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Daddy Issues, an all-new, irresistible single dad romance from USA Today bestselling author Liv Morris, is available now!

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A single billionaire, a young nanny, and a surprise baby.

My life was ordered. Smooth and neat like my scotch. I had arranged relationships with a beginning and an end. No romantic attachments was my motto.

Then I met Maggie. A beautiful, young woman trying to find her place in the gritty world of Manhattan. She deserved more than a jaded man like me, so I let her walk away.

But fate stepped in and an ex-lover surprised me with a baby she claimed was mine. Desperate I hired a well-recommended nanny sight unseen. When she knocked at the door of my penthouse, I opened it to find Maggie standing on the other side.

I watched Maggie lovingly care for my child and wanted to learn to be a father to my daughter. But having Maggie so close was dangerous. She was a terrifying ray of sunshine that threatened to thaw my frozen heart.

I needed her for my child.

At least that’s what I told myself.

Until it was too late.

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I discovered a new species of male in Manhattan: men in suits. They were everywhere. Walking down the street. Riding the subway. Standing in line for coffee right behind me. The city was a yummy box of man candy, and I had a hard time passing up the sweets.

I appraised the latest suit as he ordered coffee. He was a head taller than everyone else. Light scruff scattered across his tight, slice-of-country-ham jawline in a perfect touch of masculinity.

He wore a midnight blue power suit paired with a sky-colored tie. Gold cufflinks peeked out of his sleeves, with a faceted diamond that needed its own zip code.

I lowered my gaze to the cut of his pants. Tight. Euro. My preferred country when it came to men’s clothing. I loved the sporty Abercrombie look in college, but New York City converted me to brands like Armani and Hugo Boss. Tailored. Slick. Just like him. He resembled an Abercrombie model all grown up, the best of both worlds.

Mr. Armani pushed his fingers through his perfectly styled hair, but every strand resumed its previous position. Was this the kind of sorcery men in suits possessed?

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USA Today bestselling author Liv Morris resides in Manhattan with her first and hopefully last husband. She received a degree in communication from the University of Maryland. Liv has published many short stories for her Love in the City series (now a box set) and is featured in numerous anthologies.

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DIRTY BEGINNINGS by Laurelin Paige

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Dive into Laurelin Paige’s Dirty Universe, with these three full-length books from the popular series, each beginning a duet featuring one of the filthy rich men of Reach Media.

Be seduced by Donovan Kincaid in Dirty Filthy Rich Men, book one of the Dirty Duet:

“Provocative, thrilling, and twisted. You may never be the same.” – #1 New York Times bestselling author Audrey Carlan.: Sabrina is thrust into a seductive, tantalizing world when wealthy Donovan becomes her boss. A USA Todaybestseller with over 4,300 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

Fall in love with Weston King in Dirty Sexy Player, book one of the Dirty Games Duet: Weston King may have been pressured into the arrangement with fiery media-empire heiress Elizabeth Dyson, but he’s ready to bring his A-game.

Only, relationships – a new thing for the player – are a lot harder to be in than he thought.

Can he win at love? Maybe. But he’s going to have to play real dirty.

Meet the love scrooge, Dylan Locke, in Sweet Liar, book one of the Dirty Sweet Duet: British ad exec, Dylan Locke, isn’t looking for love. He isn’t looking for fate. He’s definitely not looking for the pretty, young, romantic Audrey Lind.

But when the girl, who’s twenty years younger than him, literally lands in his lap and asks for his expertise, he’d be lying if he said he wasn’t interested.

About the Author
With millions of books sold worldwide, Laurelin Paige is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author. She is a sucker for a good romance and gets giddy anytime there’s kissing, much to the embarrassment of her three daughters. Her husband doesn’t seem to complain, however.

When she isn’t reading or writing sexy stories, she’s probably singing, watching Game of Thrones or Letterkenny, or dreaming of Michael Fassbender. She’s also a proud member of Mensa International though she doesn’t do anything with the organization except use it as material for her bio.

She is represented by Rebecca Friedman.

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BOSSY BRIT

By Kendall Ryan

Release Day: November 25, 2019

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This is a standalone novella with lots of steam and a guaranteed HEA. If you like bossy British guys with big hearts…one click this one today!

Sexy billionaire Liam Bennett is cocky, dangerously handsome, and more importantly, my new boss. If only my ovaries didn’t flutter when he was near—yeah, that’d be super helpful.

When our long hours lead to a dare—and an X-rated encounter—I never expected it to be the hottest sex of my life.

It’d also be super helpful if Liam didn’t know it and taunt me about it every chance he got. Unable to deny our attraction any longer, our work relationship brings a whole new meaning to the term inbox.

