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The Drawback of Single Dad

The Drawback of Single Dads by Piper Rayne is now live! 

He’s the father of my child and my best friend.

When Hudson and I met, somehow things just clicked between us. We had the same sense of humor and the same carefree attitude about our lives and goals. Neither of us wanted to lay down roots, we wanted to explore the world.

Then one night, too much alcohol and uncontrolled hormones led to the line blurring, and we fell into bed together only to discover a month later that we were more careless than we thought.

Like the upstanding guy he is, Hudson followed me back to my hometown of Lake Starlight, Alaska, where you can’t throw a penny and not hit one of my family members. We gave them the news that yes, we were having a baby but there would be no wedding. We loved each other but we weren’t in love.

Fast forward three years and we live side by side to make co-parenting our daughter easy. I’m a writer, and he’s a ski instructor. We’ve worked out all the rough edges. Life is good.

Until out of nowhere, things start to change. He has a girlfriend, we’re arguing more than ever, and it feels as if someone has come along and popped our perfect bubble. I’m not sure we’re ever going to fit back inside it now because things are developing. Things like feelings.

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Duet Narration by Jason Clarke & Kit Swann coming mid-May

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Meet Piper Rayne

Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they’re married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they’re both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!

Connect with Piper Rayne

Website: www.PiperRayne.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15810938.Piper_Rayne

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Catching Feelings is live

Catching Feelings by Maren Moore is now live! 

I accidentally hooked up with the guy I despise. A mistake I’d love to forget…except now he’s my new roommate.
Reese Landry is Orleans University’s arrogant, All-Star catcher.
And I’m the one girl he can’t seem to catch.
If anything, it only makes him want me more.

He’s disgustingly rich, stupidly charming, and everyone loves him.
Except me.

But then life throws me the ultimate curveball: He’s my new temporary roomie.
I thought it was going to be easy, keeping him at a distance.
Turns out, I was wrong.

He’s nothing like the cocky, rich playboy that I thought he was.
I told myself one more time wouldn’t hurt.
We promised to keep things casual, no strings attached.
But soon lines blur, and he somehow becomes my only safe space to land.

And now, we’re catching feelings.

Catching Feelings is book 2 in the Orleans University series and can be read as a complete standalone.

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Meet Maren


Maren Moore is an Amazon Top 20 Best-selling sports romance author. Her books are packed full of heat and all the feels that will always come with a happily ever after. She resides in southern Louisiana with her husband, two little boys and their fur babies. When she isn’t on a deadline, she’s probably reading yet another Dramione fan fic, rewatching cult classic horror movies, or daydreaming about the 90’s.

 

Connect with Maren

Website: https://marenmoore.com

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/21406168.Maren_Moore

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Maren-Moore/author/B08YRGYQ4K

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The Veiled Kingdom

The Veiled Kingdom by Holly Renee is now live! 

From USA Today Bestselling Author Holly Renee, author of the Stars and Shadows series, comes a scorching new fantasy romance that ignites the pages with relentless danger, forbidden passion, and the intoxicating allure of enemies to lovers.

Fleeing my father’s cruelty, the wicked king who robbed me of a future, I face death in the streets, caught between a rebellion and a tyrant’s reign.

Captured by those sworn to kill me, the rebels remain blind to my true identity-the missing daughter of the despised king. Faced with an impossible choice, I stand before them: join the rebels or face their blades.

Yet, Dacre, the son of the ruthless rebellion commander, becomes torn between suspicion and a desire that mirrors my own. He allows no one to touch me, tries to protect me, yet threatens me at every turn.

As secrets are weaved beyond our hidden realm, a fierce battle unfolds within me. As I get closer to the rebels, and their cause, my loyalty to my kingdom clashes with my undeniable devotion to Dacre and the burning connection between us.

In a world where love and hate are two edges of the same blade, I find myself caught in a delicate dance between forbidden desire and my looming destiny.

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This Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition includes an alternate cover and bonus content including digital signature and exclusive interior art.

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Meet Holly


USA Today Bestselling Author, Holly Renee brings readers a pinch of angst, an indulgence of heat, and the perfect amount of heart in every book.

Born and raised in East Tennessee, she is a married mom of two wild children. When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, pretending to be a dragon for the hundredth time that day, being disgustingly in love with her husband, or chilling in the middle of the lake with her sunglasses and a float.

Holly is a lover of all things romance, Mexican food and yoga pants. 

