Rome is a football god and Elodie is his step sister who he holds some hate/like feelings for . Elodie can’t figure out why her step brother could be mean to her and her feelings for him she should not feel. This story had some suspense which I was not expecting but from the beginning I was hooked to see how this story would end in a HEA. There is a sprinkle of bully romance that at first had me thinking , Rome needs a beating, but as it progressed I feel like Rome started to redeem himself. All around this had great spice and the bully step sibling might not be for everyone but this author wrote it well.
Heartless Monster by Rachel Leigh is now live!
A Dark and Sexy, Enemies-to-Lovers, Sports Romance from USA Today and International Bestselling Author, Rachel Leigh.
Rome Cromwell isn’t just football royalty in our town.
He’s a heartless monster out for revenge,
And I’m the ordinary girl with his target on her back.
One year ago my knight in shining armor stepped out of the fog and rescued me.
With a simple thank you and an “I owe you one”, I was on my way.
Little did I know, that was only the start of our deranged story.
Now our parents are married and we’re living under the same roof.
Rome presents himself as a masked villain with strikingly good looks and a hypnotic appeal.
Girls want him.
His friends want to be him.
But I only want to run from him.
I see beneath his cracked facade into the heart of the beast.
He blames me for the fight that left his football career in shambles.
And he hasn’t forgotten I’m in his debt.
Now his claws are digging in so deep, I fear I won’t survive.
Rome no longer wants to save me.
He only wants to own me.
To break me.
Piece by piece by piece.
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If you love small town romances then this is a perfect read. We meet River and Ruby which I loved their names . Ruby is feisty and not a fan of River. She was such an independent strong heroine and you saw the sparks right out the gate between them. River was such a cool , charming guy. I really loved his personality and how he kept at it to wear Ruby down. The side characters were a great addition and it makes you want to be part of the friend group.
Wild River by Laura Pavlov is now live!
A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Boy Obsessed, Found Family, Standalone Romance from USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov.
Ruby Rose declared me the enemy before I had a chance to defend myself.
I may be an attorney, but this girl had appointed herself judge and jury.
And I’d never minded a good verbal sparring.
There was a comfort in going to battle against the evil queen.
Maybe it was just the recognition of one damaged soul to another.
But the more we fought—the more I craved her.
Until our arguing turned into a bit of a wager.
One I was determined to win.
One time. Sixty seconds. A secret only we would share.
I’d work my magic and she’d declare me the winner.
I’d gloat, she’d sulk—that was my plan.
She was determined to prove me wrong.
But from the minute we crossed the line, there was no turning back.
She was so far under my skin I couldn’t think straight.
Feeling things that I’d never felt before was one thing.
But knowing the clock was ticking was another.
Ruby Rose may have given me more than sixty seconds, but she wasn’t offering forever.
And now my world doesn’t work without her in it.
But how do I convince her to stay, when she already has one foot out the door?
New book from the talented duo author Piper Rayne with a Friends to lovers/ second chance story that starts off differently than you would expect for this trope. Palmer and Hudson have been best friends and after one night the lines blurred they end up with a beautiful girl to co parent. Palmer has hang ups from past that she has to work through. Hudson has loved Palmer but both have bottled their feelings aside. Their dynamic starts to change and emotions start to rise. How do they now navigate and can Palmer work through her issues? Is there a HEA for Palmer and Hudson? Of course our duo navigates this story well and I was so nervous to see how things would turn out for these two. It is so hard to not cheer for them . I was so hooked from page one. Their relationship as co parents and best friends was beautiful and this story had the right amount of angst and spice! Lake Starlight is a magical place!
The Drawback of Single Dads by Piper Rayne is now live!
He’s the father of my child and my best friend.
When Hudson and I met, somehow things just clicked between us. We had the same sense of humor and the same carefree attitude about our lives and goals. Neither of us wanted to lay down roots, we wanted to explore the world.
Then one night, too much alcohol and uncontrolled hormones led to the line blurring, and we fell into bed together only to discover a month later that we were more careless than we thought.
Like the upstanding guy he is, Hudson followed me back to my hometown of Lake Starlight, Alaska, where you can’t throw a penny and not hit one of my family members. We gave them the news that yes, we were having a baby but there would be no wedding. We loved each other but we weren’t in love.
