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To celebrate the start of summer, 17 of your favorite romance authors have teamed up to offer a MASSIVE giveaway! For your chance to win 17 romance ebooks  😍😍 and bookish money 💸💸

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Coming Soon

Cruise by Nat Logan

Danger chases an ex-military heroine to the Bluff Creek Brotherhood MC and into the arms of the man she’d always wanted. When she faces her past, will they survive the encounter?

Best Laid Plans by E.L. Koslo

A meddling supervisor, a case of mistaken identity and a festive game of strip poker make for a bumpy introduction between a kitchen designer and the architect she’s been assigned to work with.

Christmas Calendar by Rachel Parks

Roped into photographing the local first responders for a Christmas calendar, the last person Katie expected to get an eyeful of was her brother’s hot best friend, sports star Austin Miller. Both nursing scars from the past, he’s determined to remind her how good they were together, while she’s determined to stay far, far away.

Fix My Lights by Amber Warden

When heat suddenly flares between Paige, an empty nester alone for the holidays, and Simon, her daughter’s all grown up former crush, will they be able to choose each other despite what their small town, and her daughter, thinks?

Jingle Jollies by Indie Sparks

She’s a serious journalist, looking to write a great story, but when prototypes for her sister’s holiday-themed adult toy line get her flagged by airport security, will she miss her shot? Or will she get a better story than she ever imagined?

Sleighing the Game by Lauren Fraser

After suffering a career-ending injury, there’s not much holiday cheer for a grumpy ex-ball player, but maybe he’s stumbled onto the small town—and Christmas angel—who will turn his life around.

Slopeside Love by Sandra Martorano

Focused on her career, Gwynn has given up on finding Mr. Right. While enjoying a Christmas ski trip with her besties, she doesn't expect to literally crash into a gorgeous ski instructor, Jack. The more time she spends with him, the more she sees his kindness and humor is everything she's ever wanted in a partner.

High Rise Holiday by April Gaisford

What are the chances of running into your high school crush on a flight from Atlanta to New York City at Christmas? For Dillion, it might be his chance to have Andi in his life again. Could Andi’s flight to NYC be more than just a vacation from her ordinary suburban life?

Fall in love with your favorite cinnamon roll heroes this Christmas. Don’t miss out because these stories won’t be in this collection forever. Buy now or Read in Kindle Unlimited before the spice disappears.

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New Releases

Living on the island of Hawaii is not always paradise. For the locals, it gives a new meaning to struggle, community, loyalty, and family.

Collins grew up as the youngest in her family. Raised by her brothers, they were left to learn how to survive the best way they knew how. Fixing cars. For Collins, a relationship was never in her forecast, as it always brought storms. She lost faith in anyone willing to stay, but after one chance encounter, will she give way to the surf and ride the wave of life?

Victor steps out into what the world would consider as paradise. However, his paradise never included sand or surf. He was happy in the high-class country clubs fixing contracts to suit his life. To him, Hawaii is all business, and he is ready to make a deal so he can get back to his busy life in New York. He craves the big city and having everything at his fingertips. Can he slow his pace and see the true beauty behind the paper or would one night make him question if staying is too much to ask?

One night, one encounter, one person can change the direction of life.

When worlds collide, can it be enough to restore a broken heart?

Aria
We used to be friends but drifted apart. Over the years, I’d drowned him out. Pity he was now a rock star whose face graced magazines worldwide. But one day, he came knocking on my door, needing help. Unfortunately, it meant my heart was on the line a second time. From ashes we rose, burning brightly once again. Hearts aflame, but in the end, it was just a game.

Austin
I found her as I was near drowning, and she threw me a lifeline. Fate brought Aria into my life again years after losing touch. I needed help cleaning up my tarnished image in the media, and she was perfect for the job of my pretend girlfriend with her beauty, wit, and charm. But most of all, she was about as interested in a relationship with me, as I was in one with her. Slowly, she lit me up inside. Why was this fake relationship starting to feel like the most real thing I had in my life?

Aflame is a rock star romance with heart, and the first book in the Scarlet Love Series. Although part of a series of inter-connected novels, this story may be read as a stand-alone.

Cinnamon Roll Reads

The first romantic comedy in a new series by USA Today-bestselling author Angela Casella!

Does it count as cruel and unusual punishment if you’re forced to be an extra with your enemy?

Lucas
I figured being a movie extra would be a harmless distraction—a way for me to forget that my life is imploding and I'm the one who pulled the trigger. But it turns out ninety percent of being an extra is sitting around, so I have nothing to do but dwell.
Worse, I have to spend every last minute on set with a woman who’s connected to the incident that sent my life off course. I’m determined to help her, thereby evening the scales of justice imbalanced by my parents, but Delia Evans is so sunshiney and naïve and…
Well, extra.

And, to my utter astonishment, I find myself wanting more of her.
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Delia
It seemed like fate when I got hired to be in this movie. My high school crush is the lead actor, and judging by the number of times my mother has accused me of being dramatic, I’m a natural actress.
Only it turns out my former crush is a jerk, being an extra is shockingly boring, and I’m paired with a man whose last name ensures he's my enemy. Lucas Burke is gorgeous, but even if he weren’t a Burke, I could never fall for such a conceited know-it-all.