Connect with Holly

Website: www.authorhollyrenee.com

Goodreads: https://geni.us/GRHollyRenee

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The Ryder of the Night

She was the key to my magic and my future.

The Ryder of the Night, an all-new fated-mates, enemies to lovers, fantasy romance from debut author Eden Eaves is now available!

I am half of a whole.

A dragon without a ryder.

My kind are on the brink of extinction, I should be out there fighting, leading the flyers of the First Kingdom. But without my ryder I’m grounded.

She was the key to my magic and my future. But as soon as I found her she was stolen away, hidden somehow from even our bond’s pull.

I’d searched the Twelve Kingdoms for over a decade and lost all hope. Until my brother discovered her—living in a cult in the middle of nowhere, growing the very poison that’s killing my kind.

Raised with no knowledge of magic or creatures like me, she thinks I’m a monster from her nightmares come to life.

Admittedly, kidnapping her probably wasn’t my best move, but I had to get her out of there.

Now I need to convince her the life she knew was a lie, but time is slipping away. If she doesn’t accept who she is and learn to harness her power, it will consume her—leaving me ryderless again.

She wants to go back to that lie of a life I rescued her from. Too bad we didn’t leave anything to go back to. But the more she refuses the truth, the closer I get to losing her again. So I make her an offer she can’t refuse.

Only, I don’t know how I’ll keep my end of the bargain, because I can’t let her go now I’ve found her. She is more than just my ryder.

But that’s a secret for another day. We have training to do.

Lesson one: Ryde or die.

Welcome to the First Kingdom.

Start reading today!

FREE in Kindle Unlimited

Amazon:  https://mybook.to/TheRyderOfTheNight

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For more information about Eden Eaves and her books, visit her website: 

https://www.edeneaves.com

My Dark Desire is live

My Dark Desire by L.J. Shen, Parker S. Huntington is now live!

From Wall Street Journal bestsellers Parker S. Huntington and L.J. Shen comes a tantalizing forbidden romance between a broken Prince Charming and a disgraced Cinderella.

The task was simple.

Sneak into Potomac’s most heavily guarded manor.

Steal back my pendant. Slip out.

Problem number one?

America’s most unattainable bachelor caught me.

Problem number two?

He decided to keep me. As the help.

Zachary Sun’s winter may be the coldest I’ve ever felt,

but he makes my skin burn.

Reserved, calculated, and savagely cruel,

he thrives on the weaknesses of others.

Little does he know, he just met his match.

He may be American royalty.

But this peasant will rise to become Queen.

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Meet L.J. Shen


L.J. Shen is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and #1 Amazon bestselling author of contemporary, new adult, and young adult romance. Her books have been translated in over twenty different countries, and she hopes to visit all of them.

She lives in Florida with her husband, three rowdy sons, and even rowdier pets. She enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows, and reading to her heart’s content., Parker S. Huntington is a stay-at-home dog mom from SoCal, where she discovered her allergy to rain. In spite of her shoddy attendance record and strong aversion to homework, she earned a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside and an A.L.M. in Literature from Harvard. When she’s not writing or exchanging food pics with her friends, she’s binge-watching an unhealthy amount of Netflix while curled up with her dogs.

Meet Parker S. Huntington



Parker hates talking about herself and is (also) allergic to social media, but you can catch up with her in her newsletter at http://www.parkershuntington.com. Occasionally, she’ll post a TikTok video, which you can find at @parkershuntington.

Connect with L.J. Shen, Parker S. Huntington

Website | https://www.authorljshen.com/ 

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If You Hate Me is live

If You Hate Me

by Helena Hunting

Release date: March 7th


Cover Designer: Hang Le

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Artwork by Rosie’s Fables

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A brand new standalone hate-to-love, brother’s best friend hockey romance.

My new roommates are two pro hockey players. 

First, my manwhore older brother, and second, his seriously hot best friend (who I seriously hate). 

This was a last resort. 

No one should be sleeping on a futon that smells like Cheetos and ball sweat. 

But here I am, trying to get my life together.

Tristan Stiles is the bane of my existence.

He never wears a shirt. 

We can’t seem to stop fighting. 

He’s an arrogant playboy with a filthy reputation. 

Sure, I had a crush on him when I was fourteen, but that was a long time ago. 

I know better than to trust him.

I just need to survive long enough to find a new job and get a new place.

And not accidentally let Tristan rail me into next week. 




