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New Release + 5 Star Review: Hex & Hearth Anthology by Various Authors

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Happy Release Day to the lovely and talented authors of the HEX & HEARTH paranormal romance anthology. I read and loved every story in this collection, from the sweet (Carole Wolfe) to the uber-steamy (Taryn Quinn). There is something for every PNR fan in this collection, and it’s coming at just the right time for those of us not so patiently awaiting spooky season. Grab it, read it love it!

From sweet to steamy, Hex & Hearth is a multi-author paranormal romance anthology featuring M/F and M/M stories across a range of heat levels, with each standing alone and delivering a guaranteed HEA.

Driftwood Pointe has been weaving its magic for centuries—and love remains its greatest enchantment.

Along the Massachusetts coast, tucked between sea and stone, lies a town where the impossible feels ordinary and whispers are carried on the tide. At its heart stands the Hex & Hearth, where the fire is warm and fate often pulls up a chair.

For three hundred fifty years, Rowan has poured the drink you need, not the one you ordered, and Elara has listened, because she already knows your secrets—and keeps them safe.

Within these winding streets and salt-kissed shores, love takes many forms. Witches and shifters, ghosts and ancient powers, first loves and second chances all collide in ten interconnected stories where destiny refuses to be ignored and happily-ever-afters are hard-won.

Because in Driftwood Pointe, love is the one force old enough—and stubborn enough—to break what time couldn’t.

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Tracey’s Review

I love spooky season reads, paranormal romance, and interconnected stories, so color me happy as can be with the release of the HEX & HEARTH anthology. This collection of sweet, steamy, and atmospheric stories by a group of super awesome romance authors ticks all of my boxes and then some.

There is something for every PNR fan in this anthology from fated mates to found family to answered dreams, all set in the delightful and magical town of Driftwood Pointe, Massachusetts. I really love the ‘Spice-O-Meter,’ from one witch’s hat (sweet) to four (super steamy – Taryn Quinn, I’m looking at you!), so you know just how much steam to expect in each story.

Whether you’re a diehard fan of the magically spooky, or looking to dip your toe in, HEX & HEARTH is the book, and now is the time. Dive in and enjoy!

New Release + 5 Star Review: The Lies We Play by Claudia Burgoa

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Book friends, life has been lifeing in ALL of the ways, and this is a little bit overdue, but I didn’t want to let this one slip by.

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Y’all, I cannot say enough about THE LIES WE PLAY. Author Claudia Burgoa has outdone herself here. This book completely captivated me, uplifting and devastating me by turn. There is the best kind of tension, the best kind of angst, the best kind of love and redemption, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Don’t sleep on reading this one, friends. You need this beautiful story in your life.

I had two men, one secret marriage, and a love the law refused to name.

Then came the accident.

When I woke up, Halston Saint Claire was hidden behind his family’s money, lawyers, and lies. Creed Lafontaine was gone. Everyone around me insisted the rings, the vows, the three of us—it was all trauma talking.

So I did what broken girls with color-coded calendars and trust issues do best.

I survived.

Now I live in Florence, restoring damaged art and pretending the past doesn’t still have its hands on me. Until one forged document drags me back into the Saint Claire world, where old money buries truth, families weaponize concern, and the two men I never stopped loving are closer than I’m ready for.

Creed remembers everything.

Halston remembers in fragments.

And I remember enough to know our love wasn’t the lie.

It was the thing everyone tried to erase.

Now the three of us have one chance to uncover what really happened that night, reclaim the marriage stolen from us, and decide whether a love built for three can survive ten years of betrayal.

Because in the Saint Claire world, love was never the most dangerous thing.

It was the lies we played to survive it.

Tropes:

🏒Why Choose / MMF

🏒Secret Marriage

🏒Second Chance Romance

🏒Forced Separation

🏒Amnesia

🏒Hockey Romance

🏒Old Money Family Drama

🏒Romantic Suspense

🏒Hidden Conspiracy

🏒He remembers her body before his mind catches up

🏒The marriage was legal, but the love was always three

🏒Touch her and find out

🏒Found family over blood family

🏒The body remembers what the world erased

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Tracey’s Review

There are books that you like, books that you love, and books that you cannot put down because they have captured you completely, and turned you inside out in the best way possible. THE LIES WE PLAY by author Claudia Burgoa falls decidedly into the last category.

Claudia has written the family that is Creed, Liv, and Halston with such emotion, such love, such commitment and healing, that I could not help but fall in love with them myself. Three very different people that together make the perfect whole. I loved each of them, rooted for them, suffered with them, ached for them, and celebrated with them, and will carry their story with me for a long time, because some love stories you just don’t forget.

