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The Sicilian Trap: A Grumpy Coach World Cup Spicy Soccer Rom-Com

by Mara J. Ova

He demands absolute control to win the World Cup. She is the sunshine that refuses to bend. Grumpy Meets Sunshine • Forced Proximity • Steamy Soccer Romance • Opposites Attract • Workplace Romance • Protective Hero • World Cup Stakes • Slow-burn With Sparkling Chemistry • Hilarious Banter • Found Family • Italian Vibes Vincenzo Messina is a tactical genius who demands absolute control to win the World Cup, but his new PR director is a walking distraction. Armed with weaponized sunshine, Sofia Hofer threatens his sacred locker room, igniting a fiery clash of wills and sizzling chemistry they both refuse to acknowledge. Arriving at the secluded Base Camp, Sofia's relentless optimism immediately collides with Vincenzo’s dictatorial temper. She treats football as a passionless branding puzzle to protect, while the volcanic coach fiercely shields his squad from the media. Bound by a lucrative Armani sponsorship, they are forced into thirty days of inescapable proximity within a secure compound and high emotion during the matches. As the grueling tournament progresses, their battle lines blur. Sofia discovers the devout heart beneath his melodramatic touchline theatrics, while Vincenzo realizes her efficiency actually protects his players, shattering his defenses. He engineered the perfect tactical trap on the pitch, but her weaponized sunshine cornered his heart. With the championship final looming, they must choose between maintaining their rigid professional boundaries or risking a catastrophic public scandal for a passion they cannot control. The Sicilian Trap is a standalone, fast-paced, steamy soccer romantic comedy by Mara J. Ova featuring grumpy-meets-sunshine and forced proximity tropes. It is a perfect read during the US-hosted World Cup, and the Italian vibes make it an ideal summer escape. Scroll up and look inside to experience the explosive chemistry and high-stakes tension. [Read More]

Birthspell - Book 1 - Part 1

by Miriam Khan

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With a voice similar to Kendare Blake, Gayle Forman, and Brittni Chenelle, if you’ve enjoyed Anna Dressed in Blood, Girl of Nightmares, If I Stay, or The Gifted Fae Academy Collection, you will love this book! Sabrina Jackson -Amazon reviewer...FIVE STARS. Fans of Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" series and Patrica Briggs's "Mercy Thompson" series will fall in love with this book by Miriam Khan, and keep an eye out eagerly for the next book in the series. KK jones book reviews - Amazon reviewer - FIVE STARS I had always longed for a family, but some bonds come at a price. After spending my whole life in group homes, I finally have somewhere to belong. Blacksville, West Virginia, isn’t much—quiet, forgotten, a little too empty—but it’s home to the only family I have left: The Lockes. They’re everything I never expected: wealthy, refined, and eager to claim me as one of their own. After a lifetime of being unwanted, I tell myself not to question it. But something in Blacksville feels wrong. Secrets seep through the cracks of the town, and the Lockes begin to act strange and erratic, too watchful, almost afraid. The truth always seems to circle back to Thorncrest Manor. I didn’t expect it to involve a spell cast a century ago. I definitely didn’t expect it to involve crossed bloodlines and something waiting to be born. Because the people of Blacksville already know what I’m starting to see: there’s something I'm supposed to uncover, something powerful and life-changing. And whatever has been haunting my family for generations is waiting for its moment to rise and take reign, which is why it's time for me to find out not only who, but what I am, and save my kind before it’s too late. A spell-binding new adult paranormal romance with a touch of gothic... Part 1 novella length of 145 pages. Part 2 available on Amazon. Book 2 released July/August. [Read More]

An Unsanctioned Attraction

by Lia Adams

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She was a perfect lady… until she met him. Katherine Sullivan knows who she is: A woman in a gilded cage of satin and high expectations… and she’s determined to break free. She steps into a private sanctuary where the smoke of a hookah swirls around her like a whispered promise. Where Touma Maalouf—a Lebanese scholar with ancient secrets behind his eyes and a duke's trust in his pocket—pours her wine and watches her like no man ever has. In the dim light of a sweltering summer night, he changes her life forever. What begins as daring flirtation spirals into an unchaperoned weekend, erotic manuscripts, the steam of a Turkish bath, and honeyed kisses. Freed from her cumbersome English layers by experienced hands, Kitty discovers a passion that defies borders. Their affair is a sensory revolution hidden behind velvet curtains and claret-colored satin. Every kiss, every whisper, every reckless, secret assignation is a rebellion against a bigoted empire that would tear them apart. With an army of loyal allies and the thrum of London's crowded ballrooms at their backs, Kitty and Touma risk everything for a love that doesn't just break the rules. It burns them in a fit of passion. She was a perfect lady. Now she's his perfect sin. ✨ WHAT'S INSIDE: 🏛️ Setting: High-society Victorian London meets Lebanese sensuality 🔥 Vibe: Gritty, high-heat, sensual open-door romance 🖤 Tropes: Opposites attract, forbidden secret affair, and cultural defiance 📖 For fans of: Rule-breaking historicals, rich historical detail, and intense heroes [Read More]

