Category: Debut Title

Witness Protector by Jude Bayton

Posted April 7, 2026 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Crime, Debut Title, Harlequin, Harlequin Romantic Suspense, NetGalley, Romantic Suspense, Sexual Content, Standalone / 0 Comments

She’s seen too much.  And a chance reunion is her only hope for survival.

Witness to a murder. No passport to go home.

Mia Jones never expected to run into Jack Brannon in the middle of nowhere. Their affair years ago left her heartbroken, but now Jack is her only hope.

The Law Enforcement Park Ranger thinks his eyes are playing tricks on him when he spots Mia at a local diner. He’s even more surprised when he learns she’s in hiding—and why.

Determined to keep her safe and bring a killer to justice, Jack takes the woman he never forgot on a road trip in search of answers…and the ultimate retribution.

~Standalone~

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

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Bridesmaid’s Fast-Track Fling by Elle Brown

Posted April 5, 2026 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Debut Title, Harlequin, Harlequin Romance, NetGalley, Series / 0 Comments

The billionaire is driving her wild!

In Monte Carlo for her best friend’s wedding, Olivia finds the city buzzing with anticipation for the weekend’s championship F1 race. Not that Liv has a clue about racing!

Besides, she’s consumed by thoughts of the enigmatic yet gorgeous Greek she’s just met. There’s something magnetic in Nikos’s gaze that has Liv uncharacteristically putting their romance in the fast lane.

But is this true love or only a pit stop? She’d better figure it out quick!

Once her bridesmaid duties are fulfilled, Liv is returning home…

Titles in the Pit Stop to Forever duo/series include: Bridesmaid’s Fast-Track Fling ~ Plus-One to an Italian Christmas ~

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

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Convenient Wife Conditions by Rebecca Hunter

Posted April 2, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Debut Title, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, NetGalley, Series/Duet, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

How can he refuse… Her terms of engagement?

Massimo Carandini has moved mountains to redeem his family’s name. But the fiancée meant to enhance his reputation risks ruining it by fleeing before their engagement can be announced!

Locating his errant bride-to-be is easy, but will being snowbound together shatter his concrete control?

Catarina d’Avalos yearns for passion, not a cold, convenient marriage! Especially not with a man who makes her body pulse to life every time he’s near.

To accept Massimo’s ring, she has conditions of her own—and exploring their chemistry is nonnegotiable!

Titles in The Carandini Legacy series/duo include:  Convenient Wife Conditions ~ Heir to Italian Altar ~

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

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How to Fake Date Her Billionaire by Clare Miles

Posted December 31, 2025 by Marsha in Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Debut Title, Harlequin, Harlequin Romance, No Spice Romance, Standalone / 0 Comments

They’re crossing a billion-dollar boundary…

Heiress Eleanor Ainsworth’s secret to survival? Never fall in love.

Only one person ever challenged that: billionaire Nic Kosmas, the childhood best friend she once dated for six sizzling months. So, when she returns to London to help launch a foundation honouring Nic’s late father, temptation follows…

And after a stolen clinch lands them in the tabloids, the only solution to protect Nic’s family legacy is a fake relationship! Yet, as the line between façade and feelings blurs, Ellie’s in danger of breaking her golden rule…

~Standalone~

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

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The Orphan Witch by Paige Crutcher

Posted January 20, 2023 by Marsha in Debut Title, Fantasy, NetGalley, Paranormal Romance, Sexual Content, St. Martin's Press, Standalone / 1 Comment

A deeper magic. A stronger curse. A family lost…and found.

Persephone May has been alone her entire life. Abandoned as an infant and dragged through the foster care system, she wants nothing more than to belong somewhere. To someone. However, Persephone is as strange as she is lonely. Unexplainable things happen when she’s around—changes in weather, inanimate objects taking flight—and those who seek to bring her into their family quickly cast her out. To cope, she never gets attached, and never makes friends. And she certainly never dates. Working odd jobs and always keeping her suitcases half-packed, Persephone is used to moving around, leaving one town for another when curiosity over her eccentric behavior inevitably draws unwanted attention.

After an accidental and very public display of power, Persephone knows it’s time to move on once again. It’s lucky, then, when she receives an email from the one friend she’s managed to keep, inviting her to the elusive Wile Isle. The timing couldn’t be more perfect. However, upon arrival, Persephone quickly discovers that Wile is no ordinary island. In fact, it just might hold the very things she’s been searching for her entire life.

Answers. Family. Home.

And some things she did not want. Like 100-year-old curses and an even older family feud. With the clock running out, love might be the magic that saves them all.

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

NetGalley ARC

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Cinderella and the Duke by Lydia Drake

Posted January 14, 2023 by Marsha in Debut Title, Entangled Publishing, Historical Romance, NetGalley, Regency Romance, Sexual Content, Standalone / 0 Comments

Miss Julia Beaumont has exactly one night to find herself a husband…

The Weatherford Ball is the last chance Julia Beaumont has to escape the clutches of her horrid stepmother. Any potential husband will do—rich, poor, even a reasonably well-groomed walrus. But all of Julia’s matrimonial chances are completely obliterated…thanks to the actions of an infuriating and utterly rakish duke.

Gregory Carter, Duke of Ashworth, would never risk his cherished bachelorhood by flirting with marriage-starved debutantes. But one look at the luscious and refreshingly clever Julia, and he simply can’t resist a stolen kiss—scandal be damned. Then just as things start getting deliciously interesting, the lady flees…leaving only a slipper behind.

And it must have been one dandy of a kiss. Because now Julia has proposed to him. After all, the lady needs a husband, and this roguish duke will certainly do. It’s simply a matter of making him the perfect scandalous offer…

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

Standalone (debut)

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