Posted January 10, 2026 by Marsha in Challenges, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Love Inspired (Harlequin), No Spice Romance, Owned, Reading Challenges, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
An unexpected partnership. A shocking secret. Can the truth heal old wounds?
After months away, architect Wyatt Teague returns home only to find himself named a guardian to his late friends’ orphaned twins…alongside his ex-fiancée, Natalie Dalton.
But caring for them together proves to be a challenge: Wyatt’s job is in the city, and Natalie can’t leave her family’s apple orchard.
As they vow to make this new partnership work, old feelings between them quickly resurface.
But when Natalie finds out the true reason behind Wyatt’s abandonment, can she trust him with the babies…and her heart?
Titles in the Home to Foxtail series include: Mountain Homecoming ~ Her Pretend Holiday Beau ~
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 November 14, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Owned, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments
To restore her legacy…she must wear the billionaire’s diamond!
Erin Carter can reclaim her family company on one condition: wed the current owner’s grandson. Though it’s the last thing she wants, she’s come too far to stop now. Nevertheless, persuading infamous playboy Enzo Rossetti to get down on one knee won’t be easy…
Enzo has no intention of marrying anybody, and he won’t be a pawn in Erin’s ruse! So, he’ll play her game…right up to the altar.
Aboard his superyacht, however, Enzo’s strategy spectacularly unravels when he realizes he’s in control of everything except their incendiary chemistry!
Titles in the Filthy Rich Italians series include: Inconveniently Wed ~ The Rossetti Ring Requirement ~ Their Boardroom Baby ~
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted October 10, 2025 by Marsha in Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Owned, Paranormal Romance, Series, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments
In the small town of Hazard, finding your soulmate might require magical intervention.
Ivy Wayland has a bet with her sister, who says you can’t have it all—success in business or love, but not both. Since opening her tea shop, Ivy knows where her priorities should be, but she has her heart set on her landlord. All her life, she’s heard the family lore about how their antique cookie press infuses homemade cookies with so much love that the recipient will fall head over heels for the giver. Ivy decides to take the chance.
Jaxon Langford is ready to move on. The only thing stopping him from selling up is concern about how some of his small business owners would fare with a greedier landlord. When one of his enthusiastic tenants brings him a tin of delicious-looking cookies, he’s charmed. He takes the cookies to his baseball team’s practice, only to watch them be devoured without getting so much as a bite.
Suddenly, Ivy has her pick of the town’s eligible bachelors—except Jaxon. How can she prove her sister wrong and win Jaxon’s heart?
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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Posted October 10, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Marietta, Marietta Montana, Modern Western Romance, Montana (Tule), Owned, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Trilogy, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments
Putting down roots means something very different to this Midwest girl and sexy Montana cowboy.
Natalie Wright loves being a development coordinator for new construction. But while the travel was exciting at first, she’s ready to put her suitcase away. All she needs is one more successful project, which seems simple until a certain cowboy walks into her public hearing in Marietta, Montana.
Sam Miles has his hands full overseeing the Flying J ranch and being a single dad. But when he learns there are plans to drop some swanky resort on the land next door, he will do all he can to block the project—a task that would be infinitely easier without Natalie’s megawatt smile.
They’re soon exchanging playful barbs, neither willing to give an inch on which goal should take priority for the town. Then news of an endangered species habitat on the development site threatens to jeopardize the resort’s progress, and Sam and Natalie team up to protect both their livelihoods—and try not to get their hearts broken along the way.
Titles in The Miles of Montana series include: Choosing the Montana Cowboy ~ The Cowboy’s Christmas Truce ~ The Rodeo Cowboy’s Redemption ~
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 October 9, 2025 by Marsha in Connection to another series, Last Stand Texas (Tule), Modern Western Romance, Owned, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments
Is she ready to take a risk?
Trista Thorpe may not be a native Texan, but her love for the state and its history abounds thanks to her late husband. When her newly widowed and very famous brother arrives with her beloved nephew, she devotes herself to helping them walk that painful path of healing she knows so well.
Then, at the horse haven her brother and his new love created for other children working through grief, she literally collides with a man who’s unlike anyone she’s ever met.
Half blacksmith, half horse-whisperer, loner Logan Fox feels a spark when he meets the sister of the star who hired him to keep their therapy horses well shod and calm. And when he keeps running into Tris at the historical sites he often visits, it seems less like a coincidence and more like fate.
He’s intrigued, but unwilling to take the next step. She’s his boss’s sister, and her late husband was a town legend. But Logan, who had a rough childhood, finds himself starting to trust and wanting more.
Titles in the Home at Last Texas series (set in Last Stand, Texas imprint) include: Making a Texas Cowboy ~ Destined for the Cowboy ~ The Cowboy Comes Home ~ Christmas with the Cowgirl ~
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 October 5, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Modern Western Romance, Owned, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments
Destiny’s River, Texas: A chance to begin a new life—and new loves.
