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| A Wicked Game by Kate BatemanFamily feud! Neighbors and rivals since the Middle Ages, the Montgomery and Davies clans can count on mapmaker Harriet Montgomery and naval officer Captain Morgan Davies to carry on the tradition. Or can they?
Why you might like it: Low on angst and high on sexual tension, this lively enemies-to-lovers Regency romance, the 3rd book in the Ruthless Rivals series, begins with a scandalous wager and contains cartography-related intrigue. |
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Heart bones : a novel
by Colleen Hoover
Bound for Penn State with a full scholarship, Beyah Grim must first spend the remainder of summer in Texas with a father she barely knows, in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling It Ends with Us.
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| The Rodeo Queen by Marcella BellStarring: former rodeo queen Sierra Quintanilla, who hosts Closed Circuit, a reality TV rodeo competition; and lawyer Diablo Sosa, who learned bullriding in his teens as part of a program for at-risk youth.
What happens: When Diablo agrees to appear on the show as a favor to his mentor, he finds himself back in the ring for the first time in years. But forget the bulls: it's Sierra who could trample his heart.
What sets it apart: With its Black Dominican hero and Cuban American heroine, this 2nd Closed Circuit novel, after The Wildest Ride, offers a unique perspective on competitive rodeo. |
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Come what maybe
by Kerri Carpenter
When a one-night stand with bar owner Ethan MacAllister results in an accidental pregnancy, social media strategist Lauren Wallace lays down some ground rules but discovers that breaking them may be the best way to figure out her feelings and what comes next.
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| The Valentine's Hate by Sidney HalstonWhat happens: While in Cancún for her best friend's wedding, Lisette Alonso and her childhood nemesis, Brian Anderson, agree to a mutually beneficial fake relationship.
Read it for: "clever plotting, laugh-out-loud dialogue, and a memorable cast" (Publishers Weekly).
For fans of: the enemies-to-lovers arc of Mazey Eddings' The Plus One; the anti-Valentine's vibe of Cara Tanamachi's The Second You're Single. |
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The Bluebird Bakery
by Lee Tobin McClain
A veteran struggling with PTSD, Cody Dryden finds a new, hopeful take on life when he connects with a small-town bakery owner whos sworn off both men and love.
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| Token  by Beverley KendallStarring: Kennedy Mitchell, the Black co-founder of boutique PR firm Token, which works with companies to create more inclusive workplaces; and her ex, white tech CEO Nathaniel "Nate" Vaughn, who needs Kennedy's skills to weather a scandal.
Why you might like it: This steamy second chance romance gives its heroine a happily-ever-after in life and love while taking an unflinching look at racism and workplace discrimination.
For fans of: Farrah Rochon or Denise Williams. |
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A Chance Inheritance
by Carolyn Brown
After inheriting their grandmothers home and family bait shop, three down-on-their-luck cousins return to Catfish, Texas, where they soon discover that sometimes an ending is really the beginning of a brand-new happily ever after.
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| Three Cowboys and a Baby by Kate PearceParenthood 101: When another veteran abandons his baby son, Sky, at Nilsen Ranch, gruff Marine-turned-cowboy Noah Harding and his fellow ranchers must quickly learn to how to take care of a child.
Meanwhile... Returning from a deployment to find her ex gone and her son missing, Jen Rossi embarks on a frantic hunt for Sky and arrives at the ranch just as a snowstorm descends.
Series alert: This series opener pays homage to the 1987 film Three Men and a Baby; future installments of the Three Cowboys series will focus on Luke and Max, Noah's military buddies and co-ranchers. |
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Her lessons in persuasion
by Megan Frampton
Navigating a fake courtship with barrister Bram Townsend to keep her family from forcing her into marriage before she finally receives the inheritance that will allow her to live as she wants, amateur astronomer Lady Wilhelmina Bettesford soon discovers their make-believe passion feels very real indeed.
Series: School for Scoundrels (1)
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| Never Cross a Highlander by Lisa RayneWhat it's about: After three long years in captivity, Black Highland lass Ailsa Connery escapes her enslavers with the aid of "the Shepherd" -- aka Black warrior Kallum MacNeill -- who reluctantly accompanies Ailsa on her journey to reunite with her clan.
Is it for you? Set in the 18th-century Scottish Highlands, this gritty series opener doesn't shy away from the harsh realities of life during this period, including physical abuse, sexual assault, and fatal swordfights. |
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Mr. Right next door by Naima SimoneA mean girl with a soft heart who everyone loves to hate, perfectionist Jenna Landon is ready to leave the town of Rose Bend behind until her clashes with the new handyman next door turn into something hotter, forcing her to make a difficult decision.
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Recovery road
by Christine Feehan
This hot new novel by the #1 New York Times best-selling author invites readers to go on a wild ride with the Torpedo Ink Motorcycle club.
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The Close-up
by Sarah Smith
Simon Rutler is the perfect man.
Handsome, kind and smart—Simon is amazing. Naomi Ellorza-Hays might be fresh out of a bad relationship and determined to stay single, but Simon is testing her newfound relationship ban. Good thing they’re working together. Simon may be perfect, but he’s also off-limits.
There’s just one small—well, big—problem.
Simon works as a relationship therapist, specializing in helping men better support their partners. But Naomi can’t stop thinking about how she was first introduced to Simon…as the camguy she watched in college. Filming him for her new docuseries suddenly takes on a whole new meaning.
Their relationship is…complicated.
Determined to stay professional, Naomi refuses to give in to their sizzling chemistry—until she does, and even then, it’s strictly no strings attached. Until it’s not. And Naomi realizes that maybe things between her and Simon aren’t so complicated after all.
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Loathe to love you
by Ali Hazelwood
Three STEMinist novellas from the New York Times best-selling author of The Love Hypothesis include tales of an environmental engineer forced to cohabitate with a big-oil lawyer, and a civil engineer who gets stuck in an elevator.
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