Category: Sexual Content

Dangerous Affair by Sandra Owens

Posted August 24, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, NetGalley, Romantic Suspense, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

Protecting her is his mission.

Failure is unacceptable.

World-traveling photojournalist Quinn Sullivan is stopped in her tracks when a kidnapper holds her captive in a mountain cabin. Could it be related to the damning evidence she has about a company’s illegal tactics that are harming a town?

To her rescue comes former marine ranger Liam O’Rourke. His assignment as a bodyguard keeps him close to Quinn, protecting her from ongoing threats. Much to his frustration, Quinn does flings, not relationships; she believes men can’t handle her career.

But the shared danger of exposing a conspiracy may change their romantic boundaries.

Titles in The Phoenix Three series include: Dangerous Secret ~ Dangerous Affair ~

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

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Reckless with the Cowboy by Elsa Winckler

Posted August 24, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Modern Western Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

Cowboy Becket Weston likes women, plural, and has a reputation for breaking hearts. His bad-boy behavior masks a deeper need to atone for past mistakes. His side-hustle—using a pseudonym and posting comic drawings of ranch life on social media—lets him explore life, love, and grief without being exposed. He even has a following! But no amount of introspection can explain his fascination with Eleanor Campbell—Main Street, Marietta’s newest shopkeeper. She’s definitely not his type, so why does she keep turning up in his drawings?

Ellie Campbell isn’t one for staying long in any one place, but when she inherits money from her grandmother and decides to open a yarn store in small-town Marietta, it feels like she’s putting down roots. She’s not looking for a relationship after one too many hard knocks, literally, but Becket Weston gets under her skin like no other, igniting passion that’s impossible to ignore.

He’s a bad boy, playboy, and everyone knows it, but there’s something about him that just doesn’t add up. Does Ellie have the courage to stick around and find a way into his heart?

Titles in The Westons of Montana series include: A Family with the CowboyReckless with the CowboyWhat the Cowboy Wants ~ The Rancher’s Christmas Bride ~

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

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Billion-Dollar Baby Shock by Abby Green

Posted August 23, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

First came baby…
Now comes passion!

After Tara discovered a fertility clinic mix-up had made her a mother via surrogacy, she began desperately searching for the father, Dionysios Dimitriou. His wealth is no substitute for ensuring her child is loved. What she never expected? The masked stranger she spent last night with…was Dion!

Dion is stunned, then distrustful when Tara claims Niko is hers. Although he needed an heir, he made sure his son wouldn’t be abandoned like he was. However, seeing the way she adores Niko chips away at the guarded Greek’s defenses—threatening his resistance to their consuming connection…

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

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Vices, Villains and the Viscount by Karla Kratovil

Posted August 21, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Historical Romance, Regency Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

An evening of flirtation is interrupted by murder, casting two bruised hearts together as they hunt for the killer.

Elizabeth Harper once had a fairytale romance, but her dreams of a happy future were shattered when her aristocratic fiancé was killed, leaving her unwed and pregnant. Seven years later, she’s a fiercely independent single mother running her late father’s newspaper. Research for her latest article investigating vice in London leads her to an infamous gaming hell where she searches for a friend’s missing daughter.

Owner of the Blue Angel, Matthew Reeves, was betrayed as a child by his family. Abandoning his respectable name and old life, he reinvented himself on the streets of London. The Blue Angel employees are his family, and he will do anything to protect them from a busybody reporter determined to defame its reputation.

In this spicy historical romance, a whip-smart newspaper editor and a devilishly handsome gaming hell owner join forces to find a killer. Can they push aside their mutual mistrust and learn to believe in love again?

Titles in The Lost Lords series include: Rumors, Ruin and the Duke ~ Scandal, Secrets and the Marquess ~ Vices, Villains and the Viscount ~

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

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Ranch Enemies by Olivia Kay

Posted August 21, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Kindle Unlimited, Modern Western Romance, Sexual Content, Standalone / 0 Comments

He’s the grumpy cowboy foreman.  I’m the city girl who inherited this ranch from my father.

