Title: Never Fall for the Bride's Father
Series: Whatever It Takes, Maine #2
Author: Julia Kent
Genre: Contemporary Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Age Gap/Single Dad/Enemies to Lovers
Cover Design: Staci Hart
Release Date: February 29, 2024
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Power outages. Runaway brides. Collapsed wedding cakes. Tainted caviar. Handsy grooms.
And the always classic: jealous MILs who wear white.
No wedding catastrophe can faze Katie Gallagher, because when you plan for the worst, you deliver the best.
The best wedding ever.
Her company, Wedding Protectors, Inc., promises happily ever afters. Guaranteed. Whatever it takes.
But always-prepared Katie? She’s steering clear of her own HEA. Years of dating older, wealthy, alpha businessmen who treat her like an ornament has left a bad taste in her mouth.
And some bruises on her ego.
Love is her job. Not her destiny.
So when she falls for silver fox and self-made millionaire Patrick Cooper, she breaks a rule so taboo, it doesn’t technically exist:
Never fall for the bride’s father.
Enter Patrick, a widowed art dealer with salt-and-pepper charm. He can't resist trying to share an Uber with the captivating, enticingly stubborn blonde. Their encounter? Classic enemies-to-lovers. Sparks fly, but not the good kind... at first.
Starting off on the wrong foot left a terrible impression, but when a series of coincidences pushes them together, the more time they spend with each other, the more the lines blur.
Chance favors the risk-takers, so when he takes a leap of faith and gets a passionate kiss that rocks his world, Katie opens closed doors in his heart.
Can he really have a new soulmate --
Or is this just a May-December fling?
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“You’re right. It shouldn’t. But it did. And I panicked.”
“You do not strike me as the panicking type.”
“You’ve typed me already?” Now his hand really did go to his heart, those strikingly warm eyes drawing her in with the force of his amusement. “Do tell. What is my type, Katie?”
“Self-made. Old enough to be full of self-assurance but not so young as to be cocky. You really are what you say you are. You don’t need to be the center of attention because you put your daughter in that spot. Observant and keen,” she said, her words slowing down as she tilted her head and studied him, “you catch every nuance and detail in any given situation, but sometimes you miss the big picture as a result. And when you make mistakes, your regret lasts longer than it should.”
Bullseye. The look on his face was priceless.
“Now I insist on taking you out to dinner as payment.”
“Payment?”
“You either just read me my fortune or you just completed intake for our first therapy session.”
A spark made her insides bloom, the joke both flattering and funny.
“No payment – no dinner – necessary.”
“A cup of coffee? Tap water from a hose in my yard? I can lower the stakes.”
He was making it hard not to like him.
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 4 New York Times bestsellers and more than 21 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, with more titles releasing in the future.
From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men's room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).
She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.
She loves to hear from her readers by email at [email protected], on Twitter @jkentauthor, on Facebook at @jkentauthor, and on Instagram @jkentauthor. Visit her at http://jkentauthor.com
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Title: Saved by Love
Author: Kelly Elliott writing as
Ellie Grace
Genre: Closed Door Romance
Tropes: Friends to Lovers/Single Dad/Nanny
Release Date: January 11, 2024
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My momma used to say, “Out of every tragedy, a miracle of love would come." The last ten years of my life have been nothing but tears and pain. I lost hope and wanted to give up on waiting for my miracle to come.
Finally, a light is shining at the end of the tunnel. After leaving Texas and my past behind, I've started a new life journey in Estes Park, Colorado. I have a second chance and don't plan to waste it.
I found work as a live-in nanny for a darling little girl named Hadley. Her father, Aiden, is a single dad with a troubled past he is desperately trying to move on from.
When I find myself drawn to Aiden in a way I've never experienced before, I long to help him see what a wonderful father he is. But Aiden's past keeps him from forgiving himself and moving on with his life. If I can help save him from a dark road of torment, my journey will have been worth it.
