Title: Beauty and the Bruiser
Series: Philadelphia Tyrant Hockey #1
Author: Josie Blake
Genre: Contemporary Hockey Romance
Tropes: Single Dad/Nanny, Grumpy/Sunshine
Release Date: May 26, 2023
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Nanny for a professional hockey player? Please. More like beauty for the beast.
The job is straightforward. Single dad Duke York needs a caretaker for his seven-year-old daughter during the hockey season, bonus if that person can help her with her school work. His team is rebuilding, and he plans to retire at the end of the year. This is his last chance to make a run at the cup. Right now, I have the time and the education to do this work.
Except there should be a disclaimer in the job description about Duke. He’s hot as sin, and the grizzled hockey veteran takes brooding to the next level. I need the cash, though, and the job offers housing as part of its compensation. Since I have nowhere to live—again—it’s the perfect situation. But I didn’t expect to find such a fascinating man under Duke’s gruff exterior, and the more I get to know the father and daughter duo, the more I risk losing my heart to them both.
My real life has never included any fairy-tale endings. But maybe this temporary job could be the beginning of all of our happily ever afters…
BEAUTY AND THE BRUISER is a full-length, sexy hockey romance with a happily ever after. If you like Beauty and the Beast vibes, a grumpy cinnamon roll single dad hero, and slow burn chemistry, you should try this first book in the Philadelphia Tyrant Hockey series!
The Philadelphia Tyrant books contain mild adult language and open-door sexual scenes/situations. Every story can be read as a standalone.
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Josie Blake writes college-set, hockey romance with sass and emotion. Originally from a small town in western Pennsylvania, she now battles traffic in southern New Jersey where she lives with her hero husband and their happily-ever-after: two very energetic sons. When she isn’t writing, she can be found next to a hockey rink or swimming pool, cooking up something sweet, or hiding from encroaching dust bunnies with a book.
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Title: Double the Dilemma
Series: Dragons MC #4
Author: Emily Rose
Genre: Contemporary Dark Romance
Tropes: Secret Identity/MC Romance
Release Date: April 25, 2023
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Karissa
She doesn’t need anyone to save her. She is her own savior, so when her former foster sister is threatening to finish what she started, Karissa knows she needs to leave. No one is safe with Sena after her. Except, she didn’t plan on him. Razor, the far too sexy biker has made it clear that he wants her for his Old Lady, and he’s not going to give up. Now, he’s found out about the threat against her, and he isn’t about to let her go or let her fight her past alone. However, she hasn’t been completely open about her past, and it’s about to stretch their trust and budding relationship to the limits. But the biggest question is, when it’s all over… will she stay or will she go? And will Razor still want her when he finds out the truth?
Razor
He never wanted an Old Lady, and was happy with the casual arrangement he and Karissa started. Except now, things are different, and he wants it all, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make her see it. But things aren’t always what they seem. Karissa has secrets. So when he finds out she’s leaving to try and protect those closest to her, he’s not about to let her go without a fight. The question is, will he be able to handle the secrets she was keeping? And if so, will she still stay when it was all over? Or is he destined to watch her leave?
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Emily lives with her husband and two fur babies on the Eastern Coast of Canada. When she’s not writing, she’s spending her time annoying the crap out of her husband or playing with her dogs. She always dreamed of being a writer, but in 2020 she finally decided to see if she could make it a reality. From there, she’s published multiple series that bring readers back for more. Including a couple of groups of women that have her readers laughing out loud, on the edge of their seats, and messaging her constantly to ask for more.
Emily now warns her readers that when reading her books not to consume hot liquids, and you probably shouldn’t read them while waiting in the school pick-up line unless you want a few questioning looks. Her books range from suspenseful to funny, with darker themes and plenty of steam. She has many more books cooking up, with new worlds to explore, and she can’t wait for you to join her on more adventures.
Title: Undertaking Love
Series: Last Responders Romance #2
Author: Megan Montgomery
Genre: Steamy Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Grumpy/Sunshine
Release Date: April 25, 2023
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When Bethany West swapped her lucrative modeling career for her dream job as a funeral director, she expected to blow the roof off the Victorian-era mortuary with her eco-friendly innovations and death positive attitude. Instead she’s only managed to piss off her bitter business partner, George Smythe, a man dead set on maintaining the status quo and driving Bethany out of his family business.
The worst part is pretending she doesn’t have feelings for the grump in the gray suit—a man so rigid, he probably has embalming fluid surging through his veins.
