Author: Marsha

Second Chance Under the Mistletoe by Kandy Shepherd

Posted November 1, 2025 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Romance, NetGalley, Seasoned Romance, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

‘Tis the season – to rekindle?

Natalie is having a nightmare Christmas. Her daughter, Clem, has invited her dad over from Australia—and Natalie hasn’t seen her ex, tycoon Jon, for twenty-two years!

They agree for the sake of their daughter to pretend to be the perfect family, but Natalie soon discovers the spark between them never died!

After two decades of hurt, can she risk her heart for a second chance—or is this festive fling just for the holidays?

Titles in the Family Reunion in London duet include: Second Chance Under the Mistletoe by Kandy Shepherd ~ Christmas Surprise for Her Boss by Scarlet Wilson ~

This story may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult 18+ audience.

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Witness to Murder by Debra Webb

Posted November 1, 2025 by Marsha in Connection to another series, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Intrigue, Mystery, NetGalley, Romantic Suspense, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Thriller / 0 Comments

Just one look  …shattered her life.

It was worse than the date from hell.

Teacher Leah Gerard waited hours for the man…until she saw his bloody body being dragged away. Did she imagine it? The police believe she did, as there’s no body to corroborate her story.

Then Leah becomes their prime murder suspect. Determined to find the truth, Leah hires ace investigator Owen Walker, who delves into every possibility while protecting —and captivating—Leah.

But when her longtime roommate disappears, troubling questions and danger follow.

Who wants Leah charged with murder? And who wants her dead?

Titles in the Colby Agency: The Next Generation series include: A Colby Christmas Rescue ~ Alibi for Murder Memory of Murder ~ Witness to Murder ~

This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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C is for Courting by Shelley Shepard Gray

Posted November 1, 2025 by Marsha in Amish Romance, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Kensington Books, NetGalley, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

The second eldest, Beth Schrock, always believed herself the most level-headed sibling. After all, in the wake of their parents’ divorce, it was she who emerged as the caretaker and steadying presence. Yet after almost two years in Ohio, Beth’s life remains the most unsettled.

Unlike her younger sister and brothers, Beth has yet to become Amish, or fall in love, much less marry.  Still, she is about to take on the biggest responsibility of them all. She is going to be a mother. A single mother. While she’s not proud of her actions, she is excited and hopeful about the sense of purpose this change will bring.

When Beth happens to meet family acquaintance Junior Lambright, they bump heads a bit. But after she takes a part-time job at his successful candle factory, it doesn’t take long for sparks to ignite—or for Junior to decide to be the friend Beth clearly needs.

Still, neither expects a romance. Ten years older than Beth, Junior seems content to devote himself to work and his two senior Labradors. And as Beth’s due date looms, she must choose a path. She considers returning to Cleveland and her high-paying, high-stress realtor job. She could hire a nanny. But she’d miss so much about Walden—including Junior.

And then, Junior proposes.

Beth is sure Junior’s sweet offer is only to save her reputation. . . . Unless, like her, Junior is also yearning for something more. With faith, and the courage to open their hearts, they might soon find out . . .

Titles in the Amish ABCs series include:  A is for Amish ~ B is for Bonnet ~ C is for Courting ~ D is for Daisy ~

This is a clean, sweet Amish romance with perhaps only kissing.

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Charming the Cowboy by Maisey Yates

Posted October 31, 2025 by Marsha in Kindle Unlimited, Paranormal Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

Eliana Sanderson has accepted that love—and everything that comes with it—isn’t in the cards for her. Thanks to a centuries-old family curse, every attempt at romance ends in chaos, calamity, or combustion. Literally. Appliance fires, allergic reactions, and awkward exits have all sealed her reputation as Wild Rose Point’s most unlucky-in-love woman.

But when Halloween season rolls into town, Eliana makes a deal with her longtime crush—rugged, no-nonsense cowboy Cooper Langdon. If he helps with the town’s haunted hayrides, she’ll pull some strings with the council to support the brewery he wants to build on his ranch.

It’s a win-win… until Eliana accidentally confesses her secret: she’s cursed, and still very much untouched.

