Author: Claudia Connor

Genre: Contemporary Romance

 

When ER nurse Nora Sellers is hurt in a hospital scuffle, firefighter Zach Walker blames himself. Blaming himself is nothing new. He’s been blaming himself for years for the trauma his baby sister endured as a teenager. Though with his happy–go–lucky attitude no one would know it. He’s good at his job, he’s a good brother, and a good friend, but Zach decided long ago he wasn’t husband and father material. 


Even so, when Zach learns Nora is a single mother with a house that needs his help, he can’t walk away. After a few days with Nora and her ten month old son, he knows he doesn’t want to. 


But Nora’s wary. She learned at a young age that the only person she can count on is herself. Now with a baby, a job, and a fixer–upper house, the last thing Nora wants is a sexy firefighter, making her heart flutter. But Zach is more than what he seems, and the more she gets to know him the harder he is to resist. 


She’s been brave all her life. Can she be brave one more time and take a chance of a lifetime with her heart?


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4.5 ‘Living More Than The Moment’ Stars

 

Awww…. Nobody does ‘single mom/broken hero’ quite like Claudia Connor… No one! Waiting For You proves just that, and is right up there with my all time single mom book, Worth The Fall. Heart pulling emotional, incredibly sweet and sexy and oh so realistic in ALL THE FEELS of its characters, that it transports us right to their world. And what a world it is with the likes of these Walker/McKinney men!!! 

Zack, Nora and little Will completely and utterly stole my heart, both of them thought themselves broken – and maybe they were indeed – but that just made them the perfect match in every way. The three of them couldn’t have been more PERFECT together. A true family.

Who doesn’t love to see the big strong man, that thinks himself broken beyond repair, and with no hope for a future, fall for not only the single mom, but the little one just as much?! Ms. Connor gives us just that in the best of ways, she indeed writes this trope in the most perfect and naturally seeming manner, – case in point, the first of The McKinney Brothers series , Worth the Fall. Matt… Swoon….. – leaving us feeling every single of these characters emotions, hopes and desires. Truly a gift! And getting to see my fav Matt McKinney, and the rest of the Walker/McKinney gang as cameo, it just made it even better! I can’t wait to see the rest of the Walker, specially Luke, fall!! Counting down the days now… 😉 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

 

“I’ve wanted you since the first day I saw you. Every day since.”

I love you so much there’s no room for fear.

 

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Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Photographer: FuriousFotog

Model:Quinn Biddle Model

Cover Design: Cover Me Darling LLC

Release Date: March 19th, 2019

He is the one that never looks her way.

He is handsome and strong.

He is rough around the edges and mean.

He is everything she’s ever wanted.

He doesn’t even know she exists.

Her life is a joke.

***

She doesn’t step on cracks in the sidewalk.

She laughs at inappropriate times.

She talks when she shouldn’t.

She is clumsy and trips on air.

She is finally on his radar.

God help her now.

 

HEAT STROKE

Series:  Beach Kingdom #2

Author: Tessa Bailey

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 18th, 2019

 

 

Marcus “Diesel” O’Shaughnessy is a brash, oversized CrossFit enthusiast with a naked lady tattooed on his rippling forearm. Jamie Prince is a private school teacher with an extremely low tolerance for bullshit. The two men have zero in common. Well, except for three things. 

They’re both moonlighting as lifeguards for the summer. 
No matter how hard they try, they cannot stay away from each other. 
And both of them have secrets they’re determined to keep. 

But what happens in the shadows of the Long Beach boardwalk can only remain hidden for so long, before the July sunshine reveals the hot, unrelenting connection they never expected, forcing Marcus and Jamie to decide if they’re simply caught up in a temporary heat stroke or if they’ve found something worth rescuing…

 

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5 ‘You’re mine’ Stars

HOT DAMNNNNN!!! There’s ‘hot’ and then there is ‘Tessa Bailey HOT’, aka scorching, relief needed level of steaminess! Add to that already ‘one click quality’, deeply raw emotions that make your heart hurt and soar along with the characters, an insanely addictive banter and one of the most likable characters I’ve have EVER read, and you have the masterpiece, ‘one click must’ HEAT STROKE! Yep, Jamie and Marcus’ story deserves ALL the stars, and became one of my all time fav reads: TOP FAV!!! 

