He’s the sensible brother in the family who’d do anything to help a neighbor out. She’s a single mother on the run. Can the two resist temptation when they become unexpected roommates?
James Bennett had his life all planned out—or so he thought. After a bitter break-up, he convinces himself he doesn’t have time for relationships anymore. But all bets are off when he befriends his father’s new caregiver, Sara Larson.
She’s the beautiful and funny travel nurse hired to help his dad. She’s also a single mom to her eight-year-old son which means she’s completely off-limits. But there’s something captivating about the auburn-haired beauty and he finds himself drawn to her like a moth to a hot flame.
When James learns she and her son are living out of a suitcase in the local economy motel, he invites them to stay with him and his two big dogs at Bennett Farms. Sara reminds him what it’s like to desire a family of his own. She’s everything he ever needed, and nothing he ever imagined.
But Sara has secrets and he knows getting attached might be a huge mistake.
Can James convince Sara to stay and build a permanent life with him by her side? Or will she run away again, leaving him with his heart in his hands?
Author’s Note: A steamy standalone about two roommates turned lovers. One-click for a cinnamon-roll hero who’d give the shirt off his back to help someone in need, and an independent mom who’s first priority is her son. Romantic add-ons include a charming carriage house, flirty banter, big dogs, late-night dirty dancing. This love story comes with a guaranteed Happily Ever After.
“The Singing Author,” KG Fletcher, lives in her very own frat house in Atlanta, GA with her husband Ladd and three sons. As a singer/songwriter she became a recipient of the “Airplay International Award” for “Best New Artist” showcasing original songs at The Bluebird Café in Nashville, TN. She earned her BFA in theater at Valdosta State University, and has traveled the world professionally as a singer/actress. KG currently gets to play rock star as a backup singer in the National Tour, “Remember When Rock Was Young – the Elton John Tribute.”
KG is a hopeless romantic. When she’s not on the road singing, she’s probably at home day dreaming about her swoony book boyfriends, or arranging a yummy charcuterie board while sipping red wine and listening to Frank Sinatra. KG loves to interact with readers on social media and share about her writing and singing journey.
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The article would make front page news, if she lived long enough to write it.
In the heart of Paris, a trendy nightclub harbors a dark secret—it’s a front for a human trafficking ring. It’s also Finlay Giammarino’s only lead to find her friend’s sister. Exposing the club’s owner isn’t enough for the investigative journalist. Finlay is determined to bring the men at the top to justice.
Desperate, Finlay does the one thing she swore she’d never do—ask Drake Reeves for help. The former Navy SEAL has made it unmistakably clear how he feels about journalists. But he has skills and Finlay has reached a dead end.
Finlay and Drake are thrust into a world of shadows, lies, and secrets where every step forward unravels another layer of deception. How far are they willing to go for the truth?
If you enjoy an action-packed roller coaster ride laced with romance and a touch of humor, don’t miss out on Mavery Ellscott’s third installment in the Shadow Defense Security series of standalone novels.
Mavery Ellscott’s first foray into writing was not romantic suspense. She wrote and published a neighborhood newspaper. A pretty big endeavor for an eight-year-old armed with scrap paper and her dad’s old typewriter. Total circulation—two. Fortunately, her later publications fared better. She’s even made it beyond the first round in a contest or two.
A conservationist, Mavery has won a few environmental awards. So, it’s no surprise she yearns to write a high-speed chase with eco-friendly cars.
Meet the Thompsons of Locust Street, an unconventional family taking Philadelphia high society by storm…
Payden Thompson’s pursuit of the man threatening his family and his clan proves to be far from a straightforward confrontation. His hunt to kill the illegitimate relative and the man’s followers is brutal and he is imprisoned and beaten after daring a rescue attempt goes awry. Overwhelmed by the violence and loss in Scotland, Payden finds himself unable to shed his fears and trauma after his heroic return to America.
Clarice Endicott finds Philadelphia society boring and chafes at her mother’s schemes to find her a husband amongst the wealthiest of the young men on the hunt for a well-connected wife. A chance meeting introduces her to a handsome and sullen Payden Thompson, who captures her interest, and who has just returned from Scotland after five long and dangerous years. Will Clarice be the woman to help Payden lift himself from the dogged effects of tragedy and violence?
Holly Bush writes historical romance set in the U.S.in the late 1800’s, in Victorian England, and an occasional Women’s Fiction title. Her books are described as emotional, with heartfelt, sexy romance. She makes her home with her husband in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Connect with Holly atwww.hollybushbooks.com, on Threads @hollybushbooks, and on Facebook at Holly Bush Books.
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Craig stole coins from a Viking Treasure Chest at the Bottom of Loch Ness
The coins Craig stole from the Vikings were either blessed or cursed. They brought him back to Nessie’s lair. A rock concert with their favorite singer is about to perform at Urquhart Castle. But the sound waves from the wild music are causing chaos in Nessie’s Grotto.
What can Craig and Linda do to protect Nessie and her children? And still get to hear their favorite singer?
Lois Wickstrom lives in a world where imaginary playmates are real. She doesn’t remember being born, so she finds unbirthdays are more exciting than the official once-a-year date on the calendar. She’s taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales.
Jean Lorrah is a New York Times Best Selling author. She is also a retired English teacher, and an award winning artist. She has written Star Trek books with Jacqueline Lichtenberg, and books in worlds of her own creation. Together with Lois, she is co-author of Coal for Christmas which won the Gold Remi at Worldfest.
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Timmy’s Pet Rat Doesn’t Want to be a Spy. But Nobody Else Can Sneak into the Mad Scientist’s Home.
Timmy and Grandma train their pet rat Hildegarde to discover who or what is causing earthquakes in Pillow, PA. They meet a mysterious German rat trainer, a crazy inventor, an FBI agent who specializes in aliens, and a cholocate-eating girl.
