[Release Blitz + Review] Pinch Hitter by Stephanie Rose

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for PINCH HITTER by Stephanie Rose! Grab it in KU!  

Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🔥Single Dad/Nanny

🔥Friends to Lovers 

🔥She falls first, he falls harder 

🔥Forced Proximity 

🔥Sports Romance

ABOUT THE BOOK.

Lee Orrico is stuck. The family he depended on to care for his daughter since he lost his wife is moving on and moving out. Having his best friend Stella become his live-in nanny while he works as the team chiropractor for the Brooklyn Bats seems like the right idea. Until the combination of close quarters and cozy nights ignites an attraction that Lee never saw coming.

After years on the road in a job she never liked and a messy breakup, Stella Parker is ready to come back to Brooklyn to make it a real home for herself, not just a pit stop. Moving in with Lee to help care for his adorable daughter is the perfect temporary solution…except it means moving in with the man she’s always been secretly in love with. 

Her once-forbidden love for her best friend was always just a one-sided fantasy, but the lingering touches, long looks, and almost kisses make her start to wonder if this love isn’t so unrequited anymore.

The passion between Lee and Stella is undeniable. But Lee isn’t sure he can love again – he barely survived the loss of it the first time. 

Still, the heart he didn’t think would beat for anyone else… wants Stella.

And Stella has always wanted Lee. The question is, does Lee really love her back? 

Or is she just a pinch hitter for the real love of his life?

[Release Blitz + Review] Chasing Love by Kat Mizera

He doesn’t date redheads. She doesn’t trust hockey players.

Too bad they’re stuck together… with only one bed.

💜💜 NEW RELEASE 💜💜

CHASING LOVE by Kat Mizera is LIVE!!

ABOUT THE BOOK.

Sometimes the wrong heartbreak leads you straight to the right love story.

I came to Atlanta to forget the woman who shattered my heart.

As captain of the NHL’s newest expansion team, hockey is my only priority. No distractions. No dating. And definitely no redheads.

Then I find her stranded on the side of the road during an ice storm—fierce, stubborn, and very, very redheaded.

Now we’re stuck together.

One apartment.

One bed.

Three days of forced proximity.

She doesn’t trust hockey players.

I don’t date redheads.

Perfect.

Except we both love to cook.

We both love her kid.

And somewhere between midnight conversations and shared meals, no way turns into maybe.

There’s just one problem.

Her ex—the guy who broke her—is my biggest rival on the ice.

I’ve already lost to him professionally. I won’t lose again. Not my team. Not my heart.

But the single mom who swore she’d never date a hockey player again?

She might be the only woman I can’t skate away from.

CHASING LOVE is for readers who love: a cinnamon roll hockey captain, single mom, Only one bed, Forced proximity, Friends to lovers, Rival ex.

[Release Blitz + Review] Flow by Tia Louise

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for FLOW by Tia Louise!

Why you need to ONE-CLICK this book…

🏒hockey romance

💚childhood friends to lovers

🏒golden retriever hero

💚he falls first

🏒STEM FMC

💚fake dating

🏒it's always been you

💚roommates to lovers

🏒small-town vibes

💚so much yearning

🏒no cheating, cliffhanger, or third-act breakup!

ABOUT THE BOOK.

He’s loved her since childhood; one fake date might finally make it real.

I was 15 years old when I stood on a hill in a peach orchard with the girl of my dreams, contemplating marriage.  

Now I’m a hockey star, The Maverick Murphy. 

I have flow on the ice and on my head, but I still have trouble forming sentences when she’s around.

And she’s all around—living in my house, sharing my space, so close, I can smell her perfume on my clothes. 

I’m all grown up, and I’d still do anything for her. 

I was 15 when I stood on a hill in my family’s peach orchard with the cutest boy I knew and said I’d marry him on the spot. 

Now that boy is a grown man, a hockey star with muscles and dimples and smoldering hazel eyes.

He’s also my new roommate, but I’m not here to fall in love. 

Our beloved peach trees are dying, and I’m here to find a cure.

