Thursday, January 4, 2024

Title: Somber Prince

Series: Joyless Kingdom Book 1

Author: Marina Simcoe

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Release Date: January 18, 2024

** Will be exclusively in Amazon/Kindle Unlimited on release day!

I am his treasure.

When I was twelve, my cousin disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Thirteen years later, the shadows of Under cross into our world once again, and this time they snatch me, along with my sister and my friend.

Night reigns in the black desert of the Alveari Kingdom in the World of Under. Its people are unable to experience happiness on their own, and I am to become the Joy Vessel for their Crown Prince, even as I don’t feel particularly joyful about such a future.

As I spend more time with Prince Rha, I begin to understand how humans brighten the gloomy existence of his people and how much I mean to him. I am his treasure, his most prized possession, and a prisoner in his oasis palace.

When I get a chance to escape my somber prince, we both are put to the test.

Can I leave him, knowing that if I don’t, the people I love will remain trapped here forever?

Can he set me free if it means he’d never see me again?

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Marina Simcoe loves to write romance with ordinary human heroines and out-of-this-world heroes who just can’t live without them.

She has lots of fun exploring how her otherworldly characters with their own set of beliefs, values, and aspirations fit into our everyday life.

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

IF ONLY YOU FELL

Stefanie Castro

Release Date: March 5

WILL BE AVAILABLE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED

Elody Lorrent’s heart was fused to another at an early age. But what happens when life takes a tragic turn and she’s left behind to pick up the pieces? Burying her husband found a way to bury her soul as well. Elody now lives for her kids. Her chance at love was lost the moment her husband took his last breath. She never saw her future by someone else’s side. The only thing she didn’t account for was the grumpy parent of one of her students. Wyatt was never known for his warm personality. His world consisted of hockey and his daughter. The only issue was his daughter’s teacher took hold of his heart in an unexpected way. When Elody and Wyatt’s world collides, Elody fights the love that blossoms because she doesn’t trust the harsh realities that come along with living. She can’t give her heart to another after all the pain she endured. She lived on top of the world and everything collapsed. Wyatt didn’t understand that reality. If only he fell… Pre-Order Link: https://amzn.to/3t1Y7us Meet Stefanie Castro: Prior to becoming an author, Stefanie had written for years on blogging platforms. She is a registered nurse with years of experience working with families starting their journey into the parenting world. She started writing as a way to connect with families. After releasing her first memoir in May 2023, she felt a pull towards writing romance. Her love of the genre is something she is highly invested in as a reviewer and cheerleader for authors all around. Stefanie debuts her romance writing career with If Only You Knew in November 2023. She is shining a light on romance characters that are in their forties, something she feels is not easy to find in the genre. Stefanie resides in Southern California, with her husband, two kids, and their Cavalier King Charles dog. Keep up with Stefanie and subscribe to her newsletter: https://authorstefaniecastro.com/contact/ To learn more about Stefanie Castro & her books, visit here! Connect with Stefanie Casto: https://authorstefaniecastro.com/contact/

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Release Date: February 19

Two years.

That’s how long I’ve been avoiding Tina Hughes.

Single mom.

Smiling ray of sunshine.

And the one woman in this small town I never wanted to face. Until everything changed.

Now I can’t stay away, no matter how hard I try. Since being discharged from the Army, I’ve let my guilt and brokenness eat away at me. But every day I crave her more. Her joy. Her smile. The way she soothes all my rough edges with just one touch.

But I’m the reason she’s a widow, and once she learns the truth, she’ll blame me, just like I blame myself.

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Meet AJ Ranney

A.J. Ranney lives in Maryland with her ever-growing zoo, including two kids, two cats, an attention loving dog, a bunny, a cricket eating lizard and her lovable well-meaning husband. She likes to leave the chaos of her real world behind and lose herself in a steamy romance novel. Her passion for reading romance prompted her writing journey, leading her to create relatable happily ever afters that come from her own dreams and experiences.

She loves coffee, sushi, wine, and her family. Not necessarily in that order. Her inner peace comes from the water, always relating to her zodiac sign the Pisces. It’s no wonder the small town she created in her stories is situated on a lake.

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Title: Naughty Heart

The Westwoods Series Prequel

Author: A.K. Evans

Genre: Holiday Romance

Tropes: Rags to Riches/Office/Holiday Romance

Release Date: January 1, 2024

BLURB

Good things don’t happen to a woman like Evelyn Fisher. In a few short years, she’s experienced a lifetime of disappointment. But her latest setback has proven to be a bigger debacle than she ever imagined.

Malcolm Westwood wouldn’t know hardship if it smacked him in the face. The heir to his family’s business and massive fortune, he’s lived a good life. Maybe a little too good.

And that’s why it’s all on the line.

Fed up with Malcolm’s carefree—and careless—attitude, his parents have given him an ultimatum. Either he straightens up, or he doesn’t get a dime.

With his future hanging in the balance, the upcoming holiday season is proving to be anything but festive. But when he meets Evelyn, learns about her situation, and is desperate to secure his legacy, he makes her an offer she can’t refuse.

Malcolm just never expected his plan would lead him to love.

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A.K. Evans is a contemporary romance author of over forty published novels. While she enjoys writing a good romantic suspense novel, Andrea’s favorite books to write have been her extreme sports romances. That might have something to do with the fact that she, along with her husband and two sons, can’t get enough of extreme sports.

