New Release ~ Fear ~ by ~ Isabella Phoenix

Title: Fear

Series: Hidden Elements #2

Author: Isabella Phoenix

Genre: Urban Fantasy with mystery elements

Release Date: June 24, 2021

What would you do if fear gripped you tight and refused to let go?

Would you cower in its clutches or stand and fight?

When Greenlife captured Amaya, I thought that was the worst of what was to come.

Turns out I was wrong. This is only just the beginning of the level of depravity that they have sunk to.

I’m desperate to utilise my new powers, to go and rescue her, but I wasn’t prepared for them to fight back, or the wickedness they seem to revel in.

But through all the heartache and fear, I am unbreakable. With my new friends and three men who will protect me at all costs, my determination is stronger than the enemies circling closer.

The war has just begun.

We will not be beaten.

Isabella Phoenix fantasy and contemporary dark romance, and loves nothing more than creating twisted stories with plot twists and a dash of steam. She’s had a passion for reading for as long as she can remember, getting lost in all the different worlds, so she decided to put her imagination down on paper for others to enjoy.

In her home in the UK, Isabella lives with her husband, two children, and two fur babies. She loves watching Netflix and finding good series to binge-watch with a cup of tea and a biscuit, (or five!). When she isn’t writing, Isabella loves to travel with her family, and explore new places.

If you want to stay up-to-date, check out Isabella’s Facebook group, The Phoenix Nest, for updates on coming releases, games and giveaways! https://www.facebook.com/groups/izzys.phoenix.nest/

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New Release ~ Love is Never Lost ~ by ~ Faye Madden

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Destiny brought them together during a freshers tour of the college library. It was love at first sight for Ruby and Benjamin who both believed it was a bond that would never be broken. But then life intervened and tore them apart. Now seven years later they remain separate and devoted parents to their beloved young son Mason who they co-parent. But Benjamin is deeply unhappy and blames himself for their breakup. Will he have the courage to abandon his corporate career which was the cause of so much pain, or has Ruby moved on with her new life as an artist? She too has regrets and cannot forget those magical first years together, but is fearful to change their relationship so carefully crafted for their son. Mason too has his own ideas and would like nothing more than for his parents to reunite. Can their young son find a way to bring his parents together and make them a family again? But, who has the courage to reveal their true feelings and face the possibility of rejection causing yet more confusion and heartache for Mason? Will Ruby and Benjamin have a second chance and perhaps discover that love is never lost?

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I watch him leave, and in the silence of the studio a desperate longing fills my heart. “Really, it’s fine. We’re…” Ruby looks across at me, a taut smile on her lips, the playfulness gone from her face. “We’re just good friends.” I manage a limp nod, but her words deliver a blow to my heart. My name on his lips sends an unexpected shiver down my spine, and I try to tell myself it’s from the chill of the evening air. The shadows cast by the fire make it impossible for me to read the expression on his face. I take a deep breath and summon up my courage to break the silence.

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Faye Madden believes she is one of the lucky ones, because for her it was love at first sight. It is the moment of that first shy glance, when you know he or she is the one, your soulmate, lover and friend for the rest of your life. It is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the universe that two people make the biggest decision of their lives on a single look, guided only by the omnipotent hand of destiny. Since that chance meeting with her wonderful husband David, she has raised a family, and now the children have flown the nest. She has the time to write, which is her second love. All of her novels are sweet and wholesome, and through her richly crafted characters she explores all the heartache, pain, yet ultimately joyous happiness love brings, however that journey may unfold. Many of her novels explore this through the prism of a second chance romance, whilst others focus on love lost and found, or in unrequited love. She shares a love of the outdoors with her husband, and together they can be found either sailing on one of the lakes near their home or trekking through the pine forests on horseback. And in the summer like a pair of snowbirds they love to holiday in pretty coastal towns with their beloved dogs, and where many of her novels are set.

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Pre-Order Blitz ~ Panther Curse ~ by ~ Tasha Black

Panther Curse by Tasha Black releases on July 1st! https://geni.us/PantherCurse Preorder Now!

My name is Kendall, and I’m living three lives.