Of Ice and Innocence

by Karen Hunter

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She fought for her freedom. He's dying without her. Fate doesn't care what either of them wants. Book 2 of The Dragon's Flame Series. This story stands on its own, set within the world of The Dragon’s Flame. While returning characters make appearances, no prior reading is required. Though readers familiar with the first book may recognise a few extra layers. Laya survived four brutal Chases to remain unclaimed — the only free female wolf in a generation. She chose scars over submission and solitude over a mate who would strip away everything she'd bled to protect. The last thing she needs is a diplomatic mission into dragon territory. Kaeldric, advisor to the Dragon King, has been fading for months — his dragon slowly dying because he refused a mate bond he couldn't accept. When he finally finds her, she's everything he dreamed of and nothing he prepared for: a wolf warrior with claws already extended, who would sooner gut him than acknowledge what they both know. One crumbling railing. One frozen river. One impossible bond neither can outrun. Stranded in the wilderness with broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder, and only each other, enemies have no choice but to survive together. But surviving is the easy part. When they return to civilisation, their bond will either become the bridge between two warring peoples — or the spark that ignites the war that destroys them both. A wolf who refuses to be claimed. A dragon who's running out of time. And a mate bond that will demand the one thing neither of them is willing to give. [Read More]

Because Fate Said So

by R. B. Gourley

A guarded heart. An unyielding wall of morals. And a collision course with destiny. Connor Byrne is a dedicated Brisa Heights paramedic whose life is governed by a tight routine. He manages the raw chaos of the first-responder ranks with effortless clinical skill, but off-duty, he keeps his heart under lock and key. Trapped behind a multi-generational legacy of family tragedy, Connor weaponizes a flawless moral high ground like a protective shield. His rigid rules are a psychological bunker designed to prevent him from ever being vulnerable enough to risk failing in a relationship. But when a cold morning call for service completely fractures his world with a shattering discovery of betrayal, his carefully guarded perimeter is permanently breached. Enter Brandi Schmidt: a sharp, fiercely independent, and quick-witted Brisa Heights Police Officer. A former Marine and a martial arts black belt, Brandi is a formidable force on the street who commands absolute authority. Yet, she approaches her private life with a resilient, clear-eyed honesty. She is the last person Connor ever expected to pull him out of the wreckage of his life. Intrigued by the quiet, capable paramedic she has crossed paths with on mutual-aid calls, Brandi intentionally shifts her world to cross his path, meeting his stubborn, guarded distance with an unforced warmth that begins to systematically thaw his defenses. WHAT ARC READERS CAN EXPECT: * Dual-POV, Slow-Burn Pacing: An organic intimacy built through raucous weekly group dinners. * Mutual Competence: Hyper-competent leads who protect each other as equal partners on and off the street. * A Mature Subversion of the Genre: A sophisticated, deeply moving look at how two people can do the hard work to salvage a protective post-divorce friendship. * Healing Multi-Generational Trauma: A profound thematic payoff about throwing away the fear of vulnerability to build a foundation designed to last. [Read More]

The Fractured Wing

by Zenna Lake

This is Book 2 of The Shackled Oath series. She survived captivity. But survival was never the same thing as healing. Azaria Sylvenhart was freed from captivity. What they could not free was her mind. Broken by what was done to her and driven by something darker than grief, Azaria descends into a war of her own making—one her squad watches helplessly, caught between reaching for her and fearing she may no longer want to be reached. Dain fights to hold her together. And Quinton Thornvale, the blood mage who would burn kingdoms to keep her alive, is learning that saving Azaria’s life and reaching her are not the same thing—and that whatever is growing between them was never going to survive unscarred. But darkness does not wait for her to heal. Hunted by the same forces that have tried to destroy her from the beginning, Azaria is forced to confront what she is willing to become in order to survive. And the arrival of a stranger from across the continent—one bound to her by something neither of them understands—threatens to unravel everything further. Because Torven Kaelor is not finished with her. And this time, the cost of stopping him will not be measured in blood alone. Perfect for fans of: 🖤 Morally gray heroes & obsessive devotion 🔥 Dark fantasy romance & escalating tension ⚔️ Found family pushed to the breaking point ✨ Praise kink, dominant MMC & emotional intimacy 🩸 Trauma, vengeance & dangerous loyalty ⚠️ This book contains heavier themes than Book 1, including graphic violence, torture, death, grief, trauma, and explicit intimate scenes between consenting adults. The Shackled Oath (Book 1) is currently available on Kindle Unlimited and for £0.99 on Amazon for readers wishing to catch up before release. [Read More]