Before becoming a writer, Andrea did a brief stint in the insurance and financial services industry and managed her husband’s performance automotive business. That love of extreme sports? She used to drive race cars!

When Andrea isn’t writing, she can be found homeschooling her two sons, doing yoga, snowboarding, reading, or traveling with her family. She and her husband are currently taking road trips throughout the country to visit all 50 states with their boys.

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Episode 01 of Blennies Hitch Motorcycle Club is OUT NOW! An all NEW interconnecting novella series from USA Today bestselling author Esther E. Schmidt. Each book features a new couple, however, the storylines will flow from one book into the next. Experience this brotherhood through the eyes of one couple after another as they find their own HEA while the story of life continues. 99c eBook links: books2read.com/rl/BlenniesHitchMC

Author: Esther E. Schmidt
Cover / Patch Design: Esther E. Schmidt
Release Day Episode One: January 2, 2024

Episode One:
Perrin – Our MC believes in vigilante justice until we’re blackmailed by Broken Deeds MC to assist in a case. Once we know the details though it’s hard to refuse when we’re basically standing on the same side. Life and the case take a turn letting people, dreams, and well-made plans sink to the bottom of the ocean.

Meadow – I believe in the truth, even if I have to switch careers and bide my time to get it. Family is a mere word where those I’ve loved were taken from me, and all I’m left with are people just tied to me by DNA. Revealing details are shocking, as is fighting for my life when the last breath I take fills my lungs with water.

Perrin and Meadow’s story is episode one of the Blennies Hitch MC series. Continue the Blennies Hitch story in episode two with Rox and Asher as they proceed to fight justice to reveal the truth.

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Sinner's Salvation

An Arranged Marriage Billionaire Romance

Syndicate of Sinners Book 4

By Bianca Borell

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Genre: Dark Romance

Release Date: January 19

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𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆, 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒔.

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What to Expect:

✩Dark Romance

✩Mafia

✩ Slow burn

✩Arranged Marriage

✩Billionaire romance

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Blurb:

When curiosity and lust collide, desire consumes.

Cameron McNamara doesn’t want a wife, and he can’t escape an arranged marriage.

Going along with the marriage will serve his goal of gaining more influence and power.

When he meets his future wife for the first time, Violet’s nothing like he expected.

But they agree on one thing: Their marriage is paper only. She will be a good wife while in public, supporting his political career and goal of becoming Senator, and he won’t bother her privately.

Violet Campbell has lived in self-seclusion for years.

A prison her mind keeps her in.

She has phobias, a lot of them.

But her father disrupts her hard-earned peace of mind by making her marry Boston’s mayor for his own personal gain.

Cameron may be the most sought-after bachelor in the city, but she can’t stand him. He’s entirely too arrogant, cold, and has no knowledge about personal space.

But at least, they agree on one thing: No touches. No kisses. No intimacy.

Behind closed doors, there’s no need to pretend their marriage is real.

But every day, his wife surprises him. Cameron yearns to uncover the woman she hides behind the mask.

Every night, her husband unravels her and Violet begins to crave more of her husband.

What started as an agreement, is turning into something none of them saw coming.

Sinner’s Salvation is a billionaire, slow burn, arranged marriage, marriage of convenience, dark romance, with a tortured hero and a heroine who finds out she’s stronger than she thought she is.

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Monday, January 1, 2024

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In Havoc Lays Chaos

Memento Mori Book 3

By Samantha Barrett

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

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Cover Designer: Designs by LM.

Release Date: January 16

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𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅.

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What to expect:

🤍 Mafia

♟Dark romance

🤍 Forced proximity

♟Enemies to lovers

🤍 Alpha hole

♟Bad@ss FMC

🤍 Broody MC

When the card is dropped, you are marked.

There is no escaping them, they come for their prey and will hunt until your blood soaks the ground beneath your cold lifeless body. They are the new generation and they have something to prove. They are hungry to show the OG’s that they are ready to lead, except, the chaos is shrouded in darkness. The Jack of Spades is being scattered as he lays waste to those who stole the Havoc from him.

The Ace of Diamonds is no more.

The King of Clubs belongs to the heir.

The Princess owns the Queen of Hearts.

Jack of Spades represents the coming Chaos.

Ace of Diamonds is for the Havoc.

Revenge…

Loss…

Pain…

Those are three things that fuel the monster inside me. They’re all marked, they know I’m coming for them. Time is nothing when you have nothing to live for, they took my soul from me and now I’m going to take everything from them starting with the ones they love most. I’m going to start with the wench that broke my brother’s heart, then I’m going to take out her brother’s leaving only their father behind. I’ll make him watch as I eradicate his bloodline from this earth before finally ending him and burning his empire to the ground.

That leaves one, she will be saved for last. I’ve watched her for weeks, coaxed the vixen within her to life and tasted the forbidden fruit she tried to hide from me. One taste wasn’t enough, so I took it all. I plan to break her, shred her heart to pieces before finally erasing the last living relative of the mother fu*ker who stole my brother from me.

I am the Chaos they fear but in order to end them and seek the revenge I crave I need to become the Havoc that will lay waste to them all.

Sam’s Notes:

“In Havoc Lays Chaos” is the final book in this thrilling dark, twisted mafia series. In this series, you will get, enemies to lovers, lovers to enemies, loss, heartbreak, betrayal, and most of all, what the fu*k moments. These Murdochs are worse than the OG’s, they cannot and will not be controlled by their parents. Hold on tight ladies, these men and women are about to breach that tight forbidden muscle wall without any lube.