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Best Books by Cover 2018

MORE - Ryder Brothers #3

by J.D. Hawkins
Releases December 19, 2018

More is the third and final book in the fabulous Ryder Brothers Series!
Catch up on the entire series now!

Close - Book #1 by Laurelin Paige
Want - Book #2 by Kayti McGee

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It starts with a bang.

As in me and Hadley, the maid of honor, during my brother’s wedding reception.
Sure, it was amazing, but I’m a one-and-done kind of guy.
After spending years of my life getting screwed over by managers and agents with the Ryder Brothers, I no longer like to commit.

I don’t even play music anymore.
The secret that I haven’t told anyone- is that I can’t.

A chance to raise money for my best friend’s nonprofit to help child stars means it’s time to deal with my block.
Hiring Hadley seems like the obvious solution.
She wants inside my head (not happening). I want to bang her again (she says she can’t sleep with clients).

Between my baggage and her professionalism, can my problem even be fixed?
Or will we both end up just wanting more?

HOOPS HOLIDAY

by Kennedy Ryan
Releases December 17, 2018

HOOPS Holiday, a Christmas bundle featuring all-new, never-before-published content by Kennedy Ryan.
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MacKenzie Decker was a question Avery never got to ask, much less answer.
 
They met when she was a young reporter fueled by ambition, and the ink on Deck's first NBA contract was barely dry. Years later, they've climbed so high and lost so much, but one thing hasn't changed. The attraction that simmered between them in a locker room before is still there. With success like theirs, everything has been possible . . .
except them.
 
But that was then.
 
The only question is...what about now?

SHIFT - Audio Book

by Drew Elyse
Releases December 12, 2018

Narrators: Troy Duran and Stephanie Wyles
Series: Savage Disciples MC #2

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Once a Disciple, forever a Disciple.
 
After the death of her father, Ash learned an important lesson: being a Disciple is dangerous. The club her father had loved, the club that had been their family, took him from her. She couldn’t stay and wait for the day it would take the man she loved from her, too. So, she left. Now, she’s the one in danger, and the Disciples are the only ones that can keep her safe. She has no choice but to return to the club and the man she left behind.
 
A Disciple will fight like a savage for what is his.
 
Sketch has what he needs: his tattooing, the club, and his bike. Anything else would require a heart, and his was ripped out of his chest a long time ago. It wasn’t coming back. At least, not until she did.
 
His heart isn’t the only thing Ash brings with her, though. She has a daughter. A daughter old enough to be his. A daughter Ash claims might not be. But in his heart, Sketch knows the truth. That little girl is his… just like her mom.
 
This biker knows one thing: a Disciple’s daughter’s return is about to make his whole world shift.

ROOM MATE

by Katie Ashley
Releases November 26, 2018

Katie writes some of the most exhilarating rich stories, full of heart, with strong women and friendships that you will not soon forget.  - Laura
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From the time I was a kid, I knew I wanted a job helping people. After serving in the Rifles regiment of the British Army, I focused my civilian career on becoming a bodyguard to the rich and famous. For a Cockney Brit, I never imagined a twist of fate landing me a position in the United States Secret Service and protecting the President’s son. But then my boss made an unexpected request: leave my current placement to move in with his only daughter to give an added layer of protection against the threats she had been receiving. I’d never lived with a woman who was off-limits to me. It wasn’t just that Caroline had a boyfriend. She was my best friend’s sister, and my boss’s daughter. But the longer we’re in such close quarters together, the greater the temptation grows, but I know I'll lose everything if I pursue her. 

Growing up as the only girl and with two overbearing older brothers, I’m no stranger to being overprotected. Just as I finished up college and prepared to truly dip my toes into the adult world, my father was elected President of the United States, which added a whole new level of protection with the Secret Service team attached to me. Just when I thought I couldn’t possibly be more smothered, I began receiving threats, and my family decided it wasn’t enough to just have an agent living down the hall from me. Nope, I was to have one move in with me, and not just any agent, but Ty Frasier—my brother, Barrett’s best friend, and my brother, Ty’s, head agent. While most women would enjoy living with a sexy, buff Brit, having a roommate threw a wrench into all my plans. Especially when I began noticing Ty was so much more than a hot guy.

