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New Release ~ Perfect Rumor ~ by ~ C.A. Harms

Perfect Rumor, Mason Creek Book #22 (standalone) by C.A. Harms is available now! Series: Mason Creek, Book 21 – Standalone Genre: Contemporary Romance Trope: Small Town Romance

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Leo Reid has always had a thing for the town gossip columnist, but Tate Michaels is one hard woman to get to know. That doesn’t stop Leo from doing all he can to chip away at the edges.

Little by little, day by day, she slowly lets him in.

Leo finds that the woman he always knew was there was hiding beneath the surface. He discovers a side that most have never been given a chance to see.

She’s spent so much time focusing on everything around her, so she doesn’t have to admit she wants what all her friends have. But, letting someone in means allowing that person to see what she has spent so many years trying to hide.

But as life would have it, the tables have turned, and now, the columnist is the focus of all the town’s gossip and rumors.

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C.A. Harms is an avid romance and mystery reader. She’s always had a love for books, getting lost in writing and storytelling even as a young girl. She enjoys happy endings and HEA love stories.

She lives in Illinois and enjoys spending time with her husband and two children. She holds an addiction for Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha’s and KitKat when she should really be focusing on water and maybe a fruit or two to make herself feel less guilty, but that feeling quickly passes…thankfully.

She is easy going, fun, and although she may seem like one of the quiet ones at first, you just wait until she gets to know you better…that quietness changes, fast.

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New Release ~ Rock the Shores ~ by ~ Whitley Cox

Title: Rock the Shores

Series: A Cinnamon Bay Romance

Author: Whitley Cox

Genre: Small Town, Brother’s Best Friend, Single Dad, RockStar, Summer, Contemporary Romance

Release Date: May 10, 2022

𝙃𝙚’𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙚?

A successful musician in an indie rock band, Evan Spencer takes the summer off and returns home to Cinnamon Bay, hoping the R&R will inspire him to write some new songs. He never expected to run into Juliet Clarkson on his first day back in The Bay. The Juliet he remembers was a paint-and-clay-covered kid with braces and frizzy hair. Now she’s a successful potter, and the most compelling woman he’s ever seen.

Juliet Clarkson has been in love with Evan … well, forever. She pined for years over the soulful-voiced best friend of her older brother. Swooned when she heard his guitar. Dreamed of him noticing her one day. And when that day happens, Juliet doesn’t know if she’s still dreaming, or if all her dreams are finally coming true.

But when tragedy strikes close to both their families, Evan is forced to give up his carefree summer in Cinnamon Bay and be the stand-up guy that an orphaned baby needs. Good thing Juliet is there to help. Sparks fly instantly, and soon their romance is real, all-consuming—and people are talking wedding bells.

But when the opportunity of a lifetime comes knocking, offering him and his band the fame they’d always dreamed of, he has to make a decision. Which is the dream come true—the life onstage he and his band know best? Or the unexpected new life he’s building in Cinnamon Bay with Juliet?

“This was an engaging story with characters that were perfect in their imperfections.” -Yvonne Cruz ( 5 Star Goodreads Reviewer)

“5 stars are not enough. WARNING – you are going to need chocolate and Kleenex to read this book. Yes – it is that emotional.” – Nicki The Overflowing Bookcase (5 Star Review)

“Can’t be easy writing in someone else’s world, but Whitley Cox smashes it!!

This is a great romance which kept me reading to see if they could make the hard choices faced by many couples. Well worth a read, definitely recommend.” – Sue Hancock (5 Star Goodreads Reviewer)

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After the shock wore off and the electricity in her limbs started to settle, along with her rapidly beating heart, she lifted her head to find the rock star of her dreams standing there behind the counter with a very cocky grin on his face.

She rolled her eyes, but her heart rate only picked up again. “You’re on my playlist.”

“I feel like the innuendo is just right there, but I can’t figure out how to spin it.” He stepped closer, his eyes taking in every inch of her. Every clay-covered inch of her.

“I’m too tired to think of one.” She already knew that her hair was coming out of the pencil she held it up with. She’d been tucking and blowing the strands off her face since they weren’t quite long enough to stay tucked behind her ears.

She hadn’t bothered with makeup besides a little mascara, and that was probably falling under her eyes by now since she’d been wearing it for nearly fourteen hours.

“I’ve never seen you in action,” he said softly. “Never seen the artist at work.”

She rolled her eyes. “Well, stand back because the clay tends to fly.”

“Was there a scene about this in a movie?” he asked, not taking a step back but rather several steps forward.

