A Place Like You by Claudia Burgoa
I don’t have time for flings.
Love is out of the question.
As a single mom and small-town doctor, my plate is more than full.
But when Drake Kershaw, an experienced physician with a mysterious past, comes into my life, I can’t resist his charm. He’s unlike anyone I’ve ever met before.
Drake is smart, charming, and has a heart of gold.
But he’s also grumpy and hesitant to let anyone close.
Like the rest of his wealthy family, he’s full of secrets.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s dangerous.
I should stay away, but how can I when he works in my practice?
And despite his grumpiness, Drake is amazing with my son.
He’s patient and kind and has a way of making him laugh that always melts my heart.
Watching them together, I can imagine a future–a future that could never happen.
But can we find a way to overcome our emotional scars and build a future together?
A Place Like You is the first book in the Heartwood Lake Secret Billionaire Series—an emotional rollercoaster of a journey that combines the intense drama of Succession and the hilarity of Schitt’s Creek. A must-read.
Love the Way You Spy by Lexi Blake
Tasha Taggart isn’t a spy. That’s her sisters’ job. Tasha’s support role is all about keeping them alive, playing referee when they fight amongst themselves, and soothing the toughest boss in the world. Working for the CIA isn’t as glamorous as she imagined, and she’s more than a little lonely. So when she meets a charming man in a bar the night before they start their latest op, she decides to give in to temptation. The night was perfect until she discovers she’s just slept with the target of their new investigation. Her sisters will never let her hear the end of this. Even worse, she has to explain the situation to her overprotective father, who also happens to be their boss.
Dare Nash knew exactly how his week in Sydney was going to go—attending boring conferences to represent his family’s business interests and eating hotel food alone. Until he falls under the spell of a stunning and mysterious American woman. Something in Tasha’s eyes raises his body temperature every time she looks at him. She’s captivating, and he’s committed to spending every minute he can with her on this trip, even if her two friends seem awfully intense. He doesn’t trust easily, but it’s not long before he can imagine spending the rest of his life with her.
When Dare discovers Tash isn’t who she seems, the dream turns into a nightmare. She isn’t the only one who deceived him, and now he’s in the crosshairs of adversaries way out of his league. He can’t trust her, but it might take Tasha and her family to save his life and uncover the truth.
Tempt Our Fate by Kat Singleton
Camden Hunter doesn’t belong here.
I’ve spent my entire life in the small town of Sutten Mountain where everyone knows everyone and you can spot trouble from a mile away.
Camden is trouble.
He’s an arrogant, self-absorbed billionaire from the city with too much money and not enough manners.
And he just opened a fancy art gallery next door to my bakery.
So when he comes to me desperately needing a favor, I can’t help but to propose a deal: I’ll cater his grand opening and in return he has to spend a day with me as a local–to experience the beauty and talent this town has to offer.
I expected him to see a different side of Sutten. What I didn’t expect was to see a different side of him.
Now instead of wanting him to leave, I find myself hoping he’ll stay. The more I see him fall for the town, the more I start to wonder if he could ever fall for me.
There’s just one problem. Camden Hunter doesn’t belong in my world, and I don’t belong in his.
He’s a flame and I’m gasoline, and the more we play with fire, the more I find myself questioning how long we can continue to tempt our fate.
Tempt Our Fate is a steamy small town, enemies to lovers, billionaire, age gap romance releasing September 21st. This will be the second book set in the fictional town of Sutten Mountain. It is a complete standalone.
Loving You by Samantha Chase
Not everyone in Sweetbriar Ridge is as sweet as the town name would suggest. But single mom Jade Mackenzie is up to the challenge of winning over the town if that’s what it takes to make her new shop a success. After all, this is just the latest in a long string of battles she’s had to face. Since she’s given up on men–all of them except for her son–she can throw all her energy into the new business. Or so she thought until the most charming and too-good-looking-for-his-own-good man walked into her shop. And she literally falls into his arms.
Levi Donovan knows how to charm his way through life; winning people over is just what he does. But no amount of charm can save him when he’s at the center of a scandal that costs him his position at a prestigious ad agency. With no other choice, he’s forced to return home to Sweetbriar Ridge, the small town he left behind the first chance he got. When he meets the owner of the new coffeehouse, he starts to think that small towns aren’t so bad. And when he finds out Jade needs a little help promoting her new business, Levi makes it his mission to help her make the shop a success. That’s just what a good friend does.
