[Release Blitz + Review] Little Ray of Pitch Black by Lani Lynn Vale

TITLE: Little Ray of Pitch Black

SERIES: Don't Date Him #11

AUTHOR: Lani Lynn Vale

GENRE: Romantic Suspense

TROPES: Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn

Age Gap, Troublemaker FMC

Release Date: November 3, 2026

BLURB.

The A in Jessamy Darling’s name stands for a lot to deal with.

Her complete disregard for all forms of authority stems from a childhood past where her parents didn’t believe that her brother was a literal psychopath. From framing her for killing the family dog to stuffing her backpack full of prescription drugs, then reporting her, her brother has made it his life’s mission to make her as miserable as possible.

The moment she turned eighteen, she bailed from her parents’ house like the bottom of her feet were on fire. But if she thought that moving out would stop her brother’s punishments, she was wrong. He only gets more creative.

And by getting more creative, he starts to turn the town of Sawtooth against her.

No grandma, biker, or shop owner wants anything to do with her.

Eventually, she decides…fuck it.

If everyone was going to hate her anyway, why not give them a real reason to hate her?

***

For years, he’s been dealing with her attitude. Her complete disregard for anyone and anything should wear thin.

Except Black’s always had a soft spot for trouble.

And she’s Trouble with a capital T.

He’s pulled her out of more fires than he should have, and he probably should’ve locked her up and thrown away the key a long time ago.

But Black Adkins, sheriff of Jesper County, wasn’t elected into that position because he was a stand-up guy. He’s a rebel at heart, and Jessamy Darling is his kryptonite.

Putting Jessamy in a cage would break her, and he only wants to see her fly.

[Release Blitz + Review] Bees, Blogs, and Blushes by Sawyer Bennett

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for BEES, BLOGS AND BLUSHES by Sawyer Bennett!

You will love Bees, Blogs and Blushes if you love …

🐝Grumpy × Sunshine

🩷She Falls First, He Falls Harder

🐝City Girl × Country Boy

🩷Landlord × Tenant

🐝Forced Proximity

🩷No Strings Attached

🐝Small-Town Romance

🩷Opposites Attract

🐝Temporary Fling → Forever

🩷Found Family

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She came to Whynot to uncover her mother’s scandal and instantly disrupted the quiet life of the local man who prefers bees to people.

Travel blogger Reese Cartier lives for the rush of discovering the unknown. She’s survived missed flights, bad haircuts, and questionable hostels, but nothing could have prepared her for quirky, southern town of Whynot, North Carolina. She’s here for one reason… to untangle the truth about her late mother’s mysterious past.

Her first clue? A dusty rented cottage on a secluded bee farm.

Her second clue? The infuriatingly handsome, maddeningly quiet beekeeper who owns it.

Eli Hart likes his life simple, which includes tending hives, bottling honey, and avoiding unnecessary conversation. Then sunshine-in-a-sundress Reese crash-lands on his property—literally—sending her drone into a tree over his bee boxes and his sanity straight into jeopardy.

She’s chaos. He’s calm.

She wants answers. He wants her to stop breaking things.

But when the too-curious tenant begins to chip away at her mother’s long-buried secrets, a reluctant partnership is formed with Whynot’s hottest, most reclusive bachelor and becomes a full-blown adventure steeped in the town’s secrets, gossip, and nosiest residents.

Somewhere between Reese’s big questions, bigger ideas, and the way she keeps tripping into his quiet life… Eli realizes she’s the most disruptive thing he’s ever wanted.

A grumpy-sunshine romance full of small-town meddling, slow-burn heat, and one impossible beekeeper who learns that sometimes love buzzes in when you least expect it.

[Release Blitz + Review] Delicious Anthology II

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for the DELICIOUS ANTHOLOGY II! All proceeds will be donated to the LGBTQ+ charities Black Trans Alliance & Galop! 

ABOUT THE ANTHOLOGY.

Sometimes, you just need another slice…

The Delicious anthology returns for a second helping, so grab your plate as an amazing group of authors serve up stories that are sure to make your mouth water!