She eased her foot on the pedal, and the wheel slowed down and eventually stopped.

“There is.” She jerked her head toward the bathroom. “Ghost with Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg.” Her brows pinched. “How do you not—” But she stopped herself when his expression turned coy. “You knew. You were just teasing me.”

His smile made her insides get all tingly. “I might be Oblivious Evan, but I’m not an idiot.”

Her cheeks grew warm, but that didn’t keep her from grinning at him. He was right behind her now. She had to tilt her head up to look at him. His gentle, sexy brown eyes bored right into her, turning her into a puddle.

“My mom came over to watch Hope for a bit,” he said, grabbing a stool and setting it right behind her, sitting down and leaning against her back. The heat of him and the way his legs bracketed hers was enough to make every one of her synapses fire at the same time.

This was literally her ultimate fantasy.

Not only had she watched Ghost more times than any preteen ever should, but she had fantasized about Evan Swayzeing her also probably more than she ever should have. Probably more than was healthy.

Normally, she felt really close to her mom when she was working on the wheel, but she was really hoping her mom had decided to go for a walk along the beach or The Boardwalk right about now.

He was wearing a fitted black T-shirt with a slight V-neck that had made her jaw drop and her mouth pool with saliva when he put it on this morning.

His fingers started at her elbows and slowly moved along her arms until his big hands covered her clay-caked ones. “Show me how to do it,” he said, his breath warm against her ear.

She smiled and pushed her foot down on the pedal just enough for the wheel to start spinning slowly.

Just like she’d imagined it, just like in the movie, his fingers slid through hers, both of them now covered in clay just like hers.

She’d centered the piece. Now it was time to start shaping it.

“What are you making?” he asked, kissing her neck.

“I didn’t have a plan,” she said. “Sometimes I just sit down at the wheel and let the muse find me.”

“Mmmm,” he hummed. “I’m the same way with the guitar.”

“You were working on something when I left …” She guided their hands up a little, then together they stuck two fingers each, his on top of hers, into the center of the clay and began to press out.

The eroticism, the symbolism of what they were doing with their fingers and how it all looked and felt was not lost on her in the least.

Pottery could be extremely erotic. Everything was done with the hands; everything was wet and smooth and involved pressing down with your fingers. She’d certainly found herself aroused on more than one occasion watching a pottery video, even when the view was of just the person’s hands.

A Canadian West Coast baby born and raised, Whitley is married to her high school sweetheart, and together they have two beautiful daughters and a fluffy dog. She spends her days making food that gets thrown on the floor, vacuuming Cheerios out from under the couch and making sure that the dog food doesn’t end up in the air conditioner. But when nap time comes, and it’s not quite wine o’clock, Whitley sits down, avoids the pile of laundry on the couch, and writes.

A lover of all things decadent; wine, cheese, chocolate and spicy erotic romance, Whitley brings the humorous side of sex, the ridiculous side of relationships and the suspense of everyday life into her stories. With single dads, firefighters, Navy SEALs, mommy wars, body issues, threesomes, bondage and role-playing, Whitley’s books have all the funny and fabulously filthy words you could hope for.

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New Release ~ Wrong Side ~ by ~ HJ Bellus

Wrong Side: An Enemies-to-Lovers Sports Romance by HJ Bellus is available now!

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Everyone knows the Bad Boys of Penwood University dominate campus life with their power to make or break anyone they want. Sadie Alexander never thought she’d end up on their radar. All she wanted was to escape her childhood, and Penwood was her ticket to a new life. But Theo Hudson, the number one Bad Boy and all-star football player, makes it clear he has his sights set on her.

She’d heard the stories, knew the warnings, yet Theo makes it impossible for her to run the other way. The harder she fights to keep her distance, the more determined he becomes to have her. But Sadie isn’t willing to risk everything she has worked so hard to achieve for a guy with a reputation.

The deeper Theo manages to slip into her life, the tighter Sadie gets wrapped up in the unraveling secrets around her.

In the end, Sadie is forced to answer one question…was he worth it?

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New Release ~ Reaper ~ by ~ Savannah Rylan

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𝙎𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘é𝙚. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩*𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧*𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘨. 𝙎𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵… 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘚𝘩*𝘵. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥’𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵, 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛*𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨?