But being with him comes with some baggage—like an ex-wife and three kids kind of baggage. And a lawyer who wants half of his company.

Unsure that I’m cut out for this new level of complicated, my traitorous ovaries beg me to try.

Heaven help us all.

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A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than three dozen titles, Kendall Ryan has sold over 3 million books and her books have been translated into several languages in countries around the world.

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RUNAWAY ROAD
Runaway #1

Release Date: March 6th, 2020
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Londyn McCormack didn’t have a typical childhood. She ran away from home at sixteen, escaping parents more interested in drugs than their daughter. She doesn’t have loving siblings or an adorable pet. Her only family is the five other runaway kids who shared her junkyard home.

Life pulled them all in separate directions, taking her to Boston. For a short time, she thought she’d found something permanent. But after a devastating divorce, she’s running away again, this time to find a lost friend.

She’s driving across the country in her convertible. As a teenager, the rusty car was her shelter. As an adult, it’s her ride to freedom.

Except one flat tire derails her trip. Her life collides with Brooks Cohen. They walked away from the first crash. The second might destroy them both.

“Romance masterpiece” – Kylie Scott, New York Times bestselling author

From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a new, contemporary romance with heart-wrenching twists and laugh-out-loud moments.

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Sometimes you meet people who are out of this world, so you make them a part of yours.

A one-night stand born from vengeance in a foreign land.

An explosive chemistry neither of us could deny.

We signed a contract on the back of a Boar’s Head Pub napkin that said if we ever met again, we would drop everything and be together.

Eight years and thousands of miles later, he’s here.

In New York.

And he’s America’s music obsession.

The intangible Irish poet who brings record executives to their knees.

The blizzard in my perfect, unshaken snow globe.

Last time we spoke, he was a beggar with no intention of becoming a king.

But a king he became, and now I’m his servant.

I’m not the same broken princess Malachy Doherty put back together with his callused hands.

I have a career I love.

A boyfriend I adore.

An apartment, a roommate, a life.

I changed. He changed, too.

But Mal kept the napkin.

Question is, will I keep my word?

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When I finally come face to face with the street artist standing on the side of the pavement, his guitar case open and full of rolled-up notes and change, I understand why his grandfather told me I’d recognize him with the self-assurance of an avid believer.

I’ve never seen someone like him before.

He is beautiful, true, but that’s not what stands out to me. He is radiant.

It’s like his presence has a presence. He sucks the air out of everything in his vicinity, making it impossible not to look at him. Malachy is tailor-made for a huge, colossal heartbreak. Everything about him—his tattered jeans, filthy boots, white shirt, and leather jacket that was broken in decades ago—screams trouble. He looks like a seventies heartthrob. An icon. A Terry Richardson muse. Bruce Springsteen pre-fame.

His voice is like honey and warm spices. It lulls me into a place in my mind I’ve never been before, even though it’s far from beautiful. It is gruff, throaty, and smoky. When someone bumps my shoulder to get closer to him, I snap out of my reverie and realize what I’m listening to.

“One” by U2.

The coincidence is strange. I try to tell myself it’s nothing. This is Ireland. U2 is a national treasure.

His eyes are squeezed shut as he sings. It’s like no one exists other than him and his guitar. Something warm rushes through my skin, like a heat wave, and I shudder in delight.

Warmth.

I always thought there was something melancholy about street performers—the way people walk past them, ignoring their music, their art, their passion. But this guy, he’s the one doing the ignoring. The tables have turned. He’s got the crowd eating from the palm of his hand. Every woman here is under a thick, sweet spell. He’s got that Harry Styles quality that makes girls want to bed him and older women want to adopt him. The men are a cross between impatient, annoyed, and jealous. You can see it in the way they tap their feet, check their watches, nudge their wives and girlfriends to move it.

The song ends, and Malachy Doherty cracks his eyes open and stares directly at me, like he knew I’d be here. Like he watched me watching him through closed eyes. Disoriented—and for some reason wanting to do something, anything—I throw a bill into his guitar case and look away, realizing to my horror that I threw the fifty euros his grandpa gave me. Everyone around me murmurs and whistles. They think it was intentional. I can feel my face flaming red. I bet he thinks I want to sleep with him.

Do I? Probably. But should he know that? Hell no.

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L.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 best-selling author of contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to nineteen different countries.

