My sister was a Prodigy, endowed with exceptional skills and bonded with a guardian. In a world where all leaders, scientists, and artists are selected and pledged to shifters, she was born for greatness.
I was born to live in her shadow.
In a moment of rebellion, I trespassed on pack lands and an alpha guardian shifter, Theo, bonded to me. Tragedy makes me reject the pairing.
They say I am a Prodigy nowโsomeone special.
I think theyโre wrong.
Theo is protective, overbearing, and gets under my skin. He knows me better than anyone else. It takes everything I have to keep the wall around my heart built up.
The Heart of Us is now available on all retailers!
What happens when youโre on the run from your psycho ex-husband and your sexy younger boss goes into hiding with you to keep you safe? You slowly remember what itโs like to fall in love and hope he feels it too.
The Heart of Us is an older woman/younger man age gap, close proximity standalone romance.
Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. They share a love of Hallmark movies, overpriced coffee, and making TikToks. When they arenโt bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters thatโll make you blush and your heart melt. Happily ever afters guaranteed!
Before writing steamy romantic comedy novels, Kayley Loring got a BFA in creative writing and had a fifteen-year career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles (under a different name). She mostly wrote PG-13 family comedies that studios would pay her lots of money for and then never make into movies. In 2017 she decided to move to the Pacific Northwest and write about all the fun stuff that she wasn’t allowed to write about in those PG-13 scripts. Now sheโs an Amazon Top 25 bestselling author who is breathing cleaner air and writing dirtier words. Itโs an adjustment sheโs happily getting used to.
Rest assured that her funny sexy sweet romances have no cheating or cliffhangers, and always have HEAs!
Connor Crais is a classically trained actor living in the Midwest with his wife, two kids, and rescue greyhound. He has been both a stage and television actor, and before plunging into the romance genre, he had been narrating commercials, audiobooks, and explainers for well over a decade from his home studio. From alphas to bosses to cocky sports stars (a particular favorite), he loves sparring with beautiful, sassy heroines (and their talented narrators) but also loves winning them over and reaching that happily ever after. He is excited to now create those stories as an author.
The Heart of Us is now available on all retailers!
What happens when youโre on the run from your psycho ex-husband and your sexy younger boss goes into hiding with you to keep you safe? You slowly remember what itโs like to fall in love and hope he feels it too.
The Heart of Us is an older woman/younger man age gap, close proximity standalone romance.
Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. They share a love of Hallmark movies, overpriced coffee, and making TikToks. When they arenโt bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters thatโll make you blush and your heart melt. Happily ever afters guaranteed!
Iโm a pawn, and itโs up to me to remind these men that theyโre stronger together. I just pray that this fight for power wonโt tear us all apart.
The finale to the Malice Mafia Trilogy is finally here!
About CoraLee Coralee June is an international bestselling romance writer who enjoys engaging projects and developing real, raw, and relatable characters. She is an English major from Texas State University and has had an intense interest in literature since her youth. She currently resides with her husband and two daughters in Dallas, Texas, where she enjoys long walks through the ice-cream aisle at her local grocery store.
โWouldnโt most guys love a little no strings attached hook up?โ
“Maybe, but most guys donโt deserve you. I want to be one who does. And I want to be all tangled up in your strings.โ
Newly arrived on campus, I knew two things. 1) No one could know my dad was the president of the university and 2) football players were bad news.
My run in, the literal kind with my neighbor cranked up the heat and sparks flew.
A new college campus. A secret bound to explode in my face. And a football player neighbor who is bad news in the best of ways.
Reid Riddick was hotness personified, so of course I literally ran into with him–well, more like he plowed into me.
I didnโt know he was a football player when I started falling and now I canโt stop. A stolen kiss later and my heart races whenever he looks at me from across the quad.
But my secret would spell disaster for him.
Iโm the daughter of the college president. The college president whoโs been feuding with his football coach for years. Their bitter campus war leaves us teetering on the edges of a divide we canโt see a way across.
Resisting him is more than I can handle. Heโs risking it all for me. His team standing. His football season. His pro future. Throw in a campus gossip site. My out of control new friends. His way too hot roommates. College traditions. A secret campus bar and the only guy whoโs ever made me feel like he canโt live without me. And I have one last secret.
Our star-crossed love is my first and I want him to be mine.
Book 1 in the new STFU series – rival campus to Fulton U!
EXCERPT โAre Ashley and Taylor home?โ
Closing the door, I turned to face him. โNo, they wonโt be back for a coupleโโ
His lips cut off my words.
Heโd bridged the gap between us, and my back was pressed against the metal safety door. His hands pressed into the door behind me on either side of my head, caging me against him, not that there was anywhere else I wanted to go. His mouth was searing and hungry and different than yesterday. It was more in every conceivable way.
He tasted like mint.
