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The Ahern Brothers Collection by Claudia Burgoa

Contemporary Romance | Anthology | Billionaire Romance

Two hot & sexy billionaire brothers. Two different stories. Two unexpected happily ever afters.

Enjoy this collection of steamy romances now!

Stories included:

Begin with Me

Back to You

Once Upon A Holiday

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The Ahern Brothers Collection contains one duet and one full-length, standalone romance holiday.

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“If you two will excuse me, I have to use the ladies’ room,” I say, and point at my empty glass. “Can you ask for another martini for the road?”

“High altitude,” Jeannette warns me. “Two more and you’ll be showing your favorite pair of panties to the entire restaurant—and this time you won’t be able to claim it was an accident.”

She cackles and I think she’s the drunk one of the two of us.

“Bitch,” I growl and march to the bathroom thinking about how I’m going to get back at her.

I swear she’s so loud, a few tables around us hear her and give me the look. Maybe I should tell her wife some embarrassing stories from when we were young. There’re plenty of those. That might keep them around for a couple of hours—at least one more hour. It’s too early to go back to the hotel.

On my way to the restroom, I try to come up with the best one. Then pull out my phone to see if I have any old pictures. I don’t pay much attention when I enter the restroom, put away my phone, and enter the stall. After I’m done and while I’m washing my hands, I know exactly how Jeannette is going to pay for what she just did.

“Well, this is either a treat or the worst invasion of my privacy.”

I jump and shriek. My heart beats fast but I spin around toward the unexpected male voice. I’m not sure where I should concentrate my attention, his handsome face or the thick and meaty treat he’s holding in his hand.

Yummy, talk about girth and length.

“Wait, what are you doing in the ladies’ room?”

He laughs while putting away his well-endowed package. “I didn’t know they had urinals in the ladies’ room.”

“In the what?” I shriek and look around the bathroom.

And fuck if this isn’t worse than the airport. It’s Jeannette’s fault. She distracted me.

“Oh well,” I say, smiling. “I leave you with your …”

“You should show me something to make up for what just happened,” he says, with a hinting tone. “You know a tit for tat.”

“What?” I cover my boobs. “No.”

“Come on, at least show me those lacy panties everyone saw at the airport.”

“How do you know about my panties?”

“You and your sister don’t know the definition of inside voice,” he says and my cheeks heat up. Well, I gave a show to the entire restaurant. “At least, I think she’s your sister. You two could be twins, you know.”

“We are twins,” I clarify. “And no, I won’t be showing you anything.”

He winks at me. “You liked what you saw, we could have a party with him as long as you’re willing to share.”

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Overall Grade: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

I have to give credit where credit is due to Fiona Cole. One of the challenges of any romance writer is knowing the line between smut and romance. Some of us love to read a smutty book from time to time because, quite simply, we want to be titillated by all of the dirty. But most readers in romancelandia prefer a story with their fornication. We want the story to come first and the $exy to enhance the story. At least, that’s what I prefer. In my humble opinion, Fiona Cole has fashioned romance where the dirty and story play so well off of each other. I’ve said this before, Cole writes some of the best dirty bedroom/balcony/club scenes that I’ve ever read, and what makes that facet of her romance so intriguing is that her stories level up the bawdiness of her writing. It’s hot, heavy, and thoughtful in equal measure. I’ve personally ingested (figuratively, of course) Cole’s book list. Coming from the world of Voyeur, jumping into the pool of Blame It on the Champagne is like floating in the shallow end. That is not a criticism of Cole’s newest book. Instead, that’s a wild “yes” to this new world where women are fierce, the chemistry is fire, and the happy endings are hard-fought but the fight doesn’t have the weight of her Voyeur series. Blame It on the Champagne is lighter, likable, and lovely. 

There are three aspects of Cole’s newest book that I adore: the chemistry between her hero, Nico (Nicholas) and her heroine, Verana (Vera) is complete and utter fire, the girl group of Verana, Raelynn, and Nora is the girl gang you love in your romance, and Nico’s wizened grandfather, Charlie, is the oracle that adds the gravity to a story that feels both light-hearted and earnest. This story follows Vera and Nico as one has lived a life towards revenge and the other to leave a gilded cage. As they entwine their lives together, their story builds to immense levels of combustion. What Cole does with this story is similar to the other stories on her book list. She has this capacity to craft heat and fire between two characters while instilling a depth to their attraction. Over and over again in Blame It on the Champagne, I held my breath to see if Verana and Nico could survive their combustibility. As each grows closer to the other, it feels like the story could be lit on fire, and eventually, it does. Yet, Cole deftly holds our hands through their journey as they pull apart and come together over and over again. It’s a testament to her ability to pace their story that Cole compels you into the journey of her hero and heroine. 

