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Shattered Edges

by Marion Thomas

A contemporary dark romance about forbidden love and ambition in elite competitive figure skating and what happens when survival leaves no safe choices. (warning: contains graphic, explicit language and mature themes) Richard Hale has spent his life on the ice, chasing precision, relevance, and a career that refuses to wait for anyone. When his skating partner walks away he’s left staring down the quiet, humiliating end of everything he’s built. His younger sister Holly faces the same erasure when her partner’s injury ends her season overnight, leaving her suddenly expendable. The solution is obvious, dangerous and unthinkable. Forced to skate together by circumstance and desperation, Richard and Holly form a partnership that some think shouldn’t exist. On the ice, their connection is undeniable. Off it, the pressure fractures restraint, blurring lines they were never meant to cross and leaving them scrutinized by a world eager to judge what it doesn’t understand. As Nationals loom, obsession threatens to eclipse reason, and desire threatens to destroy the very thing they’re fighting to save. [Read More]

Last Save: A Steamy Forbidden Hockey Romance

by H.A. Laine

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He notices everything. She was sent to find what the team is hiding. Neither of them planned for this. Milo Varga is twenty-four, the Portland Wolves' starting goaltender, and the most observant man in any room he walks into. He catalogs details the way other players read plays: quietly, completely, with nothing asked in return. He has spent his entire career being the youngest guy on the ice, the quiet one, the one nobody sees. Until a league attorney walks into the practice facility with a binder and a list of names, and Milo realizes she's the first person who has ever looked at him the way he looks at everyone else. Risa Kwon is thirty-seven, a senior league investigator, and the woman the Wolves hired her firm to bury. Her job is simple: trace the pattern of misconduct her predecessor refused to document, build a case that cannot be ignored, and protect the players who deserved better. She cannot be seen with anyone on the roster. She cannot let a twenty-four-year-old goalie rearrange her entire understanding of what she came to Portland to do. She definitely cannot fall for him. Last Save is Book 5, the series finale, of the Ice and Instinct series. Each book follows a different couple on the Portland Wolves. Interconnected standalones. They all play dirty. Amazon review is required for this ARC. Private feedback in PenPinery is welcome, but it does not complete the campaign unless the Amazon review is posted. Please post your honest review on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review?asin=B0GX2ZSP4T. If Amazon delays or rejects the review, save the text and note the Amazon status in PenPinery. [Read More]

The Alpha's Healer: Rebirth and Revelation

by Marina Belle

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Lucia survived the Wilds. Now she has to survive the beast who bled for her—and the truth of what she is. Separated from the Blackwood Pack, and from Kaelen, the Alpha who swore to protect her but kept her in a gilded cage, Lucia is stranded on the edge of the human world. Her only protector is Ragnar. The pack’s Enforcer is brutal, possessive, and dangerously intoxicating—and he has no intention of coddling a fragile human. He wants to teach her how to bite back. But as care turns into something darker, something territorial, Lucia is pulled into a war she doesn’t understand. The Wilds are waking. The creatures are calling her my lady. Her power is changing. And so is she. Because the truth of Lucia’s bloodline won’t just change her… it will tear the shifter world apart. Caught between the Alpha who holds her heart and the beast who demands her soul, Lucia must decide who she is willing to become. Because to survive what’s coming, the healer must die— and something far more dangerous must rise in her place. ------------------------------------- Series: Book II of III (continues into final installment/ cliffhanger) Genre: Dark Paranormal Shifter Romance / Dark Fantasy Tropes: Dark psychological love triangle • Fated mates (twist) • “Who did this to you?” Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ (light–medium, high-heat moments, intense intimacy) Darkness: Medium — this is a dark PNR Content Warnings: Attempted SA • Graphic violence • Blood/gore • Injury detail (animal/shifter attacks) • Pregnancy struggles/infant loss POV: Alternating third person (Lucia, Kaelen, Ragnar) Vibe: Dark, gothic, wintery For readers who love monster heroes and heroines who embrace their darkness [Read More]

Unassisted: A Forbidden Slow-Burn Hockey Romance

by H.A. Laine

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She speaks in diagnoses. He's learning her language. They call it the Translation Game. A slow-burn, forbidden hockey romance where two guarded professionals can only tell each other the truth in code. Declan Rourke has spent a decade being the man everyone on the Portland Wolves can count on. The captain who never misses a shift, never shows weakness, never lets anyone close enough to see what holding it all together actually costs. He learned the price of being seen as a rookie, when a teammate sold his story to the press. So when a torn shoulder threatens to end everything, the last thing he needs is a therapist who treats his silence like a symptom. The trouble is, he doesn't want to flinch from her. He wants to learn her words. Elena Marlowe doesn't trust athletes, institutions, or men who smile like they're hiding something. She weaponizes clinical terminology the way other people use small talk. Posterior capsule. Capsular adhesion. Safe, precise words for things she refuses to feel, the armor she built the year an institution decided she was the problem. The captain is the one variable she cannot diagnose. He doesn't back away from her vocabulary. He leans in, asks what each term means, and turns her defenses into a private language only the two of them speak. Amazon review is required for this ARC. Private feedback in PenPinery is welcome, but it does not complete the campaign unless the Amazon review is posted. Please post your honest review on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review?asin=B0GRNLLZ3L. If Amazon delays or rejects the review, save the text and note the Amazon status in PenPinery. [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]

