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Title: Smash Authors: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland Genre: Standalone Contemporary Forbidden Romance Release Date: October 25, 2026 BLURB A new, shockingly forbidden standalone from New York Times bestselling authors Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland… Sometimes one floor is all that separates the life you planned from the life you never saw coming… Moving to New York with my boyfriend, Calder, was supposed to be a fresh start. A new city. A new job. A beautiful brownstone in Brooklyn we'd call home. The beginning of our forever. There was just one catch: Calder’s best friend lived in the apartment downstairs. Rafe—a gifted artist who smashed glass into masterpieces. With his unruly blond hair and piercing eyes that seemed to see right through me, he was impossible to ignore. He was also completely off-limits. Yet somehow, every walk past his apartment or trip to the basement laundry room turned into another deep conversation neither of us ever wanted to end. At first...

Title: Smash Authors: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland Genre: Standalone Contemporary Forbidden Romance Release Date: October 25, 2026 Take a sneak peek at SMASH You know you want to... Copyright © 2026 by Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland There was a beat of silence. For some reason I continued to stand there. Rafe looked at me for a few more seconds, like he was deciding something. Then he lifted his chin, gesturing toward the hallway. “You just got back from a run?” I nodded. “First one since I left Montana.” “How was it?” “Definitely different. There are so many people out on the streets.” He smiled. “There’s an art to dodging the slow walkers and people glued to their phone. You’ll pick it up.” “I’m guessing I’ll also learn to stop apologizing to people I cut around. I think I said ‘I’m sorry’ a hundred times on an hour-long run.” “Dead giveaway you’re from out of town.” I laughed. “That and the fact that I’m wearing purple. What is it with everyone wearing black in N...

Title: Smash Authors: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland Genre: Standalone Contemporary Forbidden Romance Cover Design: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative Photographer: Michelle Lancaster, @lanefotograf Model: Callum Arnold Release Date: October 25, 2026 BLURB A new, shockingly forbidden standalone from New York Times bestselling authors Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland… Sometimes one floor is all that separates the life you planned from the life you never saw coming… Moving to New York with my boyfriend, Calder, was supposed to be a fresh start. A new city. A new job. A beautiful brownstone in Brooklyn we'd call home. The beginning of our forever. There was just one catch: Calder’s best friend lived in the apartment downstairs. Rafe—a gifted artist who smashed glass into masterpieces. With his unruly blond hair and piercing eyes that seemed to see right through me, he was impossible to ignore. He was also completely off-limits. Yet somehow, every walk past his apart...

Trust by Kathy Lockheart is now live! He’s a convicted killer. I’m his nurse. And he saw my bruises. Now he keeps getting hurt on purpose, just to see that I’m safe. As a prison nurse, I keep my heart locked away tighter than the men I treat. No gray areas. No second chances. Especially not after escaping my abusive ex. Then Knox Blackwood, the most dangerous man in the prison, winds up in my infirmary. Whatever he did to get locked up remains the prison’s darkest secret. He should terrify me. Instead, he sees what no one else does. The scars. The flinch when a door slams. The fear I can’t bury. “Who hurt you?” he growls. When I don’t answer, Knox starts showing up in my infirmary every day. New wounds. Suspicious injuries. Getting hurt on purpose, just for five minutes with me. Just to make sure I’m safe. I tell myself I can’t fall for an inmate. I won’t. Especially not one who’s now harboring a violent vendetta against my ex. But every stolen touch fe...

Title: Crooked Authors: Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Tropes: Bodyguard, Close Proximity Mafia Daughter, Forbidden Release Date: March 29, 2026 BLURB A new, sexy standalone novel from New York Times Bestsellers, Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward… The last thing I needed was a live-in bodyguard. And I definitely didn’t want him. Six foot two, with broad shoulders that were impossible to ignore and a talent for getting in my way, Wes Callahan was a walking bad decision. But when you’re the daughter of a notorious mob boss, apparently your opinions stop mattering the moment your father ignites another war. I’d spent my entire life trying to escape that crooked world—new name, new city, newfound freedom. At least until I was suddenly shacked up with my new bodyguard. Wes knew exactly how to push my buttons. He was also infuriatingly protective. And smart. And funny. And thoughtful when he thought I wasn’t paying attention. Little by lit...

Kathy Lockheart has revealed the covers for Trust! Releasing: April 29, 2026 Model Cover Designer: By Hang Le Photographer: Michelle Lancaster Discreet Cover Designer: Wild Love Designs He’s a convicted killer. I’m his nurse. And he saw my bruises. Now he keeps getting hurt on purpose, just to see that I’m safe. As a prison nurse, I keep my heart locked away tighter than the men I treat. No gray areas. No second chances. Especially not after escaping my abusive ex. Then Knox Blackwood, the most dangerous man in the prison, winds up in my infirmary. Whatever he did to get locked up remains the prison’s darkest secret. He should terrify me. Instead, he sees what no one else does. The scars. The flinch when a door slams. The fear I can’t bury. “Who hurt you?” he growls. When I don’t answer, Knox starts showing up in my infirmary every day. New wounds. Suspicious injuries. Getting hurt on purpose, just for five minutes with me. Just to make sure I’m safe. ...

Title: Crooked Authors: Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Cover Design: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative Photographer: Michelle Lancaster, @lanefotograf Model: Andrew Murray Release Date: March 29, 2026 BLURB A new, sexy standalone novel from New York Times Bestsellers, Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward… The last thing I needed was a live-in bodyguard. And I definitely didn’t want him. Six foot two, with broad shoulders that were impossible to ignore and a talent for getting in my way, Wes Callahan was a walking bad decision. But when you’re the daughter of a notorious mob boss, apparently your opinions stop mattering the moment your father ignites another war. I’d spent my entire life trying to escape that crooked world—new name, new city, newfound freedom. At least until I was suddenly shacked up with my new bodyguard. Wes knew exactly how to push my buttons. He was also infuriatingly protective. And smart. And funny. And thoughtfu...