To bring levity to the story, she crafts provocative female friends for Verana in Raelynn and Nora. When the triumvirate is on the page, it is a no-holds-barred bacchus with Raelynn as its leader. My heart was warmed throughout the story as these women support, comfort, and encourage each other as they chase their dreams. You can’t help but adore this girl gang and wish you could become an honorary member. 

Honestly, I was sad to leave Cole’s Voyeur world. The audacity of that series clung to me. Yet, there was a heaviness to those stories that makes Cole’s newest series feel fresh and fun. She teases you with the next story in the series, Blame It on the Alcohol, and given that tease, I cannot wait for the next book. More of the forbidden, which seems to be Fiona Cole’s calling card, will find a place in her forthcoming book. If you LOVE grumbly, arrogant, swarthy heroes and a heroine so self-possessed that you cheer her through her journey, then run and grab Blame It on the Champagne. Fiona Cole has indeed found another series to tantalize her readers. 

In love and romance, 

Professor A

Blame It On the Champagne by Fiona Cole is now live!

There’s only one thing to do when you wake up, married to your brand new boss, whom you hate but can’t resist: You blame the champagne.


I blame the bubbles for my wild night with a masked stranger.


Who cares if it’s nothing this good girl would normally do–with a man that turns out to be my horrible boss?


Who cares that I’m promised to someone else?


I blame the alcohol for agreeing to marry him.


As long as my new husband keeps his mouth shut, I can survive five years of our little arrangement. It’s too late for anything else.


But our impromptu wedding leads to so much more than I bargained for. His dirty promises warm me. His kisses make me lightheaded. His respect slips past my best defenses. The hate turns to friendship, and makes me dream of more. He’s like the most dangerous kind of champagne.


That’s why I blame him for making me fall in love with him.


But when I find out our marriage was nothing more than revenge, what’s to blame for my broken heart?

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Meet Fiona

Fiona Cole is a military wife and a stay at home mom with degrees in biology and chemistry. As much as she loved science, she decided to postpone her career to stay at home with her two little girls, and immersed herself in the world of books until finally deciding to write her own.

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Silver Lining by Skye Warren is now live!

Elijah North has survived starvation and torture. Now he faces his darkest challenge: the possibility of life without Holly Frank. The woman he loves hangs in the balance. The family he found mourns in the distance. And the future he built crumbles in the wind.

SILVER LINING is the final book in Elijah and Holly’s story!

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Meet Skye

Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of dangerous romance such as the Endgame trilogy. Her books have been featured in Jezebel, Buzzfeed, USA Today Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, sweet dogs, and evil cat.

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BLINDSIDED BY VICTORIA DENAULT

Release Date: February 15, 2021
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Blurb
What if Romeo wore hockey skates, and Juliet was raised on a farm next door?

As a life-long Vermonter, there are three beliefs I’ve always held true:

1. Our family farm is everything
2. 2. Hockey is a close second
3. 3. The Todds next door are our sworn enemies

But this season will test everything I stand for. 

I have an illicit side job that could cost me my hockey scholarship. And now Maggie Todd knows my secret. She’s waiting for the right moment to use it against me. But every time I face off against her, I learn things I shouldn’t want to know. Like how deeply her competitive streak runs, and how sexy that is. And how easy it is to make her blush… everywhere.

An Adler and a Todd cannot be lovers. Breaking that rules is like pulling a pin on a grenade–everything in my life could blow up. Can we surrender to these feelings… or will our families’ feud make us its next casualty?

SLAPSHOT BY REBECCA JENSHAK

Release Date: February 15, 2021
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I’m banished to Vermont for a scandal that wasn’t my fault, and broke because my famous father cut me off. And did I mention my roommate stole my boyfriend? Yeah, I’m loving my Moo U experience. 

Now I need a job, because this gel manicure won’t upkeep itself. The only available option is the last one I’d ever want–a job as the hockey team’s equipment manager. My plan is to do the bare minimum, get paid, and find my way back into my father’s good graces. 

I will not get involved with a hockey player, no matter how hot. They’re cocky. And obnoxious. I know their type, and I’m not willing to risk getting hurt again. Until Lex Vonne glides into my life looking like sin on a stick. 

