This Week’s Releases – June 24-30, 2024 - Love Bytes Reviews (2024)

Here are the new releases for the week.

Let us know if there’s something missing & we’ll add it to the list.

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TITLE: Fish & Chips

AUTHOR: Abigail Roux

SERIES: Cut & Run #3

PUBLISHER: Riptide Publishing

LENGTH: 335

RELEASE DATE: 6/24/2024

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Their romance is entering rough waters.

After almost dying on their hiking trip, Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett have a moratorium on the word vacation. This makes it hard to discuss their newest case: an undercover operation aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Their mission is to collect information by posing as Corbin and Del Porter, a pair of wealthy international smugglers who also happen to be happily married.

It takes less acting than either man expects, and not just because both smugglers are out and proud. Del is a coddled trophy husband with a penchant for short shorts, while Corbin is possessive and jealous, happiest with cards in one hand and an expensive drink in the other. As they settle into their roles, the lines around what’s pretend and what’s real begin to blur.

Even undercover, “Corbin” and “Del” have big problems. They have an enemy aboard the ship, though whether it’s their criminal connections, the authorities, or some mysterious third party isn’t clear. No one on this ship trusts anyone else, and if Ty and Zane can’t change that, they’re going to end up dead.

*This is a limited re-release of the original series, without changes. Some aspects of the story are now dated, and an updated version will be published at a later date.*

TITLE: The Boy Who Was Kissed

AUTHOR: T.J. Baer

PUBLISHER: The Wild Rose Press

LENGTH: 224

RELEASE DATE: 6/24/2024

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Sixteen-year-old Jasper Sinclair has one major regret. When his best friend Felix Morales kissed him in fifth grade, Jasper pushed him away and let Felix drift out of his life. Now, six years later, Jasper finally has the chance to make things right. But the sweet, dorky kid he remembers is now one of the sports gods of the school, with a girlfriend on his arm and a crowd of friends whose chief hobbies are soccer and hom*ophobia.

Reaching the boy he once knew won’t be easy, but with the help of the nicest guy he’s ever met, Jasper hatches a plan to remind Felix of everything they used to share. When Operation Felix goes a little too well, Jasper is faced with a choice—embrace the lost love he’s been pining for all these years, or explore the new love that’s been growing right under his nose.

TITLE: Love Notes

AUTHOR: Drew Duncan

SERIES: Serenade #2

PUBLISHER: Irish Ink Publishing

LENGTH: 150

RELEASE DATE: 6/24/2024

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The music industry hasn’t always been kind to Lennox Love. Spun into a web of lies and denial for the sake of his band, Lennox seeks comfort at the bottom of a bottle. Spiralling ever further out of control, he checks himself into rehab and turns his back on the toxic lifestyle that put him there.

Now, fifteen years sober, Lennox prepares to take the world by storm on tour. Healthy and true to himself, he’s ready to face the music, until ghosts of his past life come back to haunt him and threaten his very safety.

Enter Tom Thatcher – head of private security, tasked with one goal: keep Lennox safe. Tom’s never been the distracted type, but things get complicated when they realise they have more in common than they thought.

Thrust into a life on the road in close quarters, can Tom keep his mind on the job? Or will his growing attraction to Lennox prove just too risky when lives are on the line?

TITLE: Losing My Rejection

AUTHOR: Blake R. Wolfe

SERIES: Shifter Grove Rogue Wolves #2

PUBLISHER: UwU Publishing

LENGTH: 199

RELEASE DATE: 6/24/2024

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I’m not into men, but my new werewolf boss is growing on me in ways I can’t deny. Can I come to terms with my attraction and win him back after I rejected him?

Josh

As a new rogue werewolf, Shifter Grove is my only option for sanctuary. The moment I step inside that small town, a complete stranger calls me his mate. I’m not into men or weirdos, so I send him packing. I need to get my life back together and get out of this nowhere town. So when the hotel owner gets me a job at a local bakery, I accept without question.

As soon as I open the bakery door, I see him, the wolf whom I rejected. He’s the owner of the bakery and my new boss. I need the job, but I’m wary. However, as we start to bond over our love of food, a strange attraction begins to develop, leaving me utterly confused.

Andy

The moment I see him, I know he’s my mate. Tall, handsome, and an Alpha to boot. I can’t help the words that slip out of my mouth. It’s no surprise he rejects me on the spot, and I know I’ll never see him again.

But when that wolf turns out to be my new baker, I can hardly contain my excitement. The way he oozes passion when he talks about cooking has me hooked. Josh is everything I want in a mate. The only problem is he’s straight. But I can’t seem to give up on him, even though I know it’s hopeless.

TITLE: Cruising Right into Love

AUTHOR: JP Sayle

SERIES: Pride Cruise 2024

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 209

RELEASE DATE: 6/24/2024

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À new life brings hope. But will it also bring Victor pain – or the love he craves?

A chance meeting leads Victor Newton to the quiet town of Sweet Haven. Beaten and broken, he finds something totally unexpected. Friends who are more like family. A job he loves and a home of his own. But there’s a fly in the ointment. He’s crushing on someone who knows about Victor’s past. Someone already spoken for.

Paramedic Denton Colby meets Victor his first day in town under awful circ*mstances that leave a lasting impression. Denton feels protective towards the gorgeous blond, but as time passes and he watches Victor flourish, so do the feelings he’s kept hidden. Strong feelings he thinks would frighten Victor, who has no idea Denton is bisexual. Denton attempts to move on with his life, dating Nese.

But something isn’t working.

When Denton hears Victor is going on a gay pride cruise as part of a wedding party, he decides it’s time to take a chance, and joins the trip. Now all he needs is for Victor to open his eyes and see him as more than a friend.

TITLE: Fire And Moonlight

AUTHOR: CJ Ravenna

SERIES: The Lycanthrope Protection Agency #6

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 371

RELEASE DATE: 6/24/2024

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When childhood friends become enemies, can they find their way back to each other again?

When hunters slaughtered his family and the boy he loved betrayed him, Vicenzo “Vico” Salvatore lost everything. Years later, he is reunited with the boy he once loved—now a man—, and Vico finds himself with a pack never asked for, and haunted by memories of the love he shared with Eddie. All wolves need a pack to stay human and sane, and the more Vico distances himself, the more dangerous he becomes—to himself and others.

If Vico can’t let a new family into his heart, he will lose himself to the feral madness of his wolf forever.

Eddie Turner hasn’t known freedom ever since his cruel uncle forced him to become a hunter of his own kind. But that all changes when he’s rescued by the Lycanthrope Protection Agency. Reunited with the man he once called his fated mate, Eddie’s determined to soften Vico’s grumpy heart with smiles and patience.

One smoldering night is all it takes to turn them from enemies to something more, but just as the pair begin to dream of a future together, the past comes back to hunt them down. This time, Eddie and Vico must stand together as mates if they want to protect their found family once and for all.

TITLE: Sold Blood

AUTHOR: Ashlynn Mills

SERIES: Cartel Wars #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 250

RELEASE DATE: 6/24/2024

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Carlos

The past has a way of always following you and whenever he’s involved, I never mind. Isaiah has called on me for help before, but the new favor he asks of me is one I never expected to receive. His beloved husband has been taken and he needs help tracking him down. One good quality I’ve always had was the ability to find people. I should say no and turn my head. Except the word no was never in my vocabulary when it came to the man I’ve been secretly in love with for the last ten years.

Once my job is completed, will I be able to walk away this time?

