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Cleo White has revealed the cover for Second Edition! Releasing: August 14, 2026 Cover typography & arrangement by TRC DESIGNS BY CAT Illustration by Dextrose.png Illustrations In retrospect, it might not have been the wisest idea to hand in my v-card to a hot librarian I picked up at my mother’s cocktail party. In my defense, the man has a French accent, gray hair, and knows a lot about books. The cards were really stacked against me making good choices, folks. I was probably naïve to expect a call after that, but when he didn’t, it hurt to accept he didn’t feel that same connection I did. If that isn’t a sign you need to make a change, I don’t know what is. Too bad the “change” I get is six months in a remote French chateau, working as a nanny to an adorable little girl. Who happens to be the daughter of the single dad I had sex with in a grocery store parking lot. Ellis Delvaux has made it clear he isn’t interested in a relationship. Unfortunately, when you’re a ho...

Hidden Hearts (Blackwood Hearts #1) by Ani Thomas is NOW LIVE! Amazon: https://a.co/d/07ZZQde6 Tropes inside: 💙Small Town 🥃Black Cat x Golden Retriever 💙Millionaire MMC 🥃Competitors turned Partners 💙Forced Proximity 🥃One Bed 💙He Falls First 🥃Dual POV Blurb There are worse things in life than being the CEO of the largest and oldest whiskey distillery in South Carolina and the self-proclaimed patriarch of my family. I can’t complain, even if my personal life has taken what seems to be a permanent backseat over the last two years. I have my mom and brothers to look out for, a business to run, and a legacy to uphold. With the responsibility I shoulder, I don’t have the capacity for much else in my life. Enter Lila Avondale, my new—and extremely reluctant—business partner. She’s gorgeous, witty, obstinate, and everything I never knew I wanted. Something about Lila’s frosty charisma has me completely captivated, but she doesn’t trust my family or me as far as she...

Foxleigh Park (The Valentine Nook Chronicles #4) by Lulu Moore is LIVE NOW! Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/FoxleighPark Read The Valentine Nook Chronicles here: https://geni.us/CBhPV5 What to Expect: Marriage of Convenience Enemies to Lovers Reformed Playboy Polo/Sports Romance Athlete x Athlete Roommates Small Town BLURB Miles, Lord Burlington, has a plan – return to the top spot as the world’s best polo player. Oh, and get revenge on the guy who nearly killed him. Ruby Lanson has simpler ambitions – become a polo player. So far she’s not doing well, and her future is an opaque vision of life as a groom, fighting off handsy patrons. When Miles Burlington charges into her Colorado stable, first impressions aren’t good. She’s less enamored of his status than he feels she should be, and places him firmly in the category of entitled billionaire. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙. He’s vowed to do whatever it takes to reach his goal. If offering R...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the second standalone small town rom com in her upcoming Darling Springs series, I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU! This spicy, grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, workplace, forbidden small town romantic comedy will be narrated in duet by Vanessa Edwin and Connor Crais! Releasing July 28th in all formats, including the deluxe edition paperback featuring stunning salmon-colored sprayed edges, and free to read in Kindle Unlimited, and will be free to read in Kindle Unlimited! Check out the sneak peek and pre-order your copy today! ✦ Amazon ➜ https://blkly.pub/IGACOYAMZ ✦ Audible ➜ https://blkly.pub/IGACOYAudible ✦ Other Retailers ➜ https://laurenblakely.com/book/ive-got-a-crush-on-you/ In the New Jersey or Atlanta areas? Grab a ticket and join Lauren Blakely on tour! Get all the information here! https://laurenblakely.com/events/ Ready for whatever the night brings, I cross the lobby and turn the corner into the bar. My hear...

