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May 7th:



High Heat: A MMF Baseball Novella by Kathryn Nolan


Read in Kindle Unlimited: 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDFHH5Q7?ref=author_qv_ov_kndl_dp_rw


Blurb:

With their rugged good looks and Southern charm, it’s obvious why Cash Barlow and Sawyer Knight are America’s favorite baseball players. As the sports reporter sent to document their rise to fame, I was hoping our intimate interviews would catapult my career. Instead, I found myself being seduced…by both of them.

It’s not like they’re easy to resist. I’m spending every moment of the day with two hunky baseball gods polite enough to say “yes ma’am” and filthy enough to make me blush. And the more I study them – the more I notice the furtive glances and lingering touches – the more I realize that Cash and Sawyer aren’t only best friends. But when I promise to keep their secret, they reveal another of their own.

They don’t just want each other. And when these star baseball players want something, they get it. And now they want me.

But each time the three of us give into temptation, we’re breaking rules that threaten all of our careers. Should we risk it all for our unconventional love? Or will this baseball season end with three broken hearts?

High Heat is a spicy MMF poly novella (20,000 words) with a guaranteed Happily Ever After. Read in public at your own risk!


May 5th:


Heaven Forbid (Southern Charm #2) by Marika Ray


📖 Grab it here: https://geni.us/heavenforbid


Why you definitely want to read:
🌷Forbidden
🌷Single Dad
🌷Grumpy/Sunshine
🌷Family Feud
🌷Wrong side of the tracks
🌷Opposites attract
🌷Southern Small town
🌷RomCom

➡️ Blurb:
Heaven’s most angelic good girl is about to fall for the ultimate fallen angel.
Mary London Winthrop has spent her entire life being Heaven’s golden child—perfectly polished, the grace of a Southern belle, and positively bored out of her halo. She’s ready to trade her wings for something a little…devilish.
Enter Rhett Price: single dad from the other side of the tracks, cowboy hat on a motorcycle, and the kind of trouble Mary London’s daddy always warned her about. He’s everything a Winthrop shouldn’t want—especially since Winthrops and Prices have been sworn enemies since Heaven was founded. Think Montagues and Capulets, but with more church potlucks and passive-aggressive town council meetings.
Hiring Rhett as her contractor for her new project? Risky. Falling for him? Absolutely forbidden. Dating him in secret while the whole town watches her every move? Pure romantic chaos.


April 30th:



Pinch Hitter by Stephanie Rose

Blurb:

Lee Orrico is stuck. The family he depended on to care for his daughter since he lost his wife is moving on and moving out. Having his best friend Stella become his live-in nanny while he works as the team chiropractor for the Brooklyn Bats seems like the right idea. Until the combination of close quarters and cozy nights ignites an attraction that Lee never saw coming.

After years on the road in a job she never liked and a messy breakup, Stella Parker is ready to come back to Brooklyn to make it a real home for herself, not just a pit stop. Moving in with Lee to help care for his adorable daughter is the perfect temporary solution…except it means moving in with the man she’s always been secretly in love with. 

Her once-forbidden love for her best friend was always just a one-sided fantasy, but the lingering touches, long looks, and almost kisses make her start to wonder if this love isn’t so unrequited anymore.

The passion between Lee and Stella is undeniable. But Lee isn’t sure he can love again – he barely survived the loss of it the first time.

Still, the heart he didn’t think would beat for anyone else… wants Stella.

And Stella has always wanted Lee. The question is, does Lee really love her back?

Or is she just a pinch hitter for the real love of his life?

Read in KU Link:

https://geni.us/PH_Amazon


April 27th:

Maple & Moonlight by Daphne Elliot

Blurb:

As a single mom rebuilding my life from scratch, I don’t need help. And I  definitely don’t need the attention of a six-foot-three maple farmer with a beard and a hero complex who looks at me like I’m a problem he didn’t sign up for.