When the town’s rich bully threatens to own our land and me along with it, I kind of snap. I kind of say Maverick’s mine for real.

It’s a lie. We’re only faking, but with every kiss, every touch, every stolen moment, reality starts to blur.

Still, as much as we want to pretend, he’s LA’s hockey champion, and when the semester ends, I’ll have to leave. 

That’s reality.

[Release Blitz + Review] Shut Up and Kiss Me by Giulia Lagomarsino

TITLE: Shut Up and Kiss Me

SERIES: The Last Best Place for Love

AUTHOR: Giulia Lagomarsino

GENRE: Small Town Romance; Romantic Suspense

RELEASE DATE: April 20, 2026

COVER DESIGN: Artscandare

COVER PHOTOGRAPHER: R plus M Photo/Reggie Deanching

My life was boring, so I decided to shake it up a bit.

With my life at the ranch changing by the minute, and not for the better, it seemed I would never find any excitement to fill my days.

They say to be careful what you wish for, and I learned that the hard way.

Walking in on a stranger trying on my teal coat, only to find out we slept together, was a shocker.

I didn’t remember a single second of how we met or what happened after.

Neither did he.

But apparently, everyone in town knew our business.

And the secret we were carrying around.

But before I got a chance to tell my new man any of this, things took a strange turn. 

Bullets flying, men attacking every hour of the day, and neither of us had any idea why.

And that was just the bad stuff.

There was an undeniable chemistry between us, and keeping our hands to ourselves turned out to be harder than I thought.

But the infuriating man was insistent on keeping me safe.

And the whole time, all I really wanted to say was Shut Up and Kiss Me.

 

[Release Blitz + Review] On the Verge br T.K. Drake

✨ Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for ON THE VERGE by T.K. Drake!! 

Why you need to ONE-CLICK this book…

🔥Bratva x Mafia

🔥Curvy FMC

🔥Forbidden Love

🔥Hockey Romance

🔥Found Family

🔥Touch Her and die

🔥Obsessive/possessive MMC

🔥Brothers’ Teammate

🔥Rival Families

ABOUT THE BOOK.

Teddy Williams was fine where he was. Settled in one city after a lifetime as a military brat, his career as an NHL goalie on the rise…until a mid-season trade throws everything for a loop. A new city and new team are manageable, but finding out you’re a Bratva heir to a ruthless empire just as the playoffs are about to begin is overwhelming. The only thing keeping him grounded is Elia. She comes into his life like a whirlwind but turns out to be his calm in the storm. The only problem? She’s his teammates’ little sister, and her brothers have made it clear she’s totally off limits. It’s impossible to stay apart, but when even more secrets come to light amidst tragedy, it leaves their relationship on the verge of catastrophe.

Elia Santori is the princess of her family, a bright light in their otherwise dark way of life. She has everything she could ever need as the only daughter of a Mafia boss, but yet…she yearns for more. When a tall, handsome stranger interrupts her usual shift volunteering, sparks fly, and even learning that he’s her brothers’ teammate isn’t enough to deny their attraction. This way of life has a way of catching up to you, though, and Elia isn’t immune to the secrets and tragedies that threaten everything she holds dear.

[Release Blitz + Review] Falling for Real by Carly Phillips

💜💜 NEW RELEASE 💜💜

One bed. One weekend. One fake boyfriend who feels way too real...

FALLING FOR REAL by Carly Phillips has arrived!

Fake Date • Wedding Weekend • Forced Proximity • One Bed • Miami Heat • A Dare Family Series Story

ABOUT THE BOOK.

One canceled date. One overbooked hotel. One fake boyfriend who feels way too real.

I fly into a destination wedding expecting maid-of-honor chaos—not to share a room with Tristan Hayes, the devastatingly charming nightclub owner I’ve crushed on for too long.

When the hotel runs out of rooms, Tristan gives his to an elderly couple without hesitation. I see the kind of man he is… and offer to share my king bed. Just for the weekend. Totally innocent.

Until my ex shows up.

With a date.

Suddenly Tristan’s hand is on my waist, his smile lethal, and he’s my fake boyfriend. Temporary. Perfect.

