𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱. Camryn We were oil and water the first time we met, and nothing has changed. He’s my sister’s ex, and the
father of her child he claims he didn’t know about. Now he thinks he has every right to take my niece from me, and the only way I can be a part of her
life is to live with the one person who gets under my skin simply by breathing.
He’s crass, arrogant, and completely off-limits. But someone needs to tell that to the butterflies that explode in me every time he turns his
devastating smile in my direction. The heat building between us is more than fiery disdain, and that’s something neither of us are prepared for, but we can’t seem to escape.
Now I’m wondering if the cocky boy I knew has turned into a brave man who stays and protects what’s his. Barrett I left my hometown in the rearview and never looked back, until a girl shows up at my clubhouse and
claims she’s my daughter. When her aunt practically barrels through the gates searching for her niece, I’m left with
only one option—play nice with Camryn Fuller or risk alienating my daughter. Easier said than done. I’m stuck living with a woman who’s constantly looking over my shoulder, waiting for me to mess up. When I do, it isn’t with my kid. It’s with her feisty aunt and a moment when I should have walked away
instead of kissing the hell out of her. And I can’t bring myself to regret it. Now, a ghost from my past has set his sights on taking my daughter, throwing our fresh start into
utter chaos. He thinks I’m the same scared kid he got rid of all those years ago, but I’ll show him that I’ve
turned into the man he should be afraid of this time around.
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Kate is a lover of all things books. It doesn’t matter what genre, as long as there’s a HEA, she’s in. She started reading romance in high school and would hide novels in textbooks to read during class. Becoming an author was always a dream she had and finally decided to put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) and write what she loves. She grew up in the beautiful upper peninsula of Michigan then became a West Coast girl where she lives with her amazing husband and hilarious son. She would love to hear from readers so check out all her socials and sign up for her newsletter so she can keep you up to date on her books and whatever other ramblings come to mind.
Lucy is the only woman I love. The only heart I cherish. But she can never be mine.
Life is danger, and life is pain. I learned that lesson at twelve years of age when my father and sister perished in flames. Lucy and I were the only survivors, she an abandoned little girl with pain in her eyes, tears on her cheeks, and steel in her heart.
I couldn’t lose her, so I lied about who we were, without knowing the terrible price we’d pay. Lucy and I became Barones, children of one of the wealthiest and most sinister families in Malus. I love Lucy more than anyone in the world, but I led her unwittingly into danger.
Our new family treads a dark and violent path, strewn with bullets and blood. Our true identity is a deadly secret. To protect my beautiful Lucy, I must walk the same path as our parents. To save her from a violent fate, I must arrange her marriage to someone else.
But seeing Lucy with another man’s ring on her finger unlocks feral instincts inside me. My desire for her is going to tear our lives apart, because I’m about to do something dangerous, reckless, and utterly forbidden.
I’m going to make Lucy mine.
Author’s Note: Forbidden Vow is a forbidden MF romance with dark themes, a jealous, overprotective and obsessed hero, and a sweet and clever virgin heroine. This is the second book in the Ruthless Arrangements series and can be read as a standalone. The story is dirty and delicious, so please read at your discretion.
Lilith Vincent is a steamy romance author who believes in living on the wild side! Whether it’s reverse harem or M/F romance, mafia men and bad boys with tattoos are her weakness, and the heroines who bring them to their knees.
Alex “Ghost” Bishop doesn’t let people in. Not after a childhood spent isolated and alone, forced to survive on his own terms. Trust is a weapon that can be turned against you, and love is a distraction he can’t afford. His team is everything. Everyone else is a risk.
So when FBI agent Diana Corbin pushes her way into his operation, he resents every moment of it—even when he can’t stop thinking about her.
Diana learned the hard way that trust is dangerous. The people you believe will protect you can destroy you instead. She’s built her life on proving herself, on never needing anyone, on keeping the world at a careful distance. She doesn’t have time for a man who makes her want things she can’t have.
