new release

✍🏻 When friends-to-lovers, fake dating goes so, so right…Don’t miss on grabbing Jessica Peterson’s next Lucky River Ranch romance, Wyatt! It’s out NOW! ✍🏻

Jessica Peterson’s Wyatt is HERE!

Roping horses leads to riding cowboys in this sexy friends-to-lovers, fake-dating, lessons-in-seduction romance by Jessica Peterson.

Wyatt Rivers is the perfect no-strings hookup—a cowboy Casanova who rocks a Stetson, looks smokin’ hot in his Wranglers, and never rests his head on the same pillow twice.

He’s exactly what I’m looking for. If only Wyatt wasn’t also my best friend…

I’m back in my hometown of Harstville, Texas, for a few months while I wait for my dream job to start thousands of miles away. While I’m here, I hope to end an epic dry spell in the bedroom, preferably with a local cowboy. If the rumors are true, they really do ride harder and stay on longer.

Wyatt and I have been best friends since second grade, and I’ve been in love with him for almost as long. But he’s as wild and untamed as a colt that can’t be broken—not to mention, totally out of my league with his good looks and heartbreaker reputation.

Then I get to thinking: since Wyatt is such an expert, why doesn’t he teach me the ropes of how to find a hookup? He begrudgingly agrees, and a little fake flirting suddenly leads to fake dating, which leads to real kissing, which leads to real…well, everything else.

And let me just say, the rumors are absolutely true.

Now, I want so badly to be Wyatt’s last rodeo. But I’m leaving town, and even if I wasn’t, I’m not sure Wyatt would ever change his playboy ways.

I know cowboys can’t be tamed. Apparently, neither can hearts…

Grab your copy today!

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Narrator Reveal

✍🏻 Love Meghan Quinn’s audiobooks? Well, she’s grabbed two of the best narrators in the biz – Samantha Brentmoor and Sebastian York – for The Path to Loving Him, releasing January 7th. Now is the time to preorder your copy!✍🏻

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a new forced proximity, single dad romantic comedy. Narrated in duet by Samantha Brentmoor and Sebastian York, this steamy, laugh out loud, enemies-to-lovers, small town standalone romance releases January 7th in all formats and delivers the perfect happily ever after. Pre-order your copy today!

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About THE PATH TO LOVING HIM (Coming 1/7/2025):

What does one do when they completely blow an interview?

If you’re me, you pick up a one-night stand with the most gorgeous man you’ve ever seen… 

That’s right, after a lousy interview that could have changed everything for me, I headed over to the local small town bar to sulk when the one man I shouldn’t want walked in. And when my friend convinced me to take him back to my hotel room, I didn’t think about it, I just did it . . . well, I did him.

It was an unforgettable night, but I didn’t stay for breakfast. Instead, I got out of there and tried not to think about him again.

Everything was fine until I received a call from the interviewer saying I got the job as the assistant baseball coach at Almond Bay High. I’d be working directly under the one and only Ryland Rowley–my one-night stand. 

Now, I’m not only working with him but renting the apartment above his garage. And I have to deal with the fact that he’s the man I dream about and can’t have while not letting my attraction get in the way of keeping the harmony between us. Sounds easy, doesn’t it?

It should have been, except the plan falls apart when my shower breaks, and night after night I have to slip into his house to use the bathroom only to find him in the kitchen, staring me down with those hungry, single dad eyes. 

PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!

https://mybook.to/ThePathToLovingHim

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ABOUT MEGHAN QUINN:

New York Times and 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.

Never miss another NEW RELEASE, text READ to 474747.

Connect w/ Meghan:

Website: https://authormeghanquinn.com/

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Cover Reveal

✍🏻 I have been waiting for Ryland Rowley’s HEA! And it’s coming, January 7th. Check out this gorgeous cover for Meghan Quinn’s The Path to Loving Him! ✍🏻

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a new forced proximity, single dad romantic comedy. This steamy, laugh out loud, enemies-to-lovers, small town standalone romance delivers the perfect happily ever after. Releasing January 7th in all formats, check out the cover and blurb and pre-order your copy today!

https://mybook.to/ThePathToLovingHim

About THE PATH TO LOVING HIM (Coming 1/7/2025):

What does one do when they completely blow an interview?

If you’re me, you pick up a one-night stand with the most gorgeous man you’ve ever seen… 

That’s right, after a lousy interview that could have changed everything for me, I headed over to the local small town bar to sulk when the one man I shouldn’t want walked in. And when my friend convinced me to take him back to my hotel room, I didn’t think about it, I just did it . . . well, I did him.

It was an unforgettable night, but I didn’t stay for breakfast. Instead, I got out of there and tried not to think about him again.