Cooper doesn’t believe in curses, but he does believe in Eliana—and he’s more than willing to prove that some sparks are strong enough to defy fate. But as their chemistry sizzles and the town’s spooky season gets underway, it becomes clear that falling for each other might be the most dangerous thing of all.

Titles in the multi-author Wild Rose Point series include:  Charming the Cowboy by Maisey Yates ~ Still a Cowboy by Delores Fossen ~ Caught Looking by Nicole Helm ~ The Accidental Christmas by Lori Foster ~ Her Christmas Fix by Michelle Major ~ Fake Date with the Runaway Bride by Elle Douglass (2026) ~ The Tortured Marine’s Sunshine Girl by Caitlin Crews (2026) ~

This story may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult 18+ audience.

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Missing at Christmas by Deena Alexander

Posted October 30, 2025 by Marsha in Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Love Inspired Suspense (Harlequin), NetGalley, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

A dangerous family legacy.  A race to save a baby in jeopardy.

When journalist Lexi McKenna receives a desperate call for help, she rushes to her sister’s home, only to find her sister dead and one of her twin nieces missing.

With her past mafia ties resurfacing, Lexi must go on the run with agent Noah Thompson to protect herself from her father’s enemies.

Although Lexi is the daughter of the mob boss who murdered Noah’s brother, Noah will do anything to take down her family—even work with her.

As danger looms from all sides, they must find the abducted baby and dismantle a criminal empire before Lexi and her nieces end up as collateral damage.

Titles in the Jameson Investigations series include:  Hunted for the Holidays ~ Hiding in the Wilderness ~ Exposing Lethal Secrets ~ Missing at Christmas ~

Although this is a clean, sweet romance with either closed doors/fade to black, or only kissing… it is also a Romantic Suspense, so there may also be mention of violence.

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The Magical Christmas Cottage by Aimee O’Brian

Posted October 29, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Christmas Romance, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Paranormal Romance, Series, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

In the small town of Hazard, sometimes love is the greatest Christmas miracle.

Alina McAllister is starting fresh in the charming town of Hazard, Rhode Island, with a simple plan: take a docent job at the Historical Society and embrace the magic of the season. But when her landlady, Hazel, suffers a stroke, everything changes. Hazel’s grumpy yet undeniably handsome grandson, Carter Bestwick, swoops into town determined to sell the cottage and move on with his corporate life. He needs Alina to leave—immediately.

With nowhere to go and a snowstorm trapping them together, Alina and Carter are forced into close quarters. What starts as a tense, begrudging arrangement soon sparks undeniable chemistry. As they clear out the attic, they discover Hazel’s magical wedding bands—heirlooms passed down through generations since the Revolutionary War—and find that sometimes, the magic of love is closer than they think.

Titles in the Charmed Love series include:  The Magical Tea Shop ~ The Magical Bed & Breakfast ~ The Magical Christmas Cottage ~

This is a clean, sweet romance with either closed doors or fade to black romantic scenes.

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The Cowboy’s Convenient Wife by Carol Arens

Posted October 29, 2025 by Marsha in Harlequin, Harlequin Historical, Historical Romance, NetGalley, Small Town Romance, Standalone, Victorian Romance / 0 Comments

A cowboy in London

…and a deal at the altar?

When his English business partner dies, Montana rancher Boone Rawlins becomes guardian of the man’s little girl and heir to their family property in London. So when a storm destroys the ranch, they cross the Atlantic to start a new life!

Penniless Lady Ambrin is stunned when a real-life cowboy arrives on her doorstep. But she quickly comes to her senses when she discovers her dear brother has left Boone her house—and that he wants to sell it to fund a new farm! Ambrin’s determined to keep her home and her precious niece. Will a convenient marriage be the solution…or a whole new predicament?

~Standalone~

This story may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult 18+ audience.

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The Package by Kimberley Troutte

Posted October 28, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Cliffhanger Ending (for now), Contemporary Romance, Mystery, Series, Sexual Content, Thriller, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

In the deadly future after the second civil war, the United States is divided and dangerous…

Agent Heather Slade is a beautiful, well-crafted fake. A perfect lie. A highly-trained asset with no country, no memory, and no home. She spies for a secretive group of Revo agents from the democratic Free States and fights against the crushing power of the charismatic authoritarian leader who controls the militant Patriot regions. Risking her life, she infiltrates the top levels of the brutal government and lives deeply under cover with her enemies.