Ms. Bailey was already my queen of dirty talkers, therefore an auto read for me, but this book… WOW, just wow! Even though not being an avid MM reader, I’ve been counting down the days for this book, first because I’ve been dying for these two’s story since the first book of the series, and second because I can not resist TB’s brilliant writing. Already imagining liking even before actually starting, I did not expect this level of LOVE tale, seriously SOULMATE deep – yes, not unusual with Ms. Bailey, but for me, wow, this was taking MM to a whole new level, because I truly felt it was not about sexual gender, but soul coupling! – , that’s how it felt with Jamie and Marcus’ love.

Such different souls and characters, but so, so well match, I could not believe, they both tried to resist, but this level of connection couldn’t be ignored. Both Jamie and Marcus were incredible characters, and of course I adored seeing again other Prince brothers and their match, but Marcus… He stole the show for me. The rawness of his feelings, the conflict of his emotions, the struggle both emotional and physical were so stellarly accounted and exposed, I. FELT. EVERYTHING!!! And loved every word of it! 

I will not say much more, because I truly believe this beautiful  and unique love story should be experienced to the fullest and without much prior unveiling, because the surprise of the events and reactions is half the experience. Heat Stroke, will on doubt leave you hot and bothered – it is a Tessa Bailey’s, after all, lol, so unparalleled hotness -, emotionally touched and on cloud nine with Jamie and Marcus HEA after their bumpy journey. They so deserved this HEA, and the conclusion was spot on! Ms. Bailey outdid herself again, so now I am even more anxious and psyched to have Andrew and Jiya’s story!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

My heart doesn’t care if he’s a man or a woman, he’s just Jamie.”

 

“I was going to say you can keep my heart in a cage. But the truth is, I think it was in a cage before. Before I let myself love you,” Jamie said, his throat working. “You turned the key and let it out. Now it feels…like it has so much more room to beat. Like it could keep growing forever because you’re around to fill it up.”

 

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MOUTH TO MOUTH ( Beach Kingdom #1)

Mouth to Mouth, which will be on sale for 99 cents during the week of March 11^th-March 17^th leading up to the release of Heat Stroke.

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Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days.

Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the work force as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention.

She now lives in Long Island, New York with her husband of ten years and six-year-old daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love.

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SOARING WITH FALLON

Series: Big Sky #4

Author: Kristen Proby

Genre: Contemporary Romance

 

Love takes flight in this special story about finding home, acceptance, and love…

Soaring With Fallon, from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Proby is now LIVE!

Fallon McCarthy has climbed the corporate ladder. She’s had the office with the view, the staff, and the plaque on her door. The unexpected loss of her grandmother taught her that there’s more to life than meetings and conference calls, so she quit, and is happy to be a nomad, checking off items on her bucket list as she takes jobs teaching yoga in each place she lands in. She’s happy being free, and has no interest in being tied down.

When Noah King gets the call that an eagle has been injured, he’s not expecting to find a beautiful stranger standing vigil when he arrives. Rehabilitating birds of prey is Noah’s passion, it’s what he lives for, and he doesn’t have time for a nosy woman who’s suddenly taken an interest in Spread Your Wings sanctuary.

But Fallon’s gentle nature, and the way she makes him laugh, and feel again draws him in. When it comes time for Fallon to move on, will Noah’s love be enough for her to stay, or will he have to find the strength to let her fly?

The Kristen Proby Crossover Collection features a new novel by Kristen Proby and by six of her favorite writers!

