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Week of January 20, 2020

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INAPPROPRIATE by Vi Keeland

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 •  Romance

A new, sexy standalone novel from #1ย New York Timesย Bestseller, Vi Keeland.

Terminated for inappropriate behavior.

I couldnโ€™t believe the letter in my hands.

Nine years.ย Nine damn yearsย Iโ€™d worked my butt off for one of the largest companies in America, and I was fired with a form letter when I returned home from a week in Aruba.

All because of a video taken when I was on vacation with my friendsโ€”aย privateย video made on myย privateย time.ย Or so I thoughtโ€ฆ

Pissed off, I cracked open a bottle of wine and wrote my own letter to the gazillionaire CEO telling him what I thought of his company and its practices.

I didnโ€™t think heโ€™d actually respond.

I certainly never thought Iโ€™d suddenly become pen pals with the rich jerk.

Eventually, he realized Iโ€™d been wronged and made sure I got my job back.

Onlyโ€ฆit wasnโ€™t the only thing Grant Lexington wanted to do for me.

But there was no way I was getting involved with my bossโ€™s bossโ€™s boss. Even if he was ridiculously gorgeous, confident, and charming.

It would be completely wrong, inappropriate even.

Sort of like the video that got me into trouble to begin with.

Two wrongs donโ€™t make a right.

But sometimes itโ€™s twice as fun.

FACE THE MUSIC by JB Salsbury

RELEASES January 20

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 •  Contemporary Romance

Pastor Ben Langley is irresistible.

His wife died giving birth to their daughter six years ago. His tragic past doesnโ€™t keep me from wanting to unravel him, strip away his buttoned-up goodness, and discover what kind of man lies beneath. If that makes me evil, so be it. Iโ€™m far beyond redemption anyway.

Ashleigh Kendrick is freedom personified, an unpredictable wind I want to grasp hold of.

Every Sunday she watches me preach from the front row, wearing her halter tops and tiny skirts, a dangerous temptation. Her favorite words are the four-letter variety, and her smile lights up the darkness inside me. I vowed to love one woman forever. I never realized that vow would be impossible to keep when confronted with a chance to love again.

Face the Music is an opposites attract romance with emotional ties to the past that run so thick they feel impossible to overcome.

RIVEN KNIGHT by Devney Perry

RELEASES January 21

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 •  Romantic Suspense

Genevieve Daylee didnโ€™t expect to be standing in front of a judge on her twenty-seventh birthday. But ever since her life became entangled with a former motorcycle gang, sheโ€™s learned not to expect anything but trouble.

Her mother, a woman she once admired and adored, is gone, leaving behind a trail of secrets and lies. Sheโ€™s living in a tiny apartment above a garage owned by her brother, a man who loathes her very existence. And the father she met beside her motherโ€™s grave is as much of a stranger as Isaiah Reynolds, the broken man with soulless eyes standing beside her in front of the judge.

Isaiah is her protector from the murderer at large in Clifton Forge. Though heโ€™s more like a riven knight in dented armor than a prince on a white stallion. She knows next to nothing about him, other than he works as a mechanic. As of tonight, heโ€™ll be sharing her bathroom.

And, according to the judge, Isaiah is now her husband.

WHATEVER IT TAKES by Krista & Becca Ritchie

RELEASES January 21

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 •  Romance

โ€‹I HAVE A BAD REPUTATION.

Call me what you want: Bad Boy Next Door. Trouble. That Kid Who Canโ€™t Do Anything Right.

When Willow moves into my neighborhood, nothing should have happened. Sheโ€™s geeky. Shy. A true wallflower.

Willow is a good girl.
Too good for me.

And how the hell was I supposed to know that sheโ€™s related to Loren Haleโ€”yeah, that douchebag celebrity that lives on my street. The same guy I’ve been pranking by spray painting vulgar words on his mailbox and worse. Much worse.

Don’t ask me why I do the things I do.
Don’t ask me why it had to be her.

I’m cursed. Simple as that. But here’s the thing about people who are cursedโ€”they break everything they touch.

And yet. . .I still want to touch her. โ€‹

Whatever It Takes is the first book in the Bad Reputation Duet and can be read and enjoyed without reading any of Krista & Becca’s other novels.

