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Latest Romance Book Releases – 06-09-2026

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HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY!! A bunch of great new releases just for us, featuring all of our favorite tropes, from mafia romance, to fake relationships, to rock star romance, to psych-thrillers, to fantasy romance and on and on. If you’re in the mood for a specific read, I bet it just went LIVE today. 😉

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A Nantucket Fling: A Novel – A Delightful Age Gap Rom-Com about a Career Woman and the Single Dad Who Steals Her Heart by Freeman, Kathryn <— SMALL TOWN SINGE DAD ROMANCE! “…A casual summer fling between a businesswoman on vacation in Nantucket and a young single dad turns into something more in this delightful rom-com from the author of Booked for the Summer. Olivia is a fiercely independent woman climbing the ladder of corporate finance. But when her family demands she take time off to go to her niece’s bachelorette and wedding in Nantucket, she reluctantly agrees. On the island, she catches the eye of Connor: a handsome, cocky, playboy type—also ten years her junior. Olivia’s sisters egg her on, encouraging a summer fling, but she’s more interested in catching up on her finance reading. Except…he’s funny and sexy, and doing her ego a world of good. Connor might come across as a playboy because he was one, eight years ago. That all stopped when he became a dad…” read more

Leadership Begins Within… Leadership: The Paradox of Surrender by Hilda Koch is live!!

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LEADERSHIP: THE PARADOX OF SURRENDER <—  MOTIVATIONAL GUIDE & I LOVE THIS TOPIC!! The author is today’s newsletter and post sponsor, and she contact me saying:

I’m Hilda Koch, a Physician Assistant with over 25 years of experience in physical healing and emotional resilience. I have a book that challenges traditional leadership by emphasizing self-awareness over control, revealing how surrender fosters trust and clarity.

In “Leadership: The Paradox of Surrender,” I redefine the essence of effective leadership by challenging conventional wisdom. I posit that true leadership begins with self-awareness instead of control or performance. I introduce the concept of Point A, the authentic starting point from which genuine influence and decision-making emerge. Through real-world examples, psychological insights, and reflective exercises, I demonstrate that surrender, rather than control, fosters trust, clarity, and sustainable influence. read more

Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 06-08-2026

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HAPPY MONDAY!! It’s time for the new early bird books releases and this list is short and sweet (only 4 books!!)! If I find more, I’ll add them in. But first…

Three things:

1.) I can’t believe I think this is my shortest Monday earlybirds list ever!! I’m going to start working on tomorrow’s list and hopefully it is promising.

2.) I’m watching Love Island at the request of one of my work colleagues. Apparently I’m missing out. I do love the whole “Married at First Sight” and “Love is Blind” shows and marathon watch those. So far, season one of Love Island is just okay for me. Entertaining background noise, that I pay attention to while I work or do my hobbies, but it isn’t riveting. Hopefully these get better as seasons go. read more

A Family Broken: A true story of love, betrayal, suicide, and forgiveness by Retired Detective Cari C. Perry

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A Family Broken: A true story of love, betrayal, suicide, and forgiveness <— This book has just been released, and it’s absolutely tragic, what this detective went through. My husband worked with both of them, and he told me the story of what happened (at least from the cops perspective on the call). He told me he was one of the OGs, and an excellent tactical SWAT operator.

But he had his demons, and his wife, ten years later, wrote her (their) story. So here it is, my friends. Something that I think might help heal anyone going through something similar. read more

Reader Question – The book where the main character is trans or lesbian and meets a girl behind the mall…

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Cedar needs our book help! And there is plenty of description in her email to me, to spark someone’s memory, I’m sure. 🙂

She asks:

I can’t find this book anywhere and I can’t remember what it’s called.

Do you know of a book where the main character is either trans masc or a lesbian and they have multiple guy friends and an older brother who may have a girlfriend?

The main character lives in the U.S.A. while the parents possibly came from another country originally. The main character plays video games with their friends a lot in the book and at one point there is a scene where they are alone with one of their guy friends and they both end up smoking weed and making out, maybe more. read more

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