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Let Hunting Season Begin
Charlotte Fitzroy has never fit in with high society. Parentless and penniless, she's on the brink of an unprecedented seventh season without a proposal.
When unexpected heartbreak proves she's further from true love than ever, a trick of dark magic lands her in the Otherworld. There, she's offered the chance at a title she'd never dreamed possible: Queen of the Fae.
To claim it, she'll have to perform three tasks. Summon the Wild Hunt by piecing together an ancient relic scattered across the kingdom. Charm her hunters, the three beautiful, dangerous Fae dukes who will fight to claim her and become king. And keep her hands off her bodyguard, Sir Lachlan Cathal-the quiet, strapping knight who's hiding deliciously depraved secrets beneath his chivalrous exterior.
But not everyone in the Otherworld wants a mortal queen, and betrayal lurks around every gilded corner. As the hunt stalks toward a bloody, brutal end, Charlotte must make an impossible choice-win the crown or follow her heart?
Hunted by the Fae Duke is a dark romantasy standalone and part of the Immortal Hunters collection. This twisted faerie tale is perfect for readers who've always wondered what Bridgerton might look like in the magical world of The Cruel Prince if there was more spice and biting.
After a century of servitude in the Duskhold for the crime of being loved by a Fae, a woman walks into the cosmic sea seeking her end.
But fate has other plans.
She awakens in the mortal world, her youth restored with starlight and shadow stirring in her veins. What begins as survival becomes a rewriting of destiny as she infiltrates the very Fae court that once imprisoned her. Beneath the King’s watchful eye—and the looming presence of a wicked goddess—she’s determined to rekindle the love she lost and reclaim the life stolen from her a hundred years ago.
This second chance will either redeem her… or unravel the fragile balance between worlds entirely.
Paperback, Indie Published, Signed by Author
ISBN: 9798988933410
The Witcher meets From Blood and Ash in this epic fantasy romance novel about a journey through the shadows of harrowing truths, self discovery, and seeing how far one is willing to go to save those they love.
Once an heir, now a warrior…
Freedom is a luxury Viona Tarvas was never meant to have. Born into a kingdom of darkness, untamed powers burn beneath her skin, making her destined to become a weapon. It is an identity she swore to keep hidden, one that led her further into the shadows. While keeping her sword raised and tipped with grief, little does she know she is tied to more than just an ancient prophecy.
A decision…
Cloaked by the night sky, she’s taken against her will by a rude and irritatingly handsome stranger. He pushes her boundaries and incites fury like no other. She plans to fight him every step of the way, until she discovers a life-changing betrayal by her own flesh and blood. Her captor promises answers to the powers that lie dormant, but she questions his motives.
Shadows unveiled…
She soon discovers she’s not only in a race against time, but her presence also seems to bring division no matter where she finds herself. While she holds the future of Vendrelle at her fingertips, something darker follows her. Enigmatic forces are at play while visions pull her into a hollow space where the line of truth is blurred.
Time is of the essence.
Will she be able to make sense of it all and hone her gifts before time runs out, or will shattering truths cleave the land?
This is an adult dark fantasy romance novel that contains graphic violence, gore, dark themes, and open door intimacy.
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He’s been ambushed before. Never by a woman in lace.
Reaper, the lethal VP of the Lone Star Mavericks MC, hates the holidays. He’s spent nearly forty Decembers waiting for the month to end. But now he has a house full of tinsel and an old lady who’s made the season her entire personality.
Eva has never met a challenge she couldn’t spin. Her fiancé’s Scrooge-level loathing of the holidays is just one more crisis in need of a strategy.
So she’s planning a Christmas wedding. At the Mavericks’ annual Christmas Bash. On Friday. Without telling the groom.
Her best friend calls it an ambush wedding. She thinks it’s the surprise that could make him forget the Christmases of his dark past.
The Ambush Wedding is a spicy holiday romantic comedy featuring Reaper and Eva from Reaper & The Lioness. This novella can be read as a standalone, or enjoyed after reading the series.
Paperback with printed edges, art print, bookplate
The Mercer Family Series book 1
I’ve been a single dad for five years. Then the wrong woman rented the guest cabin behind my house, and I knew right then she was going to ruin everything.
When Baylor's mother walked out, I made a promise—I'd be enough. Just the two of us. No one to disappoint her. No one else to leave.
Then Emelia Greene rolled into Echo Lake in a Mercedes and a power suit to convince the townspeople to change what makes our small town great. She’s everything this place isn't.
Emelia's not supposed to be kind. She's not supposed to be good with my daughter. She's definitely not supposed to be the one I find myself confiding in at the end of my dock every night.
She's leaving in three months. I know that.
The problem is, I can't stop wondering what it would be like if a woman like her belonged in a place like this.
In a life like mine.
About the authors:
Piper Rayne is an Amazon Top 100 and USA Today Bestselling Author duo who believes in soft places to land, big laughs, and happily-ever-afters.
Piper runs on tea. Rayne runs on Diet Coke. But they both have one boy and one girl and are married to men who patiently listen to book talk they’ll never quite understand.
Piper’s the one who turns up the heat and humor—spinning tension, spark, and steam into moments that make you blush into your pillow and grin through the next chapter.
Rayne’s the one who tugs on your heartstrings—mixing locker-room laughs, brotherhood banter, and the kind of heart-punch moments that hit when you least expect them.
Together, they create stories that feel like family—sometimes found, sometimes blood—but always the kind that stays with you long after the final word.
At the end of the day, Piper and Rayne write love stories that they hope feel real, funny, with just the right amount of steam… ones that make your heart race and your world a little warmer.