When the pair are forced together at a conference in New Orleans, Bethany finally gets the chance to exhume what’s really buried beneath George’s ice-cold contempt for the living.
Little by little, he lets her dig.
Soon enough, he starts to recognize not only the value of her business model, but an intense and dangerous attraction to the blonde bombshell mortician.
But the truth behind George's past is worse than Bethany suspected. Unless he opens up and leans on her--at the risk of succumbing to their cremation-level attraction—he’ll jeopardize both the business and their hearts by refusing the true partnership they both need.
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Megan Montgomery writes romance. Sometimes they're funny. Sometimes they're morbid, but all her characters have cool jobs. She and her husband, Johnathon Olavarria co-host Forced Proximity podcast, a romance book and movie club.
Her debut novel, Well… That Was Awkward, inspired by her homesickness for southern Maryland, was a Best Indie Book Award winner, IndieReader Discovery Award winner, a B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree, and a Page Turner Awards finalist.
She now lives halfway across the US on the prairie with her husband, son, and mom.
Title: Scandals of the Father
Series: Cavalieri Billionaire Legacy #1
Author: Zoe Blake
Genre: Contemporary Dark Romance
Tropes: Billionaire/Enemies to Lovers
Forced Proximity/Age Gap
Release Date: March 31, 2023
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Being attracted to her wasn't wrong… but acting on it would be.
As the patriarch of the powerful and wealthy Cavalieri family, my choices came with consequences for everyone around me.
The roots of my ancestral, billionaire-dollar winery stretch deep into the rich, Italian soil, as does our legacy for ruthlessness and scandal.
It wasn't the fact she was half my age that made her off limits.
Nothing was off limits for me.
A wounded bird, caught in a trap not of her own making, she posed no risk to me.
My obsessive desire to possess her was the real problem.
For both of us.
But now that I've seen her, tasted her lips, I can't let her go.
Whether she likes it or not, she needs my protection.
I'm doing this for her own good, yet she fights me at every turn.
Refusing the luxury I offer, desperately trying to escape my grasp.
I need to teach her to obey before the dark rumors of my past reach her.
Ruin her.
She cannot find out what I've done, not before I make her mine.
If you love the dark and twisted romantic suspense of Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli, Charmaine Pauls, and Anna Zaires you will love this series!
Lose yourself in the steamy, enemies to lovers drama of the Cavalieri men.
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She stepped forward and turned her rigid back on me. "Thank you for escorting me home. You can leave now."
"Turn around."
"Why?"
"Because I said so."
With a frustrated sigh, she turned around. Her lower lip thrust out in a pout.
"I want a kiss before I leave."
She blinked. "What?"
"You heard me."
"What if I say no?"
I stroked her lower lip with the pad of my thumb. "I'd take one anyway."
"Why are you doing this? Do you think I owe you some kind of payment for the broken glasses?"
She walked over to a kitchen cupboard and pulled down an earthenware jug with a metal lid. She threw off the lid and dumped the contents onto the table. There was a small stack of neatly folded euros and a handful of coins. She gestured to the pile with disgust. "Here! Here is your payment. Take it and leave."
In this exact moment, I couldn't decide if I deserved her anger or not.
But truthfully, I didn't give a damn.
It was time to teach my little bird a lesson.
I shrugged out of my blazer and tossed it aside. I then watched her as I slowly unbuttoned my cuffs and rolled up the linen sleeves of my shirt.
She backed away until her hip hit the white porcelain farmhouse sink. "What do you think you are doing?"
I snatched her around the waist and placed my hand over her mouth to muffle her scream. "Taking my payment."
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She delights in writing Dark Romance books filled with overly-possessive Billionaires, Taboo scenes and Unexpected twists. She usually spends her ill-gotten gains on martinis, travel and red lipstick. Since she can barely boil water, she’s lucky enough to be married to a sexy Chef.
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Title: Beautiful Chaos
Duet: The Ruin of Liars #2
Series: Westlake Royals #2
Author: Jaime Ellis
Genre: College Bully Romance
Release Date: March 2, 2023
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She is the fire in my blood. A tornado of empty promises.â¦
Four years ago, Lili killed a part of me and left me drowning.
She didnât need to come back to destroy me.
Not when she had already succeeded.
Lili should have stayed away.
The past should have stayed buried.
But apparently, itâs impossible to stay away even when she despises me.
In her eyes, Iâm the villain.
A monster.
A ruthless man with no morals.
Sheâs right.
But when newly revealed secrets put Lili in danger, instead of fighting her, I fight with her.
