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New Release ~ Man Muscle ~ by ~ Stella Lang

MAN MUSCLE, a new sexy, adult standalone by Stella Lang is LIVE!!! Grab it today for the special price of $.99, or read it for free with Kindle Unlimited!

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If you love a juicy, adult romance with:

✔Off the charts chemistry
✔A sexy hero
✔A sassy heroine
✔sports Romantic Suspense

Then you’ll love this steamy standalone!

Blurb:

I’m Mindy, and I had a problem to solve—you would think that it’s the fact our gym needs new equipment, but no. My problem had to do with Henry, every single-solid-tanned-muscle of him.

He was the Orlando Suns strength coach, and based on his body he was leading by example. I tried to ignore his solid six-pack and his bulging biceps but what about his…man muscle.

Will I be able to ignore that?

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New Release ~ From Spirit & Binding ~ by ~ Carrie Ann Ryan

Title: From Spirit and Binding

Series: Elements of Five #3

Author: Carrie Ann Ryan

Genre: YA Fantasy Romance

Release Date: July 14, 2020

Blurb

NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues Lyric’s
prophecy in this breathtaking sequel to From Flame and Ash.In my quest to unlock four of my five elements, I have watched those I love
fade into ash and ruin. Bearing the weight of soul-crushing loss, my friends
and I must try to regroup and journey back to the only home I have left—the
Obscurité Court.

With the future uncertain, and the one person who could help my control my new
powers missing, I’ve never felt more lost.

The King of Lumière wants revenge for his lost brother, and I stand in his way.
With a missing king, a lost prince, and a few unexpected allies, I will have to
battle more than one enemy as the darkness wraps its claws in my future…and in
my heart.

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Carrie Ann
Ryan is the New York Times and USA
Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance.
Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and
Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She
started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry
and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and
novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional
and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her
clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Pre-Order Blitz ~ Taming Tori ~ by ~ Amelia Smarts

Taming Tori by Amelia Smarts releases on July 17th!

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He’s prepared to tame her using painful and humiliating discipline.

Fearless, tough-as-nails cowboy Frank Bassett gets thrown from a bucking bronco and injures his leg, leaving him with a severe limp. Not to be defeated, he moves to a new town with plans for a slower-paced life. There he meets a woman more defiant and standoffish than the wildest mustang, and he reckons he’s got one more filly to tame before tossing his Stetson aside.

Local beauty Victoria Davis longs for a worthy gentleman to court her. Instead, a crippled cowboy limps into her shop and scolds her for being rude. Though outraged, she’s also intrigued by the submissive feelings he inspires in her.
Victoria learns that Frank is as kind and generous as he is tough, and love blooms. But when a stroke of misfortune once again befalls the cowboy, their feelings for each other are tested. Was Frank’s quest to tame Tori a foolish venture, or will it pave a path to healing for them both?

Publisher’s Note: Taming Tori contains sexual scenes and adult punishment spanking. If that doesn’t appeal to you, please don’t buy this book.

Excerpt:

He knelt on his knees in front of her and spread her legs apart wide. His face was level with her naked, dripping cunny, while the skirts of her petticoats circled her legs as though framing her jewels for display.

Frank took hold of her hips and dragged her forward until her smarting bottom was perched right at the edge of the chair and his mouth connected with her pussy.

She cried out, shocked by the onslaught of embarrassment and pleasure she experienced as his tongue swirled in and around her womanhood and his beard and mustache tickled her sensitized flesh. When she thought she could not handle any more intensity, his tongue suddenly flicked against her nub. “Oh, Frank! I cannot bear it!” she cried.

Her words only seemed to spur him on, for he did not stop. He languorously applied his ministrations to every inch of her pussy. When he stroked inside of her with his tongue, she found herself simultaneously wanting to shove his face tighter to her to make it continue and arch away to save herself from further torture.