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Seeing her name pop up on my screen brought back so many memories. Her face bombarded my mind immediately, and all of the sudden my exhaustion dissipated into nothingness. She had been my lifeline throughout high school. The one person I could lean on, no matter what. She taught me about love, life, friendship, and kinship. She taught me how to kiss, and what to do on dates with women. Hell, she even helped get my ass through Pre-Calc, which had been a nightmare in and of itself. I rubbed my eyes just to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. However, when her name didn’t disappear, I knew there was only one reason for her phone call. She’s in trouble. “Rose? Are you all right?” I asked as I picked up the phone. And the second her crying filled the line, I leapt right back out of bed.

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Savannah Rylan is a romance writer that spends most of her time writing and reading with her cat, Gris. When not writing about sexy bikers and the women that love them, you can find her on the beach with a drink in her hand or at the gym testing out some strange new position. Yoga, obviously. She lives in Southern California with her husband and Gris, the true love of her life.

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New Release ~ Can’t Help Love ~ by ~ Claudia Burgoa

Release Date: May 10

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Claudia Burgoa continues a billionaire romantic series in a second chance enemies-to-lovers story that’ll leave readers laughing and swooning!

They’ll get their second chance at love… if they don’t kill each other first!

If I ever cross paths with Gatsby Spearman I might just push him from the tallest building in San Francisco.

Saying that I don’t like him is an understatement—I hate him.

The prick ghosted me in college, stole the program we created to start a billion-dollar company—oh and I failed a class because of him.

I want revenge. And I want it to be petty.

I created an infallible five-step plan to make him pay for what he did to me.

1. Destroy his company.

2. Hire him out of pity.

3. Make him fall in love with me.

4. Rip out his heart.

5. Ghost him while he’s crying from a broken heart.

Simple, right?

Except, I didn’t take into consideration the old college chemistry rearing its ugly head and bringing us closer together despite everything we do to fight it.

I want vengeance, all he wants is to flirt.

Though, I don’t plan on falling for his antics.

I’ll play this to win.

Let the games begin.

Can’t Help Love is a sexy, fun, at time angsty enemies-to-lovers billionaire romance that’s the perfect combination of seduction and sassy with a couple who live to torture each other!

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Claudia is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author.

She writes alluring, thrilling stories about complicated women and the men who take their breaths away. Her books are the perfect blend of steamy and heartfelt, filled with emotional characters and explosive chemistry. Her writing takes readers to new heights, providing a variety of tears, laughs, and shocking moments that leave fans on the edge of their seats.

She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, her youngest two children, and three fluffy dogs.

When Claudia is not writing, you can find her reading, knitting, or just hanging out with her family. At nights, she likes to binge watches shows or movies with her equally geeky husband.

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New Release ~ Initiate ~ by ~ Jenny Sandiford

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𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚… Desperate for a cure for her Shadow Magic that’s spiraling out of control, eighteen-year-old Azalea Sharp steps into the hidden forest deep within the English countryside. What she finds is the opposite, a way to control magic, and from an unlikely source—her dead father. But she must be willing to pay the price and raise him from the dead. With her father’s enemies on her doorstep, she is driven into hiding among a secret community of Mages in the Tower of London. There, Azalea quickly learns that not all magic is equal. But with more than her own life at stake, will the help of a notorious Shadow Mage be enough? Or will darkness unleash its brutal force on London, leaving no one safe? 𝘐𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵-𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.

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Jenny grew up in small town New Zealand on a steady diet of fairytales and fantasy books. She lived in Mongolia for nine years with her husband where they spent the unfrozen months of the year living on the edge of the Gobi Desert mining gold. When she isn’t writing, Jenny enjoys hiking, meeting new animals, and loves to curl up in a sunny corner with a cup of tea, a cat, and a book. She is currently in the United States with her husband and their two street cats from Mongolia.

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New Release ~ Two Princes ~ by ~ Cindy Kehagiaras

Two Princes by Cindy Kehagiaras is releasing May 10th! Genre: Contemporary Clean Romance Trope: Love Triangle, Suspense, Modern Royals, 1990’s

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In 1996, New York City, Los Angeles, and the Mediterranean kingdom of Safina are worlds apart, but bound by love.

When terrorists attack Safina’s royal family, its two princes handle things differently. One wants revenge, and the other wants to save the beautiful country on the Mediterranean’s coast.

New York lawyer, Jay Salas, has avoided his role as Safina’s prince his entire life. But when his cousin, Rhys, goes on an all-out rampage seeking revenge on the terrorists, Jay must navigate the consequences of his cousin’s disastrous actions. Meticulous and determined, Jay devises a plan to stop Rhys from inflicting more harm on their ancestral home. But there’s a wildcard-someone who threatens to tear apart the cousins, someone who owns their hearts.