We’ve got barbecue, breakfast sandwiches, breakup burgers, and heaps of tasty treats. And you can get them all topped with your favourites like meet cutes, brother’s best friend, hot new boss, chance meetings, hurt/comfort, age gaps, plenty of spice, and melt-in-the-mouth sweetness.

With celebrity chefs, pub owners, grilling dads, and an array of treats, Delicious: A Second Slice has twelve brand new contemporary short stories for you to savour!

All proceeds will be donated to the LGBTQ+ charities Black Trans Alliance & Galop

Participating Authors.

Annabeth Albert

Beth Bolden

Jax Calder

Vawn Cassidy

Colette Davison

Lane Hayes

Becca Jackson

E.M. Lindsey

Katherine McIntyre

Mia Monroe

Shane K. Morton

K.M. Neuhold

Charlie Novak

Becca Seymour

Sebastian Sharpe

Toby Wise

Ariella Zoelle

[Release Blitz + Review] Cross the Line by Jenna Hartley

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for CROSS THE LINE by Jenna Hartley!  

You will love Cross the Line if you like…

🩷brother's ex best friend

🏒hockey (they're both pro-athletes)

🩷green-flag MMC

🏒secret relationship

🩷he’s down bad for her

🏒he wears her jersey

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As the captain of Minnesota’s female pro hockey team, I’m supposed to be focused on my goals, not getting distracted by my brother’s ex-best friend.

And Carson is definitely a distraction.

A six-foot-three, pro hockey player with a smile that promises trouble.

There are so many reasons I should stay away.

My brother hates him.

I’m not looking for a relationship. And even if I were, a long-distance relationship with pro athlete is the last thing I’d want.

But the more I get to know Carson, the more I respect him—both on and off the ice.

He’s no longer a distraction, but the man I can’t stop thinking about.

I know I shouldn’t cross that line.

But I’m not sure I have the strength to stop myself.

[Release Blitz + Review] Love Me Wicked by Melissa Foster

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for LOVE ME WICKED by Melissa Foster! 

You will love Love Me Wicked if you love…

age gap

friends to lovers 

mc romance 

road trip

anxiety rep 

secret pining 

found family 

pierced MMC 

tattoo artist FMC

protective hero 

forbidden romance 

close proximity 

one bed 

small town

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A Dark Knight biker, a torturous secret, and a road trip that changes everything. Come along for the emotionally wicked ride in this steamy, pulse-pounding small-town standalone romance. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happily ever after that will stay with you long after you read the last page.

Tattooist Aria Bad has mastered the art of hiding in plain sight. Her art is her only safe place. Crowded rooms make her panic. People’s eyes burn too hot. Except his. Zeke Wicked has been the steady presence she’s leaned on since he tutored her through high school. He’s a loyal, protective Dark Knight biker, the kind of man who sees everything and the one man who could unravel her without even trying. Every year he takes her to see her family for the holidays, but this year she’s harboring a secret and needs to go alone.

Years ago, Zeke swore to protect, and never touch, Aria, but that didn’t stop his heart from staking claim to her. Lately she’s been secretive and has been pulling away, and now she’s determined to make their annual trip without him, but his instincts won’t let her go alone. When a storm strands them, boundaries blur and buried feelings rise to the surface, unearthing a passion neither can deny. But as the storm clears, they discover two dangerous truths—one that ties them together and one that threatens to tear them apart.

[Release Blitz + Review] Make or Break by Karen Renee

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for MAKE OR BREAK by Karen Renee! 

You will love Make or Break if you love…

❄️Age Gap

🏍️Biker

❄️Holiday Fling

🏍️Found Family

❄️Heroine is His MC Brother's Daughter

🏍️Secret/Hiding their relationship

❄️OW Drama

🏍️Alpha Hero

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Tundra is the one man I absolutely cannot have.

He's twenty years older than me, a patched member of the Riot MC, and my dad's brother in arms. Every rule says he's off-limits.