THE LIES WE PLAY is a ‘why choose’ romance, which does not work for all readers. But if you are looking for a love story that will give you all the feels and leave you wanting the happiest and most deserved happily ever after ever, this is for you. I cannot recommend this book highly enough – it is a definite must-read.

Trope Reveal + Pre-Order: I’ve Got A Crush On You by Lauren Blakely

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the second standalone small town rom com in her bestselling Darling Springs series, I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU! This spicy, grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, workplace, forbidden small town romantic comedy releases July 28th in all formats, including the deluxe edition paperback featuring stunning salmon-colored sprayed edges, and will be free to read in Kindle Unlimited! Check out the tropes and pre-order your copy today!

PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!

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🐾Small Town Rom Com
🧡Workplace Romance
💚Grumpy/Sunshine
🐾Forced Proximity
🧡Forbidden
💚Quirky Side Characters
🐾Fighting the Feelings
🧡Oops! My one-night stand is my new coworker
💚Swoony Dance Lessons
🐾Opposites Attract
🧡He Cooks for Her
💚Mixing Business with Pleasure
🐾Hot Mess Heroine
🧡Jealousy Moments
💚One Heck of a Meet Cute
🐾Secret Identity
🧡Blackmail but Make it Flirty
💚Banter for Days
🐾All the Dogs!

About I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU (Coming 7/28/2026):

My secret workplace romance starts innocently enough at a birthday party.

But when a rowdy partier knocks me into a lake and a sexy stranger comes to my rescue – my night becomes one to remember.

A night so steamy I almost forget why I’ve sworn off men after a failed workplace romance.

Trouble is, the brand new doggy daycare in Darling Springs that I’ve contracted with is owned by none other than my sexy stranger. Thanks, fate.

Sawyer turns out to be a total grump in a tailored suit, no matter how sunshine-y I am. Even when he squeezes that hard body past me as I bring donuts to work. Or when he pretends he’s not roaming his dark eyes over me as I teach Fido to sit, stay and come.

But I’m focusing on my shiny new future—my dog-training business is suddenly the hottest thing in town, thanks to a new actress client. And when I’m roped into a charity dance number, I smell an opportunity, especially when I learn my hot landlord has an alter ego and a fandom.

Turns out Mr. Serious Boss is up for dance lessons.

Then the entire Dirty Dancing experience.

Giving into our chemistry once won’t hurt. Two might be pushing it. By the seventh, it’s undeniable–I’ve got a crush on him too.

PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!

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ABOUT LAUREN BLAKELY:

A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sexy, feel-good and witty. Her books have been featured in US Weekly and People. Lauren likes dogs, cake and show tunes and she is the vegetarian at your dinner party. 

Connect w/ Lauren:

Website: laurenblakely.com 

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New Release + Release Blitz: Rhythm is a Heartbeat by L.H. Cosway

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Rhythm is a Heartbeat by L.H. Cosway is now live!

Shannon Guerin is an ordinary single mother–except for the fact that her ex-husband is the lead singer of a world famous rock band.
Shannon and Jace were childhood sweethearts. They divorced when his drug addiction destroyed their marriage, but that was years ago. Now he’s in recovery and has just come off a yearlong tour. His band is going on hiatus, which means Jace is going to be around a whole lot more for their daughter, Zara. What Shannon doesn’t know is that Jace never stopped loving her and has a secret plan to win her back.
While Shannon has tried to convince herself to move on, she’s never fully gotten over her ex. Jace is determined to prove that he deserves her trust again even though he knows it won’t come easy.
When someone begins impersonating Jace online and scamming his fans, he and Shannon grow closer in their quest to find the culprit. The bond they once shared sparks to life, but old hurts take time to heal. Jace is patient and prepared to make amends for the pain he caused in the past. He will go the distance for the one and only woman who ever captured his heart.


Rhythm is a Heartbeat is a Six of Hearts next generation novel, starring Jay and Matilda’s son, Jace. It can be read as a standalone romance.

 Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited!

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Tracey’s Review

Having started reading L.H. Cosway with her Quiet Love series, RHYTHM IS A HEARTBEAT is the first time meeting the Fields family, but you can bet that I’ll be diving into that backlist ASAP. I am an absolute sucker for a second-chance romance, and L.H. has given us one heck of one with this book.

Jace Fields has a great redemption arc, not only with his family and fans, but most especially with his estranged wife and greatest love, Shannon Guerin. I’m not sure how Shannon kept her distance for as long as she did, because Jace is a man on a mission, and convincing her that he’s all in and not making his past mistakes again is his top priority.

