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Release Date: 05.28.2020 Synopsis: A hot-headed college golfer falls for her swing coach in this fun and sexy sports romance. Lincoln Reeves may be a pro golfer and revered swing coach, but when I meet him, he is just one more person telling me I’m not good enough. So, I do what any girl in my position would do. I tell him to get lost and take his arrogant, annoying smirk with him. I never expect to see him again. I certainly don’t expect to run into him that same night after one too many tequila shots. Turns out that he’s kind of a big deal. Okay, fine, a really big deal. In fact, he might be the one person who can take my game to the next level. Convincing him to help will be difficult. Not throwing my club at his handsome face when he makes me work harder than I thought humanly possible will be excruciating. But not falling for him will be the hardest thing of all. Review: I love sports, I love to watch it and I love to read about it, but golf doesn't have the same appeal on me,

Release Date: 03.31.2020 Synopsis: You have the right to remain...sexy. As sheriff of Redwood Ridge, Parker Maloney has learned to bite his tongue at the ridiculous antics of the town's matchmakers. He's just grateful they've never messed with him before. Except it kind of seems like he's their next target. They keep sending him on one wild goose chase after another with a single common denominator--Madeline Freemont. Whatever. Maddie spent their youth terrorizing him and he has zero interest in reopening the claw marks. No matter how beautiful or intuitive or funny he finds her. Nope. He's laying down the law on this one. Yet there's something to her hot-as-hell spine of steel act he can't figure out and she's beginning to unlock the cell on his restraint. Maddie Freemont's no newcomer to the cold shoulder. Most of the town never warmed up to her. Or tried. So when her ex leaves her high, dry, and so in debt she's forced onto the street, it'

Release Date: 04.01.2020 Synopsis: His heart is a fortress. And she’s trespassing! After losing all he holds dear in a horrific fire, Max Aldersley, Earl of Rivenhall, shuns the world—until he catches Effie Nithercott digging holes on his estate! He banishes the intrepid archaeologist and the unsettled feelings she rouses within him. But she returns even more determined and infuriatingly desirable than before! He wonders just how deep she’s prepared to dig—so far she’ll reach the man  beneath  his scars? Review: I’ve really enjoyed this novel, I’ve particularly appreciated the characters building, that there isn’t an insta-love between the hero and the heroine and that also the side characters are amusing and essential to the story. Max, the new Earl of Rivenhall, decided to hide away at his new mansion, far from London and its peering, judging, pitying eyeses. He was glad he could stay alone licking his wounds but he didn’t know that with the property he also had inherited the beautif

Release Date: 05.11.2020 Synopsis: I’m an expert in break-ups. From the slow fade, to extreme ghosting, to, ‘but you never said I couldn’t send pics of my junk to your step-sister on Instagram’ - I’ve seen it all… and built a mini-empire along the way. My blog, the Break-Up Artist, uses my past heartache to help people move on - and avoid weeping on the floor at 3am consuming their body weight in spray cheese and Oreos. Ahem. Now, I have a new job that could mean the big-time: helping a famous Hollywood it-couple navigate their tricky break-up. Except not everyone wants them Splitsville. The movie studio needs to keep them together to promote their big movie, and they’ve sent someone to make sure I fail in my first VIP gig. Wes Baxter. Also known as my ex. Also ALSO known as, the guy who broke my heart so thoroughly, I had to turn myself into a self-help guru just to get over him. I’m determined to follow my own advice (no drooling over Wes’s perfect abs, or remembering

Release Date: 04.23.2020 Synopsis: Dominic I got her fired. Okay, so I’d had a bad day and took it out on a bystander in a pizza shop. But there’s nothing innocent about Ally Morales. She proves that her first day of her new job… in my office… after being hired by my mother. So maybe her colorful, annoying, inexplicably alluring personality brightens up the magazine’s offices that have felt like a prison for the past year. Maybe I like that she argues with me in front of the editorial staff. And maybe my after-hours fantasies are haunted by those brown eyes and that sharp tongue. But that doesn’t mean that I’m going to be the next Russo man to take advantage of his position. I might be a second-generation asshole, but I am not my father. She’s working herself to death at half a dozen dead-end jobs for some secret reason she doesn’t feel like sharing with me. And I’m going to fix it all. Don’t accuse me of caring. She’s nothing more than a puzzle to be solved. If I can g

Release Date: 04.01.2020 Synopsis: Sometimes, all it takes is a hot meal—or a broken heater—to spark a long-lost flame! Marilyn I was looking for a handyman, not a “handsy” man. And don't think I was too old to know the difference. You wouldn't believe the things these eyes had seen. Thought I'd seen it all—until I joined Tinder. I was swiping men away like flies. To the left. To the left. Too grouchy. Too gassy. Not enough hair. Not enough teeth. I was elderly, not dead. The last person I’d expected to see was Clyde Jenkins. Now, here was a man who could handle his tools. Clyde I was looking for a home-cooked meal now and again … and maybe a respectable woman to warm my bed. After spending a little time on this online dating app, I wasn't sure there were many women my age still alive out there. Then, I stumbled across a photo that gave my pacemaker—and other parts—a tickle. Marilyn May … I knew she was a feisty lady and a dang good cook. She’d also happ

