Posts Tagged ‘Contemporary Romance’

Title: Desired by Doom
Series: The Last Riders, Ohio Chapter
Author: Jamie Begley
Genre: Contemporary Romance, MC Romance
Release Date: May 23, 2023
There wasn’t anything Arden wouldn’t do for her family, even if it meant having to brave The Last Riders in their own clubhouse. There, she found herself thrust out of her comfort zone and seeing things that she was too shy to watch on Pay-Per-View. She needed The Last Riders’ help to save her younger brother, but who was going to be the one to save her from them? One thing was for certain… Doom was impending.

“Doom must have told her about the votes.”

Arden shook her head. “No, he didn’t mention votes.”

“He asked me to tell her.” Siren leaned against the counter. “There was a miscommunication that the brothers want me to straighten out.”

Widening her eyes, Arden pretended innocence. “Miscommunication?”

“They didn’t tell you about the votes you have to get before a woman can become a Last Rider.”

The two women broke into laughter. “That’s a big miscommunication.” Lola rolled her eyes. “Since when have any of the brothers been shy about explaining them?”

Siren gave Lola a harassed glare. “Are you going stop talking or not?”

Lola pretended to zip and lock her mouth.

Arden could tell Siren wasn’t buying her look of pretend innocence.

“Hon, I don’t know why you’re wanting to become a Last Rider, but if you’re just looking to get back at an ex, or wanting to spice up your love life, this isn’t the place. Why don’t you check out ladies’ night at Wily Goose Ale House on a Saturday night? The action isn’t bad there, and your coochie won’t take a couple of days to recover.”

“It took you two days?” Kat seemed impressed. “Hell, it took me a week to get the hang of it.”

Siren threw a bar rag at Kat. “Shut the fuck up.”

Kat grabbed the rag and started to get off her stool. 

“What’re the rules?” Arden put an end to the budding fight she could see was about to take place from Kat’s furious expression.

Kat sat back down, and then both women’s arms went to the bar top to prop their face on their hands to watch.

Siren ignored them.

“You need six votes to become a member. It used to be from the original members, but since they’re all in Treepoint, Kentucky, in the other chapter, they let Wizard, Puck, Buck, Jesus, Doom, Moon, and Nickel give votes. You’ll have to catch a ride with one of the brothers to go to Kentucky for Moon’s and Nickel’s votes unless you manage to get them while they’re here. Nickel comes here about every couple of months, Moon just whenever he doesn’t think he’ll get caught. The mayor’s daughter wanted to be a Last Rider when Moon was the president here. Needless to say, he’s been dodging the law ever since.”

Arden filed that piece of information away as she continued to listen.

“I miss Moon,” Lola lamented.

“Anyway—” Siren gave Lola a threatening glare, “to earn the votes, you have sex with six of them any way you want, as long as they come. For example, Buck can watch Puck do you, and if Buck comes, you basically get a free vote.”

“They watch?” Arden could tell Kat and Lola were enjoying her embarrassment, while Siren was giving her a sympathetic glance.

“Depends. If you’re in this area, anyone coming into the bar can watch. Hon, none of us are shy. But if they take you to their room, the brother gets to choose if the door is to be left open or closed. Most of the brothers let you choose. Wizard doesn’t give a fuck who watches. The more, the merrier. That brings me to another point Doom wanted to make sure you’re made aware of.”

“How nice of him,” Arden grated out between clenched teeth.

Siren’s gaze became more sympathetic. “If the door is open, anyone can not only watch but join in if the brother gives them permission.”

Arden felt the bile beginning to churn in her stomach. “Are we talking about a threesome?”

“Or a foursome, or a fivesome…”

 
Jamie Begley is not your average Kentucky girl, and while she does like to cook her southern meals, this down-home momma prefers living in her biker and alien worlds!
 
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Title: Grumpy the Bear
Series: Bluebell Band of Brothers #1
Author: Marika Ray
Genre: Small Town Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Grumpy/Sunshine, Single Dad, Enemies to Lovers
Release Date: June 8, 2023
Cover Photographer: Wander Aguiar
Cover Model: Blaze
Cover Design: Jennifer Olson
He’s a tattooed, blue-eyed jerk who has no business being a single dad. He’s also my next-door neighbor, and after negotiations, my grumpy employer for the summer.

I don’t put up with cocky males normally and I certainly won’t put up with that man making noise at all hours of the day and night while he builds his glamp-ground. I offer advice, but the stubborn fool just turns his tractor on to drown me out. He returns the favor by pushing my buttons and making me so angry I can’t see straight. And I really want to be able to see his gorgeous body in those well-worn jeans and backward hat.

Amidst the verbal warfare, I discover he’s hiding scars from a recent accident. I also find out his light eyes heat up to a smoldering icy gray when I give as good as I get. Makes me want to see just how far I can push him and what he’ll do when he boils over.

