Being a fighter is in my blood. My grandfather was a fighter, my father was a fighter, and I’m a fighter. I live for the rush of adrenaline and sensation of victory. When I fight, I give it my all. I step into the octagon and I fight until there’s nothing left to fight for. He’s been my best friend for most of my life. I’ve fought with him, fought against him, and for the longest time, I fought for him, for us. Until he pushed me away, leaving me no choice but to tap out.
Marco
Fighting is what saved me. It shed the old me, and I became a newer shinier version of myself. Until it took away everything I loved. I gave up and tapped out. Then one day, she came back into my life and reminded me that some things in life are worth fighting for. Now I’m fighting for us, day by day, proving to her that our happily ever after is worth fighting for.
An alpha billionaire dedicated to no-strings pleasure. A woman committed to changing his wicked mind. Together they ignite a steaming-hot romance by the USA Today bestselling author of Mr. Hook-up.
Grayson Tanner has had better days. Coming off the successful international launch of Hooked, the hook-up app he cofounded with his two best friends, and a night with one of the sexiest women he’s ever met, he’s now in a PR nightmare. A video of him has gone viral—a toast to the indulgence of bachelorhood. It’s a bad look for the creator of the app’s marriage arm. As memberships plummet amid a media firestorm, his PR firm has a new narrative to quell the flames: Grayson has to get married. Fast.
Hello, Jovana Winters—social media influencer and Grayson’s former one-night stand. The one-night stand he has yet to move on from mentally. Their immediate connection is undeniable. In front of the camera, they’re charismatic and passionate, and social media is calling them the It couple. But off camera, Grayson doesn’t trust women or believe in commitment.
Jovana is the opposite, a believer in love who knows what she wants. Now she’s on a mission to turn this fake marriage into the real deal, even though she’s hiding the biggest secret of them all.
But with a man like Mr. Wicked, it won’t come easy.
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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💛 Even though Grayson is a successful businessman due to his dating app that allows others to find love that is not what he wants as he enjoys being single and intends to stay that way. When his playboy way hits social media, he needs to remedy the damage and the most efficient way is marriage however he didn’t expect it to be to Jovana, the woman he would only allow himself to spend one night with even if he might want more.
Although the evening Jovana spent with Grayson was everything she could want and more he wasn’t willing to give her what she needed so they went their separate ways. Now he is back with an offer that is too good to refuse but this time she would have some rules of her own.
Jovana’s fun and feisty personality is the perfect match for Grayson’s determination to remain emotionally distance. She challenges him at every turn which only makes their interactions that much more entertaining and the heat between them radiates off the pages.
Evelyn was a childhood friend who wrote letters to me, to remind me I was brave when I moved away from Bluebeach Bay. Never did I think she would make another impression on me when I moved back to my childhood home to start a doctor’s practice. She reached a part of me I had closed off to women. My heart. Dark memories from my past made sure of that.
Evelyn Cassano
When Bradley met me for coffee, we reconnected. It was like old times. When I finally let him know how I feel. I realize he feels the same way. However, soon I learned his past is in his present the more time I spend with him. It causes trouble because he won’t open up to me when I am the only person in the end who truly understands him. An emotionally driven and passionate story, with a twist of drama and suspense.
**Mature Audiences only. Some dark themes. Please check my website for a full list of content warnings.**
Adriana Locke has revealed the gorgeous covers for Pulse!
Releasing: May 13, 2024
Cover Design: Kari March Designs
Photographer: Michelle Lancaster
USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke delivers a spicy, age gap, grumpy sunshine, workplace romance in the first book in the brand new Landry Security series.
Troy Castelli acts like it’s my fault that we’re cooped up together in a room with one bed overlooking the ocean. I didn’t ask for a stalker to break into my house and then send me a threatening email detailing my demise. And I sure as heck didn’t request that my boss send Troy and his uber elite bodyguard skills to accompany me out of town—although I’m not mad about it.
A paid tropical vacation with a grumpy, gray-eyed bad boy in a suit isn’t exactly a burden.
But it is a giant test of my willpower.
Troy’s alpha protector tendencies drive me wild. His arrogant smirk gets under my skin. But it’s his not-so-innocent touches, heated looks and touch-her-and-die vibes that are the final strike that ignite our explosive chemistry.
The longer we’re together, the more his broody exterior slips, and I get a glimpse of the real man beneath the sculpted muscles. I’m determined not only to unearth his mysterious past but also to make him realize what we have is more than just a fling in paradise.
