Posts Tagged ‘Contemporary Romance’

Title: Cuffed

Series: Boys of Bishop Mountain Book 2
Author: Lexxi James
Genre: Contemporary Military Romance
Release Date: May 19, 2023
★★★★★ Amazon Review – “𝙀𝙓𝘾𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙎𝙐𝙎𝙋𝙀𝙉𝙎𝙀 𝙁𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙀𝘿 𝙍𝙊𝙈𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤”
★★★★★ Amazon Review – “….𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮, 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚. 𝙄 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙚, 𝙪𝙣𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢.”
★★★★★ Petra-Book Lover – “𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨!!!! 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙚, 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩!”
Hannah
The second I saw him walk through that door, I knew he was trouble.
Men like him always are.
The dark hair.
The smoldering stubble.
Those piercing gray eyes that might as well be a flame thrower between women’s legs.
Oh, and the fact that he’s in a gentlemen’s club.
What am I doing here, you ask?
It’s my job to be here.
No, not that job.
My job is to put away bad guys, like the elusive mob hitman I’ve been tracking for months who’s now somewhere in this very club.
You see, I’m a woman on a mission,
And this is a raid.
Zac
For heaven’s sake, I was hosting my brother’s bachelor party,
Is that a crime?
(Seriously, asking for a friend.)
I mean, considering my brother is about to walk down the aisle,
I’m just doing my best man duties.
And sure, technically, it’s a gentlemen’s club…
A private, exclusive, highly coveted one where everyone is supposed to be protected and completely anonymous.
Oh, and did I mention that it’s six-figure stupid expensive?
Whatever.
At least there’s one silver lining to this cluster of a night…
Agent Hannah Evans.
Even as she slides the cuffs around my wrists,
And her fiery eyes meet mine,
It’s clear we both know the truth:
My name isn’t James Smith.
My attorney will have me free in under an hour.
And that kiss…
The one I couldn’t help stealing…
Won’t be our last.
Cuffed is a steamy contemporary romance and can be read as a stand-alone in the Boys of Bishop Mountain series.
As a USA Today Bestselling author, Lexxi James has hit the top 50 bestseller lists on Amazon, Apple Books, and Barnes & Noble, with books sold in over 26 countries. Best known for seductive romantic suspense, she loves matching smoking hot heroes with their soul mates. Her signature style is witty banter, high heat, and a whole lot of heart.
She proudly calls the Midwest home where she lives with the man of her dreams and the sweetest daughter in the universe. Her pastimes include reading, loading up on unhealthy quantities of caffeine, and binging Netflix and reality TV. She’s a sucker for kids selling cookies and pretty much anything on Etsy.
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Title: Moments of Malevolence

Series: The Hunters Book 1 (standalone)
Author: T.L. Smith
Genre: Dark Romance
Tropes: Villain; Grumpy vs. Grumpy; Touch her you die
Release Date: June 20, 2023
Cover Design: Hang Le
 
Alaska
I lie to one of the city’s most ruthless men.
And it feels so good.
Deception is a drug, and I’m quickly becoming an addict.
Each time we speak, Zuko has no idea it’s me.
The lie tastes sweet leaving my mouth.
I couldn’t stop now, even if I wanted to—which I don’t.
He thinks our conversations are more than just sex. He’s wrong.
The intimacy he feels is all a facade.
Until the day an embodiment of my darkest fantasies walks into my bar, and his unmistakable voice sends a shiver down my spine.
It turns out I’m not the one in control.
But when he calls tonight, and he will, I’ll be ready…
… with a lie.

Zuko
My job is to hunt. Dispose of problems like they never existed. And I’m incredibly good at my job.
It’s brutal and violent. But, then again, so I am.
I crave destruction. Death is merely a consequence of my dark pursuits.
And I won’t lose a wink of sleep over it, either.
Nothing bothers me.
No one affects me.
Except the vixen with the lilac hair.
When I reveal my true self to her, she laughs it off, enticed by the game we play.
She’s keeping secrets.
And I know all about prying information out of people.
She won’t like my methods.
But I’ll keep playing her little game until I decide what to do about her.
I can’t tell if she is destined to be my wife…
… or my next victim.