He thinks I’m a spoiled brat. 
I think he’s using me to get ahead. 
But the fire I feel when we’re together is like a slapshot to my heart…

HOLDOUT BY JAQUELINE SNOWE

Release Date: February 15, 2021
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Jonah Daniels has enough work preparing for his hockey season without spending time interviewing a roommate to help share expenses. So when some dude answers J.D.’s ad and agrees to his terms, he puts a key under the mat and leaves for practice. 

What he doesn’t expect is that his new roommate is not a dude at all, but an overtalkative, energetic hottie. What’s worse? She’s the younger sister of his friend on the team, and she’s sworn him to secrecy.

Ryann Reiner needs a place to live, stat. After an incident at the dorms that almost tanked her scholarship, Ryann wants a boring roommate who’ll leave her alone. J.D. almost fits the bill. He lives and breathes hockey, just like her brother, and he wouldn’t know a joke unless it hip checked him against the boards.

He’s also gorgeous. And broody. And he looks fine on laundry day, in too little clothing. Soon, late-night study sessions turn into dangerous flirting. And then a kiss turns into more. But they’re determined to keep things in the feelings-free zone. 

Until lines blur and tensions rise when Ryann’s brother learns the truth. And both their hearts are skating on thin ice…

SEE ME AFTER CLASS by Meghan Quinn

Narrated by: Zachary Webber & Erin Mallon

With Bonus Story, DATE NIGHT, narrated by Connor Crais

Mr. Turner would like to see you after class . . .

✓ Teacher/Teacher STEAMY romance

✓ Enemies to lovers

✓ Best friend’s brother romance

✓ Alpha with a change of heart

✓ Romantic Comedy with undeniable chemistry

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A witty and charming romance from USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn and narrated by Zachary Webber and Erin Mallon…

“Did you have relations with my brother . . .”

Good question.

I’d like to preface this by saying it was never my intention to ever get involved in a workplace romance, let alone get involved with the most surly, agitating, and pompous man I’ve ever met who just so happens to be my new friend’s brother.

My intentions were to show students how English and reading books could actually be fun and make a new life for myself in the suburbs of Chicago.

But so far, I’ve managed to be called into the principal’s office.

Coerced into participating in the teacher’s badminton league.

And instigated into passionate fights with Arlo Turner over education and decorum while losing my underwear at the same time.

Known as Mr. Turns Me On, he’s the reason I might get fired from my first ever teaching job.

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USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.

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★ ★ COVER REVEAL ANNOUNCEMENT ★ ★

From Smartypants Romance…The One That I Want, an all-new opposites-attract small town romance, by Piper Sheldon is coming February 23rd! We are so excited to reveal the gorgeous cover for the next book in the Scorned Women’s Society series!

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★ ★ BLURB ★ ★

There is no such thing as luck. Roxy Kincaid isn’t a biker chick anymore. She’s made herself more than Jethro Winston’s castoff, and she’s never going back to her old life with the Iron Wraiths. But one summer night, a charming stranger threatens to sweep Roxy off her feet. Ignoring fate and their instant attraction, she has to get back to her real life in Green Valley. He couldn’t be the one that she wants when he’s exactly the thing that could ruin everything. If only she could stop thinking about him.

Luck is everything.

Sanders Olsson is going to fix his mistakes. He’s determined to show his best friend he’s a reliable business partner not the distracted flake he’s been lately. But he has to listen when the universe brings him a sign in the form of a guarded beauty he can’t keep his eyes off. Their instant connection is almost magical but she leaves without giving him even a last name. When fate gives Sanders a second chance in life and love, he sets out for Green Valley without a backward glance.

Their summer lovin’ happened so fast but what will it take to make it last?

‘The One That I Want’ is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #3 in the Scorned Women’s Society series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.

Overall Grade: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 1/2

Welp! I ate up Tia Louise’s newest book, This Much Is True, in one big bite. J.R. and Hope’s story isn’t one to push you away. Instead, it pulls you into its drama through Louise’s deft characterization of J.R. and Hope and a certain level of romantic suspense. What this book does is play on Hope’s name by bringing hope into a world that feels very very dark. 

