Friday, July 26, 2024

Not Without Me

 


Author: Maria Dean
Title: Not Without Me
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Subgenre: Second-Chance Romance
Release Date: July 26, 2024
Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing
Cover Designer: BookSmith Design

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When my mum’s new partner walked into our lives, bringing along his brooding son, Cade Westwood, I never imagined the rollercoaster that awaited me.

Cade, haunted by his past, kept a tight lid on his emotions, and I couldn't help but be intrigued by the mystery that surrounded him. Little did I know that our innocent connection would soon be tested by unexpected hurdles, turning our fairy-tale love story into a haunting nightmare.

Fast forward sixteen years, and I find myself staring into the eyes of Cade once again—only this time, he’s my boss. The wounds from our shared history resurface, and I’m forced to confront the bittersweet memories that still linger.

As I try to navigate my newfound professional life, buried feelings for Cade threaten to emerge from the shadows. Will I be able to keep my emotions in check? And can Cade’s secrets avoid derailing our chance at a renewed connection?

Trigger Warning: Explores themes of parental death, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and trauma that some readers may find triggering.

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Maria Dean is an author from Yorkshire in England where she lives with her husband, two boys, and her faithful Boston Terrier. Her short stories have appeared in various publications and range from fantasy to science fiction and the supernatural, but for the long haul, her heart remains rooted in romance novels. An avid reader, she can be known to devour a book in a day, especially if there’s a twist in the tale and a swoon-worthy main character. She’s more than prepared to have her heart broken by a good book, just as long as it’s put back together again by the happily-ever-after. When she’s not reading or writing, she can be found walking her dog in her local woods, usually dreaming up her next novel or listening to an audiobook. 


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The Alpha's Burden

 

 


Will he be successful in winning her heart or will he accept her rejection and select a Chosen Mate?



The Alpha’s Burden

by Ellie Scott

Genre: Paranormal Werewolf Romance 



“I refuse to accept your rejection,” I say looking at my fated mate. Her face goes red, “I do not want you!” she screams as I simply stand there staring at my fated beauty. “You will learn to want me,” I reply as I take her arm and drag her resisting body towards my SUV.

Alpha Zack has been searching for his fated mate for years. At thirty-two, he was being pushed to take a chosen mate. But none of the women the Elders had selected for him had piqued his interest.

And then he attends the annual Mates Gala, where he finally finds her … his fated mate. But she is already in love with another. He is heartbroken but refuses to accept her rejection, wanting a chance to win her heart.

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Ellie Scott is a Canadian writer writing paranormal, romance - all things fiction. 

She has two maltese fur babies Oliver and Benjamin.


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Sparks Ignite

 

Sparks Ignite
Aurelia Yates
Publication date: July 26th 2024
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Colt Donovan has it all: a thriving bar, stunning looks, and a stream of admirers. But despite his success, he can’t shake the memory of Maggie Wilson, the woman who stole his heart during one unforgettable weekend. Her taste lingers on his lips, and her sassy spirit haunts his dreams.

Determined to find her, fate brings them together, but with a cruel twist—Maggie is now on the arm of his best friend. Torn between loyalty and desire, Colt faces a heart-wrenching dilemma: risk his friendship for the woman he can’t forget, or let her slip away forever.

Maggie, fresh from a painful breakup, dips her toes back into the dating pool, only to find no one compares to Colt Donovan. When he appears at her best friend’s wedding, his piercing blue eyes make her weak in the knees. Despite the man by her side, she can’t resist the magnetic pull of Colt’s presence.

Colt Donovan is trouble—the kind of trouble Maggie can’t afford, especially with danger lurking around every corner whenever he’s near. Can she navigate the treacherous waters of love and peril, or will she lose herself to the undeniable allure of the one man who makes her burn?

Dive into a whirlwind of passion, heartache, and suspense in this captivating romance where love tests the boundaries of friendship and fate.

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Charles’ showing up has shaken me. I nervously fumble with my dress, trying to hide the embarrassment that’s bubbling inside me. I never would have thought Charles would do something so desperate. After he claimed we were too different and I was beneath him, I would have thought he would have moved on. He and Nat seem perfect for one another. They were both on the same level. The level where you’re in between childhood and adulthood. You still think of only yourself before others. Yeah, that one.

Jay more than handled the problem and for that, I’m relieved. I’m not sure if he could see how upset I was or if it was a chance for him to get his hands dirty with blood. Something tells me he enjoys intimidating others along with beating the crap out of them.

Speaking of the devil himself, he struts back into the tent with a smile that I could only describe as amusement. I’m sure his size makes him feel like King Kong. He’s standing around six-one, but his muscles are larger than most of the men I’ve ever seen. Other than one other man. I’ve had the pleasure of being pressed up against.

“Are you okay?” Jay asks.

I nod, but I know I’m not. I don’t know how to feel.

The D.J. taps on the microphone getting everyone’s attention, “I want to introduce to you Mr. and Mrs. Joel Huntingburg!”

The music cranks up as Macy and Joel walk in holding hands and dancing onto the dance floor. Everyone claps and it seems the outburst is forgotten as the evening kicks in.

After the newlywed couple cuts the cake, everyone takes their seat and I know it’s my time to make my speech. Tapping my glass, I stand up, “I want to make a toast,” holding up my glass I continue. “To the new couple. May your marriage be filled with happiness, and your hearts filled with love, and Macy, may you never have to call Bob again to do Joel’s handy work,” I wink at Macy and she laughs with a few others knowing exactly what the hell I’m referring to.

Everyone cheers, “Here, here.”

