September 22nd:
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She has no memory of choosing him. Her heart, apparently, didn’t get the memo.
I wake up in a hospital with a year of my life missing—and Grant Hastings at my bedside. I remember him, all right. He’s wealthy. Arrogant. British. And my late brother’s best friend. The last man I’d ever want to marry.
Except apparently I did.
Now I’m living in a beautiful house I don’t recognize, wearing a ring I don’t remember receiving, and expected to play the devoted wife while his aristocratic family, unaware of the gaps in my memory, descends for his birthday. Grant is patient and attentive, dropping hints about an explosive relationship that makes my pulse race. He’s nothing like the cold, haughty man I remember.
Torn between suspicion about this inconvenient marriage of convenience and an attraction to my husband I’m not ready to name, I have to make a choice: leave the past buried or trust Grant to help me find my way back to a life I can’t remember choosing.
The terrifying part? I’m starting to think past me knew exactly what she was doing.
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October 1st:
Goode Tidings by Jennifer Milliken
Callum Goode, the grumpy creator of the beloved website Goode Tidings, never planned on unlawfully occupying the abandoned lakeside cabin where he spent summers as a child. But after a painful and humiliating betrayal, he trades the city for a secluded life in the mountains. There he finds peace, solitude, and a hot tub—which is where Callum happens to be when Eden Madigan and her teenage son wander onto his property claiming the cabin is theirs for the next year.
Seeking space from the newcomers, Callum moves into the small backyard office. Eden might be beautiful and funny, but she's also the no-filter ex-wife of Callum's former stepbrother, making her totally off-limits.
Callum appears to be all scowls and ruggedly handsome, but Eden knows there's more to him. She's determined to peel back his layers, but what she's really doing is getting under his skin in a way neither of them expected.
Eden maintains that bringing Callum coffee every afternoon is just a simple kindness. Callum claims he was only offering a friendly ear when Eden was upset. But the way Callum has been showing up in town wearing an uncharacteristic smile on his face says otherwise.
With tentative touches lingering, and lengthy glances heating up, Callum's grasp on his control begins to slip.
And when the tension finally snaps? There's no going back.
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October 6th:
Mistletoe All the Way by Lauren Blakely
She wants to make him Mr. Holiday. He wants to stay a certified Grinch. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely comes a small-town spicy holiday romance about a guarded cowboy veterinarian and a Christmas-loving optimist who team up for a town holiday competition.
Dr. Noah Lennox lives by three holiday rules—avoid his hometown, cheerful people, and Christmas itself.
But when his beloved grandfather announces he’s retiring and handing the cherished sleigh-ride farm to either Noah or his slick cousin Stephen, the first rule goes out the window. Back home in Evergreen Falls, the veterinarian vows to fight for the farm that means everything to him. The problem is, the town doesn’t exactly welcome its resident Scrooge with open arms.
Except for one very charming holiday enthusiast. Eloise Langston, a sunny tourism bureau hopeful, needs a win to land her dream job—and to pay the rent. Her holly jolly plan? Turn the broody, broad-shouldered grump into a festive front-runner to help the town’s Mr. Holiday Competition draw record crowds.
Transforming a camera-shy cowboy vet into a small-town sweetheart isn’t exactly in her job description—but neither is falling for him.
Soon, Noah and Eloise find themselves tangled in twinkle lights, fake kisses, and one very real attraction. But with the farm’s future at stake, Stephen’s scheming, and Eloise’s career on the line, there’s a blizzard of reasons to put their feelings on ice.
Or will they fight to turn their holiday fling into forever under the mistletoe?
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How To Troll A Guy in Ten Days (Accidentally Infamous #3) by Pippa Grant
If Tennessee Rhodes and I were the last two people on earth, sorry, humanity would be doomed.
He’s obnoxious. He pretends he’s funny. He takes great pains to get under my skin. And since his sister is my best friend, one of the women my great-aunt and I invited to live with us after she went viral, he’s around far more than I’d like.
Now, for instance.
Now, Ten’s parked on my couch, in his boxers, eating Oreos in a bowl of milk like they’re cereal, telling me he’s gone viral and needs me to hide him too.
Less than two weeks before we reopen the winery where my found family and I live. The opening that we need to go well because we’re facing foreclosure if it doesn’t.
The worst part? With those big puppy dog eyes and his panty-melting smile that he uses to his advantage, he’s convinced my great-aunt he needs to stay as her personal assistant.