Frank did not give her any choice in the matter. Just as he’d trapped her over his lap to endure punishment, his hands held tight to her hips, keeping her in place as he attended to her. “This pussy is mine,” he said, his hot breath brushing her folds. “Make no mistake, I’m yours and you’re mine, princess. Understand?”

About the Author:

Amelia Smarts is a USA Today bestselling author of fast-paced, steamy western romances with dominant cowboys, Dom/sub discipline, and heartwarming HEAs. Amelia holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in creative writing and English. She loves to read, which allows her writing to be influenced by many different genres in addition to romance, including mystery, adventure, history, and suspense. Want to discuss books? Drop her a line at amelia@ameliasmarts.com.

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Cover Reveal ~ Colors & Curves ~ by ~ Kristina Beck

Title: Colors and Curves

Series: Four Seasons Series, Book 3 Summer

Author: Kristina Beck

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: August 13, 2020

Cover Design: Jody Kaye

Forever hopeful, but always letdown…

Skylar’s beauty and curves are a curse. She’s been lied to, cheated on, and avoids dating like the plague. That is until an adorable three-legged dog runs her over in Central Park, leading to a heated exchange with his arrogant, sexy-as-sin owner. Irritated by his apathy, Skylar walks away, but steamy dreams of his chiseled physique consume her hot summer nights.

During a pivotal event in her career, Skylar’s restraint snaps like a rubber band when she finds him standing in front of her as the famous photographer, Julius Ariti. Harsh rumors circulating about him and his current actions toward her don’t add up, leading Skylar to wonder who the real Julius Ariti is.

Everyone deserves a chance, no matter how broken they are.

Julius leads a secluded, orderly life to keep his traumatic memories at bay. After meeting Skylar Vitale, something ignites inside him, and his world is no longer black and white. Her positivity and charm blaze brightly, breaking down Julius’s barriers, unveiling his secrets.

His burning desire is to see Skylar’s true colors.

To capture them with his lens.

To see what everyone else sees.

If only he could.

Kristina Beck was born and raised in New Jersey, USA, and lived there for thirty years. She later moved to Germany and lives there with her German husband and three children. She is an avid reader of many genres, but romance always takes precedence. She loves coffee, dark chocolate, power naps, and eighties movies. Her hobbies include writing, reading, fitness, and forever trying to improve her German-language skills.

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Book Tour ~ Shameless Vows ~ by ~ Katherine L. Evans

Title: Shameless Vows

Series: A Shameless Love Novel #2

Author: Katherine L. Evans

Genre: Contemporary/Dark Royal/Suspense Romance

Release Date: July 7, 2020

When we fell in love, he was royalty. When our wedding day arrived, he had become a nightmare. And I became his prisoner.

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As children, he promised to protect me for as long as he lived. As teens, we fell in love and promised each other forever. He was the love of my life. Then he disappeared without a trace.

Ten years later, he shows up at my family’s estate, wielding his royal title and influence over my father like a weapon.

Malachi Sterling, the Duke of Corwick, transformed from a tender, sweet boy who held my heart in his loving hands, into a steely-eyed, sinister man who purchased my life and freedom with the sweep of a pen.

Ten years after promising to marry each other, Malachi and I stand before God and our power-hungry families as we exchange vows.

“I, Isla Sofía Reyes, take thee, Malachi Sterling, to be my wedded husband.

To have and to hold…”

To be ensnared and possessed.

“In sickness and health…”

In selfishness and torment.

“To love and to cherish…”

To defy, and despise, and make him rue the day we met.

“‘Til death do us part.”

‘Til the day I can finally uncover the secret that changed him forever.

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New Release ~ Never Now ~ by ~ Scarlett Hopper

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A standalone brother’s best friend romance

Emilia Ronan has loved Reeve Sawyer since the moment she first saw him. The only problem? He views her as a little sister and nothing more.

Tall, dark and handsome, Reeve is the complete opposite to the vibrant and outspoken Emilia. Not to mention that he’s her older brother’s best friend. After years of pining over him and one humiliating rejection, she finally decides it’s time to move on, but when Reeve shows up, begging for a shot, can she really say no?