Blue Sky Black

by Lea Vale

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Zelda never stopped loving Ari. She just got better at pretending she was over him. Then she ran into him again on the last normal morning in America. By the end of the day, he was missing. Now Zelda is searching the wreckage of September 11th for two people: her best friend, Charlie, and the man she thought she'd lost long before the towers fell. *** As teenagers, Zelda and her best friend Charlie had been trying to escape Philadelphia for as long as they could remember. Ari was never part of that plan—until he walked into the pawn shop where Zelda worked and refused to leave her alone. They fell in love too young. They fell apart too fast. Six years later, September 11th puts them face to face on a Manhattan street, hours before the world changes forever. When the towers fall, Zelda survives and realizes Charlie and Ari were both inside and are missing. She has to find them both. Blue Sky Black moves between Zelda's desperate search through the aftermath of September 11th and the years that made her: a lonely, furious girl learning the value of things in a back-room pawn shop, falling in love for the first time, and losing everything she wasn't ready to hold. Perfect for readers who love: - Emotionally devastating love stories - Second chance romance - Slow burn with heat - Dual timeline - Found family - Female ambition Steam: Open door emotionally driven intimacy with explicit detail. Content Warning: Depictions of September 11, 2001, Grief, Loss [Read More]

Duskshade

by Madison Patershuk and Ebony Dobson

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Ophelia’s life is anchored by the measurable laws of the universe. As a dedicated heliophysicist, she trusts what she can prove and she trusts Nick, the man she believes is her soulmate. But when an impossible fracture in reality violently tears Ophelia, Nick, and her loved ones out of the human world and plunges them into the untamed Fae realm of Fenraeis, all earthly logic shatters. Stranded in a world that shouldn't exist, Ophelia quickly realizes they aren't just lost. They are being hunted. The Crownless, a terrifying and relentless entity, doesn't want her dead; he wants her caged. He intends to enslave Phee to siphon the elusive, ancient power awakening in her blood. It is a dormant, near-endless well of magic that hasn't been seen in an age, and this scientist has no idea how to control it. Desperate to keep the people she loves alive, Ophelia must become the warrior she was never meant to be. To survive, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kane—the ruthless, infuriating High King who might be just as dangerous as the monsters hunting them. As her impossible abilities rise to the surface, Ophelia realizes her arrival in Fenraeis wasn't an accident. She doesn't believe in destiny, but to keep her power out of the hands of a monster and to save those she loves, she must forge her own. [Read More]

Hex of All Hats

by Brian Keith Dye

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Janessa Miro has one rule: keep the wards intact and the drinks flowing. As The Spot’s resident wardwright and bartender, she keeps Chicago’s most notorious cross-dimensional speakeasy stitched together with duct tape, sarcasm, and sigilcraft. But when a ley line flickers and a Whisperbind blooms through the anchor wards, it isn’t sabotage—it’s personal. Someone has forged her magical style, infected the bar’s foundation, and tied the corruption to her blood. Now the Magus Arcanum is circling. The Faerie Courts are listening. And former mentor turned heretic Marlowe Finch is orchestrating something beneath the city in a cathedral called the Hollow Chord. As ancient runes begin surfacing across Chicago, Janessa discovers the attack against The Spot is only the first fracture in something far older than the Arcanum wants to admit. The magic inside her isn’t behaving like a curse. It’s remembering. With fellow wardwright Callum Shaw, Grimalkin thief Lysandra Vex, and dimension-folding barkeep Eddie Ramirez at her side, Janessa races to stop the Seal beneath The Spot from unraveling before Chicago becomes the center of a supernatural collapse. Because every lock has a cost. Every curse leaves a mark. And some curses don’t bind you—they build you. [Read More]