DO YOU FEEL IT TOO?

by Nicola Rendell
Releases November 20, 2018

Nicola has written some of the most fun, compelling, and addictive books that I have ever read.  She is one author that I find I loose myself entirely in.  Once I start one of her titles I won’t be seen until I am finished.
- Laura

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A hot summer night is perfect for feeling your way in the dark…

For urban-legend hunter and television host Gabe Powers, it’s business—investigate the most notorious haunted places in Savannah. Then he meets his new sound engineer, a dewy Georgia peach who may just turn this gig into (im)pure pleasure. All it takes is one night for them to conjure floor-rattling, wall-banging moans…but they’re not from the ghosts.

Blame the rippling abs, the cocky swagger, the granite jawline, the whole muscle-bulging package, but Gabe is bringing out good-girl Lily Jameson’s dirty side. Damn her code-of-conduct contract—this isn’t just a molten-hot fling.

There’s just one kink in the relationship they’ve been avoiding: soon they’ll be going their separate ways. Lily’s home is in Savannah, and Gabe is a globe-trotter at heart. For them to be together, they’ll both have to upend their so-very-different worlds and face their fears in the process. And suddenly things don’t feel so Georgia peachy keen at all.

HEARTBREAK WARFARE

by Heather M. Orgeron and Kate Stewart
Releases November 8, 2018

This writing duo has spent years perfecting this title, which in my opinion, is going to be one of this years most celebrated, emotional and gritty books of the year.
- Laura

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Briggs,
 
Remember when we parted ways in Germany? It was the day I broke your heart. What you didn't know was that I was breaking mine too.
 
I thought they’d be enough–my husband and my son. That I’d get home and everything would go back to the way it was . . .
 
Before the war.
Before the ambush.
Before you.
 
But, no matter how hard I try, I can’t erase the trauma we shared. I can’t seem to forget the way my heart beat in time with yours.
 
The truth is I’m lost without you.
 
I thought the nightmare was over when they pulled us from that hole in the ground, but nothing could have prepared me for the war I’d face at home.
I know it’s selfish of me to ask, but, please, I have to see you one last time. . .
 
All my love,
Scottie

HATE NOTES

by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward
Releases November 6, 2018

Vi and Penelope are a writing duo that I have "fan-girled" over for many, many years, loving each new book more than the one before.  They write such delectably rich stories, that I am almost certain, you will become an fast fan too!
- Laura

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It all started with a mysterious blue note sewn into a wedding dress.
 
Something blue.
 
I’d gone to sell my own unworn bridal gown at a vintage clothing store. That’s when I found another bride’s “something old.”
 
Stitched into the lining of a fabulously feathered design was the loveliest message I’d ever read: Thank you for making all of my dreams come true.
 
The name embossed on the blue stationery: Reed Eastwood, obviously the most romantic man who ever lived. I also discovered he’s the most gorgeous. If only my true-love fantasies had stopped there. Because I’ve since found out something else about Mr. Starry-Eyed.
 
He’s arrogant, cynical, and demanding. I should know. Thanks to a twist of fate, he’s my new boss. But that’s not going to stop me from discovering the story behind his last love letter. A love letter that did not result in a happily ever after.
 
But that story is nothing compared to the one unfolding between us. It’s getting hotter, sweeter, and more surprising than anything I could have imagined.
 
Something new.
 
But I have no idea how this one is going to end . . .

DEAR JANE

by Kendall Ryan
Releases October 15, 2018

Kendall has penned some of my favorite reads over the years. She engages her audience with multi-dimensional characters, sexy men, and wonderful stories.  There is always a little something for everybody!
- Laura

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I broke her heart ten years ago and left town.

She hates me, and rightly so. It doesn’t matter that the rest of the country loves me, that I’m a starting quarterback with a multi-million-dollar contract. Because when I look in the mirror, all I see is a failure who was too young—and too afraid—to fight for what I wanted.

But I’m not that guy anymore, and all I need is one shot to convince her.

***
He has no idea what happened after he left. And now I’m supposed to work alongside him like we don’t have this huge, messy history?

But I’m older now, wiser, and I won’t let anything stand in my way of doing a good job for this league. Not even one overpaid, arrogant player who thinks we’re going to kiss and make up.

News flash, buddy: I am over you.

FAKING IT

by K. Bromberg
Releases September 25, 2018

Faking It is coming to audio first! 

Kristy is incredibly talented in weaving together stories with complex characters and emotional storytelling so captivating that you will lose yourself completely within the pages of her work.
- Laura

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Zane Phillips mistook me for his dog walker. It shouldn't surprise me that the man with a suit more expensive than my rent would assume that I was there to serve him. The positive? I put him in his place. The negative? I missed my job interview because of it. Now I find out he's a rich Australian entrepreneur, and he wants to make up for tanking my interview.
 