Reeve knows two things to be true in life: you work hard to get what you want and you stay away from Emilia Ronan. It’s clear he’s crossing a line, but what happens when he can no longer stay away? Hiding this relationship from his best friend is breaking every code he can imagine, yet he can’t seem to stop. But when a ghost from his past shows up, shaking his core, Reeve will have to decide what matters most: keeping secrets from Emilia or simply keeping her.

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“I never wanted it to be like this, Em. I know you don’t believe me, but it always meant more to me. You always meant more to me.” His voice is merely a whisper as he walks to the couch and collects his keys. He slows as he reaches the door, as if he somehow can’t bring himself to go. Then he turns to me, his gaze intimately connecting with my own for what feels like the last time. I close my lids, unable to see him walk away.

“I’m sorry for hurting you, Emilia. Believe me when I tell you it was never my intent.”

“I know,” I whisper back. “I know it wasn’t. But our sad reality is, that you did hurt me and now, now I need to move on, otherwise I’m going to continue to get hurt, but this time, I will have no one to blame but myself.”

His silence is my only reply.

The metal door handle squeals in protest as he turns it, the sound my only way to know he’s leaving. After the thump of the door vibrates through the floor, I finally open my eyes.

He’s gone, and I sink to the floor alone, my emotions expressed with four simple words: he’s broken my heart. But not so simple at all, is it?

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Scarlett was born in Sydney, Australia and moved to Los Angeles when she was 10 years old. Her passion for writing came about at a young age when her sister would read her excerpts of Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf. She currently lives back in Sydney with her family and their two pugs. When she isn’t writing or reading, she spends her time traveling and searching for the best record stores. Eventually, Scarlett hopes to begin a new adventure in Edinburgh.

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New Release ~ Past Hurts ~ by ~ Jessie G.

Title: Past Hurts

Series: Sizzling Miami Book 1

Author: Jessie G.

Genre: M/M Romantic Suspense

Release Date: June 24, 2020 (2nd edition)

Cover Design: Andrew Reyna

Before they can get back together, Alaric and Davin will have to unravel the secrets that tore them apart.

Abandoned by his mother and raised by a judgmental, homophobic father on the unforgiving streets of Overtown, Davin Monroe knows a lot about survival and little about love.

As heir to the family business, Alaric Bennett’s innate strength makes him the pillar upon which the family problems fall, but leaves him emotionally abandoned by those that need him.

One chance meeting and five beautiful years together do not prepare them for the dark, depraved jealousy threatening their hard-earned happiness.

Now a killer has forced Detective Monroe to face the past and the only man his heart has ever wanted. With only one shot at redemption, Alaric is determined to uncover the truth and bring his lover home for good.

Before they can get back together, Alaric and Davin will have to unravel the secrets that tore them apart. But will the truth be enough to heal their past hurts?

Past Hurts is the first suspenseful novel in the Sizzling Miami Series. Originally published in 2014, Past Hurts has been rewritten and expanded, adding more than twenty thousand words to the overall story. If you love mystery and second chance romance, then you’ll love this newly expanded version by Jessie G.

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“Are you going to say something or just stare at my ass until dinner’s done?”

Holy shit, he had been staring at that ass and who the hell could blame him? Didn’t he know firsthand how fine that ass looked and felt? “What the fuck, Ric? What are you doing here? How did you get in?”

“Cooking dinner so we can eat before we run, and I have a key,” Alaric answered without turning and continued to move food around a frying pan as if he had the first fucking clue how to cook. He never cooked or rarely ever cooked in the years they spent together.

Dumbfounded, Davin wasn’t sure he heard correctly. “You have a key?”

“Yep.” The spatula-free hand gestured toward the small breakfast bar. “It’s over there with my wallet if you want to take it.”

Obviously, there was no point in bothering. “You have copies.”

“Of course, I do.”

Of course, you do. You are Alaric Bennett and locked doors just magically open for you.

