Week of September 19, 2022
Fromย New York Timesย bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes the new book in her River Rain Series,ย Making the Match.
Decades ago, tennis superstar Tom Pierce and โIt Girlโ Mika Stowe met at a party.
Mika fell in love. Tom was already in love with his wife. As badly as Tom wanted Mika as a friend, Mika knew it would hurt too much to be attracted to this amazing man and never be able to have him.
They parted ways for what they thought would be forever, only to reconnect just once, when unspeakable tragedy darkens Mikaโs life.
Years later, the impossible happens.
A time comes when theyโre both unattached.
But now Tom has made a terrible mistake. A mistake so damaging to the ones he loves, he feels heโll never be redeemed.
Mika has never forgotten how far and how fast she fell when she met him, but Tomโs transgression is holding her distant from reaching out.
There are matchmakers in their midst, however.
And when the plot has been unleashed to make that match, Tom and Mika are thrown into an international intrigue that pits them against a Goliath of the sports industry.
Now they face a massive battle at the same time theyโre navigating friendship, attraction, love, family, grief, redemption, two very different lives lived on two opposite sides of a continent and a box full of kittens.
An intoxicating and sparkling new romance byย New York Timesย bestselling author Jasmine Guillory.
Margot Noble needs some relief from the stress of running the family winery with her brother. Enter Luke: sexy, charming, and best of all in the too-small world of Napa, a stranger. The chemistry between them is undeniable, and Margot is delighted that she lucked into the perfect one-night stand sheโll never have to see again. That is, until the wineryโs newest hire, Luke, walks in the next morning. Margot is determined to keep things purely professional,ย but when their every interaction reminds her of the attraction still bubbling between them, it proves to be much more challenging than she expects.
Luke Williams had it all, but when he quits his high-salary tech job in Silicon Valley in a blaze of burnout and moves back to Napa to help a friend, he realizes he doesnโt want to tell the worldโor his momโwhy heโs now working at a winery. His mom loves bragging about her successful sonโhow can he admit that the job sheโs so proud of broke him? Luke has no idea what is next for him, but one thing is certain: he wants more from the incredibly smart and sexy woman he hooked up withโeven after he learns sheโs his new boss. But even if they can find a way to be together that wouldnโt be an ethical nightmare, would such a successful woman really want a tech-world dropout?
Set against a lush backdrop of Napa Valley wine country, nothing goes to your head as fast as a taste of loveโeven if it means changing all your plans.
An heir to the throne . . .
Tessana Allisand might have proven that sheโs the oldest living daughter of the dead king of Elysia, and that sheโs the rightful heir to the Seat of Power, but that doesnโt mean she gets to be queen . . . yet. Forced to wait until her twenty-first birthday, Tess is supposed to be learning how to navigate court life and all the ways she will one day rule the realm. But circumstances and her nefarious uncle keep getting in the way of her education.
A kingdom in turmoil . . .
While Tess is pampered with the luxuries of castle life, the rest of the kingdom suffers under the oppressive thumb of the Ring of Shadows. And while no other ruler seems all that concerned with the evil rebels intent on destroying everyone and everything, Tess alone must find a way to stand up to the dark magic threatening to choke the life from her precious kingdom.
A love shaken by distance . . .
Tessana and Taelon found each other in the depths of the Blood Woods. And just like when they were children, their affection for each other saved the realm. But now, with separate kingdoms to fight for and royal duties to attend to, life is pushing them in impossibly opposite directions. Tess wants nothing more than for Taelon to be at her side. And yet, she will never ask him to leave his own kingdom for hers. Fate seems determined to keep them apart. But it was love that brought them back together. And love that will defy titles, crowns, and destiny.
In this newest Prison Camp installment, #1ย New York Timesย bestselling author J. R. Ward pens a heart-wrenching tale of love and betrayal in the Black Dagger Brotherhood worldโฆ
Framed for the grisly murder of hisย shellan, Kane is condemned to the notorious prison campโunaware of the dark truth behind his arranged mating. Centuries later, when he is horribly burned while attempting to save others, he prays heโll finally be reunited in the Fade with his mateโฆnot knowing what revelations await him.
