Title: The Game
Author: Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 16, 2023
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I tilted my head. “Can I ask you something?”
He shrugged. “Sure.”
“Why are you here?”
“You mean at the Bruins?”
I shook my head. “No, here with me at this moment. You must have plenty of other things you could be doing right now that are more fun than listening to my drivel.”
“Maybe I like drivel.”
I snort-laughed. “No one likes drivel.”
He smiled, and his eyes dropped to my lips for a fraction of a second. “Maybe I like you.”
I shifted in my seat to face him. “Why?”
Christian shrugged again. “I don’t know. I think you’re interesting.”
My eyes narrowed. “What about me is interesting?”
“You’re a billionaire who lives in a rent-controlled apartment over a fruit stand and tried to give the team you inherited to your grandfather. What’s not interesting about you? Given your situation, most people I know would live in a penthouse by now and take car services, not walk twenty minutes to the stadium every day after getting off the train.”
I raised an eyebrow, and a grin spread across Christian’s face.
“Plus, you’re hot.”
That last part made me smile. “And technically, I’m your boss.”
His grin widened. “That makes you even hotter.”
I chuckled. “Tell me about yourself, Christian. I feel like you know so much about me, but I don’t know anything about you, other than your stats, of course.”
“What do you want to know?”
“Do you have a girlfriend?”
“You think I’m hot too, don’t you?”
I laughed. “Just answer the question, Knox. Something tells me your ego gets stroked enough.”
“Yes, ma’am.” He shook his head. “No girlfriend.”
I tapped my lip with my pointer. “What do you do in the offseason?”
“Recover. Let my body heal. Sleep. Fish. I have a cabin on a lake up in Maine. Spend time with friends. Travel. Keep up with my training.”
“That sounds so…normal.”
“The season is anything but normal when you play in the NFL. It’s tough on the body and mind. You’re on the road all the time, the media follows your ass around, women hand you underwear with their numbers written on them and sneak into your hotel room. So normal is good.”
My face wrinkled. “Women give you their underwear?”
Christian smiled. “Any other questions?”
“Am I demented if I’m curious to know whether the underwear are clean or not?”
He laughed. “Maybe. But I like the way you think.”
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Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-six languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
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Title: Thorne Princess
Author: L.J. Shen
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Bodyguard Romance
Girl Cover Design: Letitia Hasser, RBA Designs
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Release Date: January 12, 2023
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An addictive standalone about a Hollywood princess who is desperate to self-destruct…and the grumpy bodyguard who saves her.
I landed in hot water with the tabloids one too many times.
What can I say? My nipple wanted to come out and say hi to the paparazzi.
After that, my father presented me with an ultimatum—either he cuts off the gravy train and stops paying for my lavish lifestyle or I agree to have a live-in bodyguard.
And by bodyguard, I mean a sexy, formidable, out-of-this-world babysitter who just happens to be good at breaking spines.
Ransom Lockwood, ladies and gentlemen.
Now he is forcing me to try all kinds of weird stuff. Stop partying, clean up my act, get a job…
A part of me wants to tell him to get lost. I’m past saving.
But the other part? The other part wants to save him.
L.J. Shen is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and #1 Amazon bestselling author of contemporary, new adult, and young adult romance. Her books have been sold in twenty different countries, and she hopes to visit all of them.
She lives in Florida with her husband, three rowdy sons, and rowdier pets and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows, and reading to her heart’s content.
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Title: Reluctant Husband
Series: Whiskey Men #1
Author: Hope Ford
Genre: Contemporary Small Town Romance
Cover Design: Lori Jackson
Photo: Wander Aguiar Photography
Model: Andrew Biernat
Alternate Cover Design: Cormar Covers
Release Date: January 30, 2023
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I’m in love with Lucas Blaze, the player grandson of the woman I take care of. I’m nothing like the women he dates, so the chances of him noticing me are slim to none. Until the day he asks me to marry him.
Lucas is the youngest Blaze Brother. He works twenty-four seven, and his only use for women is to get his rocks off when he’s taking a break from putting his family’s liquor brand into every store in the country.
I don’t wear the right clothes, I don’t mingle in the same high-profile groups, and I sure as heck don’t know the first thing about pleasing a man.
But to make his Granny happy, Lucas is willing to marry me.
Our marriage is one of convenience and I know it won’t last.
But try telling that to my heart.
He doesn’t believe in love and happily ever after.
I want a love that lasts forever.
In the end, will he give us a chance? Or will he walk away holding my heart?
USA Today Bestselling author Hope Ford, brings you a standalone first book in the Whiskey Men series. If you love reading about curvy women getting the hot guy, opposites attract, jealousy trope, marriage of convenience, and small-town romance, then you’ll love Lucas and Isabella’s story.
Hope Ford is a USA Today Bestselling author of Steamy, Sweet, Satisfying Romance.
