good.
No one except . . . him.
Ronan
Every day is like a dream. A dream I live, not knowing when I’ll wake and find I’m still living in a nightmare.
I never made it out, and these past few years have all been fake.
Then he walks into my classroom . . . with that cocky smile in place. Not a care in the world. I doubt he’s ever had to worry about a thing in his entire life.
He’s exactly like all of the entitled, spoiled brats I teach every day in my part of the college campus, but something about Fletcher Moore really rubs me the wrong way.
I shouldn’t let him get to me, but something about him makes me too angry. Too annoyed.
Undeniably Married by J. Saman is now live in audio!
Narrated by: Dane Anderson and Emma Wilder
The last thing I expected when I ran out on my wedding was to wake up in Vegas married to Mason Reyes, the cocky, gorgeous, and much younger NFL quarterback for the Boston Rebels.
I’ve always been a smart, responsible doctor. The good girl.
And yet here I am with a drunken photo of our nuptials leaked and spreading like wildfire.
Considering my ex is his former teammate, it’s as bad as it gets.
Mason says the only way to save face and avoid further scandal is to move in with him and stay married for three months. After that, he promises we can talk annulments.
Reluctantly, I agree. It’s only three months and I’ve put us in a strict no-sex zone.
For a while, the plan seems to work.
The press moves on, my ex starts to get the picture that it’s over, and we’re on our way toward the finish line of this marriage being done. I even manage to ignore the way my body reacts when he calls me, “My wife.”
That is until two things happen that completely derail everything.
One, our no-sex zone flies out the window in a tangle of hot, sweaty limbs and filthy whispered words.
And two, the stick shines with one bold word: Pregnant.
J. Saman is a USA Today and Amazon top 40 bestselling author who writes sassy, swoony, and scorching contemporary romances. She is addicted to Diet Coke, sour candy, and indie rock. She swears way too much (especially after a glass of wine) and has a penchant for sarcasm (or so her husband and children like to tell her).
J. is an admitted lover of second chance romances, enemies to lovers, and the perfect amount of angst. She is best known for writing funny and emotional romances filled with smart, strong women, and sexy alphas who have a softer side—especially for their women.
🎧Review🎧 What should have been the happiest day of her life takes a turn when Sorel finds out that she has been betrayed by her fiancé and her best friend and she calls them out on it during the ceremony. Needing to escape Mason is there for her and he takes her to Vegas where she decides that marrying him would be a perfect way to get back at her ex.
Mason is a professional football player who used to play with Sorel’s ex and is Sorel’s friend. He has had feelings for her for a while so when they find themselves married, he isn’t about to just walk away and plans to use that time to show her that their marriage was no mistake but destiny.
Mason is everything as he supports Sorel every step of the way and shows her how wonderful their life could be. The chemistry between them is intense but with every challenge they face their relationship only grows stronger. Emma Wilder does a wonderful job with Sorel as you can feel every emotion while Dane Anderson defines the sweet and swoony sides of Mason.
USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann knew she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars, Marni was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts sexy, titillating stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotions. A New Englander at heart, she now lives with her husband in Sarasota, Florida. When she’s not nose deep in her laptop, working on her next novel, she’s scouring for chocolate, sipping wine, traveling, boating, or devouring fabulous books. Want to get in touch?
💛Review💛 Rhett fell in love with Lainey when he was a teenager, and she was his everything. When circumstances tore them apart it was his need to protect her that broke both their hearts and. He has spent the last 15 years closing himself off to everyone except his family but when he sees Lainey again, she makes him feel alive, but he also knows that the only way for them to be together is for the truth to be revealed.
Lainey loved Rhett with everything she had believing it would be enough until it wasn’t. The years apart have shaped her into the woman she has become and seeing Rhett again only reinforces that rather than the feelings diminishing over time they have only grown stronger, but will it be enough to overcome the pain of the past?
Despite everything Rhett and Lainey have gone through, both when they were together and apart, the one thing that was never questioned is that they are soul mates. They take us on emotion filled journey as they show that love can overcome anything.
Scandals are devastating in the low country, and Detective Andy Winslow is about to find himself at the center of the biggest one of all!
With his serial killer twin brother on the loose, Detective Andy Winslow is feeling the pressure. Tasked with bringing him to justice and facing the heat from a community who blames him for everything that’s happened, Andy is trying to stay focused.
But when a devastating turn of events botches a stakeout, people start to question both Andy’s integrity and his motives. Soon, it becomes clear that someone is trying to take Andy down, to destroy his reputation and demolish everything he’s ever worked for. And they don’t mind killing people in the process.
With his family and loved ones in the crosshairs, Andy must battle public opinion and a new District Attorney intent on seeing him serve time in order to find out who is behind this and stop them for good. And when the truth finally comes out, Andy might find that he’s in far too deep to ever see the surface again.
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