Posted October 3, 2026 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Kensington Books, Kindle Unlimited, Series/Duet, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
Nothing beats the unconditional love of a rescue dog or their ability to bring people together.
The Odd Couple * LORI FOSTER
Ford Caruso agrees to an unusual favor—playing the part of new boyfriend for his adamantly single, irresistibly sexy neighbor Skye Fairchild, whose clueless ex refuses to accept his fate. But as Skye starts dropping by to use Ford’s pool, and even plan dates, the charade begins to feel satisfyingly real, complete with choosing rescue dogs together—a giant mutt and a fierce little chihuahua who adore each other. From one odd couple to another, some things are destined…
Force of Nature * MAISEY YATES
Rescuing animals is in Lydia Clay’s blood, so when a mournful old cattle dog named Hank shows up at the shelter, she knows exactly where to take him: to cattle rancher Remington Lane, her brother’s hot, and usually grumpy, best friend. Hank belonged to Remy’s estranged father, which is one strike against him, but when Lydia offers to help the man ease into dog ownership, he can’t say no. And as he and Lydia work together, it looks like an old dog can actually teach this brooding cattleman some heart-warming new tricks…
~Standalone 2-1 novel~
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted October 1, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Christmas Romance, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Kindle Unlimited, No Spice Romance, Second Chance Romance, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
Merritt Ashby came home to Peppermint Falls for one last Christmas. She has no intention of staying.
At fifty, newly divorced and facing an empty nest, Merritt has a plan: restore the Vermont cottage her grandmother left her, sell it as soon as the will allows, and get back to her life in Hartford.
Then she finds Nate Holloway standing in the driveway.
Nate was Merritt’s first love—the man she left behind when she chose a future outside their tiny hometown. Now he’s fifty-one, frustratingly handsome, and the contractor her grandmother secretly hired before she died to restore the family’s three Christmas cottages.
Nan left one final condition: the cottages must be made whole before Merritt or her sisters can sell. Which means spending the weeks before Christmas repairing Mistletoe Cottage alongside the one man Merritt has spent three decades trying not to remember.
But as Christmas draws closer, old traditions return, and Mistletoe Cottage begins to feel like home again. She came home planning to sell a cottage and return to Hartford. Instead, she may have found the one thing she never expected—a reason to stay.
Titles in the Peppermint Falls series include: Mistletoe Cottage ~ Cocoa Cottage ~ Peppermint Cottage ~
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 September 29, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, Kindle Unlimited, No Spice Romance, Series, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments
I came to Willow Creek to decide whether Nash Cordero’s struggling farm was worth saving. I never expected him to make me question the life I’d built in Seattle.
Nash is stubborn, guarded, and determined to save the land his father left him, even if it means doing everything alone.
Unfortunately, I’m the consultant who could determine his future.
A devastating frost forces us to work side by side, and three professional days become muddy fields, late-night conversations, and a guest cottage I’m finding increasingly difficult to leave.
The closer we get, the more dangerous it becomes. Nash is terrified I’ll choose Seattle and leave him behind.
I’m terrified getting close to him could cost me the career I’ve spent years building. Then my boss discovers the truth and forces me to choose between the future I planned and the man I never saw coming.
I came to Willow Creek to decide whether Nash’s farm was worth the risk. Now I have to decide if love is.
Titles in the Harvest Hearts series include: Planting Roots ~ Wild Harvest ~
This is a no-spice romance, perhaps with closed-door or fade-to-black scenes. Tension and kisses might be involved.
Publication Date: October 1, 2026
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Posted September 29, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Romantic Suspense, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Suspense / 0 Comments
Can they unearth secrets… Worth killing for?
Opening a time capsule is like opening Pandora’s box for BIA Agent Nizhoni Gray. It yields evidence of her best friend’s murder—a cold case that’s traumatized and haunted her for decades.
Partnering with FBI Agent Aiden Erikson to investigate, the strong-willed Nizhoni senses a kindred soul. They must race against a killer systematically eliminating witnesses to the teen’s murder…while their mutual attraction risks professional danger.
But uncovering a deadly conspiracy and a shocking betrayal won’t hinder their digging…though the truth could upend their lives forever.
Titles in the Big Sky Justice series include: Danger in Big Sky Country ~ Her K-9 Protector ~ Cold Case Secrets ~ Cold Case Kidnapping ~ Cold Case Reckoning ~ Sacred Secrets ~ Lethal Betrayal ~ Final Witness ~
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted September 16, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments
He’s an award-winning chef with a bank account that just hit zero. She’s an overworked single mom with a crumbling hotel and a toddler in tow. In a kitchen this small, tempers won’t stay on simmer.
Cameron McCracken was the darling of the Sydney food scene until burnout—and a highway robbery—left him stranded in nothing but a wetsuit. Now, he’s stuck in Dolphin Cove in the middle of nowhere, trading gourmet plating for Sunday roasts at a run-down hotel. He’s used to calling the shots, not taking orders from a manager who thinks his “deconstructed parmigiana” is a crime against pub food.