Everything was fine until I received a call from the interviewer saying I got the job as the assistant baseball coach at Almond Bay High. I’d be working directly under the one and only Ryland Rowley–my one-night stand. 

Now, I’m not only working with him but renting the apartment above his garage. And I have to deal with the fact that he’s the man I dream about and can’t have while not letting my attraction get in the way of keeping the harmony between us. Sounds easy, doesn’t it?

It should have been, except the plan falls apart when my shower breaks, and night after night I have to slip into his house to use the bathroom only to find him in the kitchen, staring me down with those hungry, single dad eyes. 

PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!

https://mybook.to/ThePathToLovingHim

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ABOUT MEGHAN QUINN:

New York Times and 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.

Never miss another NEW RELEASE, text READ to 474747.

Connect w/ Meghan:

Website: https://authormeghanquinn.com/

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

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorMegQuinn

Cover Reveal

✍🏻 Vi Keeland has a new romance coming January 13th! Check out the cover for Indiscretion… ✍🏻

★ COVER REVEAL ★

Check out the covers/synopsis for INDISCRETION by Vi Keeland

Coming January 13th, 2025 💙 🩵

Synopsis:

He’s her boss. She’s his greatest temptation.

The first time I met Dawson Reed, we wound up in bed.

The problem was, neither of us knew the other were there.

When I woke up in the middle of the night and found a stranger next to me, instinct kicked in and I attacked the intruder.

Only it turned out, the man wasn’t an intruder at all.

Dawson had rented this cabin, too. Apparently, a system glitch allowed a duplicate booking.

We’d soon find out we were in town for the same wedding, and Dawson was the groomsman I’d been warned about. He was as tall, dark and jaw-droppingly gorgeous as my best friend had described. Though she was also right when she’d said you two will hate each other.

When daylight rolled around, Dawson and I attempted to straighten out the mess we found ourselves in. But it proved to be more difficult than we initially thought. Since it was a holiday weekend, there wasn’t a single room available for more than fifty miles.

I suppose things could be worse than sharing a cabin for a weekend with a handsome man you despise.

Like maybe him winding up being your new boss?

COVER CREDITS:

Model: Jeffrey Wiegers

Cover designer: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative

Photographer: Marq Mendez

Free book

✍🏻 Looking for a free read? Today is your day. Grab Amy Daws’s Replay TODAY! Sale ends December 15th! ✍🏻

⚽️ 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓!! ⚽️

For a limited time 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘 by Amy Daws is ZERO PENNIES!! The follow up to Amazon #1 bestseller, BLINDSIDED… this Scottish lass isn’t falling for her brother’s best friend. 

She’s falling for his enemy…

⚽️ Grab Replay here: https://geni.us/Replay

new release

✍🏻 Your holiday gift has come early! Kristen Ashley’s Avenging Angels and Hot Bunch/Hottie Squad are BACK. This is PURE heaven in romance form. Jessie and Eric will make your heart melt. Grab Avenging Angels: Back in the Saddle TODAY! ✍🏻

She’s crushing,
He’s going to do something about it.

Avenging Angels: Back in the Saddle, an all-new heat-filled age-gap, romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley is now live!

Jessie Wylde is on a secret mission. She’s trying to find her brother. She hasn’t told her friends; this is about family.

She doesn’t think it’s dangerous.

Eric Turner disagrees.

Eric is a member of the Nightingale Investigations and Security team. Therefore, Eric knows what he’s talking about.

Eric isn’t only badass, he’s also a seriously gorgeous guy, and Jessie has a huge crush on him. She doesn’t think he knows she exists…until now.

Eric steps in, and so do Jessie’s besties, the Avenging Angels. Soon, the Angels and the Hottie Squad are on the case to find Jessie’s missing sibling.

There’s more happening when it comes to Eric, though. Jessie’s so worried about her brother, she’s not paying attention. Eric sets about changing that, and just like all the Hot Bunch before him, when he finds his one, he doesn’t mess around.

However, something is afoot in Phoenix. And as the Angels uncover the sinister workings behind people going missing, and Eric and Jessie unpack their emotional baggage, the Angels dive deeper into the dark underbelly of the city…

Finding heroes, more hot guys, lots of hijinks…and heart.

Dive into the second standalone novel in the Avenging Angel Series today!
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Excerpt for YOU!

It was Eric.

I suddenly couldn’t breathe.

He didn’t say a word.

He just walked into my room, scooped me up out of bed like he did when he picked me up from the couch, but this time, he didn’t put me to my feet.

He got in my bed…

Yes!

He got in my bed!

Then he settled me in his lap, tucked my head under his chin, wrapped his arms around me, and they went tight.

Oh man.

This felt awesome. Way better than just hugging him, and that felt great.

