Title: Auctioned Surrender
Series: The Sinful Duets #2
Author: Via Mari
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Tropes: Alpha Bodyguard/Protector Romance
Release Date: December 15, 2023
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Damian and Bryanna
As one of the wealthiest bodyguard’s and mafia connected men in the world, my assignment shouldn’t be difficult.
Get in and find the woman who’s fallen prey to a deadly global trafficking ring and return her to the family. Protect her at all costs.
Those were the orders, and I’ve never let a client down.
The innocent beauty’s eyes swirl with emotion as she looks at me, full of caution, wariness, fear, curiosity and need, all in a hazy mixture of lust that makes this more than a job.
But Bryanna has secrets of her own. She fights my help every step of the way, fleeing right out of my arms and back to those who want to sell her for a price.
The hold they have over Bryanna is not strong enough to keep me at bay. I will move heaven and earth to win her trust and to make her mine.
They’ve messed with the most ruthless of protectors in this deadly game of sin, and they will learn that the hard way today.
Because tonight, Bryanna will be mine.
Dereck and Layla
When asked to help with an assignment, the last thing I expect is to meet an exquisite woman full of attitude who ignites my soul like she was made just for me.
Layla Contreras can hold her own in the dangerous criminal underworld. A fiery exotic dancer who is strong-willed, sassy, and determined.
In a swift twist of fate, danger ignites.
I will do what it takes to keep Layla safe, even calling upon mafia alliances who are more than happy to go up against our mutual enemies.
But this is far from a job now…
Layla thinks her secrets will keep me away, but she couldn’t be more wrong. I plan to earn her trust, to bring that wall completely down, and tame the bravehearted fire within.
I will bury the sins of the past and anyone who gets in the way of me claiming the relentless beauty all for my very own.
Watch me…
Auctioned Surrender is the bundled collection of Auctioned and Relentless, the second in a sinfully delicious duet 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: In the Light of Sin
Series: The Unforgiven Souls MC #2
Author: Juniper Nyx
Genre: Dark MC Romance
Tropes: Forced Proximity/Grumpy Sunshine
Release Date: December 15, 2023
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He desires the darkness I hid.
He noticed my fake smiles.
He watched me as I fell apart.
The spark between us should’ve been enough.
Sarge, the faceless man, protects me in a way I’ve never experienced before. But I’ve made mistakes. Unforgivable mistakes that hurt the people I loved the most. Time and time again, I try to atone for my sins by giving pieces of myself away—until there is nothing left.
Sarge can see me. The real me. He isn’t disgusted by my past, instead he makes it his mission to mend the fragments of my soul. This amazing man, who hides his scarred body from the world, is the only one who can understand my struggle. But he has demons in his past that force him to push me away, igniting consequences we never saw coming.
He was trying to save me, but it might be too late.
My fate was his damnation.
But he chose me anyway.
Now we’ll both burn in the flames.
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Juniper Nyx was born and raised in the Midwest, being surrounded by nothing but empty cornfields and her imagination. She decided to put that imagination to paper, but accidentally spilled too much ink and the romance she was writing turned dark. Her lines of morality have been blurred ever since.
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Title: Finding the Road to Us
Series: The Wilder Brothers #6
Author: Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Jilted Love/MMF/Friends to Lovers
Release Date: December 11, 2023
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I was ready to say, ‘I do’, then my fiancé left me at the altar.
Broken and embarrassed, Trace and Elliot helped me run away—ditching my wedding dress in the process.
When I come back to the Wilder Retreat to show the world I’m no longer hurting, I know I must ignore my traitorous needs when it comes to these two men.
Because my body wants them both.
And my soul craves them just as much.
I know I can’t choose, and part of me asks why I should.
Only when we decide to take that chance and share everything, the danger from our pasts refuses to let our choice stand.
With one kiss, one dance into temptation, we could lose everything.
Including our lives.
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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.
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Title: A Winter's Night with Tempest
Series: Tempest #8
Author: Michelle Mankin
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Rockstar/Holiday Romance
Release Date: December 11, 2023
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Tempest. The biggest baddest rock band in the world. No one expected five misfits from Southside Seattle to climb that mountain, but they stormed it. Not only that but each of them found love along the way. But hold up. Maybe things at the top arenât as blissful as they seem. Tempest might have to defend that hard won prize from another band who thinks theyâre even bigger and badder.