So why does he keep finding his way to my bar?

For months, we've been dancing around our attraction — stolen glances, excuses to get close, conversations that last longer than they should. Then a sprig of mistletoe at the Christmas party changes everything. One kiss. One moment neither of us planned.

And now I can't think about anything else.

We both know the cost of giving in. Tundra risks his patch, his brotherhood — everything he's built his life around. I risk losing my family. These aren't just consequences — they're devastation. And in the MC world, there's no coming back from either.

We give in anyway.

Four days. Just the holidays. Just this once — and then it's over.

Except I was wrong to think I could walk away from Tundra with my heart intact. Now we're stealing moments, sneaking around, pretending this is something we can keep hidden.

But secrets don't survive long inside the Riot MC.

When the truth comes out, it leads to a make or break moment where Tundra has to choose — his patch or me. Am I the woman he'll burn it all down for, or just the one he never should have touched?

[Release Blitz + Review] Playing Her Game by MJ Fields

🏒𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 🏒

𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄 (𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒈𝒐 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒔 𝑯𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃) by MJ Fields is now LIVE! 

What to expect:

💚 Best Friends Rival

🖤Forced Proximety 

💚 Touch Her And Die

🖤He Falls First

💚 Menace On The Ice Marshmallow For Her

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Daniil Reznik doesn't back down. When a confrontation with Russian-born Brooklyn Bears star Aleks Kilovac turns physical, Lenzin Faulker steps in to defend his friend. From that moment on, the Chicago Phoenix winger and Brooklyn's defensemen have a rivalry their fans refuse to let go.

Anna Winterfield has spent years cheering on both of them. Kilovac and Faulker are her best friends, which makes staying out of their rivalry nearly impossible. But Reznik's fans take things too far after the Brooklyn game, and Anna gets caught in the middle.

Furious that his own fans crossed the line, Rez takes to social media, and his anger goes viral.

Then a snowstorm delays Anna's connecting flight through Chicago, leaving her stranded in Reznik's hometown. Of all the places to get stuck, she has to end up there. And of all the people she could run into, it has to be him.

One unexpected night was never in her playbook. Neither was the chemistry that followed.

🏒 Playing Her Game is the third book in the Chicago Phoenixes Hockey Series with eleven other amazing authors. All books have crossover characters but are standalone novels and can be read in any order. 🏒

[Release Blitz + Review] Believe In Us by J.H. Croix

💜💜NEW RELEASE💜💜

Two broken hearts. One undeniable connection. BELIEVE IN US by J.H. Croix is now live!

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A deeply betrayed heroine starting over. A brooding small-town Alaska firefighter, and two guarded hearts.

When I discovered my ex was cheating with my best friend, it felt like I lost everything in a day. Months later, I packed up the broken pieces of my life and fled to Willow Brook, taking a job at the remote Heartfire Falls Resort. I came to the Alaskan wilderness for a fresh start.

When Lincoln Silver walks into my office, I take in his tall, dark-haired, blue-eyed presence and tell my pulse to chill out. The Silver family owns the resort, so technically I work for Lincoln. Minor detail.

He's a rugged hotshot firefighter whose family owns the resort, and he carries his own grief. He’s the kind of man who never fails to show up and never fails to protect.

We are both haunted by our pasts, bumping into each other in the dark hours of the night when sleep refuses to come. When he catches me spiraling over the betrayal I left behind, he protects me. I swore I'd never want anything from anyone again, but as our shared midnights turn into a burning attraction, this devoted hero is determined to prove that some risks are worth it.

Perfect for readers who love slow burn romance with forced proximity tension, deeply emotional hurt/comfort, and a love story set against the rugged beauty of the Alaskan wilderness.

[Release Blitz + Review] Christmas Staycation by Meghan Quinn

🎄NEW RELEASE!! Christmas Staycation by Meghan Quinn is LIVE!!

Tropes.

Holiday Romance

Ex’s Brother

Baseball Romance

He Falls First and Hard

Opposites Attract

Spicy Romance

Small Town Romance

Rom Com

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Nothing says Merry Christmas like fake fiancés, family pressure, and accidentally falling for your ex's brother.