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5 ‘I Found My Place, and I Found My Person’ Stars

 

WOW, just WOW! Soaring With Fallon’s uncomplicated and ‘real life’ like, emotionally charged and passionately enrapturing love story transformed this already fantastic small town romance that I loved, in not only my favorite installment of the spin off series, but one of my all time favorite small town romances. Noah and Fallon were extraordinary characters, complex yet so relatable, and all the cameos from the previous books just made this book PERFECT!  <3 <3 <3 <3

 

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Kristen was born and raised in a small resort town in her beloved Montana. In her mid-twenties, she decided to stretch her wings and move to the Pacific Northwest, where she made her home for more than a dozen years.

During that time, Kristen wrote many romance novels and joined organizations such as RWA and other small writing groups. She spent countless hours in workshops, and more mornings than she can count up before the dawn so she could write before going to work. She submitted many manuscripts to agents and editors alike, but was always told no. In the summer of 2012, the self-publishing scene was new and thriving, and Kristen had one goal: to publish just one book. It was something she longed to cross off of her bucket list.

Not only did she publish one book, she’s since published close to thirty titles, many of which have hit the USA Today, New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists. She continues to self publish, best known for her With Me In Seattle and Boudreaux series, and is also proud to work with William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins, with the Fusion Series.

Kristen and her husband, John, make their home in her hometown of Whitefish, Montana with their two pugs and two cats.

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Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Photographer: Furious Photog

Model: Joe Adams

Cover Design: Cover Me Darling LLC

Release Date: March 5th, 2019

Ghosts are real.

Well, technically speaking, maybe not. But the ones that haunt a man’s soul? Those are very real. So real, in fact, that there are times when Castiel would rather silence them forever in the worst way possible than to go on living with them haunting his every step.

All it took was one single second in time for his attention to drift, and everything changed.

Life as he once knew it, is over.

Now he’s struggling to make sense of the pieces that are left, and he’s fairly sure at least half of them are missing.

He’s living for three things now.

His club—the Bear Bottom Guardians.

His work as a police officer for Bear Bottom Police Department.

And the occasional glimpse of a girl that makes his spirit feel free.

Despite the ghosts that haunt him, he’s not willing to present them with another target. Which is why he has to stay away from her. He can’t touch her. He can’t talk to her. He can’t get anywhere near her.

Not and live with himself afterward.

The only problem is, Turner doesn’t care what Castiel wants. She also has a solution for his ghosts.

You may call her Ms. Ghostbuster.

 

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: February 12th, 2019

Zee + Annmarie and Tan + Jubilee.

Forever. No exceptions.

They were to have the picture-perfect life together. Everything was all planned out.

Jubilee was to marry Eitan and Ezekiel was to marry Annmarie. That’s how it was always supposed to be from the moment that they met. Textbook, right?

Wrong.

Eitan and Annmarie die in a freak accident that never should have happened, leaving the two survivors reeling.

Sixteen years later, Jubilee and Zee can’t even be in the same room with each other before things begin to deteriorate. Too many memories. Too much pain. Not enough forgiveness.

They’re like hellfire and holy water, and neither one of them is willing to admit that they’re wrong.

Then one day things change, and all of a sudden, they’re looking at each other like maybe they aren’t each other’s enemies after all.

 

WAITING FOR WILLA

Series: Big Sky #3

Author: Kristen Proby

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Designer: Alyssa Garcia with Uplifting Designs

Photographer: Sara Eirew

 

From New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Proby comes the newest installment in her beloved Big Sky Series… 

Max Hull left Cunningham Falls a long time ago. Thanks to his killer instincts and business smarts, he’s come back to town richer than anyone’s wildest imagination. Now he’s closer to his family, living in his dream home, and at the top of his career—it sure looks like he has it all. 

All but one thing. And she’s not interested. 

Willa Monroe and Max were childhood sweethearts. She daydreamed about their wedding day and named their children, but Max’s dreams were bigger than her. After high school, he left her behind without another word. Now, Willa is a single mother and a successful business owner, and the heartbreak of losing Max was a very long time ago. 

She’s moved on. 

But when he walks into her shop and back into her life, suddenly it feels like no time has passed at all. He’s as handsome as ever, and more charming than she remembered. Once he makes friends with her son and turns his attention on her, how long will she be able to resist him? 

And does she really want to? Sometimes you do get a second chance at first love. 