The Emperor's Enemy is an addictive true enemies-to-lovers dark romantasy with a heroine who doesn't need saving, an enemy she can't escape, and a war neither of them plans to lose. The limited deluxe edition features beautifully designed sprayed edges, a foil-stamped case, and full-color character art endpapers--available while supplies last!
When the hunter is hunted... who becomes prey?
Zora Ravenal didn't join the Crimson Army to be a hero. She joined to destroy the empire.
A skilled hunter hardened by loss with a concerning capacity for stubbornness, Zora claws her way into becoming a Knight Mage: the Commonwealth's deadliest defense against the Empire's storm magic and her people's only hope.
It almost works.
Now she's stuck in a war she can't walk away from, hiding dangerous secrets, and shoved into very close quarters with the one man she should never be alone with.
He's a Royal Mage with a body count, a temper, and an unsettling obsession... with her.
Now they're partners.
Sort of.
If "partners" means being forced to train together, trust each other with their lives, and somehow not kill each other in the process.
But the Royal Mage isn't just dangerous--he's paying attention. And the longer they're forced to remain in each other's orbit, the more twisted everything becomes. Who's hunting who?
Tropes: Enemies to lovers / Sarcastic banter / A spicy slow burn / Touch her and die / Female rage / Forced proximity / A shocking twist you will NOT see coming
Hardcover, deluxe edition, book 2 of the Fated for Hael series.
Now Empress of Hael'stromia, Cahra is supposed to be ruling the three kingdoms. But Ozumbre is seceding, Kolyath's nobles sow division, and King Thierre of Luminaux is lost to grief. Her only solace is Hael, their bond growing dangerously romantic despite being forbidden.
When Kolyath and Luminaux are attacked by an unknown enemy, Cahra dispatches Hael, leaving her powerless and pining for his dark magicks. Hael never returns, and Wyldaern is granted a vision: Hael, beaten within an inch of his immortality, has been captured.
Cahra must master her own dark magick if she's to save Hael in time...
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A spicy paranormal romance novel--inspired by the Casket Girls--featuring the original vampyr and his daughters, set in New Orleans and building upon the world of Kraven's Dark Fates series, for fans of Bride by Ali Hazelwood and the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris.
Memory is in the blood.
In the shadowed world beneath the city's music, masks, and midnight rituals, Vlad Dracul reigns. Ancient and bound by blood and magic, he is the original vampyr--protector of his daughters, the Casket Girls, and keeper of a fragile peace among rival clans. His past is carved by centuries of desire and loss, and by one woman he has never forgotten.
Enter Reine.
A bartender with an artist's eye and a soul older than it should be, Reine is drawn into a forbidden night where vampire politics, Otherworlders, and dangerous magic collide. One glance is enough. Vlad sees the echo of a buried love--and a temptation that could ignite war.
What follows is not a simple romance, but a collision of obsession, memory, and fate. Desire turns lethal. Blood becomes intimate. Loyalties fracture as ancient rivalries flare, and the line between protection and possession dissolves. Reine doesn't remember Vlad--but her dreams and art betray a bond that refuses to stay buried.
Spanning centuries and pulsing with heat, Blood & Bedlam is a decadent, high-stakes paranormal romance where love survives lifetimes--and New Orleans becomes a gothic playground for monsters who refuse to remain in the dark.
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For the first printing only! This paperback features sprayed stenciled edges and full-color interior cover art while the special edition supply lasts.
A demi-fey gets abducted and taken to a spy school where she’s trained to fight an evil fey king in this first book in the riveting contemporary romantasy Fey Academy for Spies trilogy that’s Fourth Wing meets Arthurian legend.
Avalon Academy rules: spy on your enemies, resist temptation, and try not to die in the process.
Bookseller Nia has saved up for years for her dream vacation: drinking champagne on a beach with her favorite books. But her dream turns into a nightmare when she’s kidnapped by a muscular, tattooed jerk of a fey named Raphael.
Yes, kidnapped.
It turns out Nia has a rare power that allows her to cross the magical barrier separating the human world from the feys’, making her an invaluable asset in the fight against the evil fey king. So, whether Nia wants to or not, Raphael demands that she train at Avalon Academy, Camelot’s elite school for spies whose agents are pivotal to the war effort. But Nia is in way over her head—asthmatic and out of shape. She’ll be lucky to get out of there alive.
Still, there’s no escape when Raphael is watching her every move. He’s lethal, arrogant, and hot as hell. And with every dangerous mission they’re sent on together, he becomes harder to resist. But romance is forbidden at the academy—a distracted spy is a dead spy. Touching him is playing with fire. Is she ready to get burned?
A thrilling and sexy wager between friends turns deadly when they discover they aren’t the only ones preying.…
No deity has ever compelled Caine Underwood to drop to his knees in worship like Margot Walker does. Ever since the Halloween when she played Red Riding Hood to his Big Bad Wolf, he’s been chasing her attention—and betting that he can build a haunt so terrifying she won’t make it through. This year, Margot’s single, so Caine’s pulling out all the stops to win their annual wager, and he wants her for his prize.
Margot understands fear. Six years ago, she unveiled her televangelist ex-husband’s sins, and the situation turned bloody. Now, being hunted and devoured by Caine isn’t terrifying, it’s arousing...but the haunted house director isn’t the only one trying to scare her.
Taunting threats commanding her to confess, repent, and atone for her sins start arriving, and when Caine discovers a zealot from Margot’s past is stalking her every move, his anger is lethal.
There’s only one man allowed to haunt Margot...
Him.
