Latest Romance Book Releases – 08-27-2024

RECENTLY RELEASED & IT'S SUPER-DARK!!! SHE WAS KIDNAPPED...

"...He says I’m his new pet project. He says he’s going to break me, torture me, use me in every disgusting way he can think of. There’s no escaping him. I know he’s too powerful to beat.

But as the days draw out, as the nights get colder, I can feel something worse taking hold of me. I can feel how my body responds, how my emotions are twisting. I don’t want to want him. I don’t want to crave him. But the darkness is eating away at my sanity..."

BACK ON THE LIST YET AGAIN, 'CAUSE EVERYONE IS LOVING IT!!! #2 ON ALL OF AMAZON KINDLE RIGHT NOW!!

Kathy: I read the Bonus by T.L. Swan this weekend and love it. I was up until 1:00 am finishing it!

Lisa: Omg I just finished The Bonus!!! It was fantastic. Highly recommend!! I have read every one of T.L Swans books, some of them several times. Book hangover now!!

Alison: just read it, it was brilliant 🤩

Debbie: Loved the book!!

"...Grace Porter has the perfect job, great pay, a beautiful office, everything she ever dreamed of, if not for one small detail. She's utterly and hopelessly in love with her boss.

...How any female could work in these conditions and not be completely besotted with him is beyond her. Then he opens his mouth and she remembers why. He's bossy and sarcastic, with a wit so sharp it could cut glass.

Every weekend is the same . . . while he's off living his dream life, she's counting down the days until Monday when she sees him again..."

BACK ON THE LIST 'CAUSE KIM & MONA LOVED IT & THE TRILOGY IS NOW COMPLETE!! ABDUCTED & IN A REMOTE CABIN IN ALASKA...

"...Abducted and taken to a remote cabin in Alaska, Frankie finds herself at the mercy of four feral men, each with his own dark secrets and twisted desires.

With nowhere to run, she must rely on her wits to survive the harsh winter, trapped with them. As she delves into their mysterious pasts, she uncovers an insidious evil that feeds on loyalty and uses love as a weapon..."

Kim: Pam Godwin’s Hills of Shivers & Shadows. EXCELLENT! Book 2 comes out in April and I can’t wait. There’s some twist I haven’t figured out yet and the end had me 🤯

Mona: I finished Hills of Shivers and Shadows by Pam Godwin yesterday. It is so good! I wasn’t going to read it yet because I prefer to wait for all books in a series to be out first (this is the first in a trilogy), but after I read the look inside section, I had to keep going. I literally fell asleep with my kindle in my hand, I couldn’t stop! If you have triggers, you need to read the warnings first. I can’t wait until next month when book two comes out!

Maryse: That one was giving me a serious blurb jolt and now even more after you said this!!! Thank you Mona!!

THE LATEST BY ABBI GLINES!! SHE'S HOMELESS & LIVING AT HER SISTER'S HOUSE & THEN SEES HER SISTER'S BOYFRIEND...

"...My life had started as a fairytale, then morphed into a nightmare by the time I was ten years old. From the moment I’d been kicked out at eighteen, I had found a way to survive. Anything was better than the home I’d left behind. At some point, everyone gets a break, right? You would think so, but fate keeps tossing things at me, trying to see how much I can take.

Looks like it won because I’m stuck right back where I started. Living in my sister’s house, who hates me, with the clock ticking until I’m homeless again..."

ARRANGED MARRIAGE WITH A MOB BOSS BUT... THEN SHE MEETS HIM...

"...A woman walks into a bar--that's the start of a joke for some; it was the start of a new life for me. This woman is mine. I know it in my bones, and I show her just how serious I am about my claim. But then she disappears.

I scour the city to find her, only to happen upon her at her engagement party. Too bad for her would-be groom, she belongs to me now and forever..."

HEAD OF THE MAFIA DOESN'T APPROVE OF HER ARRANGED MARRIAGE...