My name is Emma, and this is my story.
Love alone, sometimes isn’t enough.
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Born out of an idea to write sweet romance, or as some call it, closed-door romance, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kelly Elliott decided to bring a pen name to life. Letting her reader group vote on the new name, they came up with Ellie Grace.
After publishing contemporary romance for over 11 years, the new pen name allows Kelly to branch out and write in different genres and tropes. While “Kelly” is known for small-town, western, contemporary romance, “Ellie” will get to explore a bit more with her writing while keeping it on the sweet side of romance. Don’t worry; she’ll still be giving you the swoony heroes, strong heroines, and HEAs that make your heart melt. However, she may make you cry a time or two.
“Ellie” lives in central Texas with her husband, their two pups, four cats, and a plethora of wild animals. When she’s not writing, “Ellie” enjoys gardening, reading, and spending time with her family.
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Title: What Happens at the Lake
Author: Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Trope: Grumpy-Sunshine
Release Date: January 15, 2024
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You know you want to...
She smelled like damn summer.
And it pissed me off.
Plus, I was tired from a shitty night’s sleep. I’d tossed and turned thinking about Little Miss Home Improvement wearing nothing but a pair of denim short overalls and work boots—no shirt, no socks, definitely no bra or underwear.
Josie hopped down from the last two steps on the ladder. “Can I ask you something?”
“What?”
“Are you always this grumpy in the morning?”
“I’m not grumpy.”
“No? So this is what? Your idea of a sparkling personality? I asked if your coffee was okay, and you grunted at me.”
“That wasn’t a grunt. That was a yes.”
Josie made a short, deep noise that sounded like a pig.
I arched a brow. “Is that supposed to be me?”
She made the sound again, this time adding some monkeylike arm movements and jumping around. “Gronk.”
“Cute.”
She jumped again. “Gronk. Gronk.”
I tried not to react, but she was just too damn adorable.
Josie pointed at my face. “There it is again. The elusive Mr. Grumpy Pants smile. It’s kind of…dare I say…nice.” She made an exaggerated gasping sound and covered her mouth. “Oh no. I hope it’s not too painful.”
“Alright, wiseass. I get the point. How about you take your oinking ass out front and grab one of the small two by fours I left on the porch? I’ll show you how to make an easy support to hold up the drywall while it gets screwed into the ceiling.”
Josie strutted to the door. The woman was wearing a white tank top and long, pale pink, flowy skirt to do construction. It looked like she was going on a picnic date, rather than hanging sheetrock—though the tank top hugged her in all the right places, and there was something about her collarbone that I couldn’t drag my eyes away from. She bent to pick up the wood out front, and the top of her tank gaped open, giving me a clear view down her shirt. I forced my head in the other direction, though my eyes managed to slant and continue looking.
“Jesus Christ,” I grumbled to myself. “I need to get the fu¢k out of here.”
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Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel, and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
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Title: Grim
Series: Havoc of Sins #1
Author: J.L. Drake
Genre: Billionaire Dark Romance
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Mafia/MC Romance
Cover Design: TRC Designs
Release Date: March 5, 2024
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Many sins lay in the creases of my hands. Darkness and corruption are part of my life.
After hints from my brother that all is not right with the family business, I leave Mexico and return to Vegas. I have a responsibility to protect what’s ours, no matter the price or who gets in the way. Those who don't fall in line will soon realize why I’m called The Vegas Reaper.
I demand order and obedience, so when I come head-to-head with our beautiful new hire, I’m faced with an unusual challenge, one that infuriates yet intrigues me.
When my hotel goes up in flames, my anger flares along with it. I pull on my cut and join The Devils Reach. The desert ride pays off, but there’s more at play here than I ever imagined, and I’m caught in a chess game of power from an unseen force. Deception, secrets, and chaos threaten my world. Could our new hire hold the key to it all?