The first is as a legacy, a card-carrying member of an elite group of witches whose families have attended Primrose Academy for generations. The legacies pretty much rule the school, and we have fun doing it. The second is with a scrappy gang of lesser witches, trying to prevent evil from infiltrating the school. They’re anything but legacies, but Bella, Cori and Anya are amazing women, and they’re starting to feel like the supportive friends I always secretly wished for. My third life happens late at night, when I sneak out of the castle to meet my boyfriend in the woods. He’s got dreamy eyes, copper hair, and an endless capacity to listen to my problems. But it’s getting harder and harder to keep up my three separate lives. And things are already getting out of hand by the time I realize I’ve inadvertently ruined everything. Before I know it, I’m caught in a trap. Now I have nothing to rely on but my wits, and the friends I betrayed, to save me from a fate worse than death. And then I meet Jared. The beautiful, shattered shifter has been imprisoned for years. His body is scarred and his heart is broken, but he’s willing to weave it all back together all for me. He tells me I’m his mate, and I believe him. Together, we can both learn to be whole again. But it’s going to take a miracle to get us back to our friends. Shifters Bewitched is a brand-new Paranormal Romance series from USA Bestselling Author Tasha Black. Be sure to read them all: Wolf Spell Bear Charm Panther Curse Raven Song

About the Author:

Tasha Black is a USA Today bestselling author of Paranormal, SciFi & Fantasy romance. She lives in a big old Victorian in a tiny college town. She loves reading anything she can get her hands on, making up stories, and sipping pumpkin spice lattes.

Claim your FREE Tasha Black Starter Library at www.TashaBlack.com

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Pre-Order Blitz ~ Ruined Things ~ by ~ Samantha Lovelock

Title: Ruined Things

Series: Folkestone Sins Series #4

Author: Samantha Lovelock

Genre: New Adult High School Romance/Romantic Suspense

Release Date: June 29, 2021

How do you say goodbye to the one who holds your heart?

Payne Emerson should never have been behind the wheel, or on that stretch of road. It’s all my fault. The nightmare I feared most has come true and the boy I love is paying for my mistakes.

No matter how loud my screams or how deafening the sound of my heartbreak, he can’t hear me.

I am alone in this fight.
But I am fierce in my love.
And I will find out who did this.

My name is Sunday Grace Easton, and it’s time to make them regret the day they decided to take him from me.

♥Ruined Things is the fourth book in the suspense-filled Folkestone Sins series. While it is possible for this to be read along with the third book as a duet, to have the best reader experience it’s recommended to begin the series with book one, Fragile Things, where the characters and their world are introduced. As it is part of an ongoing series, this book does end on a cliffhanger.

This is a friends to lovers, angsty, mature new adult high school romance with a twist. It contains situations and flashbacks that may trigger some readers, including drug use, mental health issues, foul language, and scenes of a sexual nature.

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Samantha Lovelock is a sarcastic individual with a decent sense of humor, darknesses hidden in mind-closets that occasionally Jack-in-The-Box her unsuspecting ass, and love and loyalty for her friends and family that runs deeper than any ocean. Her guy means the world to her, and so does her cat; sometimes even in that order. Her Mum is her hero, hands down. She’s a proud Queen of Innuendo, champion of Name That Tune, and has never met a cliffhanger she didn’t like. She lives in the foothills of the beautiful Canadian Rockies with her British cowboy and their Norwegian Forest Cat, Winston Churchill.

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Pre-Order Blitz ~ Love, Comment, Subscribe ~ by ~ Cathy Yardley

Cathy Yardley is joining us to share a romcom we’re so excited about! Check out Love, Comment, Subscribe and be sure to pre-order your copy today!

Title: Love, Comment, Subscribe

Author: Cathy Yardley

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Release Date: October 1st

About Love, Comment, Subscribe

Back in high school, Lily Wang wanted to be popular, but she considered herself lucky to be part of a tight group of oddballs and honors students called the Nerd Herd. Now, at twenty-eight, she feels like she’s finally on the cusp of succeeding as a beauty influencer—if she can hit five million subscribers, brands will take notice and she could get her own makeup line.

Fellow Nerd Herd alum Tobin Bui has had a lot of success as a YouTube gamer. But the road to online stardom has been rocky. First, he disappointed his parents by dropping out of college, and now, after years of pranks, skits, and playthroughs, he’s struggling to come up with new content to satisfy his ever-growing fan base. His agents say he needs cross-audience appeal, a new twist.

When Nerd Herd frenemy Lily approaches Tobin about teaming up to do a video to bolster her brand and reinvigorate his, he agrees. But when their first collab video goes viral, their relationship heats up too. With the whole internet watching, will these two former misfits finally realize they’re perfect together?