But when they find each other undercover in an operation neither should be running, something shifts. Working together becomes inevitable. The denial becomes harder to maintain. And the pull between them—electric, indisputable, terrifying—won’t be ignored.
As the mission spirals into danger and their secrets threaten to unravel everything, Alex and Diana discover that sometimes the only person you can trust is the one person you swore you never would. And that love isn’t a weakness—it’s the only thing that might save them.
Lynn Raye Harris is a Southern girl, military wife, wannabe cat lady, and horse lover. She’s also the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the HOSTILE OPERATIONS TEAM Ⓡ SERIES of military romances, and 20 books about sexy billionaires for Harlequin.
A former finalist for the Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart Award and the National Readers Choice Award, Lynn lives in Alabama with her handsome former-military husband, one fluffy princess of a cat, and a very spoiled American Saddlebred horse who enjoys bucking at random in order to keep Lynn on her toes.
Lynn’s books have been called “exceptional and emotional,” “intense,” and “sizzling” – and have sold in excess of 4.5 million copies worldwide.
Natalie Dugan thought starting a cleaning business would bring freedom, not danger. Between caring for her sick mother and juggling new clients, she has no time for romance—until she meets Aaron Marino, a scarred ex-firefighter who makes her question everything. When a series of suspicious fires spreads through their Virginia town, suspicion falls on every man around her, leaving Natalie to unravel a deadly mystery before vengeance consumes them all. Readers who enjoy high-stakes and forced proximity romances will devour Burning Vengeance by Tricia T. LaRochelle, a small-town, fireman romantic suspense.
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When Natalie Dugan trades spreadsheets for scrub brushes, she hopes her new cleaning business will give her independence—and the chance to care for her ailing mother. Love isn’t on her agenda, but everything changes when she meets Aaron Marino, a reclusive ex-firefighter scarred by the blaze that nearly claimed his life.
As a string of suspicious fires threatens their quaint Virginia town, every man in Natalie’s orbit becomes a suspect: her hard-working new boyfriend, her mother’s unfairly maligned partner, her unsettling neighbor, and even Aaron himself. But the closer Natalie gets to Aaron, the harder it is to ignore the spark that refuses to extinguish.
When the truth behind the fires finally ignites, Natalie will have to confront betrayal, vengeance, and danger that hits far too close to home. Survival—and love—depend on whether she can brave the flames of the past … before they consume her.
A headline flashed on the screen of my phone as I was exiting my vehicle.
Authorities investigating a series of fires in the local area, one linked to a commercial public warehouse in eastern Charlottesville. Two men in the hospital due to smoke inhalation. No fatalities. Authorities suspect arson.
“A series. Arson?” I mumbled to myself. I thought about Dr. Clark’s brother-in-law. “What kind of idiot would start afire on purpose? You have to be absolutely nuts to do something like that.”
My jaw clenched thinking about all the casualties, not to mention the men and women who had risked their lives to stop the insanity. It never ceased to amaze me how destructive certain people could be.
I thought about that fire that broke out at my mother’s old neighbor’s gift shop last week. Bea and Nigel were nearing retirement and had just put the place up for sale. They lost all their inventory in that blaze. At least the fire hadn’t injured anyone. Bea had told my mom that she swore she had seen a dark, hooded figure in the woods nearby on the night of the fire. Was the person watching the place? Bea and Nigel were careful people. They didn’t smoke or take unnecessary risks. A late-night call had informed them that their place was now a pile of rubble . . . charred rubble. Baffled didn’t begin to describe it. I hoped they had insurance.
I strolled up the walkway covered in light-and-dark gray pavers toward a porch supported by square pillars and anchored by natural stone accents. The shining sun gleamed against the beveled sidelights as I rang the doorbell and waited. It wasn’t long before footfalls approached, the door swinging open to reveal a tall man donning strawberry-blond hair with a slight curl to it. A trimmed beard of the same shade revealed a few wisps of white that implied Aaron was probably older than I was, but not by much, his face relatively free of wrinkles.