Fast forward three years and we live side by side to make co-parenting our daughter easy. I’m a writer, and he’s a ski instructor. We’ve worked out all the rough edges. Life is good.
Until out of nowhere, things start to change. He has a girlfriend, we’re arguing more than ever, and it feels as if someone has come along and popped our perfect bubble. I’m not sure we’re ever going to fit back inside it now because things are developing. Things like feelings.
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Take a glance at this phenomenal cover for 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐁𝐎𝐘 by @finley.eden & @saxonjameswrites, created by Story Styling Cover Designs with photo credit to @wanderaguiar_photography featuring Ben!
𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐁𝐎𝐘 is a spicy, double bi-awakening, idiots to lovers M/M hockey romance standalone arriving on April 18th, and is the sixth book in their entertaining Puckboys series.
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Bella Matthews has revealed the gorgeous covers for The Knockout!
Releasing: April 11, 2024
From USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author Bella Matthews, comes a hot, new, hockey romance between a broken ballerina and the forbidden bad boy who saves her.
✨TEASER: IS THIS LOVE? by @kaylee_ryan_author is coming March 19! Pre-Order now on Apple, Kobo & Nook, as it will be exclusive to Amazon in Kindle Unlimited on release day!
What you will find inside… 💕Small Town 🔥Age Gap 🔥Tattoo artist 🔥Marriage of Convenience 🔥Friends to Lovers
NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you the continuation of the stand-alone series surrounding five best friends who co-own a tattoo studio. “Is This Love?” is an age gap, marriage of convenience, friends to lovers, small-town romance.
Legend
A marriage of convenience is one thing… but falling for your fake wife is all kinds of complicated.
Being married for a year is the only way to claim my inheritance. I couldn’t care less about the money. It’s not like I even knew my grandparents.
I wasn’t even considering it until Monroe volunteered. Sweet, sweet, Monroe. I’ve never let myself consider her as an option for me.
She’s been tucked safely away in a box labeled forbidden. That is until she takes my last name.
Monroe
It’s not like I planned to marry one of my friends… or fall for him.
One minute I offer to be his fake wife, and the next, we’re going through the motions— saying, “I do,” and playing house.
Legend is the kind of guy fantasies are made of—tall, dark, and tattooed. Now I’m sharing his bed and his last name for the next year.
Everything looks good on paper, and while this may have started out as playing pretend, the way I feel for him is the realest thing I’ve ever known.
As the weeks pass by, it doesn’t take long before either of us begins to question if we’re just friends or if this is this love after all.
Why you will love this book: 🔥Mafia Romance 🔥Captive 🔥Obsessive/protective Hero 🔥Strong, Damaged Heroine 🔥Touch Her and Die Vibes 🔥He Falls First 🔥Forced Proximity 🔥Action and Adventure
Confident. Cultured. Charismatic.
I never wanted to lead.
But when my father, Don of the Caruso crime family, is murdered three months after my older brother’s death, what I want doesn’t matter.
Family comes first.
Especially when the same man who killed my father has taken my younger sister captive.
All hope of her return is lost until his golden-haired American lover lands in my lap.
Elodie Rivers.
The same woman I’ve obsessed over since our ill-fated meeting two years ago.
She’s guilty by association, so I have no misgivings in using her for my own gain.
Until I come face to face with her again.
And even though she seems to have no memory of me, I can’t deny the intoxicating pull between us.
The longer I’m near her, the greater my addiction grows until I’m sure of only one fact.
This woman belongs at my side.
Per sempre.
But how can I keep her safe when we’re under fire from all sides?
And just how far am I willing to go in order to keep what’s mine?
Why you need to #ONECLICK this book… ⚾️Coach’s Daughter 💗Friends to Lovers ⚾️Baseball Hero 💗Grumpy/Sunshine ⚾️Animal loving Heroine 💗One Night Stand ⚾️He falls first
Let me tell the story of how I fell in love with a woman who had no idea that we were even dating. The ridiculousness started when she stole my beer, and trust me, my grumpy self doesn’t normally share. But somehow, Avery Wilson is the exception to every one of my many rules.
Unfortunately, I’m not hers.