A few hours later, when the non-partiers go home, the lights go dim and the atmosphere changes to more of a club style vibe. When couples make their way to the dance floor, I stay planted in my chair, not bothering to look up. Concentrating on the napkin in my hands, I twist and pick it apart. I should get up and socialize with the other bridesmaids who have all gathered at the edge of the dance floor, talking in a deep conversation, but I don’t have it in me. My body is tired from these past two weeks of running around gathering and collecting items for this beautiful event.

When April, the girl I can’t stand, turns to her left and smiles at someone, I crane my neck to see who’s got her attention. I jump when someone’s breath fans my skin.

“I need a dance,” the deep voice says. “You owe me a date.”

Jay.

My cheeks heat with discomfort. I really don’t know why I agreed to go out with him. His good looks and bad boy persona make me want to run away. I can’t visualize him as being husband material. A good fuck, of course. He’s everything you would want sweating over you, but I’m not looking for a good fuck, so why did I agree?

Sliding my chair back, I stand, only to face Jay as he softly wraps his hand around my waist, pulling me out of the dance floor. The music changes to a slower beat and I place my hands on his shoulders.

I’m about to step into his embrace when my body is jerked backwards. I gasp when I stumble up against something solid. My body instantly melts. There’s one person who my body has ever melted for, Colt.

“Your body remembers me, hmm?” He brushes his lips against my ear. “Does your pussy remember my fingers, or should I reintroduce them?”


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Aurelia writes contemporary and dark romance and enjoys reading it just as much! She lives in Alabama with her husband, daughter and fur babies. She spends most of her time taking care of her loved ones and plotting stories. Excited to begin this new journey, she’s looking forward to sharing her stories.

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EXILES

L.J. Ambrosio

 

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GENRE:  Literary Fiction/Coming of Age

 

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In this final chapter, Ron's story concludes from Reflections on the Boulevard (2023). Michael's wish was for Ron to exile himself in the heart of Paris with its beautiful culture and citizens as they protest and fight for the soul of the city. Ron's journey is met with life-affirming friendships and lessons along the way. The final book in the Reflections of Michael Trilogy, which started with A Reservoir Man (2022).

 

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As he approached the bookstore, it rained a bit harder, and he saw his young friend sitting on the bench getting very wet.

 

“Louie, why the hell are you here in the rain?” “Waiting for you, no one else,” Louie said quietly. “Did you remember they invented the umbrella a

 

long time ago?”

 

Louie nodded and smiled.

 

“Let’s go have cafe and a croissant,” said Ron. They got a table in the cafe and began to dry out.

 

Ron asked, “What are you about, man? I know nothing about you except you occasionally rob books and sit in the rain like a weirdo.”

 

“Okay, is this an interview? You want my life story?”

 

“Sure. You can say that,” countered Ron.

 

“Well...I was born in Paris to very hip parents. I was a very smart child, but I was restless waiting for something greater to happen. I did what every French boy did, soccer, movies, video games, swimming in some water hole in the summer. What else can I say? My parents taught me the injustices the system does to people, their own compatriots.

 

They taught me Paris, its history, its architecture, all its culture. We read and read as a family.” Louie looked down. “I started to have this empty feeling. My father thought it was depression of some sort. I went to a doctor and worked on getting out of these...holes I found myself in. I struggled to find the answer. I enrolled at the Sorbonne majoring in literature. I loved the 19th and early 20th century. I had some low points during my time at university.”

 

“Low points? More holes you found yourself in?”

 

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Can't Touch This by Author Pepper Winters

 

 

  

 


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𝗔 𝗴𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘆 𝘃𝗲𝘁, 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝘂𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴…

My plan was simple: move to this small town, open a vet clinic with my bestie, and save as many animals as I could. But then he walked in and ruined everything.

Ryder Carson.

The man who thinks he can boss me around the minute he has a whimpering dog in his arms.

I mean…he’s not wrong.

If an animal is in pain, I’ll do anything I can. But I draw the line at humans.

We clash in all the wrong ways, and most days, he makes me want to neuter him.

But then one night, he brings in two little rescues, and I’m too sick to treat them.

He steals my car keys, grabs me like I’m an abandoned kitten in need of a hug, and takes me home—unwillingly, I might add.

I call it a kidnapping.

He calls it a rescue.

He likes to do that, you see.

And now that he’s ‘rescued me’, he’s demanding payback.

One date.

A single date to see if the sparks between us can set us on fire.

Apparently, if I behave myself on this date, I can touch the very thing I face planted into the first day he appeared in my surgery cradling a sausage dog.

Don’t judge me. If you saw him hugging that little wiener, you would’ve stumbled into his pants too—accidentally of course.

But now I have permission.

An open invitation to see if this handsome, broody alpha is actually hiding a puppy dog heart beneath all that dangerous bite…

𝘾𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴-𝘵𝘰-𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘤𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦-𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘺 𝘖𝘊𝘋 𝘷𝘦𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯, 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘰. 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴…𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. 




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On a career level, Pepper currently has close to 40 books released in nine languages. She’s hit best-seller lists (USA Today, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal) almost 40 times. She dabbles in multiple genres, ranging from Dark Romance to Coming of Age.


On a personal level, Pepper lives on a farm with two minis, four horses, countless birds and wildlife, and a precious little ball of fluff called Mo. Her little house-rabbit sits at her feet while writing all the words, and always seems to know when she’s writing a naughty scene. He’s her muse and the main reason why a rabbit is on her author logo.


Now back to the writing stuff…


After chasing her dreams to become a full-time writer, Pepper has earned recognition with awards for best Dark Romance, best BDSM Series, and best Hero. She’s an #1 iBooks bestseller, along with #1 in Erotic Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary, and Erotica Thriller. She’s also honored to wear the IndieReader Badge for being a Top 10 Indie Bestseller.


After releasing two books with Grand Central, Hachette (Ruin & Rule and Sin & Suffer) Pepper is a Hybrid Author of both Traditional and Self-published work.




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