I protect her.
Because Lili kneels only to me.
Beautiful Chaos is the second and final book of The Ruin of Liars, the duet following Atticus and Lili. This book is not a standalone. The couple's story completes with this book.
This book is a mature new dark, college bully, new adult read, featuring a spicy, slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance with a hint of mystery, a ton of heat, and plenty of angst to go around.
Download today and get ready for the epic conclusion of Atticus and Lili.
Full Disclosure: There are situations that some readers might find triggering.
Jaime Ellis is a romance author. She loves writing gut-wrenching novels with flawed and complex characters. A good heartbreaking story with an anti-hero and a strong bad@ss heroine makes her heart happy.
Title: The Agreement
Author: L. Steele
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 14, 2023
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He's my brother’s best friend
Also my new boss
And now my fake husband...
Cade ‘the King’ Kingston, billionaire grumphole and the most sought-after sportsperson on the continent.
He’s also London’s most notorious bachelor with a ten-pack and a profile that would make Adonis weep.
Too bad he’s ruthless has a heart made of ice and is the most unfeeling brute I have ever met.
When my brother asks him to look out for me while he’s away, Cade engages me as his new Communications Manager.
Now he’s my boss, I definitely don’t want to get involved with him.
But I’ve harbored a secret crush on Cade, and when we start working together in close proximity, my feelings for him multiply.
When a stalker targets me, Cade proposes a fake marriage for my protection.
But he has secrets of his own...
This is a swoony, angsty, banter-filled romance featuring a woman in over her head, a man in over his heart, and a Champagne loving Great Dane who plays matchmaker by mistake. It stands alone and comes complete with grand romantic gestures.
L. Steele aka Laxmi loves to write romance novels featuring dangerous men and feisty women.
Laxmi enjoys trading trivia with her filmmaker husband, watching lots and lots of movies, and walking nature trails. She lives with her family in London.
PS: She insists that you call her Lax :)
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Title: Beautiful Storm
Duet: The Ruin of Liars #1
Series: Westlake Royals #1
Author: Jaime Ellis
Genre: College Bully Romance
Release Date: February 9, 2023
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He ruined me. Now, itâs my turnâ¦
Atticus Rainier is an intoxicating monster.
The boy who was off limits was once my everything.
Then, the truth came out, and he broke me.
He called me a beautiful liar and walked away without a glance back.
But that naïve fourteen-year-old girl is gone.
The last four years have given me time to see what he really is.
A beautiful storm.
And I wonât be sucked into the vicious vortex that is Atticus again.
Instead, Iâll drown him in his own malice.
And once I shatter his soul, Iâll discard himâ¦
The same way he did to me.
Beautiful Storm is the first book of the duet The Ruin of Liars following Atticus and Lili. This book is a mature new dark, college bully, new adult read, featuring a spicy, slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance with a hint of mystery, a ton of heat, and plenty of angst to go around. This book is not a standalone, and continues in book two, Beautiful Chaos.
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Jaime Ellis is a romance author. She loves writing gut-wrenching novels with flawed and complex characters. A good heartbreaking story with an anti-hero and a strong bad@ss heroine makes her heart happy.
Title: Bratva Jewel
Series: The Ivankov Brotherhood #6
Author: Sabine Barclay
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Release Date: January 24, 2023
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I can’t resist her. I don’t want to…
She’s tried to leave our life behind, but no one walks away from the bratva.
She can run, but she can’t hide.
I’ll be the one to catch her when she falls. And she will because she’s walking a fine line.
I’ll be there because she’s mine.
I’ll go to the ends of the Earth for her. She’ll discover her limits and realize only I can please her.
She’s my soulmate, and I’m hers. Heaven help anyone who gets in the way.
Bratva Jewel is an interconnecting, standalone Dark Mafia Romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It contains extra-steamy scenes that will make your toes curl and your granny blush. This is book six in The Ivankov Brotherhood, a six-book series that’ll keep you warm at night.
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He may be the hottest man I’ve ever seen, but nope. No way. No how. Uh-uh. Everything about him that makes me want to run my hands and tongue all over him is what’s telling me to stay far, far away. The aura of danger, of barely controlled strength embodies that idea of animal magnetism. But it’s also what’s likely to get me heartbroken at best and killed at worst. I know this type of man. I grew up around them. My mother says my father was like that. And that means I need it nowhere near me.