THE DAWN OF THE END by Kristen Ashley

RELEASES January 21

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 •  Adult Fantasy

 •  RECOMMENDED

From the unparalleled imagination ofย New York Timesย best-selling author Kristen Ashley comes Book Three in The Rising, an enchanting new fantasy romance series that will sweep you away!ย 

Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton. The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation. The only way to stop him was to fulfill an ancient prophecy: Triton’s four strongest warriors must wed its four most powerful witches, binding all nations together and finally bringing peace to the land.

This is the story of their unions: the quiet maiden Silence and the savage king Mars. The cold warrior Cassius and the fiery witch Elena. The steadfast soldier True and the banished beauty Farah. And the pirate king Aramus and the mysterious queen Ha-Lah. Their unions will not be easy, but each couple must succeed, for the fate of their world is at stake….

COUNTRY HEARTS by Cindi Madsen

RELEASES January 21

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 •  Romance

She shouldn’t get involved with the cowboy next door…

Laid off from her teaching job in the city, Jemma Monroe takes a job teaching in a tiny town and rents a house on the outskirts. A visitor soon shows up at her doorโ€”a horse. His owner, a handsome neighbor in boots and a cowboy hat, comes by to collect him.

When single dad Wyatt Langford meets Jemma, itโ€™s the first time he feels interest in a woman since his wife left. But sheโ€™s his daughterโ€™s new teacher, so they both know they should keep their distance.

Nonetheless, Wyatt keeps finding excuses to spend time with Jemma, and Wyattโ€™s daughter becomes more and more attached to her. With them, Jemma discovers the good things about country life, from starry skies to sโ€™mores cooked over a fire. But she still misses her past life in the city. Is there any reason for them to dream of a future together?

This heartwarming cowboy romance includes a Hallmark original recipe for Classic Italian Lasagna.

ALMOST JUST FRIENDS by Jill Shalvis

RELEASES January 21

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 •  Romance

New York Timesย bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Wildstone with the touching story of finding your place in the worldโ€”and the people who make it home.

Piper Manningโ€™s about as tough as they come, sheโ€™s had to be. She raised her siblings and theyโ€™ve thankfully flown the coop. All she has to do is finish fixing up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell it, and then sheโ€™s free.

When a massive storm hits, she runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden Reid. Thereโ€™s a spark there, one that shocks her. Surprising her further, her sister and brother return, each of them holding their own secrets. The smart move would be for Piper to ignore them all but Cam unleashes emotions deep inside of her that she canโ€™t deny, making her yearn for something she doesnโ€™t understand. And her siblingsโ€ฆwell,ย they need each other.

Only when the secretsย come out, it changes everything Piper thinks she knows about her family, herselfโ€ฆand Cam. Can she find a way to outrun the demons? The answer is closer than she thinksโ€”just as the new life she craves may have already begun.

BITTER FALLS by Rachel Caine

RELEASES January 21

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 •  Thriller

An Amazon Charts, #1ย Wall Street Journal, andย USA Todayย bestselling series.

Sheโ€™s investigating a cold case no one else couldโ€”by going places no else would dare.

In spite of a harrowing past still haunting her, Gwen Proctor is trying to move forward. Until a new assignment gives her purpose: the cold-case disappearance of a young man in Tennessee. Three years missing, no clues. Just Ruth Landry, a tortured mother in limbo. Gwen understands what itโ€™s like to worry about your children.

Gwenโ€™s investigation unearths new suspectsโ€ฆand victims. As she follows each sinister lead, the implications of the mystery grow more disturbing. Because the closer Gwen gets, the closer she is to a threat that looms back home.

In a town thatโ€™s closed its ranks against Gwen; her partner, Sam; and her kids, thereโ€™s no bolder enemy than the Belldene familyโ€”paramilitary, criminal, powerful, and vengeful. As personal vendettas collide with Gwenโ€™s investigation, sheโ€™s prepared to fight both battles. But is she prepared for the toll it could take on everyone she loves?

THE HAND ON THE WALL by Maureen Johnson

RELEASES January 21

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 •  YA Thriller

New York Timesย bestselling author Maureen Johnson delivers the witty and pulse-pounding conclusion to the Truly Devious series as Stevie Bell solves the mystery that has haunted Ellingham Academy for over 75 years.

Ellingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. All three in the wrong place at the wrong time. All at the exact moment of Stevieโ€™s greatest triumph . . .

She knows who Truly Devious is. Sheโ€™s solved it. The greatest case of the century.