Isaiah

As much as I’ve been looking for an excuse to call on my old friend, this wasn’t it. My life has had its ups and down but I’m finally at the point where I thought I had everything. Or at least, I did until the other piece of my heart was taken away from me and every good thing in my life was threatened. There’s only ever been one other person besides Joey I could always trust, and he’s never completely left my mind or heart all the years later.

As much as I hate putting another person I care about in harm’s way, I know he’s my only hope.

Joey

One minute I’m safe in the arms of the man I love, and the next I wake up in the back of a dark van half naked. Out of all the things I feared in the past, being sold to the highest bidder wasn’t one of them but here I am and I won’t make it to any auction without a fight. I never was one to need rescuing, but Isaiah was never one to leave me fighting alone either.

The man he sends is nothing I’ve expected him to be. What starts off as pretending for the sake of surviving, turns into something else. I’m not sure I can let him go once this is all over.

TITLE: Mending Spirits

AUTHOR: Donovan Snow

SERIES: The Bartender Mage #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 247

RELEASE DATE: 6/24/2024

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For Leif Becken, bartender and novice mage, the last six months have been beyond breathtaking. From discovering that he’s a spiritmancer with the unique ability to mix magical co*cktails, to falling in love with two amazing men, his biggest hardships seem to involve cleaning shifter fur off the couch and being spoiled with too many home-cooked meals. But now a fugitive from his boyfriends’ past has resurfaced, threatening to upheave this tranquility.

Before they’d met Leif, Detective Tucker Johnson and Agent Rahul Basu had once failed to apprehend a rogue geomancer, and the resulting fallout left Tucker in a state of depression, cost Rahul his job, and ended the pair’s relationship. They’ve since rebuilt their lives better than before, with Leif snuggled squarely in the middle, but that just means that they have more to lose if history repeats itself.

As his boyfriends steel themselves to track down the elusive geomancer, will a concerned Leif be able to keep them all safe, or will unearthed lies end up putting them six feet under?

TITLE: Grabbing My Slyce!

AUTHOR: Dann Hazel

SERIES: Some Like It Haute Gay Romance Series #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 499

RELEASE DATE: 6/24/2024

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How can you find your own slice of love when all the other business of life gets in your way?

Frank Slyce is an independent, well-educated and self-reliant gay man with a huge creative streak.

Now, at thirty-two, he feels thrown off-kilter by a career crisis and a proverbial “urge to merge.”

The career issue he can handle. But how does a man like Frank find love when he relates best to people older than he is?

Enter David Hawkins, a Unitarian minister who, while the same age as Frank, is an “old soul.” At first, they hit it off. But in their steamy pursuit of a relationship, they discover that they just don’t quite seem right as a couple.

Then, Frank seeks a business loan to open Slyce! Pies and Pasta. The hot, charming banker who approves the loan, Nicolas Beaumont, is eleven years older than Frank.

Both men feel the spark of attraction.

But something happens to make Nicolas retreat into silence at a time when Frank, for the first time in his life, feels head over heels in love.

TITLE: Hoodoo House

AUTHOR: Peter E. Fenton

SERIES: The Declan Hunt Mysteries #2

PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing

LENGTH: 253

RELEASE DATE: 6/25/2024

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How far would you be willing to go to keep a secret?

When writer Malcolm Tull is discovered dead at his writing desk, all signs point to suicide. But Malcolm’ s editor isn’ t so sure. There’ s the matter of the man’ s missing computer, a mislaid manuscript and the fact that he didn’ t seem the type to take his own life.

Declan Hunt and Charlie Watts are called into action and make their way to the mysterious Hoodoo House nestled on the edge of the Badlands of Alberta. Soon they are embroiled in a case involving blackmail, gay tricks and possibly even murder.

As the secrets of Hoodoo House come to light, Charlie discovers that his boss has been keeping a few secrets of his own, secrets that could impact their romantic relationship outside of the office. And before this investigation is done, Charlie will have to get to the truth, even if it means this might be his final case for Declan Hunt Investigations.

TITLE: Weaving the Dragon’s Heart

AUTHOR: Minerva Howe

SERIES: Heartstone Rescue #3

PUBLISHER: Turtlehat Creatives

LENGTH: 237

RELEASE DATE: 6/25/2024

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When dragon shifter Elowyn arrives at the keep in the Rocky Mountains, he’s just there to help out with a baby who needs a nanny. But what he gets are two very grumpy warrior dragons and a living situation that he’s not sure he can handle. He’s pretty certain he doesn’t want to, in fact.

Cerran and Triton saved their baby daughter Leilani from death at their old keep, and now they vow to keep her safe. Triton thinks that he must protect her from Elowyn. But once he gets to know Elowyn, Triton knows he’s made a mistake. With his shield mate Cerran’s help, the three of them come to understand, and love, each other, but can they navigate being three people in a new relationship and save their daughter again when their past catches up to them?

TITLE: Beyond the Bukubuk Tree

AUTHOR: Loretta Goldberg

PUBLISHER: MadeGlobal Publishing

LENGTH: 395

RELEASE DATE: 6/25/2024

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New Guinea, 1941. Heroism, sacrifice and ultimately, hope, transcend the terrifying war.

Two men preparing for war, both with secrets they are determined to keep. Jake Friedman, an idealistic young Jewish doctor from Melbourne, is haunted by the death of a colleague he thinks he caused. Alex Whipple, a Catholic known as Wip, is a soul-scarred veteran of the First World War. Wip is an enigma who fights bullies on behalf of their victims yet has a chequered past in the wild side of post-war Paris that he is determined to forget.

Both are posted to Lark Force, a lone and under-resourced battalion defending the port town of Rabaul. It’s not long before Jake and Wip feel a deep pull of attraction. When the Japanese invade Rabaul, their battalion is abandoned by its government. Improvising a desperate jungle retreat, fighting rain, insects, disease, and vengeful Japanese pursuers, Jake will face the ultimate trials of his courage as Wip struggles to find the will to live.

TITLE: Service Before Self

AUTHOR: J.L. Gribble

SERIES: Core Values Collection

PUBLISHER: Limani Press

LENGTH: 264

RELEASE DATE: 6/25/2024

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The biggest threat to their love story isn’t just military regulations. It’s their own history.

As Alex counts down the days to a massive promotion, he hopes it will allow him to improve the life he shares with his sister and finally make up for her sacrifices during his childhood. The two of them have lost enough to know they are the only family they need.

Falling for an officer might screw up all his carefully laid plans.

A year after leaving his ex, Finn still struggles to live life on his terms. One unexpected hookup changes everything. Seeing the sergeant in uniform the morning after should have been the end of it, but their tentative friendship soon turns into something more.

That Alex sees the best in everything may be a feature, not a bug, but Finn has been burned by military relationships before. When Finn’s ex-husband discovers their connection and threatens their future together, they’re forced to decide whether their growing bond is worth upending the lives they’ve worked so hard to build.

Alex already has one foot out the door, and Finn is trapped by his past.

They’ll have to challenge family, uncertainty, and the U.S. Air Force to make this work.

TITLE: One Step Sideways

AUTHOR: Victoria Sue

SERIES: Enhanced World Security #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 266

RELEASE DATE: 6/25/2024

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“The difference between a hero and an ordinary man is One Step Sideways”

When he was sixteen, Kane Diaz went to prison for assaulting the father who had abused him since he was small.

Nobody in the system took notice of the hundreds of scars on his body, simply the one on his face that marked him as an enhanced.

Seventeen years later on the day Kane gets released, Diesel Rawlings, head of Rawlings Security, meets him at the prison gates and offers him a job.

Danny Sullivan served with Rawlings as a medic. After being captured and tortured in a desert hell-hole, his current battles are fought behind a keyboard with only Sadie, his service dog, for company.