USA Today and Amazon Charts Bestselling author, Adriana Locke, writes contemporary romances about the two things she knows best—big families and small towns. Her stories are about ordinary people finding extraordinary love with the perfect combination of heart, heat, and humor.
She loves connecting with readers, fall weather, football, reading alpha heroes, everything pumpkin, and pretending to garden.
Hailing from a tiny town in the Midwest, Adriana spends her free time with her high school sweetheart (who she married over twenty years ago) and their four sons (who truly are her best work). Her kitchen may be a perpetual disaster, and if all else fails, there is always pizza.
P. Rayne has revealed the gorgeous cover for Midnight Whispers!
Releasing: June 20, 2024
Cover Design: Regina Wamba
Once upon a time, elusive billionaire Nero Voss, thought he’d found his happy ever after. He was wrong.
On the heels of betrayal, he finds himself fascinated with a dancer at the local strip club. A rebound is one thing, but Cinder brings out urges in him that he thought he left behind.
As his obsession grows, he tries to distance himself but when he finds her in need, he can’t resist being the one to lend her a helping hand.
MIDNIGHT WHISPERS is a contemporary dark romance reimagining of Cinderella.
I thought I knew what a bad day was. That was until my mate tried to kill me.
Kinsley
As a broken witch, I’ve grown up learning to do things the hard way, while doing my best to stay under the radar. I even thought I’d succeeded until Grayson Barrett shows up.
He accuses me of crimes I wouldn’t commit on my worst day and says it’s time for me to pay, but that’s not going to happen.
Turns out Grayson is my mate and, thanks to the magic that connects us, he can’t kill me. Not unless I accept his rejection and that’s not something I have any intention of doing.
At least not until I prove my innocence.
Grayson
This was supposed to be an easy job. One where I took out a magic-crazed witch, got my reward, then went about my business. Except when I find my target, things get complicated quickly.
Kinsley isn’t just any mark. She’s my mate. One I don’t want.
Only the longer I’m with her, the more I realize that Kinsley might be telling the truth. That maybe I was lied to when I took this job because one thing I know for sure…my mate isn’t a witch.
She’s the shifter heir to a house that will sooner take her life than welcome her in.
Two widows. One wedding dress. And a promise of forever in the next installment of the Wilder Brothers.
Moments for You, an all-new second chance, small town romance from New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan is now available!
A wedding dress is meant to be worn only once.
When a stranger finds herself in need of a miracle at the last minute, I do the unthinkable: I offer mine to her.
The same one I wore down the aisle for my late husband.
Now I’m invited to the wedding and finding myself wondering why I shut myself away from the world for so long.
I’m only meant to be at the Wilder Retreat for a single day except I go home with not only a job offer, but the promise of something more.
Ridge Wilder is hiding secrets of his own. And the undeniable chemistry between us burns before we even contemplate taking that first step.
Only I’ve already had my happy ever after. I never planned on finding another.
And Ridge is even far more broken than I am—with a past that might come back to haunt us both.
Moments for You is now available on ALL retailers in eBook, Paperback, Special Edition paperback, and audio with Teddy Hamilton and Samantha Brentmoor. It’s also on Kobo Plus and Libraries for those who love subscriptions! https://geni.us/MomentsYouChoice
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Aurora is still trying to heal from the tragic death of her husband where she not only lost him, but she lost her job and his family as well. When she sees a post where a woman desperately needs a wedding dress she is emotionally moved and decides to offer her wedding dress and finds not only a job but people and a place to call home.
Ridge has a devastating loss of his own however he has been unable to share what happened with those he is closest to. When he meets Aurora, he senses a kindred soul and he wants to help her make peace with her past but he never expected that she would allow him to make peace with his own.
The devastating losses that both Aurora and Ridge were dealt were difficult enough but when they find themselves estranged from the people who should have been there for them it only makes it more painful. They understand, support and give each other hope for the future. The narrators managed to portray both the depth of emotions and the love they shared both through the good times and the not so good times.
Pretty sure I was a serial killer in my past life.
Because karma is kicking my ass in this one.
Everything was copasetic. I was coasting on the wave of life… until a gnarly swell pulled me under, and I washed ashore to a nightmare. A nightmare there was no waking from.
So I packed my shit and moved all the way to the other side of the country—to the only place someone was willing to give me a second chance.