 
 
 

 
 
USA Today Best Selling Author T.L. Smith loves to write her characters with flaws so beautiful and dark you can’t turn away. Her books have been translated into several languages. If you don’t catch up with her in her home state of Queensland, Australia you can usually find her travelling the world, either sitting on a beach in Bali or exploring Alcatraz in San Francisco or walking the streets of New York.
 
 
 
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Title: How We Began
Series: The Uni Files Book 1
Author: Anna Bloom
Release: June 2, 2023
Genre: Flirty & Fun Romantic Comedy
Cover design: Cathy Sutton @ Hudson Indie Ink
Publisher: Hudson Indie Ink
 
I’m Lilah McCannon, and this is my diary.
Yes, it may seem a little juvenile for a twenty-something woman who’s just started university, but did you just read that? Mid-twenties… university… I’m older than most of my peers, spend most of my time hungover, and I’m pretty sure I’m in the midst of a quarter-life crisis.
All I know is that I don’t want to end up like my mother wearing a twinset and pearls as I parade into the dining room with a roast dinner every Sunday.
This means putting myself out there, trying new things… and boy, am I trying new things.
The guitar-playing hottie from the room next door to my uni room is called Benjamin Chambers. He’s the lead singer in an up-and-coming band, and way out of my league… until he’s not.
Writing my thoughts and feelings down has always helped me work through my emotions, and this diary is full of them. A lot of them. Friendship, heartbreak, love, they’re all here. The realistic challenges of adulthood are sometimes too much to bear, and I’m sure that one day I’ll be able to cope with them, but for right now, it’s hard.
I want what I want, who I want, but being a proper grown-up means having to make choices and sacrifices. I just hope I can make the right ones…

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Title: The Time is Now

Series: Beautifully Brutal Series
Author: Emma Luna
Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance/Mafia Romance
Tropes: Best Friends to Enemies to Lovers/Forbidden Romance
Release Date: June 1, 2023 
 

★★★★★ Review from Anna’s Bookshelf – “The Time Is Now is another spectacular novel from one of my all time favorite dark romance authors. Her exceptional storytelling with interesting characters, a unique plot, and fast-paced action & suspense ensnared my attention and kept me on tenterhooks under the very end!”

★★★★★ Goodreads Review – “This was action packed, suspenseful, dramatic, and chemistry filled. A thrilling read with all the right elements. I love this series.”

 
 
 
 
Growing up as the youngest Doughty meant missing out on a normal life.
I didn’t want the life I was dealt, but I also felt I had no choice except to embrace my legacy. My family had targets placed on their backs, simply because of our name and the power we held, so I knew I had to be ready for anything that came my way.
Being sent to boarding school was a way to protect me—and get me away from the very life I didn’t want—but it also brought me something else.
Shane.
My brothers took him in, and I chased away the nightmares that came with his tortured past, ignoring the burning desire I knew was there, because I didn’t want to ruin our fast-found friendship.
Now though? He’s severed the very bond I tried so hard to protect in the most brutal betrayal.
He went from being my best friend to my enemy, and now I want answers.


The Time is Now is part of an Interconnected series (Book 6 of 😎, and it’s advisable that you read the main books in the series in order as they feature connecting plots.
 
Main books reading order:
1. Black Wedding
2. Trust In Me
3. Fighting To Be Free
4. The Time Is Now
 
Please note – Dangerously Deceptive and The Ties We Break are prequels that do not have to be read to follow the main plot. If you want to read them in order, please see series page for more details: https://geni.us/BB-Series
Emma Luna is a USA Today Bestselling dark romance author from the UK. In a previous life she was a Midwife and a Lecturer, but now she listens to the voices in her head and puts pen to paper to bring their stories to life. In her spare time, when she should be sleeping, she also loves to edit, proofread, and format books for other amazing authors.
 
