Home to the Cowboy by Elsa Winckler

Posted May 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 sexy, small-town cowboy intent on righting some wrongs. A woman stranded and wanting to start over…

In the heart of Montana’s breathtaking ranch country, rugged cowboy Dylan Weston is determined to heal a decades-old family feud by uniting the Weston ranches with his cousins and brother-in-law. Strong family bonds and small-town loyalty run deep in Dylan, and he’s determined to do everything to make this work. But his life and goals skew sideways when he rescues the stunningly beautiful June Kincaid, who is fleeing the big city and a cheating fiancé.

Publishing executive June craves the quiet charm of the quaint Western town to heal her heart and finally chase her own dreams of writing a children’s novel while she works remotely. Sure, the betrayal still stings, but the sexy, protective cowboy ignites a scorching attraction that complicates everything.

As sparks fly, and Dylan’s extended family dabbles in matchmaking, June faces a quandary. Can she leave Seattle for good and trust love again, finally having the family she’s always dreamed of?

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 ~

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Nearly a Bride by Sabrina Jeffries

Posted May 5, 2026 by Marsha in Historical Romance, Kensington Books, NetGalley, Regency Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Suspense / 0 Comments

After more than a decade separated from his home and family, the Earl of Heathbrook returns to his London townhouse to face a new test: reclaiming guardianship of his younger brothers. His reputation as a rakehell, it seems, has followed him from detention inside Napoleon’s France and caused his own father to block Heathbrook’s rightful custody in his will. However, the clever rogue concocts a plan to restore respectability and rescue his siblings . . . by finding a “fiancée” with no strings attached.

Giselle Bernard is not looking to wed an earl with a wild past. All she seeks is a connected nobleman who can legally secure her new life in England and head off a mysterious stranger’s threats. Posing as Heathbrook’s bride-to-be would surely benefit them both. But as revelations come to light—the ill-fated young affair that left Heathbrook embittered, and the mademoiselle’s own guarded secrets—their engagement charade may unexpectedly blossom into a promise to love, honor, and cherish . . .

Titles in the Lords of Hazard series include:  Hazardous to a Duke’s Heart ~ Nearly A Bride

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Wyoming Cowboy Justice by Nicole Helm

Posted May 4, 2026 by Marsha in Challenges, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Intrigue, Modern Western Romance, Mystery, Owned, Romantic Suspense, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

Welcome to Bent, Wyoming, where a family feud explodes into peril and passion. 

Resident bad boy and saloon owner Grady Carson knows his brother is not a murderer, and he’ll do anything to prove it.

But partnering with Laurel Delaney? Worst idea ever.

The beautiful by-the-book cop challenges him like no other. Bad family blood—and a killer at large—makes their attraction unthinkable.

Dangerous. Reckless. How can they solve a crime to prevent a family war and then let forbidden love ignite it anew?

Titles in the Carsons & Delaneys series include:  Wyoming Cowboy Justice ~ Wyoming Cowboy Protection ~ Wyoming Cowboy Ransom ~

Connection to the Carsons & Delaneys Universe.  Those series include:  Carsons & Delaneys ~ Carsons & Delaneys: Battle Tested ~ Bent County Protectors ~ Hope Town Secrets ~

To be fair, almost any title that is set in Wyoming (some are neighboring small towns) has at least a mention of characters in other series.  If you’re curious, check out Nicole Helm’s page on her official website to see which of her characters appear in which books.  It’s a fascinating road map.

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Heir to Italian Altar by Rebecca Hunter

Posted May 4, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Series/Duet, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

He wants a shotgun wedding… She’s holding the trigger!

Independent Ann-Sophie’s secret liaison with playboy tycoon Alessandro Carandini was very out of character and very indulgent.

Then he walked away, leaving behind the ghost of his caress…plus a nine-month consequence!

Finding Ann-Sophie with a bump, Alessandro demands stability for his child. Although she rips unwelcome emotions from him, a convenient union is the only option.

Her rejection of his proposal is unacceptable!

Whisking Ann-Sophie to his Italian castle, Alessandro has two weeks to seduce her to the altar—without relinquishing his own control…

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

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The Little Bookshop by the Harbor by Jean Stone

Posted May 4, 2026 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Kensington Books, NetGalley, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Women's Fiction / 0 Comments

A new life filled with the celebrated seaside charm and small-town heart of Martha’s Vineyard, a newfound family, romance—and an exciting venture. What more could Maddie Clarke ask for?  And why would anyone want to stop her?