Order the DELUXE LIMITED EDITION of Kiss of the Black Flame now--only available on the first printing while supplies last! This stunning, collectible hardcover edition features stenciled edges, a hardcover jacket with foil effects, custom-illustrated endpapers, and a foil-stamped case.
From the internationally bestselling author of the Legends of Thezmarr series comes an epic romantasy trilogy about a gifted bookbinder and a cursed immortal general bound together by a dangerous magical bargain.
Some bargains are sealed with blood. Others with fire. The deadliest are sealed with a kiss...
Saige Grayson has always believed stories could heal--even when her own body refuses to. As the most promising bookbinder in the capital, she's learned to work through chronic pain and crushing debt, restoring other people's treasures while trying not to fall apart herself. But when the man she owes decides her rare talent is worth more than her payments, Saige is traded to the Azkari--an immortal race forged by the gods for war--and imprisoned in their ancient stronghold. Her only chance of survival lies with Archer, a fallen Azkari general imprisoned beside her--cursed, dangerous, and impossible to ignore. He offers her a way out, and in return, Saige must help him retrieve and restore an ancient book. But the book is made of living magic, powerful enough to stop a great evil--or unleash it. And as Saige works with Archer, the tome begins to awaken something dark and dangerous--both in the realm and within her. As their enemies close in and buried memories resurface, Saige and Archer must decide what they're willing to sacrifice: their freedom, their fragile trust...or the spark that could ignite the world.
Tropes
Touch-starved, tattooed MMC
Fire daddy
30+ year-old heroine
Chronic pain representation
Bargain with an immortal
Animal sidekick
“Who did this to you?”
Women in trades
Grumpy/sunshine dynamic
Secret identity
Epic quest
Found family
Feminine rage
Monsters
Sprawling world
Bookbindery setting
Paperback w/Signed bookplate, Character artwork (1 postcard), & Bookmark
Coming this fall, a heartwarming and hilarious romantic comedy about a woman who writes happily-ever-afters-but has entirely given up on finding her own.
With nothing left to lose, she packs her bags and escapes to a reclusive small town, determined to focus entirely on herself. To guarantee her getaway goes exactly to plan, she draws up a strict list of boundaries:
Rule #1: Do not fall in love.
Rule #2: See Rule #1.
But life is messy, and soon things get stickier than the town's famous maple syrup when she can't resist the infuriatingly charming guy helping her out. The harder she tries to convince herself that romance isn't in the cards, the more fate keeps shuffling the deck.
From New York Times bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a sizzling, forbidden age-gap MM romance about an FBI agent and the Camorra enforcer who thaws his frozen heart.
Tom
I know a secret that can destroy the most powerful crime organization in America.
For years, I’ve watched Enzo Ferrante get away with murder. Literally.
He’s slipped between the FBI’s fingers time after time, spreading terror and mayhem on the streets of New York, masked beneath a gorgeous face and elegant pedigree.
A sloppy error on his part results in an incident that unexpectedly binds us together.
Suddenly, I’m no longer the special agent who is thirsty for his blood.
I’m his savior. His god. The light in his pitch-black existence.
Now that I caught the social butterfly in my spider web, I’m never letting go.
He is about to taste the venomous kiss of betrayal as I put him and his entire family behind bars for the rest of their lives.
Because when the night falls, the Camorra’s enforcer crawls between my sheets and whispers all his sordid secrets in my ear.
Enzo Ferrante is completely and utterly mine, and nobody knows.
Not even his lovely fiancée.
HEART EYES BLURB
She saved me once.
She probably doesn’t remember.
I can’t forget her.
Fourteen years ago, when we were small, I was starving.
Not just my stomach rumbling, but hungry for kindness. For someone to look at me like I mattered.
She did.
Until she couldn’t look at me at all.
I learned how to survive without being wanted in foster home after foster home. Holding on to my memories of her. Of how she saw me as more than nothing.
And now she’s back in my world.
Bright. Successful. Untouched by the ruin that shaped me into the monster I am.
I should stay away.
Men like me don’t get women like her.
But I’ve never been good at letting go.
So I watch. And I wait. Telling myself it’s harmless.
That loving her from the darkness is enough.
Until I see him.
A face from our past.
Someone who remembers what she did.
And wants to make her pay for it.
I have survived worse than him. I’m not afraid to abandon any remaining morals to keep her safe.
My love for her was born in darkness and fear. A glimmer of hope for a boy who had nothing.
Obsession.
Ruin.
But it’s the only good thing I’ve ever felt.
And this time… I’m not letting anyone take her from me.
DEATH KISS BLURB
I promised her a year.
A year of revenge, of eradicating the people who hurt me. A year before we can be free.
I didn't promise I'd survive it in one piece.
Six months ago, we buried the first of them, and with each ghost of my rotten past that we slay, the demons only seem to crowd tighter around us. Choking what blossoms between us before it has a chance to flourish.
The angry boy I once was comes clawing back to the surface, but Kat doesn't run. She doesn't flinch.
She should.
Her parents want to haul her back to her gilded prison. Marry her to someone with offshore accounts instead of scars. When blood and pain surround us, I want to shove her there, too. Not into the rms of another, but away from the darkness that stains me.
She keeps choosing me.
Then a name from the list starts using his connections to close in. A man who needs his sins to remain buried.
I survived him once; I only hope we can this time.
Vengeance is supposed to fix me, but it's unravelling me with each life I take.
Beneath it all, there's only one thing keeping me sane. Kat. My golden-haired goddess. There are no limits to the depths of depravity I'll explore to end the danger to her. And the others.