Warren âWarâ Jinkins is the handsome and volatile lead singer of Tempest. The most arrogant frontman in the business won't yield without a fight. But now he has his wife Shaina, the woman he always needed, and his twin girls to consider.
And then there is Bryan Jacksonâs boy. The kid has an attitude and some to spare. Can War help Bryan understand his headstrong son? Can he be the father his girls need? Can his band fend off their challenger? And what will happen when War invites the whole crew to his place for the holidays? Will it be a merry Christmas or just mayhem? These answers and more can be found inside: A Winterâs Night with Tempest.
MICHELLE MANKIN is the New York Times bestselling author of over 40 romance novels. Romance that rocks the heart. Text ROCK BOOK to 33777 for release alerts and a chance to win a signed paperback on release days-US only.
When Michelle isn't prowling the streets of her Texas town listening to her rock and Nola funk music much too loud, she is putting her daydreams down on paper or traveling the world with her family and friends, sometimes for real, and sometimes just for pretend.
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Title: Grumpy Santa
Author: Kat Baxter
Genre: Steamy Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Holiday Romance, Grumpy/Sunshine
Oops Pregnancy, Boss/Assistant
Release Date: December 13, 2023
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Audrey
I’ve been in love with big, brooding Jared Sawyer ever since he hired me to work in his hardware store. He scowls a lot and growls more than he talks, but there’s something about him that makes me feel like I’m right where I’m supposed to be. After one explosive night in his arms, I’m even more certain we belong together. But then he never mentions the way he kissed and held me, or the naughty things he whispered in my ear.
How is it possible that what felt like forever was just a one and done?
Just when I’m sure that the only consequences of our night together are awkward silences at work, I find out Jared left me with more than a broken heart.
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USA Today Bestselling Author Kat Baxter writes fast-paced, sweet & STEAMY romantic comedies. Readers have dubbed her books “laugh-out-loud funny,” “hot enough to melt your kindle,” and “The Queen of Adorkable.” She lives in Texas with her family and a menagerie of animals. Kat is the pseudonym for a bestselling historical romance author.
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Title: Ward Willing
Series: Ravaged Castle #3
Author: Amanda Richardson
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Age Gap, Dad's Best Friend
Student/Professor, Ward/Guardian
Cover Design: Moonstruck Cover Design
Photographer: Rafa G Catala
Model: Hugo Soriano
Release Date: February 20, 2024
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She was the epitome of forbidden fruit.
And I wanted a taste.
Liam
Being the oldest Ravage brother means I’ve always been the fixer, handling everyone else’s mess.
But the one problem I can’t solve?
Keeping my hands off my best friend’s daughter.
Hidden away in my remote cabin, writing is my escape until duty thrusts her into my life.
Over the years, Zoe evolves into a tempting taboo–the one person I crave but can never claim, despite what she tells me about her… inclinations.
I vowed protection at any cost–even if it’s from myself.
Zoe
Orphaned and thrust into adulthood, I bury myself in school work and keep my eyes trained on the prize.
Now, with law school and an uncertain future looming, I’m used to doing everything myself and pushing back against Liam’s stoic, overprotective resolve.
Until I learn that the vanilla, cinnamon roll of a man I’ve known my whole life isn't so vanilla after all.
Now, instead of infuriating me, his strict, commanding presence sends shivers down my spine.
I soon realize his resistance was never about denying desire for him–it was about fulfilling a different kind of hunger.
Ward Willing is a full-length, age gap, billionaire romance with BDSM themes. It is book three in the Ravaged Castle series. All books can be read as standalones.
Warning: This book contains an overprotective/possessive hero, explicit sexual situations, and strong language. There is a HEA.
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Amanda Richardson writes from her chaotic dining room table in Yorkshire, England, often distracted by her husband and two adorable sons. When she's not writing contemporary and dark, twisted romance, she enjoys coffee (a little too much) and collecting house plants like they're going out of style.
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Title: Pretty Dependable
Series: Pine Village #2
Author: Lacey Black
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Small Town/Single Mom/Friends to Lovers
Release Date: December 12, 2023
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Ellie
Being a single mom is the most challenging, yet rewarding job I’ve ever had. Especially in a small town, where everyone knows your story, or at least their version of it.
They say it takes a village, and they’re right. I’ve been lucky to have close friends to help me raise my son, Brody. One particular friend stands out above the rest. TD stepped up in a big way, teaching my son everything a father should. That’s why his friendship means so much to me. Brody and I both rely on his friendship. Any feelings I have for my sexy friend must stay buried. It’s safer that way.
