STEALING HEARTS
Lex Martin
Release Date: January 30
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Blurb:
A
marriage of convenience might save his ranch, but will it break her heart?
I don’t
remember a time when I didn’t love Rhett Walker, which is complicated since
he’s ten years older and my brother’s best friend. After a falling out, we
didn’t speak for years—until today, when he found me sleeping in my car, threw
me over his shoulder, and dragged me “to safety.”
He’s grumpy
and overprotective and even more handsome than I remembered. I’m shocked to
learn he’s in trouble. Someone is sabotaging his ranch, which is thirty days
from foreclosure. He needs a loan from a friend who won’t extend the funds
unless he’s married. Only Rhett’s now a single dad with no plans to fall in
love again.
When his
brother suggests I marry Rhett for health insurance so I can rehab an injury,
my first reaction is hell no. I can’t afford to catch feelings for someone who
won’t see me that way.
But spending
time at the ranch reminds me how much is at stake—the family business, the
welfare of Rhett’s children, and the happiness of a man I’ve always longed
for.
Rhett says
we’ll keep things platonic in private, even though I’ll be sleeping in his bed.
He refuses to mix business with pleasure.
Except when
the lights go out in his bedroom, our chemistry is too explosive to contain.
Would it be
so bad to fall for Rhett? Or will he steal my heart all over again?
One thing’s
for sure—the clock is ticking on our divorce.
Stealing
Hearts is an age gap, marriage of convenience, single dad romance. If you enjoy
grumpy cowboys, sweet but sassy heroines, a family of rowdy brothers, and
secretive small towns, this book is for you!
My Review
Buy Link:
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Meet Lex Martin:
Lex Martin
is the USA Today bestselling author of Varsity Dads, Texas Nights, and the
Dearest series. She writes contemporary romance novels, the steamy kind she
hopes readers love but her parents avoid.
She’s always
been obsessed with writing, starting in elementary school when she would pen
short stories and make her father read them. (Afterward, he’d have to take her
tests, but he was a good sport and did them without complaint.)
In high
school, when she wasn’t playing basketball, she wrote emo poetry (that won
awards, go figure) and worked on the school newspaper.
She later
became a nationally-certified high school English teacher and freelance
journalist but decided she’d rather write romance novels than tests or city
hall articles.
Lex loves
coffee, rom coms, pen hoarding, planners, and college football. She married her
almost college sweetheart (they met right after graduation), and she’s still
obsessed with him, especially when he writes her songs.
She
currently resides in her hometown of San Antonio with her husband, twin
daughters, a bunny, and their new puppy. Drop her a line at lex (at)
lexmartinwrites.com. She loves hearing from readers.
Lex is
represented by Kimberly Brower of Brower Literary & Management.
Connect with Lex Martin:
This book
felt like one big Easter egg; all these previous couples sprinkled all the way
through like icing on a cupcake. I started reading this and did not want to put
it down for a second. Obviously, I love Lex Martin's writing, she's an
instant one click author. So, I am pretty confident going in that I'm going to
put it down happy.
It felt like
every box was checked. Age gap, single father, fake marriage, brothers’ best
friend, and so much more. Plus, I got all the feels for both characters. And
can I tell you, sitting poolside on a Disney Cruise is not the place to tear
up. The looks I got.
Poor Paige
had gone through it all. And despite her very low self-worth and lack of expectations
of others she was still fighting and still smiling. I wanted a little something
to go her way so badly, every time her step mum popped up, I was hoping for a
bus to fall on her leaving Paige with her mother's home. But I think I'm just a
little vengeful. And instead, Paige got her revenge with a beautiful happy ever
after.
Rhett took
way too long to pull his head from a certain piece of his anatomy. I honestly
think he needed to grovel harder. In fact, he was kind of a disappointing hero,
for parts of the story. By the time he was ready to stand up and fight for
Paige I was already hoping someone was going to swoop in. Luckily Paige was
awesome and didn't need saving. And Rhett pulled it out at the end.
The ending
was cute and sweet. I could have done with a little more of some things being
tied up. But I was happy that Paige got what she wanted and I'm dying for the
next book in the series. I think we might get some more Paige and Rhett along
with some fireworks from Mav and Baylee.
🖤 𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝙍𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙀 🖤
OUTLAW
Abbi Glines
Release Date: January 29th
𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐰 (Mississippi Smoke Series Book 4) by
New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Abbi
Glines is now LIVE!
Blurb:
“They were
kings, and for a brief part of my life, I was allowed to live inside their
kingdom.”