The tingles spread throughout my body, turning into sparklers under my skin. Hot and bright, the charge ignited every nerve ending. The firm but somehow soft feel of his lips sent the tingles traveling lower, and I gasped, squeezing my thighs together.
His hands moved from the door to the sides of my neck. His thumbs brushing against my skin fired off even more flares.
He shifted his hands off me and rested his forehead against mine. โI know this is crazy. I know we said we wouldnโt, but I canโt stop thinking about you. Itโs been keeping me up at night how much I wanted to touch you like this again. To kiss you again.โ His eyes burned with a fierceness that sent shivers streaking down my spine.
I swallowed, trying to keep myself from blurting out the first thing that came to mind. โSame.โ
His fingers skimmed across my shoulders.
Goose bumps rose along my arms, and my breath shuddered under the intensity of his gaze. โSorry about that. Iโve just been wanting to do that, like really kiss you, for way too long.โ
COMING SOON IN STFU SERIES ADD BOOK 2ย – THE KISS LIST – COMING SOON GOODREADS https://bit.ly/thekisslist
AUTHOR BIO
Maya Hughes, that’s me!, can often be found sneaking in another chapter while hiding in the bathroom from her kids! ๐ I’m a romance writer who loves taking inspiration from everyday life, namely my husband and biggest fan. Inspiration also strikes when I hear a song, meet someone new or daydream while at soccer practice.
I love writing stories that capture the possibilities of the paths less travelled and enjoy experiencing life through my charactersโ eyes.
I’m the mom of three little ones, the wife to an amazing husband and also work full time. Some of my favorite things are cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, white wine, laughing until I can’t breathe, traveling with my family and Jeff Goldblum.
โWouldnโt most guys love a little no strings attached hook up?โ
“Maybe, but most guys donโt deserve you. I want to be one who does. And I want to be all tangled up in your strings.โ
Newly arrived on campus, I knew two things. 1) No one could know my dad was the president of the university and 2) football players were bad news.
My run in, the literal kind with my neighbor cranked up the heat and sparks flew.
A new college campus. A secret bound to explode in my face. And a football player neighbor who is bad news in the best of ways.
Reid Riddick was hotness personified, so of course I literally ran into with him–well, more like he plowed into me.
I didnโt know he was a football player when I started falling and now I canโt stop. A stolen kiss later and my heart races whenever he looks at me from across the quad.
But my secret would spell disaster for him.
Iโm the daughter of the college president. The college president whoโs been feuding with his football coach for years. Their bitter campus war leaves us teetering on the edges of a divide we canโt see a way across.
Resisting him is more than I can handle. Heโs risking it all for me. His team standing. His football season. His pro future. Throw in a campus gossip site. My out of control new friends. His way too hot roommates. College traditions. A secret campus bar and the only guy whoโs ever made me feel like he canโt live without me. And I have one last secret.
Our star-crossed love is my first and I want him to be mine.
Book 1 in the new STFU series – rival campus to Fulton U!
Maya Hughes, that’s me!, can often be found sneaking in another chapter while hiding in the bathroom from her kids! ๐ I’m a romance writer who loves taking inspiration from everyday life, namely my husband and biggest fan. Inspiration also strikes when I hear a song, meet someone new or daydream while at soccer practice.
I love writing stories that capture the possibilities of the paths less travelled and enjoy experiencing life through my charactersโ eyes.
I’m the mom of three little ones, the wife to an amazing husband and also work full time. Some of my favorite things are cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, white wine, laughing until I can’t breathe, traveling with my family and Jeff Goldblum.
All Rowan wanted was a normal senior year. To fade into the background of her classmates. Instead, her entire world has been turned upside down. Words she never thought she would utter are now a part of her everyday life. Shifters. Powers. Bonds.
Comfort comes from the five fated mates who would do anything to protect her. Their connections are deepening, yet Rowan isnโt convinced all of them want her. Holden has secrets. Vaughn comes to her rescue in one breath and cuts her to the core with the next. But Anson, Lucas, and Keene will do anything to make their bond work and to convince Rowan that sheโs all theyโve ever wanted.
Theyโre all trying, but each new development leaves Rowan reeling. As they realize just what kind of gift Rowan has, they discover itโs impossible to know who to trust.
Because there are those who lurk in the shadows, forces that want the power Rowan has humming beneath her skin. And they will stop at nothing to get itโฆ
**Book two in a continuing three-book series. A reverse harem, why choose romance. Think fated mates, a heroine who has no idea just how special she is, broody, swoony, crazy protective heroes, and a story that will keep you on the edge of your seat.**
Scared to Love, an all-new angst-filled dark mafia romance set from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Siobhan Davis, is available now!
A new dark mafia friends-to-lovers romance from USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Siobhan Davis.
Serena has felt trapped her entire life, living a lie because it was demanded of her.