It’s been a life-changing year since Maddie moved to the picturesque, historic fishing village of Menemsha on Martha’s Vineyard, where her late mother was born. Maddie has rediscovered her grandmother, her own Indigenous roots as a half-Wampanoag, and the tribe’s rich history and traditions. She’s also found an unexpected second chance at love with restaurateur Rex Winsted. And then she spots a vacant shop right on the harbor . . .

Maddie boldly decides to end her days as a college journalism professor and open a bookshop that will also serve teas her grandmother makes from island herbs. Maddie’s son, Rafe, a college senior, plans to craft baskets in the ancient Wampanoag way, sell them at the store, and donate the profits to benefit Wampanoag kids. For Maddie, it’s all too good to be true . . . until the threats begin.

Not wanting to spoil the dream, Maddie tells no one. But an unexpected incident worsens the situation, and just as the shop is about to open, revelations from the past erupt. And another surprise ahead could radically impact not only Maddie’s future, but Rex’s, too. Facing a decision she never saw coming, Maddie learns that even peaceful waters must weather storms . . .

Titles in the Up Island series include:  Up-Island Harbor ~ The Little Bookshop by the Harbor ~

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Our Extraordinary Summer by Lori Wilde

Posted May 3, 2026 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, NetGalley, Series/Duet, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

Two estranged sisters. One final wish. A summer that could mend everything…or tear open old wounds.

Calista and Athena Dempsey were once inseparable until their father’s ambition drove a wedge between them. When a very public betrayal shattered their bond, Calista walked away from her family, determined to rebuild her life on her own terms. Athena stayed behind, shouldering the weight of expectations and guilt in silence.

Now, with their mother gone, the sisters are summoned to Hobby Island, a secluded retreat where their mother spent her final days, with one final request: come together and make peace. But the past isn’t so easily buried.

Especially when Calista comes face-to-face with Reid Thornton, the man who once held her heart and then upended her life. He says he wants to make things right. But can she believe him? And can she forgive Athena when the scars between them still run deep?

As secrets surface and loyalties are tested, Calista and Athena must make a pivotal choice. Will they honor their mother’s last wish and find their way back to each other, or let their shared past destroy what little remains of their bond?

Titles in the Hobby Island series include:  The Summer That Shaped Us** ~ Our Extraordinary Summer** ~

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Found: Their Forever Family by Traci Douglass

Posted May 3, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Medical Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

A family to save them

From the moment Dr. Callie Dupree and helicopter rescue specialist EZ Benson spot each other in the ER, their pulses race.

During their time apart, the former classmates and now single parents have both known loss.

Yet reconnecting brings a light to their lives, and their small children’s blossoming friendship draws them together on EZ’s Wyoming ranch.

They can’t deny their deepening feelings… Dare they put their hearts on the line for love again?

Titles in the US Search and Rescue series include:  Risking His Heart for the ER Doc ~ Found: Their Forever Family** ~ Slow Burn with Her Firefighter ~

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The Cowboy’s Accidental Bride by Melinda Curtis

Posted May 2, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Marietta, Marietta Montana, Modern Western Romance, Montana (Tule), No Spice Romance, Series, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

In Bentwood Creek, a broken vow leads to an unexpected promise.

Hayden Bennett is done with love. After being left at the altar, the Montana rancher returned home determined to protect his heart and honor his grandfather’s final wishes. But dividing the family ranch five ways, managing a wandering grandmother, and holding everything together alone is more than even a stubborn cowboy can handle.

Single mom Eve Atkinson is done with marriage, too. Recently divorced and rebuilding her life in Bentwood Creek, the licensed vocational nurse is juggling long shifts, a spirited toddler, and an ex-husband who uses custody threats to control her future. Becoming a registered nurse feels like a dream she may never reach.

When childhood friends Hayden and Eve strike a marriage-of-convenience bargain, it solves more than one problem. She gains stability and protection. He gains the help he desperately needs.

But sharing a home brings buried feelings to the surface. What begins as a practical arrangement soon tests their guarded hearts.

Titles in the Bennetts of Bentwood Creek series include:  The Cowboy’s Accidental Bride ~

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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Taming the Wild Cowboy by Jeannie Watt

Posted May 2, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Modern Western Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

He’s the last cowboy she wants to ask for help. He’s the only one offering a chance…

Never in her wildest dreams did equine specialist Maclyn Kane imagine she’d beg her ex for help five years after he tanked her shot at her dream job. But once again, she’s out of work with two horses and a dog to feed, and the independent cowgirl can’t pass up any offers—even humiliating and grudging ones.

