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Criminally Pieced Together by J. Traveler Pelton

Criminally Pieced Together by J. Traveler Pelton

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, experience a traditional Hawaiian wedding with a volcano hike, a luau, and ancestral customs. The romance is touching, but danger is never far away. Brad and Casey face kidnappings, murder, and what appears to be a terrorist bombing, leaving them little time for a honeymoon. When they return home, their small town feels unfamiliar. Vigilantes patrol the streets, federal agents show up, and uneasiness spreads through the community. This clean, small-town romance will draw you in and keep you turning the pages late into the night. You’ll love it, so get your copy today!

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The Vacation Bubble: To Barcelona with Love Trilogy Book 1 by Marcella Steele

The Vacation Bubble: To Barcelona with Love Trilogy Book 1 by Marcella Steele

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Perfect for fans of Beach Read, Nora Goes Off Script, and Part of Your World—this spicy second chance romance is a sun-drenched escape with heart, heat, and humor.

A fling wasn’t on her vacation itinerary. Neither was falling in love.

Romance has ghosted, gaslit, and gone full Shakespearean tragedy on Sofia Drake. She’s officially a one-woman rom-com with no third act in sight, ready to bolt if love sneaks up on her again.

Freshly dumped and jobless, Sofia is mid-pity-party (yes, wine and ice cream are involved)‌ when a friend drags her to a job fair. If she’d known how a chance meeting would blow up her carefully constructed life, she would’ve stayed home. One look into Ryan Hunter’s crystal-blue eyes and she can tell he’s trouble. He’s gorgeous, charming, and way too young. He’s also the first man in years to make her feel a real, rocket-exploding kind of heat. But when the jet-setting Ryan invites her on a spontaneous trip to Barcelona, Sofia does what she does best: she runs.

It takes a kick from her best friend (a “get a life” lecture) to move Sofia out of her comfort zone and onto a plane to Barcelona—alone. No men, no pressure, just a solo adventure. At least… until she runs straight into the one man she swore she’d never see again.

Now, Ryan is offering to be her personal tour guide, and Sofia is breaking her own ‘no men’ rule for a new one: keep it vacation-only. Sun, sangria, and maybe a little sizzle. They make a pact for the summer: Thirty days—no falling in love, no risky complications. Really.

Sometimes the best adventures happen when you finally stop running from what scares you the most.

“The Vacation Bubble will resonate with readers who crave wanderlust, sizzling chemistry, and second chances.” Readers’ Favorite

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Her Heart Knows The Way To Paradise

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Bailey Watkins never expected a postcard to shatter her life.

Five handwritten words from her husband arrive without warning—Wish you could be here. Days later, the plane carrying him disappears, and Bailey’s carefully built world collapses into grief, silence, and unanswered questions.

When the weight of loss becomes unbearable, Bailey follows an inexplicable pull to a windswept valley in Wyoming and a weathered horse ranch called Paradise. There, among stubborn fences, quiet neighbors, and animals that seem to understand pain better than people, she begins the slow, fragile process of learning how to breathe again.

Paradise Ranch is no easy refuge. Winters are brutal. The town watches closely. And a guarded neighbor with his own scars keeps her at arm’s length—until kindness, shared labor, and unspoken understanding begin to blur the line between survival and hope.

As Bailey reconnects with the land and uncovers truths long buried—about love, resilience, and what it means to start over—she discovers that healing doesn’t come from escaping grief, but from walking straight through it.

Her Heart Knows the Way to Paradise is a tender, emotionally rich romance about loss, second chances, and the quiet courage it takes to choose life—and love—again.

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The Chess Queen: codex 1 by Maria D Georgiou

The Chess Queen: codex 1 by Maria D Georgiou

Theophano is a young woman living a peaceful and sheltered life among people who love her. Her father raises her as an equal to his sons and his only ambition for her is to be happy. However, everything will suddenly change when she is forced to move to a distant and inhospitable foreign land where she will have to face insults, challenges, and grave dangers. Will she find the strength to survive, or will she be lost in the darkness of the Middle Ages among people who hate her?

This novel is set in the second half of the tenth century (950-999) and moves between history and myth. It follows a basic historical framework, but most of it is fiction. My inspiration was the life of a great Greek Byzantine woman who became queen of a big Western Empire and managed to influence European civilization like no other. She was the woman that became the Queen of chess.

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DESIREE’S REVENGE: A Romance by K.C. Carson

About DESIREE’S REVENGE: A Romance by K.C. Carson:

A riveting tale of revenge, survival and redemption, wrapped around an unlikely love story and set against an urban backdrop corrupted by violence against women and racism.