Years of torture at the hands of her sadistic husband have left her battered and bruised, but not defeated. She needs to stay strong for her children, and sheโs determined to reset her future.
The future she has all thanks to Alessandro.
He saved her that fateful night when her husband died, and he continues to save her as she struggles to piece her life back together.
Yet the closer they get, the more it terrifies her because no man has ever made her feel like this.
It canโt work.
Sheโs too broken.
Heโs too young.
And sheโll never trust a made man again.
Women never get under Alessoโs skinโuntil Serena. They share an intense connection that canโt be ignored, no matter how hard she tries to push him away.
He knows sheโs scared. He is too, but sheโs worth the risk. Alesso vows to be patient, until danger resurfaces and now all bets are off. Serena needs to understand how much she means to him and he will do everything to protect her.
The situation grows more tense as the DeLucas plot against Bennett Mazzone and the surviving mafia heirs. But Alesso will lay down his life before he lets Serena get hurt again.
Now his walls are lowered, the gloves are off, and heโll do whatever it takes to keep her safe.
Even if it means letting her go.
This is a full-length 105k-word novel with NO cliff-hanger and an HEA, set in the Mazzone Mafia world. This is the third and final book in this series. For readers who enjoy friends-to-lovers, second chance, reverse age-gap, dark mafia romance. May contain triggers – please read the note at the start of the book.
She slams to a halt, turning to face me. โI would never deliberately deceive you. Thatโs not who I am.โ Fire underscores her tone, and I like hearing it.
โI didnโt mean it that way. I know who you are.โ
The saddest expression washes over her features. โIf that was true, you wouldnโt be standing here with me now. You wouldnโt be spending time with me each day. You would run a mile if you realized exactly who I am.โ
I risk stepping a little closer. โI have known you long enough to know the kind of woman you are, Serena. Iโd like to think youโve known me long enough to know you could tell me anything, and it wouldnโt scare me away.โ Reaching out slowly, I take her gloved hands in my bare ones. โI spend time with you because I enjoy it. I want to get to know you better. I want to support you as you deal with the things you need to deal with.โ
โWhy me? Iโm too old. Too broken. I have kids. I come with so much baggage Iโm completely weighted down with it. Iโโ
I canโt listen to her beat herself up any longer, so I place two fingers over her mouth, quietly shushing her as I prepare to negate each of her concerns. โOne. Youโre not too old, and Iโm not too young. Age is just a number, and I refuse to allow stupid societal norms to dictate who I spend my time with or categorize the nature of that relationship. Two. Broken is subjective, and we all have our broken parts, but guess what?โ I move my fingers from her lips to her cheeks, silently rejoicing when she doesnโt flinch or shy away. โBroken parts can be glued back together. Three, I adore your kids, and they are the cherry on top. And four, every single person in the world has some kind of baggage. Itโs called life.โ
Tears glisten in her eyes, spilling onto her cheeks. โYouโre not real,โ she whispers. โYou canโt be.โ
My heart aches for her because I see the mistrust and disbelief in her eyes. โIโm real, Rena.โ Taking her hand, I slip it under my coat and over my shirt-covered chest, where my heart is currently jumping cartwheels in honor of her presence. โIโm as real as it gets.โ
Siobhan Davis is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Amazon Top 10 bestselling romance author. Siobhan writes emotionally intense stories with swoon-worthy romance, complex characters, and tons of unexpected plot twists and turns that will have you flipping the pages beyond bedtime! She has sold over 1.5 million books and her titles are translated into several languages.
Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Siobhan forged a successful corporate career in human resource management.
She lives in the Garden County of Ireland with her husband and two sons.
What Love Looks Like: a double single parent romance is now available!
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Hudson
Since I lost my wife, my life has consisted of being a single dad to two crazy kids and playing professional football, leaving me with no room for anything or anyone else.
Until the moment I met Sawyer.
Something about her feels right, and I know itโs more than just chemistry. Sheโs a game changer. My second chance at love.
I want all of her days, her nights, and everything in between. But our time together is limited, and come Saturday, sheโs going to leave, taking my heart right along with her.
Sawyer
I wasnโt looking for love, but that didnโt stop it from finding me. All it took was six days to fall head over heels for a complete stranger and his adorable children.
Nothing has ever felt so right. But as a single mom, itโs not just about what I want. We live over a thousand miles apart, and I know all too well that long-distance love always ends in heartache.
Hudsonโs everything Iโve ever wanted in a man, and I know it would be easy to create a life with him and our kids. Which is why itโs going to be so hard to say goodbye.
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**Please note: If you have grabbed the Summer Love newsletter anthology, this story is in there and is the same.**
Nikki Ash resides in South Florida where she is an English teacher and mom by day and a writer by night. When sheโs not writing, you can find her with a book in her hand. From the Boxcar Children to Wuthering Heights to the latest Single Parent Romance, she has lived and breathed every type of book.