Rancher Trev Matthews is desperate to find someone to help him through calving season, so when Maclyn, the woman who wrecked his truck and lied about it at the end of their rodeo careers, responds to his job posting, he reluctantly hires her—temporarily. As soon as he finds someone with experience, she’s out. Or so he thinks.

Time supposedly heals all wounds. It can also provide clarity and proof that he was too quick to judge. But how can the former rodeo star convince the woman who refuses to depend on anyone except herself to trust him, and that the temporary can become permanent?

Titles in the Bad Boys of the Rodeo series include:  Unforgettable Cowboy** ~Taming the Wild Cowboy** ~ The Cowboy’s Reckoning ~

Connected to the multi-author series, Montana’s Rodeo CowboysUnforgettable Cowboy started off both series.  Titles in the Montana’s Rodeo Cowboys multi-author series include: Unforgettable Cowboy by Jeannie Watt ~ Headstrong Cowboy by Nicole Flockton ~ Rogue Cowboy by Sinclair Jayne ~ Forever Cowboy by Nan Reinhardt ~

 

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The Music Shop by Kel Summers

Posted May 2, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Cliffhanger Ending (for now), Closed Doors/ Fade to Black, Contemporary Romance, No Spice Romance, Series, Small Town Romance, Women's Romance Fiction / 0 Comments

She perfected her life. She perfected her marriage. She just forgot to include herself.

After twenty-five years of striving to be the perfect wife in a world where she never quite belonged, Maggie Donovan’s carefully curated life fractures in a hospital hallway — and her escape to the quiet Gulf Coast town of Harmony Bay becomes the first real choice she’s ever made for herself.

For decades, Maggie believed perfection was the price of belonging. A polished marriage. A controlled image. A daughter raised to follow the same rigid path.

But inside a small-town music shop tucked between palm trees and ocean breezes, something long buried begins to stir.

Nora Hale, the shop’s warm and intuitive owner, offers presence without pressure.  Andrew Hale — steady, kind, and quietly compelling — offers friendship without conditions.

For the first time in years, Maggie isn’t being measured.

As she reconnects with music—and the parts of herself she abandoned to survive—she’s forced to confront the truth about the life she built with a man who valued optics over intimacy—and decide whether it’s finally time to choose happiness over fear.

Because starting over isn’t just about leaving.  It’s about remembering who you were before the world told you who to be.

Titles in the Harmony Bay series include seven books with the same title, as this is a continuing saga. Yes, each has a cliffhanger ending, but it is an ongoing story that will take seven books to complete the journey.  I’ll list the books as usual, but with a # for each one.   The Music Shop #1 ~ The Music Shop #2 ~ The Music Shop #3 ~ The Music Shop #4 ~ The Music Shop #5 ~ The Music Shop #6 ~ The Music Shop #7 ~

This is a no-spice women’s fiction romance, perhaps with closed-door or fade-to-black scenes. Tension and kisses might be involved.

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Hazardous to a Duke’s Heart by Sabrina Jeffries

Posted May 1, 2026 by Marsha in Historical Romance, Kensington Books, Kindle Unlimited, NetGalley, Regency Romance, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

Napoleon’s war has ended, and English captives detained for years in a French fortress are finally released. Returning to a London he no longer recognizes, and facing astonishing changes in his own family, Lord Jonathan Leighton learns he has inherited a dukedom. But the new nobleman carries the guilt of having wronged his late mentor. Now, he vows to fulfill his promise to find a suitable match for the man’s daughter, Victoria—even if it takes offering a nonexistent dowry to spark her interest in matrimony . . .

Sharp-witted Victoria would just as soon sculpt the Greek god who has come to take charge of her future. In fact, she has her sights set on founding a school for women artists. As Jonathan matches wits with the talented beauty, revelations from his past—and their connection to her father’s demise—threaten to unveil both of their closely held secrets and thrust them into a danger they can only escape together.

Titles in the Lords of Hazard series include:  Hazardous to a Duke’s Heart ~ Nearly A Bride

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A Case of Sour Grapes by Mara Webb

Posted May 1, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Cozy Mystery, Series, Suspense / 0 Comments

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After twenty years making a billionaire’s chaotic life run like clockwork, Penelope Bridges is finally doing something for herself – house-sitting her way around the world, one property at a time.

Her first assignment? A stunning smart-home winery in California’s Sonoma Valley, complete with a forty-seven-page household manual (she read it twice) and one very dramatic dog named Bacchus who is always the first to sense danger and the last to calm down.