Following a racially motivated rape by three Ku Klux Klansmen, 12-year-old Desiree Devine vows revenge. After eight years of training, now a strikingly beautiful assassin, she accomplishes her mission.

Her campaign continues with solitary walks through dark city streets, hoping to be assaulted by men with bad intentions. Those entrapped in her spider’s web pay dearly for their efforts.

Surrounded by three white men one night, she’s rescued by Tony Marino, an Italian-American passerby. A stormy roller-coaster relationship ensues. Ultimately, as her rage matures into purposeful action, and as he begins to see the world through her eyes, they become a team.

Along the way, they encounter serial killers, wife-beaters, actual and would-be rapists, gangsters, crooked cops, a kidnapper and a pedophile priest, as well as numerous women in desperate need of their help. Beneath all the action, though, is the blossoming of a most unusual love story.

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Waiting for a Star

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A beautiful rockstar. Two famous men. One explosive scandal. Fame, passion, and betrayal collide in this sizzling tale when love collides with the limelight. Get lost in this easy, addictive read, featuring second chances, the high cost of fame, and exquisite heart-wrenching love triangles against the backdrop of the 1980s music scene.

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Vigilante Alpha by Denise Baer

Vigilante Alpha by Denise Baer

From a human trafficking site to a werewolf community, one of the saved victims is the Alpha’s fated mate.

LARC

Since my father died and I took over as Alpha of the Steelclaw Warriors Pack, we started working with the FBI to take down human traffickers. During a recent mission, we saved ten women from the skin trade. My Goddess, I’ve waited my whole life to find my fated mate, and it turns out she’s one of the recent victims.

A human.

My mother and my Beta don’t think Ivy is Luna material. They believe the needs of the pack come first, and that I should choose another mate. A mate who isn’t human, or broken beyond belief.

But from the moment I laid eyes on her, I refused to give her up.

Mine!

IVY

The day I took my first breath; my mother took her last. Because my father blamed me for taking away the love of his life, his dislike of me was prevalent throughout childhood. At the first available opportunity, I fled to my boyfriend’s place. Years later, he tired of me, so he sold me as a sex slave to the highest bidder.

After years of abuse, my soul is shattered. I’m no good to anyone, let alone this earth.

The man who saved us offered me a home, except nothing could prepare me for when I find out I’m living amongst werewolves.

Once I’m in his arms, I experience a warmth in my soul for the first time.

He’s home.

***

Ivy’s ex-boyfriend wants her back, including the money he lost in the skin trade deal.

Larc and the pack are about to go to war with her ex, who has friends on Capitol Hill.

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Two Cowboys for Two Cousins by Alicia Whittle

Two Cowboys for Two Cousins by Alicia Whittle

The Kincaid brothers, Travis and Zane, meet their match in cousins, Ashlyn Radich and Marcie Sakovich.
Property scout Ashlyn needs land for a hospital in her Aunt Camille’s hometown of Anvil, New Mexico. Only one thing stands in her way: Travis Kincaid and his promo for a big-box distribution center. The young widowed rancher challenges her business resolve as well as her heart.
Building contractor, Marcie helps her cousin, Ashlyn, move their Aunt Camille to a retirement home, but not before rancher Zane Kincaid distracts and attracts her. But will his background discourage her feelings for him?

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Once Upon A Small Town Secret by Claire Kirby

Once Upon A Small Town Secret by Claire Kirby

I want him. He’s off-limits. And our families’ decades-old betrayal is about to make everything so much worse.

I’m Paige Richards—Vanderbilt graduate with bakery dreams—and the girl who’s been fantasizing about Ben Hoffman’s hands for the last eight years.

I’m smart. Determined. And done waiting.
Ben thinks I’m still Jason’s annoying little sister.
He’s wrong.

When I suggest a potential business collaboration—my pastries, his beer—it becomes foreplay.

Blue eyes that undress me.

Rough hands that know their way around more than beer taps.

Finally…one night after a successful event, Ben’s control snaps and he takes me apart, one breathless gasp at a time, making my skin shiver with desire as I murmur filthy words in his ear.

Then the town whispers begin.
The secret recipe that built Ben’s business?
It was stolen from my grandfather.

The discovery creates a rift between us that threatens to destroy our new beginning.
But six weeks after our perfect night together, two pink lines appear—and the entire town will be watching to see if we’ll choose love or loyalty.