They work hard to train the rat. They build spy equipment small enough for the rat. But when it’s time to send her on her mission, does she have all the skills she’ll need?
Watch Hildegarde, the rat, do her best to save the day.
Lois Wickstrom lives in a world where imaginary playmates are real. She doesn’t remember being born, so she finds unbirthdays are more exciting than the official once-a-year date on the calendar. She’s taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales.
When Xenobia arrived on Earth seven years ago she was given an opportunity to start over. Maggie, her best friend, is the only one who knows what she really is. Walking in on Maggie being beaten, Xen makes a split-second decision that begins a series of events which threaten to expose her true nature, and her heart.
With danger looming, Xen is required to face her trust issues and self-doubt in order to traverse the unexpected world she finds herself mixed up in. She must decide whether the lives of her chosen family are worth exposing her secret, and whether she is willing to accept her new role and the responsibility that comes with it.
Naomi Valkyrie, often called a Firebrand Provocateur, brings her unique Autistic perspectives and curiosities to life by weaving tales of deep connection, mystery, and romance. She is inspired by being able to spontaneously create a thought that takes on a life of its own, opening up new adventures for her readers.
The Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy realms are particular areas of interest for Naomi as they allow for the vast exploration of magic, adventure, and the impossible while creating diverse characters that her readers connect with on an emotional level.
When she isn’t attending to familial connections, Naomi loves a dark, comfy reading space surrounded by the symbolism of her spiritual archetypes and her daemon/familiars, while she sips her tea and immerses herself in imagination.
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Amy Q. Barker is a #1 Amazon best-selling author of women’s fiction as well as a nature lover. She writes books about extraordinary women who inconveniently fall in love during a major life crisis. Amy was raised in a small town in Western New York and now lives miles from anywhere on a lake in Indiana with her husband.
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All I want is a quiet drink. Guess it is too much to ask. Especially for my ex who will not take a hint when I tell him the seat beside me is taken—by my purse. My gaze snags on the super-hot guy in the reflection behind the bar, the one whose knowing wink should put me off. But my attention keeps straying to him. When football standout Wyatt “Bax” Baxter makes his move, steals the barstool from my purse, and sends my ex on his way, I can’t decide if I’m irritated or intrigued. After I caught my ex cheating, I know better than to trust a man with my heart. Yet when one thing leads to another, Bax becomes the only thing on my mind.
It was supposed to stop at a one-night stand.
Bax is unexpected. I don’t usually date football players. The fact that he listens when I talk is as big a turn-on as his broad shoulders stretching his T-shirt. When we hook up, he rocks my world. But my terrible history with men stops me from giving him my number. One and done, moving on is my motto these days. Though Bax lets me walk away, he refuses to let me go. He finds a way to live rent-free in my head, and to my everlasting shock, I keep seeking him out. Our backgrounds are wildly different. We make no sense together, but I can’t stay away.
She’s out of my league—like that ever stopped me.
Piper Maxwell is the whole sexy package—smart, independent, and the best time I ever had. When I wow the crowd with a pick-six during a big rivalry game, I know exactly where to point the ball—at a purple-haired hottie cheering in the student section. She insists on keeping it casual, but she is too special to let get away. I’m known for my tenacity on the field, something Piper is about to find out extends off the field too.
She thought the game ended in the first quarter, but I play to the final whistle.
Tam DeRudder Jackson’s love of all things Celtic led her to write the Talisman Series. Steeped in Celtic mythology, these steamy, fated mates, fantasy romance adventures are set in the mountains of Tam’s native Montana and the Highlands of Scotland. Rogue, the most recent book in the series, was named a best book read in 2022 by the Independent Book Review.
An avid fan of rock music, Tam never misses a chance to see a live show. Her love of rock music inspired her contemporary rock star Balefire Series, a sexy fun ride following the lives and loves of the members of a fictional mega-band. Play For Me, book one in the series, was a finalist for the 2023 Amor Book Awards.
Tam earned her BA in English from Montana State University and her M.Ed. in literacy from Lesley University. After a short teaching stint in Bath, England, she settled in the wilds of Wyoming where she taught adolescents all about the Celts and a bit about writing before she stepped out of the classroom to pursue her writing career full time.
When she’s not writing, you can find her working her way through her mountainous TBR piles, alpine skiing, or traveling to some new place on her ever-expanding bucket list. To stay up to date on her adventures, connect with Tam on her website www.tamderudderjackson where you can subscribe to her newsletter.
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They were the children of the Founding Fathers—the first American-born generation. They were Free Men and Dreamers!
The years following the signing of the Constitution have been riddled with British aggressions aimed at breaking the will of the young government. Washington, Franklin, and Hamilton have died. Their inspired dream is now entrusted to their aged and war-weary peers and to the succeeding generation-men and women, born in liberty.
But divisive evils cast a dark cloud over the promise “We the People,” even as war talk rattles the governing halls. America declares a war to reconfirm her independence . . . a war to protect her “more perfect union”: The War of 1812.
Some believe a more divine purpose awaits the Union in the wake of this war. Such seekers are Jed Pearson, the sensitive heir to both a large plantation and a mysteriously tainted family heritage, and Hannah Stansbury, the visionary woman whose family holds the key to the Pearson riddle.
But treacherous forces on both shores seek to manipulate the war’s outcome for their own purposes, ensnaring Jed and Hannah in dangerous intrigue during this pivotal moment in time when the ultimate definition of liberty is about to come to light.
Laurie (L.C.) Lewis is an award-winning LDS author and a weather-whining lover of Tom, her four kids, their spouses, and thirteen amazing grandkids. She’s also crazy about seafood, nesting boxes, twinkle lights, sappy movies, God, and the sea.