Emma’s books are dark, dangerous, and devilishly sexy. She loves writing about strong, feisty, but underestimated women, and the cocky, dirty-mouthed men they bring to their knees.
 
When Emma isn’t writing, promoting, or editing books she can be found napping, colouring in adult colouring books, and collecting novelty notebooks. She also enjoys coffee and gossiping with her mum, playing or having hugs with her gorgeous nephew, who is the light of her life, stealing her parents dog Hector, and curling up on the sofa to watch a film with Mr Luna. Oh and for those of you that don’t know, Emma is a hardcore Harry Potter fan—Team Ravenclaw!!
 
Thank you for taking a chance on a crazy Brit and the voices inside her head. That makes you a true LUNAtic now too!
 
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Never Let Me Go

An age gap small town romance: Silverbell Shore

By DL Gallie

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Fern

 

Love arrived when I least expected it. It was lust at first sight, I just never thought he’d ever love me back. 

Bradford Manning was my boss. He was older than me and was technically off-limits, but a chance encounter one evening changed everything. 

Since then, I’d never been happier. Until one day, it all came crumbling down. He broke my heart and sent me away. 

I never stopped thinking about him. I couldn’t. He was it for me. Now he’s back and he wants a second chance, but can I open my heart a second time? 

 

Bradford

 

Love came when I’d given up hope of finding ‘the one.’ I never thought I’d get the chance. Especially not from my assistant, my much younger assistant.

Fern Halstead was the forbidden fruit, but I couldn’t stop thinking about her. One kiss changed our relationship forever.

When someone tried to take her away from me, for her safety, I did something I swore never to do, I pushed her away. 

But Fern owns my heart and I want her back. She’s my endgame. Now I just need to find a way to eliminate the threat so I can never let her go again.

 

 


About DL Gallie:

DL Gallie is from Queensland, Australia, but she’s lived in many different places all over the world. She currently resides in Gladstone with her husband and two kids. She and her husband have been together since she was sixteen, and although they drive each other crazy at times, she couldn’t imagine her life without him.

Shortly after her son was born, DL began reading again. With encouragement from her husband, she picked up the pen and started writing, and now the voices in her head won’t shut up.

DL enjoys listening to music, drinking white wine in the summer, red wine in the winter, and beer all year round. She’s also never been known to turn down a cocktail, especially a margarita.

 

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An Opposites Attract Forced Proximity Off Limits Romantic Comedy

By Xavier Neal

Release Date: June 9

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From USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Xavier Neal comes a laugh-out-loud forced proximity romantic comedy!

 

Tucker Frost is a charming, billionaire flight risk with no interest in attending his mother’s wedding reception at the end of the summer. 

And June Bailey?

Well, she’s his aunt’s clumsy, overworked assistant that’s tasked with making sure he gets to the aforementioned wedding now that he’s back in town.

That is if she’d like to keep her job.

Is there anyway she can convince her boss’s stubborn, wanderlust loving nephew to bury the hatchet and be her date to the big event or will she be jobless, homeless, and back to sending out resumes before they even have a chance to cut the cake?