“You didn’t have to come here,” I said huskily.

“Yeah, I did.”

I didn’t know what to say to that.

“You’re not crying,” he noted quietly.

“No,” I agreed, still huskily.

 “You need to cry.”

“I’m not a crier.”

“I don’t have to tell you, you’re dealing with a lot,” he remarked.

“No, you don’t have to tell me that.”

“And it’s clear you have been for a long time.”

“Yep.”

“Babe, you need an outlet.”

Babe.

Did you call your adopted little sister “babe?”

Did you haul your ass over to her house after eleven at night to comfort her?

Did you hold her in your lap against your chest in her bed?

God, I wanted him so bad, so fucking bad, I needed to ask what was going on here.

 But I couldn’t because I was scared shitless about his answer.

“Do you cry when you’re upset?” I asked.

“I cried when my mom died.”

“You were thirteen.”

“It didn’t happen at the time, but when I got home and I was alone, I cried because my father showed up at my graduation from the FBI Academy so drunk out of his brain, he had to be ejected.”

Oh god.

I hated that for him.

The only way I could express the depths of that hatred was to mumble, “Yuck.”

Lame.

But there it was.

“They were angry tears, and they didn’t last long,” he carried on. “But I shed a few when one of Tim’s baby mommas called me, asking me if I knew where he was and telling me he was behind six thousand dollars in child support. This was more of an issue than it normally simply was, because my nephew just got out of the hospital after getting his tonsils out, and not only did Tim not pitch up to visit his kid, she didn’t have the money to pay the co-pay.”

“I’d cry about that too,” I noted. “Let me guess, you sent her the money.”

“Of course.”

Of course.

“I’m not the kind of girl who schleps around, pissed about shit I have no control over,” I informed him.

“That doesn’t mean you aren’t allowed to have a reaction when that shit bites you in the ass,” he returned.

“True,” I mumbled.

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Free book, new release

It’s the season for gift giving!

Six FREE standalone holiday short stories!

The Christmas Card by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

When my ex got engaged pretty quickly after we broke up, I did something stupid… I made up a new boyfriend. How would anyone ever know? They wouldn’t.  Unless my fake boyfriend showed up at my ex’s annual Christmas party…

Mistletoe and Murder by Catherine Cowles

All I wanted to do was avoid my cheating ex and get through my brother’s Christmas wedding. When his grumpy, broody, Scrooge of a best friend steps in to pretend to be my boyfriend, I say yes. Suddenly, the kisses we’re swapping under the mistletoe are all too real, and I’m dangerously close to falling. But someone isn’t so happy about my newfound happiness, and they aren’t afraid to drop a body or two…

Candy Cane Kisses by Shain Rose

When Faye Winter took on decorating Frost Bar, she knew her grumpy boss would never support her extravagant peppermint party ideas. But she’s determined to make him see there’s more to the holiday than being a grinch…. that is, until he shows her how festive he can really be. The candy cane kisses and confessions in this grumpy sunshine novella are bound to give readers a taste of sweetness and spice this holiday season!

The Christmas Cab by Teagan Hunter 

Juniper Frost has been in love with Felix Bailey, her older brother’s best friend, for years. After kissing him three years ago and being rejected, she fled her small Christmas-loving town of Thistle Ridge, Washington, hoping to forget all about the embarrassing night. Now she’s back… and Felix definitely remembers their kiss.

One Gift by Lena Hendrix

Rival families, pranks, cozy Christmas cheer, and an unforgettable snowball fight. Welcome to the first Sullivan-King Christmas.

A Carmichael Christmas by Adriana Locke

The fireplace is crackling and the lights are twinkling on Honeysuckle Lane. Join the Carmichael family for a Christmas Eve filled with letters, laughs, and, most of all, love. 

COVER CREDIT:

Cover designer:  Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative

Grab your free copy today, before it goes away! 

Available for only a limited time!

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new release, Review

✍🏻Professor Romance’s Reviews: Jewel E. Ann’s From Air, book 1 of the Wildfire series – a top 5 read of 2024 ✍🏻

Overall Grade: A

Tropes: close proximity/roommates; smokejumper MMC; travel nurse FMC; angst; second chance; grump/sunshine; age gap

“Sometimes, for something beautiful to take to life and grow, everything around it has to be sacrificed. All we see is the destruction, but if you wait long enough — if you’re patient — magic happens.”