Nolan never met a spotlight he didn't like. As a major league baseball player with a filthy mouth, an ego the size of the North Pole, and zero interest in behaving, he's perfectly happy breezing into Christmas in Kringletown like the charming disaster everyone expects him to be.

Taran, on the other hand, has made an art form out of keeping the peace. She's polished, careful, and so committed to making everyone else happy that she's somehow agreed to a fake wedding with her ex just to keep her family's holiday from imploding.

There's only one problem: the ex in question is Nolan's brother, and Nolan sees right through her. He knows Taran deserves better than pretending her way through life.

And he'd really like "better" to be him.

Now Taran is juggling family expectations, holiday chaos, and a man who is far too cocky, far too funny, and far too determined to bulldoze every wall she's ever built.

But with Christmas closing in, secrets snowballing, and one very fake engagement threatening to blow up in spectacular fashion, this holiday season is about to get messy. And someone's sure to end up on the naughty list.

[Release Blitz + Review] Craving Silence by Freya Barker

TITLE: Craving Silence

SERIES: Silence #5

AUTHOR: Freya Barker

GENRE: Romantic Suspense

RELEASE DATE: October 16, 2026

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Nurse practitioner, Dana Kerrigan, finds her steady and comfortably predictable life suddenly turned upside down as the result of a family emergency. With no choice but to take a leave from work, she has to hustle to keep Silence’s favorite pub running and her parents looked after.

When heartbreak brings with it an unexpected opportunity to realize a long-held dream, it presents a new set of problems.

One that involves murder, and the man sent to investigate.

 

As a recent transplant to Silence, sheriff’s detective, Rick Althof, was aiming for less stress and more solitude. Instead, he finds himself frequently drawn to The Kerrigan, a popular pub in town, to enjoy a meal, a beer, and—if lucky—a friendly chat with the owner’s pretty daughter.

Still bearing the invisible scars of past mistakes, he’s determined to keep things friendly, despite a growing attraction.

[Release Blitz + Review] Lavender Hill by Aurora Rose Reynolds

 

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for LAVENDER HILL by Aurora Rose Reynolds! 

You will love Lavender Hill if you love…

🌱Small Town Romance 

💜Return to Hometown 

🌱Opposites Attract 

💜Grumpy Sunshine 

🌱Sworn Off Relationships

💜Protective, Loyal, Alpha Sheriff

🌱Meddling, Match Making Mother

💜Dog Dad

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From New York Times bestselling author Aurora Rose Reynolds comes a heartwarming small-town romance about a woman returning to the roots that shaped her—and finding a love that will heal her.

Genevieve Fenwick has her life together—until her fiancé’s betrayal tears their future apart. Now, heartbroken and unsure of what’s next, she looks for comfort where it all began: Gooseberry Ridge, the quaint and still-welcoming hometown she left behind.

Genevieve’s heartache is soon displaced by family drama, eccentric neighbors, and a loveable search and rescue dog. Not to mention scandalous thoughts about deputy sheriff Wyatt Foster. But while Wyatt is ruggedly handsome, loyal, and protective (everything her fiancé wasn’t), Genevieve’s still hurting. No amount of chemistry can change that.

And yet, as her meddling, matchmaking mother and tight-knit Montana home keep pushing her and Wyatt together, Genevieve realizes there’s more than just a spark there. The charge burns brighter with every run-in, every word, every layer exposing the softness beneath his strength.

Wyatt has something Genevieve wants. Something she needs. And though her best-laid plans lie in ruins, he might be the best shot she’s ever taken.

[Release Blitz + Review] Falling for Her by Natasha Madison

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for FALLING FOR HER by Natasha Madison! 

You will love Falling For Her if you love…

🩷Single Dad/Nanny

🩷Opposites Attract 

🩷Small Town Romance 

🩷Forbidden 

🩷Detective Hero 

🩷Damsel in Distress

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A divorced detective who is all about order gets more than he bargained for when his new nanny sends his life—and his heart—spinning out of control in the latest spicy romance by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Natasha Madison.