Reading is like breathing in, writing is like breathing out. – Pam Allyn
While reading and writing are her passions, her two children are her entire world. You can probably find them at a Disney park before you would find them at home on the weekends!
What happens when a stalker threatens your life and youโre flown to a private beach house with your sexy new bodyguard? You break the rules and hope he falls madly in love with you.
The End of Us is an age gap, forced proximity standalone romance.
Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. They share a love of Hallmark movies, overpriced coffee, and making TikToks. When they arenโt bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters thatโll make you blush and your heart melt. Happily ever afters guaranteed!
Everyone knows the coachโs daughter is off limits. Right?
Wildcat by Rebecca Jenshak is now live!
I met my dream girl.
Thatโs right. Sheโs stunning and the worst bartender Iโve ever seen.
I should have gone home and gone to sleepโdream girl or not. I had an early morning and the season was starting soon. But when she threatened me with boy band karaoke I couldn’t help myself. I went. The stars aligned.
I have never felt more alive or wanted anyone more than I want her.
When itโs time for me to head on my annual pre-season boys trip, I barely let her go.
Itโs been a week and I canโt stop thinking about her.
Except there she is. Right here at the Wildcatโs kickoff party.
And as luck would have it, my dream girl is the coachโs youngest daughter.
But everyone knows the coachโs daughter is off limits. Right?
Wildcat is a full-length sports romance with a hot-as-puck hero, the coachโs daughter, and an unfortunate case of mistaken identity.
The Wildcats are the youngest team in the NHL. On the ice, theyโre cocky, determined, and ready to take the league by storm. Off the ice? Theyโre always up for a wild time.
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It began with hearing voices – just another step on my steady descent into madness. It was inevitable, considering the whole town hated me and I was the loneliest person on the planet.
I didn’t really blame them, I guess. Everyone who got close to me ended up in the hospital. I’d be suspicious of me too.
When the three distinct, alluring voices in my head started to appear before my eyes as three distinct, gorgeous men I really started to question everything I thought I knew.
They called themselves Dreamwalkers and told me they were hunting the monster attacking all the people around me.
They won’t leave me alone.
I’m not sure I want them to.
But am I the monster they’re after? Or are we all in worse danger than I ever could’ve imagined?
Kaydence Snow has lived all over the world but ended up settled in Melbourne, Australia. She lives near the beach with her husband. She draws inspiration from her own overthinking, sometimes frightening imagination, and everything that makes life interesting: complicated relationships, new experiences and good food and coffee. Life is not worth living without good food and coffee! She believes sarcasm is the highest form of wit and has the vocabulary of a highly educated, well-read sailor. When she’s not writing, thinking about writing, planning when she can write next, or reading other people’s writing, she loves to travel and learn new things.
It began with hearing voices – just another step on my steady descent into madness. It was inevitable, considering the whole town hated me and I was the loneliest person on the planet.
I didn’t really blame them, I guess. Everyone who got close to me ended up in the hospital. I’d be suspicious of me too.
When the three distinct, alluring voices in my head started to appear before my eyes as three distinct, gorgeous men I really started to question everything I thought I knew.
They called themselves Dreamwalkers and told me they were hunting the monster attacking all the people around me.
They won’t leave me alone.
I’m not sure I want them to.
But am I the monster they’re after? Or are we all in worse danger than I ever could’ve imagined?
Kaydence Snow has lived all over the world but ended up settled in Melbourne, Australia. She lives near the beach with her husband. She draws inspiration from her own overthinking, sometimes frightening imagination, and everything that makes life interesting: complicated relationships, new experiences and good food and coffee. Life is not worth living without good food and coffee! She believes sarcasm is the highest form of wit and has the vocabulary of a highly educated, well-read sailor. When she’s not writing, thinking about writing, planning when she can write next, or reading other people’s writing, she loves to travel and learn new things.
Wanting You Close is now available on all retailers!
I never imagined my new roommate would be the man Iโd actually fall for. Though I donโt get close to the people I sleep with, heโs been my exception. Archer acts emotionally unavailable while he focuses on starting over, but our connection is too strong to ignore. Heโs rugged on the outside and sweet on the insideโthe opposite of my usual type. I see the way his eyes gaze up and down my body, making it harder to keep my feelings in check. Knocking down his walls is no easy task, especially with my brother interfering, but I refuse to give up. When lines are crossed and emotions bubble over, trouble finds us. We both have pasts that have leaked into our presentโnow Iโm scared itโll destroy the one secret weโve been keeping
Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. They share a love of Hallmark movies, overpriced coffee, and making TikToks. When they arenโt bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters thatโll make you blush and your heart melt. Happily ever afters guaranteed!
Wanting You Close is now available on all retailers!
