Posted October 1, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Christmas Romance, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Kindle Unlimited, No Spice Romance, Second Chance Romance, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
Merritt Ashby came home to Peppermint Falls for one last Christmas. She has no intention of staying.
At fifty, newly divorced and facing an empty nest, Merritt has a plan: restore the Vermont cottage her grandmother left her, sell it as soon as the will allows, and get back to her life in Hartford.
Then she finds Nate Holloway standing in the driveway.
Nate was Merritt’s first love—the man she left behind when she chose a future outside their tiny hometown. Now he’s fifty-one, frustratingly handsome, and the contractor her grandmother secretly hired before she died to restore the family’s three Christmas cottages.
Nan left one final condition: the cottages must be made whole before Merritt or her sisters can sell. Which means spending the weeks before Christmas repairing Mistletoe Cottage alongside the one man Merritt has spent three decades trying not to remember.
But as Christmas draws closer, old traditions return, and Mistletoe Cottage begins to feel like home again. She came home planning to sell a cottage and return to Hartford. Instead, she may have found the one thing she never expected—a reason to stay.
Titles in the Peppermint Falls series include: Mistletoe Cottage ~ Cocoa Cottage ~ Peppermint Cottage ~
This is a no-spice romance, perhaps with closed-door or fade-to-black scenes. Tension and kisses might be involved.
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Posted October 1, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Sexual Content, Standalone / 0 Comments
Signed, sealed… the Greek’s!
Axel Drakos is down one convenient fiancée. But projecting stability is essential to securing his next business deal. He needs a woman on his arm—fast! Someone who can make the press believe in a billion-dollar whirlwind romance. Someone like Hope Smith, the sunny stewardess aboard his private jet…
Hope is stunned when Axel asks her to participate in a relationship ruse. He’s richer than Croesus, and she’s nobody’s first choice. Once he puts their agreement in writing, there’s no doubting her temporary place in Drakos’s extraordinary world.
Does their unmatched desire prove Hope belongs there always?
~Standalone~
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted October 1, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Kindle Unlimited, No Spice Romance, Series / 0 Comments
Five years ago, I lost her. Now I have eight weeks to keep her.
Hiring a nanny for the summer seemed like a good idea. Finding out she’s Ivy Sullivan– the woman I never got over? Not so much.
At first, we’re just trying to survive sharing the same ranch. Then Ivy starts helping my six-year-old daughter create a memory book to honor her mother, winning over my grandmother, and turning family dinners into my favorite part of the day.
The more time we spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the feelings we left behind years ago.
Especially when my daughter is convinced we’re in love and keeps collecting “evidence.”
For the first time in a long time, Hartwell Ranch feels whole again.
Then Ivy gets accepted into the Nashville program she’s dreamed about for years.
Suddenly, the woman who feels like home has an expiration date.
Now I have eight weeks to convince Ivy that the best things in life aren’t always the ones you plan for.
Titles in The Hartwell Ranch series include: The Widowed Rancher and the Nanny ~
This is a no-spice romance, perhaps with closed-door or fade-to-black scenes. Tension and kisses might be involved.
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Posted September 29, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Kindle Unlimited, No Spice Romance, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
I came to Willow Creek to decide whether Nash Cordero’s struggling farm was worth saving. I never expected him to make me question the life I’d built in Seattle.
Nash is stubborn, guarded, and determined to save the land his father left him, even if it means doing everything alone.
Unfortunately, I’m the consultant who could determine his future.
A devastating frost forces us to work side by side, and three professional days become muddy fields, late-night conversations, and a guest cottage I’m finding increasingly difficult to leave.
The closer we get, the more dangerous it becomes. Nash is terrified I’ll choose Seattle and leave him behind.
I’m terrified getting close to him could cost me the career I’ve spent years building. Then my boss discovers the truth and forces me to choose between the future I planned and the man I never saw coming.
I came to Willow Creek to decide whether Nash’s farm was worth the risk. Now I have to decide if love is.
Titles in the Harvest Hearts series include: Planting Roots ~ Wild Harvest ~
This is a no-spice romance, perhaps with closed-door or fade-to-black scenes. Tension and kisses might be involved.
Publication Date: October 1, 2026
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Posted September 29, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Series/Duet, Sexual Content / 0 Comments
The wrong prince… but the right husband?
Imagining walking down the royal aisle turns Livia’s feet to lead. But it’s either her or her sister.
At least the groom isn’t Prince Gustav, who shattered her heart years earlier—it’s his brother. Until her fiancé disappears, and Gustav steals her to the altar himself…
Livia is Gustav’s to wed, and his alone! Her dowry is key to seizing control of his treasured yet collapsing kingdom.
Only as new light is shed on their bitter past, their blazing attraction reignites. Will they douse the fire, or let it burn them?
Titles in the Rival Royals duet/series include: Wed to the Wrong Prince ~ Prince’s Forgotten Mistress ~
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted September 29, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Romantic Suspense, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Suspense / 0 Comments
Can they unearth secrets… Worth killing for?