Born in Baltimore, Laurie raised her family within the exciting and history-rich corridor between Philadelphia, Baltimore, and D.C., which made her a politics and history junkie, but a recent move to a house overlooking Utah Lake makes Utah her new love.
Laurie has written fifteenth published novels in multiple genres, penning her women’s fiction and romance novels as Laurie Lewis, and her historical fiction novels as L.C. Lewis.
Her WWII novel, “The Letter Carrier,” won two 2023 Whitney Awards—for Novel of the Year and Best Historical/General Fiction—and the 2023 Readers Favorite Gold Medal for Inspirational Fiction. She’s also a RONE Award Winner (The Dragons of Alsace Farm) and was twice named a New Apple Literary Award winner in 2017 (The Dragons of Alsace Farm) and in 2018, winning Best New Fiction (Love on a Limb). She is also a BRAGG Medallion honoree, and she was twice named a Whitney Awards and USA Best Books Awards finalist.
Laurie’s next release will be book two in her contemporary Christian Romance series, “Silver Buckle Brides. The title is “The Better Man,” and it will release on March 28, 2024.
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Goodreads – Treasure Hunt (Grandma’s Closet) by Lois Wickstrom
Bookbub – Treasure Hunt (Grandma’s Closet) by Lois Wickstrom
When Grandma moved across town, she left four mysterious boxes in the hall closet: Feathers, Wandas, Fascinator, and Dowse. Dowse can mean soaking wet or find something valuable. In this book, Carrie does both. She hunts for gold and finds her dad’s wedding ring. She hunts for water and finds a leaky sewer pipe. Then she asks the rods to find her something valuable. She finds Grandma!
Lois Wickstrom lives in a world where imaginary playmates are real. She doesn’t remember being born, so she finds unbirthdays are more exciting than the official once-a-year date on the calendar. She’s taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales.
Jean Lorrah is a New York Times Best Selling author. She is also a retired English teacher, and an award winning artist. She has written Star Trek books with Jacqueline Lichtenberg, and books in worlds of her own creation. Together with Lois, she is co-author of Coal for Christmas which won the Gold Remi at Worldfest.
Goodreads – Hay Goes Home (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes
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Cray the Crab and Hay the Fox head off on an exciting adventure but encounter numerous obstacles and challenges. What will happen during their trip, and who will they meet along the way? Hay Goes Home tells the story of two friends, Cray and Hay, as they embark on an exciting journey to Hay’s mother’s birthday party. They face obstacles traveling through the mountains, such as overgrown plants and a treacherous river. With the help of their new friends and each other, they bravely learn how to overcome each challenge and ultimately make it to their destination.
The book beautifully illustrates and teaches valuable lessons about courage, friendship, and the power of asking for help, making it perfect for storytime with your children or students. Hay Goes Home is the perfect book for kids who love a good adventure story! With its fun rhythmic rhyme, this book will captivate your little ones from beginning to end.
Join Cray, Fox Hay, and their friends as they work together to make it to the party on time.
Hay Goes Home teaches about bravery, friendship, and the power of asking for help, making it the perfect addition to any child’s or classroom library.
Gary Wakstein is known to young readers as G Pa Rhymes! After a lifetime in the restaurant industry, Gary discovered his true passion: writing children’s books that teach important life lessons through the magic of rhyme and reading. Partnering with the talented illustrator Erica Leigh, G Pa Rhymes created The Adventures of Cray book series, inspired by his own family’s adventures.
G Pa Rhymes captivates kids with his “rappin’ and rhymin'” stories and instills values like friendship, honesty, bravery, and environmental stewardship. Now a sought-after speaker, he travels to schools, museums, libraries, and anywhere else he can bring joy to children’s lives.
G Pa Rhymes tries to inspire young readers with every book he writes. He resides in Plymouth, MA, and spends his days with his children and grandchildren on Cape Cod, Asheville, NC, and Victor, Idaho.
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“Shimmy hard enough and nothing can hurt you.” – Suki
Suki—aka Susan Chesterfield—is flirting with Frank, one of Al Capone’s enforcers, when gunmen enter the club and open fire. Frank saves Suki’s life, allowing her to escape despite a broken foot. But Suki can’t make it to safety alone. She needs help to get to a doctor.
Thankfully, Frank comes to the rescue again.
While Suki escapes with her life, her broken bone will prevent her from dancing for weeks. She worries about how she’s going to pay her rent when Frank offers a rather unorthodox answer. There is safety in being a gangster’s moll. No one will mess with Frank’s woman if she agrees to play the part. But… can they prevent the lines between fact and fiction from blurring?
Falling for Frank would be oh-so-easy. But the life of a moll isn’t. How will independent Suki handle being Frank’s woman? Suki is used to living in the now. Not thinking about the future or about true love, she has always lived moment to moment.
Will she find safety and security in being caged? Or will the urge to dance cause her to break out of her cast to be free and independent again?
Author Debra Parmley believes: “Every day we are alive is a beautiful day,” and she likes to give her readers and her story people a story that ends happily.
An Air Force veteran’s wife, Debra writes military romantic suspense, contemporary romance, historical romance, poetry, and memoir.
Debra married her high school sweetheart, whom she asked out after a five-dollar bet.
After living in five states with her husband and their two sons, and then living 23 years just outside Memphis, TN, she and her husband sold everything and now live and travel the U.S. in their 43-foot motorhome.
Debra is an adventurous writer who has sold travel and has walked the plank of a pirate ship off the coast of Grand Cayman. She has gone swimming with dolphins in Moorea in French Polynesia, has escorted a bus full of people through Scotland, and has set foot in 13 countries. She even climbs lighthouses because she is afraid of heights.