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4 ‘Gift of Joy and Love’ Stars

 

Waiting for Willa truly shows how powerful, emotionally and realistically a second chance romance can be in Kristen Proby’s words. Willa and Max’s story was in the most beautiful ways the definition of a second chance!

I’ve been anxiously awaiting for these two’s story after the very first book of this spin off series that I love so much. When it was shown their background and how Willa moved on after the pain Max cause her by leaving when they were young, and built an amazing life for her own, I was hooked and wanted to know more.

This book had me captivated from the very beginning with that shocking Prologue, to end with that beautiful Epilogue. Both Max and Willa revealed themselves, very much in character with Ms. Proby’s writing talent that I love, as very mature and realistic. And little Alex just worked as the perfect element of fusion and balance for more added realism to their evolving relationship.

The non OTT angst, but the deep emotional connection that was palpable, and the love that never truly had disappeared just made me swoon that much more for these two. Ms. Proby indeed has an extraordinary talent to make us connect and feel what her characters are feeling, and her world building and family dynamic, brilliant! So much so I’m excitedly awaiting for Fallon’s story after that little tease of the intriguing character! Can’t wait! <3 <3 <3 <3

 

 

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Kristen was born and raised in a small resort town in her beloved Montana. In her mid-twenties, she decided to stretch her wings and move to the Pacific Northwest, where she made her home for more than a dozen years.

During that time, Kristen wrote many romance novels and joined organizations such as RWA and other small writing groups. She spent countless hours in workshops, and more mornings than she can count up before the dawn so she could write before going to work. She submitted many manuscripts to agents and editors alike, but was always told no. In the summer of 2012, the self-publishing scene was new and thriving, and Kristen had one goal: to publish just one book. It was something she longed to cross off of her bucket list.

Not only did she publish one book, she’s since published close to thirty titles, many of which have hit the USA Today, New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists. She continues to self publish, best known for her With Me In Seattle and Boudreaux series, and is also proud to work with William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins, with the Fusion Series.

Kristen and her husband, John, make their home in her hometown of Whitefish, Montana with their two pugs and two cats.

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Author: Jodi Ellen Malpas

Genre: Contemporary Romance

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5 ‘My Peace. My Cure. My Love’ Stars

Two words: THEO KANE!!! WOW, just WOW!
Seriously prepare yourselves, The Gentleman Sinner BLEW. MY. MIND! Without a doubt one of most absolutely and utterly heart-grippingly beautiful and GRAND love stories I have ever read!
Jodi Ellen Malpas did what I never expected possible, creating and giving us Theo Kane, the ultimate romance hero, reaching right there to the level of God-like proportion book boyfriend that Mr. Jesse Ward reigned. Yes, he’s THAT EPIC!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

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Jodi Ellen Malpas wrote her debut series, The This Man Trilogy, in secret, worried about what people might think if they knew what her imagination was capable of. She was shocked herself. But she finally found the courage to unleash her creative streak and self-published THIS MAN – the first book of the This Man Trilogy – in October 2012. She took a chance on the story with a hero who soon became one of modern day fictions most prolific alpha male characters. Jesse Ward – also affectionately known as The Lord of The Manor, sparked incredible reactions from women across the globe and catapulted Jodi into the world of romance.

She was soon signed by Grand Central Publishing, part of the Hachette Book Group, and the third book of the trilogy, This Man Confessed, took Jodi to the top of the bestsellers lists, earning her the proud title of #1 New York Times Bestselling Author. This Man has since been voted one of the top romance novels of all time. With so much love and enthusiasm for her words, Jodi suddenly wasn’t afraid of her imagination anymore and has since let it run riot. Writing powerful love stories and creating addictive characters has become her passion—a passion she now shares with her devoted readers.

Jodi was born and raised in the Midlands town of Northampton, England, where she lives with her real-life man, her boys, and a beagle. She is a self-professed daydreamer, a Converse and mojito addict, and has a terrible weak spot for alpha males.  Her work is now published in more than twenty-five languages across the world.

 

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