My landlord is broad-shouldered, permanently unimpressed, and entirely too comfortable telling me when I’m wrong. I think he’s grumpy, rigid, and overprotective. He thinks I’m chaos in Crocs.

Falling for Josh Lawrence was never part of the plan.

But then he starts showing up.

For my son when he’s overwhelmed.

For my daughters when they need someone steady.

And for me when my hands won’t stop shaking.

I didn’t come to Vermont looking for a protector. I don’t need rescuing. But somewhere between harvest festivals, pumpkin canoe races, and quiet mornings in the sugar shack, the man I swore was just an annoyance becomes my safe place.

And when my dangerous past resurfaces and threatens the new life I’ve built, the grumpy maple farmer next door becomes my fiercest protector, ready to stand by my side while I fight for my family.

 

Because it turns out maple farmers are a lot like their trees: quiet, stubborn, and surprisingly sweet when the pressure builds.

Read in KU Link:

https://a.co/d/0c9nLlkf



April 24th:


In the Friend Zone (Mile High Stallions #2) 

by Christina Hovland


Get your copy → christinahovland.com/itfz

Emily Sinclair lives by the Rule of Three: work hard, stay organized, and never, under any circumstances, look at Finn Taylor as anything other than her brother’s best friend.

Finn has always been her safe harbor. The late-night phone call. The permanent plus-one. The only person who knows she’d rather temper chocolate than draft a legal brief. He is also the pro football star whose career just slammed into a brick wall of a humiliating season-ending injury.

When Finn’s confidence hits rock bottom, Emily does what she does best. She makes a plan. She will help him through rehab, and in return, he will help her transform a dusty storefront into the chocolate shop of her dreams.

Simple.

Except somewhere between physical therapy sessions and renovation dust, the lines they spent a decade drawing start to blur. Finn is not just offering tool-belt advice anymore. He is looking at her with a hunger that has nothing to do with truffles.

Breaking her overprotective brother’s one rule was supposed to be the hard part.

But as the friend zone disappears in the rearview mirror, Emily realizes the real danger is not losing her heart.

It is risking the one relationship she has never been able to live without.

Because if this goes wrong, she does not just lose a boyfriend.

 She loses Finn.



April 22nd:


Sullivan by Melanie Moreland

Blurb:

He crossed an ocean to keep his word. She just didn't expect to lose her heart.

 

Sullivan Black

Powerful. Confident.

Sully Black is a highly sought-after corporate solicitor with ties to a dangerous world…one he

cannot escape.

One he never wanted to be free of until it threatened to destroy something he never thought he would have.

Love.

 

Autumn Briggs

A woman visiting Scotland, hoping the shadows in her life dissipate, gone forever by the time she returns home to Canada.

When an unexpected storm brings the two strangers together in a small cabin, another tempest occurs. One filled with emotions, passion, and talks of forever.

She captivates him.

He fascinates her.

When the outside storm passes and reality sets in, will their new love withstand the pressures of their worlds colliding?

Can she accept the light and the dark?

Can he protect her from her past?

Is forever just a word—or their new way of life?

Buy Link:

https://geni.us/Sullivan


April 10th:




Test of Time by Harlow James



What to expect:


🤍Child’s teacher

💚Single dad

🤍Sheriff MC

💚Neighbors

🤍Grumpy/sunshine

💚Small town


Blurb:


Falling for the single dad next door wasn’t part of my plan when I moved to Blossom Peak.


I accepted the teaching job for a fresh start, far away from the controlling ex I left behind.


But Rhonan Hart is everything you could ask for in a man. Strong, dependable, helpful, an amazing father to his daughter, Ellis… and looks beyond sinful in his sheriff’s uniform.


Except his daughter is my student, and he’s determined to pretend like our connection doesn’t exist.


(I’m determined to pretend he didn’t see me naked when my shower blew up, and he tried to save me.)


But soon, he’s sneaking over to my house at night—warming my bed, tearing down his walls, and making me want something I knew I couldn’t have.


My life is a mess, one I’m still trying to clean up.