Gannon’s been dealt a rough hand in life, and when I find a way under that gruff—and stupidly handsome—exterior, I find that maybe he’s not Grumpy the Bear as I nicknamed him, but instead just a teddy bear.

“Get that background check to me,” I snapped.

Paisley rolled those pretty eyes and dropped back down to her feet to step out of the trailer. “You either trust me or you don’t, cowboy,” she tossed over her shoulder.

I found myself watching her backside walk all the way back to her property, tearing up the ground like she commanded nature itself. When I realized what I was doing, I squeezed my eyes shut and turned around, reminding myself of my promise. Paisley was my new neighbor and now my daughter’s nanny. There would be absolutely no looking. Just working.

Marika Ray is a USA Today bestselling author of steamy and sweet RomComs, spending her time behind a computer crafting stories, walking any beach she can find, and making healthy food for her kids and husband whether they like it or not. Prior to writing novels, Marika held various jobs in the finance industry, with private start-up companies, and then in health & fitness. Cats may have nine lives, but Marika believes everyone should have nine careers to keep things spicy. All her books come with a money-back guarantee that you’ll smile at least once with every book.
 
More information can be found at www.marikaray.com
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Title: In a New York Minute
Author: Felice Stevens
Release: May 22, 2023
Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance
Cover Artist Reese Dante
Photographer: CJC Photography
 
Garrett Steiner loves his grandmother.
Really.
But when she rents a billboard in the middle of Times Square, hoping to find him a husband, he isn’t so sure anymore. Bad enough everyone at the “Crossroads of the World” thinks he’s a joke—now his face is plastered all over the news. He’s already in enough trouble with the principal of his school, who isn’t thrilled to have a gay teacher. It might be two dateless years since his divorce, but no way is he going to answer any of the thousand emails he’s received.
Except….maybe one. The long-haired man with the soulful eyes.
After the devastating loss of his husband, rock star Remi Angel has hit rock bottom. His career is in shambles and he’s spiraling. Fast.
With the media ready for the next juicy scandal, he leaves the limelight behind to return to his roots and spend time with his beloved grandfather. Seeing Garrett’s billboard ad, Remi sends him an email, figuring nothing will come of it, but hey. At least he’s trying.
Except Garrett does answer, and when they meet, both feel that special spark. It’s terrifying yet wondrous, a combination of desire and hope mixed with fear.
The fear of loving again.
Of coming alive again.
This wasn’t supposed to happen.
But anything can happen in a New York minute…even love.
In a New York Minute is a slow burn, rockstar, M/M romance filled with longing, doubt and swoony moments. There are love songs, a secret identity, a wise, bagel-loving grandpa, and an unrepentant bubbe who knows what’s best for her grandson.
It answers the question: once in a lifetime can’t happen twice…or can it?
 
 

“… filled with heart, emotion, a little angst, a lot of steam and filled to the brim with wonderful characters! This is an amazing story and you will not be disappointed!” ~ Readingbks

“A lovely romance with two deserving main characters who you can’t help but fall in love with.” ~ Louise R.

Felice Stevens has always been a romantic at heart. She believes that while life is tough, there is always a happy ending around the corner. Her characters have to work for it, because just like life in NYC, nothing comes easy and that includes love.
Felice is the 2020 Lambda Literary Award winning author in best Gay Romance and two time e-Lit award winner in romance. When not writing or watching reality television, you can find her in her reader group.
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Gatlin Brothers series Book 1

By Vi Summers

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Blurb:

My soul shattered the day I left the city for a quieter life.

Gatlin Falls promised anonymity. A place where I could be just the new girl, not the broken girl.

I tried so hard to keep my head down and my walls up.

But the thing about small towns is that eventually someone gets too close and feelings come into play.

Dormant feelings.

Ones I fought so hard to keep at bay.

Cue, Banks Gatlin. The third brother of six and frustratingly persistent.

The one that kissed me without an introduction.

The one that had my heart skipping and wracked with guilt every time he smiled.

And the one that received his second chance at life the day my first love lost his.

 


𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑬𝒄𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔—𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒚, 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍-𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒊𝒙 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 18+. ^𝑻𝒓!𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈—𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒉4𝒓𝒎.

 

What to expect:

✔️ Reverse grumpy-sunshine

✔️ New town, fresh start

✔️ Organ recipient

✔️ He falls first

✔️ Trauma (*TW)

✔️ Second chance

✔️ Anticipation

✔️ Slow burn

 


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Title: Cuffed
Series: Boys of Bishop Mountain Book 2
Author: Lexxi James
Genre: Contemporary Military Romance
Release Date: May 19, 2023
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: Marrying the Muse
Author: Kari Castaño
Genre: RomCom
Cover Designer: Laura with Spellbinding Designs
Publication Date: July 27th, 2023
Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR

Blurb:
How far will a romance-wary thriller writer go in order to save her career? Simple: she finds herself in a fake marriage with a playboy billionaire.