My pulse ramped. Every cell in my body went berserk.
The thin red-and-black flannel shirt Aaron wore did little to hide the robust shoulders of this guy or his pectorals. And I had thought Justin was in shape. His faded jeans hung casually from his hips and toned waistline. White socks covered his feet. His amber eyes emphasized warm honey with a slight slant in a Ryan Gosling sort of way, his lips full, and his overall facial structure rather scrumptious. If this guy wanted to abduct me, I’d have a difficult time putting up a fight. Not really, but man. How many men and women had he rescued in a fire who were swooning over him still?
Zing. I felt it. As though an electrical shock had zapped me.
Suddenly, I wished I had put on makeup. Damn. My hair was back up in a neat ponytail, but my outfit was about as unflattering as it got: bright-orange sneakers and scrubs in pale yellow with a doggy print splattered all over them.
Since she was a little girl, award-winning author Tricia T. LaRochelle has been obsessed with tragic love stories. No beach reads for her. Bring on the grit with a double side of turmoil. She likes to feel the character’s anguish as they fight to overcome obstacles to be together. Growing up in central Vermont, she has seen her share of tragedy but remains a hopeful romantic. She now lives in central Virginia, where she continues to foster the possibilities of how love can conquer all.
A forbidden Russian mafia romance between a powerful Pakhan and the woman who refuses to surrender.
Carter wants one thing above all else: freedom. But with an overprotective father controlling every part of her life, freedom feels impossible until she meets his mysterious new boss.
Vladimir Ivanov is commanding, generous, and impossibly alluring. A powerful Russian billionaire with striking blue eyes and tattoos that whisper danger steps into Carter’s world and takes control. At first, he feels like a savior. When her family faces financial ruin, Vladimir offers protection—and Carter is drawn to him in all the wrong ways.
Behind her father’s back, Carter slips into Vladimir’s world of privilege and peril. What begins as fascination turns into obsession. And once Vladimir sets his sights on her, walking away is no longer an option.
Vladimir reigns as the Pakhan of the Russian Bratva, a man forged in a Siberian prison, every tattoo on his skin earned in blood. He watches Carter. Protects her. Controls her. When a man from her past threatens her, Vladimir intervenes—and Carter learns that being under his protection means surrendering far more than she ever intended.
She thought her Russian hero saved her life until she learns the truth—he owns her.
𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘴: 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 is a slow-burn Russian mafia dark romance where desire feels like captivity, loyalty is currency, and the twist at the end will leave you breathless.
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K.M. Shehata’s stories explore power, obsession, and relationships shaped by control, desire, and consequence. Known for blending emotional intensity with morally complex characters, she crafts narratives that pull readers in and refuse to let go.
Join us for the cover reveal of Etched in Ink by Nadia Han. Fans who love high-stakes, he-falls-first, age-gap romances will sink their teeth into this steamy, billionaire romantic suspense. Keep scrolling for more details about this sexy cover.
Title: Etched in Ink
Author: Nadia Han
Release Date: 05/19/2026
Genres: Billionaire, Romantic Suspense
Page Count: 98K
Tropes: He Falls First, Billionaire Romance, Age-Gap, Love at First Sight, Slow Burn, Morally Gray, Touch Her & Die, Vengeance Driven Angst, Suspense
With dark secrets etched in his soul, Kain Kessler is an astute tattoo artist who does not believe in love. But that belief changes when he meets a beautiful woman who shifts his internal axis, leaving him stunned and determined to make her his even after she rejects him.
Eager and resourceful, Eva Collins is saving up for her own flower shop. Having her heart shattered has left her unavailable for relationships until her grandfather sets her up with an irresistible man much older than her. When she is kidnapped and tossed into a terrifying world, she gathers every ounce of courage to survive.