But f*ck. He’s delicious to look at. Those icy-blue eyes remind me of the lakes in Siberia near my grandparents’ home. The kind that intrigues you enough to stick a toe in, then you regret it because you just might lose it. They might make me overheat now, but they’re likely to freeze my heart if I get too close. It would crumble into fractured shards, never to be put together again.
Holy sh*t. Okay. I can slow my brain down a notch or two. He smiled at me in the plane—or rather smiled at my tits—and he helped me with my suitcase. It’s not like he’s luring me into bed. Though… No. I would definitely say no. It might kill me. But then again, he might too. There is no way he isn’t bratva. I don’t need to ask. No one needs to tell me. I’m a Muscovite from the Serpukhovsky District; I know when I see one. But damn. I could watch him all day. His smile was pure sex, and I don’t think he was even trying. God help any woman when he's really trying to charm her.
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Sabine Barclay, a nom de plume also writing Historical Romance as Celeste Barclay, lives near the Southern California coast where she's a former rower and a hopeful surfer, a self-proclaimed foodie, and a lover of the outdoors. Sabine enjoys attending reader events and travels domestically and internationally for book signings and speaking engagements. Before becoming a full-time author, Sabine was a Social Studies and English teacher. She holds degrees in International Affairs (BA), Secondary Social Science (MAT), and Political Management (MPS). She channels that knowledge into creating engrossing contemporary romances that bring the steam will make your toes curl and your granny blush.
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Title: Butterflies & Vicious Lies
Series: Fractured Rhymes #1
Author: Kayleigh King
Genre: Contemporary College Romance
Release Date: January 13, 2023
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I told her my secrets and she told me gilded lies. The words that dripped from her lips like honey were nothing but empty promises.
Her betrayal blindsided me.
Posie had been my constant. My anchor. My calm. Until she wasn’t.
Now she’s my enemy.
Before I could even the score, she fled to the other side of the country where she thought she was safe from my wrath.
She was wrong.
It didn’t matter how far my butterfly flew, I always knew where she was. All I had to do was wait and prepare for her return.
After five years, Posie has flown back into town, and I have her cage waiting.
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USA Today Bestselling author Kayleigh King is a writer of contemporary and paranormal romance. She writes love stories that will stick with you, almost like they’re haunting you.
She’s a Diet Coke and cold brew addict, sharing music is her love language, and she seriously lacks a filter. Anything she thinks, she usually says. And if she doesn’t say it, her facial expressions will say it for her. Currently residing in Denver Colorado, you’ll never find her on a snowboard since she avoids the snow like the plague.
Want to chat about books, music, or life in general? Make sure you join her Facebook reader group and follow her on Instagram. Her DMs are always open to her readers.
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Title: The Auction
Series: Kings of Ruin #1
Author: L. Knight
Genre: Contemporary Billionaire Romance
Release Date: January 10, 2023
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They call me arrogant, cold, and cruel. The CEO with no heart.
And they’re right… until she walks back into my life, and everything changes.
Ten years ago, I broke the heart of the girl I loved, and she ran from me, never giving me a chance to explain, leaving me devastated and crushed with guilt.
Now Lottie is back and working in my club. Which gives me the chance to put things right. I know she’s hiding a secret from me, but I can’t walk away from her.
When she enters an auction to sell her body, I refuse to let another man touch what is mine.
I offer her a way out, a marriage of convenience that will benefit us both. The contract says we’ll stay married for a year.
But the truth is, she was mine then, she’s mine now, and I’m never letting her go again.
When I was young, Lincoln Coldwell was the hero in my story. The boy who promised me forever. Until the day I found out it was all a lie and realized a girl like me could never be enough for the billionaire tycoon.
Now, ten years later, he’s the villain who holds my future in his hands.
Drowning in a sea of debt and determined to protect the one person that means the world to me, I reach for a lifeline and agree to auction off the one thing I have left to sell: my virginity.
With no place to hide, I face the man who still makes my pulse quicken. But I have demands of my own. I’ll give him my body for a year, but he’ll never have my heart again. And he can never find out the truth of what happened ten years ago.
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Lia Knight is the author of Contemporary Billionaire romance with lots of angst, heat and drama. Her heroes are super rich, demanding and know exactly what they want, so when they set their sights on the heroines in these books you know the chemistry will explode your kindle. Having written over forty books under a different pen name she wanted to give those rich, bossy heroes fighting for a story a chance to have their say and find their HEA. When she isn't writing she is bingeing Yellowstone, The Big Bang Theory and Bridgerton from her home in Hereford in the UK.
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