Danny doesn’t do well with change. Being asked to babysit an ex-con who apparently tried to kill his own father because the man tried to stop his son bullying a family dog?

Not this ranger.

Except Kane isn’t all he seems. Danny comes to realize that not only is this gruff man hiding a past worse than his own, but to understand that the greatest battle he must face is fighting his growing feelings for Kane.

Then enhanced teenagers start disappearing.

To save other boys from going through his same nightmare, Kane might have to face his own demons and go back inside the maximum-security prison he was just freed from.

And turn his back on his growing feelings for Danny.

Which means Danny also has a choice.

Does he join Kane undercover and risk his life?

Or does he stay in the shadows and risk his heart?

TITLE: Dead Fun

AUTHOR: Pandora Pine

SERIES: Cold Case Psychic #27

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 168

RELEASE DATE: 6/25/2024

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Come one, come all to Fun-A-Rama, where all your screams come true…

Ride the teacups. Reach new heights on the Ferris Wheel. Survive the Viper.

If you dare.

What could be more fun than a day at an amusem*nt park filled with rides, games, and all the junk food you can eat? Ronan O’Mara can’t wait to tame the Viper, the parks double loop rollercoaster just like he did when he was a kid.

Psychic Tennyson Grimm has more in mind that surviving the Viper. His brother is in town and he’s looking forward to catching up and spending time getting to know him—while the kids hang out in the pool and have sleepovers at a different house every night.

Content to tackle the tamer rides, Ten ushers his family onto the Ferris Wheel. While stopped at the top, Tennyson’s day of fun is interrupted by a spirit and the vision of a deadly fall from the pinnacle. A fall which was ruled a suicide, but is starting to look an awful lot like murder. The spirit belongs to Kotter Brighthouse, the former owner of Fun-A-Rama, who’d been embroiled in a million-dollar embezzlement scheme prior to his untimely death.

Who killed Kotter Brighthouse? Why? Where’s the missing money? More importantly are there more victims to come?

TITLE: Unlocked Hearts

AUTHOR: CC Bridges

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 152

RELEASE DATE: 6/25/2024

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Riley didn’t mean to kiss his best friend. He knows Luke is straight. That one impulsive action might have ruined not only their friendship, but their popular podcast.

Luke can’t stop thinking about that kiss. He’s supposed to be focusing on the Escape Room weekend experience for their podcast. But he can’t keep his mind on work when he’s trying to solve the puzzle of his own sexuality.

With a ticking clock and a sexy escape room host thrown into the mix, Luke needs to figure out his feelings fast, or risk losing Riley to someone else.

Hearts race faster than escape room timers in this bisexual awakening friends-to-more romance.

TITLE: Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court

AUTHOR: K.A. Merikan

SERIES: Dark Companions #1

PUBLISHER: Acerbi & Villani Ltd.

LENGTH: 401

RELEASE DATE: 6/26/2024

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“I am yours, and I can be your prince as well as your beast.”

Luke

I’m your typical small-town loser stuck in a dead-end job. Single, because dating is for well-adjusted human beings, not traumatized gay boys with trust issues. All I want is to leave my past behind and finally start living.

My wish comes true in the most bizarre way imaginable. One evening, a beautiful man with pointy ears and flowing dark locks appears out of nowhere. He proclaims I am to be his ‘Dark Companion’ based on some stupid deal I made in a dream. Oh, and apparently he’s an elven prince, the Lord of Shadows, Protector of the Nightmare Realm and Knight of Grief Ocean.

Which is a weird way to ask me out, but okay.

It’s a hard no from me, but this absolute psycho abducts me to his palace in a moonlit realm populated by vicious beasts and backstabbing courtiers.

If I am to ever get back home, I need to adapt, because our full moon wedding is approaching fast. I can’t allow myself to buy into his seductive kisses, poet shirts made of spider silk and bouquets of sapphire roses. They hide poison and deception. A gilded cage is still a prison.

But…

What if I just never realized that what I need is a man with a cruel smile and a sword dipped in midnight? A man with secrets, and scars, and smoky eyes, and a past filled with darkness, and… have I mentioned he has a big d—

TITLE: Even Strength

AUTHORS: Cari Z & Ann Gallagher

SERIES: Games We Play

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 272

RELEASE DATE: 6/26/2024

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Marek Stetina is so close to getting called up to majors, he can taste it. Maybe he wasn’t a number one draft pick like his brother, and maybe he’ll never be a Hall of Famer like his father, but he’s almost made it.

Right up until a serious injury puts his hockey dreams—major league or otherwise—on ice.

Up-and-coming MMA star Carson Wrede’s career—hell, his entire life—has been off the rails ever since a mishap during a fight put him in the hospital. Now he’s trying to find his balance again, both literally and figuratively. With each passing day, his chances of returning to the cage grow slimmer… as do his chances of paying that growing pile of medical bills.

Maybe a TBI support group isn’t the most romantic place to meet someone, but Marek and Carson can’t complain. While their worlds seem to be crumbling around them, they lean on each other through endless setbacks and frustration.

But is this just two guys helping each other through a tough time? Or is the connection between them real, honest love?

And is that love enough to see them through some unavoidable decisions about the careers they once lived for?

TITLE: Seafoam and Salt Water Taffy

AUTHOR: Layla Dorine

SERIES: Pride Cruise 2024

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 219

RELEASE DATE: 6/26/2024

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Is five months into a relationship too soon to take his boy and his pup on a kink cruise to the Caribbean?

Maybe.

Only Duncan couldn’t resist proposing it to them and letting them decide. The pair have been together for almost a decade and friends for even longer. The bond between them is strong and unshakeable and yet they’ve always longed for a Daddy to come along and love them as fiercely as they love one another. As far as Duncan is concerned, that is the very definition of what he has to offer them.

Ember: lively, little, and completely non-verbal, he was born without the ability to speak, but that doesn’t mean he holds back when he’s passionate about something. Using sign language and a text to speech device, he helps ease the fears of those who visit the reptile and amphibian sanctuary he works at and educate them on the misunderstood animals.

Rusty: fierce yet vulnerable, trapped in a job he hates, he wars with himself about the things he wants versus expectations. He longs to spend his days creating the things he envisions, not doors and window frames, but with no clear path towards making that happen, he’s been spinning his wheels in a place that’s sent his mental health spiraling.

The cruise seems the perfect way to spend his hard-earned vacation days, and if he should happen to find some of the answers he’s been searching for on the high seas with his Daddy and their boy, then that’s the shimmer on the lollipop.

The big, purple, phallic shaped lollipop they intend to use to enhance their fun.

TITLE: Controlled Burn

AUTHOR: Jacki James

SERIES: Station 69 #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 407

RELEASE DATE: 6/26/2024

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My father’s best friend is totally off limits. Too bad the sexy firefighter is everything I ever wanted in a Daddy.

My friends and I get together once a month to drink wine and talk about our newest, hottest book boyfriends. And if it’s up to me to pick the book, that boyfriend will be a Daddy every single time.

But book boyfriends are safe, and I’m way too cautious to find a real-life Daddy. Besides, why would a strong, confident man like that want a geeky librarian like me?

Enter Keith, my father’s best friend, who happens to be a super hot firefighter from Station 69. The same station my dad works at.

My father won’t like it. And unlike all those Daddies I read about, Keith is a real man who rushes into fires and risks injury. It’s stressful enough to make me wonder if I should just stick with my book boyfriends.

But book boyfriends can’t make you hot cocoa, give you forehead kisses, or keep you warm at night. For those things, only Daddy Keith will do.

Can I handle a firefighter Daddy, or will I get burned?