She loves writing about small towns, swoony men, and curvy women that get their happily-ever-after. Stay up to date with new releases at authorhopeford.com
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Title: Blanket of Stars
Series: Camp Bexley #4
Author: K.K. Allen
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: Qamber Designs
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Release Date: February 24, 2023
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All Cayson Bexley ever wanted was to fly…
Until a near-fatal crash clipped his wings, sending the injured military pilot back to his hometown and living right next door to me.
From the moment our eyes meet, the attraction is undeniable.
I mean who wouldn’t fall for that achingly gorgeous face, clean-cut demeanor, and sweet, small-town charm?
Other than our mutual love of music, we’re as opposite as two people can be.
Which is precisely why I friend-zone him the moment he shows interest.
But as time goes on, my heart softens to this man who once had it all—a literal hero floundering to find his purpose.
In the midst of my own struggles, I could certainly use a friend.
Heck, I could use more than that.
And I’m not afraid to let Cayson know it.
When I discover my hunk of a neighbor is as shy as he is inexperienced, I offer him a distraction he can’t possibly refuse.
We already share a very thin wall.
Why not a bed too?
There’s only one catch: he’ll have to promise not to fall in love with me…
A no-strings hook-up is every man’s dream, right?
What could possibly go wrong?
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❤️□ Injured military pilot + local musician
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Title: Brewer
Series: Manchester Chapter
Untamed Sons MC #4
Author: Jessica Ames
Genre: Dark MC Romance
Release Date: January 27, 2023
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Brewer
As the money man of the Manchester chapter of the Untamed Sons Motorcycle Club, my job is simple: make the illegal income legal and don’t get caught. I have a good life in the Sons, an easy one. I don’t have time for women or drama. But when my former cellmate calls and tells me his daughter is in trouble, I have no choice but to respond.
Ophelia
My father is a pathological liar, so when he tells me I’m in danger, I don’t believe him. Until a burly biker turns up on my doorstep. It’s been years since I last saw Brewer, but those feelings I had for him are still there. That doesn’t mean I have to do what he says.
But Brewer isn’t the same man I knew and no isn’t a word he’s used to hearing. When my father’s enemies come for me, he is the only one who can protect me, but who is going to save me from him?
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Jessica Ames lives in a small market town in the Midlands, England. She lives with her dog and when she’s not writing, she’s playing with crochet hooks.
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Title: Bratva Jewel
Series: The Ivankov Brotherhood #6
Author: Sabine Barclay
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Release Date: January 24, 2023
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I can’t resist her. I don’t want to…
She’s tried to leave our life behind, but no one walks away from the bratva.
She can run, but she can’t hide.
I’ll be the one to catch her when she falls. And she will because she’s walking a fine line.
I’ll be there because she’s mine.
I’ll go to the ends of the Earth for her. She’ll discover her limits and realize only I can please her.
She’s my soulmate, and I’m hers. Heaven help anyone who gets in the way.
Bratva Jewel is an interconnecting, standalone Dark Mafia Romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It contains extra-steamy scenes that will make your toes curl and your granny blush. This is book six in The Ivankov Brotherhood, a six-book series that’ll keep you warm at night.
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He may be the hottest man I’ve ever seen, but nope. No way. No how. Uh-uh. Everything about him that makes me want to run my hands and tongue all over him is what’s telling me to stay far, far away. The aura of danger, of barely controlled strength embodies that idea of animal magnetism. But it’s also what’s likely to get me heartbroken at best and killed at worst. I know this type of man. I grew up around them. My mother says my father was like that. And that means I need it nowhere near me.
But f*ck. He’s delicious to look at. Those icy-blue eyes remind me of the lakes in Siberia near my grandparents’ home. The kind that intrigues you enough to stick a toe in, then you regret it because you just might lose it. They might make me overheat now, but they’re likely to freeze my heart if I get too close. It would crumble into fractured shards, never to be put together again.
Holy sh*t. Okay. I can slow my brain down a notch or two. He smiled at me in the plane—or rather smiled at my tits—and he helped me with my suitcase. It’s not like he’s luring me into bed. Though… No. I would definitely say no. It might kill me. But then again, he might too. There is no way he isn’t bratva. I don’t need to ask. No one needs to tell me. I’m a Muscovite from the Serpukhovsky District; I know when I see one. But damn. I could watch him all day. His smile was pure sex, and I don’t think he was even trying. God help any woman when he's really trying to charm her.
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Sabine Barclay, a nom de plume also writing Historical Romance as Celeste Barclay, lives near the Southern California coast where she's a former rower and a hopeful surfer, a self-proclaimed foodie, and a lover of the outdoors. Sabine enjoys attending reader events and travels domestically and internationally for book signings and speaking engagements. Before becoming a full-time author, Sabine was a Social Studies and English teacher. She holds degrees in International Affairs (BA), Secondary Social Science (MAT), and Political Management (MPS). She channels that knowledge into creating engrossing contemporary romances that bring the steam will make your toes curl and your granny blush.