Heather’s current mission is to smuggle a package from under the President’s nose onto a highly guarded golden train and bring it to safety in the Free States. Her partner on the perilous journey is a handsome but inexperienced foreign agent with secrets of his own. Why is Miguel Robles so hauntingly familiar? He might hold the key to finding the family she no longer remembers—if they survive the mission.

Titles in The Infiltrix series include:  The Package ~ The Surveillance ~ The Intel ~ The Asset ~ The Extraction ~

This story may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult 18+ audience.

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Business Between Enemies by Louise Fuller

Posted October 28, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, NetGalley, Sexual Content, Standalone / 0 Comments

Taking their rivalry… from boardroom to bedroom!

Freshly appointed head of her father’s company, Hennessy Wade is working feverishly hard to throw off her wild-child reputation.

She’s still reeling from the news that her co-CEO is hatefully arrogant billionaire Renzo Valetti… Her face burns as she remembers youthfully—mortifyingly—kissing the devil himself!

Hennessy epitomizes the kind of recklessness that cost Renzo’s parents their lives. She’s impulsive, spontaneous…and a temptation he will refuse!

Until an Italian business trip has him questioning everything he knows about Hennessy’s scandalous past… And reconsidering the line between disdain and desire!

~Standalone~

This story may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult 18+ audience.

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The Cowboy’s Christmas Rescue by Debra Chapoton

Posted October 28, 2025 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Kindle Unlimited, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

She’s all Christmas cheer. He’s all grumpy loner. Snowed in together… could they possibly fall in love?

After a career-ending injury, former U.S. Marshal Rhett Morgan retreats to a snowbound Colorado cabin to escape Christmas, people, and the ghosts of his past. All he wants is silence and solitude.

But when cheerful and chatty Holly Winters, a therapy horse trainer, arrives to check on the property for her uncle, Rhett finds himself stuck with the one woman who refuses to be ignored—and brings a horse with a personality nearly as big as hers.

When a freak avalanche cuts them off from town just before Christmas, Rhett and Holly are forced into an uneasy truce—one filled with borrowed socks, canned soup, and revealing conversations neither ever wanted to have.

But Holly isn’t just sunshine and sass—and Rhett is more cowboy than marshal. And as Christmas approaches, both will have to confront the fears that haunt them before they can discover the healing only love—and faith—can offer.  This holiday, the real rescue might not be in the mountains… but in their hearts.

Titles in the A Cowboy For Christmas Collection include:  The Cowboy’s Christmas Confession ~ The Cowboy’s Christmas Deadline ~ The Cowboy’s Christmas Rescue ~ The Cowboy’s Christmas Miracle ~

This is a clean, sweet romance with either closed doors/fade to black, or only kissing.

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The Replacement by Melinda Di Lorenzo

Posted October 28, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Mystery, Series, Thriller, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

Ari Strange thought she’d survived the worst after the sudden death of her husband. She couldn’t have been more mistaken…

Nearly two years have passed since Ari’s husband died in a shocking hit-and-run, and she’s finally beginning to feel normal. She has a job. An apartment. She’s fully focused on her miracle–her 13-month-old daughter, Lucy-Kate. And she never dreamed it could all go sideways again in an instant…

On a freezing winter night, Ari wakes to find a blood-covered woman taking Lucy-Kate from her crib. In minutes, she goes from frantic parent to being accused of kidnapping her own daughter. The police don’t believe her story. They don’t even believe that Ari is Ari. Rather, they’ve taken the side of the woman who claims—with proof—to be her. The only person who gives Ari the benefit of the doubt is her unfriendly neighbor. But his behavior is sketchy, his motives unclear.

As evidence mounts against Ari, the time to save Lucy-Kate is running out. Can she uncover the truth before she loses everything all over again?

Titles in the Lockwood Gate Thrillers series include: The Replacement ~ The Echo ~ The Choice ~

This story may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult 18+ audience.