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Title: 2023 Summers in Seaside Collaboration
Authors: Amanda Shelley, Amy Stephens, Barb Shuler & KA Graham, C.L. Collier, Cassandra Cripps,
Denise Wells, Hope Irving, Jami Denise, M. Leigh Morhaime, Mel Walker, Monica Misho-Grems,
Rachel Radner, Sascha Illyvich, and Tina Gallagher
Releases: July 10-August 11, 2023
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: Amy Queau at QDesigns Covers and Premades
Summer Escape by Amy Stephens → July 17, 2023
Summer Love by C.L. Collier → July 18, 2023
Second Chance Summer by Sascha Illyvich → July 20, 2023
Cruel Summer by Jami Denise → July 21, 2023
The Summer Ultimatum by Amanda Shelley → July 26, 2023
A Sun-Kissed Summer by M Leigh Morhaime → July 27, 2023
Hook, Line, and Summer by Tina Gallagher → July 31, 2023
Summer with My Sexy Ex by Denise Wells → August 3, 2023
Summer Nights by Mel Walker → August 4, 2023
One Summer Night by Monica Misho-Grems → August 7, 2023
Taking Summer by Cassandra Cripps → August 8, 2023
Sweets of Summer by Barb Shuler & KA Graham → August 9, 2023
The Summer He Found Her by Rachel Radner → August 10, 2023
The Boys of Summer by Hope Irving → August 11, 2023
Welcome to Summers in Seaside, a small town located along the Oregon Coast and home of the Seaside Festival. This series returns in July of 2023, with brand new stories filled with sun, sand and summer adventures that will tug at your heart strings.
Tropes: Second chance/redemption/emotional scars/ impossible love
Tropes: Contemporary Insta-Love Romance
Tropes: Age Gap (Older Woman, Younger Man)/Second Chance Romance
 
Tropes: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Rockstar Romance, Summer fling, Friends to Lovers
Tropes: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Grumpy heroine/Sunshine Hero
 
Tropes: Second Chance/RomCom/Best Friends Sibling/Enemies to Lovers/Forced Proximity/Curvy Girl/Alpha Guy/Beach Book/Ex’s Reuniting
Tropes: Rockstar Romance/Friends to Lovers/Opposites Attract/Summer Romance
Tropes: Grumpy (her)/Sunshine (him), small town romance, soulmates, contemporary
Tropes: Secret Online Identities/Tattooed Hero/Secret Admirers/Sassy Heroine/ 🍆 Piercing/Beach Vacation Fling
Tropes: Second Chance Romance/Strong female lead/Woman in peril
Tropes: Boss/employee Office Romance/ Secret Identity/Forbidden love/Forced proximity/Soulmate
Tropes: MM Romance/Bi-Awakening/Bisexual Romance/Second chance/Multicultural/Interracial/New Adult/Small Town
 
 
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Title: No Man’s Land
Series: Ohana Surfing Series
Author: Courtney W. Dixon
Release: May 31, 2023
Genre: M/M Romance
Tropes: student/advisor, college romance, daddy/boy, big age gap

There’s only one man I will allow to know me. My mind, heart, and soul are my gifts to Mr. Carter.
Levi
I used to joke with my found family that I had daddy issues as a deflection from my problems. I didn’t want anyone to know that side of me. I had a classic case of it, keeping me from relating to young men my age. All because of my abusive father. At seventeen, I started college and developed an obsession with my advisor, Mr. Ashton Carter. He was everything I could ever want, and I knew deep down he could fulfill my needs that I couldn’t find with anyone else. But I was too young and had to wait until I turned eighteen and play my cards right. Would he want someone with my issues that no one else knew about other than my therapist? And I thought I left my past behind, only to discover that it’s trying to claim me once more.
Ash
Levi Dawson was barely seventeen when he first came to me. His brilliant mind struggled to find direction, and I did my best to guide him. The more time we spent together the more he flirted. I knew he had developed feelings for me, but he was too young, and I could lose my job at the university if we acted on them. When I stumbled upon Levi as the victim of a brutal attack, I saved him. Since then, he has desperately clung to me. Could I hold back my growing feelings for the young man? He was too hard to resist.
There are a lot of triggers in this book. CW: Abuse of a child, mentions of molestation/rape, child prostitution, homophobia, bullying, big age gap (18/37), co-dependency, Stockholm Syndrome, attempted rape, explicit language, violence, and sex.
Courtney W. Dixon is solely an MM author as of January 2023, who loves to write steamy romance, but in each story, she gives her characters challenges and struggles. She loves to add variety and multiple tropes in her stories. And she writes her characters as having flaws, imperfections, and who don’t always do the right thing, sometimes stupid things. Humans are never perfect and make a lot of mistakes in their lives. It gives her pleasure to challenge her characters, making them achieve their HEAs so much better.
 