Which means it’s up to me to convince him to leave on his own. Keep him from causing trouble and wrecking the grand opening.
Easier said than done when I find out the rest of his story though.
You’d think the experience of being my unpredictable great-aunt’s caretaker the past five years would’ve prepared me for Tennessee’s antics. Or that the time I’ve spent fighting internet trolls for sport the past five years would’ve made me smart enough to not fall for his charms.
But I apparently don’t know myself as well as I think I do.
Nor is Tennessee the man I think he is either.
And that’s bad.
Worse than bad.
Because when I find out his secret—the real reason he needs to lay low here—my heart will be at just as much risk as the winery’s reopening.
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October 13th:
In Another Lifetime by Swathi M.H.
October 15th:
Brighter Than the Stars by Elizabeth O'Roark
I was raised to believe the danger lived outside our walls. And Ford James looked like the most dangerous thing of all.
I’ve spent my entire life inside Bright Covenant — a religious community with rules for everything, a place where questions aren’t allowed. When my family is sent to heal Westside, a small Florida beach town, I arrive certain of two things: the world outside is exactly as dangerous as I was warned, and Ford James — who vandalized our home before we’d even unpacked — is proof.
He’s the reason I had to leave home during my final year of school. He’s the reason half the senior class wants me gone. But he also makes me question everything I know, and want things I’ve never wanted before—things I’m meant to save for my husband.
Come June, I board a plane to Bolivia, and will return engaged to a member of Bright Covenant.
Which means I have one year to decide if Ford James is really the villain. Or worth burning my world down for.
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Chasing Smoke by Piper Rayne
I've been running toward burning buildings for a decade. Then my best friend's widow smiled at me for the first time in two years, and I knew right then I was in trouble. After Caleb died, I made a promise—I’d take care of his wife. Keep an eye on her. Check in on her. Make sure she kept on living. Collins insists she’s fine. She’s not. So when she finally agrees to let me help pull her out of her grief, I vow to stand beside her however long she needs me, no matter how much it costs me. Collins isn’t supposed to smile at me like she does. She’s not supposed to let me in. And she definitely isn’t supposed to be the best part of my day. She was Caleb’s. I know that. The problem is, I can't stop wondering what it would be like if Collins wasn't just someone I was meant to protect. But mine. Pre-order today! https://books2read.com/ Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4bJ6Ljs |
October 20th:
Once Upon a Lie (The Protectors #2) by Max Monroe
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An undercover cop. A mobster’s daughter. The best love stories start with a lie in this funny, emotional, suspenseful rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Max Monroe.
Valentina Cordone doesn’t need a prince—she’s got a thriving bagel-and-book shop in Nashville, game nights with her quirky crew, and a perfectly good life. But when her attractive new neighbor shows up with effortless charm and an award-winning smile, she starts to reconsider.
Detective Shane Maddox went undercover to surveil a mob boss’s daughter. What he didn’t expect? That she’d be a lovable ray of sunshine, nothing like the crime princess he imagined. He planned to get close but walk away untouched. Instead, he’s falling hard…and realizing she’s in more danger than she knows.
Torn between duty and desire, Shane keeps his identity secret while protecting Valentina from her family’s criminal empire. As the truth explodes, he must prove his love is real while keeping her alive—no small feat when she won’t take his calls.
Even though the prince is a liar, he can’t risk losing his princess.
Sometimes fairy tales don’t start with once upon a time. They start with once upon a lie.
Carved in the Shadows by A.L. Jackson
It was a terrible idea to agree to move in with my best friend’s little sister…
She is everything I’ve ever wanted and the one thing I can’t have.
As our motorcycle club’s Vice President, I’m charged with her protection.
Touching her would be a penalty subject to death.
When she demands the chance to spread her wings, it’s my duty to go with her.
I knew staying at her new apartment would be excruciating.
Listening to her in her room and imagining her under the fall of the shower.
But when she asks me to crawl into bed with her so she won’t feel so alone, there’s nothing I can do.
One brush of her hand and I’m crumbling.
One crook of those fingers and I’m trapped.
One reckless night and there’s no going back.
Only with the lives we lead, our enemies are never far away, and as she begins to receive threats, I’m in a race to end the threat before it’s too late.
Soon, our secrets unravel, and I’m faced with the consequence of loving her.
But I promised her everything, and I’m willing to offer the greatest sacrifice.
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Crash Course by Piper Lawson
A spicy, angsty, slow burn F1 academy romance about fast cars, forbidden attraction, and family secrets from USA Today bestselling author Piper Lawson, releasing in all formats on October 20, 2026.
