Why you will love this book… 🔥Small Town 🔥Fake Relationship 🔥Billionaire 🔥Marriage of Convenience 🔥Grumpy/Sunshine 🔥Opposites Attract 🔥Found Family 🔥No Third Act Breakup
Heading to a teachers’ conference hundreds of miles away from my small town should have been a nice break. Until I was propositioned by a stranger to be his wife for the next six months. And for whatever reason, I said yes.
Talon Beckett was a domineering billionaire with a steely-blue gaze that made me forget my own name. It was my excuse for agreeing to his terms…that and he agreed to play up our recent vows when we attended my ex’s wedding.
We both decided that we’d go our separate ways when our six months were up. He’d get full control of his bank account and the hotel chain that bared his mother’s maiden name, and I’d get whatever I needed in return.
When our time was coming to an end, I realized the one thing I wanted was something he had no desire to give. It was the affectionate side he’d kept hidden from everyone despite his need to say, “My Wife” when we were out in public. And as I crossed the days off the calendar, it was harder to remember that our marriage wasn’t real. Especially when we needed to sign those termination papers.
I feared I’d lose not only my new last name and job, but my heart along the way.
The best of which is the precocious curly-haired little girl that calls me mommy.
As my marriage falls apart, a new opportunity on the serene shores of Sandcastle Cove offers us a safe haven, and our lives take an unforeseen turn when a man from a long-buried Hawaiian escapade resurfaces. I had all but forgotten about the man with a sexy grin until his soulful eyes found mine across the crowd.
As I navigate this new life, the complexities of single parenthood, and rekindle old flames, the island becomes the perfect backdrop for a journey of rediscovery, love, and the delicate dance of second chances.
The past whispers its secrets, and I have to decide whether to run back to the familiar or chart a new course on the sands of Sandcastle Cove.
Amber Kelly is a romance author that calls North Carolina home. She has been an avid reader from a young age and you could always find her with her nose in a book completely enthralled in an adventure. With the support of her husband and family, in 2018, she decided to finally give a voice to the stories in her head and her debut novel, Both of Me was born.
𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 by USA Today bestselling author MJ Fields is releasing March 14th!! We are thrilled to share this second chance, marriage of convenience, baseball romance cover with you!!
From USA Today bestselling author MJ Fields, comes a small town, marriage of convenience, standalone sports romance. This steamy romance will make you blush, everywhere.
Whitley
When Pope left our hometown my life changed. When he came back he saw his nemesis’ ring on my finger, I knew he would be angry, but people change, right?
When he found out I had a little girl, he demanded I call things off with Kal. He says he refuses to let a man like him raise his child.
I told him she wasn’t his, but he still won’t back down.
Pope
The last thing I expected when I finally came home was to find out my best friend was a single mother to a four-year-old little beauty. Especially since that best friend asked me to rid her of her virtue before I left to play in the minors nearly five years ago.
She says she’s not mine, but I know she belongs to me.
They say all is fair in love and baseball, but when secrets are revealed and truths are finally told, will he fight for a love he never expected or the game he was born to play?
MJ Fields is a USA Today bestselling author of new adult and contemporary romance novels. She lives in New York with her daughter and smoochie faced Newfie, Theo.
When she’s not locked away in the cave, she enjoys spending time with her family, listening to live music, going to the theatre, singing off key, dancing to her own beat, listening to audio books, and reading— of course.
We’re just friends is the biggest lie we ever told ourselves …
Maya
Everyone assumes I’ll end up with Ben Turner.
That’s the trouble with living in a small town. There’s no such thing as privacy.
No one understands that we’ve been in the friend zone our entire life.
But what I’m having trouble understanding these days is why Ben hates my new boyfriend. It’s almost like he’s trying to ruin my relationship.
So, what’s a girl supposed to do when her best friend is standing between her and her happily ever after?
Ben
I promised to always protect Maya.
And if that means keeping the jerks in town away from her, so be it. She deserves better anyway.
But she thinks this new guy is the one. She’s wrong. He’s not good enough for her.
Hell, I’m not good enough for her.
So, when he lets her down—and I know he will—I’ll be there. I’ll do whatever she needs.
Because I’m not about to let anyone ruin my relationship with the most important person in my life.
How We Loved, book 2 in the Leighton River series, is a friends-to-lovers, new adult/sports romance with plenty of emotional and angsty moments and some spicy times. Pre-order it today and get ready to fall in love with Maya and Ben.
“Love the Life you Live. Live the Life you Love.” ― Bob Marley
Lauren Runow is the author of multiple Adult Contemporary Romance novels, some more dirty than others. When Lauren isn’t writing, you’ll find her listening to music, at her local CrossFit, reading, or at the baseball field with her boys. Her only vice is coffee, and she swears it makes her a better mom!