I never imagined my new roommate would be the man Iโd actually fall for. Though I donโt get close to the people I sleep with, heโs been my exception. Archer acts emotionally unavailable while he focuses on starting over, but our connection is too strong to ignore. Heโs rugged on the outside and sweet on the insideโthe opposite of my usual type. I see the way his eyes gaze up and down my body, making it harder to keep my feelings in check. Knocking down his walls is no easy task, especially with my brother interfering, but I refuse to give up. When lines are crossed and emotions bubble over, trouble finds us. We both have pasts that have leaked into our presentโnow Iโm scared itโll destroy the one secret weโve been keeping
Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. They share a love of Hallmark movies, overpriced coffee, and making TikToks. When they arenโt bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters thatโll make you blush and your heart melt. Happily ever afters guaranteed!
Johnny Maverick is a lot of things. Great hockey player Loyal friend Always up for a good time
And now, he’s my new roommate.
It’s only for a few weeks while I intern for the Wildcats – his new NHL team. And there are some pros to living with my hot and ridiculous friend (or is that ridiculously hot?). He’s fun and unexpectedly sweet, and he reminds me not to take myself too seriously.
I had no intention of breaking the one rule given to me on my first day on the job: no sleeping with the players. And if I had, I never dreamed that player would be Johnny Maverick.
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* BROKEN PLAYBOY is the fourth book in the Windsor Academy world. While it may be read as a standalone, as it focuses on a new couple, your reading experience may be enhanced if you read the entire series in order. You can grab it for FREE with Kindle Unlimited here:
Laura Lee is the USA Today bestselling author of steamy and sometimes ridiculously funny romance. Laura won her first writing contest at the ripe old age of nine, earning a trip to the state capital to showcase her manuscript. Thankfully for her, those early works will never see the light of day again! Laura lives in the Pacific Northwest with her wonderful husband, two beautiful children, and three of the most poorly behaved cats in existence. She likes her fruit smoothies filled with rum, her cupboards stocked with Cadbury’s chocolate, and her music turned up loud. When she’s not writing or watching HGTV, she’s reading anything she can get her hands on. She’s a sucker for spicy romances, especially those that make her laugh.
About CoraLee
Coralee June is an international bestselling romance writer who enjoys engaging projects and developing real, raw, and relatable characters. She is an English major from Texas State University and has had an intense interest in literature since her youth.
She currently resides with her husband and two daughters in Dallas, Texas, where she enjoys long walks through the ice-cream aisle at her local grocery store.
From USA Today Bestselling Author Nikki Ash comes a brand new, contemporary, stand-alone romance about a single dad who thinks he has everything figured outโuntil he meets herโฆ
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No Strings:a single dad romance by Nikki Ash is LIVE and right now you can grab it at a special release price or FREE with Kindle Unlimited!ย
A sexy, single dad and his teenage son werenโt a part of my white picket fence fairy tale, but if life has taught me anything, itโs that things donโt always work out according to plan.
Ben offers me no-strings-attached sex, but we could never be stringless. He has a son to think about, one whoโs very much a part of my life.
No matter how much I want to accept his offer, taking our relationship to the next level would leave us tangled in knots.
Benjamin
After experiencing firsthand the devastation love can cause, I knew having a family wasnโt for me. Neither was being a single dadโbut here we are, trying to make it work.
The last thing I need is a distraction, but then Savannah waltzes into my world,ย stealing my treadmill at the gymโas well as my sonโs heart.
We agreed to no strings. No complications or commitments. But Iโm going back on my word because now that I know what itโs like to be with Savannah, thereโs no way Iโm ever letting her go.
USA Today Bestselling Author, Callie Hart, delivers a twisted and edgy new dark romance tale, featuring a girl with nothing left to lose and a broken boy with a heart as black as his soul.
Want something? Pax will take it from you.
Love something? Pax will destroy it.
Loveย him? Heaven help you. Youโd have to be the stupidest person to walk the face of the earth.
PAX
I donโt do complicated. I sure as hell donโt do love. With graduation in sight, Iโve made it almost four years at Wolf Hall without getting tangled up in BS with girls.
I especially want nothing to do withย her:
Presley. Maria. Witton. Chase.
The timid little mouse with the red hair, who canโt even look my way without hyperventilating. Sheโs nothing to me. Beautiful, sure, but Iโve had plenty of beautiful women.
Iโm perfectly content ignoring herโฆ โฆuntil her life is suddenly in my hands.
PRES
Iโve loved him from the moment I laid eyes on him.
The cruel, inked anarchist of Riot House.
Heโs wicked, and heโs cold, and thereโs nothing good left in him.
I fear him almost as much as I crave him.
With only a few weeks left until graduation, all I have to do is keep my head down, and then Iโll be free; I can leave Mountain Lakes and my obsession with Pax Davis in my rearview mirror.
