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Contemporary romance writer, political comedy writer, ghostwriter and editor. Lover of coffee & cocktails, world traveler, off-key singer, vegan and adventurer-ish!

FIRST LOOK!! ~ The Duke I Tempted by Scarlett Peckham

She intended to be the mistress of her own fate. And there was one thing she knew with absolute certainty from observing the ways of the world: one did not get that kind of power by marrying it.”

THE DUKE I TEMPTED by Scarlett Peckham is out this July!

About THE DUKE I TEMPTED

Having overcome financial ruin and redeemed his family name to become the most legendary investor in London, the Duke of Westmead needs to secure his holdings by producing an heir. Which means he must find a wife who won’t discover his secret craving to spend his nights on his knees—or make demands on his long scarred-over heart.

Poppy Cavendish is not that type of woman. An ambitious self-taught botanist designing the garden ballroom in which Westmead plans to woo a bride, Poppy has struggled against convention all her life to secure her hard-won independence. She wants the capital to expand her exotic nursery business—not a husband.

But there is something so compelling about Westmead, with his starchy bearing and impossibly kind eyes—that when an accidental scandal makes marriage to the duke the only means to save her nursery, Poppy worries she wants more than the title he is offering. The arrangement is meant to be just business. A greenhouse for an heir. But Poppy yearns to unravel her husband’s secrets—and to tempt the duke to risk his heart.

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FIRST LOOK!! ~ FIGHT FOR YOU (Kingman Brothers #2) by Nina Crespo

Aiden Kingman is reunited with the woman he mistakenly wronged seven years ago…and this time around, he’s determined to make things right. Check out this first look for FIGHT FOR YOU by Nina Crespo, coming this July…

About FIGHT FOR YOU

In this second of the Kingman Brothers series, Aiden Kingman is reunited with the woman he mistakenly wronged seven years ago…and this time around, he’s determined to make things right.

Seven years ago, Aiden Kingman had to choose between betraying Delanie Clark and her father or staying loyal to his father’s company. He chose his father—losing Delanie in the process—and he’s regretted it ever since. Now as CEO and partner in Kingman Partners International, he needs to finalize buying a retreat property, but there’s one major hold up: Delanie is the contract negotiator for the owner, and she doesn’t trust him.

Delanie and her father lost everything when Aiden’s father lied about his intentions for buying her family’s mountain retreat. She swore that she would never have anything to do with Aiden Kingman again. But now she’s facing him across the negotiating table, and sparks that had previously been stamped out reignite between them. When tragedy places the deal on the line, will they put their history behind them? Or will the deal cost them both their second chance at love?

Nina Crespo, author of the charming and sexy Forget You, is back with a sizzling romance that will have you believing in second chances, forgiveness, and learning to love despite the past.

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NEW RELEASE w/EXCERPT!! ~ The Bombshell Effect by Karla Sorensen

Title: The Bombshell Effect
Author: Karla Sorensen
Genre: Sports Romantic Comedy
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Cover Designer: Najla Qamber
Allie Sutton just got a new job. 
 
Not one she wants, and definitely not one she’s prepared for. She hadn’t seen her dad in years, so the last thing she expects upon his sudden death is to inherit the thing he loved more than anything (or anyone) … the professional football team he owned for the last twenty years. 
 
Luke Pierson does not want a new boss. 
 
What he wants is to be a good father to his daughter, the best quarterback possible for his teammates. What he doesn’t need is a blonde bombshell ruining the team’s chances at another championship. Especially when that bombshell turns out to be his new neighbor. The neighbor he was a complete jerk to the first time they met. 
 
For the sake of the team, they treat each other like complete professionals. In public, at least. Behind closed doors, it’s a different story. And the fallout of giving in to that heat is something neither one of them can see coming.

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Tainted Hearts Boxset by Lylah James

Title: Tainted Hearts Boxset
Series: Tainted Hearts #1-3
Author: Lylah James
Genre: Mafia Romance
Release Date: June 12, 2018
The Tainted Hearts box set brings you the dark tale of a ruthless mafia boss finding his angel…and then waging a war to keep her.

 

He was a man who wasn’t put on this earth to be loved, but to kill. And she was a woman who was nothing more than an object to be used. They weren’t meant to find each other in this dark, cruel world. But they did, and now it’s war because there’s no way in hell he’ll let anyone take her from him.
 
He was feared. 
 
She was hunted. 
 
Together they will fight to win this war.
 
This box set includes Parts 1-3 in The Tainted Hearts series.

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BOOK TOUR! ~ Burndown by Winter Travers

Title: Burndown
Series: Nitro Crew Series #1
Author: Winter Travers
Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance
Release Date: May 29, 2018

“This is one of the stories I have been waiting on and Winter Travers did not disappoint!!” ~ Little Shop of Readers

 

Wow this book is amazing!!! She is a new author to me and I am going to get all her books!!” ~ Cover to Cover Book Blog

 

“Holy moly, Winter you have did it again. Burndown is your best book yet.” ~ Goodreads Review (Patti)

For the past eight years, master mechanic Remington Grain has been tirelessly working toward his dream job of becoming a member of an NHRA pit crew.

But being the new guy is never easy. Not only is he at the bottom of the totem pole, he’s pretty sure his crew chief hates him.

 
Remy knows anything worth having takes hard work and dedication. As he slowly earns the trust of his crew chief, Remy falls for the new girl in town, and without him knowing it, she steals his heart.
 