This is an author that does world building really well, and RHYTHM IS A HEARTBEAT is no exception. The pacing, the characters, the suspense woven in with the romance, all make for a terrific read, and all of the pieces come together in the end to create a story that I did not want to end. Longtime fans and new readers alike will enjoy this book, and I can’t wait to see what comes next in this world.

Meet L.H. Cosway


L.H. Cosway lives in Ireland. Her inspiration to write comes from music. Her favourite things in life include writing stories, food, and of course, books. She thinks that imperfect people are the most interesting kind. They tell the best stories. 

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New Release + Release Blitz: Lost in Overtime by Claudia Burgoa

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LOST IN OVERTIME by Claudia Burgoa is HERE! This angsty, why-choose sports romance promises to be a sizzler! Make sure to grab your copy and dive in!

Two hockey rivals.

One woman they never stopped loving.

And the one thing neither of them is willing to admit out loud:

USA Today Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa delivers a deeply angsty MMF why-choose hockey romance featuring two pro-hockey rivals, the woman they can’t stop loving, hurt/comfort, found family, and a love that risks careers, reputations, and the one thing they never meant to want—each other.

If you like:

🩹 “touch her and die” protection

😮‍💨 rivalry that turns into obsession

💬 texts that escalate fast

🤍 found family/team loyalty

🔥 spice with feelings (and consequences)

🌈 queer rep + MM tension

Blurb:

Two Rivals. One Woman. No Choosing.

Alberto Wade and Callaway Winthrop were my best friends first—until one night broke us, and the three of us stopped being an us.

Now they’re enemies in the league, an “infamous rivalry” splashed across headlines like it’s just hockey.

It isn’t.

It’s me.

It’s what they’ve always wanted and have never been able to agree on.

It’s the way their hate on the ice has always sounded too much like longing off it.

Now, a shocking trade and an emergency back home drag us back into the same orbit. Older. harder. Still dangerous. Still looking at me like I’m the only thing they’ve ever wanted.

They still want to win.

They still want me.

I still refuse to choose.

But second chances come with scars, secrets, and promises we never got to finish—until a single mistake turns into two pink lines . . .

I’m pregnant—with a baby that isn’t theirs.

The timing is brutal. The fallout is inevitable. And the only way we survive what comes next is if they stop making me choose—stop pretending their rivalry is the only fire between them—and finally admit what’s been burning between all three of us all along.

Because this time . . .

They’re not just fighting for a season.

They’re fighting for us.

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Trope Reveal + Pre-Order: Forged in the Fire by A.L. Jackson

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Author A.L. Jackson has shared the tropes for FORGED IN THE FIRE, the first book in her new Crimson Crows series. This not-to-be-missed read is headed our way on June 16, so make sure that you pre-order your copy ASAP!

What you get:

🐦‍⬛ Enemies to Lovers

🔥 Single Dad

🐦‍⬛ Protective Grump x Black Cat

🔥 Motorcycle Club

🐦‍⬛ Brother’s Nemesis

🔥 Morally Gray Hero

🐦‍⬛ Band of Brothers

🔥 Small Town

🐦‍⬛ Found Family

🔥 Secret Society

From the world of Redemption Hills and Moonlit Ridge comes a brand-new MC romance series from New York Times Bestselling Author A.L. Jackson.

Born in chaos.

Forged by iron.

Sworn to vengeance.

❤️ More details on Silas’s story coming soon! ❤️

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Cover Reveal: Just Playing for Keeps by Lauren Blakely

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When she’s fake dating the hockey star, but he was never faking it…

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the next standalone hockey romance in her brand new Hockey Ever After series, JUST PLAYING FOR KEEPS! This spicy, fake dating, grumpy/sunshine, only one bed in a room, opposites attract hockey romance releases June 3rd in all formats, and will be free to read in Kindle Unlimited. Check out the cover and blurb below and pre-order your copy today!

About JUST PLAYING FOR KEEPS (Coming 6/3/2026):

Ever hear the story about the dating coach who got dumped on the hockey arena’s jumbotron?

Everyone did. But I lived it. Including the moment when Lake Axelrod, the team’s broody, tattooed right winger, swooped in on skates to rescue me from public humiliation.

Even more surprising? When the famously grumpy (and ridiculously sexy) hockey star insists on being my fake boyfriend for my sister’s high-profile wedding.

It’s the perfect plan. His family stops pressuring him to settle down, and I’ll get the ultimate revenge, since my ex is the best man. Bonus – I might even salvage my professional reputation.