Then the rest of his words registered. “We aren’t running anywhere.”

“You didn’t come home to run?” Alaric finally looked over his shoulder, one perfectly sculpted eyebrow lifting as if to say, ‘who are you trying to kid?’ That subtle arrogance directly affected Davin’s libido and Alaric knew it. “Right. That’s what I thought.”

“If you came here to talk…”

“Do I look like I want to fucking talk?” Slamming the spatula on the stove, Alaric turned, reached out and curled a hand around the back of his neck, shrinking the already small space between them to nothing. “Or that either of us is ready for that conversation? You need to eat, you need to run, and you need to sleep. In that order. Go get changed.”

“Ric.” Davin was appalled to hear the helplessness in his tone, the one that begged Alaric to complete the embrace and finally give him a safe place to rest.

“Go get changed, Davin, now.”

With their foreheads touching, Davin could see that he wasn’t the only one all tied up in their emotions. That Alaric, who had always been so strong, was barely holding it together. In that moment, Davin realized he expected Alaric to take the news of his brother’s death, delivered by an ex-lover, the way he did everything else. With strength and stoicism, do what needs to be done and never show any emotion. Except with Davin, Alaric never hid them, and it was ridiculous to think he would start now.

No, they weren’t ready for that conversation and Alaric was right about what he needed, so retreat seemed the obvious choice. This—the dinner, the pretense of caring about what he needed—was nothing more than a way to ease some guilt. Maybe if he let Alaric get it out of his system, they could both move on.

“Yes, Ric.”

Like many readers, the dream of being a writer has been with me a long time. After three decades of trying, I’d begun to doubt. Thanks to social media, I followed my favorite authors hoping to glean some words of wisdom as I pounded out half-formed ideas with alarming regularity. Two repetitive themes emerged: to be a great writer you must read a lot and your butt must be in the chair every day like it’s a job. The more you write, the easier it will be to write and the better you will be at writing. I took that advice to heart and write every day. With three series in the works and a full schedule of releases planned for the next two years, it’s been amazing to have made this dream my reality.

I am a firm believer in marriage equality, love at first sight, power dynamics, and happily ever after. I’m a lover of strong secondary characters, and series filled with families—biological or chosen. All are themes you’ll find throughout my books.

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Book Tour ~ Tears of a Rose ~ by ~ Remontae Brown

Title: Tears of a Rose

Author: Remontae Brown

Genre: June 15, 2020

Release Date: Fiction R Rated

Living in one of the finest mansions in Boston, life for Lauren couldn’t get any better. Looking good. Feeling good. Married to the love of her life Michael Wilson, a handsome, intelligent and extremely wealthy businessman who’s career is beginning to reach new heights.

Then comes a beautiful young lady with a mysterious past named Allison who threatens to derail it all. The feeling of something new entices Michael. He slowly becomes detached with his marriage while Lauren becomes enraged with the sudden deceitfulness of his affair. Suddenly, before Lauren can grasp the immediate changes in her life, bodies start to drop and life as Lauren once knew it seems to be all crashing down…or does it?

Red and blue lights reflected beautifully in the bright New York snow as police cars filled the crowded streets. Dozens of bystanders gathered as yellow tape was used to mark off the crime scene. Face down in the snow laid a man completely naked gasping for air as paramedics attempted to perform CPR.
“Sir, sir, can you hear me?” Detective Bolden spoke.
“Detective Bolden!” An officer spoke.
“What you got for me?” He asked.
“Just spoke to an individual who claimed to have seen a black car fleeing the scene.”
“A black car? Is that all? You know how many black cars there are in this city.”
“I’m aware sir.” The officer spoke.
“I guess some information is better than none at all. Thank you officer.”

Remontae Brown is a 29 year old newly inspired author who’s looking to make a name for himself within the writing industry. Mr. Brown also has a degree in Business Management and a love for sports. The nephew of former NFL Star (Andre Rison).