Amazon Universal → https://geni.us/IfYouHateMeZon

Paperback Universal → https://geni.us/IfYouHateMePB

Audio Universal → https://amzn.to/49rB7F1

Goodreads https://geni.us/IfYouHateMeGoodreads

About Helena Hunting: 

NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Helena Hunting lives outside of Toronto with her amazing family and her adorable, emotional cat, who thinks the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Helena writes everything from emotional contemporary romance to romantic comedies that will have you laughing until you cry.

Website: http://www.helenahunting.com/

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1y6OBB7

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/helena-hunting 

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Heartbreaker Handoff by Lex Martin

 

HEARTBREAKER HANDOFF BY LEX MARTIN

 

Release Date: March 8th

 

Genre/Tropes: Sports Romance / Baby Isn’t His (But no cheating) / Football player/cheerleader / Forbidden Romance / Coach’s daughter / He falls first / Fake Dating / Small Town / Slow Burn But Steamy

 

Get ready to dive into the steamy world of forbidden romance with Heartbreaker Handoff by Lex Martin!

 

Follow cheerleader-turned-mom-to-be as she navigates fake relationships, small-town drama, and undeniable chemistry with the bad boy football player. Will they make it work or get tangled in their own game? Find out now!

 

Grab your copy TODAY!

Ebook https://geni.us/HeartbreakerHandoff

Paperback https://www.amazon.com/dp/1950554163?

 

Add to Goodreads:

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Blurb:

 

Billy’s not my baby daddy, but he doesn’t mind pretending to be…

 

I’m a Division 1 cheerleader with hopes of becoming a sports broadcaster. None of my plans for college include getting knocked up by a cheating ex who just got engaged to another girl.

 

When my father finds out I’m pregnant, he goes ballistic. That’s when my BFF, bad boy Billy Babcock, comes to my rescue and agrees to “take responsibility.”

 

Billy and I solidify our contract on a napkin—he’ll pretend to be my baby’s father, and I’ll help him clean up his image. The only problem is my father, the football coach, hates Billy. He warned me off dating players a long time ago, and he thinks Billy’s the biggest player out there.

 

Now that we’re in a “relationship,” Billy thinks we should spend some quality naked time together, but I’m worried about crossing that line. Because athletic guys with big muscles, intricate tattoos, and sexy smirks are my biggest weakness, and Billy ticks off all those boxes.

 

Can my football player “boyfriend” walk the straight and narrow for me?

 

Or did I just get handed off from one heartbreaker to another?

 

Heartbreaker Handoff is an angsty, friends-to-lovers, forbidden romance featuring a sassy cheerleader, who’s about to be a single mother, and a criminally charming football player determined to prove he’s the man for her, one sizzling kiss at a time. Heartbreaker Handoff is a dual POV standalone in the USA Today-bestselling series Varsity Dads.

 

 

About the Author:

 

Lex Martin is the USA Today bestselling author of Varsity Dads, Texas Nights, and the Dearest series. She writes contemporary romance novels, the steamy kind she hopes readers love but her parents avoid. A former high school English teacher and freelance journalist who’s lived all over the country, she currently resides in her hometown of San Antonio with her husband, twin daughters, a bunny, and a rambunctious Shih Tzu.

Connect with Lex:

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Heartbreaker Handoff

Title: Heartbreaker Handoff
Series: Varsity Dads #5
Author: Lex Martin
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Sports Romance
Tropes: Forbidden Romance, Fake Dating, Small Town
Football Player/Cheerleader, Coach’s Daughter
Release Date: March 8, 2024
BLURB

Billy’s not my baby daddy, but he doesn’t mind pretending to be…

I’m a Division 1 cheerleader with hopes of becoming a sports broadcaster. None of my plans for college include getting knocked up by a cheating ex who just got engaged to another girl.
When my father finds out I’m pregnant, he goes ballistic. That’s when my BFF, bad boy Billy Babcock, comes to my rescue and agrees to “take responsibility.”
Billy and I solidify our contract on a napkin—he’ll pretend to be my baby’s father, and I’ll help him clean up his image. The only problem is my father, the football coach, hates Billy. He warned me off dating players a long time ago, and he thinks Billy’s the biggest player out there.
Now that we’re in a “relationship,” Billy thinks we should spend some quality naked time together, but I’m worried about crossing that line. Because athletic guys with big muscles, intricate tattoos, and sexy smirks are my biggest weakness, and Billy ticks off all those boxes.
Can my football player “boyfriend” walk the straight and narrow for me?
Or did I just get handed off from one heartbreaker to another?