Branwen
Little girls
grow up, and time steals their innocence. Memories fade, and things you love
change. Except for me. You see, I fell in love at first sight when I was six
years old. The problem with that was he was a grown man. My young heart had
believed that he belonged to me. That should have faded with time. It didn’t.
Although I hadn’t seen him in over twenty years, I still found myself measuring
up the men I dated to him. That was until the day he walked into a nightclub in
Vegas and sat down beside me at the bar.
He didn’t
recognize the woman I had become, but I knew exactly who he was. My heart had
soared, and the flutters in my stomach that no one else had ever stirred came
roaring back to life. Fate had brought him back to me.
Waking up in
his suite alone the next morning with a note and a morning after pill with no
way to contact him had taught me that flutters were not to be trusted and that
fate was a mean bitch.
Five years
later, I am engaged, happy, and about to give my four-year-old daughter the
life I want for her, complete with a white picket fence and a father.
That is…
until I find out that I can’t get married. Because I already am.
Linc
The fact I
never asked a woman I slept with her name served a purpose. If I didn’t know
it, then I wouldn’t have to remember it. No getting them confused and saying
the wrong one in the heat of the moment. Hell, I didn’t remember most of their
faces. I got what I needed and left. My life wasn’t meant for relationships.
I’d tried it. My ex-wife now lives in Europe with her current husband.
The day I
walked outside to find the gorgeous blonde I’d had a wild drunken night with in
Vegas five years ago handing me divorce papers and demanding I sign them, I’d
been sure it was a joke or scheme to get money. The tiny replica of her that
crawled out of the backseat of her car, however, struck me with an odd
familiarity I couldn’t place. My gut had clenched tightly, and I knew my world
had just changed. The paternity test confirmed it.
This woman
who had been number one in my spank bank for five years had lied to me. Stolen
the first four and a half years of my daughter’s life from me. She may have the
face and body of an angel, but she was cruel.
The man she
planned on marrying and bringing into my daughter’s life wasn’t happening. I’d
end that. I was going to be the only father she had. I wasn’t sharing her with
a stepfather.
If I had to
make sure her mother only wanted me, then I’d do it. When she was addicted to
me, and I owned her soul- she was going to suffer. I wouldn’t hurt her body,
but I would break her heart. Over and over again.
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NOT YOUR BIGGEST FAN
Sara Ney
Release Date: January 28
Blurb:
USA
Today
bestselling author Sara Ney sizzles with a quick-witted, sexy romp about an
eager entrepreneur and a cocky football star who couldn’t be more different—or
more into each other.
Harlow James
is destined to rock the dating world. The creator of Kissmet, the app helping
singles find love, she’s in New York to secure advertisers. But the sassy,
small-town girl can’t help meddling in other people’s business.
When she
runs into a muscular stranger at her go-to food truck, Harlow doesn’t realize
he’s Landon “Andy” Burke, the NFL’s most-wanted free agent, in town to talk
contracts. She just sees a hottie about to get burned by undercooked street
food. Though she tries to warn him, he shrugs her off, making a little wager
instead.
In a messy
twist of fate, Andy finds himself in the same hotel as Harlow. When she
collects on their bet, they make a mind-blowing—and bed-rocking—connection. But
after the weekend, she goes home to Green Bay to her goofy dad and corgi, ready
to focus everything on work again. Kissmet, however, has other ideas, when Andy
knocks on her door…
My Review
Buy Link
https://books2read.com/NYBFSaraNeyKU
Available in KU
Meet Sara Ney
Sara Ney is
the USA Today Bestselling Author of the How to Date a Douchebag series, and is
best known for her sexy, laugh-out-loud New Adult romances. Among her favorite
vices, she includes: iced latte’s, historical architecture and well-placed
sarcasm. She lives colorfully, collects vintage books, art, loves flea markets,
and fancies herself British.
Connect with Sara Ney
https://linktr.ee/authorsaraney
Omg this
book was so cute and hilarious. I really enjoyed every word of it. And since I
read it on a family holiday with all the kids it was the perfect light-hearted
book. I always forget how quirky Sara Ney's characters can be and this book was
no different.
Andy and
Harlow’s meet cute was the perfect set up for the characters and the entire
feel for the story. I really loved the way they met and despite the weirdness
of it, I could feel their chemistry.
And their
relationships with their families and friends made them feel very genuine and
easy to relate to. Even though I would have nothing to actually relate to them
in real life. After reading the epilogue I am sincerely hoping that we get a
book for Dex soon. I have a feeling he's going to give Andy a run for his money
on the quirkiness scale.
THE WAY WE SCORE
Tia Louise
Release Date: January 16
Blurb:
We
promised our love was forever. A decade later, two little blue lines might
settle the score.