This Much Is True is the first book firmly settled during the COVID-19 outbreak. Just as we are struggling with stay-at-home orders, social distancing, and mask-wearing, so are J.R., Hope, and the other characters of the story. It’s the first romance I’ve read that has dealt in this time, and it felt a bit eerie reading it, seeing current life reflected back at me through the specter of romance. Most compelling about this book is the ease of J.R. and Hope to recognize their soulmate in each other. This was also a bit of a stumbling point for me because this reads as an insta-love story EVEN with a hero who is grumpy. For this reader, I struggle with insta-love stories because I want to better understand why a hero and heroine could fall so deeply in love so quickly. From a romance reader’s standpoint, it alleviates some of that initial tension between the hero and heroine. Unfortunately, as is the case with insta-love stories, the drama comes later in the story, which keeps you reading to the very end. 

As a couple, J.R. and Hope are everything you love in a Tia Louise romance. They are the yin to the other’s yang. He is dark, while she is light. She brightens up his cloudy day, and their chemistry is combustible quickly. What is most important about their story is how their journey aspires for better things even in the midst of difficulties. It’s intentional that Tia names her heroine, Hope, that they reunite on a bridge, and she is described as an angel. In her character, we know that life will only grow better for J.R. who has had life heap drama on him. This is also a challenge for us to find the light in our dark days.  As I read This Much Is True, I knew that Tia Louise wrote this book to offer deliverance from our own troubles; that it feels like a soothing hand on the shoulder, one that cajoles us to keep moving through lives that feel weighed down by what it feels like to live during a pandemic. 

Do I think the story is as strong as her last three? No. The reason for my 4 ½ start review is my love for J.R. and Hope’s coupling and the solving of the case against J.R. Yet, the resolution felt a bit rushed to me, even though the epilogue is quite sweet. I also had a few questions about story points: why is her father kept so long in the short-term living facility? Why doesn’t she visit him through a window and then she suddenly does after complaining about being separated from him? How does she afford her family’s beach house or living without a job? There is a plot point that occurs toward the end related to a trust fund. Where did that come from? The book doesn’t read as seamless as her former stories, and I wonder if the trials of the pandemic affected her usual ability toward a cohesive, well-drawn story. 

With that, though, I would absolutely recommend this book. I’m a critical reader, and I want all of the points drawn carefully together. When they aren’t, it makes me ask questions which affects my overall grade. Tia Louise will always be a must-read author for me, and her newest book, This Much Is True is a continued testament to her ability to write characters who we can’t help but love. J.R. and Hope Eternal have a story that feels perfect for our world right now. 

In love and romance,

Professor A

Title: This Much Is True

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“A fantastically unique love story!” – Maria, Goodreads 

“JR and Hope are epic together!” – Michelle Heard, USA Today bestselling author 

“Hooked, hooked, hooked…” – Kay Daniels Romance

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The Rivals, a collection of the Rivers Wilde series AND an all new holiday novella from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Dylan Allen is available now! 

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The Rivals is a collection of the first three bestselling standalone novels in the popular Rivers Wilde series from USA Today and Wallstreet Journal bestselling author, Dylan Allen.

The Gathering, a brand new holiday novella that revisits all three couples and favorite secondary characters, is the cherry on top of this amazing collection.. 

Your next binge read is here!

THE LEGACY

Heir to a fortune, Hayes Rivers has been raised to lead.

Just as he finally claims his legacy, he falls in love with a woman 

who is the opposite of everything he should want. 

Family secrets call everything he believes into question –

And put him and his new love on opposite sides of a lawsuit.

Can salvage his family’s name and his new relationship?

THE LEGEND 

At the same time a scandal turns his family upside down,

Remington Wilde’s first love comes back into his life. 

He wants a second chance to get things right,

But can he convince her to trust him again? 

And can he forgive her when he finds out the real reason she’s back?

THE JEZEBEL

The last time he saw her, loving Regan Wilde

had been an impossible dream for Stone Rivers.

When a chance encounter brings them together again, 

their complicated past and messy family connections 

threaten to put her out of his reach again.

This time, Stone won’t stop until he can claim her as his own.

THE GATHERING

High on their obstacle defying happily

ever afters, our favorite couples are looking ahead.

And what better time to start new traditions and make new memories than the holidays?

Confidence and Hayes lead the way by hosting Christmas Eve at their house. Invitations are sent, caterers are booked and seating plans are made. But as the day approaches,  surprise guests and shocking announcements are as plentiful as the good cheer.

Thank goodness this newly formed alliance has something stronger than scandal on its side: Love. 

But getting this family of rivals to gather around the same table might prove their biggest challenge yet.