Talk to Me at Midnight

by Stephanie Harina

The voice that once saved her nights is now her trainer at work. Forced out of Bangkok by her dad, Yannie finds comfort in one thing: a mysterious voice who calls her every midnight. He doesn’t know her. She doesn’t know him. And that’s exactly why it works. Until she moves to Manila. And the voice gets a face. Now a teaching intern navigating office politics and Manila slang, Yannie is assigned to Ash Anderson, her serious, exacting English curriculum trainer—who is nothing like the man she talks to every midnight. Except he is that man. To protect her secret, Yannie makes one rule: Ash must never recognize her. Not when he texts her under the table with that ridiculous grin. Not when he stands far too close while demonstrating materials. And definitely not when he singles her out to present in front of everyone… where she’s now a walking disaster in heels. But when her fake deep voice slips, his smirks sharpen, and Ash starts calling her at work, Yannie realizes midnight secrets don’t survive daylight... especially when trouble wears a suit and knows all her confessions. [Read More]

Song of the Chintāmaṇi: A Steamy Ancient India Historical Romance

by M. P. Gupta

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She can read the manuscript men are killing to possess. He has been ordered to keep her alive. To survive the road, they must call their lie a marriage. Gupta-era ancient India, 400 CE. Vachana Devagupta is the only scholar alive who can read the scattered fragments her mother died protecting. When the imperial court sends her after the sacred relic hidden within them, she is placed under the protection of Commander Aryaman — disciplined, watchful, and dangerous to anyone who threatens her. Across river roads, temple archives, gilded courts, and deadly ambushes, they hunt a secret powerful men would kill to control. To move unseen, they must travel as husband and wife. One story. One room. One bed. The marriage is a lie. What it awakens is not. Song of the Chintāmaṇi is a steamy, open-door historical romance with fake marriage, forced proximity, only one bed, a brilliant scholar heroine, a protective warrior hero, sacred mystery, political danger, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Book One of The Nāda Codex. [Read More]

The Carpenter's Second Chance

by Dan Leonard

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When Ellie Marsh returns to Laurel Ridge to renovate and sell her late grandmother's cottage, falling in love is not part of the plan. Single dad Nate Calloway has spent years keeping his world small: his daughter, his work, and the town he's always called home. But as they work side by side to restore the cottage, Ellie finds herself falling for more than the town she left behind. She finds herself caring about a guarded carpenter and the thoughtful little girl who's spent years wishing for someone to braid her hair. Now, with summer drawing to a close, and difficult choices ahead, Nate and Ellie must decide whether protecting their hearts is worth losing the home, family, and future they've unexpectedly found. A heartwarming small-town romance filled with second chances, found family, slow-burn romance, and a happily-ever-after. [Read More]

My Hot New Problem

by Devyn Remi

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When a fox shifter chief has a Skulk to run and a business to get off the ground, he doesn't need a sexy she-wolf distraction in heels to make him lose his senses. Love has burned Elle Lafleur too many times for her to let a silver fox turn her world upside down. The shadows of her past still lurk, threatening to consume everything she's rebuilt. Étienne Renardeau doesn't scare easily. The shadow is dark, and persistent. [Read More]

Her Heart's Wish

by Dawn Baca

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Can a woman who built her life around everyone else finally choose love? Leila Durand has spent years being exactly who her family needed: a devoted mother, a doting grandmother, and the steady heart of the farm that saved her after loss. But when Yuri Petrova asks her to come to Saint Petersburg, the quiet life she has carefully built begins to feel less like safety and more like a beautiful cage. Yuri has always been a man of stars, students, and solitude—until one unforgettable Frenchwoman makes his orderly world feel suddenly incomplete. From their first meeting at a family wedding, Leila’s warmth, strength, and laughter unsettled him in ways no equation ever could. After three years of calls, letters, and longing, he is ready to stop loving her from a distance. Leila is falling for Yuri, but loving him means facing the grief, guilt, and fear she has buried beneath decades of devotion. Yuri is falling just as hard, but winning Leila’s heart may mean leaving behind the life, career, and country that have defined him. When distance, family ties, and old wounds threaten to keep them apart, Leila must decide whether being wanted is worth the risk of finally being seen. Will she cling to the life that made her feel necessary—or open her heart to the man who makes her feel chosen? Her Heart’s Wish is an emotional later-in-life romance about second chances, found family, healing after grief, and the brave, terrifying joy of beginning again. Perfect for readers who love mature heroines, patient heroes, slow-burn longing, complicated families, European settings, and love stories where the biggest battle is learning to believe happiness is still allowed. Read Her Heart’s Wish today and fall in love with a romance that proves it’s never too late to choose your own happily ever after. [Read More]