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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Mr. December by Ann Roth

Title: Mr. December
Series: Heroes of Rogue Valley: Calendar Guys #10
Author: Ann Roth 
Genre: Contemporary Firefighter Romance
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Hurt by family betrayals, firefighter Liam Gibson doesn’t trust easily. The one time he let his guard down, photographer Grace Camry stole his heart. Liam intended to spend the rest of their lives together, until the unexpected death of Grace’s father changed everything. Although Liam still harbors feelings for Grace, when she walked away without an explanation she shattered his trust.

 

Dad wasn’t the man he seemed, and his lies and secrets almost destroyed Grace. Fearing the damage the truth would cause Liam, she ended the relationship. Yet she never stopped loving the firefighter with the big heart and amazing smile. Without him, her life seems colorless and empty.
Soon a holiday party for families in need will force them to work together and maintain a cordial front for the greater good. Will the past keep them apart, or will the magic of Christmas open their hearts to forgiveness and a new beginning?

 

 

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COVER REVEAL & EXCERPT!!! ~ Third Strike by BJ Harvey

Title: Third Strike
Series: Chances #3
Interconnected Standalone – Final Book in Series
Author: BJ Harvey
Genre: Angsty Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Cover Design: BJ Harvey and Najla Qamber Designs
Falling for your best friend’s sister has never felt so bad yet so damn right.
 
From USA Today Bestselling author BJ Harvey comes the third and final standalone in the Chance series, this time it’s the much anticipated story of Drew and Ashley.
 
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I have a long history of acting first and thinking it through later. In fact, I’m the definition of a screw up.
 
Case in point – I’m having a baby with a woman I can’t stand, my ex is now my best friend’s wife, and I’m in love with a woman I can never have.
 
My biggest secret is falling for my best friend’s sister twelve years ago.
 
My biggest mistake is thinking I could live without her.
And now my biggest regret is the look on her face the moment I tell everyone I’m already married to the woman they hate most.

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RELEASE BLITZ & EXCERPT!!! ~ Snapshot by Rebel Farris

Title: Snapshot
Author: Rebel Farris
Genre: Romance Suspense Novella 
Release Date: June 6, 2018
A new standalone romantic psychological thriller, unlike anything you’ve read before.

 

 
Love stories don’t usually start with tripping over a dead body.
 
But mine did. That’s when I met him.
 
Xander Novak wasn’t like the guys from around here. The cowboy with a mysterious accent had secrets, sure. But he helped me escape certain death and welcomed me into his home.
 
Or did he? Because his home could be my safe haven… or it could be my prison.
 
And I could be walking straight into the arms of a killer.

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Review & Excerpt Tour for FEELS LIKE FALLING by Elle Keating!

From author Elle Keating comes FEELS LIKE FALLING, the next installment in her Dangerous Love series. Peyton Matthews doesn’t want anyone to find the chinks in her armor, and Luke McGinnis fights hard to keep his ugly past buried. While they are drawn to each other, chemistry is not what’s bringing them together. Fans of UGLY LOVE by Coleen Hoover, Sylvia Day, and EASY by Tammara Webber will devour this dark and emotional romance.

 

Title:  Feels Like Falling
Author: Elle Keating
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Publisher: Self-published
Series: Dangerous Love #5
Genres: Contemporary Romance

Synopsis:  

Luke McGinnis is the responsible, quiet older brother. The loving son who enjoys working side-by-side with his father at the winery they co-own. At twenty-nine years old, Luke is a success story, the rags-to-riches kind. That’s what people see. Not the ugly past he fights to keep buried… a past that keeps him from really living.

Peyton Matthews is a household name. As a model, her face has been on the covers of countless magazines and she now has more money than she will ever know what to do with. But that smile she flashes for the photographers and the media is just an illusion. That pretty package everyone envies has been her armor, her protection, and she doesn’t want anyone to find a chink in it… especially not the winery owner who looks at her like he knows the dark secrets she keeps.

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Riggs by L. Wilder

Title: Riggs
Series: Satan’s Fury MC – Memphis Chapter Book 3
Author: L. Wilder
Genre: MC Romance
Release Date: November 13, 2018

I was never one of those guys who bought into all that love at first sight bullsh*t.
I was all about getting in. Getting out.
No feelings. No expectations.
No complications … until her.
After just one night, Reece Winters had me thinking of white picket fences and station wagons, but I let my pride get come between us and she walked away.
 
Trouble was on the horizon.
It was only a matter of time before it came knocking at our door. The club was planning for it. Ready for it. Prepared for it, and so was I.
wasn’t prepared for fate to bring her back into my life, and I certainly wasn’t prepared for the secrets that she brought with her- secrets that would connect us in ways I couldn’t begin to imagine.
Secrets that could destroy us all.

