Author: Marsha

The Beachside Rental by Jennifer Faye

Posted August 26, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, No Spice Romance, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

Bluestar’s latest matchmaker is of the four-footed variety. Gus, the golden retriever, has found the perfect mate for his human—if only they’d listen to him.

Jenna Adams is the front-end supervisor at the Island Market. She feels as though she’s at a crossroads in her life: remain a part of the family business or strike out on her own. Her mind tells her to move on, but her heart tells her to remain on the island.

Simon Bennett is a bestselling author with a major motion picture deal. But money and fame can come with serious drawbacks. When his agent finds him a quiet beachside rental on Bluestar Island to lie low and write his next book, he thinks all of his problems are solved…until he meets his beautiful neighbor.

Jenna’s new neighbor has a habit of stepping on her last nerve. However, when push comes to shove, they’ve got each other’s backs. Will these neighbors find they have more in common than they ever imagined?

Titles in The Adams Family of Bluestar Island series include: The Art of Seashells ~ The Beachside Rental ~

A connection to the Bluestar Island universe through another island family. The entire world includes (so far): Love Blooms ~ Harvest Dance ~ A Lighthouse Café Christmas ~ Rising Star ~ Summer by the Beach ~ Brass Anchor Inn ~ Summer Refresh ~ A Seaside Bookshop Christmas ~ A Lighthouse Snapshot ~ Inheriting Her Island House ~ A Brass Anchor Inn Christmas ~ Race to the Beach ~ The Art of Seashells ~ The Beachside Rental ~

This is a no-spice romance, perhaps with closed-door or fade-to-black scenes. Tension and kisses might be involved.

Capitán Dante and the Runaway Princess by Carol Marinelli

Posted August 25, 2026 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Kindle Unlimited, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

Princess Seraphine of Aurélia is Missing!

After slipping past her royal guards in Venice, the sheltered but rebellious princess finally has what she’s always wanted: freedom. Just for one night.

Facing a loveless political marriage, Seraphine longs to experience life and passion before her future is decided for her. She’s terrified she’ll die a virgin. But freedom proves far more dangerous than she ever imagined.

When she stows away aboard a luxury sailing yacht, she’s discovered by its owner: Capitán Dante. A former French Foreign Legion soldier turned yacht captain, Dante is as ruthless as he is devastatingly handsome. He has no interest in rescuing runaway princesses. Yet when armed guards descend on the marina searching for Seraphine, he finds himself doing exactly that.

One stolen kiss to fool her pursuers changes everything. What started as a kiss to deceive awakens desires neither can ignore. Reluctantly, Dante agrees to take Seraphine to France to reunite with her mother. They make port in Corsica along the way. It’s where Dante was based while serving in the French Foreign Legion and where Seraphine begins to uncover what drove him to turn his back on the world.

Dante doesn’t do romance. He doesn’t do tenderness. And when Seraphine tests the limits of his patience, she discovers he doesn’t tolerate disobedience on his tightly run ship and has no qualms about reining her in. Yet the spirited princess brings out long-buried feelings in Dante and breaches the citadel he’s built around his heart.

Seraphine sees the man beneath the scars and defenses. After her first tastes of passion, walking away is no longer so easy. Their attraction burns hotter with every nautical mile. It’s no longer freedom Seraphine craves. It’s her Capitán.

But as France draws closer, duty and desire collide. Seraphine must choose: the royal life she was born to or the forbidden man she never expected to love.

Titles in the Hot Mediterranean Nights series include: Capitán Dante and the Runaway Princess ~

This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.

Escape to Lighthouse Cove by Kate Hewitt

Posted August 24, 2026 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, No Spice Romance, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

Grace longs only to hide away. Fleeing both a traumatic marriage and a scandal-laden divorce, she needs to disappear somewhere safe with her six-year-old son Jacob.

Finding the job running a small nature reserve on the remote, beautiful island of Lighthouse Cove off the rugged Maine coast feels like a miracle. It’s a tiny slice of land with a population of exactly twelve—about as much peace and solitude as a person could possibly dream of. But Grace isn’t the only one looking to hide away.

No sooner has she arrived than she has a run-in with Noah Lawrence, the reclusive, fiercely unfriendly but dangerously attractive billionaire owner of the island, when she attempts to rescue a seal on the desolate shoreline of his magnificent gated property.

Noah ends up having to rescue her and Jacob, but his arrogant remoteness infuriates Grace because it reminds her so much of her ex-husband— privileged, wealthy, and without morals. Even if Noah is totally gorgeous, there’s no way she wants to get involved with a man like that.

