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Week of July 8, 2024

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BRODIE by Aurora Rose Reynolds

RELEASES July 9

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 •  Romance

New York Timesย andย USA Todayย bestselling author Aurora Rose Reynolds returns with a new story in her Until Her seriesโ€ฆ

More book worm than Barbie, Reese Shepard is completely caught off guard when the most beautiful man she has ever seen in her life steps in and pretends to be her boyfriend when some creep wonโ€™t leave her alone.

She assumes that itโ€™s the last time that sheโ€™ll see the chivalrous stranger, but soon he is everywhere she is. And before she knows whatโ€™s happening, the two of them are spending all their free time together bonding over their love of the ocean, scary movies, and homemade cookies.

Reese knows that a guy like Brodie Larsen could have any woman he wants and that becomes even more apparent when she finds out that heโ€™s a pro hockey player thatโ€™s worth millions of dollars. So to save herself the potential heartbreak she places him firmly in the friend zone.

If only heโ€™d stay there.

The infuriating man starts pushing for more, lots more, and the worst part is she wants to give it all to him including her heart.

Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, itโ€™s an introduction to an authorโ€™s world. And for fans, itโ€™s a bonus book in the authorโ€™s series. We hope you’ll enjoy each one as much as we do.

THIS USED TO BE US by Renee Carlino

RELEASES July 9

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 •  Romance

There are two sides to every love storyโ€”and every breakup.ย Get ready for an emotional roller coaster of family, marriage, and divorce that will have you both laughing and crying, from the bestselling author ofย Before We Were Strangers.

After twenty-two years together, Danielle and Alex are getting a divorce. Once fiercely in love, they can barely stand the sound of each otherโ€™s voice. Instead of shuttling the kids between two broken homes, Alex and Dani decide to share a nesting apartment while swapping days with their two teenage boys at the family home.

In the apartment, Dani and Alex, on their own, begin to reflect on the last two decadesโ€”why they fell in love and why the marriage fell, spectacularly, apart. With the newfound space and time, they are given a chance to rediscover their autonomous selves again. They both get back in the dating pool. Dani finds major success at work as a showrunner on her own TV project, while Alex faces the challenges of a new relationship.

Still, they find that they just canโ€™t stay away from each other, and somehow, the distance allows them to remember (for the first time in years) what each used to love about the other. When a family crisis draws them back into each otherโ€™s orbit, Dani and Alex are once again put to the test, which leads to a dramatic conclusion that will have readers weeping.

THE UNRAVELING by Vi Keeland

RELEASES July 9

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 •  Thriller

This chilling, sizzling, and addictive thriller from #1ย New York Timesย bestselling author Vi Keeland follows a New York psychiatristโ€™s dark descent into dangerous obsession.

This isnโ€™t a love story.

Itโ€™s a story about obsession.

After experiencing a terrible loss, New York City psychiatrist Meredith McCall feels painfully adrift. When she crosses paths with a man with whom she has a tragic connection, she follows him, sparking an unhealthy obsession with Gabriel Wright. How is he doing so well while her life is in shambles?

But when Gabriel walks into her office as a patient, seemingly unaware of who she is, she knows it crosses all ethical and moral bounds to treat him. Yet, Meredith canโ€™t bring herself to turn him away and becomes further entangled. With her life and career continuing to unravel, it appears that things could not get any worseโ€ฆuntil they do.

WHEN THE VISCOUNT SEDUCES by Darcy Burke

RELEASES July 9

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 •  Historical Romance

Rogue Rules
When a young lady is ruined, her friends vow none of them will ever be ensnared by a scoundrel again. They will resist every gentlemanโ€™s charms evenโ€”and especiallyโ€”if it means gaining a reputation for being impossible to woo. It will take extraordinary rogues to break their rules…

From USA Today Bestselling Author Darcy Burke, author of The Untouchables and Phoenix Club series, comes your next Regency romance must-read.

When the Viscount Seduces
After a disastrous Almackโ€™s debut, bookish and clumsy Gwendolen Price is determined to improve her reputation and make her parents proud. The Viscount Somerton, her brotherโ€™s friend and one of Societyโ€™s most eligible bachelors, offers to help her, and sheโ€™s certain his attention will increase her standingโ€”even though heโ€™s exactly the kind of rake she has vowed to avoid.

Lazarus Rowe, the eminently unserious and dashingly handsome Viscount Somerton, has spent a lifetime hiding his shameful secret: he simply cannot read well. With a speech to Parliament looming, heโ€™s desperate to remedy this deficiency. The chance to help his friendโ€™s hopelessly bluestocking sister seems the perfect tradeโ€”his presence as her devoted escort in exchange for her help as his tutor.

As sparks fly between them with every lesson, Gwen refuses to fall for a rogue while Lazarus, begins to reconsider his rakish ways. When a woman from his recent past makes a shocking revelation, Lazarus fears all is lost. Will Gwen retreat to the safety of her books, or do she and this almost-redeemed rake have a chance at a real life happily ever after?

DRAGON BORN by Donna Grant

RELEASES July 9

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 •  Romance

Sheโ€™s the most dangerous being aliveโ€ฆand the only one I crave.

I feel her across realms. Through the vast emptiness of space, weaving among the stars. She is the Queen of Violets. Powerful, shrewd, defiant. Utterly exquisite. Feared among her own and pursued by all.