Because in small towns, some secrets destroy everything—and some create miracles.

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The Crash Course: Short Steamy Sports Romance Prequel | Star Athlete x Strong Heroine | Winter Story In The Mountains by Mara J. Ova

The Crash Course: Short Steamy Sports Romance Prequel | Star Athlete x Strong Heroine | Winter Story In The Mountains by Mara J. Ova

Before the Olympics. Before the glory. There was a crash that changed everything.

She crashed into his life, then vanished, leaving behind only the memory of the night that burned through their reason. He was everything she swore to stay away from, yet every time their eyes met, sparks burned through her resolve.

Thomas Kern isn’t just an elite skier; he’s the elite skier. Flying downhill at 140 km/h, taking 3 g in every turn, he’s fearless, flawless, and worshiped. He’s won it all: four globes, countless races, the adoration of a nation. Everything except Olympic gold. Everything except the fire he’s lost somewhere along the way.

Katharina Berger is ambitious, talented, and dangerously perceptive—the kind of journalist who captures emotion better than anyone else. She writes about heroes but never lets herself love one. Until now.

When their worlds collide—athlete and journalist, golden boy and ambitious woman—their connection is instant, electric, and completely off-limits. Falling for him could ruin her. Loving her could dethrone him.

But some crashes can’t be undone, and some stories are worth breaking the rules for.

Crash Course is a short prequel to the Carve series: a high-heat, slow-burn sports romance set on the world’s fastest slopes. If you love athlete × journalist, forbidden attraction, and one-night-that-changes-everything stories, get ready for the passion, the power, and the crash that starts it all.

The Crash Course is a prequel to the Carve series that launches in November 2025.

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The Windsor Love Pact. by Lizzie Chantree

The Windsor Love Pact. by Lizzie Chantree

A fake romance, a handsome movie star…. and sparks that became real.

“Lizzie Chantree creates not only a love pact with her characters but also with her readers.” Reader review.

Maya is a talented designer who loves order and quiet routines. Noah Benedict is a gorgeous movie star who thrives on spontaneity and the spotlight. When fate throws them together, their worlds collide – and Maya’s peaceful life suddenly becomes anything but ordinary.

With Noah pressured by family to settle down, and Maya nursing a broken heart, they strike an unusual deal: a fake relationship. For Noah, it’s a chance to silence a toxic ex. For Maya, it’s a way to heal.

But staged kisses, stolen glances, and small-town gossip soon blur the line between pretend and real. As secrets, media scrutiny, and family expectations collide, Maya and Noah must decide: can their unexpected connection survive the storm – or will the truth tear them apart?

A heartwarming, small-town romance full of laughter, heat, and swoony slow-burn love. Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Olivia Spring, Shari Low and Hannah Ellis.

Grab your copy today. Escape to the riverside and fall for Maya and Noah.

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Marianne: A Sense and Sensibility Sequel by Alice McVeigh

Marianne: A Sense and Sensibility Sequel by Alice McVeigh

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When Marianne – still beautiful, still impulsive, and not yet twenty-one – returns to London, she’s wealthy, with a house in Mayfair and an estate in Dorsetshire. Despite her resolution to remain single, she’s besieged by admirers, including the smitten Rushworth, the dangerously attractive Willoughby, and the charming and irreverent Crawford.

Then Marianne’s sixteen-year-old sister Margaret arrives – exuberant and addicted to romances, but also perilously naïve. In a shocking twist, Margaret finds herself on trial for her life, while Marianne – in need of every friend – finds her resolution tested to the utmost… This is classy, classic historical romance, with a HEA, written in period style.

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The Christmas Wish in Twinkle Falls by Freda Ann

The Christmas Wish in Twinkle Falls by Freda Ann

After my husband died overseas in an ambush, our kids became my world. He was my one and only—I could never meet anyone who makes me feel the way he did.

(Rochelle)
Needing a fresh start last year, I took my kids to Twinkle Falls for Christmas, but meeting Jesse was never part of my plan. When my best friend introduced us, this retired police officer’s charm and infectious smile started breaking down my walls.

Me and the kids agreed to make Twinkle Falls our forever home at the end of our three month break—but something went horribly wrong after returning home to pack up our things.

(Jesse)
After losing touch with Rochelle once she stopped all communication with me, I knew I had been ghosted. Roe was the one person I could imagine a future with when my ex left me once I became an amputee.

With my buddies trying to fix me up now, I figured it’s time to move on from the past.