Yes, he's impossibly hot - but he's also an arrogant jackass - so...no thanks.
 
But after a little white lie I tell spirals out of control, I'm somehow offered the chance to play Zane's girlfriend to help promote his new dating website - and the best part? He can't say no because he'll get caught in his lie, too.
 
Little did I know this would entail sharing a tour bus with him for the next few months. The fact that the bus has just one bed isn't the most ideal of circumstances, but this spokesperson gig might be the kick in the pants my career needs, so why not take a chance?
 
Famous last words.
 
Now I'm crisscrossing the country - and sharing that bed - with the one guy I can't stand. And even worse, my traitorous body is wondering at every turn what it's like to be down under the gorgeous Australian. But as the miles unfurl, so does our passion...and if I'm not careful, I might end up believing that fairy tales really do come true.

BLOCK SHOT

by Kennedy Ryan
Releases September 10, 2018

Kennedy has a knack for writing some of the most gripping and thought provoking books of our times.  With romance always being at the center of her books, she is able to weave in some of the most relevant topics of current culture.
- Laura
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JARED
If I had a dollar for every time Banner Morales made my heart skip a beat...
The heart everyone assumes is frozen over.
Her anger is...arousing.
Every glare from those fire-spitting eyes, every time she grits her teeth,
gets me...well, you know.
If I had a dollar for every time she's put me in my place, I'd be an even richer man.
I'm a successful sports agent because I assume "no" means you'll think about it.
I'm sure what you meant to say is "Coming right up.”
They say even rich men don't always get what they want,
but those men don't know how to play the game. The trick is to keep them guessing.
Take Banner. She assumes she's winning, but this game?
She doesn't even know how to play.
 
BANNER
If I had a dollar for every time Jared Foster broke my heart, I’d have exactly one dollar.
One night. One epic fail. One dollar...and I'm out.
I've moved on.
I’ve found success in a field ruled by men.
Anything they can do, I have done better.
They can keep the field while I call the shots, blocking them when I have to.
And Jared has the nerve to think he gets a second chance?
Boy, please. Go sit down. Have several seats.
I'll just be over here ignoring the man carved from my fantasies with a lust-tipped chisel.
Oh, I didn't say the struggle wasn't real.
But I've got that one dollar, and Jared won't have me.

LOVE ONLINE

by Penelope Ward
Releases August 27, 2018

Penelope has a knack for writing books that capture, both men and women, in their truest emotional forms.  Her books bewitch me to the point that I forget that I am reading because I feel like I am in the book itself.
- Laura

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From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new, sexy STANDALONE novel.
 
We met in the least likely of places. It started out innocently enough. I was “ScreenGod” and she was “Montana,” but of course, those weren’t our actual names, just the virtual cloaks we hid behind.
 
Logging in at night and talking to her was my escape—my sanctuary.
 
Her real name was Eden, I’d soon come to find out.
 
From the first time we connected online, I found myself transfixed.
 
She was an addiction.
 
At first, we knew nothing about each other’s real identities…and she was adamant that we keep things that way. Anonymity had no effect on our unstoppable chemistry, though. If anything, it allowed us to open up even more in ways we may not have otherwise.
 
Eden was funny, intelligent, gorgeous—everything I’d ever wanted in a woman.
 
But I couldn’t really have her.
I had accepted things would have to stay the way they were—until the day I found a clue that led me straight to her.
 
So I took a chance.
 
And that was when our love story really began.

SHIMMY BANG SPARKLE

by Nicola Rendell
Releases August 21, 2018

Nicola has written some of the most fun, compelling, and addictive books that I have ever read.  She is one author that I find I loose myself entirely in.  Once I start one of her titles I won’t be seen until I am finished.
- Laura

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To catch a thief…or fall for one?

All Nick Norton wants is to stay on the straight and narrow…and never get caught stealing again. Then he lays eyes on her: Stella Peretti—100 percent sexy and absolutely irresistible. Especially when he sees her smooth moves lifting a two-karat diamond. Nick realizes he’s found the sparkling woman of his dreams—one so perfect for him it’s almost criminal.