Heartbreaker Handoff is an angsty, friends-to-lovers, forbidden romance featuring a sassy cheerleader, who’s about to be a single mother, and a criminally charming football player determined to prove he’s the man for her, one sizzling kiss at a time. Heartbreaker Handoff is a dual POV standalone in the USA Today-bestselling series Varsity Dads.

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AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
Free in Kindle Unlimited

ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE SERIES
AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
All free in Kindle Unlimited

AUTHOR BIO

Lex Martin is the USA Today bestselling author of The Varsity Dad Dilemma, the Texas Nights series, and the Dearest series, books she hopes readers love but her parents avoid. A former high school English teacher and freelance journalist, she resides in Texas with her husband, twin daughters, and a bunny named Dandelion.



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That First Flight is live

That First Flight by Jenn McMahon is now live!

Something tells me, nothing I do can stop myself from feeling things for my roommate.

I’ve always wanted to be a chef.

But the same day two pink lines showed up on the test, was the day I gave up chasing my own dreams to put my daughter first.

I didn’t expect that to lead to a life of being scrutinized by my parents for every single move I made.

After years of it, I was done.

I caught the first flight to New York. I was already filled with nerves before we even took off until a stranger with an infectious smile, heartbreaker blue eyes and a personality that can light up anyone’s life, took the seat next to me.

Months later, the same man shows up at my bar in a small town in the mountains. This time he’s eager to learn more about me.

I thought telling him I have a daughter would make him run back home, except now I find myself as his new roommate in the city.

I told myself I wasn’t going to get involved with him.
I told myself that I’m here to live out my dream of being a chef.
But somewhere along the way, he stole my heart.
And if I had to take a guess… It was back when we took that first flight.

 Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited!

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Meet Jenn McMahon


Jenn McMahon resides along the shore in New Jersey with her husband, two boys, and two dogs. She has spent the last couple of years engrossed in romance books and finding the best book boyfriends out there, to now writing her own and sharing them with the world.

When Jenn is not writing, she can be found reading, watching reruns of her favorite TV shows (Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy and Friends – just to name a few), or petting her dogs. She also loves taking trips to the beach with the kids, Atlantic City date nights with her husband, and thunderstorms in the spring.

Connect with Jenn

Website | http://jennmcmahon.com   

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Kneel is live

 

KNEEL BY LILY WILDHART

Release date: March 1st

 

Genre/Tropes: Dark Romance / Bully / Reverse Harem/Why Choose / Academy

 

Series: The Ruin of Serpents, book #1

 

Prepare to be captivated by darkness in Kneel by Lily Wildhart!

 

Enter a world of off-the-charts angst, enemies-to-lovers tension, and scorching hot romance in this dark contemporary series. With scenes of bullying and mature content, Kneel is not for the faint of heart. Make sure to check the trigger warnings before diving in!

 

Don’t miss the first book in The Ruin of Serpents series—a gripping tale of resilience, revenge, and forbidden desire. Grab your copy now and brace yourself for an unforgettable journey into the depths of darkness.

 

NOW LIVE!

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Add to GR:

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Make sure to preorder the next books in The Ruin of Serpents series

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH45BDLH

 

 

Blurb

 

Bound against my will, trapped in darkness with no way to escape.

​​​​​​​I trusted him.
I trusted all of them.

I should have known better.

Trust is a double-edged sword, capable of turning friends into foes and love into a weapon. I may be their captive now, but they underestimate the seed they have planted.

The memories of this ordeal will serve as a haunting reminder of the price paid for my naivety.
It’s then I make a vow to myself, a promise whispered in the suffocating stillness of the room.

Never again will I be the helpless pawn in their sinister game.

This series is a new adult, dark contemporary romance with off the charts, stomach churning angst, enemies to lovers themes, some scenes of bullying, along with four scorching hot guys and one girl. The book contains sexual scenes, mature language and some violence. Please read the content warnings included in the book, because this series is dark. A full list of trigger warnings can be found at the front of the book.

About the author

 

Lily is a writer, dreamer, fur mom and crime documentary addict.
She loves to write dark, reverse harem romance and characters who will shatter your heart.

Characters who enjoy stomping on the pieces and then laugh before putting you back together again.

And she definitely doesn’t enjoy readers tears.

Nope.

Not even a little.

 

Connect with the author

 

Website: https://www.lilywildhart.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LilyWildhartAuthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilywildhart/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lilywildhart

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Amazon: https://amzn.to/3SGPuOL

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21666449.Lily_Wildhart