"...I'm still trying to accept that I'll have no choice but to marry Stefano when Damiano utters the last word anyone expects to hear.

"No."

He doesn't give his approval, nor does he offer any explanation. But if I think his refusal will set me free, I have another thing coming. Instead, my bags are packed, and within hours, I find myself sitting on a private jet with the head of the Costa Nostra.

The ruthless man doesn't tell me anything, and I have no idea what my future holds..."

PSYCH-THRILLER!! I MIGHT READ THIS ONE NEXT...

"What happens when a secluded getaway becomes the holiday from hell?

Dean and Amber are on vacation at a quiet lakeside resort, hoping to fix the cracks in their marriage. Their only companions are the couple next door—Sophie, a beautiful redhead, and the mysterious Marc, who appears to be hiding something.

Before long, Amber begins to suspect the pair aren’t who they say they are. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, she digs into the couple’s past. As she struggles to rekindle her marriage while investigating the neighbors, Amber soon realizes that she can’t trust anyone..." 

HER EX-BOYFRIEND'S BEST FRIEND...

"...On the surface, she appears to have it all. If only the facade matched reality…

With one year left at the International School in London, Fleur Marceaux is struggling to graduate, her love life is a mess and she can’t stop thinking about Max, her ex-boyfriend’s best friend. But all that pales in comparison to the blackmailer determined to destroy her..."

BAKING COMPETITION + FAKE RELATIONSHIP ALERT!

"Savannah Greene enters The Baking Games with a clear goal: win the $200,000 prize and secure her sister’s future. But her plan quickly crumbles when she discovers the competition includes her ex-boyfriend, Connor, who still harbors a grudge, and Rhett Jennings, her biggest rival from culinary school.

Thrown together in a luxurious mansion under the constant gaze of cameras, Savannah finds herself part of an unexpected plot twist—a fake relationship with Rhett to boost their popularity with viewers..."

PSYCH-THRILLER!! THEIR ON A REALITY SHOW

"...Six people land on a desert island ready to make their reality show debut. The contestants are suitably glamorous and dramatic – and they're also hungry to prove themselves. The stakes are high and with millions of viewers watching, losing is not an option. But three weeks and eighteen episodes later, five of the six contestants sit in a Portuguese police station, and none of them are winners. 

Because twelve million people were watching when Rhys Sutton died on camera, and someone must pay for the crime. The best friend, the rival, the girlfriend, the lover, and the sworn enemy are left standing..."

PSYCH-THRILLER!! SHE HASN'T BEEN TELLING THE WHOLE TRUTH...

"...Nearly ten years ago, five Ohio university students were murdered in an off-campus Victorian home. The media dubbed it the Midnight House Massacre. Ever since, survivor and novelist Margot Davis has wanted to forget it, and never again utter the killer’s name. Until she’s compelled to write her side of the story. To do that, she’s returning to Midnight House.

It’ll be a chance for Margot to reconnect with other survivors, heal the trauma, and dispel the ugly conspiracy theories of obsessed true crime fanatics. But when news of Margot’s book gets out, she receives a threatening note that demands she stop lying. Or else. It chills Margot’s blood. Because she hasn’t been telling the whole truth..."

DARK YA THRILLER!!

"From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybrook. When a mysterious accident befalls a member of the all-star high school football team, the town's deadly history stands to repeat itself—and the price of discovering the truth is higher than anyone could imagine."

THE WEREWOLF & THE VAMPIRESS

"...On a quest to find a king… Before the next full moon irrevocably changes him. The only thing standing in his way is a queen.

Tasked with a quest to find the lost Book of Werewolves—needed to save the entire werewolf species—alpha wolf Trouble Saint-Pierre sets off on a perilous adventure from Paris, to London and on to Transylvania. The last thing he expected was to clash with a brazen vampiress who doesn’t know the meaning of restraint..."

This book is part of Michele Hauf’s world of Beautiful Creatures. All books are stand-alone and can be read in any order. Great for readers looking for a ‘new-to-me’ world to read in.