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Lana Blackwell thought she won her freedom the night she murdered her abusive husband, Richard. Instead, she steps into a new nightmare when his brooding business partner, Chuck Sterling, arrives convinced she stole twenty million dollars from their mob-laundering accounts. Lana knows nothing about the money, but when Chuck makes it clear the crime boss will kill her unless the debt is paid, survival leaves her no choice but to work with him. What she doesn’t expect is the dangerous pull between them, or how much it threatens the independence she sacrificed everything to claim.
Chuck has spent his life believing attachment is a liability and freedom a lie. Richard was the one person who made him feel valued—until his death reveals a web of betrayal that leaves Chuck questioning everything he trusted. As the crime boss closes in with violence and a deadline neither can outrun, suspicion sharpens into desire and emotional vulnerability becomes as risky as the mob itself. Loving Lana would mean dismantling the emotional armor Chuck built to survive—and choosing her would mean betraying the memory of the man he once called family.
Tropes
Enemies-to-Lovers
Forced Proximity
Morally Grey Leads
Millennial Leads
Feminine Rage
High Stakes
Slow-Burn
Open-Door Romance
Hardcover
A brand-new, haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid!
Some secrets don't die--they wait.
When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Officially, she's there to check in on her aging grandmother. Unofficially, she's hoping the old house will give her a place to disappear.
Instead, Pemberton begins to unravel her.
Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker without warning. And a disembodied voice cries for help outside Julia's bedroom door.
As Julia digs into the house's dark history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692--and realizes the past may not be finished with Pemberton yet. When decades of family lies begin to surface, Julia must confront a terrifying truth: Pemberton may be haunted by women whose voices refuse to stay silent.
Each preorder will receive a signed paperback, two preorder-exclusive 5x7 art prints, two maps, and a bookmark.
He’s her escape plan. She’s his prey.
Wraith, an infamous dark sorcerer on a mission to eliminate the royal bloodline, goes undercover as a dragon rider in the king’s army.
Meanwhile Lavinia, the number one princess on Wraith’s hit list, is looking for any way out of the kingdom and her royal duty to marry.
And she knows just the cold and ruthless dragon rider to use in her escape…
Wraith reluctantly forms a temporary alliance with her, but when teasing and insults turn to banter and seduction, he questions whether he’ll be able to finish her in the end.
And if desire overcomes duty, he may lose his most prized possession of all—his status as one of the realm’s most fearsome and powerful sorcerers.
Tropes:
🖤Forbidden love
🥀Hidden identity
💀Animal companion
🖤Steamy wound tending
🥀"Just this once."
💀Dark sorcerer x damsel princess
🖤He hates that he yearns for her
🥀Dragons
💀She's almost 28
ARTWORK BY:
Decay B. is a cancer-surviving, AuDHD Michigander and wife, and mother to three. She coexists with a dog and an axolotl. When she's not working on her next project, you can find her in her craft room amongst her full bookcases and stupidly expensive hobbies.
About the book:
My name is Lyric... and I'm dead.
After escaping an abusive relationship, I thought the worst was finally behind me. Instead, I am trapped in the In-Between, a strange place between life and death, with no memory of how I got here.
The only person willing to help me is Atticus-an obsessive, possessive man with secrets as dangerous as my own. He promises to help me find peace and finally go home, but every answer uncovers a darker truth about my death.
To escape the In-Between, I have to confront the people who shattered my life, uncover what really happened to me, and decide just how much of my humanity I'm willing to sacrifice for revenge.
The closer I get to the truth, the more impossible it becomes to leave Atticus behind.
And if Atticus gets what he wants...
I never will.
Tropes:
🖤Obsessive/protective MMC
🩵Plus size FMC
💚he falls first
🖤touch her and die
🩵who did this to you?
💚forced proximity
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Golden Days is a spicy age-gap sports romance between a grumpy pro golfer and a determined cart girl who’s looking to hit the greens and follow her dreams.
Hazel Thomas has had nothing but a streak of bad luck. Since losing her spot on the D1 golf team, her only option to go pro is to get her LPGA certification while working as a cart girl. Easier said than done when all she has is her rusty old Camry, a hundred bucks to her name, and a set of golf clubs she got at a yard sale. She needs a major splash swing to take her out of this bunker.
Levi Carmichael may hold the number one spot in the standings, but outside the golf world, he’s seen as a recluse. To some, he might even seem like a snobby millionaire, refusing to give interviews, and keeping his private life away from prying eyes. People have said worse about him—he’s moody, unapproachable, and sometimes downright rude. But what they don’t know is just how lonely he is.
When past mistakes threaten to ruin Levi’s image, again, he makes Hazel an offer she can’t refuse. As they spend more time together—on the course, in the simulator, at practice—she begins to melt his icy cold exterior with her winning smile and tenacity. Hazel doesn’t expect the grumpy golfer to sweep her off her feet with his big heart and caring personality, especially not when she’s laser-focused on launching her career.
Will their love story be a hole-in-one kind of romance? Or will it be a total whiff?
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He arrived in the night, claiming me for a debt my parents owed.
Jacob Du Pont was like no other man I'd ever met. Charming, smooth, and addictive enough to
make me ignore the warning signs that lurked just below the surface.
He whisked me away to a secluded island and asked me to take a chance on him. To give him
my trust.
Against my instinct, I gave it to him.
Day by day, touch by touch, and lie by lie, he turned me into the woman he wanted. Obedient.
Devoted. Desperate for his attention.
His perfect angel...
TRIGGER WARNING
Manipulation
Gaslighting
Dub/Con
Coerced Consent
Coercive Control
TROPES
Stockholm Syndrome
Anti-hero MMC
Jealous/Possessive MMC
If I can’t have you, nobody will
Age Gap
He falls first
Virgin FMC
Forced Proximity
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About the book:
He needs a fake fiancée.