But the demons Iโve been hiding for years now are growing restlessโฆ โฆand Pax is thing that will keep them at bay.
This is not an act of kindness.
Not an act of love.
Not an act of forgiveness.
You’ll find no redemption here.
This is the final riot.
ACT ACCORDINGLY.
RIOT ACT is a 137,000-word standalone book in the Crooked Sinners Series and does not end on a cliffhanger. This book contains dark content that may be considered a trigger for some readers, and as such is recommended for readers 17+
โStart the โ๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค today: All three Riot House boys now have their own stories. The Crooked Sinners novels are interconnected standalone stories and do not need to be read in order.
Callie Hart is a USA Today bestselling author of dark romance novels. She is an obsessive romantic who loves throwing a dark twist into her stories. Her characters are imperfect, flawed individuals who dictate when she eats, sleeps and breathes. She loves to travel, and often pens her books when she’s on the road, drawing inspiration from unique and wild surroundings.
If she’s not writing, you’ll undoubtedly find her with her nose buried deep in a book, hiking a mountain, or trying to perfect her downward-facing dog.
USA Today Bestselling Author, Callie Hart, delivers a twisted and edgy new dark romance tale, featuring a girl with nothing left to lose and a broken boy with a heart as black as his soul.
Want something? Pax will take it from you.
Love something? Pax will destroy it.
Loveย him? Heaven help you. Youโd have to be the stupidest person to walk the face of the earth.
PAX
I donโt do complicated. I sure as hell donโt do love. With graduation in sight, Iโve made it almost four years at Wolf Hall without getting tangled up in BS with girls.
I especially want nothing to do withย her:
Presley. Maria. Witton. Chase.
The timid little mouse with the red hair, who canโt even look my way without hyperventilating. Sheโs nothing to me. Beautiful, sure, but Iโve had plenty of beautiful women.
Iโm perfectly content ignoring herโฆ โฆuntil her life is suddenly in my hands.
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Iโve loved him from the moment I laid eyes on him.
The cruel, inked anarchist of Riot House.
Heโs wicked, and heโs cold, and thereโs nothing good left in him.
I fear him almost as much as I crave him.
With only a few weeks left until graduation, all I have to do is keep my head down, and then Iโll be free; I can leave Mountain Lakes and my obsession with Pax Davis in my rearview mirror.
But the demons Iโve been hiding for years now are growing restlessโฆ โฆand Pax is thing that will keep them at bay.
This is not an act of kindness.
Not an act of love.
Not an act of forgiveness.
You’ll find no redemption here.
This is the final riot.
ACT ACCORDINGLY.
RIOT ACT is a 137,000-word standalone book in the Crooked Sinners Series and does not end on a cliffhanger. This book contains dark content that may be considered a trigger for some readers, and as such is recommended for readers 17+
Callie Hart is a USA Today bestselling author of dark romance novels. She is an obsessive romantic who loves throwing a dark twist into her stories. Her characters are imperfect, flawed individuals who dictate when she eats, sleeps and breathes. She loves to travel, and often pens her books when she’s on the road, drawing inspiration from unique and wild surroundings.
If she’s not writing, you’ll undoubtedly find her with her nose buried deep in a book, hiking a mountain, or trying to perfect her downward-facing dog.
I grew up with three boys who vowed to always protect me.
Vaughn, Nico, and Cruz started as my neighbors.
Then, they became my best friends.
And in the end, they were my entire world.
We thought we were invincible. That nothing and no one could ever tear us apart.
Itโs funny how murder has a way of changing that, isnโt it?
This is the story of our beginning.
This is the story of our destruction.
*CALLOUS BOYS is a 45k word prequel to the Callous Boys of Crystal Cove series. This is a dark (#whychoose) reverse harem story, meaning the heroine winds up with three or more love interests by the final installment. This book may contain triggers for sensitive readers. Due to mature subject matter, it is recommended for readers 17+ only.
Laura Lee is the USA Today bestselling author of steamy and sometimes ridiculously funny romance. Laura won her first writing contest at the ripe old age of nine, earning a trip to the state capital to showcase her manuscript. Thankfully for her, those early works will never see the light of day again! Laura lives in the Pacific Northwest with her wonderful husband, two beautiful children, and three of the most poorly behaved cats in existence. She likes her fruit smoothies filled with rum, her cupboards stocked with Cadbury’s chocolate, and her music turned up loud. When she’s not writing or watching HGTV, she’s reading anything she can get her hands on. She’s a sucker for spicy romances, especially those that make her laugh.
Slow Burn by Starlight by Jennifer Bernard is out now! Check out the gorgeous new contemporary romance and grab your copy today!
