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PRETEND IT'S FOREVER (The Cage Family Book 5) by Carrie Ann Ryan is NOW LIVE! https://carrieannryan.com/books/pretend-its-forever Sophia Cage doesn’t need a protector—she needs a night to pretend her world didn’t splinter. After her world burned, she found herself a single mom, a struggling dance studio owner, and unable to do the one thing that had brought her out of the darkness. Dance. When Carson walks into her life, all she can see is the broken person she’d been when they’d first met. She’s stronger than the ghosts of her past, at least that’s what she tells herself. Yet with each accidental encounter with the mysterious and dangerous man who’s inserted himself into the Cage family orbit, she’s finding it harder to walk away. Carson Woods doesn’t trust people. He’s spent his life protecting his sister from their family and the world all while making sure his businesses are the best in their fields. Then he meets her. One wrong move with the shattered yet pieced tog...

FALLING FOR XMAS Carly Phillips Release Date: November 12 Pre-Order Link: https://www.carlyphillips.com/books/falling-for-xmas/ Why you need to #ONECLICK this book… ❄️Christmas Magic ❄️Forced Proximity ❄️Grumpy Sunshine ❄️Happily Ever After ❄️Holiday Romance ❄️Neighbors to Lovers ❄️Opposites Attract ❄️Protective Alpha ❄️Small Town ❄️Sports Hero Blurb I move to Charleston expecting a fresh start. What I don't expect is her. My new neighbor has enough Christmas lights to be seen from space, a front door wrapped like a giant present, and an endless supply of holiday cheer I want absolutely nothing to do with. Holly Monroe is everything I'm not. She's sunshine. I'm a Grinch. She's an elementary school teacher who believes Christmas can fix anything. I'm an NFL player who's spent years avoiding the holiday altogether. Unfortunately for me, our neighborhood has other plans. One innocent offer to help out at a community event lands me...

THE TRUTHS WE FIND Donna Bollen Release Date: September 2 Buy Link: https://a.co/d/023ujGWU Available in KU Why you need to #ONECLICK this book… 💼 Employee x Boss 💔 Betrayal & Redemption 🤐 Secrets x Break Up to Save Her 👑 Curvy Girl Rep & Female Empowerment 🫶 Found Family 💞 HEA 🔒 No Cheating Blurb She’s chasing the biggest story of her career. He’s her new boss... and the ex who shattered her heart. DANI I fought my way up the newsroom ladder. So when I'm passed over for a promotion, I tell myself I can handle it. Until my new boss walks in. Gavin. The man who ghosted me for ten years. The man I thought I would marry. Now I'm stuck working for my biggest mistake... while my possessive boyfriend and unfinished feelings threaten everything I’ve built. GAVIN I left to protect her. Keeping a secret that could destroy everything. Now I’m her boss... and still hopelessly in love with her. Office rules say she’s off limits. My heart says D...

THE SPARE AFFAIR Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine Release Date: September 29 Pre-Order Link: https://geni.us/TheSpareAffair Why you need to #ONECLICK this book… 👑Royal Romance 👑Prince x Prince 👑Rivals to Lovers 👑Competitive Flirting 👑Keeping Score 👑Forced Proximity 👑Slow Emotional Burn/Fast Physical Burn 👑Golden Retriever x Black Cat 👑Playboys 👑Brother’s Ex-Fiance 👑Secret Relationship Blurb Gabriel Winning people over has always been my greatest talent. One smile, one joke, one perfectly timed wink, and I have them eating out of my hand. But I don’t think that’s going to work so well on Prince Alejandro of Solterra. The man my twin, King Nicholas Valemont, cast aside for his footman in his pursuit of true love. Alejandro is infuriatingly handsome, impossibly stubborn, and determined to turn every conversation into a competition. Every move feels suspiciously like a trap designed to make me—the other Valemont brother—suffer. So naturally, I decide t...

Old Flames by Nadine Gonzalez is NOW LIVE! Universal Old flames ignite and the past never truly dies in a haunting new romance from USA Today bestselling author Nadine Gonzalez. Author Jules Levy Jones is running—from her past, from her grief, and from the only man who ever really sparked her interest. Drawn to Key West for a prestigious literary festival, she finds herself back in Leo White’s orbit, and she knows she can’t run any more. A brooding horror writer with demons of his own, Leo is more captivating than ever—and he’s determined not to let Jules walk away from him again. Not even when she confesses she’s being haunted by eerie whispers and chilling visions. As the tropical heat rises, so does the tension between them. But Key West’s historic Aurora Inn holds more than just romance: Could the ghosts following Jules be echoes from her past? Or are they part of something more sinister? Caught between a love they’re scared to embrace and a supernatural mystery that dem...

XOXO Mandy Muse Release Date: August 31 Buy Link: https://a.co/d/0evUq2XR Available in KU Why you will love this book… 🩷Why Choose 🧳MMFM 🩷Runaway Bride 🧳Travel Romance 🩷Bi-Awakening 🧳Serendipitous Blurb I never imagined being a runaway bride, but here I am, putting on my running shoes, hiking up the white dress, and bolting to Europe with my veil fluttering behind me. For once, I wasn’t going to be the agreeable, dutiful daughter who had been forced into an arranged marriage. I wasn’t going to keep sacrificing myself for my parents’ approval. Violeta Vega, party of one, checking into rock bottom. Running away to Europe had seemed like a good idea. It was supposed to be carefree, but my heartbreak turned the River Thames dull until whispers of an app piqued my interest. Meeting eligible bachelors across Europe wasn’t on my itinerary, but there’s no harm in swiping left and right. Famous last words. Ending my rendezvous by sneaking out and leaving noth...

YARD SALE E.M. Lindsey Release Date: August 27 Buy Link: https://a.co/d/06QyQOeF Available in KU Why you need to #ONECLICK this book… 🔥Enemies to Lovers 🔥Hockey Bro Banter 🔥Sports Reporter/Hockey Player 🔥Hurt/Comfort 🔥Only One Bed 🔥MM Romance 🔥Fake Relationship Blurb “Would you rather be trapped in a cabin with your arch enemy, or not be allowed to shower for a hundred days?” Problem number one: My arch enemy is the jackass reporter who keeps making up lies about me. Problem number two: He’s also absurdly hot so the idea of being trapped in a cabin with him gives me ideas. Problem number three: As much as he pisses me off, Aravind Gupta might actually be right about a few things: namely that my career in hockey is probably over. A poorly timed check might have robbed me of being able to retire old and with nearly half of my original teeth, and Aravind was right there on the front lines to tell the world about it. In a wild attempt to get away and figure...

Title: The Challenge: A Single Dad Romance Author: Penelope Ward Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Tropes: Single Dad, Second Chance, Forced Proximity Friends to Lovers, Small Town, Found Family Release Date: August 30, 2026 BLURB From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE contemporary romance… Nothing says welcome home like accidentally moving in with your first heartbreak…and his little girl. Coming back to my small Wyoming hometown was supposed to be temporary. I only planned to stay long enough to help my ailing mother and sort through the mess of my family’s old belongings. Instead, I somehow ended up living in Evan Ricci’s house. The single dad now owned a bunch of properties and one of them was the place I’d rented. He’d taken it off the market and moved in before I got there. I just never got the memo. Unfortunately, there was no other place in town available, so Evan let me stay. Evan—the guy my parents took in years a...