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About Cathy Yardley:

Cathy Yardley is an award-winning author of romance, chick lit, and urban fantasy, who has sold over 1.2 million copies of books for publishers like St. Martin’s, Avon, and Harlequin. She writes fun, geeky, and diverse characters who believe that underdogs can make good and sometimes being a little wrong is just right. She likes writing about quirky, crazy adventures, because she’s had plenty of her own: she had her own army in the Society of Creative Anachronism; she’s spent a New Year’s on a 3-day solitary vision quest in the Mojave Desert; she had VIP access to the Viper Room in Los Angeles. Now, she spends her time writing in the wilds of East Seattle, trying to prevent her son from learning the truth of any of said adventures, and riding herd on her two dogs (and one husband.)

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New Release ~ The Never Too Late Series Box Set ~ by ~ Stephanie Rose

Title: The Never Too Late Series Box Set

Author: Stephanie Rose

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: June 25, 2021

Three full-length interconnected standalone novels

**PLUS never before seen bonus material**

Bonus Pining short exclusive to Box Set

°• Rewrite •°

Once upon a time, a girl loved a boy and he loved her back. They lived happily ever after.

But our story was never that simple.

I loved Josh with all I had, right until the day he left. Now, all these years later, he was back—and wanting me the way I’d always longed for him. Except now, I belonged to someone else. Someone who never left me the way Josh had. I figured that was the end of our story. I couldn’t alter the past.

I didn’t want to rewrite my future.

Brianna was always more than my best friend. She was the shining light in my black hole of an existence, and I loved her with every cell and bone in my body. I wasn’t good enough for her, though—more the villain than the hero in our fairy tale. When I had to leave, I vowed to come back a better man—for her. But when I finally did return, she wasn’t waiting for me anymore. She had someone new, her very own Prince Charming. Did that mean our story was over? I couldn’t change our past.

It was time to rewrite our ending.

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Simmer (verb): to stew gently below or just at the boiling point; to be in a state of incipient development

My life was always at a simmer… only stewing, never going anywhere. I was left to fend for myself when it came to affection or love, so I learned to go without.

I refused to let them see how broken and lonely I was; it was much easier to hide behind a false reality. I didn’t want anyone’s pity. I didn’t need it. Pity wouldn’t put food on the table or keep a roof over our heads. That was all me.

Now, I have a second chance at a dream long forgotten. It demands hard work and sacrifice—with absolutely no distractions. A recipe I already know all too well, raising a daughter on my own.

Drew Kostas is everything I’ve ever wanted but couldn’t let myself have. He’s younger, gorgeous, charming—and relentless. He sees beyond the hardened shell I’ve built to protect myself, coaxing out a softer me I don’t recognize.

It doesn’t matter how I melt in his presence when the heat between us threatens to boil over.

That’s the thing about heat. When it rises, everyone gets burned.

Especially when they’re foolish enough to fall in love.

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Before she tells the world about us, I need to tell her the truth.

The bad guy never gets the girl…

In the eyes of the law, I’ve paid for my youthful mistakes but I know I can never undo the damage I’ve caused. When I stepped out of my cell, I vowed to live a good life, make the right choices, and avoid temptation at all costs.

Until her.

She’s not a choice, she’s a compulsion. A craving. A beautiful, brave heroine who walked straight off the pages of the comic books I create and into my life with the superpower of making me believe I could be the man she deserves.

But I’m not.

Can I possibly stay her hero when she finds out that I used to be the villain?

Goodreads Review → ‘From friends to lovers to single-parent/age gap to the second generation, this series is everything. It’s an emotional journey that draws you in at the first page and holds on until the last.’

Goodreads Review → ‘Three beautiful and amazing full-length interconnected standalone novels about first loves, second chances, and the sweetest redemption in one box set!’

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New Release ~ Becoming His Wife ~ by ~ Hayley Faiman

Title: Becoming His Wife

Series: Zanetti Famiglia Series

Author: Hayley Faiman

Genre: Mafia Romance Suspense

Release Date: June 25, 2021

Goodreads Review – “As always Hayley Faiman brought the heat and suspense with this new installment in the Zanetti famiglia series and I can not get enough!”

Goodreads Review – “Becoming His Wife is a beautifully written book full of angst and heartbreak.”

Goodreads Review – “An outstanding, heart-sizzling book that takes you on an intensely tangled web of passions, secrets, twists and danger that has you wanting always more!”

Tiziano Bianchi only wants one thing—to have a woman that cannot leave him. Unfortunately, the only way he knows how to do that is to buy one for himself.

The only person he knows who can help him with this is Gavino Santoro, the head of the Zanetti famiglia. Gavino’s help comes at a hefty price.

Maci Marshall has never been free. She’s lived a life of poverty and fear, ultimately ending in being kidnapped and given to the Zanetti famiglia to do with as they please.