You’ve heard
of those kids who peak in high school?
Meet my
love life.
Garrett
Bradford was mine from the moment we saw each other in ninth grade.
Even then,
he was a six-foot-four mountain of muscles with bright blue eyes, a wide
grin, and a way with his hands.
He was the
high school football star, and I was the dance team captain.
We were the
storybook cliché… until we weren’t.
Now he’s the
most famous offensive lineman in the league, and I’m a buttoned-up,
ultra-professional lawyer.
My dancing
days are over, and my carefully controlled life is a mess.
Infertility
killed my marriage, or that’s what I told myself. Infertility and a cheating
ex.
And my
inability to get over Garrett Bradford.
One reckless
night at his little sister’s wedding is only supposed to be a reunion, a
trip down memory lane to a time when life was happier.
Six weeks
later, I’m staring at a positive pregnancy test wondering, How did
this happen?
I figure I’m
on my own until Garrett overhauls his life, moves back to our small town,
and shows up every day to massage my feet and hold my hair when I barf and go
with me to all my doctor’s appointments.
Our
situation has an end date, just like it did so many years ago.
Unless this
little score changes the game and gives us the second chance I thought
we’d lost.
Buy Link:
Available in KU
Meet Tia Louise:
Tia Louise
is the USA Today best-selling, award-winning author of super-hot and
sexy contemporary romance.
From former
military alpha-rolls, to arrogant bosses needing to be taken down a notch (or
two!), to cocky playboys with hearts of gold, she’ll steal your heart, make you
laugh, and melt your kindle.
If you
like spicy romances that will make you laugh and cry, pull
up a chair and enjoy!
Connect with Tia Louise:
https://linkin.bio/ig-authortlouise
Ilsa Madden-Mills has revealed the
cover for The Kiss Lottery!
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Releasing February 11, 2025
From
bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills comes a steamy story about first love and
second chances where a city girl returns home for a Valentine's Day
tradition...and the boy who broke her heart.
Roses are red, violets are blue--someone in Rose has feelings for you...
Yeah, bad ones. Everly Davis didn't leave her tight-knit hometown on the best
terms. It's been ten years, but you don't forget heartbreak like that. Then
again, the anonymous invite to the annual Kiss Lottery in Rose, Tennessee,
gives Everly content for her podcast. And she has a bone to pick with that old
heartbreak anyway.
Beckett Whitfield has never left Rose--and he's never forgotten Everly. He even
named the villain in his latest bestseller after her. Turns out she's not happy
about that. Nothing about their reunion is particularly happy, and after the
way they left things, what did he expect?
When the Kiss Lottery pairs them together, Everly and Beckett will have to
confront old feelings that never went away and the secrets they never shared.
But finally telling each other everything might be exactly what they've needed
all along.
Preorder your copy today!
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Meet Ilsa Madden-Mills
#1 Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills pens angsty new adult and contemporary romances.
A former high school English teacher and librarian, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero.
She's addicted to frothy coffee beverages, cheesy magnets, and any book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females. Feel free to stalk her online.
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FOOL ME ONCE
(New England Bay Sharks #3)
by Hannah Gray
Release Date: March 6th
Cover Designer
Discreet & Male Model: Enchanting Romance Designs
Photographer:
Michelle Lancaster
Model: Floyd
BLURB:
It’s true
what they say, you really are wiser when you’re older, because I’ve hated my
younger self for years. After leaving behind the girl that I spent my entire
life loving from afar, younger me deserves the hate, though. But when her dad
told me I was ruining her life, I let my own insecurities consume me and knew I
had to set her free.
Now, I’m a
defenseman for the New England Bay Sharks, living my dream. At least, that’s
what everyone thinks. Inside, I’m haunted by past mistakes, wishing I had a
clock to turn back time and right my wrongs.
Just as I
lose hope that she’s ever coming back, she shows up in Portland, bruised and
battered—claiming she was in a car accident. She isn’t the same strong-willed
girl with the bright eyes she was before. No, replacing that girl is a woman in
pain. A woman who’s scared. And a woman who really hates my guts.
Right away,
I knew there was no car accident. No…those bruises were put on her perfect body
by a monster. One that was supposed to care for and love her till the end of
time.
Worried for
her safety, I craft a plan to keep her safe. One that includes her living in my
house while pretending to be my girlfriend. After what I did to her all those
years ago, I’ll do anything to earn her forgiveness.
I may have
promised her that it’s all for show and that I have no motive for wanting to
keep her so close, but the truth is…I never stopped wanting her, and that’s not
about to change now.
𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘔𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘞 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦: 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 & 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.
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