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Series: Filthy Feck Duet # 1
Author: Serena Akeroyd
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Release Date: January 5, 2023
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Star's my penguin.
She doesn't know it.
She took off. Sure. I'm mad at her. Sure. But that's her charm.
She's ornery.
Difficult.
Impossible to love, but I see her BS.
And I call her on it.
I'll chase her from the North Pole to Antarctica, this Fecker isn't about to lose his soul mate.
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USA Today and International Best Selling Author Serena Akeroyd aka G. A. Mazurke is most known for her mafia and MC series set in the Five Points Mob Universe.
Avid reader of all things romance, she first started her career as a why choose author in both contemporary and paranormal. She eventually made her way to MF romance where she found her groove with the O’Donnelly brothers, the Satan Sinners and most recently the Valentini Family.
In her back list you can find some MM, MF, MFM and Why Choose romances. HEA guaranteed!
When not writing Serena is either reading, traveling or coloring.
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Title: The Chicago Boys
NYE in New York City
Author: Karen Deen
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: December 29, 2022
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New Year’s Eve
The biggest night of the year.
I just want to spend it with my friends
Oh and a few hundred thousand others of course
A night away from our kids
In the town that never sleeps
Good food, fine wine and lots of laughter,
celebrating the start of another year
It all sounds perfect!
Of course, in a crazy, Chicago Boys kind of perfect.
With the FF boys and their wives hitting New York City
What could possibly happen?
Oh, the list is long ……
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Karen Deen has been a lover of romance novels and happily-ever-after stories for as long as she can remember. Reaching a point in her life ready to explore her own dreams, Karen decided now was the time to finally write some of her own stories. For years, all of her characters have been forming story lines in her head, just waiting for the right time to bust free.
Sitting up in the early hours of the morning with her cups of tea, chocolate and music she gets lost in a world of sexy, alpha men who are challenged by some funny, sassy and strong-willed women. Bringing you unexpected laughs, suspense and a little bit of naughty.
Karen is married to her loving husband and high school sweetheart. Together, they live the crazy life of parents to three children. She is balancing her life between a career as an accountant by day and writer of romance novels by night. Living in a beautiful coastal town two hours south of Sydney, Australia, Karen loves to enjoy time with her family and friends in her beautiful surroundings. Of course, when she is not shut in her writing cave bringing you more words to devour.
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Title: A Mafia Hand: Juno
Series: High Stakes #1
Author: Shilo West
Publisher: Crave Publishing
Genre: Billionaire Mafia Romance
Release Date: January 2, 2023
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I’m being hunted…
But I can’t think about that right now. This tournament has no room for distractions. This tournament is my prison break. My ticket out of a life I never meant to have. Unfortunately, in a split second, things took a bad turn…I saw Mitchell’s men.
Mitchell Byron, known to the world as the mysterious inventor, entrepreneur, and tech billionaire XK3M has been hunting me since the day I left. And he’s a lot more dangerous than betting big bucks on some high stake’s poker game.
My only escape is with the help of the mysterious man sitting across from me at the poker table…Monk.
He has a keen eye and also notices Mitchell’s men. When I make my move to escape the scouting men, he grabs me by the arm and tries to lead me to safety. I try desperately to warn him, I’m trouble, but he won’t take no for an answer…
I have no choice, there’s no time to explain what he’s just gotten himself into. But knowing Mitchell, he will find out soon enough.
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Shilo West is the author of the High Stakes series. She loves to write mafia/billionaire adventure type romances. Lucky enough to live in Maui with her dog and fiancée, when she's not writing, she loves hanging out at the beach or hiking.
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Title: Only Everything
Series: Sullivan Farms #1
Author: K.E. McIntyre
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: Leah Francic, Bookcase Media
Release Date: January 10, 2023
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I was eight years old when my life was turned upside down.
My parents and I moved to a new town in the country.
I felt lost and scared.
But on our first night in Mayfield, Pennsylvania, I met him.
The boy who would bring me back to life and heal my broken heart.
What I didn’t know was that he would be the one to break it again.
So, I ran.
Now, I am returning to Mayfield where the pieces of my heart remain.
It’s been six years, but does fate tell time?
Especially when the one person who can put my heart back together is the one that shattered it.
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K.E. McIntyre brings her real life passion for all things romance to the page. She gathers inspiration from her surroundings and the people she adores. Her perfect day consists of good coffee, a sexy book, and sweatpants.
Mrs. McIntyre has built her home and life in a small town of Western Pennsylvania. When she’s not listening to her husband talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers, she’s playing Barbies with her daughter and snuggling with her super-pup, Nora.
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