Molly Rose’s final grad school project is to stage the play she wrote. How on earth did her girlfriend find the absolute perfect cast for the broody Scotsman role? Well, he looks the part, but he knows nothing about acting.
And it hasn’t escaped anyone’s notice that Lachlan Adair is ruggedly handsome. Molly’s polycule insists she keep an open mind, but she hasn’t dated a man since a series of disastrous attempts in high school, and she certainly doesn’t intend to start now.
Lachlan doesn’t know how he got roped into helping out with this MFA student’s thesis project, but she’s so curvy and cute. And she seems to like his accent.
Apparently she has a girlfriend and lives in a house full of other freaky folks. No big deal. When the play is over, their fling will be too. Right?
USA Today Bestselling Author Phoebe Alexander writes sexpositive bodypositive erotic romance featuring compelling plots intertwined with passionate, fiery encounters. She believes that real, relatable characters can have even steamier sex than billionaires, rock stars, and the young and lithe-bodied. She also advocates for ethical non-monogamy through her writing.
Phoebe lives on the East Coast of the US with her husband, sons, and multiple fur babies. When she’s not writing, she works as an editor and consultant for indie authors. She also volunteers her time running a 6000-member indie author support group. Her sexual fantasies have all been fulfilled, and now her single greatest fantasy is just having some damn free time.
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Carrie finds a set of wooden flowers in her Grandmother’s Closet.
Grandma tells her they aren’t magic wands. They’re Wandas.
Wanda’s don’t do magic. Wandas are magic. They’re female wands, of course. The first thing Carrie does is turn them into real flowers. She tries to put them into a vase of water. But magic flowers don’t like to be wet.
Lois Wickstrom lives in a world where imaginary playmates are real. She doesn’t remember being born, so she finds unbirthdays are more exciting than the official once-a-year date on the calendar. She’s taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales.
Jean Lorrah is a New York Times Best Selling author. She is also a retired English teacher, and an award winning artist. She has written Star Trek books with Jacqueline Lichtenberg, and books in worlds of her own creation. Together with Lois, she is co-author of Coal for Christmas which won the Gold Remi at Worldfest.
Retired homicide detective Trueman “True” North knew death like he had a PhD from the Grim Reaper. He takes a case from the richest man in town, St. John Skidmore, to find out who murdered his son, Stoddard Skidmore. True thinks this will be another by-the-book investigation. He doesn’t count on the meddling of Skidmore’s daughter, Kitty, nor that of Skidmore’s ruthless business competitor. Even the orchestra that hired Stoddard has more phantoms than an opera.
In the land of the uber-rich, True learns, “And Justice For All” doesn’t apply. Some people want to buy him off, warn him off or seduce him to prevent him from finding the truth. Some will challenge North to hang on to his notion of what is just — not to mention his girlfriend as well as his life. If he doesn’t find the killer, an innocent man will rot in prison and a murderer walks.
When True does find the killer, that knowledge inverts all his ideas of justice when you arrive at the intersection of vengeance and mercy. He learns that the system is flawed when being rich and powerful outweigh verity. And sometimes, he learns, doing the wrong thing is the exact right thing.
J. Ullman grew up and still lives in Southwest Ohio. Those experiences and settings color his works of creative writing. A. J. has worked in a variety of endeavors, from restaurants, to libraries, to law offices, to community mental health centers to family practice medical offices. A. J. is a lawyer as well as a certified family nurse practitioner concentrating work these days in the medical field, treating patients in a primary care setting, including mental health disorders.
Experiences with psychiatric nursing have left indelible impressions on A. J. and are the subject of his endeavors in novel writing. These concepts are explored in all of his books, his most current one, Murder At Music Hall, as well as his six prior ones, Stand Your Ground, Havall 16, And The River Runs Deep: The Cold Case Murder Mystery Of Leah Marcus, Drifting, Falling — Diary Of A Call Girl Suicide, Hit Or Miss and One In A Million.
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Children’s book author Christy Bailey is thrilled that her aunt Betty is finally marrying the man of her dreams! The small wedding is a family event, right down to Christy’s cats and subjects of her books, Milton and Pearl, who are dressed in wedding attire and pulled down the aisle in a wagon. After the reception, Christy and her boyfriend-hopeful, Micah, agree to help her friend and wedding caterer, Janie, clean up at her pastry shop. But when they arrive at the shop, they’re not greeted by Janie but Janie’s ex-husband—who’s dead on the floor, cold as a frozen muffin!
Suddenly the murder is all anyone is talking about in the small town of Green Meadow, Indiana, and it’s clear the local police detectives have Janie squarely in their sights. But Christy believes in her friend’s innocence and with Milton and Pearl pawing for answers, Christy will stop at nothing to give Janie a happy ending.
Ruth J. Hartman spends her days herding cats and her nights spinning mysterious tales. She, her husband, and their cats love to spend time curled up in their recliners watching old Cary Grant movies. Well, the cats sit in the people’s recliners. Not that the cats couldn’t get their own furniture. They just choose to shed on someone else’s. Ruth, a left-handed, cat-herding, farmhouse-dwelling writer uses her sense of humor as she writes tales of lovable, klutzy women who seem to find trouble without even trying.
Ruth’s husband and best friend, Garry, reads her manuscripts, rolls his eyes at her weird story ideas, and loves her despite her insistence all of her books have at least one cat in them. See updates about her cozy mysteries at Ruthjhartman.com.
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Declan Jordan crosses a line—a massive line—and he’ll probably lose his job if Mira files a complaint. When your boss majorly screws up, even if it leads to the thing you’ve been looking for your whole life, why wouldn’t you take advantage? Even if that means spending time with a man impossible to work with.