TITLE: Primal Call

AUTHOR: Leo Rivers

SERIES: Warlords of Vasz #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 174

RELEASE DATE: 6/26/2024

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Jasper

As a medic, my life’s goal is to help people. But when I’m torn from the front lines by slavers and auctioned off, my purpose is shattered.

Then a Borraq warrior steps in. Kyral buys me. He says he needs someone to tend to his old war wounds.

Kyral’s rough exterior hides a wounded heart that draws me in. As I heal him, his gaze lingers on me, igniting an unexpected attraction.

I don’t know what I wany any more — my freedom, or to stay with him.

Kyral

I tell myself it’s practical — buying the human medic at auction to tend to my wounds. But Jasper unsettles me.

He sees through my tough facade, igniting a flame I thought was snuffed out long ago.

As he tends to me, I’m drawn to his warmth, his kindness.

I’m a lone wolf, hardened by war.

Can I protect Jasper from the darkness that haunts me?

TITLE: Dateless

AUTHOR: Willow Thomas

SERIES: Squad Goals #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 107

RELEASE DATE: 6/26/2024

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The Cheerleader and The Frat Boy

Luke

On paper, I have everything going for me.

I am a flier on the FVU cheerleading team. I’m getting a degree so I can become a kindergarten teacher. I have amazing friends and the best brothers.

Yet, with men, I am totally inexperienced.

Kisses…yes. Anything else…nope.

A stupid incident lands me in hot water with the president of the Kappa Frat house. Corey Howe is rightly feared across campus. Students and staff members have been expelled for crossing him. He gives me an ultimatum; do whatever he says, or he goes to the Dean and I lose my scholarship.

It’s hardly surprising what I choose.

Spending so much time with a guy who shows his disdain for me should be a nightmare, but the glimpses I see of the person behind the facade draw me in.

I’m in serious trouble…and I think I like it.

Corey

I may have a trust fund, but I hate entitlement.

When I became the president of the Kappa, I swore I would turn it from being an old boy’s club, to a frat where anyone can thrive.

It’s given me a reputation for being an asshole, which I wear like a suit of armor. People don’t bother you if they think you’re going to ruin them.

Luke Green didn’t get the memo.

Instead of ratting him out, I choose an unorthodox approach. Yet despite every chore and task I throw at him, Luke never loses his smile. He does everything with so much enthusiasm I want to throw him over my shoulder and see if he gives the same amount of energy in my bed.

That’s never going to happen…

…until it does.

TITLE: 68 Whiskey

AUTHOR: Erin Russell

SERIES: Possum Hollow #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 334

RELEASE DATE: 6/26/2024

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FORD

People in this town avoid me. Which is exactly how I like it.

In my experience, people bring nothing but problems. It was just me and my dad since I was eight years old, and now that he’s gone, I’m doing fine on my own. My muteness, the fact that I look like a pro wrestler with an attitude problem, and the scars on my face that the town has gossiped about for twenty years all do wonders to discourage anyone from trying to get close.

Until Tristan. He’s a friend of an acquaintance… barely. But still, he has no problem smashing into my life like the Kool-Aid man and deciding to set up camp.

For no reason other than sheer willful brattiness.

It’s been a long time since I’ve interacted with anyone outside of work. And here’s this gorgeous, incredibly frustrating man who keeps following me around. It’s impossible to tell if he’s flirting with me, befriending me or setting me up for some sort of long-con practical joke.

I don’t even know which one of those options I want to be true. All I know is that the more Tristan hangs around, the more he sucks me into his chaos, and the more difficult I find it to go back to my normal, quiet life. Even when things start to get dangerous.

TRISTAN

I’ve run away from a lot of places in my life. Possum Hollow may have started out as another attempt to avoid my problems, but I’ve kind of fallen in love with the place. I’m not getting any younger, and one day I would actually like to have a life. Maybe. When the concept of that seems less daunting.

It’s kind of depressing being in your thirties and realizing your entire personality boils down to a lot of interesting anecdotes about the stuff you’ve done.

When I meet Ford, something about him just… clicks. I have no idea why. He’s big and mean and clearly hates me, but something in my brain lights up and decides that he is exactly what I’ve been missing in my life. I’ll turn everything upside down to get to know him better.

I don’t know how I want him to fit into my life, or why. I just know that I do. And I know that he’s going to keep objecting, but if ten years in the military taught me anything, it’s patience.

The only problem is that when I get excited about something, I tend to get a little carried away. And my desperate need to capture Ford’s attention drags us into the seedier side of Possum Hollow. One that I didn’t even know existed.

I want to impress Ford with my eclectic skills, without letting him know about the shady and slightly depressing childhood that spawned them. Instead, I crash-land us right into the middle of the criminal underbelly of the town that was supposed to be my escape from all of that.

TITLE: Fallen Stars

AUTHOR: Persephone Autumn

SERIES: Stone Bay Series #3

PUBLISHER: Between Words Publishing

LENGTH: 361

RELEASE DATE: 6/27/2024

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From the start, all I wanted was you. From the start, little did I know, you wanted me too.

An underlying current has always existed between us. An undeniable bond that keeps me tethered to my best friend. My person.

The man I have loved in secret for years.

I’ve wanted to tell him how I feel. Countless times, I’ve considered crossing the line but have resisted.

I’d rather love him in secret than lose him forever.

Over the years, we’ve avoided relationship conversations. Kept our rendezvous to ourselves.

But now, the subject is inescapable.

As his family pressures him to find a suitable match, he concocts a plan to appease them. Fake date the wealthy woman his parents set him up with… who happens to be in love with someone else.

When he relays the news, my hurt is written all over my face. Over and over, he promises me it’s not real.

Regardless, seeing them together twists my insides.

…until he pins me against my car and shows me where his heart truly lies.

As our love story begins, one test after another is thrown at us. As we fall deeper in love, our world becomes a living, breathing nightmare.

TITLE: Salacious Park Avenue Prince

AUTHORS: Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine

SERIES: Park Avenue Princes #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 360

RELEASE DATE: 6/27/2024

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Who are we? Like you even need to ask. We’re the seven richer-than-sin legacies causing debauchery at the prestigious Astor University in Manhattan.

Some call us spoiled.

Some call us trouble.

But everyone calls us the Park Avenue Princes.

Travis McKinney

“The Outrageous One”

Or, as some of my fellow Park Avenue Princes like to call me, the Manwhor* of Manhattan.

Act like a sex god, dress like a sex god, be a sex god. In my opinion, these are fantastic life goals. I have no idea why my parents think I have no direction.

I’m the fun one. Easygoing. A massive flirt. I get along with just about everyone, except…

Caleb Reeves.

Also known as “the Bane of My Existence”

He’s everything I’m not: Focused, effortlessly sexy but straight, and an ex-Park Avenue Prince. Or the “Pricks,” as he likes to call us now.

Our rivalry is legendary. Putting us within a hundred feet of each other is just asking for trouble. But no one other than the two of us knows why or how it began, and we plan to keep it that way.

The unspoken agreement is that Caleb keeps to his side of the city, I keep to mine, and we avoid each other at all costs.

Which would be great, except we have to see each once a month at family dinner.

Because Caleb isn’t only my arch-nemesis, he also happens to be…my stepbrother.

TITLE: Chasing Howe

AUTHOR: J.F. Miev

SERIES: Forging the Stars #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 369

RELEASE DATE: 6/27/2024

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Aiden had everything—his dream career, a comfortable life and a fiancée he loved. But when she is murdered during a business trip to Mars, his perfect world shatters.