Turns out, it’s much harder to do when he decides he’s done being just my friend. He wants more.
TD
There’s nothing worse than being in lust with one of your friends. For years, I’ve been fighting my attraction to Ellie and keeping it a secret. I thought I was doing what was best for all of us.
Between working as the local police officer and coaching high school football, I’m left with very little downtime, but what I do have is spent with Ellie and her son. When I find out the seventeen-year-old boy might be working to get this football coach and his mom together, all bets are off. With Brody on my side, I’m willing to take the chance and blur the lines between friends and lovers.
I have to make her see we can have it all. Despite her reservations, I’ll show her love is worth the risk.
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USA Today Bestselling Author Lacey Black is a Midwestern girl with a passion for reading, writing, and shopping. She carries her e-reader with her everywhere she goes so she never misses an opportunity to read a few pages. Always looking for a happily ever after, Lacey is passionate about contemporary romance novels and enjoys it further when you mix in a little suspense. She resides in a small town in Illinois with her husband, two children, and three rowdy chickens.
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Title: Snowed in with the Grump
A Mistletoe Love Series Standalone Novella
Author: Fern Fraser
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Ex-Military/Best Friend's Brother
Grumpy/Sunshine
Release Date: December 12, 2023
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Ava
I’ve been in love with my best friend’s older brother for years. Unrequited and very much a secret, I’ve been content only to share my feelings in the letters I wrote him. For five years, Carter served overseas, and I poured my affection and concern into unsent notes I foolishly hid in his family’s mountain cabin. The very place where Carter plans to stay once he returns stateside. I need to find the letters before anyone else, especially before the man who holds my heart discovers my secret.
Carter
I never imagined that when I retired from the military, I’d have to do it like this. Scarred and broken and unfit for the beautiful things in this world. Which is exactly what I find in my family’s old cabin, in the form of my sister’s tempting best friend, Ava. Suddenly, we’re snowed in together, and I’m struggling to remember why I’m supposed to keep my hands to myself. I’m too damaged to deserve Ava’s sunshine, but she’s got me hoping for a Christmas miracle.
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USA Today Bestselling Author Fern Fraser writes light-hearted, high-heat contemporary short romances.
Fern’s fun, fast-paced romances feature women who know what they want. Her heroes are over-the-top alphas who instantly fall head-over-heels in love. Full of heart, suspense, action, and laughs, Fern’s romances give you all the feels in half the time.
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Title: Meeting My Forever
Series: The Brothers Macallan #1
Author: Red Phoenix
Genres: Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Small Town/Opposites Attract
Release Date: January 9, 2024
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In the smallest towns you find the biggest hearts.
When Avery visits the small town of Crested Butte, she only has a short time to decide if she will put down roots here as their new librarian or return home. As charmed as she is by the mountain town and the kind people there, it's a chance encounter with a kitten and a handsome fireman that really make an impression on her heart.
The Macallan family is a pillar of the Crested Butte community, but they've got a reputation for being eternally single. Lance is no stranger to relationships. As the youngest Macallan and a fireman, he's an extremely eligible bachelor in the small town. But no woman has ever made him want to settle down. When he meets a cute out-of-towner while rescuing an adorable kitten, the life he knows is about to be shaken to its core.
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Red Phoenix is an award-winning romance author who has made readers swoon, laugh, and fan themselves for over twelve years.
"I believe, based on personal experience, that love conquers all. It is a running theme in all of my writing." ~Red
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Title: Intention
Series: Harper Security Ops #12
Author: A.K. Evans
Genre: Military Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Small Town/Stalker/Broken Hero
Release Date: December 12, 2023
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Brynn Allen has always been ambitious. If there’s something she wants, she goes after it. That attitude has driven her to build a successful career. As more and more people begin to notice her when she’s out, Brynn believes it’s time to be proactive in another aspect of her life.
Her safety.
Jake Burns was taken with Brynn the moment she walked through the door. The woman’s beautiful figure is beyond impressive, but it’s her determination to keep herself protected that he’s most attracted to. He’s never met anyone as driven and focused as her.
When a creepy stalker comes after her, Brynn is going to need to rely on everything Jake has taught her to stay safe.
Because she wants a future with him, and she has every intention of staying alive to make that happen, too.
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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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