(Rochelle)
Nine months after our planned move, me and the kids arrive in Twinkle Falls with everything we own after purchasing our forever home. Feeling guilty about the way I left things with Jesse, our friends agreed to let me tell him we’re here, after me and the kids get settled.

Now ready to share the news, I texted Jesse asking if we could talk, but days go by without a word from him. It would seem karma has come full circle.

While having lunch with friends my gaze circles the restaurant and my jaw drops. I see why Jesse didn’t respond to my message—he’s found another woman—the one whose hands are all over him.

Can a Christmas wish intervene and seal this couple’s fate?

This is book 6 of an ongoing holiday themed romance series, Hallmark style. These characters were introduced in the previous book.

It’s a feel good, clean, faith-based Christmas romance featuring the charm of small town life, insta-love, and a Christmas miracle with a happily ever after.

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Bound by Debt by Natasha L. Black

About Featured Book: Bound by Debt by Natasha L. Black

My dad’s debt became my prison.
Now I belong to the man who owns it.

Evgeny Kucherov.
Cold. Scarred. Merciless. Feared by all.
When I got caught trying to fix things,
he took me instead.

A deal was struck—
my family’s safety in exchange for my freedom.
Now I work for him, trapped inside his mansion,
my skills at his disposal and my body at his mercy.

He’s dangerous, unpredictable…
the kind of man you should run from but never can.

Every command tests my will.
Every touch burns hotter than the last.
And when I discover I’m carrying his twins,
I realize I’ll never truly escape him.

Because debts can be repaid.
But a man like Evgeny Kucherov never lets go of what’s his.

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Grandma Mandy Contemporary Christian Romance Series by Karen Cogan

Grandma Mandy Contemporary Christian Romance Series by Karen Cogan

Grandma Mandy Series Set: A Small-Town Christian Romance Collection Books 1-4

Four heartwarming tales of love, faith, and new beginnings, each set in a small town where unexpected romance blooms in the most beautiful ways.

Made For Each Other: Lissa came for a steppingstone for promotion in the city but found a small-town artist whose quiet faith and steady love could change her path forever.

Landscape of Love: Stephanie came to design new gardens, but love blossoms between her and her boss, who is a widowed father with a guarded heart.

Jack of Hearts: Brought together by tragedy, an unlikely pair must learn to trust and to open their hearts to love for the sake of the child who now binds them.

When Love Knocks: A visit to Mark’s childhood home opens the door to tender memories, and to a young woman who might hold the key to his future.

If you believe in lasting love, strong communities, and stories that make you smile, you’ll feel right at home here. Perfect for fans of uplifting Christian romance, this series is a touching exploration of love, trust, and God’s perfect timing.

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The Flame and the Sword by Sandra Gharabaghli

The Flame and the Sword by Sandra Gharabaghli

Their passion burned hotter than the flames of the forge and stronger than the steel of the sword. Her family was murdered when she was five years old. She became a blacksmith and met a powerful warrior and laird’s son. When he is captured by an enemy clan, she is forced to make a choice to risk her life. How do they triumph over wars, clan rivalries, and the ashes of the past to claim their love?

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THE OFFICER by Michael E. Bistrica

THE OFFICER by Michael E. Bistrica

Not your typical love story! Leap into a unique and captivating romance between up-and-coming Hollywood star Lara Rose as she meets her escort the unassuming and mistakenly assigned army Captain Edward Madin. As Lara entertains troops during the Thanksgiving holiday, his constant presence and dedication to his job catches Lara’s interest. After her departure, this attraction leads to letter writing, then a secret rendezvous which blossoms into romance, but can it last?

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Double Trouble for the Mafia Prince by Lisa Cullen

Double Trouble for the Mafia Prince by Lisa Cullen

I hid his twins for years—now he’ll make me pay.

The meeting was supposed to be about numbers.
Quarterly reports. Port manifests. Business as usual.

Until Dante Salvatore walks into my conference room.

Six feet of charcoal suit and dangerous eyes.
The youngest Salvatore prince.
The one even Luca can’t control.

“This meeting’s over,” he growls, snapping my laptop shut.
“Show me what your family’s survival is worth.”

I should walk away.
Instead, I let him back me against his desk.
Let him drop to his knees in a room made of glass and secrets.

One reckless night becomes months of stolen moments…
Until I’m staring at two pink lines.

Twin daughters I raise in secret for two years.
Until he finds out.

“You kept them from me,” he snarls. “Not anymore.”

Now I’m his wife. His obsession. His ruin.

But danger stalks our family.
The girls are being followed.