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Warning: This story is meant to be read in the reading order that can be found in my Amazon bio and website. There is a heavy crossover from my Devil’s Reach Trilogy through the Quiet Mafia Series, and my Dark Water Series, where Grim is first introduced.
This is intended for 18+, violent, may contain trigger warnings, and of course…ends with a cliffhanger.
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Author J.L. Drake was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, later moving to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children.
When she's not writing she loves to spend time with her family, traveling or just enjoying a night at home. One thing you might notice in her books is her love for the four seasons. Growing up on the east coast of Canada the change in the seasons is in her blood and is often mentioned in her writing.
An avid reader of James Patterson, J.L. Drake has often found herself inspired by his many stories of mystery and intrigue.
She hopes you will enjoy her stories as much as she has enjoyed writing them.
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Title: Elusive Surrender
Series: The Sinful Duets #3
Author: Via Mari
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Tropes: Alpha Bodyguard/Protector Romance
Release Date: January 12, 2024
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Sheldon and Alexis
When I come across a beautiful young woman who finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, I take matters into my own hands.
As a bodyguard to wealthy billionaires and the Larussio Crime Family, I’ve seen situations like this escalate time and time again.
When the criminal with a long past sets his sites on her, Alexis doesn’t see the extent of the danger, until it’s far too late.
But I’m not going to let anything happen to the wide-eyed innocent who takes my breath away and makes my heart pound with an excitement I’ve never known.
That woman speaks to my dark soul on a primal level, causing every protective and possessive instinct I have to kick in, far beyond what I’ve ever known.
The enemies think their deadly game is too perilous to overcome, but they are wrong. They will rue the day they went against one of the most ruthless protectors of them all.
I will keep Alexis safe, and she will be mine to love and cherish for all time.
Watch and see…
Nick and Allie
As a wealthy member of a security team, paid to protect billionaires and mafia men alike, I’m used to having anything or anyone I want.
Until I rescue a woman who takes my breath away in one moment with her beauty and leaves my head spinning in the next with that sassy little mouth.
Allie has perfected the art of keeping men at a distance, and I’m determined to break down the defenses she has so carefully constructed in the most delicious of ways.
But the criminals who endangered her closest friend are now after her, and my priorities are split.
They will be sorry they ever looked at the woman who belongs to one of the most ruthless protectors around.
Because I protect what’s mine.
And Allie is no longer just another woman on a long list, but the one I plan to make my own for all time. Because in this elusive little game of the heart, I plan to win.
Wait and see…
Elusive Surrender is the bundled collection of Elusive and Tenacious, the third in a sinfully delicious duet collection by International Best-Selling Author Via Mari. You will fall in love with these two fearless women who become the best of friends and capture the hearts of the men who will do anything to protect them, even from themselves.
You will love these novels where the passion is fiery, the loyalty is fierce, and the stakes are high. Each story and couple have a guaranteed happily ever after.
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Via lives in the Midwest with her husband. As a child raised in both the United States and the United Kingdom, she spent countless hours traveling and developed a passion for the written word at a young age.
She is also an avid reader of romance. In fact, you can find her curled up in an overstuffed chair, especially during winter when the wood fire is crackling and popping, reading a page-turning novel until the early hours of the morning.
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Title: Until Posey
A Happily Ever Alpha World Novel
Authors: TL Reeve & Michele Ryan
Publisher: Boom Factory Publishing, LLC
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 12, 2024
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The BOOM.
The heart-pounding, inexplicable sensation of falling in love. An emotional pull that can complete a man in one second and destroy him in the next.
Hunter Banks, eldest brother, consummate bachelor, and family protector. When he receives a call from Cobi Mayson, needing his help, Hunter agrees. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep his family safe. Including going undercover and back to where everything started for Ireland—Lux Automotive.
However, helping a friend comes at a price, and now, the balance is due.