Cori Bennett didn’t expect to be dragged into the middle of her ex-lover’s family drama. Used as a pawn by all sides, she doesn’t know who to trust. Career-focused and fiercely independent, Cori doesn’t have time to hunt down terrorists for her out-of-control ex, or his sexy cousin. But apparently, the fate of

Safina is at stake.

Only one thing is certain: in order for love to succeed, they’ll have to learn to trust each other and follow their hearts.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

I am a storyteller first and foremost. My writing journey began after my 50th birthday and the lock-down provided me the opportunity to get my stories down. Some stories have been haunting my dreams for over forty years. But when the characters began shouting at me at all hours of the day and night I had to write them down, never having written before. My previous lives have been in advertising, fashion and as a small business owner.

I am clinically dyslexic (diagnosed in college) and have made it my life’s ambition to consume novels, poetry and article to push past those challenges and tell my stories.

A proud native-Californian, I live in Hermosa Beach, CA, a tiny beach-town in South Los Angeles County with my husband of sixteen years, two beautiful kids and two spunky-rescue kitties.

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New Release ~ A Sweet Nothing ~ by ~ Anastasia Fenne

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𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆… 𝐴𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝐼𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝐵𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝. 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠. 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑘𝑒… 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑥 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑎𝑖𝑙. 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑥 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡: 𝑅𝑢𝑛. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑠ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ. 𝐻𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐻𝑒’𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟… 𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑡. 𝐹𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒’𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑎 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦’𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒… 𝐵𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑. 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝐼𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝐵𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠. 𝑅𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑘𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑥-𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑗𝑎𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐴 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑟𝑎𝑛, 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡, ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑘𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑒, 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡. 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒’𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑛-𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠. 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐾𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒… 𝐵𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑.

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“Lane’s down this weekend if you wanted to come over.” I said when I put the phone to my ear. “You can crash on my couch.” “Maybe, I’ll let you know. I’ve got… things I need to look into.” There was a tone to his voice. Tension. Hesitancy. And my whole body went stiff. Cas and Rev watched me closely, and I turned away from them and put my finger in my ear to drown out the music so I could hear Isaac better. “What’s going on?” I asked, swallowing against a tight sensation in my chest. “Hannah has been texting me all day. She said you were gonna call.” “Yeah. I needed to wait until I got off. Wanted to be able to talk.” A chill slid over my shoulders, like tiny ice cubes sliding over my skin. Isaac rarely called me to “talk.” We sent texts unless it was something major like Hannah moving down, or his parents moving to North Carolina. I tried to think of what it could be. Maybe something to do with my dad. Another DUI he was trying to have covered up, or he’d put the house up for sale? There was only one other reason Isaac might call to talk. And it had been a reason I’d been dreading for a while. There was an update on Tatum’s missing person report. My jaw clenched, and it took a second before I could work it lose to speak again. “Isaac, what’s going on?” There was a beat of silence, then he sighed. “You in a spot where you can talk for a minute?” I must have made a noise, or a face, because Cas leaned over the bar and Rev elbowed me. They wore identical concerned expressions, the type that said they could switch to commiseration or backup depending on what I asked of them. But neither of them could do what I wanted. Unless they could bring someone back from the dead. I got up from my stool, half numb as I walked outside the bar. Even the humidity in the air couldn’t keep the cold chill from consuming me, and once the door was shut and the music from the speakers dulled to a low thudding pulse, I let out a breath, steeling myself for what I knew was coming. What I’d known was coming for a while. “Just get it over with. Where’d you find…” I took a breath, my throat burning when I swallowed, the alcohol in my stomach threatened to come back up. “The body?” “Didn’t find one,” Isaac said, his tone calm, but otherwise devoid of emotion. “Tate’s alive.” The knot in my stomach clenched, then slowly eased, unwinding itself back into a thin loop of rope. A second later, the breath I’d been holding left my lungs, and I sagged against the railing on the small porch that surrounded the bar. She’s… alive. Tate’s alive. Tatum is alive…

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Anastasia Fenne is an author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. When she’s not dreaming up the emotional turmoil she can put her characters through, she’s busy playing video games, reading romance and fantasy novels, and being a general nerd. She resides in the Midwest with her four children, three cats, one dog, and a bewildered spouse.

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New Release ~ Enthrall Ecstasy ~ by ~ Vanessa Fewings

Title: Enthrall Ecstasy

Series: Enthrall Sessions

Author: Vanessa Fewings

Genre: Erotic Romance/Contemporary

Release Date: May 1, 2022

From USA Today Bestselling Author Vanessa Fewings comes the eagerly anticipated next novel in the celebrated romance series the ENTHRALL SESSIONS.