Not only is she the daughter of the Rev’s coach who hates me, she’s also sworn off dating for the year.
Little does she know we’ve been doing just that.
Sure, she says I’m her friend when we watch romcoms or spend holidays together, but I’m just biding my time until the year is up.
With her father against me, and a line of men interested in dating her, once she finds out my true intentions, will we survive the fall out?
Why you need to #ONECLICK this book… 🔥Strangers to Lovers 🔥Stuck Together/Forced Proximity 🔥Bodyguard 🔥A+ Banter 🔥Alpha Hero 🔥Emotional Scars 🔥Grumpy/Sunshine 🔥Lovers in Denial
From J.D. Hollyfield, author of Power, comes a devilishly spicy, enemies-to-lovers romance about overcoming the past, undeniable attraction, and finding love in the untimeliest of ways.
A best friend, a stalker, and a bodyguard walk into a bar…
Current status: Living my best life. *Flips hair* What more could a girl want?
Just kidding.
My life has gone to shit. All the fun, late nights, and single life come to a screeching halt when I find myself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now, thanks to my overbearing best friend, I’ve adopted a guard dog to keep me safe until they find the guy who attacked me.
Insert Tate Deveraux, my newest inconvenience. He’s brawny, not bad on the eyes, and a pain in my ass. Not only am I stuck with him until I’m out of danger, but he’s moving in with me.
He’s become a nuisance in my life and needs to go—stalker be damned. So do the urges to strip him naked and see if the rumors about hand size hold true. I blame my crush on booze and the kiss that should have never happened.
The simmering attraction between us is undeniable, but he’s made it clear I’m just a job. With lines being crossed and my life at stake, I guess I’ll find out if he’s better at keeping me safe or sated.
Book 4 in this Crimson Club series and we get to see if the other favorite twin River, gets a HEA. Hayden answers a tool ad on a dating site literally legit looking for tools lol. I about died when I read he had posted this ad and the innocence in River through this interaction and Hayden response was so entertaining. These two had a lot of hurt and issues from past that was surface level and it isn’t really dug up deep. You literally watch their relationship turn into possibly more. The journey is sweet and emotional and I loved these two together! This book did have some real sexy times but the friendship between these two is what really seals this book.
Piper Rayne has revealed the gorgeous covers for The One I Left Behind!
Releasing: May 14, 2024
Cover Reveal: Hang Le
It’s the classic story—boy goes off into the world to fulfill his dreams and leaves the girl behind.
Not every boy returns home, and I wish Ben Noughton wouldn’t have come back to our small ranching town at all after he retired from playing professional football.
I figure it’s a quick layover for him. He always wanted out of this town and off his family’s ranch. I just have to bide my time until he turns his back on all of us again.
Then he takes on the coaching position for the high school football team and starts milling around too much, bulldozing the protective walls I’ve built around myself. But he goes too far when he takes my son under his wing to help him be the best player he can be. Leaving me to protect not only my own heart but my son’s too.
Because I promised myself a long time ago that I’d never be the girl in the rearview mirror again.
Why you need to #ONECLICK this book… 🔥Dark Gothic Romance 🔥Alpha Anti-Hero 🔥Age Gap 🔥Angsty 🔥Bad Boy/Good Girl 🔥Billionaire 🔥Enemies-to-Lovers 🔥Fairytale Retelling 🔥Forbidden Love 🔥Forced Proximity 🔥Secret Society 🔥Indecent Proposal
No one knows what happens up at Midnight Manor.
The home of the Voss brothers sits like a sentinel looking down on our small town, remaining a mystery. The four brooding billionaires rarely leave the confines of the iron gates, fueling rumors that have existed for decades.
When my father dies, all the security I’ve known is ripped away, forcing me to come face to face with the eldest brother, Asher Voss. His outward beauty is just as I’d heard—it belies a predatory nature, irresistibly drawing me in.
A bargain is made, and I have no choice but to live in the shadowy confines of his gothic manor to save my family. As time passes, it becomes harder and harder to deny our attraction.
Asher Voss might be too old for me, and he’s definitely cursed by his own demons, but an inferno of passion between us threatens to either consume or destroy us both.
MOONLIT THORNS is a dark contemporary romance Beauty and the Beast retelling.
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