An investigation and a trial soon follow, and the space smuggler, Darren Howe, is quickly convicted. However, when no motive is supplied and Howe is given a life sentence instead of the death penalty, things don’t add up. No matter how hard Aiden tries, the authorities refuse to explain their decision, leaving him with no choice but to seek the answers elsewhere.

Two years later, Aiden secures a job as the warden at Jupiter’s Horizons Space Prison. The plan is simple—find out the truth and kill Howe. But things get complicated when he approaches the charismatic man who awakens in him urges he hasn’t felt in years.

The truths Aiden uncovers as he fights the attraction between them will reveal secrets he might not be ready for and make him question everything he knows about the life he’s lived so far.

TITLE: Finally Free

AUTHOR: Jaiyde Thomas

SERIES: All Access #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 302

RELEASE DATE: 6/27/2024

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Chase

I’ve lived a sheltered life. Orphaned and disabled, I was raised by my controlling, bigoted aunt, and I’m still fighting for my individuality and independence years later.

Determined to live the life I deserve, I visit the popular gay bar, The Ranger, where I encounter a world I’ve seen only in books and p*rn. Fearful of being overlooked or rejected by Dominants, I’m shaking when displayed as a submissive in a line full of confident prospects.

Until he saves me.

His touch screams promise…and danger, and against my better judgment, I want to trust him. Dennis makes me feel safe and alive, but those who know him warn me to stay away. How can someone this good for me be so bad?

Dennis

My sister and best friend would say I’m obsessive and a bit disturbed. I’m starting to believe them…

My relationships are anything but vanilla, and my need to be with Colin, my forbidden fruit, has brought me nothing except drunken nights and bad decisions.

The Ranger has become my haven, yet it doubles as a prison. I’m a Dominant, but the lineup of subs does nothing to distract me from my depression. Until my firm and affectionate caress stills a trembling Chase, the sub who craves freedom.

And I’m the savior who can give it to him.

But how can I free Chase when I’m still bound by my own trauma and regret?

And I’m still hung up on Colin, who belongs to someone else.

Winning the war against myself requires something more, but can I find it before it’s too late?

TITLE: Iguana You To Want Me

AUTHOR: Meredith Spies

SERIES: Friends of Gaynor Beach Animal Rescue

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 220

RELEASE DATE: 6/27/2024

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ic Koudelka has a problem saying the word ‘no.’

Need three dozen cookies baked for a seven a.m. class party? He’s your guy.

Dog walker quit at the last minute? He’ll wrangle your four rambunctious Golden Retrievers without complaint.

As the nanny for two high-energy kids, a volunteer at the shelter, and a skateboard instructor his days are filled juggling it all. Yet when he adopted a three-legged iguana named Gojira, his focus shifted. Now he’s determined to orchestrate a fundraiser to help the hard-to-place animals in the Gaynor Beach Animal Shelter.

Local librarian, Percy Reyes, thinks Vic is too much. Too eager. Too friendly. Too overextended. He does his best to ignore Vic and his young charges whenever they come into the library… until Vic gives him that wide, dimpled smile and Percy begins to rethink his no hookups with library patrons policy.

Percy only has himself, and his growing attraction to Vic, to blame when he agrees to help Vic with the fundraiser. Can the pair keep things strictly business? Or will Vic’s exuberant passion for life prove even more impressive in the bedroom?

TITLE: Hot Receiver

AUTHOR: Brooklyn Cate

SERIES: Brooklyn Cate #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 274

RELEASE DATE: 6/27/2024

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My first love is now my sworn enemy, and I’m about to become his new boss.

I’ll never forget the last football game of my career.

Instead of getting offers from NFL scouts, my dreams were crushed, along with my leg.

All because of one man.

A man I now hate.

He betrayed me. Broke my heart. Shattered my life.

Now I finally have the chance to destroy his.

It won’t be quick and painless.

As the new owner of the Cincinnati Crusaders, I will make him suffer every minute of every day, waiting and wondering how it will all crumble.

Matt Harrison may be even more gorgeous than I remember but even his all-American looks and seductive charm can’t hide the real man inside, the one who bullied me out of an NFL career and stole it right out from under me.

Every time we’re thrown together, the anger and rage forces me to do things to him…things that make me feel like I’m taking back some of the control I lost years ago.

There’s a fine line between love and hate, and it blurs more and more with each day that passes.

But Matt has a secret…and it’s big enough to flip my world upside down.

And I don’t know we can survive the truth.

TITLE: The Fae Menagerie

AUTHOR: Edie Montreux

SERIES: Fortune Favors the Fae

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 243

RELEASE DATE: 6/27/2024

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“You will remain here until you learn what love is.”

Trapped in the light court’s prison, Doyle will never know the meaning of love. When luck summons him to the human realm to “take care of” Parker, he grasps at the possibility to finally escape.

This isn’t the first attempt on Parker’s life, but it’s the most creative. His ex tried to summon a demon and landed a fae prince instead. Too bad the prince is trapped in a glass cage for eternity. When Doyle drags Parker to prison with him, the death threats don’t stop with the location change. Now everyone in the fae realm wants Parker dead, too!

Parker’s not into Doyle, or anyone for that matter. The coin must have been unlucky-side-up when it paired them together. Still, Doyle is desperate to honor his promise to take care of Parker. Only true love will free them both from the fae menagerie.

TITLE: Sweetheart

AUTHOR: Athena Steller

SERIES: Unlocked Mates #8

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 225

RELEASE DATE: 6/27/2024

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Levi

He left behind his clutch, his parents, and siblings for the chance of finding his mate. The person who was meant to be just for him. The perfect match promised by the fates for the chosen ones.

Finding his mate nearly brought Levi to his knees with happiness. Mason, a park ranger, was everything he could have ever wanted as a partner. As his boy. Except Levi wasn’t used to talking to people, especially humans like Mason. What started as an attempt to connect through a dating app had led to Mason turning Levi away. Struggling, Levi tries to forget his dreams and leave Mason in peace but the fates have other ideas.

Mason

Running and hiding were two things Mason knows how to do well. He’d been born to a monster that had taught Mason and his twin to hunt and destroy those in the paranormal world, but Mason figured out the human that raised him was the real monster and he’d wanted no part of killing anyone.

He’d found a home, a job, friends but he was still missing the connection that he craved. Mason had thought he’d met the man of his dreams through a dating app, but the man refused to meet him. After a night of too much alcohol and loneliness, Mason made a huge mistake. He had to put that man out of his mind though. His survival depended on Mason keeping himself safe. Out of the hands of his father.

Mason believed he’d gotten away but when the past comes for him, he has to turn to the men that live five miles from the state park and might have their own secrets. One of the men that Mason can’t stop thinking about…until he realizes he knows that firm strong chest.

Fate doesn’t like to be ignored. Levi and Mason are about to learn that no matter how many obstacles are in their path, what is meant to be will be. Danger is around the corner and only the strong will survive.

TITLE: Fox of Fox Hall

AUTHOR: R. Cooper

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 241

RELEASE DATE: 6/27/2024

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Throughout the kingdom of Kaska and into the countries beyond, they gossip about the scandalous Fox, the beautiful commoner who went from singing in taverns to being court musician and the king’s lover. But the king has grown distant and now seeks a proper consort, leaving Fox shut out of the king’s bedroom and uncertain of his place at court. His worries are compounded by the crowded accommodations during the King’s Tournament, as even nobles fight for space within the castle. Fox might have nowhere to go.

Then legendary knight Byr Conall, the famed Dragonslayer, steps in to offer Fox a place to stay among the knights competing in the tournament. Conall is the one person at court not intimidated by the king, and therefore the one person Fox has avoided so as not to incur the king’s wrath. At least, that’s one reason. The other is that something about the thoughtful, crafty mountain of a man makes Fox feel less like the glamorous, clever figure known far and wide as the King’s Fox and more like the jittery, uncertain youth Fox was when he first arrived at court.