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NEW RELEASE & EXCERPT!!! ~ Too Good Girl by Eleanor Lloyd-Jones

Title: Too Good Girl
Author: Eleanor Lloyd-Jones
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 14, 2018
Cover Credits: Schmidt’s Author Services
 
Syra Johnson was thirteen when she died inside. 
She was sixteen when she ran away from home and not much older when Jack Palmer saved her for the first time. 
 
Coping with her grief by shutting down, she became reckless with her life, keeping everyone at arm’s length, including Jack. 
 
Now, she’s nineteen, and her need to feel anything other than despair is as exhausting as it ever was. 
Jack Palmer lives a lonely life, working at night in the streets of the seaside town where they both live. The only thing that keeps his heart beating loud enough is Syra Johnson: his friend and the girl he wishes he could love. 
 
However, his attempts to keep her from falling further get thrown back in his face, breaking him a little more each time. 
 
Will the darkness that snatched her away drag her deeper than before, or will Syra let Jack save her again and open herself to becoming whole?

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NEW RELEASE & EXCERPT!!! ~ The Beginning of Home by Krista Sandor

Title: The Beginning of Home
Series: Langley Park Series, Book 3
Author: Krista Sandor
Genre: Contemporary Romance (standalone)
Release Date: November 14, 2018

New name. New town. New life.
Lindsey Hanlon is so close to a new beginning. 
After fleeing an abusive relationship and living on the run, she’s starting over in the quaint town of Langley Park.
Even though she’s escaped, she’s not in the clear.
Lindsey’s carrying a secret that could get her killed. 
As long as she flies under the radar, she’s safe. But things get complicated and passions flare when her first love unexpectedly appears, and neither can deny the bond that still exists between them.
A second chance at love could be what Lindsey needs to heal and move on. It could also jeopardize everything, including her life.
The Beginning of Home is a sexy standalone romance in the Langley Park series.

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NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Side Show by Gigi Birtie

Title: Side Show
Series: Lust & Chrome Duet #1
Author: Gigi Birtie
Genre: NA Romance
Release Date: November 13, 2018

 

Sloane Nova Cates always knew when restoring a classic muscle car that there was nothing more she would want than to see it put others to shame on the city streets of Oakland California. 
 
It is Sloane’s senior year in high school and this year of course was going to be different, with her older brother Reese away at college Sloane is finally not under his watchful eye. Sloane would be able to have more freedom to talk to who she wants, and most importantly date who she wants but she never guessed that she would fall for a guy who went to school with her over protective brother, who happened to play college football together. 
 
Sloane also never knew who she’d meet at these side shows or how it would change her life forever. She would come to find out what type of trouble in wanting a boyfriend would bring her, and how a past mistake will threaten to take it all away.

COVER REVEAL!!! ~ Enjoy the Ride by Dr. Rebecca Sharp

Title: Enjoy the Ride
Series: Winter Games Series
Author: Dr. Rebecca Sharp
Genre: Sports Romance, enemies-to-lovers, second chance
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Chance
The Wheel of Fortune (Card 10): Things tend to go in cycles. Good times then bad.
Do you know what it’s like to lose everything? I do.
Eight years ago, Jessa Lynn Madison and the title ‘Best Snowboarder in the US’ were both mine.
And then she betrayed me and the mountain had followed suit.
No matter how much I drank, the truth was hard to swallow when it meant choking on my pride.
And no matter how much I screwed, the truth was that I still wanted her.
Anger. Rage. They don’t even begin to describe how I feel.
I was never going to be able to compete again,
but life had given me the perfect opportunity to have Jessa.
And to break her.
Misery loves company. And Jessa was about to be my company.
 
Jessa
The Fool (Card 0): A symbol of potential and new beginnings.
All I wanted was a fresh start in the town I once called home.
Too bad home was littered with memories of him. Chance Ryder.
The man I’d loved. The man I’d left.
The man who was now my patient. And my roommate.
I know he wants to use me. I know he wants to hurt me.
But I also know that I can’t stop myself from wanting him.
And wanting him has always been my downfall.
Now all I can think about is how to tell him the truth and beg his forgiveness.
I, of all people, should know that explanations and apologies won’t matter.
When it comes to Chance, he’ll hold onto his pride
like he should be holding onto me.

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NEW RELEASE & EXCERPT!!! ~ Mafia King by Bella J.

Title: Mafia King
Series: Royal Mafia Series #3
Author: Bella J.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: November 13, 2018

 

Born and bred to rule, I embraced my place in our family with pride.
I was the leader. The boss. The king.
Fueled by my family’s need for revenge, I was on a bloody path toward vengeance. That’s when I found her—a filthy, weak, broken girl.
The mystery that surrounded her seduced me. Her secrets pulled me down to the deepest pits of hell, the demons of her past threatening to burn the empire I swore to protect.
Now the devil himself is knocking at my door, wanting his beautiful, broken girl back.
But she’s mine now. I claimed her. And anyone who dares to take her away from me will be completely, utterly, royally…
Fucked.

 

 

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