But Noah has just as many secrets as she does, and he has reasons to want to hide away, too. Grace is about to find out that even when you try to hide from the world, you can’t hide from your feelings…

Trigger Warning: Sensitive Subject, Grief

Titles in the Lighthouse Cove series include: Escape to Lighthouse Cove ~ A Second Chance at Lighthouse Cove (2/27)

This is a no-spice romance, perhaps with closed-door or fade-to-black scenes. Tension and kisses might be involved.

Lasso My Heart by Mary Karlik

Posted August 11, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

A rodeo cowboy who’s sworn off love. An optimist who still believes in fairytales. One innocent mistake that could cost them everything.

After more than a dozen epic breakups, physical therapist Lauren Winslow is one teardrop away from locking up her heart forever. A baggage claim mix-up, a swoony cowboy, and the discovery of a love letter meant for someone else convince her to give love one last shot. The problem? The letter belongs to Rhen McGowan, and Lauren has no idea how to return it without breaking his heart and losing his trust.

Rhen is recovering from a career-ending rodeo injury and rebuilding the therapeutic riding center he nearly lost in his divorce. The last thing he needs is a relentlessly hopeful woman who crashes into his life, charms his family, and makes him feel things he promised himself he was done with.

Their chemistry is instant, irresistible, and impossible to ignore. But when Rhen discovers Lauren kept the letter and lied about it, his fragile trust shatters. Now she must convince him it was an innocent mistake before the past steals their chance at a fairytale future.

Titles in the Sisters of Spring Creek series include: Lasso My Heart ~ Falling for the Cowboy Doctor ~

This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.

An Unexpected Companion by Mindy Obenhaus

Posted August 6, 2026 by Marsha in Connection to another series, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Kindle Unlimited, Love Inspired (Harlequin), No Spice Romance, Series/Duet, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

With his dog by his side… Is a second chance within reach?

After losing his family and his leg in a car crash, widower Dirk Matthews dedicates his solitary life to woodworking and his mobility service dog, Molly.

That is, until a troubled kid steals from his truck. Desperate to reach her grieving oldest son, widow Tessa Wagner agrees to have the boy help Dirk work on her family’s ranch.

Only she doesn’t expect her own connection with the carpenter. Soon they’re feeling more than the shared loss of loved ones.

But will past heartbreak stand in the way of their future?

Titles in the Legacy Ranch series include: An Unexpected Companion ~ Their Texas Christmas Redemption ~ A Texas Easter Blessing ~ The Pastor’s Christmas Prayer ~

(An Unexpected Companion is also part of K-9 Companions #31)

This is a no-spice, sweet, inspirational romance, perhaps with closed-door or fade-to-black scenes (rarely). But awareness, tension, and kisses might be involved.

When I First Met You by Lori Foster

Posted August 5, 2026 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin/MIRA, NetGalley, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

What happens when the handsome small-town hero steps in to help the city girl?

When Glory McCallahan’s cousin moved to Hoker, Kentucky, she felt like she’d lost her best friend. Then, Callie fell in love. To help with wedding arrangements, Glory joins her, but afterward, the plan is to return to her perfectly ordered life. Glory has always played it safe, keeping her polished smile in place and her heart on lockdown. No way is she going to let the rugged, too-handsome younger brother of her cousin’s new husband mess with her plans. No matter how infuriating, irreverent, and impossible to ignore Kam may be.

Kam Norwood sees past Glory’s flawless surface, and when he notices she’s being accosted by a wedding guest, he gallantly steps in. What starts as a pretend rescue turns into a night of unexpected sparks. Kam’s not afraid of Glory’s sharp edges—or her secrets. So when the rejected guest turns out to be Glory’s angry ex, and things escalate, Kam’s protective instincts kick in big time.

Turns out, the sizzling attraction may be the one thing that can keep them both safe.

Titles in the Family Ties series include: Let Me Be The One ~ When I First Met You~

This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.

D is for Daisy by Shelley Shepard Gray

Posted August 4, 2026 by Marsha in Amish Romance, Contemporary Romance, NetGalley, No Spice Romance, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

Early retirement never sounded so good to Mervin and Ruthie Miller. After a lifetime in Millersburg, where Mervin worked at a furniture and shed factory, and Ruthie helped out at a fabric store, they have exciting plans: They’re going to become “Amish Gentlemen Farmers.” That means buying a 30-acre, ramshackle farm, and all that comes with it—no matter what their grown children, friends, and aching muscles think…

Aaron Miller is worried about his parents, but there’s little he can do now that he lives in Kentucky and has a baby on the way. Then his childhood best friend, Kyle Burkholder, makes a heaven-sent offer: he’ll move in with Aaron’s parents to teach them about raising cows and chickens, and even give weekly reports to Aaron.