THE LATEST BY ALANEA ALDER!! BEWITCHED & BEWILDERED!!

"...when the queen needs someone to head to the human world and away from the chaos, he volunteers. Humans he could handle. Or so he thought.

Zadie Williams loves her profession but hates her job. All of her ideals revolving around shaping young minds has been eroded by years of bureaucratic and political red tape. Working late into the evening, she meets someone who offers her a chance to do what she has been dreaming of. She just has to be brave enough to take that step forward..."

AFTER AN ACCIDENT & A COMA, SHE FINDS OUT SHE'S A WITCH...

"...Just when I’ve convinced myself the doctors are right, that science knows best, my aunt and uncle tell me that I’m a witch. A witch.

I thought they’d lost their minds or were playing a prank…until I leave the hospital and find we’d moved hours away to a small community of witches. All I want is for this nightmare to end and for my life to return to normal. But my magic is too powerful to ever go back to life before the accident. They tell me my magic is the only reason I survived..."

EPIC FANTASY!!

"From Aurealis Award–nominated author Devin Madson comes a new sweeping epic fantasy full of dragons, alchemical magic, and forbidden romance that unfolds as three people in a shattered empire become entangled in a looming revolution."

HORROR!! HE INVOKES A SPIRIT...

"A spine-tingling LGBTQIA+ YA horror about queer teens who accidentally invoke a twisted spirit who promises help but delivers something sinister.

...Fern and Jaq are seniors on the verge of graduation, seemingly happy in their straight, cisgender lives—until a spirit who looks like Mallory begins to appear, seeking revenge for her death, and the part Fern and Jaq played in it. As they’re haunted, something begins to shift inside them..."

DID SHE SUMMON A GOLEM?

"...Is he the real deal…or did she truly summon a golem?

Faye Kaplan used to be engaged. She also used to have a successful legal practice. But she much prefers her new life as a potter in Woodstock, New York. The only thing missing is the perfect guy..."

SNOW WHITE RETELLING...

"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the wickedest of them all? Snow White’s dark queen tells her side of the story in the first book of a queer, witchy duology that reimagines the classic fairy tale—from the author of Malice."

YA HISTORICAL MAGICAL ROMANCE!!

"...Everything is finally going right for Emry Merlin. Now that Arthur is the king and her wayward magic is under control, she’s enjoying life as Camelot’s official court wizard—and as Arthur’s girlfriend.

But when an unexpected visitor arrives at court, Emry finds her hard-won position threatened. And Arthur is torn between listening to his advisors and following his heart. Even more troubling, war is on the horizon, with King Yurien’s access to dark magic ensuring Camelot’s doom..."

VAMPIRE/PSYCH-THRILLER!!

"Award-winning author Dawn Kurtagich masterfully weaves a captivating tale of suspense and horror, in which Dr. Mina Murray returns to the windswept shores of Wales to help her childhood friend fight the mysterious illness that plagues her. When the lines between reality and delusion begin to blur, Mina must face off against a monstrous legacy—or be consumed herself."

"A witch cursed to tell the truth, and the man who won’t let her lie to herself anymore…

Cursed by her own mother to always tell the truth and one of the only half-witches around, Ellowyn Good has never considered herself an equal part of the Riverwood coven. But when the Joywood, the evil rulers of the witching world, target her directly, she begins to wonder why they want her gone. 

She’ll need to work with her newly formed coven to survive, which includes dealing with her first love, past wreckage and a whole new complication she didn’t see coming..."

TWO WOUNDED HEARTS...

"For two wounded hearts, love is a risk in an emotional novel about family, past regrets, and future hopes by Jillian Liota and #1 New York Times bestselling author Meredith Wild."

PSYCH-THRILLER!! MARITAL STRIFE...

"...Dean and Amber are on vacation at a quiet lakeside resort, hoping to fix the cracks in their marriage. Their only companions are the couple next door—Sophie, a beautiful redhead, and the mysterious Marc, who appears to be hiding something.