Posey Roberts doesn’t like liars. Even lies of omission. If a person couldn’t tell the truth, they’re either hiding something or guilty of doing something else. She’d learned that lesson several times over while in the foster care system until her adoptive mom stepped in. Now, as a social worker, Posey helps children in need, including Destiny Banks, a six-month-old baby girl.
When she arrives at Hunter’s home, Posey’s ready to tear Hunter apart. Until she meets the Viking-God in person and everything else disappears. Unfortunately for her, Hunter is off limits. She has a job to do, protect Destiny at all costs.
The web of lies Hunter has woven to safeguard his family are coming apart at the seams. Telling Posey the truth could put her and Destiny in danger. Continuing to lie to her will tear them apart. Meeting his Boom was supposed to be an adventure, but when the truth comes out, Hunter will have no one else to blame but himself.
The Boom is supposed to be forever.
What if this time it’s not?
Until Posey is part of Aurora Rose Reynolds's Happily Ever Alpha World. If you loved Until Cobi, Until Ireland and Until Waverly, then you will want to read Until Posey.
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TL Reeve, a best selling, multi-published author, was born out of a love of family and a bond that became unbreakable. Living in Alabama, TL misses Los Angeles, and will one day return to the beaches of Southern California. When not writing something hot and sexy, TL can be found curled up with a good book, or working on homework with a cute little pixie.
MICHELE RYAN
Michele Ryan is an multi-published author who embraced her creative passion and co-authored several books with fellow author TL Reeve. Michele has also published two solo novellas. Michele is a lifelong resident of the state of New Jersey, along with her husband and three children, whom she refers to as her hobbits. When Michele is not plotting or writing, she can be found either volunteering at her children's school or reading.
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Title: Juicy Pickle
A Pickleverse Standalone
Author: JJ Knight
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Boss and Assistant/Deserted Island
Enemies to Lovers
Release Date: January 12, 2024
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Can you imagine getting stuck alone on a deserted island with the person you hate most in the world? And no end in sight?
Well, that’s me. Bailey Johansson, former assistant to the absolute worst boss ever to boss in the boss world. Stranded on a tiny island owned by a cruise line in an abandoned party hut.
In a tropical storm.
This is not a love story.
It’s not a tale of redemption or heroism.
It’s a revenge drama. No — a revenge COMEDY.
Because I’ll get the last laugh. The cruise ship leaving early due to an approaching storm while we yelled at each other on the opposite beach was a SIGN.
I’m going to get that man back for everything he did to me. I’ve decided that Mr. Juicy, as my old coworkers called him (yeah, THAT’S a story), is going to rue the day he ever fired me.
And no, I’m not going to fall in love with him.
Not on your life.
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Juicy Pickle is the wildest not-love story that ever became a love story between a boss and his former assistant, stuck together on a private island with a manual-crank margarita machine and a ten-gallon bucket of pickles, surviving primarily on adrenaline and stress-banging. It’s part of the Top 100 bestselling Pickleverse, but you do not need to read any of the other books before this one. You can start your wild adventure with the Pickle family right here.
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JJ Knight is the USA Today and Amazon Top 100 bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic comedy including Single Dad on Top and Big Pickle.
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Title: Resisting My Boss
Series: For the Love of Rom-Coms #2
Author: Marion De Ré
Genre: Closed Door Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Office Romance, Forced Proximity
Grumpy/Sunshine, Forbidden Romance
Release Date: January 12, 2024
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The minute my new boss steps foot in the conference room, my dream job turns into a nightmare.
Jude Reed and I already met.
Last night. In a bar.
We danced. We kissed. I ditched him...
Let’s just say I’m not ready to be a carefree city girl yet. And let's just say Mr. Reed holds a grudge.
Working for Jude is not what I signed up for, and he won’t be winning Boss of the Year anytime soon. Between his sky-high expectations and cryptic explanations, he has the entire office on their toes.
"Grumpy" doesn't begin to describe him.
Or so I thought...
Because the more time I spend around him, the more his tough exterior crumbles, revealing someone as sweet as his secret baking talent.
