My pack thinks I’m stoic. In truth, I’m a murderer who has never shaken off the scars of my first kill when I was a child. Once my life was forfeit, now it belongs to my King. And when the Panther King orders me to retrieve his mate from the chaos happening on Earth, I do it without asking questions.
That is until my first whiff of the woman who my panther believes is his fated mate.
She will undoubtedly be my queen.
But does my loyalty rest with the crown the king, my best friend, wears?
Or at the feet of a witch whose touch is forbidden to me?
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An all new holiday grumpy-sunshine rom-com with banter, delicious tension, and plenty of festive spice from Kendall Hale.
Life doesnโt go according to plan, but sometimes it brings you exactly what you didnโt know you needed.
Iโm Noelle Holiday, lover of all things cozy and festive. I thought moving into my grandmaโs rent-controlled apartment in New York would be a fresh start. What I didnโt expect was sharing a wall with Jacob McCallister, my grumpy, Grinch of a neighbor who hates joy, cinnamon candles, and any music with jingle bells.
Heโs broody, blunt, and allergic to holiday cheer.
Iโve never met someone so bothered by a string of twinkling lights or the scent of freshly baked cookies. Naturally, I made it my mission to thaw his frosty exterior.
The problem is that the more time we spend togetherโwhether itโs bickering over decorations or sharing late-night conversations through the wallsโthe more I realize thereโs more to Jacob than scowls and sarcasm.
And when Grumpmas Eve arrives, weโre both faced with a choice: keep things the way they are or risk it all for a love worth unwrapping.
Ruby Foxx is the only girl Iโve ever wantedโฆ and sheโs completely off-limits.
Her brother is my teammate and best friend. Theyโre my family. We grew up across the hall, sharing a secret connection Iโve tried hard to forget.
But I never crossed the lineโnot then, and not when we came to Riverside UโIโve kept my distance.
Until her dorm floods, and she moves into the hockey house. Now, thereโs nowhere to hide. Rubyโs always around, and my feelings are hitting harder than a body check on the ice.
Then she confesses sheโs never been with a manโฆ and asks me to change that.
I canโt just take what sheโs offeringโI need to make it specialโsomething sheโll never regret.
I promise to take my time and teach her, but Iโm the one getting schooled because Iโm falling fast.
The guilt is like a slap shot, knowing Iโm betraying my best friendโmy familyโby falling in love with her.
I know I should skate away, but after tasting happiness with Ruby, I canโt let her go.
What if, by holding on, I lose everythingโon and off the ice?
The renter could be a nice guy. Even better, heโd tell me that heโd like to cut his lease early and I was solving a problem for him. Heโd move immediately, and Iโd have a place I could afford. Right. Yes. Letโs do this. I got out and faced what could be an adorable porch with a little sanding and a fresh coat of stain. A few of the slats in the railing needed to be replaced, but the way it wrapped around the house would capture both the sunrise and the sunset. The front door was more inviting than the side entrance. Both were weathered, with screen doors that had a multitude of holes in the screens. The steps creaked as I crested them. Those should get repaired. What was left of my investment funds would not go far. All I needed was for it to get me through to gainful employment and hopefully the winter. Because right smack in the middle of January, I needed both time and money. My stomach heaved. There were still the stipulations. Married for a year before the house was officially mine. Did I think I needed to be getting wed and moving in here? Finding a guy to marryโreal quickโand taking on everything whenโ The door squeaked open before I could knock. My heart thudded behind my sternum, and I was faced with a big man. He wore wrinkled and well-used tan cargo pants over old cowboy boots, and his black T-shirt hugged a barrel of a chest. He was squinting against the sunlight, his head cocked. The gleam on his shaved head made my palms itch. Because I knew what that stubble felt like. I knew what he looked like with every stitch of clothing off and how thick those thighs really were. I knew what he felt like thrusting inside of me for longer than Iโd ever thought possible. My gut roiled, and all the stress in the last three months of my life reached a crescendo. I opened my mouth to suck in fresh air, but words formed instead, and I shut my brain off. They had to be said. โIโm pregnant. Itโs yours.โ Just as his brows drew together, I spun. I rushed to the railing and heaved all the contents of my stomach up into a patch of purple irises.