Or at least that’s what I think until accidents start happening on set…

Come join us in this fun new Facebook group that is designed to celebrate our favorite cinnamon roll book boyfriends!

The moment my husband died, I thought my life was over.

Left alone at forty-six with my daughter Stacy off at college, time seemed to freeze. Unsure of how to move forward, I watched others go on with their lives, keeping myself carefully tucked away where I wouldn't be forced to accept my new reality.

My life fell into further disarray when my landscaper retired suddenly, leaving my pool house apartment empty. When the heater in my beloved pool stopped working in the same week, I was forced to ask for help, and two much younger men came to my rescue.

Their presence in my once solitary life finally pushed me out of the bubble I'd placed myself in, and into a steamy journey of self-awakening that showed me life after tragedy didn't have to be done alone.

**A stand-alone, female POV only, spicy, taboo romance with an unexpected, but very happy ending loosely inspired by the song Stacy's Mom**

Tropes:
Reverse Age Gap
Love After Loss
MF, MFM, MM, FF, MF+MF
LGBTQ Rep
HEA
Single POV

TW: Death of a Spouse (past).

K!nks: Voyeurism, Dirty Talk, Spanking, Sword Crossing, Anal Play

Alternate Illustrated Paperback Cover

Foreplay on Words

Chase

When I started writing romance novels, I never imagined my rise up the bestseller’s list would be for destroying readers’ panties. So being called in by my editor to consult for the publishing house golden boy on a novel that can’t quite manage to get it up isn’t something I’m anxious to do when I’ve got my own deadline. But when I saw his face on the back of his latest book jacket, I jumped at the chance to work with reclusive mystery novelist Stone Evans.

Evan

My thriving career was built on carefully crafted, suspenseful thrillers and mystery novels, but I was completely clueless when it came to adding a little spice to my upcoming release. With my deadline barreling toward me, I had no other choice but to accept a helping hand from a pro. Chastity Rose was a stunning romance novelist who burst into my quiet life and made it hard (pun intended) to concentrate on learning from her expertise. Especially once we decided to collaborate on a book requiring specialized, hands-on investigation.

Mark my Words

Kristine

The world I grew up in didn’t have much room for girls with big dreams. Dreams that didn’t include stifling my ambitions as an editor to pursue a career my parents wanted. Despite their best efforts to marry me off to their friends’ horrible offspring, I left New York with the intention of never returning. Being fiercely independent ensured I didn’t make many friends on the way up the corporate ladder either. So, when Sam Langley stood in my path to a promotion, I wouldn’t let a pretty face get in my way.

Sam

Self-sufficient, spirited, smart, and seriously frustrating women didn’t scare me after growing up in a house with four older sisters. But having to edit a spicy thriller with the office ice queen would test my resolve to resist her fiery wit and sharp tongue. She thought her bristly exterior was a turn-off, but it only made it that much harder to keep her off my mind and out of my bed. Kristine Willard may have thought she could keep me away with her cutting remarks and terrible nicknames. She never expected my ability to read her in a way that showed her true character, and I wanted to explore her every page.

Bound by Words

Kelly

The first time I met Nathan Harrison I drunkenly exclaimed I was going to climb him like a mountain. But when I found out he lived halfway across the country I didn’t think I’d ever see him again. Until he found me crying at my brother’s wedding and showed me what it was like to be with a man who thrived on control. After an eye-opening weekend, I knew I didn’t want anyone else, but our lives were in different places. Fate had other plans when circumstances brought us back together for longer than a few steamy hours.

Nathan

Kelly Stineman was a temptation I found hard to deny. I tried to ignore my attraction, but when the obstacles keeping us apart fell away for a few stolen weeks at her brother’s house in rural Connecticut, I knew resisting her was futile. Introducing her to my world of forbidden desires, we both found solace and strength in one another. She was the one woman I’d ever felt truly comfortable submitting control to. Letting go of our fears brought new possibilities for a future that bound us together in a way neither of us ever imagined. When ghosts from our pasts threatened to drive us apart, would we be able to resist the pull?

More books to come in The Dirty Words Series universe:

More Than Words - The fourth installment of The Dirty Words series featuring editors Isobel and Adrian, navigating an unconventional pregnancy, a tumultuous love-hate relationship and being new parents together. (2024)

Louder Than Words - The fifth installment of The Dirty Words series following Adrian’s twin brother, Hutchins, and his unwanted fixation with his niece’s much younger nanny. (2024)

Much more to come… The Blogger and The Flogger spin-off will be the next installment of the Dirty Words Series…

Burn Series on Galatea

Feelin’ the Burn is an age gap, slow burn, gym romance that follows Hannah on her journey to take back her health and the hunky personal trainer she meets along the way.

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Meet Him at the Altar is written a bit like a romantic, coming of age mystery. Krista meets 4 men the first day of Freshman orientation at university, and throughout the story, she has romantic encounters with each one. You’re left guessing until the end of the book which one cheats on her, which one leaves her at the altar, and which one ultimately ends up marrying her.