Lauren is a graduate from the Academy of Art in San Francisco and is the founder and co-owner of the community magazine she and her husband publish. She is a proud Rotarian, helps run a local non-profit kids science museum, and was awarded Woman of the Year from Congressman Garamendi. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two sons.
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Laura Pavlov writes sweet and sexy contemporary romance that will make you both laugh and cry. She is happily married to her college sweetheart, mom to two awesome almost-grown kids, and dog-whisperer to one temperamental yorkie and one wild bernedoodle. Laura resides in Las Vegas where she is living her own happily ever after. Be sure to sign up for updates on new releases. Laura loves to hear from readers!
Sterling Golden—cocky football star. Rich playboy with a secret. Guy I’d most like to throat-punch. The cherry on top? I’m stuck pretending to be this d-bag’s girl for the next few months.
When I spotted him sneaking out the Dean’s window—a woman whose reputation precedes her—I could’ve minded my business. But it’s not every day you catch your nemesis in such a compromising position, so I did what any self-respecting person would’ve done.
I added fuel to the scandal that ignited, then laughed while the cops hauled him off in nothing but handcuffs and his boxers.
Of course, the arrogant prick found a way to rope me into the lie that got him out of trouble. Which means the only way I come out of this unscathed is to go along with it, pretend we’re a thing.
Most girls would kill to be on the arm of a Golden triplet, but I’m counting down the days until it’s over. In public, we give the city the show they crave—a chance to witness their local bad boy falling in love. But when we’re alone, the gloves come off and we give each other hell.
Only, who knew exchanging insults and cruelty could feel a bit like…foreplay?
There’s an expiration date on this arrangement, but as we turn up the heat to convince our city this “relationship” is the real deal, Sterling and I sometimes forget that it isn’t. He might think his recent fall from grace was a disaster, but if he makes me regret this, I swear I’ll make his life a living hell.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…your belongings might mysteriously catch fire.
Consider this your final warning, Mr. Silver, because it’s the only one you’ll get.
ICE COLD PLAYER by Nikki Hall is releasing February 23rd!!! This is an enemies to lovers, he falls first, forced proximity, college hockey romance with plenty of heat! Take a peek inside.
“Relax, Princess. I won’t bite unless you ask nicely.” His husky voice broke the heavy silence.
I wanted to pretend I was asleep, but my faking game was weak. “I hate that nickname. I’m no princess.”
“No? You seem pretty haughty from where I’m lying.”
“If we’re going with medieval titles, I’d prefer spymaster… and you’d be the dirty thief trying to gain access to the castle.”
He scooted closer, his warmth invading my space. “You’re right about one thing…” His lips brushed the shell of my ear, and I couldn’t contain the shiver. “I can be very dirty.”
With careful effort, I managed to keep my breathing even. I knew he didn’t mean what he was implying. He was trying to get a rise out of me in the only way he knew how. My own fault for giving him ammunition. I never should have kissed him.
When I didn’t respond, Gavin’s voice lowered. “Are you going to give me access, Princess?”
I closed my eyes for a brief second—steeling myself against the temptation of surrender—then rolled over and smacked him in the face with the blankets. “Not today, Satan. Now move back and toss me those extra pillows.”
His lips twitched as he retreated to the far side. “Why?”
“Because I need at least two for the wall between us, one for my head, and one to smother you with.”
Instead of handing me a future weapon, he shoved one of his pillows against my belly. “Good enough?”
I huffed and shifted around until I was comfortable, well away from Gavin’s reach. “It’ll do.”
He tucked his arms under his head, staring at the ceiling. “Not even a thank you, huh?”
“I hate you,” I said sweetly.
“I hate you too, Princess. Now go to sleep.”
BLURB:
A deal with the devil…
Gavin
Anyone but her. Eva Adams—the entitled, picture-perfect cheer princess. Incapable of empathy, patently manipulative, and absolutely beautiful. I can’t afford her drama—I just want to play my last year of hockey without being kicked out of TU, but there she is on my first day back. Crying. In a weak moment, I make her an offer. An agreement I never thought she’d take. Except she surprises me, and now I’m faced with a dilemma. Protect my secrets…or win the girl.
Eva
Anyone but him. Gavin King—the rebellious, coffee-slinging hockey god. Arrogant, irreverent, and way hotter than he has any right to be. Despite the lady tingles, I’d be happy to spend my last year at TU without seeing his face—or his tattoos—again. It should be easy. I have cheer, I have my friends, and I have nowhere to live. To my eternal frustration, he offers me a solution…for a price. When I take the deal, I can’t help wondering what else I’ll give him before the end.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 by USA Today bestselling author Ginger Scott is coming February 22nd! We’re so excited to share a peek inside with you today!