At least, she thinks she has. With this latest tragedy, itโ€™s hard to concentrate on the past. Not only has someone died in town, but David disappeared of his own free will and is up to something. Stevie is sure that somehowโ€”somehowโ€”all these things connect. The three deaths in the present. The deaths in the past. The missing Alice Ellingham and the missing David Eastman. Somewhere in this place of riddles and puzzles there must be answers.

Then another accident occurs as a massive storm heads toward Vermont. This is too much for the parents and administrators. Ellingham Academy is evacuated. Obviously, itโ€™s time for Stevie to do something stupid. Itโ€™s time to stay on the mountain and face the stormโ€”and a murderer.

In the tantalizing finale to the Truly Devious trilogy,ย New York Timesย bestselling author Maureen Johnson expertly tangles her dual narrative threads and ignites an explosive end for all whoโ€™ve walked through Ellingham Academy.

BOSS MAN BRIDEGROOM by Meghan Quinn

RELEASES January 23

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 •  Romantic Comedy

“Will you do me the greatest honor of all time and be my bridegroom?โ€ she asks, hope in her eyes . . .

How did I get here? My assistant, bent on one knee, holding my hand, her expectant face waiting for an answer.

Just . . . how?

How did I go from being insulted by Charlee Cox to hiring her to be my assistant? How is it that sheโ€™s chaos in color – making me crazy and my life better at the same time?

I never thought I would be staring down at her bright blue eyes begging me to go along with this ridiculous scheme I suggested.

Yes, I suggested. Like the idiot I am, I thought hey, why not start an HR nightmare and have my assistant ask me to marry her?

Confused? Donโ€™t worry, so am I.

But try to follow along, because this is how I became Boss Man Bridegroom.

SILVER PLAYER by L.B. Dunbar

RELEASES January 23

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 •  Romance

Billy Harrington is the biggest player in Blue Ridge, only his wild card is about to be tabled by a feisty silver vixen.

Billy Harrington.
A young girl walks into a barโ€ฆ
Iโ€™d like to say this is the start of a bad joke, but it isnโ€™t really.
Itโ€™s my life.
Can you be called a baby-daddy if the secret baby shows up as a teenager?
I donโ€™t know anything about raising a teen.
And the one person who could help me the most is my nemesis.

Roxanne McAllister.
I should hate him for being her father.
Only I donโ€™t fault him for sleeping with my sister.
This is the story of my life.
Iโ€™ve always been runner-up to my older sibling.
Then tragedy strikesโ€”againโ€”and Iโ€™m left with a dilemma.
Can I count on the person I despise the most in Blue Ridge?

THE FOREVER CREW by C.M. Stunich

RELEASES January 24

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 •  Romantic Suspense

The secret is out.

Iโ€™m officially dating the entire Student Council, but thatโ€™s not the only thing thatโ€™s outside the norm at Adamson All-Boys Academy.

Nah, I think the murders are a bit more remarkable, although my dad might disagree. Heโ€™s not exactly thrilled with my fake fiancรฉ or the other four boys that make my pulse race.

With two current students dead, and three attackers on my tail, it looks like Iโ€™m next. The fact that Iโ€™m a target isnโ€™t in question, but are the people closest to me involved somehow? Everyoneโ€™s a suspectโ€”my family, my classmates, even my new boyfriends.

Okay, thatโ€™s it. Iโ€™m going to do it: Iโ€™m going to attend Adamson in a fucking skirt, and kick some ass.

Follow the clues, catch the bad guys, secure my future. Because, murder-mysteries aside, this is my final year of high school, and nothing lasts forever, right? Not even a forever crew.

UNEXPECTEDLY YOURS by Rebecca Shea

RELEASES January 26

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 •  Erotic Romance

One night of unbridled passion.

It was the only thing Andrew McPherson and Grace Morgan could afford.

Intense.

Sexy.

Unforgettable.

They promised they would never see each other again, but fate had other plans. Andrew’s entire life has been spent working toward one goal – to own the top advertising and public relations company in the world. He’s driven, ruthless when it comes to business, never letting anything stand in his way…until Grace.

Grace has worked hard to build her advertising career. She’s fiercely talented and dedicated to her clients. Grace has no interest in getting involved with a man when she knows her focus should be on her career and paying off her mounting debt.

Andrew knows better than to get involved with a woman who is completely off limits, but he never backs down from what he wants, and he won’t stop until Grace is his…only this might cost him more than he’s willing to give.

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