We need rules though.

  1. To pull this off, everyone from his teammates to my boss has to believe we’re a real couple.
  2. That means swoony touches and knee-weakening kisses are required.
  3. When it ends, we walk away.

But the intensity in Lake’s eyes after every post-game kiss makes me wonder if he’s pretending. With each whispered secret, the line between fake and real bends. Until it shatters one night in a hotel room.

Soon, he isn’t just playing the protective boyfriend—he’s the only one who truly sees me.

If I’m not careful, I’m going to break the most important rule of all: don’t fall for your fake date.

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ABOUT LAUREN BLAKELY:

A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sexy, feel-good and witty. Her books have been featured in US Weekly and People. Lauren likes dogs, cake and show tunes and she is the vegetarian at your dinner party. 

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Website: laurenblakely.com 

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Cover Re-Reveal: The Birdsong Trilogy by Nina Lane

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Series: Birdsong Trilogy
Author: Nina Lane
Genre: Contemporary Forbidden Romance
Tropes: Age Gap, Teacher/Student
Father’s Best Friend
Cover Design: Najla Qamber
Qamber Designs & Media
SPARROW & HAWKE

He shouldn’t touch her.

Nell Fairchild knows how to survive. How to stay quiet, stay invisible, keep the worst parts of herself hidden. She’s good at it.
She’s not good at Darius Hawke.
Her father’s oldest friend. A war photographer with a dangerous past, a talent for disappearing, and eyes that see far too much.
Darius knows better than to want Nell. She’s too young, too vulnerable, and completely off-limits. He’s spent a lifetime navigating war zones, captivity, and the darkest corners of human nature. The last thing he should do is drag his best friend’s daughter into his shadows.
But some lines were made to be crossed.
And when Darius takes a temporary teaching job at Nell’s high school, staying away isn’t an option. She’s everywhere — too close, too tempting, too determined to draw him out of the darkness. And the more he resists, the hotter the tension between them burns.
If they give in, there’s no coming back.
*****
Sparrow & Hawke is a slow-burn, high-heat romance filled with forbidden desire, forced proximity, and a love so wrong it might ruin them both.

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FEATHER & FLAME

He walked away to save her. From himself.

Four years ago, Darius Hawke left his mark on Nell Fairchild — and she’s never been the same. He didn’t just change her. He ruined her for anything safer, anything lesser, anything that doesn’t burn.
Then he decided she deserves better than what he is.
She hasn’t forgiven him.
Now Darius is back, and one look is all it takes to bring everything roaring to life again.
He still wants her. He never stopped.
When the violence of Darius’s past comes for them both, the heat between them goes from impossible to incendiary. But the most terrifying thing isn’t the danger closing in.
It’s what they’ll destroy to stay together.
*****
Feather & Flame is a scorching second-chance romance of both reckoning and desire between two people who are finally out of reasons to stop.
Note: This is the second book in the Birdsong trilogy, to be read after Sparrow & Hawke (Book 1).

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WISHES & WINGS

Everyone is telling Nell that Darius Hawke is dead.

Everyone is lying.
She knows it the way she knows her own heartbeat. His absence doesn’t feel like a loss. It feels like a locked door.
Nell knows how to open locked doors.
What she finds on the other side is worse than a disappearance. Darius has been keeping secrets — about his past, his choices, the life he kept carefully separate from everything they built together. The man she finds may not be the man she thought she knew.
She still wants him back. She can’t reason her way out of that.
To reach him, she’ll have to trust a man who frightens her in ways Darius never did. Wade into darkness she can’t walk back from. And decide, when the truth finally surfaces, what she’s willing to forgive.
Some loves are worth setting the world on fire.
*****
Wishes & Wings is the explosive conclusion to the Birdsong Trilogy — a gripping, obsessive romance of danger, devotion, and a love tested until there’s nothing left but the truth.
Note: This is the final book in the Birdsong trilogy, to be read after Sparrow & Hawke (Book 1) and Feather & Flame (Book 2).

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Though she was born and raised in California, Nina Lane now lives in Wisconsin where the winters are freezing and the cheese is exceptional. Mom to two teenagers and a neurotic dog, she lives in two worlds—one world of laundry, driving, horses, Girl Scouts, and football, and the other of epic romances between hot alpha heroes and the women who bring them to their knees. Nina only cooks when she can’t avoid it (i.e., there are no frozen pizzas left), binge-watches serial TV whenever she can get control of the remote, and checks in about the weather daily with her meteorologist husband. She’s a fan of popcorn, actual print magazines, French Roast coffee, working out, and trying new things…especially if it’s food.
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New Release + Release Blitz: Not A Side Chick by Lani Lynn Vale

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Title: Not A Side Chick
Series: Don’t Date Him #3
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Grumpy (Her) / Sunshine (Him)
Forced Proximity, Who Hurt You, Small Town
Release Date: March 10, 2026
BLURB

Edith “Eddy” Wheeler was having a bad day.