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Lost Alaskan Memories by Heidi McCahan

Posted October 27, 2025 by Marsha in Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Love Inspired (Harlequin), NetGalley, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

An unexpected homecoming brings another chance at love.

For two years, mountaineer Max Butler was presumed dead after a tragic climbing accident in Peru…until his return to his small town of Opportunity, Alaska. But now a traumatic brain injury keeps him from remembering his former life and who he left behind—including physical therapist Hayley Morgan.

Heartbroken after Max chose his mountaineering dreams over her, Hayley is determined to guard her heart against him, even as he steps in to help her with babysitting duties for his infant sister.

As Max slowly regains fragments of his past and buried feelings resurface, can Hayley convince him to stay…for a second chance at happiness?

Titles in the Opportunity, Alaska series include:  Her Alaskan Family ~ Lost Alaskan Memories ~

This is a clean, sweet romance with either closed doors/fade to black, or only kissing.

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Desperate Justice by Bonnie Vanak

Posted October 27, 2025 by Marsha in Harlequin, Harlequin Romantic Suspense, NetGalley, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Standalone / 0 Comments

His work is all that matters.

But one woman could change all that.

Rafael Rodriguez is determined to get his man. Especially after he narrowly escapes death on the hunt for drug kingpin Hector Hernandez.

But as the FBI special agent inches closer to his prey, he didn’t bargain on Allison Lexington. After infiltrating the Devil’s Patrol, his onetime confidential informant is now on the straight and narrow.

With her sister set to marry Hector’s nephew, Allison topples headfirst into danger. Then her sister vanishes, and the motorcycle-riding trauma nurse might be the one who needs saving. And Rafe’s just the one to do it…

~Standalone~

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Any Cowboy of Mine by Kristine Lynn

Posted October 27, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Connection to another series, Marietta Montana, Modern Western Romance, Montana (Tule), Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

He can write the perfect ending on a computer screen, but can he create one in real life?

For Brad Connors, life as a successful crime writer is everything he hoped—if only he had someone to share it with. So when his ex invites him to her wedding, he decides to play the game and attend. At least, it’s an open bar.

Trial attorney Sophie Kellerman has found success prosecuting domestic abuse cases in the courtroom, but life recently brought the gavel down on her head. So she assumes that being set up as her old crush’s date to a wedding will also disappoint—but Brad turns out to be the smoking hot cowboy she didn’t see coming. And he’s ready to buy his parents’ ranch and settle down to boot.

But even as they wrap themselves in his sheets, their pasts are waiting in the wings, bringing chaos and confessions in their wake. Is Brad and Sophie’s relationship a rebound remedy or a love strong enough to stand up to the challenge?

Titles in the Cowboys of Elks Ridge, Montana include:  Take Me Away, Cowboy ~ Any Cowboy of Mine ~

This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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A Christmas Baby for the Cowboy by Megan Crane

Posted October 26, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Christmas Romance, Holiday Romance, Marietta Montana, Modern Western Romance, Montana (Tule), Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

When commitment-allergic Knox Carey discovers an abandoned baby in a snowstorm in the middle of nowhere on a cold December night, he doesn’t think twice. He rescues the tiny girl and quickly realizes he needs help.

It’s a no-brainer to call Dr. Ramona Taylor—the closest thing to a hospital in Cowboy Point. Sure, they broke up. More than once. And she was clear on what she thought about his emotional constipation, but Knox bets that while she might want to set him on fire—and not in a fun way—the baby will inspire her to keep the lighter fluid at bay.

Not necessarily. Knox ripped out Romona’s heart. It’s as simple as that, but her medical training won’t allow her to do anything but help. Still, seeing the man she once loved enough to dream of forever with a baby in his arms? It kills her. Worse, she’s trapped with him during a raging snowstorm, living a dream version of the life she knows she can never have.

But it’s Christmas in Cowboy Point—maybe miracles might just happen after all…

Titles in The Careys of Cowboy Point series include:  The Cowboy’s Mail-Order Bride* ~ The Cowboy’s Forbidden Bride *~ The Cowboy’s Secret Babies* ~ The Cowboy’s Best Friend* ~ A Christmas Baby for the Cowboy ~

This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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