Shay MacDonald was raised to avoid two things: race cars and the Ashford family. But when an injury puts her mechanic father on bedrest, she vows to save his career by covertly covering his shifts at the Ashford garage and enrolling at Ashford Academy–an elite school that trains aspiring drivers and engineers, like herself, for the lucrative F1 circuit.
Keeping a low profile is out of the question when she has a run-in with the Ashford brothers on day one. Theo and Jameson are racing royalty who know they can get away with anything. Theo, the charming and reckless playboy, tempts her to break every rule, while Jameson, the brilliant prodigy, unsettles her with a cold intensity that cuts deeper than she expects.
Shay will always be the adopted daughter of a mechanic, trying to survive unnoticed in a world that was never meant for her. But Theo and Jameson’s only reprieve from their father’s sky-high expectations is Shay. She’s a shiny new pawn in their old rivalry—or a prize worth risking everything for.
When a competition to work on the F1 circuit brings her further into their orbit, Shay is forced to work harder to protect her secrets. But the deeper she’s pulled into the world of the rich and famous Ashfords, the more she realizes everyone is keeping secrets.
Secrets that could shatter her past, her future…and her heart.
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October 21st:
Reaper's Wrath by Jill Ramsower
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Roped in Rawhide by Harloe Rae
There’s no fixing what he broke…
Gemma
Accidents happen and mine took me out of the race.
After months of recuperation, I’m finally ready to get back in the saddle. But the rodeo circuit isn’t what it used to be.
Chance Benson isn’t either. The broody cowboy I once considered my best friend seems more interested in riding buckle bunnies than broncos. His reputation is a scandal I’ve unsubscribed from.
At least until the truth comes out. What Chance really needs is a lesson in love. Maybe I can find it in my broken heart to teach him.
Chance
I’m in love with my best friend. Actually, scratch that. Gemma Keaton considers herself more of an enemy these days, which I accept full responsibility for.
It was a gamble and I ended up losing it all. Well, everything except my virginity. That I’m saving for Gemma. She just has to forgive me first.
Or maybe not.
As it turns out, my former friend is very interested in being my first. The only catch? Gemma refuses to be more than that.
I’m nothing if not up for a challenge, but the stakes are higher than ever. Especially when the past is determined to destroy us.
It comes down to proving myself and this time, I won’t let anything stop me from claiming Gemma as mine.
Roped in Rawhide is a childhood best friends to enemies to lovers, grumpy cowboy x sunshine cowgirl, he falls first, it's always been you, small town romance. It's a standalone within the Cloverleaf Meadows series, which can all be read in any order.
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October 22nd:
Paging Dr. Van Ryan by Melanie Moreland
Blurb:
He was the right person at the wrong time. Fate wasn't
finished with them yet.
An
emotional friends-to-lovers doctor-nurse contemporary romance from New York
Times bestselling author Melanie Moreland.
Matthew
VanRyan
ER
doctor, prankster, friend to all.
His
easy smile and quiet demeanor hide the pain he doesn't talk about.
Love
is one prescription he refuses to fill ever again.
Until
he meets her.
The
one with the sweet smile, soft eyes, and gentle touch.
She
reawakens his belief in love. In forever.
Until
life comes between them and they are forced to agree: the right person at the
wrong time.
But
when fate steps in and brings them together, can the doctor and the nurse heal
themselves?
Author's
Note
Paging Dr. VanRyan is a
complete standalone contemporary romance — a friends-to-lovers medical romance
with a wounded hero, a heroine who sees straight through him, and the
guaranteed happily ever after you've come to expect from me. No cheating. No
cliffhanger. Just two people who found each other at the wrong time and refused
to let that be the end of the story.
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Breakaway Bet by Lisa Suzanne
Waking up with a ring on my finger and a professional hockey player in my bed was not on my Vegas itinerary. Especially since that hockey player is Vegas Vengeance superstar Cash Maddox, my brother's sworn enemy. But maybe he's exactly the kind of reckless choice I need. I'm the youngest Bradley...sheltered, overprotected, and, yes, still a virgin. He's an experienced bad boy a decade older than me. But a white dress and too much tequila lead us straight to a wedding chapel I don't remember visiting. When the hangover wears off, I realize this is my chance to break away from my family's constant hovering. We agree to two simple rules: pretend we're happily married, and don't let feelings get involved. Except Cash makes pretending a little too easy. Behind his cocky smirk is a fiercely protective, thoughtful man who inspires me to take risks. Every heated glance and stolen touch leaves me aching for him to be my first. I was only supposed to stay married to him. I wasn't supposed to fall for him. But the more I hear Cash call me his wife, the more I want it to be real. Until the secret he's keeping catches up with us. And when I discover the truth, all bets are off. Pre-order today! Amazon: https://geni.us/ Audible: Coming Soon Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3RPKeeX |
Forbidden Forward by G.K. Brady
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She’s the one line he can’t afford to cross.