Unfortunately, he’s decided he wants me.
Ace Ambrose is the playboy captain of the Harrisburg Hawks. I’m the Blue Line Matchmaker who fixes hockey players’ love lives—including his.
But when he rejects every woman I recommend and offers me two million dollars to play his perfect fiancée, I do what any sensible businesswoman would do.
I accept the contract.
Two weeks with his family. One fake engagement. And very clear rules: no kissing, no hooking up, and absolutely no falling in love.
Until Ace looks at me like I belong to him.
Suddenly, I’m in serious trouble.
Because somewhere along the way, my heart has stopped treating this like a contract…
And our fake engagement is feeling dangerously real.
This is book 1 in the brand-new small town hockey romance series, Blue Line Matchmaking, by USA Today Bestselling Author, Elise Faber.
Tropes:
🏒 Hockey Romance
💍 Fake engagement
🔥 Enemies to lovers
❄️ Ice queen heroine
👀 Possessive hero
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Alara Grey thought she knew where her life was headed until she woke up in the hospital unable to remember any of it.
Now, two years after her mysterious accident a twist of fate has her unlocking pieces of memories she never thought she’d get back.
A flash of herself singing on stage leads to a performance at an open mic night where she locks eyes with a band member of Nowhere Forever.
Obsession. Desire. Deception.
Everything changes.
Her path tangles with the four bandmates in a way she would have never expected, but the deeper their bond grows the more questions begin to arise.
Fame has a price laced with secrets and coated in envy. Will the truth bring them all closer, or will an unknown threat destroy it all?
Author's note: Into The End contains scenes that may be disturbing to some readers. A content note is available inside the book.
Paperback, A Single Dad Cowboy Romance
Chasing love is like running in place — exhausting.
Mae Morgan is tired of being overlooked, and ignored. Her lease on love was bleak.
So when her aunt called asking for help with her flower shop books, Mae couldn’t say no.
But when she gets to Paxton, her aunt surprises her, leaving the struggling shop to Mae, on one condition: she has to run it for a year. Mae isn’t a quitter and convinces herself it’s possible. A dating hiatus and a change of scenery could be a good thing. Plus, it’s a small town, it’s not like she’d find someone. Right?
Wrong.
Cooper Hayes is charming, funny, and a single father.
When his sister dropped his niece in his arms and left, he went from being a cowboy with wild nights, to struggling to raise a little girl.
But he wanted more for Naomi and himself.
When he meets Mae, she hardly gives him the time of day. But Cooper is a persistent man, and when he wears her down he realizes how little time they have.
Mae doesn’t want to put her delicate heart on the line, and Cooper is all but willing to hand her his. Will they both be able to take the leap? Or will it just end up in heartbreak— again?
What you can expect in Delicate Hope:
-Single Dad/Guardian
-Slow Burn
-Cowboy Romance
-Small Town Romance
-Obsessive MMC
-She’s quiet and sassy
-80’s music obsession
-People Pleaser FMC
-He’s younger than her (She’s 31, he’s 29)
-Reverse Grumpy/Sunshine
-She’s on a dating hiatus
-He falls first
-She’s unlucky In love
Welcome to Hayes Ranch, where family is more than blood, and love is a little harder to wrangle.
Delicate Hope is a standalone romance in the interconnected Hayes Ranch Series.
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Cove Davenport live laugh loves Miami nights. Known for its glittering skylines, palm tree aesthetic, and men who fortunately vanish by morning.
As a private flight attendant to the elite, she's trained to keep things professional. Until him.
A last minute flight puts her working on Stetson Cole's jet-a recluse Texas cattle rancher with calloused hands, an easy smile, and twenty years on her. One quick layover turns into stolen touches, tension filled kisses, and an unforgettable connection.
But love isn't on Cove's flight plan. When a family crisis forces her to accept her estranged father's help, she's stuck playing dutiful daughter and pretending to date his colleague's son to seal a business deal.
The problem? She's staying at the home of the one man she's finding it difficult to resist. Her dad's best friend, Stetson.
Resisting him was difficult at thirty thousand feet in the sky. On the ground? Nearly impossible.
But when secrets surface and lines start to blur, the Texas cowboy needs to decide if he's willing to give up everything to make the Miami city girl his.
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Sometimes, the most dangerous risks are the ones you swore you'd never take again…
When Daphne Delphine returns to Chicago’s elite Gold Coast after her father’s death, she’s thrust into chaos. Her family’s once-powerful retail empire is on the verge of collapse. Her marriage is in shambles. And the only man who can help her is the one she should stay far away from—Cal Markham, Chicago’s charismatic billionaire mayor and her late father’s best friend.
They have history: one unforgettable weekend in Hawaii ten years ago that neither of them has ever truly left behind. Now, as Cal steps in to help salvage Delphine Holdings, that spark reignites into something far more dangerous. But timing has never been their strong suit. He’s fighting for his political future, and she’s battling her brother for control of the family legacy.
When Daphne’s vindictive ex-husband unleashes a scandal that threatens to destroy everything they’ve built, Cal is faced with an impossible choice: protect the career he’s worked a lifetime for—or risk it all for the woman who sets his world on fire.
EXECUTIVE DECISION is the first book in the Lakeshore Empire series—perfect for fans of Succession and Rivals. This steamy, high-stakes romance features:
Age gap
Father’s best friend
Billionaire romance
Second chance
Forbidden love
Political intrigue
Family dynasty drama
One-night stand / past fling
Scandal
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Sometimes, the most dangerous risks are the ones you swore you'd never take again…
When Daphne Delphine returns to Chicago’s elite Gold Coast after her father’s death, she’s thrust into chaos. Her family’s once-powerful retail empire is on the verge of collapse. Her marriage is in shambles. And the only man who can help her is the one she should stay far away from—Cal Markham, Chicago’s charismatic billionaire mayor and her late father’s best friend.