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OverallGrade: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ++

Dark bully romance isn’t for everyone. There are some general tropes attached to it, as far as my newbie brain has observed: the heroine’s father is horrific, mom is dead or long gone, hero must exact some type of revenge on the heroine, hence his “bullying” of her, and there is an ancillary cast of characters who either help or hinder the hero’s plight of revenge. At some point in the story, the hero recognizes his undying love for his intended object of revenge and undergoes a change. However, all along, he has secretly loved her, much to his discontent. Additionally, her heroine hates the hero, stands strong in her own convictions, but her body betrays her when the hero threatens to ravage her. In the end, they admit their undying love for each other and live a life with hot, ravishing $ex and an obsessive love. 

Again, this sub-genre is not for everyone. It’s difficult to watch the oftentimes horrific bullying of the heroine. Yet, it’s her strength to endure that earns her reader love. J.L. Beck and C. Hallman’s newest book, Hating You, holds many of these qualities. And for this reader, it is a success. You see, I love dark bully romance. I love when a heroine stands up to the hero, while the hero obsessively hates and loves her. He can’t help himself when he is around her, and I love when she feels the same. It’s dark and wrong in a normalized romance setting. But it reads like candy on the page. 

Hating You follows Parker and Willow. Two years prior to this story, Willow turns in Parker’s brother, Brett, for assaulting her sister. This launches Parker in a full out plan to exact revenge on Willow, as he believes she lied and put his brother away in prison. Unbeknownst to Willow, Parker’s family “owns” the university that she has entered. She goes to school under an agreement with her abusive father as a way to protect her sister’s care. From the first night, Parker obsessively bullies her. With no help and a threat from her father, Willow makes an agreement with Parker that can do whatever he wants to her. As they enter this agreement, their feelings for each other become entangled, and they both fight against each other when they really want to fall FOR each other. When a situation arises that puts Willow’s life in danger, will Parker save her, or will his revenge become complete?

I could not put this book down. I picked it up late in the evening, fell asleep, woke up with it, and finished it in a couple of hours. Beck and Hellman have created this tense, erotic bully romance that engulfs you. My heart bled for Willow as she endures Parker’s abuse. There were many times that I found myself wanting to yell at him to leave her alone. For me, anything that evokes a visceral response from me is considered a strong romance. 

From one minute to the next, I didn’t know if I should hate or love Parker. In fact, you won’t like Parker until later in the story when the truths of the book are revealed. However, once he realizes the error of his ways, he is swoon-city. Honestly, if I didn’t know any better, I would think that Parker struggles with bipolar. He cannot decide for much of the book if his hate is stronger than his want for her. He is your typical bully hero. 

Willow is the true hero of this story. She is principled and stalwart, even in the face of her abuser. There are many times when Parker takes situations too far, and sadly, Willow’s body betrays her as she lusts for Parker. Yet, she acts as the ultimate protector of her sisters, and her motivations are pure. I’ve read dark bully romances wherein the heroine is my least favorite character. This is not the case with Hating You. Willow is someone to admire. 

This book is a page turner. It engrosses, titillates, entertains, and challenges your thinking about modern romance. From the beginning to the end, you won’t be able to put J.L. Beck and C. Hallman’s book down until you’ve finished it. This is one of the best bully romances I’ve read since Ashley Jade’s Cruel Prince. I highly recommend it. 

In love and romance,

Professor A

Overall Grade: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Levi Loveless is attracted to June. June has had a crush on Levi Loveless for much of her life. The problem? Levi is Silas’s best friend, and June…well, she’s Silas’s younger sister. Could anything be any more problematic? 

Roxie Noir’s Break the Rules is a story about forbidden love where Levi and June fall for each other, but they keep it from her brother until they no longer can. Break the Rules is the perfect combination of sweet, sexy, and sentimental. It’s a lovely blend of a charming unique hero, a witty, spunky heroine, and a cast of characters who tickle your funny bone and bring tears to your eyes. 

From its outset, I fell in love with Levi Loveless. He’s different. He prefers solitude over spending time with people; he loves nature as it empowers him, and he chooses to forgo the extravagances of the 21st century such as smartphones and, for some time, WiFi. He will charm you. More importantly, he is uniquely destined for June. He fights his attraction to her until he can’t. I was surprised at how quickly Noir resolves his internal struggle to purse June, yet she continues the tension in the story as Levi and June hide their attraction and relationship from Silas, June’s brother. Yet, Levi continues to ingratiate himself on your heart. If you don’t love him from the beginning of this book, then your soul isn’t right, and you need to fix it. 