His lopsided smile twitches and he rests his chin on his folded hands as he leans into his hockey stick.
“You’re cute when you’re pissed off.” He shrugs a shoulder, which makes him look cute too. But I keep that to myself.
“Careful, Cutter. Sounds like you might be catching feelings.” I situate myself behind the puck to take a shot at the goal. When I glance back at him, he’s still wearing the same wicked, crooked grin. I lift a questioning brow.
“There are many kinds of feelings, Laney. Go ahead and take your shot and then maybe I’ll show you the kind I’ve got right now.”
As a star senior on the Tiff U volleyball team, it’s been my goal to come back strong after an injury that nearly took me out of the game. But I’m Laney freaking Price, and I’m taking my shot to make it on the new pro women’s team, despite the lack of support from my father.
The problem? Cutter McCreary. He is the Captain of the Tiff U hockey team, all-around loveable guy, and a total player. And did I mention a complete thorn in my side since freshman year? Yeah…that guy. His charms don’t tempt me.
Until…a mix up with our housing situation forces us into a bit of a predicament. We were both promised a room. The same room.
His proposal? A bet. We split the room in half—for now. Whoever falls in love with the other first has to move out. The winner gets to stay.
But when strategic glances turn into late night talks, and fake kisses start to feel real, I’m finding myself without a game plan. And winning suddenly doesn’t feel like the only thing that matters.
*The Tomboy and The Captain is written in dual pov.
Here monsters don’t hide in the shadows. They aren’t made of myth and magic either. Normal men are the things that go bump in the night, and I am the most dangerous of them all.
I am vengeance wrapped in a pretty package, but you can call me Sin, everyone else does. I’m a ghost made of flesh and blood. Legally, I don’t exist. Sold into slavery as a child, I exist as nothing more than a weapon, bringing death where the boss of our underground syndicate directs me.
Until the night Raven walks into the moonlight. She haunts me with her innocent beauty, showing me the life I’ll never have. One where blood isn’t caked under my nails, and hiding bodies wasn’t one of the top skills on my resume.
She shouldn’t be here. She’s too pure for the evil in this house, but she belongs here more than I do. After all, she’s the princess, and this is her father’s kingdom. He stole my identity, my future, and someday he’ll take my life.
Before he does, I’ll take something from him. Her.
I might be bad for her, but her father’s world is worse. I’m exactly who she needs to escape it.
My peaceful existence gets body-checked when a brooding, grumpy hockey player moves in next door…
The first time I meet Niall O’Rourke, he greets me, wearing little more than a scowl and a demeanor colder than the ice he skates on. My deeply ingrained Southern manners force me to give him the benefit of the doubt, but every interaction we share convinces me he’s a grade-A jerk.
I do my best to avoid him, that is, until he makes a proposition too good to refuse: I pretend to be his fiancée, and in return, he’ll appear on my local television show, which could give Bigfoot’s Hairy Tale the ratings bump needed for national syndication.
Despite our personalities clashing like hockey sticks, I discover beneath his brawny exterior is a man burdened by a complex past and a wounded heart.
But I’m not interested in “fixing” him. I’ve been down that road before, and it never ends well. If only Niall weren’t so hellbent on using his lips to convince me otherwise.
It’s going to take everything in me to evade the enforcer.
Niall is a professional hockey player who is going through a difficult time emotionally which ensures that his first interaction with his new neighbor Lucy does not end well.
You can’t help but love Lucy from her friendly personality to her quirky social media presence. Even if her first meeting with Niall didn’t go well, she doesn’t hold it against him especially when he suggests an arrangement that will help both of them get what they want.
I enjoyed seeing Niall and Lucy get to know each other as their relationship evolved from acquaintances to friends to so much more as she helps him heal from the past.
Jacob Chance grew up in New England and still lives there today. He’s a martial artist, a football fan, a practical joker, and a bacon lover.
A USA Today bestselling author of sports romance and romantic suspense, Jacob has endless ideas and plans on providing his readers with many more entertaining stories.
Join us for the cover reveal of Never Fall in Love by Bella Michaels. Fans who love Small-Town Romances will sink their teeth into this sexy, slow-burn romance. Keep scrolling for more details about this sexy cover.
Title: Never Fall in Love
Author: Bella Michaels
Release Date: 03/06/2024
Genres: Steamy, Small-Town Romance
Page Count: TBD
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Military Hero, Cop Hero, Slow Burn, Found Family
Four lifelong friends. Four unbreakable rules.
A bachelor pact made in college – no commitments, no attachments. And I intend to honor it.
Until Pia Russo walks into my life.
When my father dies unexpectedly, I leave the NYPD and big city lights behind, at least temporarily, to move back to Cedar Falls and run the family inn. My first order of business? Firing the beautiful manager Dad had hired but never met. I don’t need any complications in my simple small town life.