A no good, very bad day.
It’s understandable, really. I mean, there didn’t seem to be anything worse than walking in on your elderly parents doing things no child should ever see. Add into that their proclivities, and Eddy is disgusted and disturbed.
So of course, after seeing the atrocious things her parents—the pastor and pastor’s wife that are supposed to be holy and a teacher of faith—are into, she makes it her life goal to expose them to their masses. The cult-like following her father has will see him for the man he is—an abuser who gets a sick thrill at seeing his girls suffer.
She will no longer allow the people of Sawtooth, Montana, to think that they’re safe when they’re anything but.
That’s where Weaver Grant comes in.
A sexy lineman who climbs poles for a living, has forearms that can break a woman in mind, body, and soul, and a smile that does things deep inside of her that she refuses to acknowledge just yet.
She has a plan.
A really good one, too.
But that plan dies a thousand deaths when she’s attacked by a bear on a hike that she was using to cleanse her soul. She thought she was supposed to be afraid of men, but that rabid bear showed her a new side of herself.
She spends weeks in the hospital, and a certain hot lineman takes it upon himself to see her healthy again. He never leaves her side. He solves all her problems. And he shows her how a real man treats a woman.
But once she’s healed and her world is once again righted, will he have a reason to stay since she no longer needs saving?

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Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.
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New Release + Release Blitz: It Seemed Like a Good Idea by Lauren Blakely

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When a film crew descends on my flower farm to shoot a romcom, my stress levels shoot through the roof.  A secret fling with my hot, origami-loving bodyguard is exactly what I need to blow off steam… and exactly what I can’t have.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely comes IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA, the first standalone small town romance in her upcoming Darling Springs rom com series! This sexy, only one bed, forced proximity, forbidden small town rom com answers the question: what happens when a lavender farmer gets a bodyguard who just happens to be the sexy grump from her one-night-stand who got away! IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA is now available in all formats and free to read in Kindle Unlimited! Check out the excerpt below, and one-click your copy today!

⛅Grumpy/Sunshine
🏡Small Town Shenanigans
💙He’s Her Bodyguard
💋Forced Proximity
🛏️Only One Bed in the Room
🏃‍One-Night-Stand Who Got Away
🚫Forbidden
😄Romantic Comedy
❤️‍🩹Hate to Love
💟Protective Hero
🪻She Owns a Lavender Farm
😜Banter for Days
🩵“You’re Mine” Swoon
😍DIY Toys
⛔“We Can’t Keep Doing This” Vibes

About IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA:

He ghosted me once, now he’s supposed to protect me?

I don’t need a bodyguard—I run a small-town lavender farm, for bee’s sake. But when my identical twin sister lands the movie role of a lifetime that’s being shot in my hometown I get one anyway.

And guess which broody, tattooed protector the studio sends to keep the paparazzi off my porch?

Last month’s almost one-night stand.

The guy with the wicked mouth and heated eyes who slipped out before the fun even started. But turns out the sexy jerk is excellent at rescuing me from sneaky photographers at the market. Then the coffee shop. I’m trying hard to stay mad after the third time my new bodyguard saves me.

To top it all off, he’s staying in the cottage at my farm. With me. And there’s only one bed.

Maybe if we finally give in and finish what we started, it’ll relieve the tension? But one night quickly turns into another. Then into late-night secrets and soft confessions we shouldn’t say out loud. Especially since he’s leaving and I’m staying, and there’s no way we can be more than a summer romance that ends far too soon.

Escape into a spicy and hilarious forbidden small town rom com from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely!

ONE-CLICK YOUR COPY TODAY!https://laurenblakely.com/book/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea/

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Ripley

He’s touching me in some kind of slo-mo seduction. His fingers move to my jawline, the pads grazing along my face, then coming to a stop at my chin where he holds me. Roams his thumb right under my lower lip. Breathes out hard, full of wanting.

I am done.

“Just kiss me,” I whisper, already begging.

His lips curve up in the pleased grin of a man who holds the cards. “Patience,” he says, voice deep and in charge.

“I’m not feeling very patient,” I murmur.

“Good,” he says, a lion toying with his prey.

Pounce on me.

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