It should have been straightforward. It really should have.

But when the winery’s celebrated (and deeply unpopular) head winemaker turns up dead in the cellar during a storm, Penny finds herself doing what she’s always done best: noticing things, documenting everything, and refusing to let a problem go unsolved.

The local deputy is skeptical. The sheriff is obstructive. And the list of people who wanted Julian Croft dead is growing faster than Penny can color-code it.

Good thing she’s very good at her job.

Titles in the House Sitter Mysteries series include:  A Case of Sour Grapes** ~ A Case of Bad Blood ~ A Case of Treachery in the Trees ~ 

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The Accidental Christmas by Lori Foster

Posted May 1, 2026 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance, Kindle Unlimited, Mystery, Paranormal Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Suspense / 0 Comments

In December, retired police officer Hendrix Becker shuts down his quiet RV park on the Oregon coast to disappear from the world. Haunted by a tragic Christmas past, he has made solitude his only refuge.

But this year, someone stays behind.

Josephine Collins, with her young son, has nowhere else to go when danger from her past resurfaces.

Against his instincts, Hendrix lets them stay. What begins as a tense arrangement slowly softens as Josephine’s courage and her son’s laughter begin to penetrate the ice around his heart. As trust builds, so does something deeper—something neither of them expected.

But Josephine’s past isn’t done with her yet. And when the threat gets too close, Hendrix must confront his own ghosts if he wants to protect the woman and child who’ve become his reason to believe again.

Titles in the multi-author Wild Rose Point series include:  Charming the Cowboy by Maisey Yates ~ Still a Cowboy by Delores Fossen ~ Caught Looking by Nicole Helm ~ The Accidental Christmas by Lori Foster ~ Her Christmas Fix by Michelle Major ~ Fake Date with the Runaway Bride by Elle Douglass (2026) ~ The Tortured Marine’s Sunshine Girl by Caitlin Crews (2026) ~

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Boss’s Bride Price by Heidi Rice

Posted April 30, 2026 by Marsha in Booksprout ARC, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Series/Duet, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

Claiming his inheritance… Means claiming a wife!

Dario Lorenti needs a bride—fast—to inherit his detestable father’s legacy. The perfect solution? Wed the spirited manager of his ancestral home.

After all, in Dario’s world, everyone has a price…even Tallulah Whittaker!

Tali will say “I do” if Dario makes a long-overdue investment in the estate. She’ll do anything to protect her coworkers—the only family she’s ever known.

Yet as she’s whisked to Italy to become the boss’s wife, it’s clear that behind their on-paper arrangement lies a reckless, life-changing attraction…

Titles in the Enemy Tycoons duet/series include:  Enemies Until After Hours by Natalie Anderson ~ Boss’s Bride Price by Heidi Rice** ~

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Caught Looking by Nicole Helm

Posted April 30, 2026 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Kindle Unlimited, Paranormal Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

After being orphaned as a teen, Lara Townsend has been by her grandmother’s side, helping her run the family’s legacy—the Wild Rose Point History Center. Tired of loss, she’s sworn off any new people in her life. She’s happy with her grandmother, her best friend, Ty, and the ghosts she believes haunt the museum.

Ty Wagner’s entire life has been baseball—long after he fell out of love with the game, but his father’s expectations kept him beating his head against the brick wall of a sport that didn’t want him. Now, he’s nearing thirty, and there’s nothing left, just Wild Rose Point and abject failure. Luckily, he still has what’s always kept him going when baseball and his dad’s expectations felt like too much: The Townsend women. Helping out at their Wild Rose Point History Center seems like a good place to be while he figures out what’s next.

Without baseball, life in Wild Rose Point looks different for Ty. He gets to settle down, plant some roots, and see what grows. Meanwhile, with Ty in one place—her space—for more than a few weeks at a time, Lara has to contend with that old high school crush that has a lot more to it than thinking his blue eyes are cute.

Both Lara and Ty have known disappointment and loss all their lives. Believing in something this good is going to take a miracle…

And maybe some help from a few friendly Wild Rose Point ghosts.

Titles in the multi-author Wild Rose Point series include:  Charming the Cowboy by Maisey Yates ~ Still a Cowboy by Delores Fossen ~ Caught Looking by Nicole Helm ~ The Accidental Christmas by Lori Foster ~ Her Christmas Fix by Michelle Major ~ Fake Date with the Runaway Bride by Elle Douglass (2026) ~ The Tortured Marine’s Sunshine Girl by Caitlin Crews (2026) ~

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