Conall almost makes Fox believe in the romantic songs he sings to entertain others. But nobles do not marry commoners, and even if they did, Fox can’t believe that an actual hero like Conall would choose a jumped-up street musician only lately out of the king’s bed. It might take winning a tournament, defying the king, and shocking the court, but Conall is out to convince Fox that Fox doesn’t just deserve his heart, but also a home.

TITLE: Twisted PRIDE

AUTHOR: Various

SERIES: Twisted Tales Anthology Series

PUBLISHER: Red Hot Romance

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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There’s more than one kind of happily ever after…

Once upon a time, the prince realized he didn’t want the princess. He wanted his own Prince Charming.

From princes falling in love to the Snow Queen’s heart finally melting for her princess, in these six smoking hot tales, happily ever after comes in every color of the rainbow.

Authors include TL Travis, R.A. Frick, J.M. Dabney, P.D. Carter, Jamie Luther & Ali Williams

TITLE: Level Up

AUTHOR: Max Walker

SERIES: Franklin U 2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 276

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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Joey ‘Jay’ Cruz

Moving to San Luco wasn’t my choice. I was kicked out of my old school because of a protest I organized that went south. Now, I was attending Franklin University with only a semester left until graduation and not knowing a single soul.

Until I meet Ryan Redpine at a frat party. He’s handsome, muscular, has a great smile, and I quickly find out he’s the son of a CEO hell-bent on destroying the environment.

I push Ryan out of my mind, deciding to keep my sanity and morals intact.

But fate had other plans. When Ryan ended up as my surprise dorm mate, avoiding him became impossible. And so was avoiding the feelings that started to develop… Maybe getting expelled wasn’t the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. Maybe it was actually the best?

Ryan Redpine

Jay entered my life like a lightning bolt.

I’d never met someone I was so attracted to, and someone who clearly didn’t want me. The moment he learned about my dad, he shut me out. Then I get reassigned to his dorm. Cue complications, especially when his bed breaks and we’re forced to share.

Things quickly heat up, but Jay’s adamant about keeping us under wraps. He’s planning this big protest at the beach for an oil drilling project and doesn’t want my family name tied to it.

So how do I tell Jay my dad is one of the backers? And how do I make sure I don’t lose him in the process?

TITLE: Creek

AUTHORS: Nora Phoenix & E.M. Lindsey

SERIES: Honorably Discharged #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 313

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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Accepting my career in the Army is over after losing my leg is hard.

But the obnoxious, good looking, glass-half-full surfer in my physical therapy sessions is worse.

And god help him if he doesn’t stop trying to give me advice.

Living in a home with three of my closest veteran buddies is a challenge as we all have our crosses to bear and wounds to heal from, but mine only seem to be getting deeper with every step forward I take. I already have to adjust to a new life as a civilian. I don’t need a sexuality crisis to go with it.

But Heath is making me question everything I thought I knew about myself. And while that should terrify me, somehow, he’s helping me feel braver than I ever have before.

TITLE: It Happened One Adventure

AUTHOR: Edward Anderson

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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Clark is called into a lawyer’s office after his aunt passes away. He learns that he is set to inherit her entire fortune but he must be married and retrieve a family heirloom from another dimension. To complicate matters, he is going to be chased by an inter-dimensional assassin. Things go from complicated to twisted when he finds himself attracted to a writer who was hired to help him find the heirloom… And the assassin.

TITLE: Dearly & Threatening Thane

AUTHOR: L.A. Kaye

SERIES: Dearly and The Departed #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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When the family business is death, how does one handle a dark spirit set on annihilating those who stand in his way of misguided love?

Keir Dearly, the owner and sole proprietor of Dearly & Son Funeral Home, has married the love of his life and is ready for the next step—a family, or the idea of one. With the impending battle for the Human Realm, is it fair to bring a child into such danger?

Dashiell Clegg-Dearly plans the honeymoon that was postponed after his and Keir’s New Year’s Eve wedding. While basking in the sunshine of the Mexican Riviera, an annoying man inserts himself into Dash and Keir’s good time, turning up when they least expect him. Dash can’t get a good read on the man, seeing his aura flash from dark to light, which is confusing and frustrating for the ever-evolving Key.

Thane Nyxon has been told he could be the driving force for domination of the Human Realm and sent to pave the way for the Goddess of Darkness, Nyx, to begin her reign over humans before taking on Lucifer in a battle for the soul of humankind. Sadly, Thane hasn’t been given all the details about what he’ll be up against in his quest to separate the Gatekeeper and the Key.

Will Keir and Dash accept the heartfelt offers to assist them in pursuing a family? Can Dash discover who sent Thane and learn to battle the forces that have targeted him and his husband? Can Keir learn to accept additional help at Dearly & Son in preparation for family time?

As the fight for control of the Human Realm begins, Dash learns some disturbing information. Will it influence the way he fights the forces of evil to save his soulmate?

TITLE: Saving Little Clark

AUTHOR: Ruby Keller

SERIES: Brave Daddies #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 289

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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Have you ever been rescued by a Daddy who looks like he walked out of a romcom dream? Between a man who isn’t a Daddy yet, and a best friend who’s as subtle as a glitter bomb, I’m in for a wild ride.

But when my dark past returns to haunt me, can Daddy’s love be enough?

It all started with my friend dragging me to a costume day at a park designed for Littles. Think playland, but with way more adult-sized footsie pajamas and way fewer judgmental looks. Enter Brody, the guy with a smile that could melt the Arctic, and Will, his sidekick who seems to have Alex’s sassy number. Sparks fly, banter ensues, and, naturally, a treasure hunt leaves me lost and questioning every life choice that led me to this moment.

But Brody isn’t a Daddy. Or is he?

Fast forward to us getting hired at a company co-owned by none other than Brody and Will. Coincidence? I think not. Suddenly, I’m trying to juggle designing logos while dodging googly eyes and inappropriate workplace daydreams. Professionalism? Never heard of her.

Brody and I are zooming from zero to sixty in the romance department, with video calls that would make your grandma blush. Meanwhile, Alex and Will are turning the office into their own personal romcom set, complete with flirty zingers and an almost alarming amount of cute.

But I try, and often fail, to keep my Little side under wraps while Brody’s piercing gaze sees right through me.

Just when I think things couldn’t get any more complicated, my past comes knocking, with a mysterious letter seeking revenge. Will this be the straw that breaks this Little’s back? Will I finally muster the courage to reveal my full Little self to Brody?

Seriously, you won’t want to miss this. And if you do, well, let’s just say Alex has a few choice words for you.

TITLE: Murder, Mischief, And Mayhem

AUTHOR: Dora Esquivel

SERIES: Pride Cruise 2024

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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Embark on a whirlwind journey of romance, mystery, and danger aboard the “Murder, Mischief, And Mayhem” cruise liner. When a tech billionaire is found dead, retired cop Xavier Mireales, now the ship’s security officer, teams up with the enigmatic security manager Jaxon Mistaloga to solve the case. But as they navigate the murky waters of deception and deceit, they find themselves drawn to each other in a whirlwind of dark humor and sizzling tension.

With the captain desperate to maintain order and the elusive owner, Javan Ione, pulling the strings behind the scenes, Xavier and Jaxon must unravel a deadly game of cat and mouse. As they delve deeper into the twisted minds of the passengers, they uncover shocking secrets and unexpected twists that threaten to tear them apart.

