Posted September 27, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Intrigue, Mystery, NetGalley, Romantic Suspense, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
Fighting a global cyber threat will take all their survival skills…
After the accident that killed her best friend and left her an amputee, Kenley Bates has made it her life’s mission to get justice for other victims.
Using her hacking skills to infiltrate the dark web is risky business, especially when Kenley uncovers a global security threat.
Jude Mason is her best hope of saving the world. Ex-military, Jude knows how to protect and defend.
But breaking the code and outwitting an adversary bent on destruction thrusts the cybersecurity experts into a cat and mouse game deadlier than they could have ever imagined…
Titles in the Secure Watch series include: Dark Web Investigation ~ Tracing Her Stolen Identity ~ Deadly Security Breach ~
This series is a spin-off of the Secure One series. Expect to see some familiar faces, and although it’s not “necessary” to have read the earlier series to enjoy this one, I’d highly recommend both series as they are simply amazing in story, delivery, and intensity.
This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.
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Posted September 27, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Special Edition, NetGalley, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
She’s in the happily-ever-after business
But he’s never been interested in fairy-tale endings
Divorced single mom Andie Carter is parenting nine-year-old twins, launching a fairy tale–themed children’s birthday party center, and fighting lingering feelings for high school friend Knox Walker.
The charming stable manager has eschewed romantic entanglements in favor of party-boy ways. But when Andie’s venue needs repairs, he volunteers his ranch for her events—and a few unexpected kisses, too!
Knox doesn’t trust easily, but Andie and her kids are breaking through his guard. Will he come to terms with his fears to be the Prince Charming that Andie and her kids yearn for?
Titles in the Sugar Maple Farms series include: Her Fairy-Tale Farmer ~ Autumn Nights, Holiday Lights ~
This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.
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Posted September 26, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Kindle Unlimited, NetGalley, Romantic Comedy (Rom-Com), Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments
She’s here to sell my ranch, but now I think she might steal my heart.
Rory Jones prided herself on the successful life she’d built as a wellness influencer and author—until she walked in on her boyfriend with another woman after a family funeral. Forced to run away to her late great aunt’s ranch in Colorado, Rory’s hoping that fixing up and selling the place will help her find her confidence and inspiration to write again.
But Wyatt Hensley, the grumpy head rancher, isn’t willing to hand over the reins to the job he gave everything up for. Especially not to a yoga-loving, manifestation guru who doesn’t even know how to ride a horse. Yet, with a past that’s taught him not to bother dreaming anymore, even Wyatt knows he can’t hold on forever.
Until one day they strike a deal that might just save both of their careers—help Rory turn the ranch into a wellness retreat, and Wyatt can stay.
With Rory’s shattered self-confidence and Wyatt’s last drop of hope also on the line, staying professional is a must. But can they ignore the sizzling tension growing between them that could jeopardize it all?
Especially when the rocky path ahead seems a lot easier with the other riding beside them.
Titles in the Willow Ridge series include: Live, Ranch, Love ~ Riding the Line ~
This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.
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Posted September 24, 2025 by Marsha in Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Love Inspired Suspense (Harlequin), Mystery, NetGalley, Romantic Suspense, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
A shocking bequest could cost her life.
Attacked on the property she unexpectedly inherited, Rose Balfour barely escapes with the help of former hostage negotiator Henry Walsh.
Someone is determined to keep her from testifying at a loan shark’s murder trial. But when she does and the danger continues, Rose suspects there are answers in the house left to her.
Teaming up with Henry, Rose uncovers surprising evidence and a powerful enemy determined to silence them. Not even Henry’s isolated ranch is a safe refuge.
With their lives on the line and captors closing in, can Rose and Henry expose the web of secrets—before they vanish forever?
Titles in the Big Sky First Responders series include: Deadly Ranch Hideout ~ Witness Protection Ambush ~ Unsolved Montana Investigation (Cold Case) ~ Dangerous Montana Inheritance ~
This is a clean, faith-based romance with either closed doors/fade to black, or only kissing. Although there is violence within the story, be aware of that factor.