Finley Westbook’s life just blew up. Now, the only thing she wants is for her husband to sign their divorce papers. Just one problem: He wants half of her, and her family’s, fortune. When her best friend tells her a man in her hometown needs a short-term, live-in nanny for his eight-year-old son, it sounds like the perfect escape from the mess her life has become. Sure, Finley has never had a job, but how hard can it be to take care of an adorable kid?

Single dad and small-town detective Lincoln Burke doesn’t have time for chaos. But just as his ex-wife is about to leave for her honeymoon, a major case hits his desk. He’s desperate to find a nanny, and it seems Finley is his only option. She’s a walking disaster in his kitchen, can never follow a schedule—and is a dangerous temptation in his home.

The chemistry between them is impossible to ignore, but Lincoln won’t risk his heart again—especially not with his employee. Yet, the more Finley pushes his buttons, the harder she is to resist. When danger closes in, what started as a temporary arrangement may cost them far more than they ever expected.

[Release Blitz + Review] Violent Little Thing by Lani Lynn Vale

TITLE: Violent Little Thing

SERIES: Don't Date Him #10

AUTHOR: Lani Lynn Vale

GENRE: Romantic Suspense

TROPES: Grumpy/Sunshine, One Night Stand, Small Town Sports Romance, Widower, Single Mom, Second Chance

RELEASE DATE: October 6, 2026

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The first time Courtland Navarro saw Charleigh Lynn Kensington, she was yelling at her old boss about a yeast infection.

Court didn’t know that his heart could even beat after the loss of his late wife, but in that moment, when she was yelling about a bladder infection from hell, he realized that maybe he hadn’t died inside after all.

The second time he saw her, he was protecting her from herself.

The big—actually quite small—bad—more like a pissed-off Chihuahua—Marine thought she could handle herself. And honestly, she might have been able to. But she was five-foot-nothing, had crazy blonde hair, and looked like one hell of an easy target.

To say that they got off on the wrong foot would be an understatement.

Then, searching for something to do with his life after getting out of prison, he finds a mechanic shop for sale. So he buys it.

Little did he know that Charleigh had wanted that shop.

And now she had even more reason to hate him.

She tries her hardest to hold on to the anger, the utter dislike of all things Court Navarro. But Charleigh doesn’t stand a chance.

Court has set his sights on her, and there’s nothing that she can do but surrender.

But, maybe, that was what she wanted all along.

Someone to fight for her.

[Release Blitz + Review] Rogue Wave by Allison Bettes

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for ROGUE WAVE by Allison Bettes! 

Why you need to ONE-CLICK this book…

🔥Neighbors

🔥Age Gap

🔥Grumpy/Sunshine

🔥Small Town

🔥Marine Biologist FMC

🔥Sheriff MMC

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The sexy but grumpy sheriff next door is the last man Hazel ever wanted to ask for help—but when her backyard turns into a crime scene… Hank is her only option.

Hazel:

I’m a marine biologist by day, chaos magnet by night. I get paid to study beach life—not to find evidence from a crime that washed up after a storm. When I accidentally uncovered something that was meant to stay buried, I found myself tangled up in mystery and danger – and increasingly tangled with Hank McAllister, the divorced, decade-older, infuriatingly hot sheriff next door.

Hank:

Hazel O’Hara is my infuriatingly hot neighbor that always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. We shouldn’t work—but when a sudden storm rolls in and things turn dangerous, we’re forced to rely on each other, and my resolve to not get involved with her quickly fades away.

[Release Blitz + Review] Playing for Love by Jessica Marin

🏒𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 🏒

𝑷𝑳𝑨𝒀𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬 (𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒈𝒐 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒔 𝑯𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃)

by Jessica Marin is LIVE! 

What to expect.