Title: Slow Burn by Starlight
Author: Jennifer Bernard
Genre: Contemporary Romance
About Slow Burn by Starlight:
Graduate degree in hand, Ruthie Malone has returned to her Alaska hometown to catch the eye of her lifelong crush and prove sheโs not the same awkward girl everyone remembers. And sheโs definitely made an impressionโstirring a hornetโs nest of old secrets with her research into Lost Harborโs forgotten past. Seems the only person in her corner is her new coworker, a Scottish chef whoโs as surly as he is sexyโand a close friend. Which means handโs off.
ย Alastair Dougal first visited Lost Harbor seeking answers to his sisterโs tragic death, but the charming town keeps calling him back, again and again. Now heโs taken temporary work and become unlikely friends with a nerdy redhead whoโs equal parts quirky and exasperating. But when a nasty part of his past comes calling, itโs Ruthie who has his backโand his attention, after she reveals a side thatโs less shy historian, more sensual hottie.
Busy trying to uncover old secrets, Ruthie and Alastair donโt want to ruin their friendshipโฆuntil one wild beach bonfire puts them on course for a slow burn by starlight.
Jennifer Bernard is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. Her books have been called โan irresistible reading experienceโ full of โquick wit and sizzling love scenes.โ A graduate of Harvard and former news promo producer, she left big city life for true love in Alaska, where she now lives with her husband and stepdaughters. She still hasnโt adjusted to the cold, so most often she can be found cuddling with her laptop and a cup of tea. Sign up for her newsletter for book news and fun exclusives.
Lost Harbor is coming home, going to a family reunion, or reconnecting with your best friends. I love returning to every every adventure and love story in this world and never want to leave.
Like Alastair Dougal, I fell completely in love with Ruthie Malone. She is stinkin adorable, with her own unique quirks, a woman with a love for books, a seeker of truth and a love for history. Her best friend, Alastair, accepts her for all of her uniqueness, the same way she sees past his grumpy Scottish demenur.
She returned to Lost Harbor with a new purpose. Working hard to brush off all her past shyness, to not be the old Ruthie, she now runs the new museum and begins her quest to seek out the answers to how Lost Harbor was founded. She never imagined while seeking the truth that the little town she loved would end up in a huge uproar. Poor, sweet Ruthie as she seeks her truths, not everyone is kind, but the townspeople also unleash some shocking revelations.
While Alastair originally came to Lost Harbor seeking answers, he’s stayed longer for the people. There is something about the small town and one adorable redhead in particular that draws him in again and again. Even when his past comes calling, Ruthie is there by his side. Their inside jokes are so cute, their understanding of one another, their friendship, everything that brings them closer is so endearing….I truly loved them together.
Another wonderful hit in this Lost Harbor series, but can be read as a complete standalone.
Synopsis:
Graduate degree in hand, Ruthie Malone has returned to her Alaska hometown to catch the eye of her lifelong crush and prove sheโs not the same awkward girl everyone remembers. And sheโs definitely made an impressionโstirring a hornetโs nest of old secrets with her research into Lost Harborโs forgotten past. Seems the only person in her corner is her new coworker, a Scottish chef whoโs as surly as he is sexyโand a close friend. Which means handโs off.
Alastair Dougal first visited Lost Harbor seeking answers to his sisterโs tragic death, but the charming town keeps calling him back, again and again. Now heโs taken temporary work and become unlikely friends with a nerdy redhead whoโs equal parts quirky and exasperating. But when a nasty part of his past comes calling, itโs Ruthie who has his backโand his attention, after she reveals a side thatโs less shy historian, more sensual hottie.
Busy trying to uncover old secrets, Ruthie and Alastair donโt want to ruin their friendshipโฆuntil one wild beach bonfire puts them on course for a slow burn by starlight.
Graduate degree in hand, Ruthie Malone has returned to her Alaska hometown to catch the eye of her lifelong crush and prove sheโs not the same awkward girl everyone remembers. And sheโs definitely made an impressionโstirring a hornetโs nest of old secrets with her research into Lost Harborโs forgotten past. Seems the only person in her corner is her new coworker, a Scottish chef whoโs as surly as he is sexyโand a close friend. Which means handโs off.
Alastair Dougal first visited Lost Harbor seeking answers to his sisterโs tragic death, but the charming town keeps calling him back, again and again. Now heโs taken temporary work and become unlikely friends with a nerdy redhead whoโs equal parts quirky and exasperating. But when a nasty part of his past comes calling, itโs Ruthie who has his backโand his attention, after she reveals a side thatโs less shy historian, more sensual hottie.
Busy trying to uncover old secrets, Ruthie and Alastair donโt want to ruin their friendshipโฆuntil one wild beach bonfire puts them on course for a slow burn by starlight.
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What a fantastic beginning! High emotions with thought out plot and drama. I’m already hooked onย theย Callousย Boys!