Mira Vasquez pricks Declan’s every nerve. When she was his student, her quick tongue and incessant questioning annoyed him to his wit’s end, but he had to hire her. She ranked top of her class and is bilingual. Now, he’s her boss. That’s a position he never wanted to be in.
Seeing her every day drives him wild because he can’t know her like he wants. Then, when he delves too deep, she turns the tables, leaving him in an even more precarious position. Further, there’s little chance she’ll ever see beyond his one misstep.
To convince her he’s not that person, he’ll have to break the pact he made with her, and she could end his career with one swift keystroke.
Find out if Declan is willing to risk everything for a what if with Mira in Perfect Office Pact today!
Romance author Maria Jane believes in the power of love. She sees that love may look messy and take a winding path, but there is magic in the journey. Her books are filled with fun moments, sweet gestures, surprising turns, and characters searching for their happily-ever-after. Craving your next HEA and/or HFN read? Find all of Maria’s Perfect romances, formerly writing as Tricia Copeland, and dive into a fun love story today at mariajaneromance.com.
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Steelhawks sniper Colby Shelton always shoots to score, both on and off the ice, and never looks back when he does. But a request to stand up with a teammate as best man means working side-by-side with the maid of honor, the only woman he can’t get out of his fantasies.
Former figure skater turned businesswoman Gabriella Abbandonato is determined to see her best friend’s destination wedding come off without a hitch. Only that means cooperating with a man who pushes all her buttons. Colby infuriates her, she riles him up… and sparks fly in more ways than one.
They seem incompatible everywhere except in the bedroom. To create the perfect day for their friends, they’ll have to put their differences aside, and resist an unmistakable attraction that may prove too strong for them both.
C. Sheppard is made up of an international tag team of romance authors. Anne and Clem (A. C. get it?) met back in the dark ages of the Internet when Geocities was a thing. (Get off our lawns!). We may even have chatted over Yahoo!Messenger. (Really, get off our lawns!) We both discovered writing through a mutual love of fanfiction and reading. Though we followed different writing journeys, we were both published separately in our respective native languages.
Anne lives with her husband and cat in the wilds of suburbia outside Montreal, where she works part-time in a grocery store. She is an avid hockey fan. Otherwise, she finds other excuses to neglect the housework, among them knitting, reading, and diving into Google wormholes.
Clem lives near Paris with her husband and her son, and teaches English in high school. She enjoys needlework, baking, hockey noises, rerunning The Office, bingeing books on her e-reader until 2AM and complaining that she doesn’t get enough sleep.
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I had to destroy the boy I loved. I ended up destroying myself.
But no well-intended deed ever goes unpunished.
I thought I could set him free by letting him go. Until a tragedy sends me racing to Gabriel Blake- the boy I was once forced to betray.
But his anger and its smoldering embers haven’t yet subsided enough for him to listen to me. Instead of running from his fire, I find myself with a need to feel It, desperate to be burned. Because I deserve to pay for what I did.
GABRIEL
Harper Grimes almost broke me once.
I’d been so sure we would withstand anything, I’d been wrong.
When destiny pushes us together again, all my hatred for her resurfaces.
But anger, contempt, and raw desire are a dangerous combination.
Flames ignite and burn, and I can’t resist the heat.
We’re no longer the same boy and girl.
We’re unrecognizable to each other now, but there’s still something powerful between us.
When danger threatens us both, can our once-pure love destroy a present evil? Or will it bury us beneath its weight for good?
Anise Storm is a USA Today Bestselling author of Contemporary and Dark Romance.A Southern transplant, Anise is married with children. She has a love of football, shoes, and tall, dark heroes. When not spending time with family or traveling, she can be found either curled up with a good book or writing.
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Vintage fashionista Marcy Alexander reluctantly agrees to costume a community theater play and ends up with more drama than one girl can handle. While revitalizing her squelched artistic desires, she must harness her aura-reading ability to untangle a ghostly mystery from 1966.
After losing a bet with his prankster buddies, director Mike Figueroa’s main goal is to bring off the best show possible. The artsy, fill-in costumer provides more hindrance than help as he’s both drawn to and annoyed by her.
Dogged by a persistent ghost, and an ailing mom who urges her to finally pursue her dream career, Marcy needs to solve the mystery from the past before she can figure out the riddles of her own heart.
Sandra L. Young’s appreciation for vintage clothing inspired her to write a series of three cross-genre novels, heavy on the romance, historical mystery, and ghostly sizzle. Her debut, Divine Vintage, published in 2022, followed by Divinely Dramatic. She’s had a blast wearing pieces from her extensive vintage collection for signings, podcasts, and other presentations. For readers outside Northwest Indiana, she’d be happy to zoom in for book clubs. Just reach out through her web site at SandraYoungAuthor.com. And for the multitude of readers who have left reviews, she extends heartfelt thanks. The kind words inspire her to keep sharing her quirky genre-mix novels. Stay tuned for Justine’s story, The Ghostly Diva, to wrap the trilogy!
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Isla Vaughn is the author of the Hidden Valley Elite series. Her romance books are full of complex characters, strong alpha males, and the fierce women who bring them to their knees. When not writing, she can be found daydreaming about owning a beach house, reading, or drinking too much coffee. You can find her atwww.IslaVaughnAuthor.com
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Seal Gray loves to spin his beach ball. Does his playing get out of hand? Can Cray the Crab and his friends help Gray learn to do the right thing?
When Seal Gray’s beach ball spins out of control, he has to make a quick decision on what to do, and the story follows his journey of learning from mistakes and the consequences of lying. With endearing characters, beautiful illustrations, and fun rhyming text, this book will become one your child can enjoy over and over.
Beach Ball Blunder is perfect for parents and educators, as it teaches children valuable life lessons such as trust, friendship, and forgiveness.