 

Olivia Harris, master of penning thrillers that could scare the socks off a hardened criminal, is facing the literary equivalent of a horror show. Her agent drops the bomb: publishers want romance, not thrillers. So, she’s expected to switch from writing about cold-blooded killers to hot-blooded lovers. Just one tiny problem – Olivia wouldn’t know romance if it hit her with a dozen roses.

 

Meanwhile, billionaire tycoon and renowned playboy, Alexander Kingston, is facing his own crisis. His playboy antics have finally caught up to him, and his grandfather is done turning a blind eye, threatening to snatch away Kingston Enterprises and his inheritance unless he ties the knot. But where on earth would he find a bride in this eleventh-hour scramble?

 

Enter Fate, who apparently thinks it’s a stand-up comedian, flinging Olivia and Alexander together again after a previous one-night-stand. Seeing an unexpected solution to his problem, Alexander takes a wild shot and pitches Olivia a proposal that is more business than bended knee.

 

Will they dare to venture into the unknown or is the absurdity of their agreement doomed to upend their own rebelliously romantic hearts?

Kari Castaño is a vibrant new voice in the genre of romantic comedy. She is slated to release her debut novel, “Marrying the Muse,” in the summer of 2023.

 

Residing in the sun-kissed landscapes of South Florida, Kari finds inspiration in her lush surroundings, the adventures that come with traveling, and the diverse stories she encounters in her favorite Korean dramas. She has a knack for infusing her narratives with a unique blend of wit, charm, and relatable characters that resonate with readers.

 

Kari Castaño is a passionate writer, a global traveler, and an avid K-drama enthusiast. She spends her days crafting stories that bring joy and laughter, echoing her own zest for life, as she prepares to launch “Marrying the Muse.”

 

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Title: Cleric: An Arranged Marriage
Series: The Mayhem Makers Series – MMM World Collaboration
Author: Gail Haris
Genre: Mayhem Romance
Release Date: April 20, 2023
Cover Design: CT Cover Creations

Goodreads ★★★★★ Review ~ “I DEVOURED THIS BOOK IN ONE SITTING! And I don’t regret it! Nope! Absolutely not!”
Goodreads ★★★★★ Review ~ “Holy hell! This book is hot! There wasn’t a single part of this book that I didn’t love. Perfection!”

All I’ve ever wanted is my freedom.
From my boastful and controlling father.
When I discover he’s gambling away my savings at the Gold Strike casino on the muddy banks of the Mississippi River, I have no choice but to go there.
I’ve heard whispers about the eccentric man who runs it, his illusive identity as much of a mystery as what’s lurking in the shadowy swamps. He sounds more myth than man, but the moment I sit across from him, and he offers me a deal, it all becomes shockingly real.
To settle my father’s debts, the broody, handsome stranger wants me to live with him for three months.
I was ready to agree. Ready to give myself to him. Until he told me the final piece of the arrangement.
I’d have to give him a child.
A steamy, modern retelling of Rumpelstiltskin.
Motorcycles, Mobsters, and Mayhem Author Event proudly presents, The Mayhem Makers Series.
These standalone novels are brought to you by several bestselling authors, specializing in writing twisted chaos. You’ll get all the bikers, mobsters, and dark romance your heart can handle.
Follow us so you never miss a new release, as they can be added in at any time!
 
Gail Haris loves blending romance out of life’s everyday chaos. Stories filled with humor, steam, and moments of sweetness, along with suspense and twists. Using coffee and her imagination, Gail writes in a variety of genres including romantic comedy, romantic suspense, small-town, and new adult/coming of age romance.
 
Gail enjoys living in her small town in Southeast Missouri, and then taking adventures all over the world with her two fierce princesses and Boo Bear, who is her ultimate real-life book boyfriend. When she’s not getting into mischief or scheming with her two girls, she’s busy coming up with forbidden and crazy scenarios for her characters. Hopefully by following her dream, she can be an example to her daughters that their dreams can become a reality.
 
Never stop believing in love, dreams, and yourself. And coffee…especially the coffee. Don’t give up on coffee and books.
 