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Posted September 23, 2025 by Marsha in Harlequin, Harlequin Trade, Kindle Unlimited, NetGalley, Paranormal Romance, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments
When a witch plays with fire, she might just ignite a love that can’t be extinguished…
Newly minted Historian of the soon-to-be-ascended Riverwood Coven, Georgie Pendell has always played her part—so why does she feel like an outsider in her own life? Duped and dumped by her boyfriend, Georgie finds herself dismissing love as a fairytale. But when the words she reads aloud from an enchanted storybook free a dragon shifter, everything changes.
Georgie finds herself drawn to the dragon in ways she didn’t think were even possible for her, and her dragon, with his fiery golden gaze, all but claims Georgie as his own. But beneath his scorching intensity lies a secret, one that stretches back into the ancient past.
With the Joywood Coven still finding ways to upend the new order of the witching world, Georgie and her coven will need to prove themselves up to the task of being in charge, and right the wrongs their predecessors committed—if they can uncover the truth. Because something is missing. Something that will stop the Joywood once and for all. Something that only a Historian and an ancient dragon can find.
Titles in the Witchlore series include: Small Town, Big Magic ~ Big Little Spells ~ Truly Madly Magically ~ Dragon Fires Everywhere ~
This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.
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Posted September 23, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Kensington Books, Mystery, NetGalley, Paranormal Romantic Suspense, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Thriller, Time Slip Romance / 0 Comments
It begins when two young boys discover a 100-year-old skeleton buried near the grounds of Belle Reve, a Greek revival-style mansion built in the 1870s. As police investigate, strange and eerie occurrences plague the mansion—footsteps in empty hallways, slamming doors in empty rooms.
The owner of Belle Reve, Rachel Belmond, beautiful and still young at 44, is also in failing health, her condition deteriorating. It’s her niece, Nicole, who begins to suspect that something deadly has invaded the house. And it is Nicole who meets someone who might be able to find answers…
As the incidents grow more intense, Rachel’s niece, Nicole Belmond, begins to suspect that something otherworldly may have invaded the house.
Lucas Devereaux is the owner of the Baton Rouge Youth Center, where Nicole’s teenage half-brother has been sentenced for a juvenile crime. The attraction between Lucas and Nicole is instant. Hearing rumors that Lucas, a former priest, has the ability to deal with supernatural events, Nicole shares her worries about Belle Reve. But Lucas can’t begin until he has more information.
Fearing for Rachel’s fragile health, trying to ignore their growing attraction, Nicole and Lucas work to find the link between the mysterious old bones and the terrifying events in the house that grow more ominous every day. Can Nicole and Lucas protect Rachel and stop the demonic forces that threaten the very existence of Belle Reve? Or is more happening than anyone can imagine?
This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.
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Posted September 22, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Afterglow, NetGalley, Paranormal Romance, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
It’s a cozy, spicy, spooky season treat in this opposites-attract romance between a mystery writer who pretends to talk to ghosts and the one-night stand who might actually be haunted…
Kirsty Henson is an expert at one thing: faking it. A mystery writer with a hit series, she knows her success relies on pretending she can talk to ghosts. It’s all fun and games until a steamy casual encounter sends Jasper Cotton careening into her life.
Jasper is haunted…literally. His college roommate’s spirit is trapped in an old physics book—and has a weird obsession with Judge Judy. Desperate for a solution, Jasper turns to Kirsty for help. But when they investigate, neither can deny the supernatural or romantic sparks!
Between a ghost who won’t quit, Kirsty’s big secret, and a mystery tied to Jasper’s past, they’re in for more than otherworldly flirtation. With a little help from beyond, Kirsty and Jasper are about to discover the only thing stronger than life or death might just be love.
This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.
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Posted September 22, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Romance, NetGalley, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
After one steamy night together, a Cinderella is unexpectedly reunited with the very same billionaire…on a luxury superyacht!
For one night or forever?