Genre/Tropes: MC Romance; Holiday/Christmas Romance; Age Gapย
Release Date: November 19, 2024ย
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Snow Haggar is up to her elbows in cookie dough, juggling a booming holiday baking season thatโs busier than ever. Right when she needs all hands on deck, her helpers for baking and deliveries fall through and leave her scrambling to keep up with the mountain of orders piling up. Enter Bones, her leather-clad, tattooed neighbor with a talent for custom bikes and a roguish grin thatโs as distracting as the view she has of him from her kitchen window.
Seeing her struggle, Bones offers his helpโalong with the muscle of his biker friendsโto get her orders out before Christmas. As they race to make deliveries together, the sparks between them burn hotter than her oven, and Snow begins to wonder if her sweetest holiday treat might just be Bones himself.
This Christmas, Snowโs getting more than she bargained forโbecause Santa mightโve just delivered the perfect biker under her tree.
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Snow finds herself without her employee during the busiest time of the year as people are expecting their baking for the holidays. She never expected help to come in the form of Bones, the neighbor she hasnโt been able to stop thinking about.
Bones owns a shop where he specializes in repairs to motorcycles and has had his eye on his neighbor Snow for a while. When he sees she needs help he doesnโt hesitate to step in and show her that she can count on him not only during this crisis but for whatever comes next.
This is a touching and romantic story set around the holiday season as Snow and Bones find finally give in to their feelings for each other.
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Wall Street Journalย andย USA Todayย bestselling authorย Winter Traversย is a devoted wife, mother, and aunt turned author who was born and raised in Wisconsin. After a brief stint in South Carolina following her heart to chase the man who is now her hubby, they retreated back up North to the changing seasons, and to the place they now call home. Winter spends her days writing happily ever afters, and her nights being a karate mom hauling her son to practices and tournaments.. She also has an addiction to anything MC related, puppies, and baking.
The job was supposed to be easy. Get my best friendโs older brother back on his feet and put my life back together.
But when we end up sharing a bed, all those plans flew out the window.
He was a notorious underground rodeo champion. Ladiesโ man and legend. It’s not until he sustains an almost career ending injury that his family learns his secret – he wasnโt just the head of Sunny Brook Farms after all.
What started as professional morphed into something more, and not only because the cowboy refused to wear a shirt around the house.
Not that I was complaining.
But he was like a tempting piece of dessert that I needed to steer clear of.
Except, the more time I spent with him, the more I learned he was more than what he seemed. He was protective and devoted, and when I had my first taste of him, I was hooked.
We knew it was wrong.
We knew it would be our secret.
Neither of us wanted to cross the line drawn in the sand. There was his sister to consider and my crushed heart.
But all of it was about to get more complicated when that pink plus sign showed up.
A grumpy single dad and a nanny in a feel-good holiday romance. I donโt like Christmas; itโs too messy. But when the new nanny moves in, she fills the house with sunshine and Christmas songs. They make my ears bleed, and she makes my blood run hot. But Freyaโs the nanny; sheโs off-limits and only here until my sister arrives. But when Freya leaves, I realize too late what she means to me. Can I convince her Iโm not the miserable grump she thinks I am and prove to her that even a Christmas grinch can be happy with the right woman? Wild Christmas is a single dad and nanny, grumpy/sunshine holiday romance featuring an ex-military biker and the curvy girl he falls hard for.
โค๏ธ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ Sadie King is a USA Today Best Selling Author of over 120 short and steamy romance books. She loves to write about military heroes and the sassy curvy women who steal their hearts. Sadie lives in New Zealand with her ex-military husband and raucous young son. When sheโs not writing she loves catching waves with her son, running along the beach, and drinking good wine, preferably with a book in hand.
โค๏ธReviewโค๏ธ Nate has a military background and specializes in IT. He is a strict but loving father to his two daughters who needs a temporary nanny for six weeks until his sister arrives, but Freya is everything he didnโt know he wanted in a nanny and a woman.
Freya brings life to the home of Nate and his daughters as she starts traditions that instill the holiday spirit in them until a little turmoil erupts that could destroy everything.
Even though they are complete opposites Freya is exactly who Nate needs in his life and even though they had a misstep he isnโt about to let her walk out of his life.
I hate Christmasโalways have, always will. From the gaudy trees to the over-the-top decorations and the traditions everyone clings to like theyโre sacred.