The Shimmy Shimmy Bangs are master jewel thieves who are planning the heist of the century. And Shimmy leader, Stella, isn’t about to let anyone—even if he is a hunky, tatted-up studmuffin—get in her way. But when two of her girls are put out of commission, Stella realizes that Nick isn’t just a red-hot distraction. He might be the answer to her pilfering prayers.

Now, Nick and Stella are putting everything on the line for one last job. But when two thieves have this much chemistry, it’s only a matter of time before somebody’s heart gets stolen.

THE RED LEDGER SERIES:
VOLUME 1

Includes The Red Ledger #1-3
by Meredith Wild
Releases August 7, 2018

Contemporary Romance
Suspense/Thriller


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He’s death for hire…
 
Some people measure life in hours. Days. Weeks. I measure mine in kills. A covert military mission gone wrong robbed me of my memory and any link to my past. This is my existence now. I execute and survive. Nothing more, nothing less. I was ready to write Isabel Foster’s name in my ledger of unfortunate souls until she uttered the one word that could stop the bullet meant for her. My name.
 
She knows my face. She knows me. She’s the key to the memories I’m not sure I want back. Now nothing is simple. I still have a job to do, and my soul isn’t worth saving. I’m not the man she thinks I am. I can’t love her. And sparing her life puts us both in the cross-hairs.

SOMEONE ELSE'S OCEAN

by Kate Stewart
Releases July 31, 2018

Kate has a way of writing that conveys pure emotion.  Her words and stories feel like they are coming straight from her heart. - Laura
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The first time I met Ian Kemp in the sparkling blue waters of St. Thomas, I was six years old and we shared a summer beneath the stars.
 
The second time I met Ian Kemp, he was a shell of the boy I once knew. Turbulent and infuriating, he refused my friendship at every turn. Like me, he was a casualty of life’s cruelty, but we were planets apart. 
 
We’d both sought refuge on the island, hoping to find our anchor. Instead, we found each other and managed to reclaim our stars...until we both got swept away.

THE NAKED TRUTH

by Vi Keeland
Releases July 23, 2018

Vi Keeland has an extraordinary talent for creating some of the most delectable, and swoon-worthy, book boyfriends that I have even had the pleasure to read.  - Laura
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It was just a typical Monday.

Until the big boss asked me to make the pitch for a prospective new client.

After two years on shaky ground at work because of my screw up, an opportunity to impress the senior partners was just what I needed. 

 Or so I thought…

 Until I walked into the conference room and collided with the man I was supposed to pitch.

My coffee spilled, my files tumbled to the ground, and I almost lost my balance.
 
And that was the good part of my day.
 
Because the gorgeous man crouched down and looking at me like he wanted to eat me alive, was none other than my ex, Gray Westbrook.
 
A man who I’d only just begun to move on from.
 
A man who my heart despised—yet my body obviously still had other ideas about.
 
A man who was as charismatic and confident as he was sexy.
 
Somehow, I managed to make it through my presentation ignoring his intense stare. 
 
Although it was impossible to ignore all the dirty things he whispered into my ear right after I was done.
 
But there was no way I was giving him another chance, especially now that he was a client…was there?

DIRTY SEXY PLAYER

by Laurelin Paige
Releases July 23, 2018

Always able to keep her stories engaging, fresh, and full of tension; Laurelin's writing always makes me reach for a glass of iced water and a fan for a quick cool down!  Yes, the men are that HOT! 
- Laura

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Weston King knows how to play. But wild nights and owning an extensive collection of women's panties don't carry the thrill they once did, so when his business partner Donovan suggests an outrageous plan to allow them to take over their competition, Wes takes him up on the offer. The crazy idea? Marry the competitor.
 
Elizabeth Dyson, the bride-to-be in question, is on board with the plan. She wants access to her trust fund and can only get it once she marries. Each has something the other wants - all they have to do is pretend to like each other well enough to tie the knot.
 
Only trouble is, playing fiancé to Elizabeth isn't quite that simple. Wes finds her sexy and brilliant...and soon wishes their engagement wasn't fake at all. Not that he'd ever tell her that.
 
But a lover boy like Wes can only stand an empty bed for so long...and even the best of players has to put down his cards eventually.

HAPPY HOUR

by Piper Rayne
Releases July 12, 2018

Happy Hour, an all-new hilarious enemies to lovers romance from dynamic duo Piper Rayne will be here July 12th!
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The perfect man for her is the one she hates most. #gofigure
 
Dating is hard.
Dating in your thirties is even harder.
Dating in Chicago is harder still.
 