Single mom Maria has fought to reclaim her world from her controlling ex. Romance is the last thing on her mind—until billionaire widower Tim walks into her bar, igniting a passion she thought she’d buried.
A brief fling was meant to be enough, until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited on a luxury superyacht.
Working as a stewardess, Maria is mortified to be serving the man she shared a bed with. Worse still, their attraction is stronger than ever…
Titles in the Sun, Sea, and Swept Away series include: What Happens at the Beach… ~ Cinderella’s Fling with the Billionaire ~
This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.
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Posted September 14, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Marietta Montana, Montana (Tule), NetGalley, Previously Published, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments
Dillon Sheenan refuses to be tamed…
After three years running the family ranch, sexy thirty-year-old Dillon Sheenan has a one-way plane ticket out of Montana. He’s eager to put small-town life, with its emphasis on brides, babies, and families, behind him as he’s certainly not interested in being a dad, or even ready to settle down.
Beautiful single mom, Paige Joffe, juggles a lot, between running Main Street Diner and coping with her money-pit of a Victorian on Bramble Lane. She doesn’t have time for anything but taking care of the loves of her life, Addison and Tyler, and working to pay down bills. But one date–and an incredibly hot kiss–with Dillon Sheenan wakes her up and makes her dream again.
Until she finds out Dillon’s already bought his ticket out of town…
Is Dillon about to break the heart of the only woman he’s ever loved?
Titles in the Taming of the Sheenans include: Christmas at Copper Mountain ~ The Tycoon’s Kiss ~ The Kidnapped Christmas Bride ~ The Taming of the Bachelor ~ A Christmas Miracle for Daisy ~ The Lost Sheenan ~
This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.
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Posted September 2, 2025 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Connection to another series, Historical Romance, Holiday Romance, NetGalley, Regency Romance, Series / 0 Comments
The holiday stirs up excitement as fondly remembered guests come to stay and acquaintances grow into more. . . .
With a promise to her youngest sister, Sarah Summers declares that this year’s Christmas at Sea View will exceed all expectations. But an upcoming trip to Scotland–and the prospect of becoming reacquainted with dashing widower Callum Henshall–blows a flurry of doubts into her mind. Sarah had discouraged his attentions before yet soon finds herself once again torn between attraction and duty as alluring thoughts of a second chance at love weave their way into her practical heart.
Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Georgiana eagerly anticipates the exciting Christmas of her dreams after last year’s dull, disappointing holiday filled with endless chores. She enjoys all the promised parties, music, and dancing, but is taken by surprise when young love comes knocking. Does the festive romance of a Sea View Christmas hold the key to a happily-ever-after for both sisters?
Spend the holiday season with the Summers sisters on the charming Devonshire coast, where family bonds are strengthened, love is rekindled, and Christmas joy abounds.
Christmas novella/companion to the On Devonshire Shores series.
This is a clean, sweet romance with either closed doors or fade to black, or only kissing.
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Posted September 2, 2025 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, NetGalley / 0 Comments
With the holidays approaching, Liz Lantz is dedicated to using her Hickory Hollow buggy tour business to share God’s love with the Englisher tourists who visit her Lancaster County community. But when her father and brother are called away for a while, Dat finds a young Amishman to assist her on the tours in her brother’s place, much to Liz’s dismay. Regardless, the popularity of her Christmas House Buggy Tour means she could use the help, so as the countdown to Christmas begins, she works alongside Matthew Yoder, who quickly takes a genuine interest in the tour customers–and Liz.
As an Englisher family in Hickory Hollow expresses their festive spirit with a lavishly decorated house for the second year running, Liz’s Amish community becomes increasingly concerned about attracting unwanted traffic and attention, and Liz wonders if there is any way to bridge the gap to help the new neighbors feel welcome. At the same time, she grapples with her growing feelings for Matt, whose position with her is only temporary. Can she find a way to bring harmony to Hickory Hollow in time for Christmas?
The Christmas House is part of the Hickory Hollow world.
This is a clean, sweet romance with either closed doors or fade to black, or only kissing.
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