Eva wants nothing more than to erase the cruelty Kain has suffered, and all he wants is to protect the woman he loves from the darkness that wants them both dead.
I write swoonworthy, sophisticated, and suspenseful romance for readers who love protective heroes, sassy heroines, and twisty plots. I live in New England with my husband and two creative children. My love for mysticism, astrology, astronomy, K-Dramas, C-Dramas, true crime TV shows, cats, and nature are sprinkled throughout my stories. When I’m not writing, I spend time with my family, create art, practice yoga, read, explore nature, and eat all kinds of foods.
Genre/Tropes: Dark Romance; Found Family; Secret Legacy; Climatic Revenge; Revenge & Retribution; Morally Gray Love Interest
Release Date: March 20, 2026
Chanel/Blaze I never planned on showing up at the Royal Harlots’ front gate. Especially not after the way things ended between me and my mom. The last thing I said to her was, “I hate you.” Her last words were, “I love you.” Then she rode off and never came back. Vivian Rivers didn’t die in some tragic accident. She was executed. Silenced for reasons no one’s willing to say out loud. The person who took her from me didn’t just kill my mother… they took out the president of the Royal Harlots. Now I’m standing at the gates of her legacy with ice in my veins and vengeance burning in my gut. The Harlots know who I am. I’m not just Vivi’s daughter, I’m the storm she raised in secret, and I’m here to collect. Being born into this life doesn’t mean a damn thing. I’ll earn my patch the same way every woman did before me… with blood, grit, and zero apologies. This club is my family now. Her sisters are my sisters. And we don’t beg. We don’t break. We ride. This isn’t just revenge. It’s retribution. They thought killing her would be the end… but it was the start of a war. And I won’t stop until the road is slick with his blood. Blaze Of Retribution is Book I of the Royal Harlots: Atlanta, GA Chapter by Thetta James. Content Warning: This story contains themes of violent crime, murder, execution, revenge, grief, and motorcycle club-related danger. It includes depictions of emotional trauma, loss of a parent, and graphic intent toward violence. Reader discretion is advised.
Trouble had found its way to our doorstep, and it hadn’t come alone.
And now, things were shifting under our feet.
Every move mattered.
Any mistake was a hit we couldn’t afford.
And through the lies, the blood, and the betrayal, there was her.
She was part of my past I couldn’t bury.
I never expected to see her again, but there she was.
Beautiful as ever and a pull I couldn’t shake
It was time to face the truth.
Love doesn’t play fair.
Blood doesn’t always mean family.
And the choices we make aren’t always the right ones.
I’m Goose.
This is my story.
And if you think you know how this ends… trust me. You don’t.
Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller, L. Wilder, writes about hot, alpha men and the women who love them. She currently has six series available for readers: The Devil Chaser’s MC, Satan’s Fury MC, Satan’s Fury MC-Memphis, the Redemption Series, the Happy Endings Collection, and the Ruthless Sinners MC. If you’re looking for a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat and have you smiling like a school girl at the end, L. Wilder is the author for you.
Nell Fairchild knows how to survive. How to stay quiet, stay invisible, keep the worst parts of herself hidden. She’s good at it.
She’s not good at Darius Hawke.
Her father’s oldest friend. A war photographer with a dangerous past, a talent for disappearing, and eyes that see far too much.
Darius knows better than to want Nell. She’s too young, too vulnerable, and completely off-limits. He’s spent a lifetime navigating war zones, captivity, and the darkest corners of human nature. The last thing he should do is drag his best friend’s daughter into his shadows.
But some lines were made to be crossed.
And when Darius takes a temporary teaching job at Nell’s high school, staying away isn’t an option. She’s everywhere — too close, too tempting, too determined to draw him out of the darkness. And the more he resists, the hotter the tension between them burns.
If they give in, there’s no coming back.