They have history: one unforgettable weekend in Hawaii ten years ago that neither of them has ever truly left behind. Now, as Cal steps in to help salvage Delphine Holdings, that spark reignites into something far more dangerous. But timing has never been their strong suit. He’s fighting for his political future, and she’s battling her brother for control of the family legacy.
When Daphne’s vindictive ex-husband unleashes a scandal that threatens to destroy everything they’ve built, Cal is faced with an impossible choice: protect the career he’s worked a lifetime for—or risk it all for the woman who sets his world on fire.
EXECUTIVE DECISION is the first book in the Lakeshore Empire series—perfect for fans of Succession and Rivals. This steamy, high-stakes romance features:
Age gap
Father’s best friend
Billionaire romance
Second chance
Forbidden love
Political intrigue
Family dynasty drama
One-night stand / past fling
Scandal
NOTE: This is a follow-up novella to Executive Decision and is not a standalone. Readers will want to grab that book first.
A baby on the way. A wedding on the horizon. And a billionaire mayor who will do anything to make his wife-to-be smile.
Daphne Delphine thought she’d finally found her happy ending—with a swoon-worthy proposal, a powerful fiancé, and a future that finally felt like hers. But when she discovers she’s pregnant, her joy is quickly tempered by fear. Will this derail Cal’s political career? Can she still have the elegant, perfect wedding she’s always dreamed of—or will she just be the “pregnant bride”?
For Cal Markham, the answer is simple: love comes first. He’s ready to build a life with Daphne, baby and all. But Daphne isn’t so easily convinced. Still grieving her father, untangling the mess left by her ex, and battling Cal’s overbearing mother, she can’t help but wonder if happiness is too much to hope for.
Cal has one more move to make—a grand gesture to prove their future is everything. But will his surprise be the perfect solution… or just another complication?
Matrimonial Merger is a heartwarming follow-up to Executive Decision, packed with family drama, emotional healing, and the kind of swoon-worthy moments only Daphne and Cal can deliver.
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An unexpected hookup. A surprise pregnancy. A CEO who won't give up.
Eva Pavlak didn’t plan to sleep with a stranger the night of her best friend’s bachelorette party. She certainly didn’t expect her “Davey from Wrigleyville” to be Davey Delphine, the billionaire CEO of her new company. He’s her boss, and now…the father of her unborn twins.
Eva’s determined to keep her head down, climb the corporate ladder, and handle this pregnancy on her own. The last thing she wants is a man who will use his money and influence to exert control over her—especially not a man who could upend her career and wound her heart.
Davey’s not used to hearing no. But when Eva shuts him out, he decides to prove he’s not just playing the long game. He’s playing for keeps. As the two navigate office politics, family fallout, and breakdown emotional walls one thing becomes clear—this power move might be the one that changes everything.
Power Move is a steamy workplace age-gap romance featuring a fiercely independent heroine, a cinnamon roll billionaire, and all the chaos that comes when one wild night turns into forever. This book can be read as a standalone, but picks up after Cal and Daphne's arc in Executive Decision.
This billionaire romance includes:
*Workplace drama
*Age-Gap love
*Pan heroine
*Surprise Pregnancy
*Different Worlds
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She wants her life back... but will she marry the rake?
Alexandra became Queen of Neandia at fourteen, but she lives under the iron fist of a cruel regent, her grandmother Celeste. After Alexandra pleads her case, Celeste agrees to end the regency.
The catch? Alexandra must marry Celeste's choice of husband, a fixer-upper morally grey prince - Rikard. He’s a bad boy in need of an image rehab. While he’s first wary of Alexandra’s scheme, he relents when scandal catches up with him. He must marry Alexandra or bring ruin to his family.
Will their union be a fairy-tale or a nightmare? Despite culture and age differences, the two must learn to live together. This slow burn will enchant readers, proving that even opposites can attract and even the bad boy can be redeemed.
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Sometimes, rivalry leads to the best chemistry…
Princess Astrid of Neandia travels to the UK in search of freedom and a hookup with a rockstar. When the hookup goes south, she throws herself into work at the prestigious University of Shalebrook. Unfortunately, no matter what she does or where she goes, she finds herself dealing with a massive jerk known as Parker Westfall.
Parker is the newly minted Duke of Westnedge. He’s not fabulous. He’s a nerd, a pedant, and he’s always trying to outperform her on their politics course. They share a supervisor, co-teach an undergraduate seminar, and always appear in the same circles. Parker thinks Astrid is entitled and Astrid thinks he's the worst.
One night, returning from escorting students at a conference, they end up stuck in a lift and lay everything out on the table. But will things change as sparks fly?
Will Parker win her over or will he let it go to save his pride?
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Drawn to the flame against all reason, is Ingrid about to get burned?
Princess Ingrid is taking the equestrian world by storm. When a teammate invites her to a pre-wedding party aboard a yacht, she gets more than a little fun in the sun.
When Prince Keir arrives for his cousin’s stag-hen party after a long deployment, he expects relaxation and debauchery. He doesn’t anticipate a new arrival, the much younger Princess Ingrid. To his chagrin, his stepbrother Lars sees her first. While they’ve never come to blows over a woman, Lars and Keir are used to competing for the same prizes. After a wild night, Keir throws down the gauntlet, and all bets are off.