Jackie
I trusted the wrong man and lost everything.
My career. My savings. My home.
And enough faith in my own judgment that moving in with my little brother feels safer than trusting myself again.
Then I go and fall— literally— into the arms of the one man my brother warned me to stay away from.
His enemy. His teammate. The infuriatingly handsome complication I absolutely do not need.
I’m prepared to hate him. But I’m not prepared for the way he makes me feel.
Until I stumble across who he is when no one’s watching, and suddenly I’m seeing Colby in a whole new light.
The moody forward is nothing like my brother said.
And everything I shouldn’t want.
Colby
I know what one mistake can cost, and what it means to spend the rest of your life paying for it.
The guilt. The shame. The tragedy.
I was just a kid when mine happened, and my sister has lived with the consequences ever since.
That’s why I keep people at a distance, and why losing my spot on this team is not an option.
I won’t let my sister down again, and Jackie’s brother is already looking for a reason to get rid of me.
If I don’t keep my head in the game and my hands to myself, Jackie could be that reason.
One kiss crosses the line. One night obliterates it. Every stolen touch makes it harder to remember why she’s off-limits.
If he discovers what we’re doing behind his back, I could lose the game, the girl… and the only future I’ve got left.
Perfect for readers who love:
Brother's teammate • Forbidden romance • Secret cinnamon roll • Slow burn • Redemption romance • Sailor hero
October 23rd:
Who the Heart Chooses by Harlow James
Blurb:
He’s
my former best friend and my husband of convenience, but he’s not the man that
got me pregnant.
One year into
my nursing program, two little pink lines alter my reality.
Add on that
the baby’s father wants nothing to do with us and I no longer have
healthcare coverage, and well?
I start to
panic.
Enter Easton
Buckley—Mr. Dependable, lineman with great health benefits, and a
stubborn streak that pays off when he convinces me to marry him so my baby and
I can be taken care of.
The problem
is, Easton and I haven’t been on good terms for years, and neither of us has
attempted to fix it.
Yet
now I’m living with him, forced to see him shirtless, and wondering why hearing
him call me his wife is making my hormones even more wild.
Then I figure
out his secret.
And there’s
no stopping the flood of emotions and unresolved feelings that come up.
I’m scared to
fall for Easton. I don’t want him to be a mistake like every other love
interest in my life.
But
what if the reality is, you can’t help who your heart chooses to love? Even if
they could be the one to break it once and for all?
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Wicked Auction by Jane Henry
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A captive who refuses to be owned.
A man who controls everything except what he feels for her.
A lie that was supposed to protect her, and a truth that might destroy them both.
Touch her, and he'll show you exactly what kind of danger walked out of prison.
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Why you will LOVE this book…
🩷brother's ex best friend
🏒hockey (they're both pro-athletes)
🩷green-flag MMC
🏒secret relationship
🩷he’s down bad for her
🏒he wears her jersey
As the captain of Minnesota’s female pro hockey team,
I live by certain guidelines, but I have one golden rule: hockey first.
Sleeping with my brother’s ex-best friend breaks every rule imaginable.
Somehow “only one night” turned
into “until the play-offs are over,” and now I find myself not wanting it to
end.
But I can’t keep lying to my brother, Levi. And I
can’t keep lying to myself, pretending I’m not falling for the man my brother
hates.
I wish I could find a way to make Levi see Carson as
he is today, the supportive, loving man I know. And not as the former teammate
who betrayed him.
When I finally discover the reason behind their rift, I’m forced to decide whether I’m going to let their past dictate my future. And just how much I’m willing to risk for love.
November 3rd:
Playing My Holiday by J. Saman
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Things not on my Christmas wish list? Discovering that my rugby team’s new owner is my former best mate and ex-lover, right after I propose to my girlfriend.
It's been years since I've seen Kyren Jax, but before I know what’s happening, the broody billionaire is whisking my fiancée, Ally and me out of London to his country estate to rekindle our friendship.
