She thought I was lying. The first time we met, she dismissed me as a smooth-talking stranger with a cheap pickup line and easy smile…and decided to walk away.
I should’ve forgotten her. I didn’t.
Now she’s on my doorstep—surprised, breathtaking, saying my name like she owns it. And all I can think about is pressing her against the wall and stealing the words from her mouth.
Because she’s wrong about me. I’m exactly who I said I was—the artist her boss is desperate to sign. The man behind the metalwork her boss can’t stop talking about.
Now she’s here to convince me to agree to an exclusive show.
I might. On one condition. I get what I want. And what I want… is her.
📖 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 ✔️ Heavy Banter ✔️ Mistaken Identity ✔️ Negotiation Romance ✔️ City Girl/Country Boy ✔️ Dominant Energy ✔️ Creative/Artist Hero ✔️ Opposites Attracts ✔️ He Yearns For Her
❤️Review Indy has been sent by her boss to Whispering Oak to meet the artist whose work in metal has drawn attention to convince them to participate in a show. After spending a day trying to find this person she is surprised to find out that he was the man she met in the pub the night before who she rebuffed because she didn’t believe him.
Toren was drawn to Indy from their first meeting and when she showed up at his door it only reinforced that feeling. He is willing to do the show as it will allow him to show Indy they belong together
The heat between them radiates off the pages and now that Indy is in his life Toren is willing to make whatever changes are necessary to keep her.
The Savage Kings crowned Sage Sachs their queen, but is she truly prepared to serve them? As one of the hottest bands soaring to stardom the Savage Kings need to repair their reputation. Who better to help them with that than the straight-laced, responsible Sage? But how much can it be repaired when they are contracting her to be in a very public polyamorous relationship with them? Sage is quick to fall for the sweet Collin Pernicious and fun Kellan Malicious, it’s the other two members that draw her in and terrify her at the same time. Drew Ferocious screams danger while causing her body to burn in ways she didn’t know were possible. The same rude, crude Gabriel Vicious that sends her fleeing when he’s in character wormed his way deep into her heart. Sage doesn’t know if she can meet the needs of four strong, sexy men, but does she really have a choice?
Birdie Whiskey has spent years watching love find everyone else. She has a successful chocolate business, an incredible family, and a full life. All that’s missing is someone to share it with. When she gets swept up in a single, unforgettable night with a mysterious stranger, she believes it’s finally her turn. But the man who knocks her off her feet is the last man her family would ever accept.
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From New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster comes The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch, a small-town, big-family series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal, insanely sexy bikers who give horses—and people—a second chance. Buckle up for a wild ride in Hope Valley, Colorado, as these big-hearted badasses and their sassy sisters wrangle in their forever loves. No cliffhangers, no cheating, and always a happily ever after.
I’m the man people call when something’s off with a horse, and the one they avoid when the job’s done. I keep my distance, keep my head down, and keep my past—and the scars it left behind—to myself.
Then Rachel Grable shows up.
She’s in town to cover Mustang Mountain’s first rodeo, but it doesn’t take long before she starts asking questions. Questions about horses that don’t add up, records that don’t make sense, and things that were never meant to be looked at too closely.
I should shut her down. But she’s the first woman who doesn’t look at me like I’m broken, like there might still be something in me worth saving. So I stop pushing her away, and let her get close enough to matter.
This town buried the truth a long time ago. Now she’s digging it back up. Walking away would mean letting her face it alone, and that’s not something I can do. Because somewhere along the way, she stopped being a problem I needed to avoid and became the one thing I don’t know how to lose.
But if I don’t stop her, she’s going to uncover everything… and I won’t be able to keep her safe when she does.
📖 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 ✔️Wounded hero ✔️Beauty and the Beast ✔️Cowboy ✔️Mountain man romance ✔️Grumpy/Sunshine
❤️ Review Rachel is a journalist who finds herself in Mustang Mountain to write a story about the rodeo they are hosting. As she watches Roman work with the horses she can’t help but admire how patient and gentle he is with them, but she is beginning to suspect that not everything is as it appears when it comes to the horses.
Roman was drawn to Rachel from their first meeting as she sees beyond what he views as his imperfections to who he is. As she tries to uncover the truth about the irregularities regarding the horses he is concerned that she is placing herself and the town in danger.
Rachel is independent however she also wants to do what is right for the town and Roman while Roman wants to protect Rachel especially from herself and the way they put each other first was what made their romance special.
I can’t decide if my new summer tenant—a devastatingly handsome hockey player and single dad—is the answer to my problems or the start of a new one.
