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A Shore Thing

by Emily Shacklette

Juliette Matthews has chased light across the globe—from the Andes to North Africa—but nothing throws her off balance quite like being back at her family’s Jersey Shore summer home. Especially when “temporary” starts looking a lot like staying… and Wesley Olson is everywhere she turns. Wesley never left Ocean City—and never forgot the girl next door who wrecked him in the best and worst ways. He’s spent seventeen years building a life that’s safe, steady, and entirely Juliette-free. That is, until, she shows back up on his front porch like the prettiest ghost he’s ever seen. Because one look at her, and suddenly the past isn’t so past. The summer is hotter, the tension thicker, and staying away? Not an option. Not when every shared glance feels like a dare—and every touch reminds them exactly what they lost. This summer, Juliette and Wesley will have to decide—were they destined to be nothing more than a summer fling…or have they always been a shore thing? [Read More]

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]

Bohemian Girl in Ruins

by Aneta Cruz

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Kara has always dreamed of her own happily-ever-after. Buying a crumbling castle and restoring it sounds like the perfect fairy tale beginning, until reality turns her into a modern-day Cinderella instead of a princess. Even her hopes for a Prince Charming shatter like a glass slipper when she falls for her employee: an infuriatingly attractive historian, Sean, who would rather feed her to a dragon than reciprocate her feelings. And as if things couldn't get any worse, he moves right next door! Since all fairy tale trials come in threes, Kara braces for the inevitable. Just as the bank threatens to seize the castle, Ethan-a charming new love interest-appears while Sean's icy exterior begins to thaw. How can she focus on saving the castle from the greedy bank's snare when her heart is split between Sean and Ethan? The one thing Kara has learned from fairy tales is that a ball solves it all. So, to reveal everyone's true intentions, she plans a masquerade. *A romantic comedy set in the late 90s Prague, Czech Republic, with all the nostalgia, laugh-out-loud scenes, and spice to hot that it actually burns. *Opposites attract *Forced proximity *Small town romance in a big city [Read More]

Tell Me: Reign of Krovavy

by Layla Cornell

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She didn't choose him. The system did, claiming they were 90% compatible. In a world rebuilt from collapse, the AI doesn't ask what you want. Talia's file says she belongs to Timur Arsanov. No interviews. No consent. No way out. They call him Krovavy. Bloody. A warlord who didn't survive the war by being gentle, and who has no intention of being gentle with her either. He doesn't court her. He doesn't ask. He claims her the way he claims everything — like it was always his to take. Talia knows she should hate him. She knows the system that paired them is broken, that nothing about this is a choice. But surviving Timur means learning him — the discipline beneath the brutality, the control that isn't just cruelty, the moments he almost looks at her like she's more than property. She wasn't supposed to want to understand him. She definitely wasn't supposed to crave the way he looks at her like she's already his. This is not a soft love story. This is forced proximity with no escape hatch, a power imbalance that doesn't resolve itself in chapter three, and a hero who earns nothing — he simply takes. If you like your dark romance with dubious consent, a possessive warlord hero, and a heroine who finds her place in a world that is against her — Reign of Krovavy is for you. THIS IS THE FRIST BOOK IN THE TELL ME SERIES. 🖤 18+ only. Dark themes throughout. [Read More]

April When They Wed

by Pamela Sherwood

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The best laid plans… At twenty-three, Lady Madeline Lyons is considered almost “on the shelf,” so her family is delighted when she falls in love with Hugo Lowell, Viscount Saxby. But with only days left before their wedding, a series of mishaps threaten to derail the carefully planned event. It’s a test of love, nerves, and patience as Madeline and Hugo grapple with inclement weather, last-minute venue changes, malfunctioning appliances, and an attendant “in the family way.” Meanwhile, the often-contentious Lyons Pride must pull together to help overcome these obstacles and give the bride and groom a day to remember.   A direct sequel to The Advent of Lady Madeline, April When They Wed is the first entry in The Lyons Brides, a mini-series set within the family saga, The Lyons Pride. [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]

In Every Other Way

by Clementine Hart

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Elsie Morgan has two problems, and she's fairly sure they're unrelated. The first is her boss. Joshua Larsen is meticulous, maddening, and impossibly self-contained — the one man Elsie has spent two years being scrupulously, exhaustingly normal about. The second is @plaintext: the anonymous true-crime obsessive she's been arguing with online for eight months, who somewhere along the way became the person she tells everything. Including, lately, far too much about the boss. They are the same man. Elsie has no idea. Joshua finds out by accident, and it stops him cold: the woman he stays up talking to every night is the colleague he's been so carefully keeping at arm's length. And now he's the only one who knows. So he says nothing — and has no idea how long he can keep it that way. A slow-burn, dual-POV workplace romance for readers of Ali Hazelwood and Sarah Adams. [Read More]

Weddings Coordinated

by Lisa S. Gayle

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Twin sisters. Two men. One wedding? Danielle and Mallory are as different as can be! And they’re about to get themselves tangled into an unexpected, sticky web of drama. What the twins anticipated being a simple, brilliant plan quickly becomes a complicated mess with both sisters hiding secrets and fighting strong feelings for some incredibly tempting, off-limits men. Mallory needs Danielle to impersonate her at work so she can sneak off to her best friend’s wedding. But how can you pretend to be your twin sister when you’re nothing alike? Danielle finds herself trying to save Mallory’s career while her sister’s demanding, perceptive boss, Ethan, watches her every move. It doesn’t help that she is inexplicably attracted to him when she vows to hate his guts. Meanwhile, Mallory begins to have conflicting feelings for her engaged best friend, Jesse, a sweet, rough-and-tough auto-mechanic who’s been her rock since childhood. Will the twins get caught in their silly plot to hide the truth? Or will they get more than they bargained for? Weddings Coordinated is a standalone, open-door romantic comedy. It features two emotionally charged romances roped together in one hilarious, fast-moving plot! [Read More]