💚 Hockey Romance 

🖤 Single Dad/ Single Mom

💚 Temporary Nanny 

🖤 Sworn Off Relationships

💚 Forbidden

🖤 Meddling Families

💚 Touch Her and Die Vibes

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He’s swearing off love… until he falls for the one woman he shouldn’t want.

Jax Morrow plays hard on the ice, but when it comes to his heart, he’s strictly defensive. After having his heart shattered twice, the star hockey player’s priorities are simple: playing the game and protecting his daughter. But when severe bullying forces his daughter to move in with him, Jax is left drowning in single fatherhood and desperate for help.

Kiley O’Shea is trying to juggle it all. Between being a single mom, teaching full-time and working nights at her family’s pub, she doesn't have energy to spare—especially for the arrogant playboy athlete her father calls a friend. But when Jax quietly steps in as an investor to save her family’s struggling bar, Kiley realizes there’s far more to the playboy player than meets the eye.

After Kiley reluctantly agrees to become Jax’s temporary nanny, living under the same roof ignites a tension neither saw coming. Between chaotic parenting moments and late-night temptation, their explosive chemistry becomes impossible to deny. 

Does Jax have the will power to keep his heart guarded against his biggest temptation or will this be the one game Jax isn't strong enough to win?

🏒 Playing For Love is the first book in the Chicago Phoenixes Hockey Series with eleven other amazing authors. All books have crossover characters but are standalone novels and can be read in any order. 🏒

[Release Blitz + Review] Hale Bound by Abbi Glines

 🖤𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 🖤

𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 (Mississippi Smokes series) by New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Abbi Glines is LIVE!

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩.

✔️Southern Mafia 

✔️Age Gap 

✔️Forced Proximity 

✔️Morally Gray Hero 

✔️Touch Her & Die 

✔️He Falls First/Obsessed Hero

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Bay 

My life was predictable and safe. Everything I had I’d fought for alone. I was proud of what I’d survived and did all I could to give back. But that was all snatched from me in the blink of an eye. One mistake and I was taken. 

Hale 

No one undermines us and gets away with it. The family always finds out and lives are ended. My job had been simple. Track the rat and find out who he was working for. Somehow that had led to her. The pale, raven haired, beauty whose life on the outside appeared boring. But she had secrets and they made her a target. Our target.

[Release Blitz + Review] Inked in Devotion by Victoria Paige

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for INKED IN DEVOTION by Victoria Paige!

Why you need to ONE-CLICK this book…

🔥bratva enforcer 

🔥single mom/reluctant heiress

🔥secret baby

🔥stalk€r

🔥br€€d¡ng k¡nk

🔥secret society

🔥family drama/scandals

🔥marriage covenants 

🔥found family

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I thought I fell for a man sent to kill me, so I kept a secret from him. 

We were flawed from the start.

A weekend of hot sex. Fake names. An escape from always coming second.

He vanished from my bed, but he left a part of him with me.

Then I saw his arrest on the news—an accused serial killer.

So I ran and hid.

Over a year later, he’s a free man, absolved of his crimes.

Still a deadly man—the bratva’s vicious enforcer.

I’ll embrace my legacy before I tell him my secret.

A reluctant heiress entering a covenant for an arranged marriage that would protect me from him.

But he shows up at my door,  and the moment he sees my baby’s brilliant blue eyes, he knows he has a son.

[Release Blitz + Review] Let's Be Real by Julia Wolf

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for LET’S BE REAL by Julia Wolf! 

Why you need to ONE-CLICK this book…

🩵fake dating

🤍best friend's brother

🩵only one bed

🤍found family

🩵millionaire

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Nate Wells has only ever been my best friend's older brother...until he volunteers to be my fake boyfriend.

Getting dumped a week before my sister's wedding wasn't part of the plan.

Neither was showing up single and giving my family one more reason to question every life choice I've ever made.

So when Nate Wells offers to be my fake boyfriend for the weekend, it seems like the perfect solution.

Except he’s really good at pretending.

Every time he stands between me and my judgmental family, I find myself drawn a little closer. Every look, every laugh, every time he reaches for my hand makes me wonder how I never saw the man right in front of me.