When big-city developers threaten to buy up my small town, I need to save the rental cottage next door from demolition. I have a plan . . . until Daniel Sutton checks in.
Six-four, a face chiseled by the gods, and a body built by a career on the ice, I’m knocked sideways. He’s charming with me and adorable with his son. And when we touch, it’s electric.
But two things change everything. The pipes break in the cottage, and his agent calls. Before I can stop myself, I’m offering him a place to stay, and Daniel is offering me the answer to my problems. He’ll buy the cottage for me if I help him clean up his reputation.
Sounds simple enough. But when I start to fall in love with him, even though I know he’s leaving in a few months, it’s suddenly more complicated than ever.
I’m willing to take a chance on us and pour my heart into a letter. But with him skating on thin ice, he’s going to have to sacrifice something—me or his career.
I just hope XOXO, Summer isn’t the last thing I ever say to him.
Angela Casella lives in Asheville, North Carolina in an almost-one-hundred-year-old house with her daughter, two dogs, and an ever-changing number of fish. She worked as a developmental editor for years, both as a freelancer and at Random House in NYC before she started writing (inspired by her friend and frequent co-author Denise Grover Swank!). Now, it’s become an addiction, and she’d rather not be cured, thank you very much.
She comes from a loud Italian American family, so she basically has a phD in bickering…er…banter.
Their secret fake relationship began with a little white lie…
Nora
My ginger beer brewery is, quite literally, my life. Unfortunately, I’m about to lose it. My male business partner’s new fiancée is insanely jealous, and it’s only a matter of time before she forces him to quit.
So I ask him what it’ll take for her to back down.
A boyfriend.
I make one up, telling her it’s too early to introduce him, which works up until she walks in on a heated private conversation between me and Cormac, my soon-to-be stepbrother.
She comes to a wild conclusion: the reason I’ve been keeping my boyfriend secret is because it’s him.
I should definitely set her straight. Cormac is the last person I’d ever date, and not just because our parents are about to get married. I’ve known him since high school, and he’s awkward, introverted, and has the people skills of a houseplant.
But I’m desperate enough to tell the worst lie ever.
Cormac
Nora begs me to be her secret fake boyfriend–an act that only has to work on two people.
Any sane man would refuse, but I’ve promised my father to make peace with her. So I present her with an offer: dog sit my corgi for a weekend, and I’ll be the fake boyfriend of your dreams.
She accepts quickly, because she’s never met my dog.
There’s only one problem: I had a huge crush on Nora in high school, and the more time we spend together, the more I realize it never went away.
**A standalone romcom in the Babes of Brewing series**
Note: There are TWO different versions of this romcom:
1) A spicy open door version with some strong language and sex scenes
2) A closed door version with mild language and only kissing.
💜Review💜 When Nora became partners with her best friend, Jose, in a brewery she thought it would be the perfect arrangement until his jealous fiancé decides to make things difficult. As a way to appease her Nora claims she has a boyfriend and the only one she can think of to play the part is Cormac, the man she has an adversarial relationship with and is about to become her stepbrother.
Cormac is intelligent, a little quirky and so different from Nora. When Nora needs a pretend boyfriend he is willing to accept the position in part because of their family and in part because of the feelings he has always had for her. What could possibly go wrong?
The banter between them is sure to bring a smile to your face, the chemistry and connection between them never in doubt as two opposites find the perfect balance in each other.
She’s the complication this wild cowboy can’t resist.
Blaze
There are always complications on a ranch, but they’re never a wild blonde passed out in the horse barn… Until now.
Finding Morgan Lott face down in the hay is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. She’s chaotic, loud, and guaranteed to shave years off my life. She’s also the sweetest temptation I’ve ever seen.
But she’s running from something. And it’s catching up fast.
I don’t lose what’s mine. And I’ve never played fair a day in my life.
Not when the stakes are my future.
Not when it’s my heart on the line.
She isn’t going anywhere. Ever again.
Morgan
Waking up in a barn with a nosy horse wasn’t my plan. Neither was being accused of a felony.
The barn is a way better choice than prison.
Until Blaze Hendrix throws me over his broad shoulder and says I belong to him. This rough cowboy is big, beautiful, and a little too bossy. He also has my heart going wild every time he touches me.
I don’t want to like him. I don’t want to stay. And I don’t want to fall.
I do anyway.
Because he makes me feel safe… even when I know my mess could blow everything up.