No matter how hard she tries to resist, Jade can’t help but be swept away by Levi’s good looks and the sweet way he interacts with her son. But Levi isn’t staying, and getting attached would be a mistake. Levi always swore he would never settle in Sweetbriar Ridge, but could loving Jade be reason enough to stay?
*Each book in the Donovans series can be read as a standalone*
Man Scape by Vanessa Vale (Live 9.21)
Don’t date your son’s ex.
Especially when she’s supposedly the town’s good girl. But the sweet, shy librarian isn’t a good girl at all.
She can’t be, because she wants me–the local lumberjack, and my…wood.
I’m her ex’s dad but she says she doesn’t want guys her age. Or a relationship.
She wants a fling. And since I’m leaving Hunter Valley in a few days, I’ll definitely indulge her.
We’ll have fun while it lasts and then she’ll go back to fooling the town and I’ll just go.
Right?
In Hunter Valley, it’s always open season on men. Will the biggest one in town be the easiest to catch?
Infamous by Brooke Blaine & Ella Frank (Live 9.21)
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.
Weston LaRue
“The Playboy”
I’m never one to turn down a bet. Especially not when it comes to retaliating against the dean for pulling a dick move before summer break.
So when the dean’s golden child arrives at Astor for his freshman year, my fellow troublemakers throw down a wager I can’t resist.
The target: the dean’s son, John Thomas Hawthorne, or “JT.”
The bet: corruption in any way I choose.
It should’ve been easy. With his mess of brown curls, pouty lips, and good-boy reputation, JT is the perfect revenge. And even better? He’s straight.
Challenge accepted. I’ll do whatever it takes to prove a point, no matter how reckless it might be.
Game. On.
Infamous Park Avenue Prince is the first standalone novel in the Park Avenue Princes world.
Sterling Heat by L.B. Dunbar (Live 9.21)
Having a baby in a bakery gives new meaning to taking the bun out of the oven.
I’d been in Curmudgeon Bakery for one of those lemon baby-Bundt cakes I’d been craving since I found out I was pregnant.
The draw had nothing to do with the baker himself. Tall, tatted, and edgy, looking more like a biker than a man who makes baked goods. I hardly knew him other than taking a tumble in a rainstorm in front of his shop . . . and then tossing myself at him after he rescued me.
We shared a moment but it’s not what you’d think.
Months later, he delivered my baby among his cookies and cakes. Talk about a second chance encounter.
Then he whips up a plan to pretend to be my baby’s father, and everything heats up from there.
My body.
My heart.
My willingness to accept a perfect stranger’s kindness despite him telling me over and over he isn’t who I think he is.
I beg to differ.
He’s that sugary drizzle on a citrus-flavored, guilty pleasure that’s bad for the hips, but together—him, and me, and baby—we’re the perfect blend of ingredients that might do all our hearts some good.
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From L.B. Dunbar comes an all-new small-town romance with a big family and the silver fox swoon one expects from her love over-40 romances.
Before the Sunset by Laura Pavlov (Live 9.21)
He’s an actor in need of an image makeover. She’s determined to show her ex-fiancé that she’s moved on. A fake relationship between two best friends is the perfect solution. Or is it?
Reese Murphy has been my best friend since before we took our first steps.
She’s the yin to my yang.
The peanut butter to my jelly.
It’s all platonic, of course, as we made a pact years ago that we’d never cross the line.
But then she took a job abroad and moved away for a year.
To say I’ve been lost without her would be a massive understatement.
She’s finally coming home, and I couldn’t be happier about it.
And then she presents me with a proposition…
Pretend to be her boyfriend.
I am an actor, after all, so it should be a piece of cake.
It’s all part of her grand plan to show her ex-fiancé that she’s moved on.
My agent wants me to clean up my image, so it would be a win-win for both of us.
But then she moves into my house and prances around in those tiny pajama shorts.
There’s also the night she catches me alone in the bathroom in a compromising position.
And she isn’t in any hurry to leave.
We get lost in the moment and now I can’t think of anything else.
We are way past a gray area at this point.
We’ve entered a smoking-hot-I-think-I-might-be-in-love-with-my-best-friend area.
The problem is, she still thinks we’re fake dating.
And I stopped faking it a long time ago.
**This is book 4 in the Cottonwood Cove Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!**