It's a recipe for disaster.
Especially when I haven’t grown immune to his gorgeous smirk or the way his heated eyes hold me captive. And when he turns his magnetic stare on Ally, my reaction surprises us all, erupting into a passion none of us can deny.
This couldn’t happen at a worse time.
Our team is on a win streak and endorsement deals are pouring in. Plus, Ally’s seeking a professorship at her university. Not to mention Kyren has broken my heart before.
With too much at stake, we vow to put our dirty weekend behind us.
But Kyren becomes impossible to stay away from.
Before long, the three of us are sneaking around, doing things in public and private that put us straight on the naughty list.
Now he's playing our holiday. And we're all in way over our heads—falling in love and making our sinful secret more than a delicious holiday treat.
Playing My Holiday is a VERY STEAMY (you've been warned!) standalone MMF holiday, billionaire, sports, workplace, close proximity in London romance with a swoony why-choose style HEA! It's delicious holiday fun for anyone who likes being on Santa's naughty list—and for anyone who fantasizes about two men together with their woman right there with them.
November 5th:
Wherever You Are by Erika Kelly
Brother’s Ex-Wife. Christmas in Paris. Forced Proximity.
After Vivienne Archer left her marriage to Jack Holland’s brother, the entire town sided with her ex—including her children.
Now she spends Christmas in Paris running a vintage fashion booth far from the whispers waiting back home.
She just never expected Jack to come with her.
One hotel suite. Snow-covered streets. Forbidden chemistry. And the rugged innkeeper who never treated her like someone to be ashamed of.
But when old rumors follow them all the way to Paris, Vivienne must decide whether she’s willing to keep running from her old life…or finally fight for a new one.
Steamy small-town romance with magical Christmas markets, forbidden tension, and a second chance at love.
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Falling for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins
Holiday Romance
Small Town Fake Dating Single Mom One Night Stand He Falls First Opposites Attract “Just Casual” Spicy RomComMy date is a disaster, but the charming Brit playing piano at the bar—and later flirting with me over a pool table? Not so much.
One reckless night with Beck Hargrove feels harmless.
Until I run into him the next day at my son's Winter Fest workshop and our one-night fling becomes a lot more complicated.
Now the PTA moms think we’re together, my son is obsessed with him, and the ridiculously charming British man I was supposed to forget keeps showing up in all the worst places—my kitchen, my holiday plans, and very much in my head.
The more he helps with Winter Fest, charms everyone in Cedar Hollow, and looks at me like my messy life is something he actually wants, the harder it is to remember he won’t be staying.
But Beck is always chasing his next adventure.
And I can't afford to fall for a man who's only here for the holidays, no matter how much he's starting to feel like he belongs.
November 6th:
A Billionaire Christmas Collaboration
November 12th:
Falling for Xmas by Carly Phillips
Christmas MagicForced ProximityGrumpy SunshineHappily Ever AfterHoliday RomanceNeighbors to LoversOpposites AttractProtective AlphaSmall TownSports HeroI 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 working side by side with the one woman I can’t seem to avoid. Together, we’re in charge of a toy drive that means more to me than she knows, stirring up memories of the grandmother who once made Christmas feel magical before life took that away from me.
The more time I spend with Holly, the harder it becomes to hold onto my cynicism.
She’s impossible to resist.
Whether she’s bossing me around while decorating my house, dragging me through Christmas markets, or showing me that joy can still exist in the smallest moments, she slowly works her way past every defense I’ve built.
And before I realize what’s happening, the woman I swore I’d avoid has become the one person I look forward to seeing every day.
But opening my heart is terrifying.
Because Holly deserves someone who believes in everything she does.
Someone who won’t let her down.
When I choose my career over the one thing that’s most important to her, I risk losing the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
Now I have one chance to prove that maybe Christmas isn’t about decorations, presents, or impossible expectations.
Maybe it’s about finding the person who finally feels like home.
And maybe—just maybe—she’s my greatest gift of all.
If you believe in Christmas miracles, second chances at happiness, and heroes who will do anything to protect the woman they love, this festive romance is for you.
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November 19th:
The Christmas Cab by Teagan Hunter
An older brother's best friend holiday romance. Full blurb coming soon!
Previously featured in the A December to Remember Anthology.
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November 24th:
Pen Pal Afterlife by J.T. Geissinger
Death was only the beginning.