One look. That’s all it took for her to decide that perhaps being kidnapped wasn’t such a bad thing. Her sense of fear takes a backseat as her desires take control. Tiziano is different. He’s alluring and dangerous, mixed with powerful and dominant.

Is the cost of what Tiziano craves too high a price to pay? Will he lose his entire birthright, betraying the Bianchi famiglia in order to get the wife he desires? Two people enter into a life-long contract—one where Tiziano is an owner and Maci his property.

As an only child, Hayley Faiman had to entertain herself somehow. She started writing stories at the age of six and never really stopped.

Born in California, she met her now husband at the age of sixteen and married him at the age of twenty in 2004. After all of these years together, he’s still the love of her life.

Hayley’s husband joined the military and they lived in Oregon,where he was stationed with the US Coast Guard. They moved back to California in 2006, where they had two little boys. Recently, the four of them moved out to the Hill Country of Texas, where they adopted a new family member, a chocolate lab named Optimus Prime.

Most of Hayley’s days are spent taking care of her two boys, going to the baseball fields for practice, or helping them with homework. Her evenings are spent with her husband and her nights—those are spent creating alpha book boyfriends.

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New Release ~ The Sweet Spot ~ by ~ Gwen Parks

Title: The Sweet Spot

Series: Sometimes Love Book #1

Author: Gwen Parks

Genre: Contemporary/Small Town Romance

Release Date: June 24, 2021

Michael

I’ve always known what I wanted in life, and never shied from an opportunity, especially with my art. Nothing can stop me.
When Morgan comes along, the shy girl with the most expressive eyes, I’m certain she’s it for me. I know she has doubts about us, but I’m going to do whatever it takes to show her I’m all in.
When Morgan lets her insecurities get the best of her, she gives up on us, saying it’s not forever. I’m left with no choice but to let her work through her feelings. I just hope she comes back to me; I couldn’t stand to lose her forever.

Morgan

I’ve always had doubts. About everything, but mostly myself.
Growing up, I was never the girl boys fought over. I’m not ugly, but I’m no showstopper. So, when I catch my boyfriend cheating on me, my self-esteem takes a nose dive and reinforces what I’ve been thinking on the inside—there’s nothing special about me.
When Michael takes an interest in me—with the help of his beautiful dog—I’m wary. My ego is bruised, and I’m not ready to fully trust. He goes out of his way to prove what’s between us is real, but I can’t get past the hurdles in our way.
What if all I do is bring him down?
So, I do the only thing I know how, I run. I can only hope it’s not too late for us when I figure things out.

Goodreads Review – “ A beautifully written book that will tug at your heartstrings and make you smile at the end.”

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Gwen Parks is a literary aficionado. She went from writing poems and songs to taking the jump to novels. She loves writing common tropes with a different angle. The Sometimes Love is her pride and joy and what led her to break out into becoming an independent author. Inspired by her favorite authors, her work can be described as unique and engaging. She loves to say she is a reader first and a writer second.

She lives in Maryland at the moment, with the dream of moving to Georgia one day. In her downtime when she’s not immersed in a book or writing her next venture, she can be found playing with her three dogs that brings light into her life. She graduated from college and loves the turn of events to where it has brought her today. She is currently happy having her pick of book boyfriends for the time being and mending her book hangovers.

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New Release ~ Wicked Player ~ by ~ Roya Carmen

Title: Wicked Player

Author: Roya Carmen

Genre: June 24, 2021

Release Date: Contemporary Romance

Cover Design: Calico Designs

A struggling single mom gets caught up in the web of a notorious Casanova who likes to play games.

When Clara Scott signs up for the Player’s Game, she does it only for the money. As a struggling single mom, she needs the extra cash.

Colton Rossi is beautiful, but he’s also a notorious player. Women swoon all over him. Yet Clara’s not interested in the least in a Casanova like him, nor does she have time in her life for romance.

She knows she can’t get tangled up in his games. She needs to look out for herself, and her small son too. As intoxicating as he is, she vows to pull herself away from him, but when he makes her an offer she can’t refuse, she’s drawn in further despite her best intentions.

Will her preconceptions be confirmed, or is there more to Colton Rossi than meets the eye?

WICKED PLAYER contains some coarse language and sexual scenes. For 18+ audiences.

The Smutbarians – “A sweet romance that had a tiny bit of a slow burn going on in it. Loved the premise of this story.”

Goodreads Review – “I absolutely LOVED this story!”

“Would you like to stay?” he asks kindly.

“Uh…” I’m completely speechless. “Well, I was just about to board the bus. I can’t miss the bus.”

He smiles. “Don’t worry,” he says. “The bus will wait while you make your decision.”