Except the chemistry isn’t fake.

And wedding weekends don’t last.

Or do they?

A fun, flirty wedding-weekend romance featuring fake dating, forced proximity, one bed, and a hero who always shows up—with a guaranteed HEA.

[Release Blitz + Review] A Simple Hello by Lacey Black

TITLE: A Simple Hello

SERIES: Cooper Town Boys #2

AUTHOR: Lacey Black

GENRE: Contemporary Romance

TROPES: Small Town, Friends to Lovers, He Falls First

Sworn Off Relationships, Cinnamon Roll Hero

RELEASE DATE: April 14, 2026

BLURB.

Cade

When it comes to women, keeping things casual is my forte. What can I say, I like to live life to its fullest. Then I spot the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen at The Tipsy Lizard, and I know I need to get to know her. Like a moth to a flame, I’m drawn. The only issue is, she’s dating someone else.

So, the only choice I have is to give Oaklee my number and tell her to use it when she’s single.

To my surprise, that phone call came sooner than I expected. She’s just getting out of a relationship and isn’t looking for anything serious, which is right up my alley. Spending time with her isn’t a hardship, and sending little gifts to her office to say hello is a lot more fun than I would have imagined.

The problem is, I’m not sure I can keep her safely in the friend zone much longer.

Oaklee

Relocating to a small town was exactly what I needed. However, from the moment I arrived in Cooper Town, everything seemed to snowball. The jerk I was dating decided to cheat, leaving me in a new place with a new job and a support system of one to lean on.

Meeting Cade at a bar turned out to be more than just a casual happenstance.

Being around him is easy. He’s gorgeous, charismatic, fun, and always sends me little things to let me know he’s thinking of me. When I have to start working beside my ex, Cade kicks it into overdrive, showing me exactly how easy it could be to fall for a guy like him. Too bad he’s not looking for forever. Cade only wants right now.

Suddenly, my easiest hello might be my hardest goodbye.

[Release Blitz + Review] Be The Full Problem by Lani Lynn Vale

TITLE: Be The Full Problem

SERIES: Don't Date Him #4

AUTHOR: Lani Lynn Vale

GENRE: Romantic Suspense

TROPES: Secret Baby, Second Chance Romance

Grumpy/Sunshine, Small Town

RELEASE DATE: April 14, 2026

BLURB.

I blame getting pregnant on my sister getting mauled by a bear.

If she hadn’t been attacked that day, I wouldn’t have come home to check on her. I wouldn’t have run into Boone Windsor at that bar. I wouldn’t have gone home with him, ready to drown my sorrows in a different, more satisfying way.

I wouldn’t have given him that second chance.

Not after he’d so badly burned the first chance.

I would’ve gone back to work half the country away, and I would’ve kept my head in the sand where Boone was involved.

But my sister did get attacked. I did give Boone a second chance.

And I almost died because of it.

After my memories are lost in an accident that almost takes both of our lives, Boone makes me fall in love with him all over again.

And since I didn’t know all the hell that awaited me, I didn’t guard my heart.

I fell, and fell, and fell until there was nowhere else to go but down.

Then, when those memories come back and I’m faced with the consequences of my actions, I didn’t falter.

I knew he was hell, yet I chose to burn with him anyway.

[Release Blitz + Review] Kace by Sawyer Bennett

 ✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for KACE by Sawyer Bennett! Grab it at your favorite book vendor!

BLURB.

Kace Elliott is the hockey player with a genius IQ and a secret side hustle in applied physics. He’s falling for his research partner, but she doesn’t know who he is outside of the lab. Now, the closer they get, the harder it becomes for him to keep his two worlds from colliding.

On the ice, I’m Kace Elliott—starting goalie for the Pittsburgh Titans, fighting to prove myself in the playoffs. Off it, I’m William—a scientific researcher, quietly holding on to the academic world I’ll return to when hockey is over. Both versions are real, they just aren’t meant to overlap.

Until Dr. Laurel Kent.