This fun rhyming tale takes its readers on a journey of learning the consequences of not being truthful, guilt, and forgiveness. In this story, Gray loses his beach ball, and it bounces all over the place, causing some unexpected events. Readers will see how Gray’s actions can have consequences.
Dive into Beach Ball Blunder and join the friends as they bounce around ideas about kindness, friendship, and forgiveness—a perfect addition to any child’s or classroom library.
Gary Wakstein is known to young readers as G Pa Rhymes! After a lifetime in the restaurant industry, Gary discovered his true passion: writing children’s books that teach important life lessons through the magic of rhyme and reading. Partnering with the talented illustrator Erica Leigh, G Pa Rhymes created The Adventures of Cray book series, inspired by his own family’s adventures.
G Pa Rhymes captivates kids with his “rappin’ and rhymin'” stories and instills values like friendship, honesty, bravery, and environmental stewardship. Now a sought-after speaker, he travels to schools, museums, libraries, and anywhere else he can bring joy to children’s lives.
G Pa Rhymes tries to inspire young readers with every book he writes. He resides in Plymouth, MA, and spends his days with his children and grandchildren on Cape Cod, Asheville, NC, and Victor, Idaho.
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Fuller Sight is a metaphysical novel. Much of the book takes place outside of time as we know it. Danny Anderson is an 18-year-old young man who has decided that he needs to make the ultimate sacrifice to protect the girl he loves from throwing away her dreams of becoming a doctor. He kills himself by running his father’s car into a bridge’s concrete abutment.
Upon his death he meets his mother, Nora Anderson, who died nine years earlier. She is his guide for the remainder of the book, helping him review and better understand himself and those around him.
As he reviews his life, we gain a better understanding of his father, brother, and the Nigerian American family across the street who became a second family after his mother died in an automobile accident. We especially become acquainted with that family’s daughter and Danny’s best friend, Sadé Okoro. Their friendship becomes mildly romantic to the point of Sadé expressing her dream of going to college together which Danny believes is financially out of reach.
In any case, her university plans with Danny are abruptly shunted when she witnesses a drunken Mitchell Anderson violently slap Danny on the 9th anniversary of Nora’s death. Sadé takes Danny to be tended to by her mother, Ezzine Okoro. Danny experiences complete memory loss due to his father’s blow.
That night, Mitchell dies in his sleep due to an accidental overdose accompanied by liquor. The next day Mitchell is discovered dead in his bed and the death is deemed suspicious. Circumstantial evidence along with a violent scene the day before makes Danny a person of interest.
Sadé is convinced of Danny’s innocence but Danny has less trust in himself than she has in him. She determines to tell the police she was the one responsible, reasoning that if the detectives have more than one suspect then their theory of the case would be so weakened that they wouldn’t be able to charge Danny.
All throughout this story, Nora and Danny see all of this as well as the fuller view. They come to understand the karmic life lessons and how the greater community, both living and dead, are all on a path to grow, learn, and love each other. No one is excluded in the greater community, not even those who think and do their worst.
This same process continues as Nora guides Danny through previous lives as the son of South Carolina plantation owners in 1775; as a blind beggar and former commander of the royal guard in the Gorkha Kingdom (near Tibet and India) in 1680; as a monk and former heir to an English nobleman in 1349; as a widow and spy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1780; as an observer of Danny’s grandmother when she was a suffragette in Washington DC in 1917; and finally back observing his father’s actions in 1971.
John Stone is providentially married and enjoys as much time as he can with ‘framily’ including their daughters, sons- in-law, grandchildren, extended family and friends who become more important with the passing of every single day.
He holds a Bachelor of Education degree from Mankato State University and a Master of Industrial Relations degree from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. Between those two schools he also attended United Theological Seminary (UTS), a Minnesota ecumenical seminary and while there served as Interim Minister at Zion United Church of Christ in Long Prairie, Minnesota; Assistant Chaplain with the Minnesota Department of Corrections in Sauk Centre, Minnesota; and Youth Minister at the Church of Christ in Richfield, MN.
In his professional life he had the privilege of working with churches, schools, government agencies, nonprofits, and many organizations founded and run by people of color including Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC); NAACP; Latino Communities United in Service (CLUES); The St. Paul Foundation’s El Fundo and the St. Paul Urban League.
More recently he raised money from individuals as well as public, government and private sources to serve causes benefiting people who are economically disadvantaged, veterans, neighborhood watch organizations, higher education and medical research.
Currently, he is retired and pursuing a new career as an author.
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When a food critic chokes on a traditional baby trinket in Juliet Vance’s King Cake, she loses her dream job as a pastry chef in the French Quarter and finds herself thrust into a supernatural adventure to find a long lost treasure. Forced to team up with the infamous buccaneer Jean Lafitte, the Terror of the Gulf Coast, the two must search the haunted streets of New Orleans and enlist help from local ghostly legends in order to break the centuries-old curse on the treasure.
With a fortnight to find the jewels and break the curse, Juliet must decide if she can trust the pirate and join his quest before the clock runs out.
If you enjoyed the Pirates of the Caribbean series or Fine Spirits Served Here, you’ll love this thrilling adventure set in the mysterious streets of The Big Easy.
Mary Walsh is an award-winning multi-genre author of 15 books. Her genres include urban fantasy, romance, cozy ghost stories, historical fiction, and nonfiction. Her latest urban fantasy adventure, The Curse of Jean Lafitte, stars Jean Lafitte the Pirate in present-day New Orleans searching for his cursed treasure.
After growing up outside of Pittsburgh, Mary now lives in Mechanicsburg, PA, with her husband Dave and their four kids. She is also a freelance editor and public speaker. She spends a lot of her days fighting her dog Scarlett for foot space under her desk. Mary is one of the co-founders of Books Books Books, an annual book fest that brings in over 125 authors. Follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter/X @marywalshwrites.