Where I Should've Been (Red Bridge #3) by Max Monroe is NOW LIVE! Amazon: https://geni.us/WISB_ebook Other Retailors: https://www.authormaxmonroe.com/whereishouldvebeen SOME OF THE TROPES YOU CAN EXPECT: 🩷Found Family 🔥Forced Proximity 🩶Broken Hero/Widower Hero 💜Opposites Attract 🚜Hot Sheep Farmer Next Door 🫦Hot Farmhouse Nights ❤️‍🩹Hidden Pain/Secret Past 😍He Falls Harder 🦮🐈‍⬛Golden Retriever X Black Cat 💥Hot Farmer & Fallen Heiress 🏡Small-Town Romance 🥹The past he can’t outrun meets the girl he can’t let go 👀Secret Relationship 🔥Just a “temporary” fling Small town. Big secrets. And one ridiculously hot mistake she doesn’t regret. Everyone in the smalltown of Red Bridge, Vermont, knows Tad Hanson, the hot sheep farmer who can’t control his flock. He doesn’t believe in forever, but he’ll be the best time you’ve ever had—right now. What they don’t know is why. He’s too charming, too good with that addicting smile of his, too committed to...

XOXO Mandy Muse Release Date: August 31 Pre-Order Link: https://a.co/d/0evUq2XR 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 nothing behind...

THE LONG WAY FOUND CJ Chambers Release Date: August 13 Pre-Order Link: https://a.co/d/0aTMyuBM Why you need to #ONECLICK this book... 🔥Second Chance 🔥Small Town 🔥Retired Military MMC 🔥Steamy MM Romance 🔥Return to Hometown 🔥First Loves Blurb Two decades ago, Jack Garrison boarded a plane for West Point and left Luke Calder behind. Luke stopped waiting. Eventually. Now, as he approaches forty, Luke has built a life he loves in Calder Ridge, the Colorado mountain town he's always called home. The past is finally where it belongs. Then Jack comes back. After a decorated Army career, a failed marriage, and a lifetime spent wondering about the boy he left behind, Jack plans only a brief stop. Everything changes when he sees Luke again. Confident. Stronger. Somehow even more handsome than Jack remembered. Their attraction flares to life again, but desire is the easy part. Heartache and distrust don't disappear overnight. What happens when the boys who l...

WORTH THE FIGHT Anna Hackett Release Date: July 1 Buy Link: https://go.annahackett.com/worthfight-UN3-Amz Available in KU Why you will love this book… 🔥retired assassin hero 🔥underground fighter 🔥age gap 🔥protector hero Blurb She needs me to fight for her. Cole I’m no hero. I’m a former mercenary and retired assassin. I’m rough, I live in the darkness, and keep the demons at bay by fighting in the underground Las Vegas fight rings. Then I see her. She’s offered up as a prize. She’s young, pretty, and far too innocent. She’s everything I’m not. I’ll fight for her, then I’ll set her free. And I’ll keep my hands to myself…no matter how much I want to touch her. Lili I shouldn’t have been surprised when my deadbeat dad sells me to a ruthless businessman to pay his debt. Now, I’m the prize for a deadly illegal fight and I’m terrified. Until I hear the fighter known as the Wolf will fight. I know Cole Black is quiet, intense, and dangerous, but something tell...

Title: Beyond the Spotlight Series: Green River #1 Author: Megan O’Brien Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Small Town/Obsessed Alpha Hero Release Date: June 30, 2026 BLURB What if the life you’ve built isn’t the one you truly want? Hudson Carter has everything: chart-topping hits, sold-out arenas, and a reputation as country music’s golden boy. But behind the spotlight, he’s burned out and craving something real beyond the fame. Lucy Kincaid is starting over in Green River, Colorado, determined to build a life that finally belongs to her. No expectations. No looking back. Until Hudson walks into it. The connection between them is instant, intense, and impossible to ignore. Hudson knows what he wants the moment he meets her. But can Lucy risk her heart when she's fought so hard to reclaim her life on her own terms? When Lucy’s past resurfaces and the dark side of Hudson's fame threatens the life they’re building, they’ll have to decide: play it safe… or fight ...