But fate has other plans.
My friends convince me to give Pia a chance, finding humor in my struggle between our growing attraction and my military-honed discipline urging me not to date an employee.
As we renovate the aging inn together, I try in vain to shield my heart. But Pia’s laughter fills the dusty halls, melting my defenses. Now, with my future and an age-old promise on the line, I’m left wondering if I should finally crack open the door to love I sealed so long ago.
Bella Michaels is the pen name of a recovering educator turned contemporary romance author. Armed with a Ph.D. she no longer uses copious amounts of chai, when not writing steamy small-town romance, historical romance as Cecelia Mecca, or paranormal (vampire) romance as C.L. Mecca, Bella loves dreaming up new sassy heroines and sexy heroes for readers to enjoy. Firmly House Stark, this Disney fanatic lives with her husband and two teens in Pennsylvania where she enjoys drinking red wine and planning girl’s trips.
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About THE REASON I MARRIED HIM:
He proposed . . . and I said yes. Normally a jovial occasion for a couple in love, but this proposal has a very different feel. Because the man that I’ll be calling my husband blew into town with one thing on his mind . . . to make my life a living nightmare.
So why did I say yes?
Well, because we both need something from each other.
Namely, I want the farm land he currently owns, and he needs a wife in order to inherit his family cabin in his grandfather’s will.
So as he so eloquently put it, my hand, for his land.
At first, I thought the idea was nuts. Who really gets married out of convenience? Apparently, I do.
And now we have to sell our relationship to the town. Meaning, we’re holding hands, he’s pinching my cheeks . . . upper and lower. We’re even forced to share the one-bedroom guest house on the farm where his monstrous body is taking up a large percentage of the bed.
But we’re so persuasive about our farse, that now I’m starting to think he actually might like me. Especially when he grabs me by the wrist and teases the shell of my ear as he whispers, “Mine.”
Stella Hunter and Aaron Shedlock narrate in duet this sexy, marriage of convenience romance. THE REASON I MARRIED HIM is NOW LIVE in audio, so grab your earbuds and make this your next listen today!
USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.
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Wyatt is still trying to deal with the aftermath of not only the end of the engagement but the way it happened. When faced with the thought of losing the cabin that holds so many special memories with his grandfather he comes up with the perfect plan. He now finds himself in Almond Bay trying to convince Aubree to marry him for a year so he can have the cabin and in return he will give her his half of her family’s farm.
After the passing of her sister Aubree is determined to honor her by ensuring her dreams when it comes to the farm are realized. She has trust issues when it comes to men and doesn’t allow many people close so the last thing she need is Wyatt coming into her life however the ends might justify the means.
Neither was looking for love or a relationship, but their hearts didn’t agree. He is patient and understanding as he shows her there is so much more to life than the way she has been living it so even though there was turmoil to overcome he proves that he is the man she can count on to always be there for her. Hearing the audio version of this story only enhanced the humorous banter and all the emotions that this story holds.
I’ve been friends with Cooper Rice from the moment we met. He was just as famous a decade ago on our college campus as he is now being the star quarterback for the Chicago Grizzlies.
But he’s not only talented on the field, he’s also the gorgeous football star women fawn over, posing in underwear and razor ads.
Here’s a secret those women don’t know—Cooper Rice isn’t a playboy. He’s the kind of man who wants to settle down with a family. He’s content ordering pizza and massaging my feet after my long shift as an emergency room doctor. He listens to me as if he’s as invested as I am in my patients. He has never let me down.
This is exactly why I refuse to live without Cooper in my life. Eight years ago, I made him promise me that we’d never cross that line. And just like I knew Cooper would, he’s held to that promise.
Despite our best efforts, our relationship is evolving, shifting into new territory and I find myself unsure if I want Cooper to keep that promise. Ignoring the obvious could tear us apart, but so could giving in, meaning there’s a chance I’ll lose Cooper forever no matter what decision I make.
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Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they’re married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they’re both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!
Cooper has been in love with his best friend Ellery since they were in college, but he has always respected that she wasn’t willing to cross the line between friends to lovers. When she starts dating a fellow teammate it will finally force them to face their true feelings for each other.
Ellery is a doctor who has always remained focused on her career plan. There have been times she has considered crossing the line with Cooper but was always afraid to jeopardize their relationship until she realizes that is happening regardless and choices will finally have to be made.
Everyone in their lives know that Cooper and Ellery belong together and even though there was some angst to overcome I enjoyed every minute of seeing them realize it as well. This was a wonderful end to this series, and I am looking forward to seeing where this author is taking us next. The portrayal of the narrators draws you into the relationship between the characters as well as everything they were feeling.
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