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WINNER of the 2020 Wishing Shelf Book and Readers’ Favorites 2021 Awards! Viking legends, unforgettable characters and authentic history combine in an exciting series starter! Vikings and Saxons, ghostly curses, witches and soothsayers, dangerous were-creatures and a young boy who must find his courage…
Danelaw life is good! Practicing martial skills, grumbling over chores, listening to scary stories and shadowing his brothers everywhere, Finn is a normal boy of ten in the Viking Kingdoms of ninth century England. A bit timid, his father plots his apprenticeship while the family prepares a grand wedding. Off to the North, his uncle sails home after years of exile. And unbeknownst to all, the ghost of an ancient mage sits sentinel over his clan freehold. But when a witch’s curse comes alive, a mishap turns young Finn into a vardoger, haunted by his own forerunner ghost.
Suddenly thrust into a new realm beyond Midgard, Finn struggles to be a boy by day and a ghost at night. His own clan fears him, he overhears murder plots, he learns the truth of giants and the hidden folk, and the witch still hunts revenge…
Will Finn find the courage to defeat his enemies, save his uncle, and accept his new ghostly existence?
Like history and legends? Enjoy the gritty realism of TV’s Vikings or the multi-character fantasy of The Song of Ice and Fire? Want Viking Age drama and adventures like The Last Kingdom, then this is a series you’ll love!
Jay Veloso Batista is a published author of Historical Fantasy and Supernatural Suspense, technical non-fiction, poetry and role-playing games. The Forerunner Series includes ‘Thorfinn and the Witch’s Curse,’ ‘The Vardoger Boy,’ ‘On Viking Seas,’ ‘Kara, Shieldmaiden of Eire (2022),’ ‘Mauraders in Jotunheim (2023),’ and ‘Voyage to Cordova (2024).’ Jay loves history, cycling and hiking, and good craft beer! A frequent traveler for business and pleasure, Jay has visited all 50 states and all of the continents except Antarctica, and the places he has frequented support his story craft. A father and grandfather, Jay lives on the eastern Delaware shore with his wife where they can kayak, swim in the ocean and eat lots of blue fin crabs! You can learn more about Jay at www.jayvelosobatista.com or on his Facebook Author page.
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Nothing anyone said in the daylight was going to change a thing. The fact remained: what happened at night was real enough to change things forever.
It was always the same: a warm night, a scream of desire on the wind, the pounding of the ocean waves. Yeah, about as cliché as it got. Knowing that didn’t make it any less real. When there was a mystery afoot, she was there searching for answers.
They weren’t fooling anyone. It was obvious the six owners of the resort were masquerading as Casanovas. That was the reason for all her snooping around: she was going to figure out exactly what was happening on the island, if she had to rip one mask off of them at a time.
In retrospect, maybe she wanted to keep her job instead of playing detective.
I was diagnosed with clinical depression after the loss of my mother, father and husband within three years of each other; all to cancer. 24/7 in-home care, coupled with the loss I felt, left its mark on my psyche.
Depression takes up a lot of my life. Reading and writing are the only things I have found that help (in connection with regular medication), even if only for a short time. To escape to a different world can make a big difference in my mood in real time.
To put things in perspective, when I was at my lowest point, I couldn’t open mail, talk on the phone, or even drive to the store. Walls of sadness surrounded me. As they closed in, tears would fall. There didn’t need to be a reason or trigger.
People ask me why I started writing. My answer is simple: I wanted to create a world into which other people with similar problems could escape. I wanted to share the one place that had helped me for many years.
I have always said that as long as one person finds a little bit of happiness out of my books, I am, in my opinion, an accomplished author. The same is true for every writer out there. Please don’t ever let anyone tell you differently.
I read books as well as write them and have visited the worlds many different authors have created. Those worlds not only make me feel better, but give me the strength to face real life again. I want to thank everyone who writes—I want them to know they are making a difference.
Fast forward to today…
C.A. King, USA Today Bestselling Author has over 75 books available across multiple fantasy sub-genres.
Awards include:
Hamilton Spectator Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Local Author category 2017 & 2018 & 2019
Brant News Readers’ Choice Award: Best Local Author 2017
Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards: Best Novella/Short Story 2017 Silver medal
2017 SIBA Awards – Best Novella
2017 SIBA Awards – Best New Adult
2018 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards: Gold Medal in the Fiction – Supernatural genre
2018 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards: Bronze Medal in the Fiction – New Adult genre
2019 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Fiction – Supernatural genre
2019 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Young Adult – Fantasy – Urban genre
City of Brantford Featured Artist February 2020
Burlington Post Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2020
Toronto Star Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2020
Cambridge Times Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2020
Burlington Post Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2021
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Raised in a society that treats women like cattle, Xenobia does her best to fly under the radar and not bring attention to herself. She obeys the rules, and she doesn’t get attached to people – until Urd.
After a man with extreme sadistic tendencies buys her and her best friend Urd, Xen lays awake at night planning their escape.
When Urd overhears their Master’s ultimate plan for them, even though they aren’t prepared, the girls have no choice but to run, hoping to find the underground movement and get to safety.
While, on the run for their lives, Xen learns that the price of rebellion is steep.
*This short story takes place before the first House Valdis novel – The Rise of House Valdis.
Naomi Valkyrie, often called a Firebrand Provocateur, brings her unique Autistic perspectives and curiosities to life by weaving tales of deep connection, mystery, and romance. She is inspired by being able to spontaneously create a thought that takes on a life of its own, opening up new adventures for her readers.
The Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy realms are particular areas of interest for Naomi as they allow for the vast exploration of magic, adventure, and the impossible while creating diverse characters that her readers connect with on an emotional level.