And when I’m dragged into the dark…
The monster behind it isn’t Dante.

It’s my father.

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Thread That Binds Us by Anathi J. Mgijima

About Thread That Binds Us by Anathi J. Mgijima:

Maya finds herself in a mysterious train, the carriage filled with ‘faceless people’ except for a boy near her age who was standing next her, named Liyema (who’s name she would mistake as Liam.)
The two would interact and bond as the train continued moving, not noticing the bright white light that would surround the train just as the transport vehicle stopped moving, causing the faceless people to suddenly rush out of the carriage and into the white light while Liyema was forcefully dragged in the process while Maya would desperately try to reach out to him but was held back by the large crowd.
Using her red hair tie as a makeshift rope, she would throw one end to Liyema while she held on to the other end and the two would tie their respective ends to their wrists before the blinding white light covered the whole train.
The two would simultaneously wake up in their respective rooms with no memory of the train nor of each other, just as all around the world, strange distortions suddenly start appearing.
Five years later, Maya, an astrophysicist-in-training and musician, would struggle to focus on the song that she was writing before she diverted her attention to a strange phenomenon of lights similar to the aurora borealis in the skies of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Enchanted by the colorful lights and motivated by the years of solitude due to the death of her parents, she would silently express her desire for companionship and for a love like her parents had for each other.
Meanwhile on the coastal town of Hermanus, South Africa, while hosting a successful art gallery that showcased several of his paintings, Liyema, an artist that was growing in fame, stared at one of his paintings of a mysterious woman that he had painted before he would later witness a strange phenomenon of an array of different shades of purple lights appearing in the night sky in various shapes above the ocean.
Enchanted by the anomaly and motivated by the feelings of loneliness experienced from the death of his past lover, Nolwazi, he silently expressed his desire for companionship that would replace the feelings of loss that he had.
As the two slept, a purple distortion would appear near Maya and send her to then appear next to Liyema before it sent her back just as he woke up.
As a year passed by, the two would find glimpses of each other in their everyday lives while sometimes finding themselves in a shared dream and glimpsing into each other’s memories, developing feelings for each other in the process.
A large distortion would one night appear above their respective towns/cities in the form of a large purple circle that showed the top view of the other’s city before closing as suddenly as it came.
The next day after the anomaly, realizing that her memories of Liyema were fading along with all her diary entries that were about him, Maya would desperately attempt to mentally contact Liyema who was having a brief meeting with Nolwazi’s mother, she would encourage him to move on from her daughter’s death before he would later that night find himself encountering a large anomaly as he sat by the beach, an electrical storm above him that would send him briefly to Maya’s side who pleaded him to find a way to her before he reappeared once more on the beach.
Realizing that his memories of Maya were now fading, Liyema would find her in a shared dream and the two would agree to head to the nearest distortions in their respective locations, the peak of a mountain near Hermanus and a cave outside Buenos Aires.
Reaching their respective locations, the cave distortion would send Maya to Liyema’s location where the two had an emotional meeting before she was sent away just as the two would attempt to kiss.
Falling down the mountain after he would attempt to hold on to his memories of Maya, Liyema would start to wonder who Maya was just as he lost consciousness, meanwhile, Maya, who already lost all her memories of Liyema, wondered why she was inside a cave on the outskirts of the city.
A confused Maya would then find words written on her right hand just as Liyema regained consciousness and found words written on his left hand.
“I love you/I love you too,” the words written on Maya’s and Liyema’s hands respectively, causing the two to regain the lost memories of each other and two would tearfully cry out for the other.
A week passed as Liyema and Maya both boarded a bus before a white portal would suddenly appear and suck in the two busses. Sending them into the unknown and the two vehicles to cross paths with one another, causing Maya and Liyema to see each other before the busses safely landed in separate locations in an unknown city.
Using the connection they had, Maya and Liyema would search throughout the city for each other before they finally met in a place eerily similar to the first shared dream they had. The two would joyfully embrace and share a kiss before leaving hand-in-hand to figure out where they were.

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The Adventures of Good Eagle and Miss Starling by Genny Cothern

The Adventures of Good Eagle and Miss Starling by Genny Cothern

When my life turns upside down, my Uncle Jed, a fur-trader living in Indian Country, comes to my rescue. At Fort Union I am not met by my uncle. Instead, a young Indian, Good Eagle, greets me. We instantly dislike each other, but when he defends me against harm, I realize I must befriend him. But he still dislikes me. At this point, is friendship even possible?

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