Like Levi, June is easy to love. She is the perfect blend of smart, sassy, funny, and strong. She appreciates Levi’s quirkiness, and their time together offers some of the best moments of the story. There were times when I needed her to be more honest with her feelings for Levi, but it’s clear that her relationship with her brother muddies her decision making. In fact, her relationship with Silas is probably one of the best parts of the story because Silas, like his sister and the other Loveless brothers, is hilarious. Some of the funniest moments of this book (and there are quite a few) present themselves when Silas and June are together. Noir gives her a spirit of adventure, but she illustrates through June that dreams and plans can change. That adaptability is the key to living a meaningful life. 

After reading Daniel and Charlie’s story in Noir’s Best Fake Fiance, I wasn’t sure if she could replicate the chemistry between hero and heroine and a story that could engage her readers. Break the Rules suggests that Roxie Noir is a keen storyteller. Interwoven into this story are questions and lessons about the environment, integrity, and being true to yourself. From the first page to the last, I didn’t want to put this romance down because Levi and June are special. They have a chemistry that endears you to them. There is an ease to their relationship that makes you root for them as they struggle to find their space. Even when Silas and June’s potential career choice try to derail them, they stand in their relationship strength. I think what I love most about them is their ability to talk and engage with each other. Naturally, Levi isn’t someone who tends towards conversation. Yet, June brings this out of him. They are the ultimate complements to each other. 

As far as I’m concerned, Roxie Noir is a storyteller whom I want to continue to read. Break the Rules is the second of her books I’ve read, and I’m all in. In fact, she’s won me over with the Loveless brothers. If you love romance with some humor, some sentimentality, and a bit of angst, then Break the Rules is a must-read. 

In love and romance,

Professor A

Overall Grade: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Willow Aster has released her published version of her newsletter story, Miles Ahead. This is a novella inspired by Miles Stark, the spurned character from Aster’s 5,331 Miles. In this tale, Miles finally finds his happy ending in a way that is inspiring and sweet. Miles Ahead is an endearing little nugget of a story about resilience.                       

Miles is a real estate agent, still mourning his unrealized relationship with Mirabelle. This story begins with his attendance at her and Jaxson’s wedding, and his belief that he will never find anyone to fulfill her place. Fast-forward in time and Miles is preparing to show a home as a means to sell it. He meets Cortlyn “Cort” Sellers as a potential buyer. From their first meeting, Miles feels pulled to her. After a quick look, Cort decides to buy the big home, and Miles believes it will be the last time he sees her, even though it saddens him. However, while running one day, he encounters her again. They begin to meet each other for running until there is a misunderstanding, and Miles’s past hurt feelings over Mira threaten to derail his burgeoning connection with Cort. Additionally, Cort, a retired film actress, is enduring a difficult, painful situation, potentially interfering with any future with Miles. Will Miles and Cort move beyond their pasts and find a happy ending together?

I am a personal fan of newsletter stories. The delayed gratification of them reminds me of old-fashioned serials. Having to wait for the newsletter to earn a little bit of story is exciting to me. However, as a novel or novella, I struggle with them especially if the author fails to “add” to the story. For its basic premise, Miles Ahead is an interesting story. It’s good to see Miles get more story after Mira chooses Jaxson over him in 5,331 Miles. However, Cort’s story in this romance is an important one. She represents the #metoo women and their stories, and it felt glossed over in this novella. Since this is a novella, Miles and Cort’s characterizations seemed underdeveloped, and I simply wanted more. Their development is missing dimension. I don’t know Aster’s intention for this series, the La Jolla series, but I think more space could have been given to make us care more for Miles and Cort. This story attempts to develop an emotional connection with the reader, but that connection never develops beyond a surface feeling. 

Even more, Aster presents her lesson of enduring trauma and empowering women to tell their stories in the face of their painful plights. However, it occurs late in the story. The lesson is there, but it’s momentary. There is a resolution to Cort’s tribulation, but, again, like the characterization, I thought it could have used more development. I know this is the danger with novellas, but I think novellas work best when they are smaller ideas or tighter stories. Since the message of this romance is necessary, Aster should have developed this into a full length novel, in my opinion. 

I am a fan of Willow Aster’s storytelling. Her ideas and insight seem necessary for romancelandia. I am also thankful that Miles Stark had his “day in the sun” and finds his happy ending. Miles Ahead is a sweet story. You will fall in love with Miles’s consideration and “nice guy” persona, and he acts heroically in this book. Cort too is the representative strong heroine enduring the travesties of her life and fighting for women everywhere. You will appreciate her struggle throughout the story. However, I personally would have liked more story here. Again, that’s the danger of a novella. If you like a short read with a sweet hero, a resilient, empowered heroine, and a journey back to La Jolla, then you’ll definitely want to read Willow Aster’s Miles Ahead.

In love and romance,

Professor A