I haven't given up on finding my happily-ever-after, but in the age of swiping right and Netflix and chill, I'm wondering if everything is as temporary as my marriage turned out to be.
 
Truth is, there is one guy I can't get my mind off of.
 
Roarke Baldwin has salt and pepper hair I've dreamed of running my hands through and I'm pretty sure that if I checked he really does have a six pack of abs underneath his suit. And I've always wondered what that stubble on his face would feel like between my thighs.
 
The problem? He's the one man I hate more than my ex-husband…
 
His divorce attorney.

Want You

by Jen Frederick
Releases July 1, 2018

Jen's talent for writing leaves something for almost anyone.  I especially feel in love with her sports romances.  I can not wait to read, Want You, for what she promises to be a bit of something different. - Laura
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Bitsy
 
I might be only nineteen, but I know what I want. It’s Leka Moore. I don’t care that he took me in when he was barely more than a kid himself. I don’t care that he raised me. I don’t care everyone thinks being with him is wrong. I know we belong together, and the only person I need to convince is him.
 
Leka
 
I found her in the corner of a dark alley. If I hadn’t taken her with me, she would’ve died that night—or maybe worse. Before I knew it, she became the light in my dark life, the haven from the madness. I watched her grow up. I tried to teach her right from wrong. Now that she’s an adult, I’m feeling things that no good man should ever feel. But then…I’ve never been a good man. I have a chance at redemption by saving her from the greatest danger of all—me.

COUNTERFEIT BOYFRIEND

by Cindi Madsen
Releases June 25, 2018

Cindi has a talent for storytelling and it's clear she does so with passion.  My favorite books penned by Cindi are in her Taking Shots series about two things I adore in life, hockey and men! - Laura
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My twin brother’s talked me into a lot of crazy things, but taking his place on a road trip with his girlfriend so he can party with his friends is a whole new level of insanity. What’s even more insane is I somehow find myself agreeing to it—thanks, alcohol, guilt, and bribery. I’m determined to undo the arrangement, but then I meet Gwen, this sexy redheaded hurricane of energy and brains.

And then she kisses me. Just like that, I’m driving her up the coast, on our way to a wedding with a mess of complications. With each hour and each stop, I’m falling harder and harder for a woman who doesn’t know my actual name.

I’m trying to do the right thing. Or the lesser of the wrong things. All my life I’ve had to clean up my brother’s messes, but for the first time ever, I’ve landed the upper hand in one of our switcheroo schemes. Now I’ve just got to come clean and convince Gwen that I’m the brother she should be with.

LOVE AT LAST

by Claudia Connor
Releases April 24, 2018

Claudia has written a fabulous love story...It just happens to have a fresh new look. - Laura
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Easy to love, easy to leave.

With her ex-fiance's words, I'm in love with someone else, still ringing in her ears, Clare Franklin flies off on her would-be honeymoon alone. Resigned to the fact that not everyone gets a happily ever after, she's sworn off men. Until she gets tangled up, quite literally, with one very sexy veterinarian.

The only thing Dr. Deacon Montgomery is looking to share is his surgical expertise, but his instant attraction to Clare makes him wonder if he could be more than just a doctor, and daddy to his twin two-year old daughters.

Sun-filled days and hot, steamy nights only deepens the connection, causing them each to hope for something more. Until one phone call from home changes everything. But a love like theirs is hard to find, and definitely too hard to forget.

A IS FOR ALPHA

by Kate Aster
Releases April 13, 2018

Kate has written numerous novels about hot, Navy Seals and the women that keep them on their toes.  They are some of my all time favorite books! - Laura
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Who put the “O” in Aloha?

Yeah, that’s me. Camden Sheridan.

A guy who will bring you to “O” faster than you can text it.

Former Army Ranger with the standard issue 8-pack.

And now, a bartender who’ll get you safely back to your hotel after too many margaritas… and you won’t want me to leave.

Believe me, you won’t.

I live life by my rules in my bachelor pad paradise here on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Until a Ranger brother needs me to take care of his little girl while he deploys.

A four-year-old cockblock in pigtails.

My sex life comes to a screeching halt.

Then the babysitter shows up.

Annie.

Smart, principled, good with kids. All the things I don’t look for in a woman.

I want her anyway.

Annie’s got a fortress of secrets surrounding her. But I’ll break it down and claim her as mine.

If this kid will just take a nap.

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