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Sparrow & Hawke is a slow-burn, high-heat romance filled with forbidden desire, forced proximity, and a love so wrong it might ruin them both.
Four years ago, Darius Hawke left his mark on Nell Fairchild — and she’s never been the same. He didn’t just change her. He ruined her for anything safer, anything lesser, anything that doesn’t burn.
Then he decided she deserves better than what he is.
She hasn’t forgiven him.
Now Darius is back, and one look is all it takes to bring everything roaring to life again.
He still wants her. He never stopped.
When the violence of Darius’s past comes for them both, the heat between them goes from impossible to incendiary. But the most terrifying thing isn’t the danger closing in.
It’s what they’ll destroy to stay together.
*****
Feather & Flame is a scorching second-chance romance of both reckoning and desire between two people who are finally out of reasons to stop.
Note: This is the second book in the Birdsong trilogy, to be read after Sparrow & Hawke (Book 1).
Everyone is telling Nell that Darius Hawke is dead.
Everyone is lying.
She knows it the way she knows her own heartbeat. His absence doesn’t feel like a loss. It feels like a locked door.
Nell knows how to open locked doors.
What she finds on the other side is worse than a disappearance. Darius has been keeping secrets — about his past, his choices, the life he kept carefully separate from everything they built together. The man she finds may not be the man she thought she knew.
She still wants him back. She can’t reason her way out of that.
To reach him, she’ll have to trust a man who frightens her in ways Darius never did. Wade into darkness she can’t walk back from. And decide, when the truth finally surfaces, what she’s willing to forgive.
Some loves are worth setting the world on fire.
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Wishes & Wings is the explosive conclusion to the Birdsong Trilogy — a gripping, obsessive romance of danger, devotion, and a love tested until there’s nothing left but the truth.
Note: This is the final book in the Birdsong trilogy, to be read after Sparrow & Hawke (Book 1) and Feather & Flame (Book 2).
Though she was born and raised in California, Nina Lane now lives in Wisconsin where the winters are freezing and the cheese is exceptional. Mom to two teenagers and a neurotic dog, she lives in two worlds—one world of laundry, driving, horses, Girl Scouts, and football, and the other of epic romances between hot alpha heroes and the women who bring them to their knees. Nina only cooks when she can’t avoid it (i.e., there are no frozen pizzas left), binge-watches serial TV whenever she can get control of the remote, and checks in about the weather daily with her meteorologist husband. She’s a fan of popcorn, actual print magazines, French Roast coffee, working out, and trying new things…especially if it’s food.
Falling in love with my straight best friend? Tragically inevitable.
Telling him? Completely out of the question.
Everyone in Winsome knows Robbie and I are a matched set. A package deal. Ames and Robbie, Robbie and Ames.
He’s the calm to my chaos. The sun shining through my rain cloud. The guy who convinced me to be a firefighter. The man who’s known every single thing about me since we were thirteen…
Except for the teeny, tiny, inconsequential fact that I’ve been in love with him for years.
I planned to take this secret to the grave. Robbie’s straight. He’s engaged. And I’m finally–finally–ready to move on.
But one uncontrollable blaze, one daring rescue, one inconvenient injury, and one heavily-medicated, wildly inappropriate love confession later, my plan’s up in flames.
Suddenly helpful, perfect, shirtless Robbie is bathing me, dressing me, and nursing me back to health. And if being around my gorgeous bestie 24/7 wasn’t torture enough, it seems I’m not the only one having unplatonic thoughts.
But there’s no way I’m letting myself fall into the fantasy again. Because if I let myself believe this is real and it isn’t, it won’t just break my heart… it’ll break us.
And I refuse to risk our friendship, no matter how tempting the man’s hot axe might be.
May is an M/M author who lives in Boston. She spends her days raising three incredibly sarcastic children, alternating eating Jax and Tostitos, planning beach vacations, avoiding the gym, reading M/M romance, and occasionally writing it.
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