There's a reason he plays an intimidating role that strikes fear into his employees, but just knowing there's a caring man behind the mask doesn't mean I'm suited to be anything more than his assistant.
No matter how irresistible he is.
Resisting My Boss is the second book in the For The Love of Rom-coms series. All books are standalones, told in dual POV and end with a happily ever after.
Perfect for fans of
✔️ office romance
✔️ swoony British accents
✔️ off-limit tension
✔️ forced proximity
✔️ baking lessons that end in food fights
✔️ funny banter
✔️ closed door/fade to black
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Marion De Ré is a closed-door romantic comedy author. She lives in the French countryside with her husband and adorable cat. You can expect all your beloved tropes in her writing as well as a good dose of humor and all the feels. When she's not reading or writing, you can find her on a plane to a far-away destination or in a Champagne cellar, indulging in a tasting of her favorite drink.
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Title: Damaged Goods
Series: All Saints High #4
Author: L.J. Shen
Genre: New Adult Romance
Tropes: Friends to Enemies to Lovers/Football Romance
Cover Design: Letitia Hasser, RBA Designs
Release Date: January 23, 2024
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From L.J. Shen, the USA Today bestselling author of Pretty Reckless, comes a brand new book in the All Saints series.
Underneath the goody two-shoes persona is damaged goods…but can the bad boy across the street save her?
Bailey Followhill is the perfect daughter. Sweet. Charitable. Pretty. Control freak. Not a hair out of place, not an inch out of line, she is everything her troublemaking sister Daria isn't. But when her A game turns out to be a lukewarm C- at Juilliard, Bailey's picture-ready life starts fraying faster than the worn satin ribbons of her pointe shoes. She's becoming a piece of gossip. The Troubled Child. A drug abuser. No longer the girl her best friend once knew.
Lev Cole is so golden, he's got the Midas Touch. Prized quarterback. Football captain. Hottest guy in SoCal. A textbook cliché. But with a girlfriend he doesn't love and a career path he doesn't value, Lev is coasting.
The only two things he cares about, Bailey and becoming a pilot, are out of reach.
But Lev is done being satisfied with the life others have chosen for him. He wants to pick his own cards. To demolish the seamless kingdom of lies his family stitched together on the ruins his mother left behind.
The question is, can he save his best friend and his dream before too much damage is done?
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 sold in twenty different countries, and she hopes to visit all of them.
She lives in Florida with her husband, three rowdy sons, and rowdier pets and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows, and reading to her heart’s content.
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Title: What Happens at the Lake
Author: Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Trope: Grumpy-Sunshine
Release Date: January 15, 2024
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When life took an unexpected turn, I decided to get out of New York for a while. What better place to go than the idyllic small town my father spoke about so fondly when I was growing up? Laurel Lake held the title America’s Friendliest Town for seventeen years running, and friendly was just what I needed right now.
Unfortunately, friendly wasn’t the welcome I got when I arrived.
Instead, I got Fox Cassidy. My tall, dark, and burly neighbor, who grunted at me instead of saying hello.
Okay, so I might’ve had his mailbox in my hands the first time we met. And it might’ve been a little crushed after removing it from under my tire. And I might’ve needed his help breaking into the place I was staying in after the key broke off in the lock. But still…he didn’t have to be so grumpy.
As time went on though, I started to notice things about Fox other than his glares. Like how he watched me when he thought I wasn’t looking, or how fire ignited in his eyes whenever we bickered. Though I was in Laurel Lake to escape my problems, not create new ones. And getting involved with a man like Fox screamed trouble, even if he was gorgeous and unlike any man I’d ever met.
But alas, problem seemed to be my middle name this year. So why not have some fun while I was here for the summer? It seemed like a good plan. At least until it was time to go home…
They say what happens at the lake, stays at the lake. But it’s not so easy to walk away when what stays behind…is your heart.
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Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel, and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
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