Caught in a web of lies and betrayal, Xavier and Jaxon must confront their own demons while racing against time to catch a savvy and lethal killer. But when a shocking plot twist threatens to upend everything they thought they knew, they realize that the only thing they can trust is the undeniable connection between them. Will they solve the mystery before it’s too late, or will they become the next victims in this deadly game of murder and mischief?

TITLE: The Apprentice

AUTHOR: M.D. Gregory

SERIES: The Killough Company #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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Fionn Killough is a company man in both blood and loyalty. Sloan is the only father figure that Fionn has had and he would do anything for him. But when Fionn is assigned to sniff out a rat, he hesitates for one reason: Daire Reardon.

TITLE: Pippin & Nacho

AUTHOR: Courtney W. Dixon

SERIES: Alpha’s Rejects #2

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 308

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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He was my very survival. Without him, I was nothing.

Pippin (Sampson)

I’m broken, hiding my pain behind fake smiles and pretend joy. Inside, I’m a mental mess between being tossed into conversion therapy and foster care as a kid. I struggle to focus and suffer anxiety, panic attacks, and nightmares. My passions for skateboarding and bartending make me happy enough. But only Nate, my former foster brother and best friend, calms me and keeps me going forward. I’m not sure what I would do without him. Even worse, I secretly love him. Loving him could mean losing him.

Nacho (Nate)

I’d been in and out of foster care for as long as I could remember. My last home was with Sam. We quickly became friends, and I instantly went into protective mode. After Sam got hurt by our foster father, I took Sam out of there and watched over him for two years while living on the streets. When you spend a lifetime not being wanted by anyone, you crave being needed, and Sam needs me. But I secretly love him. I’ve told my friends I don’t want to ruin my friendship with Sam. The truth is if we don’t work out, I won’t be there to take care of him. Sam’s needs are more important than my feelings.

TITLE: Tracker’s Heart

AUTHOR: Maggie Hemlock

SERIES: Hemlock Wolf Pack: Life in the Happily Ever After #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 53

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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True-mates, Jessie and Logan, take a trip to Hemlock Mountain to see their eldest child inducted into the trackers of the Hemlock Wolf Pack. They’ve never been prouder. The wheel of life is turning, and their first-born child has finally found her path in life, but they are far from finished with their parenting adventures.

TITLE: Wild Born

AUTHOR: Maggie Hemlock

SERIES: Hemlock Wolf Pack: Life in the Happily Ever After #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 39

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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True-mates, Lee and Bane Hemlock-Knight, had a bumpy start to their relationship in Healer’s Oath. It took a trip to the Other World to make things right. The mates have celebrated the anniversary of the trip each and every year. This year on ‘Wolf Day,’ a discovery in the woods changes the course of their celebrations.

TITLE: Still Singing To My Heart

AUTHOR: Maggie Hemlock

SERIES: Hemlock Wolf Pack: Life in the Happily Ever After #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 40

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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In this slice of life story, Jonah and Blake Knight-Darnell, the true-mates from Omega’s Homecoming, take a trip to visit their eldest son and contemplate where they might call home in the next chapter of their lives. All they know for sure is wherever they go, they go together.

TITLE: Apollo’s Courtesan

AUTHOR: Amanda Meuwissen

SERIES: Lovers of the Gods

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 93

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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COURTED BY THE DIVINE

Dax was always second best among the acolytes of Aphrodite, destined to remain in the shadow of his friend and rival, Aikos, when the time came for them to ascend as courtesans. But while Aikos sought freedom to serve many and no one through his favored tenet of their goddess—desire—Dax seeks another domain.

Love.

The god Apollo is broken and lonely after countless loses of mortal lovers, thinking his heart beyond repair. Or he did, until Aikos led him to a prophecy of a possibly mended future.

Where Aikos indulged in divine desires, Dax and Apollo choose courtship. Can they beat the odds against them of attaining love between mortal and god, or will the pasts that haunt them define their forever after?

TITLE: Stone Temptation

AUTHOR: Richard Amos

SERIES: Gargoyle Marked #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 301

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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Bartender. Reluctant thief. Potentially doomed.

Over the past three years, I’ve been trying to save my brother from a monster’s terrible curse. Stealing potential magical solutions, searching for a cure, desperate to get him back.

But I’m failing, life constantly getting in the way.

Damn.

And then my world is turned upside down in one eventful weekend.

I never expected the gargoyle’s mark…

After being forced to steal a strange ring by one gargoyle, I find myself marked by another.

Asher…

He becomes my bodyguard, duty-bound to be by my side.

Gargoyles never mark humans to offer their exclusive protection anymore. There’s no need. Their magical system keeps us all safe from the monsters plaguing our world.

Which means there is a different kind of nasty lurking in the shadows, waiting to take me down.

Why me?

As I search for answers, I find myself enraptured by Asher. He is a walking temptation, beyond delicious, setting my pulse on fire. But I must resist him, despite this instant attraction.

Easier said than done. And his constant proximity isn’t helping at all.

I really don’t need any more complications in my life!

But Asher would be the sweetest complication…

TITLE: Reaching Roland

AUTHOR: Sammi Cee

SERIES: Honey-Do Daddies #1

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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Roland

Kenny’s outgoing and fun, and he makes me want to do more than my normal rinse, repeat.

I know Kenny’s only teasing me when he calls me Daddy, since I’m obviously too old, too straight, and my wife was my one true love. But there’s something about him that pulls out all of my protective instincts and makes me want to take care of him. As brightly as he shines, there’s a loneliness lurking under the surface that I long to… What? I’m not even sure, but I’m positive that I can’t walk away from my new…friend.

Kenny

Being the focus of Roland’s attention makes those stupid butterflies flutter around in my stomach.

My attraction for the absolute wrong men is why I’ve given up on dating. Roland’s straight and lonely, but for whatever reason, he enjoys my company. He’s also a caretaker, and it’s nice to feel so special. His life is changing and exciting things are on his horizon, so he won’t have time for me for long, but in the meantime, I’m going to enjoy the fact that I seem to be Reaching Roland.

TITLE: Blue Harbor Billionaire

AUTHOR: Declan Rhodes

SERIES: Blue Harbor Boys #3

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 6/28/2024

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Billionaire tech genius Ronan Gallagher is a master of algorithms, but a hopeless nerd in matters of the heart. When a mysterious safe-deposit box in Blue Harbor drags him away from his code, he doesn’t expect to meet Tyler, a charming history teacher and baseball coach. Tyler’s life has revolved around coaching and teaching, especially after losing his best friend to cancer. But Ronan’s arrival disrupts everything, stirring up feelings Tyler never expected.

As Ronan and Tyler team up to crack the box’s secrets, their scavenger hunt through Blue Harbor’s hidden history turns the town into a media circus. With nosy tourists and reporters descending on them, and Ronan’s company demanding his return, can their budding romance survive the chaos?

TITLE: Quarterback Sneak

AUTHOR: Pepper Espinoza

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 86

RELEASE DATE: 6/29/2024

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Can an athlete overcome his greatest challenge yet for the only man he’s ever loved?

The headline Quarterbacks Garnett, Patton, Rumored to be Gay greets Cache Garnett the morning after he wins the football championship and defeats his biggest rival, Eric Patton. Facing a potentially career-ending knee injury, the last thing Cache wants to deal with is speculation about his personal life. If the injury doesn’t end his career, the swirling rumors could.

Especially since all the speculation and rumors are true …

TITLE: The Isle of Skiy

AUTHOR: K.L. Noone

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 43

RELEASE DATE: 6/29/2024

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The Isle of Skiy, surrounded by ocean, is a beautiful, prosperous land where no one ever arrives and no one ever leaves. According to myth, mysterious ocean-dwellers protect the isle, but no one’s ever seen them, and seeking to disturb the peace is forbidden.