Opening a time capsule is like opening Pandora’s box for BIA Agent Nizhoni Gray. It yields evidence of her best friend’s murder—a cold case that’s traumatized and haunted her for decades.
Partnering with FBI Agent Aiden Erikson to investigate, the strong-willed Nizhoni senses a kindred soul. They must race against a killer systematically eliminating witnesses to the teen’s murder…while their mutual attraction risks professional danger.
But uncovering a deadly conspiracy and a shocking betrayal won’t hinder their digging…though the truth could upend their lives forever.
Titles in the Big Sky Justice series include: Danger in Big Sky Country ~ Her K-9 Protector ~ Cold Case Secrets ~ Cold Case Kidnapping ~ Cold Case Reckoning ~ Sacred Secrets ~ Lethal Betrayal ~ Final Witness ~
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted September 29, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Romance, Series/Duet / 0 Comments
Off script…and in too deep!
Swimming instructor Gracie leads a sheltered life after her sister’s death.
Then she’s assigned to teach swoonworthy film star Connor for an upcoming role—and they’re snapped together in the Sydney surf! Threatening to draw too much attention to his humble beginnings…
To divert the tabloid headlines, Gracie reluctantly agrees to fake a dizzying romance. Except the sparks are totally real…no acting required!
And stepping into the spotlight of Connor’s glittering world puts Gracie completely out of her depth!
Part of the Passport to Paradise imprint
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted September 28, 2026 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, NetGalley, Owned, Series, Sexual Content, Trilogy / 0 Comments
Claiming Her Highness’s hand…
Will set them both alight!
Ten years ago, Princess Gisele Bettencourt chose to go into hiding rather than endure an unwanted wedding.
Now, intoxicatingly handsome billionaire Emilien Montagne shatters her sanctuary with a shocking proposal: He’ll reunite her and her siblings if she marries him!
After the royal family destroyed his father, Emilien built a fortitude against weaknesses—especially love. He’ll destroy the crown with the power that claiming Gisele affords him.
Until on their honeymoon, convenience gives way to red-hot benefits! But this unexpected connection could unravel more than just his plans for revenge…
Titles in the Scandals at the Palace series include: Princess Bride with Benefits ~ His Majesty’s Blackmailed Bride ~ Bodyguard’s Royal Baby ~
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted September 28, 2026 by Marsha in Crime, Mystery, NetGalley, Owned, Police Procedural, Series, Sexual Content, St. Martin's Press / 0 Comments
NYSPD lieutenant Eve Dallas never knows what to expect when she gets word of a body. It could be an elderly man who made the mistake of climbing a ladder in slippery footwear. And the next call could be a wealthy biotech executive beaten to death in his home office—but what was Larry Chu’s mistake?
The victim’s corpse is so mangled and damaged it’s hard to believe a lone, unarmed assailant could have managed it. The killer was clearly unnaturally strong—and smart enough to find a way into Chu’s highly secure building. Most of all, whoever did this was very, very angry.
The excessive violence leads Dallas to conclude that this was a deeply personal act, born of a rage that she can’t excuse but can understand thanks to her own traumatic past. And though the motive seems rooted in heated emotion rather than cold, hard cash, she can’t ignore the suspicious bank account in the Cayman Islands or the shadowy, profit-hungry company Chu worked for. The mystery only grows when it turns out Chu isn’t the only victim—and Dallas will need to tear through one layer of secrecy after another to reveal what lies behind this explosion of fury…
Fury in Death is the 63rd title in the ongoing In Death series.
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted September 21, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, No Spice Romance, Series, Women's Romance Fiction / 0 Comments
One reckless night. One hasty marriage. One devastating truth.
“I don’t want children,” my husband said. “Especially not with Ava.”
Ava
All I ever wanted was a family—a real one, built with a man I loved. I thought my love could thaw the Koch family’s cold, calculating arrogance. I thought Johansen was different from the father who raised him.
I was wrong.
By day, he was my boss. By night, he was my husband—a secret neither of us was allowed to speak of at the office. To him, our marriage was a secret he savored keeping—a thrill locked behind closed doors. With one careless sentence, he stripped me down to an asset: a convenient wife, easily dismissed, easily replaced. I didn’t cry. I didn’t beg. Instead, I handed in my resignation, filed for divorce, and erased every trace of him from my life. The Koch family didn’t get to decide what I was worth—I did.
Johansen
Our story started at a Halloween masquerade—a woman in a spider costume who made me forget every rule I’d ever lived by. It nearly ended with the coldest words I’ve ever spoken. My father raised me to believe love was a weakness. For a long time, I believed him. Now I have one chance—maybe my last—to prove I’m nothing like the man who made me.
Trigger Warning: A note from the author: this book includes pregnancy loss.
Titles in the Begging for a Second Chance series include: If You Forget Me ~ Talk to Me ~ Stop Taking Me for Granted ~ Stop Treating Me Like a Footnote ~ Stop Showing Me Off Like a Trophy ~
This is a no-spice romance, perhaps with closed-door or fade-to-black scenes. Tension and kisses might be involved.
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