Laurel is brilliant, principled, and deeply rooted in a world where transparency matters. She knows me online as William, her intellectual equal, the man who shares her passion for data, late-night collaboration, and easy, unexpected chemistry. William is very much her type whereas athletes are not.

I need her to like the bigger part of me—the hockey player. When she meets me in person, as Kace, I make the choice to let her see the type of man she’s sworn off from ever dating. She gets the Titans goalie and all the craziness that comes with the playoffs. But here’s where it gets complicated: I make the dangerous decision not to tell her Kace and William are the same person.

By some stroke of luck, Laurel agrees to give Kace a shot, and our time together is more than I ever hoped for. The closer together we grow, the less she talks about William, and I convince myself I’ll tell her the truth when the timing is better, once I’m able to prove I’m more than the label she’s written off. But timing has a way of unraveling even the best intentions.

As the pressure of the playoffs intensifies, the boundary I’ve relied on becomes impossible to maintain. When Laurel discovers how closely intertwined my worlds really are, I’m faced with the cost of asking someone to love only part of me.

And winning on the ice means nothing if I lose the woman who made me want to stop dividing my life in two.

[Release Blitz + Review] Rushed by Aleatha Romig

He’s the star QB. She owns the team. This is a game they can’t afford to lose.

💜💜 NEW RELEASE 💜💜

RUSHED by Aleatha Romig is LIVE!!

ABOUT THE BOOK.

From the bestselling author of Infidelity and Sin comes an addictive football romance series filled with power plays, forbidden passion, and jaw-dropping twists.

He was her past, now he might cost her the future.

I was born into a football dynasty built on power, money, and secrets.

Now those secrets are unraveling.

The truth about my family threatens everything, from the franchise to the locker room. Allies I trusted have their own agendas. And in the NFL’s ruthless good ol’ boys club, there’s no mercy for a woman who dares to challenge the league’s power structure.

This isn’t just football.

It's an empire. It's a legacy. It’s war.

With the franchise and my future on the line, there’s only one man I might be able to trust.

Fin—Griffin Graham.

Elite NFL quarterback. The new face of the team.

My past. My weakness. My second chance.

Our chemistry still burns hotter than game day lights. But in a professional football world ruled by contracts, media scrutiny, and billion-dollar reputations, falling for the star quarterback again could destroy everything we’re fighting to protect.

With more than our season on the line, I’m forced to choose a side.

Will it be the right choice?

Have you been Aleatha’d?

Rushed is book two of The Coopers, a second chance sports romance wrapped in betrayal, dynasty drama, and high-stakes romantic suspense set in the seductive, cutthroat world of professional football. RUSHED ends on a cliffhanger—an unforgettable Aleatha blindside.

The Coopers is a four-book football romance saga following one explosive couple, beginning with INTERCEPTED, which must be read prior to RUSHED. Perfect for fans of the ruthless tension of Succession and the dark, aching obsession of Wuthering Heights.

[Release Blitz + Review] The Blocks We Make by Brook O'Brien

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for THE BLOCKS WE MAKE by Brooke O'Brien!!

Why you need to #ONECLICK this book...

🏒Hockey Romance

💙Coach's Daughter

🏒Secret Identity × Online Friends to Lovers

💙Close Proximity

🏒Small Town

💙College

🏒Found family

💙Secrets, lies, and betrayal

ABOUT THE BOOK.

I wasn’t supposed to notice her.

The girl behind the bar with a guarded smile has something in her eyes that pulls me in. The one who insists she doesn’t need protecting—even after I watch them threaten her right in front of me.

Brinley isn’t just a risk. She’s a secret that certain people don’t want getting out.

I knew she was my head coach’s daughter. What I didn’t understand was why no one else did.

I’ve spent my whole life building a name on the ice. Now I’m being warned to stay away from her or risk losing everything I’ve worked for.

And the pressure doesn’t just come from the bench. The threats aren’t subtle anymore—stopping at nothing until she leaves town. They expect me to fall in line, focus on blocking shots, keep my mouth shut, and choose my career over her.

But they’re wrong.

Because this time, I’m not just protecting the net.

I’m protecting her. And the truth they’ll do anything to keep silent.