But Kevane, the newest and youngest Lord of Skiy, can’t help asking questions. And he isn’t the only one. His outwardly tidy household minister Rill possesses radical tendencies and a family secret. Kev’s mother refuses to share what she knows. And the sea-folk have their own reasons for guarding this particular island.

Together, Kev and Rill will uncover the truth of a legend, fall in love, and change two worlds: sea and Skiy.

TITLE: A Dash of Town Bronze

AUTHOR: Ellie Thomas

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 19

RELEASE DATE: 6/29/2024

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These two short stories are bonus chapters for Ellie Thomas’ Town Bronze trilogy. Here two of the three couples in the ensemble cast deepen their romances, together with the guest appearance of Nathan Brooks from Twelve Letters.

In “Not in the Petticoat Line,” Barney and Ross/Rose from Pantaloons and Petticoats snatch some precious time together at lunchtime in a busy coffeehouse.

In “Country Matters,” Jasper and Mortimer from Town Bronze have their long-awaited chance for a happy ever after, away from the distractions of London and their friends’ love lives.

TITLE: Alpha Wolf Bodyguard

AUTHOR: Lorelei M. Hart & Aria Grace

SERIES: Shifters For Hire #1

PUBLISHER: Surrendered Press

RELEASE DATE: 6/29/2024

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When Garin learned about the opportunity to advocate for shifters and make some extra money by working at Alpha For Hire’s sister company, Shifter For Hire, he decided to go for it. He expected it to be easy projects where he could let his wolf roam safely while educating the public about the value of shifter communities. He had no idea that meeting his fated omega would be the one thing that completed the dynamic he and his best friend Trig had been dancing around for years.

TITLE: A Daddy in Paradise

AUTHOR: Kota Quinn

SERIES: Pride Cruise 2024

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 6/29/2024

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Being related to two famous rockstars has its pros and cons.

Noah loves his family but is tired of always living in their shadow. He’s worked hard to get where he’s at, first with his degree, and now with his new career if only he could apply the same effort to his love life. Noah just wants someone to see the real him, bonus points if that perfect someone is a daddy.

Dylan feels frustrated by the direction his life has taken. His job is stressful, his friends and family have all moved away, and if he’s being honest, he wants to settle down with someone.

When Dylan’s brother invites him on a cruise, the idea of a vacation in the tropics sounds like the perfect way to take a much-needed break to sort out his life. Only, the cruise is a little kinkier than he realized. And when Dylan sees Noah, his brother’s best friend being his Daddy in paradise is too tempting to resist.

TITLE: Blooming for His Omega

AUTHOR: Lorelei M. Hart

SERIES: Omegas of Oliver Creek #10

PUBLISHER: Decadent Publishing

RELEASE DATE: 6/30/2024

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I never dreamed of being a florist. That’s such a stereotype for omegas. Lots of alphas thought omegas could only do jobs that were not too physical, some even thinking we should quit and become stay-at-home dads the moment we mated and gave birth. My former alpha had been one of those and when my uncle died and left me this business in in the booming small town of Oliver Creek, he laughed and said it would be a nice little thing for me to do until he “put a hoglet in me.” That comment was the final straw that ended things between me and someone who thought I should be grateful he chose me. I un-chose him.

Now I live in Oliver Creek, running the business my uncle put his heart and soul into. And I don’t need anyone putting any hoglets in me. Alphas are highly overrated pushy people. Including the bear who runs the charcuterie place next door. If he thinks he can win me over with delicious salami and cheese, he’s wrong. I’ll be his friend, but no more than that. It’s me against the world…me and the hoglet I’ve just realized my ex managed to get started before I dumped him. He can never find out..

TITLE: The Keeper

AUTHOR: Aimee Nicole Walker

SERIES: Redemption Ridge #5

PUBLISHER: Chasing Rainbows Press

LENGTH: 263

RELEASE DATE: 6/30/2024

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Sabotaged brakes didn’t kill Rueben Sanchez, but waiting for his assailants’ trial to start just might. A potential witness for the prosecution can’t explore his lusty feelings for the hunky sheriff who saved him, but that doesn’t stop his imagination from running wild. Rueben has already shaped his traumatic mountainside meet cute with Seth Burke into a happily ever after to tell their future grandkids. When the delay threatens to stretch on for years, Rueben feels his dreams slipping out of reach. Should he surrender gracefully or fight for his man?

Pressure and scrutiny are nothing new to Seth, but shouldering his duties has never felt like a burden until they keep him from the man he wants most. Cracking an unsolved murder, safeguarding a high-profile trial, and winning re-election should be enough to keep him busy. But he can’t stop thinking about the perfect weekend he shared with Rueben before everything careened off course. Are they as good together as Seth remembers, or is his memory swayed by the allure of the forbidden? And does he dare to find out?

Late-night phone calls and shared secrets lead to stolen kisses and a lakeside cabin rendezvous. But one encounter isn’t enough, and the two men will risk everything to explore their deepening bond. When a series of chilling events rock the county, Rueben and Seth must put more than their hearts on the line because one misstep could prove fatal.

TITLE: The Flowered Blade

AUTHOR: Taylor Hubbard

PUBLISHER: Self Published

RELEASE DATE: 6/30/2024

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Crown Prince Silvyr Quilen is the family disappointment. His father, High King Keryth Quilen of Athowen, wanted a son to follow in his image of an elven warlord who rules with no regard for those around him and will do anything to maintain his power. However, the king finds Silvyr’s desire to spend his days in the flowers and libraries to be pathetic and useless.

Despite that, Silvyr strives to receive his father’s approval. On a diplomatic journey to Xeatia, where he was meant to collect taxes and return with a report on their financial situation, Silvyr is suddenly forced to confront the consequences of his father’s actions when the Orcs of Ghizol attack his caravan.

Chief Brokil of Ghizol has been tasked with leading and protecting his people. For years he sacrificed and waged war to ensure the people who voted for him to lead could live in peace. For that reason, the risk was worth the reward. With the approval of the Ghizol council of Elders, Brokil executes his plan: Kidnap the Prince of Athowen Silvyr Quilen and send their ultimatum to the King. Leave Ghizol alone, or have his heir be killed.

Keeping Silvyr as his ward, Brokil finds that while the prince is the most annoying person he’s ever met, he is also nothing like his father who carries the name Tyrant King. Absolutely bewildered and exhilarated, Silvyr and Brokil are forced to confront themselves and each other while the looming threat of Ghizol’s demands hang over them.

TITLE: Capricorn Faces Scorpio

AUTHOR: Anyta Sunday

SERIES: Signs of Love #7

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 228

RELEASE DATE: 6/30/2024

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On a quest for long-lasting love, Capricorn? It may be just over the rainbow.

Grappling with a storm in his heart and feeling like a general failure, Carl Birch flees his problems at home and swaps lives with his ‘successful’ twin brother. Stepping into the shoes of an accomplished professional pianist adored by the locals feels like a breath of fresh air: he’s revered, admired, and described as ‘talented’ for the first time ever.

It feels good, but it’s also complicated. He can’t actually play the piano to save himself, and everyone he meets wants him to play, and teach, and tune, and give motivational speeches at school assembly . . .

If that’s not enough, the local heartbreaker has his dark, judgy eyes on him—eyes that seem to know. But also to understand. And, vexingly, to suspect Carl has joined the hordes of groupies swooning after him!

To get out of this spiraling mess, Carl will have to face things—both at home, and in his heart.

Buckle up, Capricorn. You’re about to undertake a journey of heart, mind, and courageous spirit.

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