Andi, Vaughn, Nico and Cruz have been best friends for their entire lives. As they grew and hormones became involved, noticing their hot friend was growing boobs, and boys being well….boys. They had a friendship that they didn’t want broken by Andi’s boobs, but that they also were hoping would evolve into something more given time and maturity.
Vaughn, Nico, and Cruze made a pact between the three of them, that none of them would make a move on Andi until she was ready and showed an interest in one of them, since all three of them were interested in her. Unbeknownst to them, as they kept their feelings hidden for her, she also did the same. Andi’s feelings for each boy never distinguished between each one, but only grew stronger for all of them over the years as she wanted each one equally. In her world she didn’t know how that would work, so she kept quiet about her feelings, since it was all or none. That is until a new boy, Hunter, came into town.
Everything changed with Hunter began flirting with Andi. Finally fearing they may lose what they never had, it was time to make a move, but how do Vaughn, Nico and Cruze decide when none of them have ever let Andi know how they feel about her? How doย they threaten their friendship without losing everything between them?
I loved that this poly relationship worked slowly into what they might want. Just because they had all been friends for years didn’t mean they knew how to work a romantic relationship. Guys in general can be super territorial and Nico, Cruz and Vaughn were no different. Cruz is by far the most laid back of the three, but he also understands the value of losing time and doesn’t want to lose Andi at any cost so he’s all in no matter what it takes. While Nico has a tougher home life, at least in the thought of living a poly lifestyle, he is closer in wanting to share like Cruz is. However, he’s also all guy when it comes to sharing his toys, like Andi…sharing is hard, just ask Vaughn who hates sharing anything. He’s a total caveman. While he’s never truly had a problem when it came to their friendship, they all know within a romantic relationship Vaughn would be the most possessive, but Andi also knows deep in her heart she can’t love one boy without loving all three.
This relationship grows slowly while they talk about the logistics, reality, and emotional ramifications of really diving into it. There are some very cute and funny moments that come out of those talks because let’s face it…how does it all work and do the swords cross? LOL
There is also a mysterious, mafia element that I’m dying to know more about. There is some shady business going down within the families, so what is exactly happening?…It’s all clouded in secret with a big cliffhanger to boot! I’m so there to find out what happens as the story continues because I need to know!!
Synopsis:
Fromย USA Todayย Bestselling Author, Laura Lee, comes the prequel to this new dark reverse harem romance series, available exclusively in the Brutal Boys on Devil’s Night anthology.ย
I grew up with three boys who vowed to always protect me.
Vaughn, Nico, and Cruz started as my neighbors.
Then, they became my best friends.
And in the end, they were my entire world.
We thought we were invincible. That nothing and no one could ever tear us apart.
Itโs funny how murder has a way of changing that, isnโt it?
This is the story of our beginning.
This is the story of our destruction.
*CALLOUS BOYS is a 45k word prequel to the Callous Boys of Crystal Cove series. This is a dark (#whychoose) reverse harem story, meaning the heroine winds up with three or more love interests by the final installment. This book may contain triggers for sensitive readers. ย Due to mature subject matter, it is recommended for readers 17+ only.
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From USA Today Bestselling Author Nikki Ash comes Finding Prince Charming: a secret baby romance…
As a little girl, I dreamed of finding my own Prince Charmingโjust like in the story my mom used to read to me.
But as a woman who grew up living a life that was anything but a fairy tale, I never expected it to happen to me, and certainly not in the bordello I worked at in Las Vegas.
When our eyes locked, I knew, in another life, Liam could easily be my Prince Charming, but in my world, those kind of men didnโt exist.
He was determined to prove me wrong, though, and in one weekend, he not only showed me the world in a different light, but made me feel like a princessโbefore he disappeared without a trace.
After he walked away, I was determined to write my own happy endingโturns out the first chapter was becoming a single mom. Because that handsome princeโฆ He left me the most exquisite crown jewel, whoโs now my entire world.
And while I mightโve given up on finding my Prince Charming, Iโll make sure my daughter has the fairy-tale life I never did.
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*Please note: If you purchased Knocked Up: a Secret Baby Anthology, you have purchased this story.*
My hockey star boyfriend cheated on me with not one, but THREE puck bunnies. In. The. Same. Night.
Hat Trick, Motherpucker.
I was mad, okay? Furious. I gave up the career of my dreams for him and how did he repay me? I just wanted to make him hurt as much as he hurt me. So, I slept with a couple hockey stars of my own. From a rival team. Oops. The best cure for a broken heart is an orgasm.
Joni, Noah, and Hatch eased the sting of my cheating ex. It was the perfect rebound no-strings-attached arrangement. Now Iโve got three hockey players comparing sticks.
One is nothing but a hookup. One is a stage-five clinger. One is trying to get me fired from my new job.
And…H E double hockey sticks, one of them could possibly be the love of my life.