When she isn’t attending to familial connections, Naomi loves a dark, comfy reading space surrounded by the symbolism of her spiritual archetypes and her daemon/familiars, while she sips her tea and immerses herself in imagination.
A lost pet. The coldest part of winter. Will a wonderful gift come from above?
Darlene was so sad. Frantic when her little white cat ran out of the house and disappeared into the snow, the unhappy mom and her daughter searched and searched for their beloved Muffin. And she had losing hope as the freezing night turned into days and weeks without even a glimpse…
Remembering a familiar church she passed every Sunday, Darlene decided to visit one morning while looking for an answer from God. And she was astonished by what she found.
Would she discover that His grace is real?
In this engaging story aimed at little ones, Darlene Duemo shares her amazing true-life introduction to God as a joyful lesson about our Heavenly Father. And with gentle rhymes and beautiful illustrations, she captivates all ages with her glorious message.
A Miracle In Muffin is an inspirational and heartfelt Christian children’s book that makes a wonderful bedtime story. If you like stories of faith, helping turn young hearts to the Lord, and happy endings, then you and your child will adore Darlene Duemo’s true testimony.
Darlene Duemo wants nothing more than to help children discover God’s Unconditional, Saving, Extravagant Love. By opening their hearts to the Savior Jesus Christ, she’s fulfilling her calling. She’s prompted by the Holy Spirit; when He speaks, she listens, penning stories for children that show the glory of God. As an accounting technician turned writer, she’s found her true joy—teaching children the love of the Lord—and works hard to achieve her dreams. As a single mother of an adult daughter, Darlene’s life has been fraught with challenges, but her faith in the Lord remains unshaken. She knows in her heart of hears that God has a plan for each and every one of us, and He has remarkable thing sin store. As long as she’s inspired by Him, she’ll continue to write books for children on the Word of God. She currently resides in Dauphin, Manitoba with her Boston Terrier, Daisy, who is a beacon of light for everyone who meets her.
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BOOKBUB – The Other Side of Together by Emily Cox and Nicole Allen
An evocative story of first love, possibility, and rewriting our destinies, this YA romance captures the ache of Laura Nowlin with a romantic innocence reminiscent of Jenny Han.
Marcus is destined for big things. He’s a star soccer player, a straight-A student, and gorgeous beyond the hopes of most girls. Especially since they’re off limits. Because of his detective dad’s painful past with women, Marcus made a bet with him to avoid girls until after high school. So far, so good.
Mei Li’s world is anything but bright. She’s a pawn in a dangerous game to keep her and her family in America but dreams of a very different life. However, dreams turn to fear when she discovers the guy she’s supposed to trust with her heart is more disturbed than she could ever imagine.
Even though Mei Li and Marcus live around the corner from each other in San Francisco’s Chinatown, the only thing they have in common is a trolley stop. Until the day they step through the same shop door and into a new possibility.
What starts as secret notes and texts quickly becomes a desperate attempt to be together. But together is impossible. Opposing futures, a tangle of dark connections, and one big secret come between them, forcing them to risk their safety for love or leave the possibility of together behind forever.
We’re Emily Cox and Nicole Allen, and our book The Other Side of Together will be released in January 2024 by Monster Ivy Publishing. We’ve been co-writing “Clean Steam” YA novels for twelve years and have been picked up, dropped, hopeful, and discouraged but always fearless.
Emily Cox is a fast-walking cloud watching, big thinker who believes in aliens, has superior hearing, a mostly-titanium face, and a rhyming maiden and married name (Box-Cox). She lives in Utah in a house of all boys and two fluffy writing assistants. She had a hard time choosing only one dream job so she has three: counselor, teen social/emotional wellness coach, and author. She loves to plan all kinds of trips then take them, read multiple books at a time, and explore new places, cultures, and ideas. The inside of her head is the craziest place she’s ever dared explore.
Nicole Allen is a crime podcast junkie, travel enthusiast, and Diet Coke addict who not-so-secretly hopes heaven looks exactly like Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A. She fills her head with and likes to share useless, random facts and news headlines, has crazy-vivid dreams almost nightly, believes in karma, but is skeptical about dinosaurs (sorry paleontologists). When she’s not writing novels, she loves acting in and watching live theater, is president of a local theater company and runs a youth theater group. She resides in Utah with her supportive rockstar husband (and webmaster), three amazing kids, and two adorable cats.
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Mateo will do anything to escape his former life of crime. One last undercover assignment for DAG will ensure his freedom and put a major drug dealer out of business. But when things go sideways, he must choose between his op and the only person who ever believed in him.
Janey clawed her way out of an abusive home to make a safe, and better, life for herself. But when a gang kidnaps her to get to her brother, she’s thrust back into a dangerous world. More devastating though, is discovering that Mateo, her teenage crush, is still involved with the gang. She’s torn between trusting him to save her and living out her long-ago fantasies about the one who got away.
Janey and Mateo give into their feelings before all manner of secrets come to light. Can they work through their issues while searching for the last piece of the puzzle Mateo needs to be free? Or is it one betrayal too many to be overcome?
Meanwhile, the mole continues to endanger ops and personnel at DAG. Can they discover who is undermining their mission before anyone else gets hurt?
Winner of the Chill Award and the Pencraft Award and a finalist for The Book Buyers Best Award, The Maggie Award for Excellence and The Carolyn Reader’s Choice Award, Kel lives with her family in the mountains of North Carolina. In addition to reading and writing, she loves coffee, loud rock music, subversive humor and the smell of old books. You can find her online on Twitter, Facebook and atkeloconnor.com.
3 Random Facts about Kel:
* She will buy almost anything if it is a hot pink color
* She watches any and every show/movie about crime-fighting, spies, detective work or secret agents
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