“I don’t want to leave all these girls hanging,” I argue. I’m certainly not making things easy. I just didn’t expect this.

“You can stay as early or as late as you wish,” he goes on. “My driver can take you home.”

“Your driver?” Once again, I’m reminded just how far apart our worlds are.

“Yes, Robert… he lives in the guest house,” he explains. “He’s my go-to guy. He also drives for me occasionally.”

“Uh…” I’m still so confused. I stare at the bus. Everyone else is already seated inside, and a few shoot me dirty looks. I’m keeping everyone waiting.

“I know we don’t know each other well, but that’s exactly why I want you to stay back… I want to get to know you better. And I promise… I’ll be a perfect gentleman.”

I’m so confused… and it finally hits me. Oh, yes. He picks a woman every night. And apparently, I’m the lucky one tonight. I must be something special.

But that’s not what I signed up for. I have no desire to be part of his harem, and I don’t want to be the chosen one.

“So I guess I’m the ‘chosen one,’” I sneer.

He smiles. “Yes, you are. You ladies like to chat, don’t you?”

“Of course we do,” I snap. “And I know all about the chosen one, and I do not wish to be the chosen one.”

He laughs. “Well, sorry honey, but you are.”

His words only make me angrier. I jut my chin out. “Thank you, but I decline.”

His face falls.

“I bet this never happens,” I say. “Maybe Mr. Most Interesting Man in the World is not so interesting after all.”

He laughs. “You crack me up,” he says. “I think that’s why I like you.”

“Yes, that must be why, because I certainly don’t stack up to all the beauties sitting in the bus, waiting for me right now. It’s like Top Model at your parties… remember that show?”

He smiles. “No, I’ve never watched.”

“Well, I don’t wanna be here, so I’m getting on that bus. I don’t care if you paid me a thousand dollars to be here tonight. I wish to not be here anymore.”

He shakes his head, an inches closer. Damn, he smells good, like liqueur and candy. “Are you sure about that?”

“Yes, I am. Positive.”

“What if…” he’s slow to say. “What if I made it ten grand to stay the night?”

My mouth hangs. Did I hear him correctly? Ten grand? He’s crazy! I’m still at a loss when he says it again, just in case I didn’t hear him the first time, “Ten grand to stay the night.”

“Wow, how so Indecent Proposal of you. Can you make it one million?”

He laughs. “Well, that’s a bit rich, even for me. But I’m sure you’d be worth every penny. Alas, ten grand is my final offer. Take it or leave it.”

Ten grand could do so much for Christian and I. But it’s the principle of the thing. I would, in essence, be prostituting myself.

“Still no,” I tell him. “I am opposed to this whole thing on principle. I am not a high class escort.”

“Yes, of course not,” he says. “But what if I told you there is no expectation of sex or anything of a sexual nature.”

I ponder this new information for a second. “So let’s review this proposal… you would pay me ten thousand dollars just to watch me fall asleep, because that’s what I’ll be doing very shortly.”

Roya Carmen is a busy mom, romance writer, designer, bookworm, chocoholic, and hopeless romantic. There’s nothing she enjoys more than making up stories about love, and sharing them with her readers.

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New Release ~ Founded on Goodbye ~ by ~ Kat Singleton

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His songs were better when he had a broken heart. That sentence would change my life after my dream job was dished to me on a shiny, silver platter. All I had to do? Hurt Nash Pierce enough to get him writing good music again. The pop icon’s songs were no longer the phenomena they used to be. His team needed another breakthrough album—like the first he’d penned, using his heartbreak as fuel. The plan was simple: I’d go on tour with him as a backup dancer…and make him fall in love with me. I was hired to inspire—to become embedded into every lyric he wrote. Then, I was to set fire to it all—to destroy every feeling we hoped he’d develop for me. It seemed simple enough. Easy, even. I didn’t expect to be consumed myself—to see so much in the man displayed in the tabloids. I didn’t foresee falling for him. It didn’t occur to me that, while attempting to break his heart, I might just shatter my own. Most of all, I never thought I’d fight so hard to hold on to a relationship that had always been founded on goodbye.

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Kat Singleton is an author who developed a passion for reading and writing at a young age. When writing stories she strives to write an authentically raw love story for her characters. She feels that no book is complete without some angst and emotional turmoil before the characters can live out their happily ever after. She lives in Kansas with her husband, her baby boy and her two doodles. In her spare time, you can find her surviving off iced coffee and sneaking in a few pages of her current read. If you’re a fan of angsty, emotional, contemporary romances then you’ll love a Kat Singleton book.