Before long, Amber begins to suspect the pair aren’t who they say they are. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, she digs into the couple’s past.

As she struggles to rekindle her marriage while investigating the neighbors, Amber soon realizes that she can’t trust anyone..."

EPIC FANTASY!!

"From Aurealis Award-nominated author Devin Madson comes a new sweeping epic fantasy full of dragons, alchemical magic, and forbidden romance that unfolds as three people in a shattered empire become entangled in a looming revolution."

HER EX-BOYFRIEND'S BEST FRIEND...

"With one year left at the International School in London, Fleur Marceaux is struggling to graduate, her love life is a mess, and she can’t stop thinking about Max, her ex-boyfriend’s best friend. But all that pales in comparison to the blackmailer determined to destroy her..."

HER BEST FRIEND IS BULLIED...

"A feminist coming-of-age comedy that follows the endless humiliations, unrequited obsessions, and all-consuming friendships of fifteen-year-old Evia Birtwhistle as she leads a body hair positive revolution at her school."

HER POWER IS SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING...

"From acclaimed author Wendy Wunder comes a sharp and hilarious coming-of-age novel for fans of John Green and Nicola Yoon about an omniscient teenage girl who must grapple with whether there’s such a thing as knowing too much..."

MYSTERY THRILLER!!

"Anna Downes's extraordinary next thriller Red River Road follows a woman desperate to discover what happened to her sister on a solo road trip through the Australian outback...

...Anna Downes takes us on a twist-filled journey into the dark side of solo female travel, in this gripping novel that explores what drives us to keep searching for those we have lost, the family bonds that can make or break us, and the deception of memory..."

PSYCH-THRILLER!!

"On the anniversary of a savage mass murder, a survivor returns to the scene of the crime—and all its buried secrets—in a twisting novel of suspense."

SNOW WHITE RETELLING

"...Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the wickedest of them all? Snow White’s dark queen tells her side of the story in the first book of a queer, witchy duology that reimagines the classic fairy tale—from the author of Malice..."

DARK YA THRILLER!!

"From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybrook. When a mysterious accident befalls a member of the all-star high school football team, the town's deadly history stands to repeat itself—and the price of discovering the truth is higher than anyone could imagine."

FOUND LOVE LETTERS!!

"When an antique tin of love letters is found hidden in her family home, noted historian Tay Dove rushes home to Dove Pond to investigate. Tay is still reeling from a romantic betrayal, so she’s relieved to refocus her energies on her latest project: a biography of her great-great-grandmother Sarafina, a star reporter who began her career in Dove Pond in the late 19th century before abruptly leaving town..."

BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP + FAKE DATING

"...Savannah Greene enters The Baking Games with a clear goal: win the $200,000 prize and secure her sister’s future. But her plan quickly crumbles when she discovers the competition includes her ex-boyfriend, Connor, who still harbors a grudge, and Rhett Jennings, her biggest rival from culinary school.

Thrown together in a luxurious mansion under the constant gaze of cameras, Savannah finds herself part of an unexpected plot twist—a fake relationship with Rhett to boost their popularity with viewers..."

VAMPIRES/PSYCH-THRILLER

"Award-winning author Dawn Kurtagich masterfully weaves a captivating tale of suspense and horror, in which Dr. Mina Murray returns to the windswept shores of Wales to help her childhood friend fight the mysterious illness that plagues her. When the lines between reality and delusion begin to blur, Mina must face off against a monstrous legacy—or be consumed herself.

Beware what waits in the shadows…"

PSYCH-THRILLER!

"...For fans of Rachel Hawkins with a salacious reality show edge, Then Things Went Dark follows a cast of hot-headed contestants competing to prove themselves to an audience of millions . . . but with eyes following you everywhere, how can you hide your motive to kill? The first episode is waiting . . . are you ready to watch?

No murder has ever had more witnesses . . ."