The arrangement is going well—until Kyle stumbles upon Daisy Lapp, who’s just been in a bicycle accident. When he visits her in the hospital, he knows there’s something special between them. So does Daisy. But her something special is the fact that Kyle lives on the farm she’d always dreamed of buying one day. She knows it’s wrong, but she’s jealous. She wants nothing to do with Kyle and politely tells him so.

Still, like the Millers, Kyle’s not one to give up easily. Not on himself, not on the farm, and certainly not on Daisy. With dedication and a leap of faith, the lives they envisioned just might come true…

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

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

Dead Man’s Alibi by Nicole Helm

Posted August 3, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Marietta, Marietta Montana, Modern Western Romance, Montana (Tule), Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

When her fiancé becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation, private investigator Samantha Price has one job—prove he’s innocent before the evidence says otherwise.

Samantha barely has time to admire the engagement ring Nate Bennet slips on her finger when a homicide detective is at the door. A problematic client from Honor’s Edge is dead, and Nate is the prime suspect. It’s history repeating itself for Sam, and she can’t help but feel like she and the Bennetts are cursed the second they try to grab a moment of good.

Sam knows Nate’s innocent…or does she? She’s been wrong before about the people she’s loved. But with Nate’s family and friends rallying around not just him, but her as well, Sam spearheads her own investigation into the murder—even as the cops and the lead detective she once thought was a friend attempt to cut her out.

Unfortunately, the deeper Sam, the Bennets, and the Harringtons look, the more obscure the trail becomes. But no one is giving up without a fight.

As a child, Sam failed to exonerate her father. As an adult, she has to succeed, or lose everything she’s worked so hard to build.

Titles in the Western Edge Mystery series include: Double-Edged Reckoning ~ Dark Mountain Ambush ~ Long Lost Winter ~ Long Lost Winter ~ Murder Never Forgets ~ Dead Man’s Alibi ~

This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.

Help Wanted, Cowboy by Nan Reinhardt

Posted July 24, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Connection to another series, Marietta, Marietta Montana, Modern Western Romance, Montana (Tule), Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 2 Comments

When a family emergency brings cowboy Rory Pearson home to Marietta, he hires on to Juniper Falls Ranch for seasonal work. He’s hoping to explore an intriguing family legend. Armed with research and his grandfather’s stories, Rory thinks he’s ready, but nothing goes as planned. Then a sweetly sexy nurse propositions him.

Nurse Millie Sparks is tired of playing it safe. She’s been too focused on her education and career, and romance and adventure have passed her by. Staying on the ranch to care for a patient with a tricky pregnancy, Millie’s interest in Rory is immediate. He offers to teach her to ride, and she wonders if the lessons could extend to something else she’s been hiding.

It’s a game of flirtation and fun. Feelings can’t be serious. But as the clock ticks down, hearts interfere, and saying goodbye just got way more complicated.

Titles in the Juniper Falls Ranch series include: Forever Cowboy ~ The Cowboy’s Comeback ~ Help Wanted, Cowboy ~ The Rancher’s Christmas Wife ~

Juniper Falls Ranch is a spin-off of the Montana’s Rodeo Cowboys multi-author series; those titles include: Unforgettable Cowboy by Jeannie Watt ~ Headstrong Cowboy by Nicole Flockton ~ Rogue Cowboy by Sinclair Jayne ~ Forever Cowboy by Nan Reinhardt ~

The Cowboy and The Princess by Leah Vale

Posted July 23, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Modern Western Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

Desperate to escape the spotlight after her mother’s tragic death, Princess Isabella “Izzy” Rochevelle flees to a Wyoming ranch, owned by relatives she’s never met. Hoping to heal in peace, her plan goes awry when her bodyguard is injured, and she’s placed in the care of a grumpy horse trainer.

Former Army Ranger Warrant Officer Gage Buchanan seeks to leave the past behind, living a quiet existence training horses on the Starry Sky Ranch. But his new life splinters when he must unexpectedly step up to babysit a seemingly perfect princess bent on experiencing her first rodeo incognito.

Despite her disguise, the paparazzi discover her whereabouts. To guard her privacy, Gage takes her deep into the Grand Teton wilderness, where the simmering attraction between the beautiful royal and the former soldier tempts them both. But they are from vastly different worlds. Will Izzy and Gage decide that love is worth the risk of yet another heartbreak?

Titles in the Starry Sky Ranch series include: The Cowboy and The Princess ~ The Cowboy and The Rodeo Queen ~

This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.