Particularly my family.
They own Mistletoe Townโa Hallmark movie come to life and a place most people only dream about. Thanks to an unexpected inheritance from my great-grandfather, itโs my personal nightmare.
Iโm stuck running this Christmas-obsessed town with an avalanche of memories Iโve spent thirteen years trying to forget.
But itโs not just the town I abandonedโฆ itโs her.
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And no matter how much I play the Scrooge, Iโm about to find out some ghosts from the past canโt be ignoredโor outrun.
Especially now that sheโs my sweet new employee, baking spirits merry and bright.
If I want to stay off the naughty list, I have to learn how to play nice.
A decade earlier Nicholas made the choice he believed he had to when he left his hometown, his family and his best friend Noelle. The passing of his grandfather leaves him no choice but to return however it will also give him a chance to reunite with the woman who has always held a place in his heart.
Noelle hasnโt forgotten how Nicholas left her without a second thought, and she isnโt about to just forgive and forget. He may be doing and saying everything to make her believe this is their second chance however she isnโt about to be fooled twice.
The chemistry between them was never in question but they have a lot to overcome both when it comes to the past and the present however the ending makes it all worthwhile.
Meet M. Robinson:
M. Robinson is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of more than thirty novels in Contemporary Romance and Romantic Suspense. Crowned the โQueen of Angstโ by her loyal readers, youโll feel the cut of her pen slicing through your heart as your soul bleeds upon the words of her stories with each turn of the page.
Most notably known for the Good Olโ Boys, Mโs newest venture has graced her with the #1 Bestseller on Apple Books with Second Chance Contract. The Second Chance Men are powerful, intelligent and will sweep you off your feet and leave you weak in the kneesโevery womanโs wildest dreams.
M. lives the boat life along the Gulf Coast of Florida with her two puppies and real life book boyfriend, the inspiration for all her filthy talking alphas, Bossman.ย
When she isnโt in the cave writing her next epic love story, you can usually spot her mad-dashing through Target or in the drive-thru of Starbucks, refueling. Yes, sheโs a self-proclaimed shopaholic, but only if sheโs spending Bossmanโs money.
You can follow M, Ted, Marley, and Bossman on Facebook, Instagram, and her absolute favorite social platform-TikTok.
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Once Upon a Christmas Tree by Lulu Moore is now live in audio!
Narrated by: CJ Bloom and Shane East
A swoony, one night stand, holiday, vacation romance by bestselling author Lulu Moore
Alexander, Lord Burlington, hates the holidays.
But duty calls. This year heโs willing to set his feelings aside for the sake of his eldest brother whoโs just been left at the altar – sending shockwaves through British high society – as they escape London for the snow capped mountains of Aspen.
However, it soon becomes obvious that Colorado in December wasnโt the best place to go for someone who usually out-grinches The Grinch.
Haven Wylder has spent the last four years paying off debts her parents left when they died. Between working on her ranch, or in her Christmas store and taking on every other job she can, thereโs been no time for fun. But if thereโs one thing guaranteed to put a smile on her face itโs the holidays and the annual gingerbread decorating competition.
What she wasnโt expecting was the tall, handsome stranger with the accent to die for who,*gasp*, hates Christmas.
It doesnโt take long for Haven to start changing Alexโs mind. It has nothing to do with her berry red lips and glossy caramel curls tumbling down her back, or her big doe eyes as green as the Christmas trees sheโs selling. Or the way she fills out her jeans.
None at all.
Alexander will never not despise Christmas, but a fling with Haven Wylder might be just the thing to make it a little more bearable. That isโฆ if he can leave her and their unforgettable connection behind.
Lulu started writing by accident, and somehow found herself stuck in a fictional world of ice hockey, baseball and billionaires. A world she has no plans to leave. She’s the creator of The New York Players Series, The Tuesday Club Series, and The New York Lions – the worst team in the M.L.B.
More recently she’s ventured across the Atlantic to where her latest novel is set – the beautiful cities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the annual rowing showdown on the River Thames.
She’s a big fan of strong heroines, because those fierce alphas need someone to keep them in check. You’ll find hear navigating her way through Romance Land one HEA at a time, and trying to figure out the latest social media platform she needs to post to.
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