And because the universe has a twisted sense of humor…there’s only one bed in our hotel room.

The wedding is supposed to be the end of our pretending. Instead, we’re forced to keep up the ruse, and the longer we do, the harder it becomes to remember what’s real.

But I have to, because falling for Nate isn’t an option.

If this all unravels, I won’t just lose him. I’ll lose everything that matters to me too.

[Release Blitz + Review] Rookie Moves by Jodi Oliver

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for ROOKIE MOVES by Jodi Oliver!

Why you need to ONE-CLICK this book…

🏒college hockey

🩵teammates to lovers

🏒friends with benefits

🩵“teach me”/spicy lessons

🏒protective mc

🩵secret relationship

🏒mm romance

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Colby

For almost ten years, the world of hockey has had their eyes on me, watching my every move. 

I’m projected to be the first overall pick in the NHL draft this summer, and have been nicknamed a franchise altering talent.

But with high praise comes a lot of pressure I can’t escape, and has resulted in me being a rookie in more ways than one.

The only problem is there’s only one person I feel safe with, and I'm pretty sure there are rules about not crushing on your teammate.

Tyler

Ever since I met Colby, I’ve kept an eye on him. No one should have to put up with the pressure the world has laid on his gorgeous shoulders and the defeated look in his beautiful eyes. 

But you shouldn’t notice these things about your teammates. 

So when Colby asks me to teach him everything I know in the bedroom because I’m the only one he feels safe with?

I should say no, but there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for Colby McKay.

I should’ve known it wouldn’t be as simple as a friends with benefits arrangement.

[Release Blitz + Review] Trying Not to Need You by Kaylee Ryan

✨️ Trying Not to Need You by Kaylee Ryan is now live!!

TROPES.

Small town

Childhood sweethearts

Emotional Healing

First Love

Second Chance

ex-Military hero

BLURB.

NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series set in a small town, surrounding four sisters. Trying Not to Love You is a small-town, second-chance, first-love, ex-military romance.

Ellison

Copeland James was my first love, my first heartbreak, my first everything.

Then he left without explanation, and never came back.

My sisters and our closest friends helped me pick up the pieces, but my heart hasn’t been whole since the day he walked out of Magnolia Ridge.

I’ve learned to live with what could have been… until his mother’s illness brings him back to our small town. He’s older, harder, and more magnetic than I remember.

He’s a man now. The man I learned to live without. And yet, he’s back, stirring everything I thought I’d buried, making my world feel unsteady.

Because loving him nearly destroyed me… and now, I’m still trying not to love him.

Copeland

I left Magnolia Ridge with nothing but a duffel bag and a decision.

I told myself joining the Marines was the right choice. That loving her meant protecting her, and this was the way to do it.

I was wrong.

Now I’m back, years later, and she’s just as breathtaking as the day I left. All these years, I imagined she’d have moved on, married someone else, but she’s still single, and in my heart, she’s still mine.

But Ellison doesn’t see me the way I see her, not anymore. All I find in her eyes is the wound I left behind. The one that never healed.

I didn’t fight for us back then, but I’ve learned. Now I’m ready for battle, fighting for what we could be while she tries not to love me.

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MY REVIEW.

4 Stars from Renee!

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The story has secrets, heartbreak, laughs, and love.

This is Baylor and Macklin’s story. He has loved her for years but always missed his chance at a life with her. Now she is back in town after a breakup and he is going to pull out all the stops to get his turn. She wasted years on a man who was not the one for her. She was not looking for love when she came back to town but it sure did find her. Macklin is everywhere and always helping her out. Can she really be falling for him? The more time they spend together the more she realizes that he is everything she was looking for.

I recommend this book.

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MEET KAYLEE RYAN.

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan has been crowned the Queen of Swoon by her readers. With nearly fifty romance books under her belt, she’s known for penning happily ever afters with heart. When she's not writing, you can find her with a book in her hand or hanging out with her family where she resides in her home state of Ohio.

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