Nadya is a self-taught nurse who does what she can to ease the suffering of the prisoners. When Kane comes under her care, she cannot help but empathize with his condition for very personal reasonsโand as the guards take him away one last time, she fears he is facing a terrible death.
After a daring rescue, Kane is offered a treatment that will change his very nature. Choosing life, for the time being, he goes back for the female who took such good care of himโbut his duty to Nadya sets him on a collision course with his own past. When long-buried secrets are exposed, his self-destruction is inevitableโฆunless true love can save his soul.
When Shay Zucconiโs step-grandmother died, she left Shay a tulip farmโunder two conditions.
First, Shay has to move home to the small town of Friendship, Rhode Island. Secondโand most problematic since her fiancรฉ just called off the weddingโShay must be married within one year.
Marriage is the last thing in the world Shay wants but sheโll do anything to save the only real home sheโs ever known.
Noah Barden loved Shay Zucconi back in high school. Not that he ever told her. He was too shy, too awkward, too painfully uncool to ask out the beautiful, popular girl.
A lifetime later, Noah is a single dad to his niece and has his hands full running the family business. That old crush is the farthest thing from his mind.
Until Shay returns to their hometown.
CW/TW: absentee parent(s), brief mention of parent death, brief mention of parent chronic illness, mention of incarceration, mention of temporary foster care placement, reference to teenage teasing/bullying (not detailed, not explicit), brief incidence of fat-shaming, living with a neurodivergent child.
Co-written by #1 New York Timesย bestselling author Julie Murphy andย USA Todayย bestselling author Sierra Simoneโa steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boyย pop star she falls in love with.
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldnโt ask for more. But when Beeโs favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie heโs making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Beeโs career is about to take a more family-friendly direction.
Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than done. Though it all becomes worthwhilewhen she discovers her co-star is none other than childhood crush Nolan Shaw, an ex-boy band member in desperate need of career rehab. Nolanโs promised his bulldog manager to keep it zipped up on set, and he will if it means heโll be able to provide a more stable living situation for his sister and mom.
But things heat up quickly in Christmas Notch, Vermont, when Nolan recognizes his new co-star from her ClosedDoors account (oh yeah, heโs a member). Now Bee and Nolan are sneaking off for quickies on set, keeping their new relationship a secret from the Hope Channelโs execs. Things only get trickier when the reporter who torpedoed Nolanโs singing career comes snooping aroundโand takes an instant interest in mysterious newcomer Bee.
And if Bee and Nolan canโt keep their off-camera romance behind the scenes, then this merry little meet cute might end up on the cutting room floor.
New York Timesย bestseller, Suzanne Enoch takes a delightful new path in her joyful historical romantic comedy,ย Something in the Heir.
Smart, capable heiress Emmeline Pershing will do anything to keep her beloved home; and all it takes is an arranged marriage and a teeny white lie to fulfill her familyโs silly inheritance rules. But now her little fib means that she and her completely unsuspecting husband are going to inherit big โ and very messy! โtrouble.
Emmeline and William Pershing have enjoyed a perfectly convenient marriage for eight years. Their relationship is a seamless blend of their talents and goals. Theyโve settled into separate, well-ordered lives beneath the same roof, and are content to stay that wayโor so Emmeline thinks. And if William has secretly longed for a bit more from the woman he adores, heโs managed to be content with her supreme skills as a hostess and planner, which has helped him advance his career.
Then when Emmelineโs grandfather, the reclusive Duke of Welshire, summons them both for his birthday celebration and demands they bring their two little angelic children, William is stunned to discover that his very proper wife invented not one, but two heirs to fulfill the agreement for living at Winnover. But surely if Emmeline and William team up and borrow two cherubs to call their own, what could go wrong? Enter George, age 8, and Rose, 5โthe two most unruly orphans in Britain.
As the insanity unfolds, their careful, professional arrangement takes some surprisingly intimate turns as well. Perhaps it takes a bit of madness to create the perfect happily ever after.
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