Emmie Hewett is at her breaking point. Between her father’s surgery, a failing legacy, and the demands of raising her daughter, she has no patience for an ego-driven chef—no matter how brilliant he is with a whisk or a toddler.
As the hotel finds its feet, the heat in the kitchen turns personal. But when the city offers Cameron a way back to the top, Emmie faces her ultimate test: can a man who lives for the spotlight ever truly settle for a taste of home?
Titles in the From the Outback to the Sea series include: A Little Bit Country~ A Little Taste of Home ~ A Little More than Friends ~
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted September 6, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Modern Western Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments
He’s spent years polishing his bad boy reputation…
Thaddeus (T.R.) McClintock is the black sheep of his large ranching family, and he can swing a hammer and play guitar like he’s caressing a lover. He’s the epitome of a playboy, yet when he pulls Charlize Bradford up on stage one night to sing, the gorgeous, brainy wallflower rocks his world. T.R.’s life in the fast lane screams to a halt. But the single mom is wary for good reason, and for the first time, T. R. is determined to make a good impression.
The last thing dethroned pageant queen, Charlie, needs is a cowboy mechanic who’s the infamous frontman in a band. His megawatt grin coupled with his kindness and admiration tempts the paleontology professor, who studies extinct daisies, to contemplate a fling. Then T.R. shows hidden depths and bonds with her daughter, and Charlie knows she’s in trouble.
T.R. never imagined falling in love, and Charlie vowed to never again give a man a chance. But she has a secret, and stepping into the spotlight could be dangerous.
Titles in The McClintocks of Legacy Creek series include: Risking It for the Cowboy ~
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted September 5, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Marietta, Marietta Montana, Modern Western Romance, Montana (Tule), Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments
A laid-back Montana cowboy who flies by the seat of his pants and dodges commitment. A buttoned-up organizer who plans every detail—until one impulsive night flips her world upside down.
Carson Weston lives in chaos—his ranch house a disordered mess, and his relationships are as casual and temporary. Only behind the camera does he chase perfection, capturing evocative shots on his family’s ranch. Then a sizzling, no-names night in a Spokane bar with the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen ends with him waking alone.
Abby Swanson thrives on order. After a chaotic foster-care childhood, she plans every detail and discards anything messy—especially emotions. One-night stands? Never. Until that hot cowboy, the one with one blue and one brown eye, makes her break every rule—just this once. When Abby arrives in Marietta to organize her best friend’s new home on the Weston Ranch, the last person she expects is Carson, complete with a meddling matchmaking family.
Can two total opposites let go so they can claim the forever they never knew they wanted?
Titles in The Westons of Montana series include: A Family with the Cowboy ~ Reckless with the Cowboy ~ What the Cowboy Wants ~ The Rancher’s Christmas Bride ~ Home to the Cowboy ~ The Cowboy’s Forever Promise ~
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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Posted September 4, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, No Spice Romance, Small Town Romance, Standalone, Women's Romance Fiction / 0 Comments
Three estranged sisters. One crumbling Vermont inn. One last chance to become a family again.
When their grandmother dies, the Harper sisters are drawn back to the picturesque small town of Maplewood Hollow—the place they once called home and the place they’ve spent years trying to forget.
Waiting for them is an unexpected inheritance: the beloved Maplewood Inn.
There’s just one catch.
To claim it, Margot, Nina, and Sadie must live together under its roof for three months. If they can’t make it work, they lose the inn—and the last piece of their family history—forever.
For practical, career-driven Margot, the inn is nothing but another responsibility. For selfless Nina, who’s spent years putting everyone else first, returning home stirs dreams she buried long ago. And for free-spirited Sadie, whose answer to every problem is to keep moving, staying in one place may be the hardest challenge she’s ever faced.
Then they uncover a long-forgotten letter hidden among their grandmother’s belongings—a secret that finally explains the heartbreaking rift between the women who came before them.
As old heartbreaks reopen and buried truths come to light, the sisters must decide whether to hold on to the anger that drove them apart… or risk everything to rebuild the family they thought was lost.
Because sometimes going home is the bravest thing you can do.
~Standalone~
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 September 4, 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 / 0 Comments
She’s building a future on his land. He has to take it away.
When former rodeo rider Jordan Matthews inherits a ranch from the father he never knew, he plans to sell it fast—until he learns the deal comes with one condition: the property must be empty. Lil McAllen refuses to leave. After losing her father and her home, Lil has rebuilt everything on that land—for herself and her younger sister. Walking away isn’t an option.
If Jordan can’t force her out, the deal collapses—and with it, his only chance to leave the past behind for good. Then the ranch becomes a target. Fences are cut. Equipment is sabotaged. Livestock disappears. With danger closing in, Jordan has no choice but to stay and protect what isn’t his—working side by side with the woman who stands in his way.
Lil doesn’t take risks. Jordan is nothing but risk. But the longer he stays, the harder it is to ignore the truth—the man who came to take everything might be the one she can’t afford to lose.
Titles in the Bad Boys of the Rodeo series include: Unforgettable Cowboy** ~Taming the Wild Cowboy** ~ The Cowboy’s Reckoning** ~
This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.
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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.
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