How the hell did we end up almost kissing in the barn?

I didn’t come back to Painted Sky Ranch to fall for the Casanova cowboy who’s been glaring at me since I rolled up in my SUV.

Cash Bennett is all growl, grit, and maddening control.  The same boy who made my life hell in school is now a broad-shouldered man, very good with a rope—and very bad at keeping his hands to himself.

I have one year to stay here or lose my father’s inheritance.  Which means working side-by-side with the one man who doesn’t want me here.

I have to decide between this steaming hot cowboy or going back to the big city.

We fight. We ride. We kiss.

And somewhere between teaching my daughter to ride and defending me at a rodeo, he goes from impossible to irresistible.

Then I uncover the truth about who he really is—and what he’s been hiding from me all along.

Turns out, I inherited more than a ranch.  I inherited the one man with an attitude…. who could take it all… or wreck me for every man after him.

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

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The Bad Boy’s Homecoming by Stella Holt

Posted August 20, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Multicultural Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

She doesn’t care about his fame. He doesn’t trust her motives. Let the sparks fly.

Baseball bad boy Levi Hart is tired of playing a part. Dubbed The Beast at Bat, he’s built a career on swagger and scandal—but he’s done being a brand. When team management demands more drama for ratings, Levi walks. Adrift and at a crossroads, he heads to his hometown for some quiet…and lands in anything but.

Missy Shaw finally has stability—her art is selling, her past is behind her, and her friendship with her sweet elderly landlord has brought unexpected joy. What she didn’t sign up for? Sharing the house with the woman’s grumpy, gorgeous, and very famous grandson.

Levi thinks Missy’s a gold digger. Missy thinks Levi’s a judgmental jerk. But forced to live under the same roof, the tension between them is more than just irritation—it’s attraction. And it’s getting harder to ignore.

He’s used to being wanted for the wrong reasons. She’s vowed never to fall for a player. But what if this game of opposites is one worth playing?

Titles in the Southern Hart Brothers series include: The SEAL’s Promise ~ The Bad Boy’s Homecoming ~

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

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Breaking the Alpha by Katja Desjarlais

Posted August 19, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

He’s a perfect disaster. She’s a perfect escape.

River Baker has traded his failed marriage, a social media disaster, and his modeling career in LA for his hometown of Epson. Awaiting him is the notorious Baker reputation, a job at his brother’s tattoo shop, Serpent’s Tongue Ink, and there’s no escaping the judgment over why he couldn’t keep his ‘perfect life’ together. But when he meets a businesswoman who sees past his handsome façade to the scars he hides, River finds the true escape he seeks.

Angelina Watson owns Wholly Yours and strives to live a quiet life of balance. A free spirit who never felt like she belonged, Angelina has created her own peaceful world of candles, essential oils, and trinkets as unique as she is. The broken, conflicted River sets her passion and her bed on fire, but she wants to be his partner, not his crutch.

Torn between perfection, expectation, and love, River has a choice to make before Angelina makes it for him and walks away for good.

Titles in the Serpent’s Tongue Ink series include: Bad Boy in Her Bed ~ Breaking the Alpha ~ 

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 Family with the Cowboy by Elsa Winckler

Posted August 18, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Modern Western Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

Widowed rancher Hayden Weston knows what it means to be responsible for his siblings, his eight-year-old son, and the running of the huge family cattle ranch. Some even call him a stern and grumpy taskmaster, and they’re not exactly wrong. So when Hayden discovers his son reading a storybook instead of doing chores, he calls on Luke’s teacher to talk about priorities.

School teacher Laura Anderson is new to Marietta, Montana, and has never—until now—been reprimanded for encouraging a child to read. It doesn’t help that sweet Luke’s father is the handsome cowboy with the amber eyes that she met in Grey’s Saloon, or that she’s wildly attracted to him.