Can true love survive death? For Aidan and Kayla, the answer was yes. Ripped apart in a cruel twist of fate, the star-crossed lovers were reunited in the afterlife by a bond so strong, it couldn’t be broken.
But the end of their story was the start of something else. Because what waited for them on the other side wasn’t quite the happily-ever-after they thought it would be.
Some things can haunt you even after your heart stops beating.
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December 8th:
One Step Closer by Laura Pavlov
From USA Today bestselling author Laura Pavlov comes a searingly warm and witty romance between an NFL player looking for a second chance and the innkeeper who gives him one.
With a championship loss under his belt and an ex-girlfriend’s bad press on his heels, quarterback Maverick Storm just needs to lie low.
He escapes to Peachtree to lick his wounds and reevaluate his life.
But the owner of the local inn soon puts his heart in a twist.
Hazel Adams isn’t one to make rash decisions—with her inn or her emotions.
Seeing your ex-boyfriend and former best friend together does something to a person, though.
And kissing a sexy stranger turns out to be Hazel’s something.
That kiss inspires Hazel and Maverick to try fake dating as a temporary fix for all their problems.
But when the paparazzi catches wind of the unexpected romance, they’re in for a more long-term arrangement.
As they grow closer, their guards begin to come down.
But with their lifestyles at odds and their hearts at stake, they’ll have to decide whether to make their connection real—or keep pretending it’s not.
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January 12th:
Beck (Double U Ranch #2) by Jessica Peterson
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She wasn’t supposed to come back broken.
She definitely wasn’t supposed to find him waiting.
And she absolutely wasn’t supposed to want the life she left behind.
Posey Adkins has built a career out of knowing what she wants—what tastes right, what sells, what’s worth a second look. As a writer and food critic, she’s made a name for herself one sharp review and recipe at a time. But when her carefully ordered life cracks wide open, there’s only one place she can think to run: the small Texas town of Hartsville, where memories she’s spent years avoiding are alive and well.
Especially the one named Beck.
Beck Wallace never did learn how to forget Posey. Not the summer she came to Hartsville grieving her mama. Not the night they gave each other everything, knowing morning would still come with goodbye. She had a future waiting in New York, and his was rooted in the family ranch that had been theirs for generations.
Now Posey is back, and Beck isn’t the boy she left behind. He’s built something of his own—a thriving restaurant, a place on the ranch, a life he’s proud of. The only thing missing is the woman who taught him to live well and love hard.
This time around, Beck isn’t interested in almost. He’s ready to fight for Posey and for their second chance. Most of all, he’s ready to show her the dreams she’s been chasing have perhaps been here all along.
January 13th:
Just Scoring with Love by Lauren Blakely
When she's practice dating her hockey star best friend, but it starts to feel like the real thing...
From #1 New York Times bestselling author @laurenblakelybooks, comes the next standalone hockey romance in her Hockey Ever After series, JUST SCORING WITH LOVE! This spicy, childhood best friends-to-lovers, forced proximity, it’s always been you hockey romance about the cinnamon roll hero who’s secretly pining over his best friend releases January 13th in all formats, and will be free to read in Kindle Unlimited. Check out the cover and blurb below and pre-order your copy today!
About JUST SCORING WITH LOVE:
Confession - I've been secretly fake dating my hockey-playing best friend.
I went to his house for dinner and walked straight into a matchmaking trap!
Miller’s teenage siblings have decided he’s been off the dating market long enough raising them, so it’s time for him to get back out there. And as his childhood best friend, they appoint me to “practice date” him.
Even though it’s walking a dangerous line, the forbidden goalie with the sexy smirk supported me when an injury shattered my own hockey dreams, so I say yes.
To writing his profile. Taking photos of him. Going on “trial” dates.
Huge mistake.
Looking at my best friend through a new lens becomes pure torture.
I can’t stop imagining his talented hands gripping my hips, his tempting mouth coasting across my skin.
Until a desperate kiss late one night at the rink changes everything.
But I’m a sports broadcaster trying to break barriers in a male-dominated industry. I don’t have time for romance, especially since I cover his team now.
So we make a new deal: a temporary arrangement to get it out of our systems.
Only the way Miller touches me after dark suggests he’s playing to win, and has been for years. And I want more.
But can I risk the one relationship I can’t live without?
This is Miller and Anna’s romance. Tropes include: hockey romance, single guardian, childhood best friends to lovers, it’s always been you, secret pining, practice dates and fake dating, forced proximity, workplace romance, he has a dog.
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