You can find Courtney working in Central Texas with her husband, two boys, two crazy dogs and two cats, none of whom know how to knock on a door while she’s working.
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Title: Hooked by You

Series: Chicago Steel Series Book 1
Author: Jessica Buss
Genre: Sports Romance
Re-Release Date: July 10, 2023
Cover Design: Karen Hulseman of Feed Your Dream Designs
Cover Model: Carlus Tyler Reed
Photographer: Eric Battershell
 
Lucas
She’s a goddess in heels. Absolute perfection. Well, almost.
Samantha Fox is the heiress of Fox Sporting, my new management team. As one of the best wings in the NHL, I have never shied away from a challenge, and she is definitely a challenge. But if her company representing me doesn’t stop me from wanting her, the fact she’s engaged should, right?
But the noticeably absent sparkle from her left ring finger makes me question. I vow to myself that I’ll find out what that’s all about. And if she’s single, I plan to make her mine. Or at least, mine for the night. I just need one taste of the divine.
Samantha
Off-limits. That’s what he is. Lucas Bouchard is the prestigious new client acquired by my family’s company. From what I know, not only is he an amazing hockey player, he’s a humble and generous philanthropist too. Also, he’s a walking aphrodisiac.
It doesn’t matter that I’ve just broken off my engagement to a cheating, using loser. Every time our eyes lock, I find myself captivated. But he’s not for me. No matter how many times I remind myself of this, though, it doesn’t compute. Plain and simple, I want him. And keeping my distance might prove impossible.
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Title: Checked by You
Series: Chicago Steel Series Book 2
Author: Jessica Buss
Genre: Sports Romance
Re-Release Date: July 25, 2023
Cover Design: Karen Hulseman of Feed Your Dream Designs
 

 

Mika
She’s the uber-sexy, single mother living next door. Everyone tells me to keep my distance. But there’s something about her. Specifically, her eyes. They speak to me. Drawing me in like a siren. I want to know her, but she’s more guarded than Buckingham Palace. However, after one afternoon in her presence, I find myself addicted and wanting more. Willing to do whatever I have to just to make it past her defenses.
 
Shiloh
My next-door neighbor is an insanely hot, single professional hockey player. As if that isn’t bad enough, he’s a nice guy too. After spending an afternoon where he showed my son how to skate and took us out to ice cream, I want to let him in. My past cautions me to put on the brakes, but I find myself going full steam ahead, ignoring all the red flags waving at me.
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Title: Wasted on You
Series: Miller Sisters Book 1
Author: Colleen Charles
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 30, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I’m not good for her, but I can’t resist her anymore.
 
Elowyn, the new girl next door, is sweet, kind and radiates joy. My past makes it impossible to feel like that, but just being near her eases something in me that I can’t explain. When I see a strange man outside of her door making her uncomfortable, I have to get involved.
 
Turns out, her ex is there to make trouble, and if that’s what he wants, I’m more than happy to give it to him. As I wrap my arm around her, I feel a connection that’s undeniable.
 
As Elowyn leans on me, I realize that the shadows of my past can’t hold me back any longer. She ignites a fire within me that I never knew existed. We’re drawn together, like magnets, unable to resist the pull.
 
But with her ex still lurking around making threats, she’ll never truly feel safe. I vow to protect her, to be there whenever she needs me. For Elowyn, I’ll face my darkest fears to see her light shine again.
 
*****
 
Dive into this sizzling romance where a man with a troubled past finds love and redemption through the love of the woman who’s captured his heart. Will they be able to overcome the obstacles in their way, or will their love story end before it can truly begin? Discover the passion, the danger, and the healing power of love in “Wasted On You” by USA Today Bestselling Author, Colleen Charles.
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
 
Are you willing to discover the beauty within the flaws?
Then this is your tribe.
These are your books.
Colleen Charles is the USA Today Bestselling author of Perfectly Imperfect Romance for perfectly imperfect readers.
Take a chance and join her… you won’t be sorry you did.
Colleen loves to hear from her readers, and she answers all communications personally.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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