Ingrid enjoys her springtime game of cat-and-mouse with Keir but isn’t convinced he’s worth the stress of a long-term commitment. He’s a cocky womanizing pilot—in contrast to his sweeter stepbrother. But as everyone loses themselves to a fever pitch of competitions and royal weddings, Ingrid cannot deny the undeniable chemistry she has with Keir.
When push comes to shove, will Ingrid follow her heart and give Keir a chance? Will Keir convince her he can give her the love she deserves? And will they crash and burn or ride off into the sunset together?
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After an unexpected accident, two hearts collide—will love take shape or shatter under pressure?
When Princess Odette's bike collides with a distracted driver, it shakes up her life in more ways than one. A handsome stranger jumps in to catch her beloved dog at the scene. By the time they part, she has a crush on the American hero who rose to the occasion.
Wyatt Worthington is out grabbing a cup of coffee when he spots a cyclist in trouble. He doesn't know the girl on the bike is a princess and she doesn't know he's actually a benevolent billionaire.
As their paths continue to cross, their friendship grows. Wyatt isn't too bothered by Odette's status and Odette doesn't treat Wyatt differently because of his. They dig in to improve safety for the citizens of her beloved city, but is that all it is?
Sparks fly as they find common ground in their love of service and shared history of loss. Wyatt is a widower with a young son and Odette lost both her parents in childhood. With their past and mental health struggles keep them apart?
Will they overcome the odds and let love grow, or will history hold them back?
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Kyra spent years of her life being controlled and abused by her fiancé. When a stalker kidnaps her best friend and her, she learns that he truly doesn’t care about her. Just what she can do for him.
Callum is a medically retired marine. He was injured in an IED explosion. He’s now back in the states staying with his brother and his best friend. When his eyes meet Kyra’s at a Halloween party, he decides she is everything he could ever want.
Can Callum give Kyra the time she needs to heal and grow or will her sunshine be forever dulled from everything?
Sunshine in the Dark is book two in the Devil Dog Security world and is Kyra and Callum’s story. You do not have to read Beautiful Broken Pieces to read this book but it is highly recommended.
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Nyx has lived her life trying to be the perfect daughter, and eventually the perfect cop to honor her dad's memory. When her police captain assigns her to work with two Marines for rooftop security during a Tigers Playoff game, her whole world changes.
From the two men who want her more than any woman they have shared before, to the new stalker haunting the shadows. Can her men protect her or will her stalker get what he has always wanted?
HER.
This is the first book in an interconnected world that will follow the men and women of Devil Dog Security. They all face their own demons every day, but can love prevail? Meet Nyx, Demitri, and Graham in Beautiful Broken Pieces.
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Wesley Batchelor is desperate for an image reboot—stat. A mysterious social media influencer keeps revealing his many reckless romantic liaisons, putting everything Wesley has worked so hard for at stake. Worse, he’s in deep trouble with his grandmother and Batchelor Enterprises boss, Joyce, his one and only true cheerleader. So he’s stunned and relieved when his gorgeous ex, private detective Albany Keyes, is recruited to track down the leaker . . .
All Wes has to do is keep a cool-headed professional distance. Easy, right? Until the incendiary passion between him and Albany suddenly reignites. And he realizes he wants more from her—just like always . . .
For Joyce's sake, Albany reluctantly accepts the assignment to aid Wes. After all, she needs the money to regroup after a disastrous divorce. But this time, she's going to call the shots. She doesn’t need her heart re-broken by the only man she's ever loved. Yet she soon finds their differences are drawing them together again. And again. And again. Now, with both their careers and their hearts on the line, can they risk another chance on each other—this time, for keeps?
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Eight years ago, he fell in love with a stranger he couldn’t have—today, she’s back in his life and the sparks between them threaten to set her career on fire.
Pearl Harris has learned the hard way to be careful in work and in love. She has the chance to make lasting change at OurCode—a nonprofit aimed at inspiring high schoolers to code—but a recent scandal puts its reputation at risk. Further complicating things, Pearl didn't expect the one man she never stopped thinking about to join as the newest member of her board of directors.
Cord Matthews fell for Pearl when they met in an elevator eight years ago. She’s just his type: smart, capable, and makes him laugh, but when she broke his heart, he decided love wasn't for him. When they reconnect after years with no contact, Cord is tempted to consider breaking his ban on serious relationships. But going public with a romance between them might derail Pearl’s career and the progress she’s made at OurCode.
While Pearl and Cord are both hesitant to trust their feelings and take a risk, it soon becomes impossible to keep ignoring the electricity between them. Cord is a skilled programmer, but a workplace romance might spell disaster for both of them--and love isn’t easily debugged.
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A lottery ticket + donuts = love in this steamy new fake dating romance from beloved author Denise Williams.
Sybil Sweet has always been lucky, but lately she can’t catch a break. After years of bouncing from job to job in search of something that feels right and from man to man in search of something special, Sybil is worried that she’s the directionless, floundering daughter her family thinks she is. All she really wants now is a little financial stability and carb comfort. Lucky for her, she’s got just enough in the bank to buy a lottery ticket, and the late-night donut store is open.
Kieran Anderson put his dreams of becoming a doctor on hold to take over running his family’s bakery, and after fighting a losing battle to save the place, he’s exhausted, broke, and no closer to getting back to school. But when a whirlwind of a woman sweeps in late one night, flirty energy gives way to more…until she runs out the next morning, leaving behind her winning lottery ticket.
Lucky for Kieran, his attempt to return the ticket looks like a grand romantic gesture and goes viral, sending sales through the roof. In an effort to keep the store afloat and to convince Sybil’s family she can make good relationship choices, they agree to fake a relationship for three months. Even with hundreds of millions of dollars, finding each other might end up being the sweetest bit of luck for both of them.