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New Release & Review ~ Beautiful Criminal ~ by ~ M.N. Forgy

🔥🔥 HOT NEW RELEASE🔥🔥

Beautiful Criminal by M.N. Forgy is LIVE!

𝘐𝘧 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳.

As the son of the infamous boss of the DeAngelo family, I have merciless duties expected of me. The public labels me a monster, a man without a soul, and one hated by many.
They’re not wrong, and I’m not sorry for it.
When my father orders me to marry a longtime enemy’s daughter to settle a score between our families, she did what any smart woman with a beating heart would do.
She ran.
So, I found her.
She tries to negotiate for her freedom, but despite being inexplicably drawn to the deviant woman, I refuse her pitiful bribes with pleasure.
I still have a job to do, and I’ll make her tell me her family’s secrets, turning a treacherous situation into a game of hatred.
A code of silence will be broken.
Lines will be crossed.
I’ll promise her freedom to get the answers I need, but I’ll burn this city to the ground before I let her go.

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I was so excited for this book and the start of this series and it did NOT disappoint. Kieran and Leona are both so strong and smart and sassy that of course they would strike sparks off each other. They’re both the leads (or almost) of their families’ so they aren’t strangers to the mafia/crime family lifestyle.

Personally I love reading a mafia/crime boss who is tough AF but is a marshmallow to the person/family in their life – confession: I started to put male boss and marshmallow to the woman in their life but hey, this is 2020, women can be the boss!

Kieran and Leona have some uphill battles coming in this series. I can see it already. This book ends with a cliffhanger but not the one you’d expect. And that’s all I’m saying. I can’t wait to read more about the DeAngelo and Bravado families!

5 stars!

M.N. Forgy is a soccer mom by day and a saucy writer by night. She started writing at a young age but never took it seriously until years later, as a stay-at-home mom, she opened her laptop and started writing again. As a role model for her children, she felt she couldn’t live with the “what if” anymore and finally took a chance on her character’s story. So, with her glass of wine in hand and a stray Barbie sharing her seat, she continues to create and please her fans.

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New Release ~ Dishing Up Love ~ by ~ K.D. Robichaux

Title: Dishing Up Love

Author: K.D. Robichaux

Publisher: Boom Factory Publishing LLC

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 13, 2020

Blurb

One hot
chef

One
beautiful woman

One chance
encounter

Mix and
dish up some love

Erin
Bazzara is living life to the fullest as a single woman in New Orleans and
making a name for herself as one of the top psychologists in the state of
Louisiana. Years ago, she swore off men after receiving devastating news, news
that proved her fiancé didn’t care about the rule “in sickness and in health.”
It also proved he didn’t really care about her.

Good
riddance, who needs a man anyway? Not her. Not ever again.

Or so she
thought, until she literally runs into a certain world-renowned chef who looks
at her like she might be his next four-course meal.

Chef Curtis
Rockwell, host of the award-winning Chef To Go, never knows who the next
participant on his show will be. State to state, city to city, he scours
grocery store aisles each episode, looking for the perfect stranger to go home
with so he can teach them how to cook a gourmet meal. It’s always been just a
part of his job, a job he loves but still a job…

Then he
spots her. The perfect participant. The perfect woman. A woman not even his
dreams could have conjured up.

Now, all he
has to do is prove the heat between them won’t just sizzle out like yesterday’s
flambé.

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KD Robichaux wanted to be a romance author since the first time she
picked up her mom’s Sandra Brown books at the ripe old age of twelve. She went
to college to become a writer, but then married her very own alpha and had
babies. Putting her dream job on hold to raise her family as a stay at home mom
who read entirely too much, she created a blog where she could keep her family
and friends up-to-date on all the hottest reads. From there, by word of mouth,
her blog took off and she began using her hard-earned degree as a full-time
editor. When her kids started school, and with the encouragement from her many
author friends, she finally sat down and started working on her first series,
The Blogger Diaries, her own real-life romance. She’s now published more than
fifteen stories in many different genres of romance.

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With over
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“As a successful hybrid author in this ever
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