Sparks keep flying as their paths keep crossing, but Hayden is determined not to give in to his incomprehensible need to have, hold, and protect Laura from any type of harm. He’s the one who’ll hurt her if he lets her stray too close. He’s not ready to admit his feelings or commit to sharing his life with her.

Even if love comes tumbling in.

Titles in The Westons of Montana series include: A Family with the CowboyReckless with the Cowboy ~ What the Cowboy Wants ~ The Rancher’s Christmas Bride ~

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

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Sea, Salt and Him by Harper Reynolds

Posted August 16, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Standalone / 0 Comments

He left for ambition. She stayed for legacy. Now they’re stuck together with one café, one storm, and a heat that never cooled.

Talulah
I came back to Starlight Cay to save my grandmother’s café—not to fall back into bed with the man who shattered my heart. But Raleigh Draycott isn’t just scouting restaurant space. He’s in my kitchen. In my business. And when the storm hits, he’s in my house too. Now the man who left is everywhere, stirring up old memories, new sparks, and the kind of touch-it-and-it-burns chemistry I swore I’d buried.

Raleigh
Talulah Everhart was never supposed to be part of the pitch. I came here to build the next flagship for my culinary brand: clean lines, investor-friendly, legacy-free. But one glimpse of her café—and her—and I knew we’d been wrong. Now I’m risking everything I’ve built for the one thing I never got right. Her.

Standalone

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

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The Cowboy’s Downfall by Paula Altenburg

Posted August 14, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Modern Western Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

His first mistake…saying yes.

Retired bull rider Nix McCray savors his freedom riding the range. Let a woman run his life? Never again. Those days are behind him. When the Endeavour Ranch asks him to run a bull riding clinic for teens, he agrees. How much trouble can a group of kids be? No idea, but the uptight, hyper-responsible older sister of a reckless seventeen-year-old girl sure becomes a burr in his side, disturbing his calm.

Self-assured lawyer Shauna Walsh has always followed the rules. When her flighty mother begs her to take her sister following the latest school expulsion, Shauna’s confident she can prevail. Wrong. She’s out of her depth. Worse, the amused, sexy cowboy running the rodeo clinic is everything she shouldn’t want, yet he has a superpower over her once sleepy libido.

Soon, the unruly teenager determined to shock everyone is the least of Shauna and Nix’s problems. How can they explore the fire burning between them, yet keep the casual affair a secret in a rural community when they’re supposed to be setting a good example?

Titles in The Endeavour Ranch of Grand, Montana series include: The Montana Sheriff ~ The Montana Doctor ~ The Montana Rancher ~ The Cowboy’s Christmas Baby ~ The Cowboy’s Redemption ~ The Cowboy’s Downfall ~

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

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Rear View by K. C. Harper

Posted August 12, 2025 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

Xavier Bosch has yet to find a rally-car course he can’t handle—or a woman he wants to share the road with. He’s worked hard to keep his criminal record a secret, but when the news breaks that his abusive father will soon be released from prison, his past threatens to catch up fast. Letting a woman into his world would only make her a target.

But when a nasty crash brings Ryah Nolan into his life, all bets are off.

Psychology student Ryah Nolan doesn’t trust easily. Not with a professor determined to make her life hell, an ex-boyfriend who isn’t quite an ex…and a terrifying stalker no one but her best friend takes seriously. Letting someone in is a risk. But despite his gruff exterior and need for speed, Xavier makes her feel safe.

The closer Xavier and Ryah become, the more they want to put their pasts in the rearview. As they race the clock and the dangers they’ve run from give chase, one thing is certain—they will win or lose together.

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

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My Best Friend’s Earl by Bethany Bennett

Posted August 12, 2025 by Marsha in Forever (Grand Central Publishing), Historical Romance, NetGalley, Regency Romance, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

A bold bookseller tries to matchbreak her friend’s engagement to an earl . . . until she finds herself falling for him instead.