Everything is lining up, almost clear to the finish line of capturing her heart just as she has won his, when Remy figures out who Harlyn Krinston is. She may be the thing to make his whole world pause and delay the race he’s been on to create the career he’s always envisioned. Will Remy have the reaction time it takes to win Harlyn’s heart, or will he foul start before the race even begins?

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Angels and Demons by AC Bextor

Title: Angels and Demons
Series: Saint’s Justice MC Book 1
Author: A.C. Bextor
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: June 9, 2018
Saint’s Justice Motorcycle Club is in chaos.
Handling a crew of restless men while running low on cash, James “Elevent” Scott has but little choice left.
 
He’s forced to make a deal with the devil.
 
When Elevent accepts the Russian’s offer to protect one of their own; he has no idea what’s to come.
And he’s never been taken so off guard.
He was paid to protect her.
Mia Zanders leads a modest and content life. Church secretary by day, sweetheart to the boy-next-door by night, her monotonous existence may be boring, but it’s safe.
However, fate has a way of shaking up everything she thought she knew. 
Mia soon finds herself inside a rough-and-tumble biker club. The men are vile. The women are catty. 
 
Yet, somehow the crew of bold and plenty help her to see what she never could before. The person she was meant to become.
 
They weren’t supposed to find each other.
Then tragedy strikes. 
Hearts are broken; lives are forever changed. 
Mia and Elevent must decide if a godsent circumstance brought them together only to tear them apart. 
Or if Lucifer’s had a hand in delivering their cruel twist of fate.

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PRE-ORDER BLITZ!!! ~ In My Skin by Shannon McKenna

“McKenna expertly stokes the fires of romantic tension.” —Publishers Weekly

“Her books will take readers on a nonstop thrill ride and leave them begging for more when the last pages are devoured.” —Maya Banks, New York Times bestselling author

Title: In My Skin
Author: Shannon McKenna
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Publisher: Self-published
Series: The Obsidian Files #3
Genres: Romantic Suspense
Format: Print & Digital

Synopsis:

Come back to me …

Luke remembers a few things. Just not his last name, or anyone he ever knew. He knows that he’s a supersoldier, genetically enhanced and loaded up with brain implants. He just escaped from a year-long hell of captivity, and to protect his family and friends from his tormentors, he blocked his memories. Now he needs those memories back, fast … or he and those he loves will die agonizing deaths.

Luke’s dangerous plan to reconnect with his past—and stay alive in the present—has drawn his enemies’ attention to the tough and sexy Dani LaSalle. He’s duty bound to protect the luscious beauty from the evil pursuing them, but he can’t control the scorching desire she awakens in him.

Dani’s strict routine has been trashed by Luke’s explosive arrival. This rock-hard slab of valiant, smoldering manhood appears out of nowhere, saves her life, spirits her away to his mountain lair and bewilders her with tales of sadistic researchers, enhanced assassins. Is this gorgeous, problematic sex god just plain crazy—or is she? But Luke can do things with his mind that are just as wild as what he can do with that body … and she can’t say no.

And there’s no time to wonder. As their passion burns hotter, Obsidian moves closer … and Luke and Dani must place their lives and their hearts on the line just to survive …

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COVER REVEAL!!! ~ Because of Logan by Erica Alexander

Title: Because of Logan
Series: Riggins U Series, Book 1
Author: Erica Alexander
Genre: Romance, New Adult, College (standalone)
Release Date: June 28, 2018
All her life Skye Devereaux has been content to live in the shadow of her beautiful and vivacious fraternal twin. 
But when she meets a sexy and charming police officer, Skye decides she deserves more. 
She’s worthy of more.
Now she wants to throw off her introvert shell. 
She wants to challenge her fears. 
And she wants him. 
So what if she’s scared? 
She’ll fake it until she makes it.
 
Logan Cole left behind a life he never chose to live.
Being a cop gave him the escape he needed to be on his own.
With a past he’d rather forget, he holds everyone at bay.
But when chance brings him face-to-face with an intriguing and awkward girl, Logan knows he can’t let her go.
So what if he’s scared? 
He just needs to figure out how to let her in while protecting his heart.

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Roped by Remy Blake

Title: Roped
Author: Remy Blake
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: June 13, 2018

When my advertising business secured the client of my dreams, I never imagined how life changing it would be. Instead of suits, spreadsheets and business dinners in the city, I’m forced to spend four weeks out west, as research, experiencing ranch life firsthand.
 
Harry Welker the owner of King Ranch, vacation spot to the rich and famous wants me to get my boots muddy, and my hands dirty. And by dirty, I don’t think he meant with his daughter Blair; exploring every inch of her irresistible body. In the hayloft or the cow pasture or the….. you get the picture.
What started out as a one time thing has turned into so much more and we’re running out of time. When this job ends will I return home or remain here with my heart?

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Sage’s Surrender by Joy Blood

Title: Sage’s Surrender
Series: Hells Riders MC #4
Author: Joy Blood
Genre: MC Romance
Release Date: June 13, 2018
Cover Photo: Kruse Images and Photographer
Cover Model: Blake Sevani
Cover Design: Francessca Wingfield

Sage

She is my best friend’s daughter. I have no right to be looking at her the way I do, but with her snotty attitude I find myself wanting to put her bratty ass into its place. Under me.
 
Brook
 
I have had a stupid school girl crush on him since I was fifteen years old. Now he is dragging me back to the one person I am not ready to face. My father.

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