I came to swim, and though I’m on the team, I don’t want to be Elite. These bros are exactly like the ones I left behind, and I’m not stupid enough to get betrayed again.
But then karma shows up and laughs right in my face.
I slept with my coach’s daughter.
Because of course I did.
And though she calls to me like a siren, that night was just a distraction. A one-time thing.
Until she shows up at Daddy’s pool as the assistant coach. Now the very girl I can’t get off my mind is the one just declared off-limits.
Naturally, my heart decides it can’t beat without her jade stare, sassy mouth, and car that cruises so slow it uses a calendar as a speedometer.
Now I’m at the top of Coach’s crap list, and everything I left in Cali comes knocking at my door. With Landry’s safety on the line, I won’t just roll over and take it. This time, I’ll put up a fight.
There’s no telling what I’ll do or how far I’ll go to make sure Landry isn’t punished for standing by my side. When things get dangerous, I know this wildcard can’t play this game alone.
Because even if trusting people doesn’t come easy… loving her does.
Why you will love this book: 🔥Neighbors to Lovers 🔥Small Town Romance 🔥Single Mom 🔥Best Friend’s Brother
The only thing I admire more than the old farmhouse next door is the guy who owns it. My best friend’s brother.
I didn’t mean to give my hot neighbor a full peep show when my puppy locks me outside in nothing but a towel. Yet Austen Knight pretends he didn’t see everything and offers me an interior design job—help him renovate the farmhouse I’ve adored since I was a kid.
I’m a single mom trying to run a business in a small town. I can’t be alone with Austen day in and day out without igniting rumors that could hurt the career I’ve worked so hard for. But I need the money, and he’s leaving after the house is done and goes on the market.
Turns out, renovating with him is fun. Working with him is addicting. And I look forward to our cold beer together after a long day. When works turns to pleasure, I should put a stop to what we’re doing, it’s not professional, but I can’t.
Austen reignites something in me that I left behind long ago. He’s become so much more than my friend’s brother and my neighbor, but he’s going to be gone soon. Guys always leave in the end. I’ll be a struggling single mom again, and he’ll be nothing but a fearless memory.
At eighteen, Poe Blyton’s life is in shambles and the reason is Alaric Marshall.
After her mom’s death, he appeared out of nowhere and became Poe’s controlling guardian. When she protested his tyranny, he had the audacity to send her away to an all-girls reform school. A school full of iron clad rules and regulations.
But at least she’s graduating soon.
Until Alaric himself arrives at the school as the new principal and takes that away from her as well.
That devil.
He’s really asking for it, isn’t he?
And Poe is going to give it to him.
It doesn’t matter that her sworn enemy has the prettiest dark eyes she’s ever seen. Or that he looks really, really good in his boring tweed jackets. So much so that she wants to rip them off his body and see what’s underneath.
Because scorching hot or not, her new principal or not, Poe is going to ruin Alaric’s life.
EXCERPT: “I’m not the same man I was back then. Before you commit to wanting me—” I stopped and raked my fingers through my hair. “Wait until all my baggage is exposed, and you’ll realize just how fucked-up I am.” Turning, I lay down beside her, head propped up by my palm. “You’re this amazing professor, beautiful and way too good of a person for someone like me. That doesn’t mean I’ll stop wanting you or wanting your everything, but before you question how long you have with me, let’s see if you even want this dark and fucked-up version I’ve become.”
I avoided her gaze, instead following where my fingers circled around her belly button.
“Fuck, even your belly button is cute.” I shot her a smile that would convince anyone else that I’d moved on and was back in a good place. But not Millie. Of course, my Millie could see through the mask; she always did.
“Killian, I think you’re forgetting something.”
My fingers stilled. “What’s that?”
“You don’t have to fight it alone anymore.” I sucked in a shocked breath. “I’m not sure what you’re referring to, but baggage is kind of my specialty.” Her smile made my gut flip. “And I’ve just found you, after also dreaming of this moment for ten years, just like you. Don’t think so little of me that your trauma or past, the hard work that will be needed to help you, will stop me from finally getting what I want.”
“Orgasms?” My smile was forced and fake as shit.
Hers went all soft and sad, making me hate myself a little more. Holding my face between her hands, she pulled me close until our lips barely touched before she responded with the one word that ripped me apart in the best way possible.
“You.”
“You’ve always had me, Millie. I’ve never stopped being yours.”
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