But this man and his child give me a glimpse of a future I want, no matter what the cost.


Just when I think I’m on the path to moving on, fate decides to give us the test of time.


I just hope this is a test we both survive.


April 7th:



Captivation Creek by Claire Kingsley

KU Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0G62QTKCS?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_4&storeType=ebooks&qid=1771454168&sr=1-2 

 

He’ll help her solve a mystery, but they can’t risk their hearts.

A devastating injury ended Theo Haven’s pro-football career, but he’s made a good life for himself in his hometown. The high school teacher and football coach might be single, but that’s by choice. And his work bestie, Penelope? She’s one of the best parts of his job, but they’re just friends.

No, really. Not the sort of friends who are secretly pining for each other or destined to hook up. Just… friends.

Art teacher Penelope Fallbrook is stuck in a rut. When a locally renowned artist dies suspiciously, she channels her restless energy into amateur sleuthing. Who better than her best friend Theo to help her search for the truth?

When Penelope’s life comes crashing down, Theo is there, picking up the pieces and offering a place to stay. Best friends become roommates, and living one room away might be too much temptation.

As they dig deeper into the mystery of the artist’s death, secrets unravel. Are they searching for a murderer? Or uncovering the work of a serial killer?

And Penelope might be in danger of becoming the next victim.

Author’s Note: a fun twist on friends-to-lovers with work besties turned roommates turned lovers. A murder mystery, small-town shenanigans, feuding senior citizens, page-turning suspense, and a charming couple who will steal your heart.

Captivation Creek can be read as a stand-alone.



Ryder by Jessica Peterson

Read in KU: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FFNT53ST?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_4&storeType=ebooks&qid=1771454288&sr=1-1


One hard fall in the rodeo ring.
One maddeningly gorgeous cowboy.
One chance at love she swore she’d never take.

Billie Wallace has spent her whole life trying to prove she’s more than the Wallace Ranch’s “wild” only daughter. All she wants is a shot at barrel racing—and a purpose beyond crunching numbers in her daddy’s office. But when her very first run ends in disaster, Billie lands flat on her back with Ryder Rivers—her childhood crush, her brother’s best friend, and the town’s notorious heartbreaker—hovering over her.

In all the years she's known him, Ryder has never entertained Billie's shameless flirting. But after her fall, he's suddenly everywhere—showing up to help her when she’s hurt, staring at her across the honky-tonk when she’s trying to move on with a bronc rider, and encouraging her to explore her dream career.

Before either can really register what’s happening, their partnership sparks into much more than just dust and arguments.
Late nights turn into stolen kisses. Stolen kisses turn into something that feels dangerously like forever. Ryder swears he’s not the staying kind, but the way he looks at Billie like she’s the only woman in the world makes everyone start to wonder if he’s ready to stop running…

April 2nd:


Wild Card by Piper Rayne


Getting pregnant after a one-night stand with my brother’s best friend was never part of the plan.


We’re talking about Foster Davis here.


Chicago Colts closing pitcher.

The broody king of one-word answers.

And the man everyone knows keeps one foot out the door.


Surprisingly, when two pink lines turn my world upside down, Foster doesn’t run. He steps in, he shows up, and he insists we do this together.


Pretending we’re fine is easy. Pretending this is just about the baby? Not so much.


Because Foster is gentle when no one’s watching.

Because he looks at me like I’m something worth protecting.

Because the walls he’s built start to crack—and I’m the one he’s letting inside.


Our arrangement was supposed to be simple. Boundaries were set. Co-parents and no catching feelings.


Okay, maybe a few sex lessons were added in too. Bad idea, I know.


Because the more time I spend with Foster Davis, the harder it is to remember why I ever thought he was the risky choice.


Download today or read for FREE with #kindleunlimited

https://books2read.com/twc


Duet Narration by: Sean Masters & Erin Mallon


Also Featuring: CJ Bloom, JF Harding, Teddy Hamilton, Connor Crais, Meg Sylvan, Austin Stone & Willa Jaymes




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