Learn more at gailharis.com
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Title: P.S. You’re The Worst
Author: Jane Anthony
Genre: Enemies to Lovers
Release Date: May 11, 2023
Cover Design: Kate Farlow/Y’all That Graphic
Photo: Michelle Lancaster
Model: Ben

USA Today Bestselling Author, Jane Anthony, delivers a provocative tale of lust, love, and all-out war. Opposites attract when Dylan Masters — a golden boy from a wealthy political family — meets Darla Burke—smart-mouthed former bully with a big attitude—on their angst-fueled road from hate to love.
Rich. Spoiled. Cocky. Playboy.
Dylan Masters is the worst. Our only date ended with me doing the walk of shame with his taste still lingering on my tongue. I never expected to see him again . . . nor did I want to.
But when he walks into my restaurant the next morning, I have no choice but to serve him lunch with a smile. Turns out, Dylan isn’t just a date gone wrong—he’s the governor’s son. He’s as callous as he is gorgeous. A golden boy set up for a charmed life, and I’m nothing more than “the help”.
Yet it doesn’t stop his ravenous pursuit to get my attention. He expects me to worship him like everyone else, but he could choke on his silver spoon for all I care. Hate and love are two sides of the same coin. If he wants my heart, he’ll have to work harder.
In a world where cash is king, Dylan Masters finally found the one thing he wants that money can’t buy: me.
Jane Anthony is a USA Today best-selling author of contemporary/new adult romance & women’s fiction. A reader proclaimed “queen of angst”, she approaches tough subjects with a gritty voice that tugs on your heart and leaves you breathless.
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Title: Wrecked
Series: Devil’s Handmaidens MC Alaska Chapter Book 1
Author: E.M. Shue
Genre: MC Romance
Release Date: May 11, 2023

 
From award winning author E.M. Shue comes a gritty heart-wrenching new MC romance. Wrecked is the first book in the Devil’s Handmaidens MC Alaska Chapter.
At seventeen Scout “Riddler” Keller was left wrecked. Destroyed by the boy she loved and left to pick up the pieces for a new life. She carries a piece of paper in her wallet with her every day to remind her to only trust the sisters in her club. They are her new family and have been there for her and her young daughter through the years.
Riddler was sure she’d never see Thad again. When she returns home after her father is brutally murdered, she doesn’t expect Thad to be the investigator on the case. He wants to start over with Riddler, but she still has that paper as a reminder of what he did to her.
When several young girls disappear from the area and it ties into her father’s murder, Riddler will call on her MC friends for help. But when the truth of who is behind it all is revealed, she’ll have to protect herself and her family. Even if it means asking Thad to go against everything he has sworn to uphold.
E.M. Shue is an Alaskan award-winning romance author. She is proudly featured in K Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes World, Aurora Rose Reynolds’ Happily Ever Alpha World, KL Donn’s Mafia Made Series, Susan Stoker’s Special Forces Operation Alpha World, and the soon to be released Devil’s Handmaidens MC Collection.
She published her first book in 2017 after having a dream that later became the Beverley Award winning, Sniper’s Kiss. Since then, she has gone on to win this award three more times with different books and has published over thirty titles.
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Title: His Protection
Series: Mafia Made Series
Author: KL Donn
Release Date: July 11, 2023
Genre: Dark Contemporary romance
Tropes: Age Gap, push/pull, emotional
Photographer: Lindee Robinson
Cover Models: Brian & Kayle
Cover Design: KL Donn @ Alluring Write Productions
From USA Today Bestselling Author KL Donn comes the Mafia Made series, featuring novels from Award-Winning Author E.M. Shue. His Protection is book 7 in the Mafia Made Series.
Maso Cardarelli is the oldest brother.
The protector.
He makes the hard choices and the biggest sacrifices.
When the opportunity to give his new sister-in-law closure presents itself, he doesn’t hesitate to step up to the job.
What he didn’t expect was to fall in love with the girl he was sent to rescue.
She doesn’t speak with words, but her eyes…
They say everything.
And she stares at him with stars in the deep pools of blue.
After swearing off women years ago, Maso is torn between being her hero and breaking her heart.
Bria Marino is not prepared to fall in love with her dark protector.
He swears he’s not the one for her.
But with his touch…she feels coveted.
Men lie, betray, and break women like her.
But she’s ready to put everything on the line if only Maso will too.
After breaking down her walls and opening her heart to love, will Maso be just like every other man in Bria’s life, or will he put her back together piece by fractured piece?
Author Note: While His Protection is set in a Mafia world, it’s on the light side, and focuses more on the relationship between Maso and Bria and the emotional turmoil she goes through.
Trigger warning: There is mention of, and flashbacks of, Bria’s past physical and sexual abuse.

KL Donn is a USA Today Bestselling Author addicted to coffee and tacos. As a Canadian author she writes in multiple romance genres and isn’t afraid of a new challenge. She brings you stories that will break your heart and heal it all in one breath. With over 60 published titles since 2015, she has many more planned for the future and enjoys connecting with readers.
On her off time, she’s bingeing Supernatural, Grey’s Anatomy, and raising 4 amazing children. Married for more than half her life, she experienced her own happily ever after with husband Steve, at just 17. You’ll find them both at book signings once or twice a year, she’s the shy one, he’s there to tell you all about the books his wife writes and how proud he is of her.
Currently she is diving back into the Adair Empire world with the children and has plans to keep the series going with generations of dark stories to come.
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