Release Date: 05.12.2020 Synopsis: On the eve of her thirtieth birthday, sports agent Bess Beringer is ready to make some changes. Armed with a five-year plan—indexed and color coded—she’ll tackle her personal life with the same zeal that she brings to her successful agency. A big, tall, ripped hunk of hockey player who’s just been traded to the Brooklyn Bruisers is not a part of that plan. Mark “Tank” Tankiewicz has a lot of baggage. He’s a ride-or-die loner with a bad reputation. He’s on the rebound. He’s also the sexiest thing on two legs, and for some crazy reason it’s Bess that he wants. She knows better. But then she falls stupid in love with him anyway. And for a while it seems like maybe he’ll do the same. Until she asks him for the one thing he can never give her… Review: Bess just turned 30 years old, she is ready to start her 5 years plan to get her life on track, finding a good man who makes her happy and having a baby, but it seems like Tank sho

Release Date: 05.20.2020 Synopsis: How could a world so cruel and inhumane exist? Little did I know the one-time-job I’d taken would plunge me into a world filled with mob ties and illegal activities or bring me face to face with the woman of my dreams.  Isla Chambers  was a blinding vision wrapped in Kevlar and topped in a baseball cap with  FBI  stitched on it. With the sexy Isla working by my side, I gladly offered my assistance as the FBI’s only tether in uncovering this operation. Besides, this could launch my career even further so refusing wasn’t an option. The risk seemed small … or so I thought. Not only did it expose Isla to danger, it also placed a huge target on my back. It wasn’t long before I was drowning in unimaginable darkness. How could a world so cruel and inhumane exist? Days and nights merged until I was nothing but broken fragments. The beautiful face that had brought me so much joy, was stolen from memory as I surrendered to the blackness now ruling

Release Date: 03.19.2020 Synopsis: Who says you can’t marry the same mistake twice? Certainly not Nya Perez...because that’s precisely what she’s done. Liam Watts is the bane of her existence. Her first love. Father of her child. And breaker of her heart. Oh, he’s also her ex-husband. Well, he was, anyway...right up til this morning, when she woke up beside him in a Vegas hotel room, sheathed in satin and tulle with a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. If it were just between the two of them, an annulment would be the obvious solution. After all, they wouldn’t be the first to marry and divorce at the little white chapel in the span of twenty-four hours. But their daughter’s greatest wish has just been granted, and if there’s one heart Nya wants to protect more than her own, it’s Ellie’s. So, she promises to give it six months. There’s no way she’ll be swayed by his thick southern drawl, those well-defined abs, or that annoyingly delectable scruff lining his cheeks

Release Date: 05.18.2020 Synopsis: Sometimes love shatters the best-laid plans. A fling. Our little secret. It was fun. He was available, with a sharp tongue and a killer body. My attraction was palpable. I couldn’t resist the magnetic pull I felt anytime he was around. And to be honest, I didn’t want to. But like all good things, our tryst came to an end. Even though our time between the sheets may have been over that didn’t mean I wasn’t still attracted to him. It didn’t erase the fact I dreamed of him at night and remembered our time together fondly. Because if there’s one thing I can say for sure about Nathan, it’s that he’s unforgettable. In more ways than one. * book 2 in the Reasons duet* Review: For All The Right Reasons was a nice, lovely and enjoyable read. This is the second book in a series, to me it’s more a companion novel because it could be read as a stand alone but the two stories are deeply interwined. It was great to meet again these charact

Release Date: 04.29.2020 Synopsis: Two rival radio personalities. Lori Martin is a positive and upbeat DJ, known for playing love songs and dedications. Ben Baxter dishes out no-nonsense, in-your-face relationship advice. Total opposites. Never in a million years would they want to work together. Fired for losing her cool after her boyfriend breaks up with her on the air, Lori surprisingly receives a job offer for the coveted morning show at the radio station across town where Ben works. She thinks she’s replacing him, but finds out they want to team up Lori with her archenemy to set the air waves on fire and boost ratings. Financially strapped, she can’t turn down the job. While their on-air fireworks and explosive chemistry make for great listening, what in the world will happen after work hours? Review: Lori and Ben are two radio DJs, they both have a famous and popular show. The first presents the Night Show giving romantic tips and love songs dedications,

Release Date: 03.16.2020 Synopsis: The plan was simple. Fake a relationship, date for a few weeks to make their crushes jealous, then stage a breakup. Little did Gabby and Quinn know the cost could be their friendship. They knew the game they were playing was dangerous, yet lived under the false illusion that their bond was strong enough to withstand anything. But as they found themselves longing to surrender to their growing feelings, each began to question what they truly wanted. Can what started as an illusion become a beautiful reality? Or will a simple game of make-believe destroy Gabby and Quinn’s precious friendship? Review: I’ve enjoyed reading For All The Wrong Readons, a friends to lovers story. Gabrielle and Quinn have been friends for years when they decide to fake a loving relationship in order to get the attention of their crush, her ex boyfriend and his housemate. Will their plan to make them jealous be a success?