Victoria “Tori” Parker has been searching since childhood for a place she and her three siblings can call home. She’s found that and more in Destiny’s River, where she put down roots, bought a bed and breakfast, and successfully ran for mayor.
Her siblings have other ideas on planting roots, but she’s determined to make Destiny’s River irresistibly livable for her family and long-term residents alike. She’s eyeing a local hot springs as a public use project—if only good-looking rancher Caden Wright would stop being stubborn and put the good of the community ahead of his property.
Caden admires Tori’s spunk, but he has a life mission, too. He promised his grandfather that he’d never change this land his family treasured. Yet that vow becomes harder to uphold as Tori’s kind heart reveals that not every woman is after his wealth.
There’s too much on the line for either of them to quit their dreams, but love has a way of fixing even the toughest Texas tangle.
Titles in the Destiny’s River series include: Home to the Cowboy’s Arms ~ The Rancher’s Fake Fiancée ~ The Sheriff’s Mistletoe Bride ~ Under the Lawman’s Watch ~
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 October 1, 2025 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Holiday Romance, Owned, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
Three homeless puppies, two lonely hearts, and a massive snowstorm.
Candace “Candi” Goodman, an unemployed teacher, is always sharing a smile and helping those around her. This Christmas, she has volunteered to drive three puppies to a shelter in Maine. However, when a road closure sends her on a detour, she gets lost in a snowstorm.
Michael Bishop, a township road supervisor, has spent the past two years mourning the loss of his young family. As he’s plowing snow late one evening, he notices something amiss. When he goes to investigate, he finds a woman and three puppies in a dire situation. The more time they spend together, the more he finds himself falling for her mistletoe kisses. But will it be enough for him to take a chance on love again?
Titles in the Kringle Falls, Vermont series include: Puppy Wishes & Candy Kisses ~ Puppy Love & Snowflake Kisses ~ Puppy Smooches & Peppermint Kisses ~ Puppy Hugs & Mistletoe Kisses ~
This is a clean, sweet romance with either closed doors/fade to black, or only kissing.
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Posted October 1, 2025 by Marsha in Last Stand Texas (Tule), Modern Western Romance, Owned, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments
Texas is a chance to start over….
Jackson Thorpe looks like he has it all—the star of the hottest modern-day western—he’s wealthy and adored by millions. But after the loss of his wife in a horrific accident, he walks away from Hollywood to be close to his widowed sister in Last Stand, Texas, hoping the change will help his young son emotionally heal.
Sought-after horse trainer, Nicole Baylor, is a cowgirl to her core. She loathes the popular Western series and its absurdly handsome star because the show is so fake—it’s even shot in California. Putting on a Stetson does not make a man a cowboy, and she’s had enough of men pretending. But when a worried Jackson asks for help with his son, Nic, though wary, agrees.
Jackson’s uncomfortable taking help from a beautiful cowgirl who clearly doesn’t like him or what he does, but after seeing his son’s progress, he now worries Nic may have lassoed his heart.
Titles in the Home at Last Texas series (set in Last Stand, Texas imprint) include: Making a Texas Cowboy ~ Destined for the Cowboy ~ The Cowboy Comes Home ~ Christmas with the Cowgirl ~
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, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Owned, Series, Sexual Content, Trilogy / 0 Comments
What his wife wants: A night with her husband!
Tessa. My marriage to Greek billionaire Rafael Drakos wasn’t the whirlwind union I desperately wanted it to be. Discovering that opened my eyes to how sheltered my existence really is. I’ll no longer deny myself the love and passion I deserve—so I want a divorce…
Rafe. My convenient bride can’t have what she wants…yet. Not until we’ve been wed a year and I can inherit my birthright. Still, I don’t expect what innocent Tessa requests in return: a wedding night. Or the wildfire of raw need it unleashes in me!
Titles in the Brides for Greek Brothers include: Deception at the Altar ~ Still the Greek’s Wife ~ Pregnant Behind the Veil ~
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 Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Owned, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments
His sworn enemy… and perfect bride
Gavriil. My childhood taught me love can’t offer the security my billions can. I poured my soul into the family empire for that reason. If my late father thinks he can take it all away by stipulating I marry or lose my inheritance, he underestimated me…
Juliette. I’ve spent my career as an investigative reporter taking down men corrupted by wealth, so Gavriil Drakos’s convenient proposal shocked me. I told myself I agreed only because he’s returning the beloved home his father stole from mine. Yet, at the altar, I surrender to Gavriil’s dangerously intoxicating kiss…
Titles in the Brides for Greek Brothers include: Deception at the Altar ~ Still the Greek’s Wife ~ Pregnant Behind the Veil ~
This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.
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