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]

Flesh and Blood

by Marion Thomas

A Dark Historical Fiction Romance Set against the tumultuous backdrop of America’s Civil War, Flesh and Blood paints a stark portrait of a southern family torn apart as Jack and his sister Abigail navigate their secrets and treacherous circumstances in a salacious tale of forbidden love, loyalty and survival they struggle to save their farm and keep a buried treasure out of the hands of the crumbling Confederacy. Flesh and Blood offers a raw and unflinching look at the human heart in crisis. Brace yourself for a passionate tale that pushes boundaries and challenges societal norms. (contains explicit graphic language and mature themes) [Read More]

Between the Glass: A Steamy Off-Limits Hockey Romance

by H.A. Laine

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Off the record: they are not supposed to want each other. On the record: they have spent an entire season pretending otherwise. A slow-burn athlete/journalist romance where the thing they can't say out loud is the truest thing either of them has. Ben Kowalski has been the funniest person in every room since he was eleven. One contract year left, one shot at the deal that keeps him in Portland, and the absolute last thing he needs is the new beat reporter who is the only person in the press room who does not laugh at his material. Renee Lavoie has been watching the people around her perform for six years and writing down what she sees in notebooks she does not share. Now she is credentialed inside the Wolves season for access that could rebuild what she lost, and the alternate captain keeps offering her the version of himself that does not make it into the press conference. Between the Glass is Book 2 in the Ice and Instinct series. Each book follows a different couple on the Portland Wolves. Interconnected standalones. They all play dirty. Amazon review is required for this ARC. Private feedback in PenPinery is welcome, but it does not complete the campaign unless the Amazon review is posted. Please post your honest review on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review?asin=B0GRRC3NPY. If Amazon delays or rejects the review, save the text and note the Amazon status in PenPinery. [Read More]

Room 002: Devoured and Desired

by Nyx Walker

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Emily came to Whispering Hollow for artistic inspiration and ended up with a roommate who howls at the moon. Caleb is gorgeous, guarded, and cursed: a loup-garou bound to the land, he storms out when his wolf threatens to get the better of him. Emily doesn’t flinch—she sketches him, teases him, and maybe stares a little too long. At the Specter Suites, where magic is just part of the décor, Nina—the hotel's owner and resident witch—offers a tea that coaxes truth from the heart. When she proposes a ritual to help Caleb gain control, Emily volunteers. What started as curiosity becomes connection. The ritual forces Caleb to see himself through Emily’s eyes; it forces Emily to decide how much of herself she’s willing to risk. The stakes are personal: a future he chooses, or a curse that keeps choosing for him. Part small-town charm, part dangerous heat, this novella is for those who aren't afraid of the big bad wolf. [Read More]

The Divine Feminine Scent

by E.C. Beaumont

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She seduces powerful men to harvest their energy. Selene is a high-stakes investor building life-saving infrastructure, powered by a secret. It starts as a gift. It becomes her Protocol, refined through psychology, ritual, technology, and obsession. Then Ethan signs the Protocol. Ethan is a Silicon Valley millionaire with everything to lose. He becomes her most powerful subject yet. Their connection is intoxicating, obsessive, and irreversible. But Selene's power comes with a brutal cost. As the line between harvest and love blurs, the stakes become more dangerous for both of them. This is not a conventional love story. This book does not end the way you want it to. That's the point. A story of dark feminine power, psychological intensity, and the cost of loving your prey. What would you do to the man you love if it saved thousands? Inside this high-heat, dark literary fiction: - A powerful, morally complex woman who may be saving the world or destroying what she loves - Psychological conditioning, power exchange, and sensory domination including foot worship - Supernatural elements woven into a grounded, literary narrative - Explicit, high-intensity scenes (no fade-to-black) - No redemption arc. No conventional ending. For readers of Neon Gods (Katee Robert), Priest (Sierra Simone), and Circe (Madeline Miller). Content note: This novel contains explicit sexual content, power exchange dynamics, psychological manipulation, and morally dark themes. Intended for adult readers (18+). [Read More]