Cameron Cole’s trusted head of security Shay Gardner has someone in his sights: new submissive Rue Asher.

It’s my sworn duty to protect her.

But I find myself craving not just her safety…but her love.

A love that comes with a price. I’m unable to resist her demands to become her Dom, but I fear she has no idea of the intense play I’m capable of.

I will take her beyond her limits. Beyond her imagination. I will reveal to her depths of pleasure she didn’t know was possible.

Rue will soon call the secretive world of ENTHRALL her home.

For the answers lie in the ecstasy.

Vanessa Fewings is a USA TODAY bestselling author. Her latest series is The Icon Trilogy, a romantic suspense about Zara Leighton, London’s most brilliant art investigator on the hunt for the notorious thief known as Icon.

Vanessa’s previous novels include the bestselling Enthrall Sessions, a romance series spanning eight books about a woman who gets swept up into Enthrall, L.A.’s premier club that caters to the secret desires of the elite.

Readers can also listen to Vanessa as she hosts the weekly podcast The Romance Show, a captivating podcast featuring authors and industry professionals in the romance genre.

Prior to publishing, Vanessa worked as a registered nurse and midwife. She holds a Masters Degree in Psychology. She has traveled extensively throughout the world and has lived in Great Britain, Germany, Hong Kong, Cyprus and the USA.

Born and raised in England, Vanessa now proudly calls herself an American and resides on the East Coast with her husband.

Vanessa can be found on her Facebook Fan Page and in The Romance Lounge, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Goodreads. She enjoys connecting with fans all around the world.

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New Release ~ Venom & Vice ~ by ~ Jill Ramsower

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𝘼𝙨𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩? 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘈 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦. 𝘏𝘦’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘺. 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙠 𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘪𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵. 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧’𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚: 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 & 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘓𝘠 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳!! 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴.

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“Look,” I said more softly. “This shouldn’t be so hard. You and me … we’re like gasoline and an open flame. I really appreciate what you did earlier today, but maybe it’s best if Lochlan finds someone else to work with me.” Casek infiltrated my personal space, a roaring inferno of pissed off energy looming over me. “I told you once, and I won’t say it again. Don’t you fucking go near any of my brothers.” “You said you didn’t want me to feed from them. That’s not the same as training,” I argued. “The hell it isn’t.” I stomped my foot, so frustrated I was seconds from devolving into a childish tantrum. “You are freaking impossible.” Why limit who I could work with if he was just going to avoid me and make things difficult? Was this some kind of twisted game to him? Casek’s hand clamped around my neck, his fingers at the back and thumb lifting my chin to bring my gaze to his. “I’m not impossible. I’ve lost my fucking mind, and it’s your goddamn fault.” He stared so intently into my eyes that I swore he could see down to the very depths of my soul. While we waged a silent battle, his lips mouthed silent words, and heat seared the back of my neck. I yanked away from him when the feeling tinged on painful, unsure what had happened. Panic engulfed me. Had my magic responded to him? Was it trying to infiltrate his memories again? Why had it hurt so much? I placed my hand over the heated skin and peered at him warily. “What was that?” He only lifted his chin defiantly, making me reconsider my assumptions. Why the fuck did he look so smug? I rushed to the gym mirror and lifted my hair but was unable to see the back of my neck. “What the hell did you do?” “I solved a problem—looking out for myself, remember?” I grabbed my phone and took a photo of the back of my neck. When I saw what he’d done, words escaped me. My lips parted with wordless huffs of breath. “You … you…” I brought my incredulous stare back to him. “You fucking marked me?” What looked like a letter in a foreign alphabet was now scrolled in black on the back of my neck. I was speechless. Bewildered and mystified. What could have possibly possessed him to do such a thing? “Essentially,” he said casually. “Now there’s no confusion.” Was he serious? I was nothing but a blurry swarm of confusion. “No confusion about what?” I gaped. His answering smirk was dipped in venomous delight.

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Jill is a Texan, born and raised. She manages the hectic social calendars for her three active children and occasionally spends an evening with her dashing husband. Aside from being an author and a mom, she’s a travel junkie and loves to read when she is not lost in her own stories. With Jill’s books, you can count on confident heroines, plenty of steamy tension, and deliciously assertive leading men. There are no guarantees in life, but with her books, you know everything will work out in the end. However, a perfect ending would not be nearly as satisfying without a seemingly insurmountable challenge. Jill loves to add plenty of adversity in her stories, creating unforgettably dynamic characters and sneaky plot twists you will never see coming.