These words, prophetic and beautifully drawn, embody the truth of Jewel E. Ann’s From Air. This newest book, the first book of a new series — The Wildfire Series — is one of my favorite stories in 2024. I began reading Jewel E. Ann with her book, Look the Part. The witty banter between the uptight MMC and the fluidly intriguing and beguiling FMC was the draw in that story. Their immediate chemistry, the hate to love, the emotionally uptight MMC drive that story forward. Until a moment that has often been characterized as the JEA Effect — the moment in the story that comes from nowhere and takes the reader out emotionally. It’s usually shocking and rarely forecasted, so it turns your head deeper into the pages of her book. For me, that moment is where I fall more deeply in love with Ann’s storytelling.

From Air has the same feel, for me, as Look The Part. It isn’t the same story. It inhabits new worlds in the JEA universe: travel nurse and smokejumper. It’s even set in a different space, one that changes due to the FMC’s occupation. However, the witty banter that Ann writes well and the chemistry that feels complicated and messy are the mainstays of From Air. In those spaces, you find Ann’s brilliance as a writer with crisp and quotable prose. There is the JEA moment —- and it comes from nowhere. I’m usually able to see the foreshadowing of plot points, but, once again, she kept me off-balance. As a multi-year reader of romance, I loved it. My heart hurt for the characters, and the only promise I had of surviving this turn of the story was the knowledge that I was reading a romance — the promise of a HEA. And that happily ever after is perfect, more poetry in storytelling motion.

Calvin “Fitz” and Jaymes “Jamie” took me on a complicated journey filled with humor, tension, sadness, and pain. Other beautifully written characters, like their roommates Will and Maren, Fitz’s grandmother, and Jamie’s best friend, Melissa, add dimension to the story and provide hope for the future stories in this series.

As I said at the beginning of this review, From Air is one of my top five romances of 2024. Jewel E. Ann illustrates her dexterity in drawing stories that interrogate social norms, incite intense emotions, and beguile her readers. I can only look forward to the other books in this compelling series.

In love and romance,

Professor A

new release, Review

✍🏻 Professor Romance’s Reviews: L.B. Dunbar’s Grouch-ish, a Holiday HOTTIES novella ✍🏻

Overall Grade: B

Tropes: forced proximity; insta-attraction; first-responder MMC; silver fox; holiday romance; single dad; boss’s daughter FMC

L.B. Dunbar’s Holiday Hotties stories have engaged readers over the past couple of holiday seasons. This year’s offering, Grouch-ish, offers more of the same holiday spice with a fireman MMC who falls for his boss’s daughter while staying at the boss’s house. Her characters, Brock and Pear, aka Paradise, are shaded nicely in light and dark. Brock struggles with his guilt over the loss of a probie and the ending of his problematic marriage. He has been asked to his boss’s winter camp as a last-ditch effort to work through his issues. Pear has left her life behind, intent on reconnecting with her father over the holidays. Unfortunately, her father has other plans, leaving Pear lonely in his absence. When Brock arrives late and misses the shuttle to the camp, he’s left to earn his penance with Pear. It’s where Brock and Pear begin to fill something emotional and, eventually, physical in each other. 

I enjoyed Pear and Brock’s journey to falling in love. Dunbar has a way of creating highs and lows in her plotting that keeps her reader engaged. However, one of my criticisms of Dunbar’s storytelling lies in her need to draw a heavy-handed allusion through her story. She’s done this in many of her stories, which detracts from the natural storytelling. In Grouch-ish‘s instance, she alludes to the Twelve Days of Christmas. Unfortunately, given the timing of her story, she adds a note at the beginning of her story to make allowances for it. I understand it as a mechanism to attach meaning to a holiday tradition; however, it’s not necessary for us to fall in love with Brock’s grumpiness turned romantic or Pear’s acceptance of her circumstances and future choices. 

Overall, Grouch-ish is an enjoyable holiday romance for this holiday season. Brock and Pear will steal your heart for the holiday season.

In love and romance,

Professor A

new release

✍🏻 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍! ✍🏻

“I’d give my whole f*ing life to be the guy who carries her shoes and makes all her dreams come true.” – Calvin “Fitz” Fitzgerald

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍! ⚕️🔥 🪂

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐔.
💋https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZPHRNFS 📖

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When Jamie Andrews moves in with a house full of firefighters, things start heating up fast. Battling the wilderness of rural Montana, these guys are always charging into danger—for a living, for duty, for the rush—and since Jamie is a psychiatric nurse, they fascinate her analytic mind. She can’t help but fixate on Calvin, a grumpy, enigmatic smoke jumper ten years her senior. She makes playfully tormenting him her pet project, trying to get him to open up. It turns out he gives as good as he gets.

When something smoldering between them sparks, they’ll have to keep it quiet, which makes Jamie start to wonder about Calvin’s secret, the one he won’t explain. She’ll learn more after life pulls them apart. But as she follows the truth like a trail of flame into the dark, will it lead her to hearth and home with Calvin…or will it all go up in a blaze?