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What would you do with a second chance at your first time? Following a bad breakup, Willow Lewis tackles a re-do list with the help of her brother’s best friend in this sweet and sexy romance.
Willow experienced all her big firsts with her high school sweetheart. Now, reeling from their very public breakup, she wants to get a re-do on those important moments. While dog-sitting for her brother during his deployment, she has a chance to start over and spending time with his best friend gives her the confidence to start checking items off her “Re-Do list.”
Deacon promised his best friend two things when Cruz left for a deployment: that he’d look out for Willow, and that he’d keep his hands off Cruz’s baby sister. “Operation Re-Do” is innocent enough at first: Deacon likes Willow and he’s willing to help her out any way he can. But when the list of firsts turns from a first dance to first kisses and more, Deacon can’t deny the connection he feels to Willow.
As Deacon’s and Willow’s firsts turn to seconds, thirds, and fourths, this pair can’t get enough of each other—and they support each other through new challenges. But they are both aware there’s an end date to Willow’s time in town… and even if she were to stay, Deacon doesn’t know how to choose between his loyalty to his closest friend and the woman he’s fallen in love with. With no more romantic moments on her list for them to re-do, can these two still find a way to stay together?
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Aquila Richards-Oliver has the life many envy: a high-profile husband, two beautiful sons, and a seemingly perfect role as wife, mother, and big sister. But perfection comes at a steep price. When her marriage to a world-renowned chef unravels under the weight of betrayal and long-buried truths, Aquila chooses herself—for the first time in years—and begins the hard work of rebuilding her life on her own terms.
Roman Patterson has built everything but a family. At thirty-five, the successful entrepreneur has more wealth than time and more regrets than romance. Convinced love has passed him by, he reluctantly agrees to a singles cruise, expecting nothing more than cocktails and casual distractions.
What neither Roman nor Aquila expects is to find each other—on a boat in the middle of paradise.
They make a pact to enjoy the cruise as friends, but their connection is instant, and the chemistry is undeniable. As sparks fly and emotions deepen, they’re forced to face the realities waiting back on land: exes, children, broken trust, and wounds that still sting.
Can Aquila let down her guard and believe in love again? Can Roman prove he’s more than a fleeting escape? Or will the past sink the promise of something real?
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In A Legend in the Baking, the new romance from Jamie Wesley, a cupcake-baking football player gets assistance from a social media maven―and his best friend's little sister―to help promote his new bakery after accidentally going viral online.
August Hodges was supposed to be the silent partner in Sugar Blitz Cupcakes. Emphasis on silent. That is until his impromptu feminist rant about how women bakers are the backbone of the industry and baking cupcakes isn’t a threat to masculinity goes viral, making him the hottest bachelor in town. With a new location in the works, August and his partners decide to capitalize on this perfect opportunity to help cement their place in the community. But the hiring of his best friend’s younger sister, the woman who has haunted some of his best dreams for years, was as much of a shock as his new-found fame.
Social media manager Sloane Dell fell hard for her brother’s best friend the moment she met him more than a decade ago, but that teenage infatuation cost her dearly. Still, she accepts her brother’s request to revamp the bakery’s social media presence to take advantage of August’s newfound popularity, knowing it’s the big break her fledgling career needs. She’ll just ignore the fact that August is still August, i.e. sexier and sweeter than any man has a right to be. And that he drives her crazy with his resistance to all her ideas.
They vow to leave the past in the past. But when an explosive make-out session makes it clear their attraction burns hotter than ever, Sloane and August are forced to reconsider what it means to take a risk and chase your dreams.
As they’re both about to find out, all’s fair in love and cupcakes.
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A reality star and a cupcake-baking football player pretend to be a couple in order to save his bakery in this sweet and sexy romance from Jamie Wesley, Fake It Till You Bake It.
Jada Townsend-Matthews is the most reviled woman in America after turning down a proposal on a reality dating show. When she comes home to lick her wounds, Jada finds herself working at San Diego's newest cupcake bakery, Sugar Blitz, alongside the uptight owner and professional football player Donovan Dell.
When a reporter mistakenly believes Jada and Donovan are an item, they realize they can use the misunderstanding to their advantage to help the struggling bakery and rehabilitate Jada's image. Faking a relationship should be simple, but sometimes love is the most unexpected ingredient.
Fake it Till You Bake It is a sweet confection of a novel, the perfect story to curl up with and enjoy with a cupcake on the side.
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"You are not evil," he whispered. "You are not death. You are... Mercy."
Twenty-three-year-old Seraphina Wildrick's first mission as a Keeper of the Artifacts ended when she found a priceless relic that awakens the magic of death in her veins. There are no records of that darkness in her coven's archives, and revealing the foreign magic to the elders would be sure death. So Sera locks it up... until she can't any longer.
On her sister's trial day, Sera's darkness escapes, opening a doorway to the underworld. When the coven's greatest enemy kidnaps her sister, Sera is thrust into a mission to save her-accompanied by Alistair, the childhood crush who never returned her feelings. But from the moment they set foot outside the Citadel walls, a more insidious beast watches. A demon lord, the only other being she's encountered with the same dark magic she wields, offers to help her-for a price.
Tangled in a love triangle between the warlock she's longed for her entire life and the demon of her destiny, Sera must learn to control her magic and find the doorways to the underworld or risk losing her beloved sister-the only family who understands her.
In this high-stakes new epic fantasy series by debut author G.V. Hext, you'll find deadly magic, fated love, and a witch who won't stop until she burns the world to save what's hers. Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass, Anathema, and The Foxglove King.