She is the Dragon Queen.

I was an ordinary MI5 agent before being thrust into the world of Dragons Kings, Fae, Reapers, and magic. But it was a world I soon discovered I was bound to by blood from my Druid ancestors.

The instant we met, I was hers. Forever. I would have ripped the moon from the sky for her. I would have razed worlds. Then she deceived me.

Yet, I canโ€™t stop thinking about her. Craving her. Sheโ€™s in my very psyche, like a fever that burns through my veins like dragon fire. Scorching and eternal.

When I sense a malicious danger closing in around her, I defy every rule to get to her.

My love.

My queen.

New York Timesย andย USA Todayย bestselling author Donna Grant delivers one of the most anticipated books in the exhilarating Dragon King series

THE GAME CHANGER by Lana Ferguson

RELEASES July 9

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 •  Romance

A hockey player and a baker shoot their shot in this steamy new romance by Lana Ferguson,ย USA Todayย bestselling author ofย The Nanny.

When a very public breakup becomes a PR nightmare for Ian Chase’s team, he hopes to focus on his game, but that suddenly seem less likely than a hat trick. With his career and the teamโ€™s image in jeopardy, Ian is surprised to find a solution through none other than Delilah Baker, his best friend and teammate’s little sisterโ€ฆwho isnโ€™t so little anymore.

Delilah Baker is known as โ€œthe darling of bakingโ€ on her local cable show, and being in the public eye is her bread and butter. But with her numbers dwindling and her producers turning up the heat, Delilah offers up the half-baked idea to collaborate with her brotherโ€™s team to entice the hockey fans of Boston to tune in to her show. Delilah thinks it will be a piece of cakeโ€”until the team sends Ian Chase, her brotherโ€™s best friend and the object of a decade-long crush that sheโ€™s never quite gotten over.

Delilah’s and Ianโ€™s teams think itโ€™s a true win-win situationโ€”gaining higher numbers for Delilahโ€™s show and casting Ian in a more positive light. And viewers are eating them up like a cupcake, sparking the idea to play up their relationship for the goal of good press. With more than just their careers on thin ice, the line between whatโ€™s real and whatโ€™s for show begins to blur, but one thingโ€™s for certain: This PR stunt will either be a total game changerโ€”or leave them both totally pucked.

MAD LOVE by Willow Aster

RELEASES July 10

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 •  Contemporary Romance

A small-town, single dad, enemies-to-lovers standalone sports romance in the new series, The Single Dad Playbook, from USA Today Bestselling author Willow Aster

He’s a quarterback, a single dad, and now he’s my roommateโ€ฆ

For a long time now, Iโ€™ve despised Weston Shaw. Heโ€™d been someone Iโ€™d admired, taking my favorite football team, the Colorado Mustangs, to the Super Bowl.

But that all turned upside down after one night that had nothing to do with me.

We share one undeniable connection: his son, Caleb.

Unfortunately, the circumstances behind that have never been my story to tell.

But now, the truth is out, and Iโ€™m left to deal with the consequences.

Iโ€™m living under the same roof as Weston, and each day, I discover a side of him I never expected.

Heโ€™s not the selfish jock I imagined. Heโ€™s caring, thoughtful, and unexpectedly charming.

I find myself drawn to him in ways I never thought possible. Itโ€™s terrifying and exhilarating, but I can’t deny it any longerโ€ฆ

Iโ€™m falling for the one person I shouldnโ€™tโ€ฆWeston Shaw.

Mad Love is book one in The Single Dad Playbook series. Each book can be read as a standalone.

SUMMER IN KENTBURY by Claudia Burgoa

RELEASES July 10

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 •  Romance

From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa pens a summer romance novella set up in Kentbury.

When life is too much, and you canโ€™t hack it, what do you do?

Go back home, right?

Itโ€™s just the logical thing to do.

At a young age, I learned that Kentbury is kind of magicalโ€”and great at maple syrup.

I packed my things, drove to my parentโ€™s house and โ€ฆ

I found Sinclair McFolleyโ€” irresistibly brooding, and dangerously handsome.

He and his siblings took possession of my childhood home.

What the f. . . obviously itโ€™s a mistake.

It wasnโ€™t.

So now my plans are to either go back home or stay in Kentbury helping the McFolleys with their summer camp.

It’s all fun and games until feelings start getting in the way.

Challenges turn into opportunities.

And suddenly the summer fling I never planned on might become the romance of a lifetime.

Maybe Kentbury isnโ€™t just a place to escape toโ€”itโ€™s where I was meant to find myself all along.

IF YOU WANT ME by Helena Hunting

RELEASES July 11

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 •  Sports Romance

A standalone age-gap, dad’s best friend’s hockey romance.

Thereโ€™s no one more off limits than my best friendโ€™s daughter.

Peggy Aurora Hammerstein. The Toronto Terrorโ€™s unofficial team princess. I would never do anything to mess with our team dynamics this late into the hockey season, but seeing her work in the front office changed something for me.

I see her as she is now: a powerful woman with ambition for miles.
When I hold her against me, she fits perfectly.

Her little flirts and taunts push my buttons, if she doesnโ€™t stopโ€“my control just might break.
But I can never cross that line. I can never know what it could be to call her mine.

Iโ€™ve never wanted anyone more than Aurora and no one can ever know.

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