The one thing Constance Martin wants most to avoid is a boring life. She walks her cat with a leash in Hyde Park and even called off her wedding at the altar to stop what would have been a monotonous marriage. So when an aristocratic friend comes into the store asking for help throwing over her fiancé, Constance is both sympathetic and eager for the excitement to come. What could be more fun than plotting ways to get a stuffy—but very handsome—earl to break an engagement?

Oliver Vincent, Earl of Southwyn, likes his orderly life of duty and logic. Everything’s falling into place; all that’s left is marrying the girl next door. Except that the girl next door is increasingly reluctant. But marriage is a business deal, after all, and Oliver is determined to keep moving forward with the plan. If only he weren’t so distracted by her friend—a stunning woman best described as chaos incarnate. She thinks marriage should be an adventure, and he views it as a transaction. But Oliver can’t seem to remember the downsides of falling when Constance is near. . .

Titles in the Bluestocking Booksellers series include: Good Duke Gone Wild ~ My Best Friend’s Earl ~

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

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Deal with the Texas Soldier by Julie Benson

Posted August 11, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Modern Western Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

Former soldier Tanner Jordan embraces the opportunities in his new town of Service, Texas. He’s invested in a business that requires his troubleshooting skills, and when he finds out his new partner is a hometown girl with a huge heart, sassy mouth, and a brilliant brain, he’s struck gold. He relishes challenges in work and pleasure.

Reese Cartwright isn’t thrilled when her granddad sells his share in the family business to an outsider, even though he is a friend. But she’s not expecting her new partner to be sexy as sin, and eager to make changes. Reese issues a challenge—winner takes all—convinced she’ll win.

Tanner—a true Texan—is game, and their sizzling attraction soon ignites. Tanner wants it all—Reese and their business partnership, but can this stubborn beauty compromise so that they can both win?

Titles in The Men of Service series include: A Texas Soldier’s Love ~ Deal with the Texas Soldier ~

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

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Dark Mountain Ambush by Nicole Helm

Posted August 11, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Modern Western Romance, Mystery, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

More secrets lurk in the Montana mountains…and the past.

Private investigator Samantha Price savors a slow summer at her firm, Honor’s Edge Investigations, along with Nate Bennet, who recently received his license to join her as an investigator. They make a strong, though still uneasy team. When a new, but familiar client requests help, the case seems like a slam dunk, but of course, there are complications. Aly Cartwright works on the Bennet ranch and is engaged to Nate’s brother. One clue leads to another, and what starts as a vandalism investigation widens to connect to a recent murder and another nearly two decades old.

Nate, who left home at fifteen, isn’t sure he’s back for good or ready to make peace with his brothers. Samantha, too, has made enemies with the Bennets. But when Aly’s estranged mother reappears on the heels of increased vandalism, threats, and danger, can Samatha and Nate negotiate a truce with the Bennetts long enough to untangle the mysteries and save Aly and each other from a grisly end?

Titles in the Western Edge Mystery series include: Double-Edged Reckoning ~ Dark Mountain Ambush ~ Long Lost Winter ~

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

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The Heir Affair by Heidi Rice

Posted August 10, 2025 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

Pregnant, stolen…

and claimed by the billionaire!

A soul-searing night with a handsome Greek? Check. A life-changing consequence? Check! Then Poppy Brown’s world is upended again upon discovering the baby she’s carrying is arrogant Xander Caras’s. And he’s engaged!

Finding Poppy waitressing with a bump, Xander immediately calls off his arranged nuptials. His child won’t endure the poverty he did. So aboard his superyacht, he demands Poppy as his bride. Only when she refuses does he realize he can’t win her over with commands. He must set sail and remind her of the devastating chemistry that originally bound them together…

Titles in the Claimed by a Greek duo include: The Heir Affair ~ Greek’s Kidnapped Princess ~

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

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