Morgan hasn’t had an easy life, and it isn’t about to get any easier when she fears she will be charged with a crime she didn’t commit. She has been trying to hide for the last two days but that comes to an end when Blaze finds her sleeping with his horse.
From the moment that Blaze meets Morgan he knows that she is meant to be his. He is determined to protect her and keep her safe while they uncover the truth about her predicament and he shows her that she has finally found the place and people to call home.
Morgan is a whirlwind and is exactly who Blaze needs in his life. Once he meets her he can’t imagine a future without her while giving her the life and happiness she was always meant to have.
I came to Whispers to start over. Just me, my baby, and a bakery that smells like second chances.
No more judgmental glances. No more family who treated me like a stain they couldn’t scrub out. Just flour, sugar, and the quiet hope that I can build a life worth living.
I didn’t expect to meet Griffin.
Grumpy, gorgeous, and maddeningly closed off, he’s the town’s most elusive billionaire and the man who built homes for the rich but never made one for himself.
He sees me. Not just the bump or the baggage, but the woman underneath. And when he looks at me like I’m the only thing that’s ever made sense, I forget how to breathe.
But trust isn’t something I can afford. My past has taught me to be wary of everyone. Even if the grumpy builder says he’s ready to fight for something real.
Liam Page spent decades singing about love. Now he’s ready to talk about it.
The stadiums aren’t selling out like they used to. His bandmates are ready for a change. And Liam is finally okay with that because being home in Beaumont with Josie, their son Noah, and three perfect grandchildren is everything he never knew he needed.
When a producer pitches him a late-night call-in radio show, Liam is skeptical. But “The Love Line with Liam” becomes something unexpected. A chance to help strangers navigate heartbreak, second chances, and everything in between.
He’s good at giving advice. It’s his own life that keeps getting complicated.Because after decades of silence, his estranged father is asking for forgiveness. And Liam isn’t sure he has any to give.
Lark Carrington came to Coral Bell Cove for a fresh start. A fading inn, a quiet life, and a chance to rebuild something steady after everything she’s lost. She didn’t expect her first real connection to come in the middle of chaos.
Holt Wright is used to being underestimated—long before he ever put on a uniform. The easygoing one. The goofball. The brother no one expected much from. Until he became a firefighter. Now, when the alarm sounds, he’s the one people trust when it matters most.
The one who shows up.
The one who stays.
Even for her.
What begins as a single moment—smoke, heat, and the steady presence of the man who pulled her back from the edge—turns into something neither of them can ignore. Long days restoring the Carrington Inn. Late nights that feel a little too honest. A connection that builds slowly… and burns deeper than either of them expected.
Because Lark doesn’t trust easily. And Holt is still learning what it means to be the man people finally believe in.
And when the past Lark tried to outrun starts to catch up with her… they’ll have to decide if this is just a spark—or something worth risking everything for.
At First Spark is a tender, slow-burn small-town romance about healing, showing up, and discovering that sometimes the person who saves you… is the one you choose to stay for.
Marni Mann has revealed the cover for The Forbidden One!
Releasing: October 22, 2026
Cover Designer: Hang Le
Photographer: Daniel Jaems
USA Today bestselling author Marni Mann brings an angsty, tortured heroine, billionaire romance to the sizzling conclusion of the Weston Group Series …
Get ready for Eden Weston’s story. Full blurb to come.
Ares “Tyre” Costa always kept perfect control…until the club’s cool-headed treasurer became obsessed with Cecily Hayes. But the sweet swimming instructor has Olympic dreams that may take her away from Crossbend.
Even with an outside crew trying to steal the Redline Kings’ underground racing territory, Tyre’s real battle was tearing down Cecily’s walls. She was terrified her dreams would force her to walk away, but he’s determined to claim his woman.
📖 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 ✔️ MC Romance ✔️ Morally Grey MMC ✔️ Age Gap ✔️ Protective Hero ✔️ Instalove ✔️ Opposites Attract
🏍Review Cecily is an accomplished swimmer who has dreams of making the Olympic team and can’t afford to be distracted even if she has had feelings for Tyre for a couple of years. Now that he has noticed her she is cautious about pursuing a relationship as her dreams require her to leave and he has firm ties to the MC.
When Tyre sees Cecily teaching some of his fellow MC member’s children swimming he can’t stop thinking about her and he isn’t about to let a little club drama or the fact that fulfilling her dreams require her to leave to stand in their way.
I really like Tyre’s devotion to Cecily as he is willing to do whatever is necessary to ensure she reaches her dreams and his club is beside him every step of the way.
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