HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY!! LOTS OF BOOK GOODIES just went LIVE and we have one for every reading mood… I easily could have added at least 4 more to my blurb jolt list, that’s how great today’s releases sound!!
BLURB JOLTS & STAND OUTS: Small Town Smokeshow (The Calloway Ranch Series Book 2) by Renee , Holly <— (cowboy heartbreaker!! She knows better…), Make Me Better: A Novel by Sarah Gailey <— SCI-FI HORROR!! She receives an invitation to become better…), Gray Area by Kay Cove (her ex says she’s past her prime but she meets a younger man who begs to differ), Forget That Guy (Don’t Date Him Book 5) <— The latest by Lani Lynn Vale!!! Dangerously Ours (Webs We Weave Book 3) by Krista & Becca Ritchie (series conclusion!!), First and Forever (the football star & the fan bicker & go viral!!), and SO many more!!!
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- Reader Question… Solved! The book about the genius FMC who prefers to be a sunshine personal assistant <— SOLVED!!
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Rules for the Summer
The Surprise Wedding: Married in Malibu
➔➔ CONTEMPORARY JUST WENT LIVE:
Forget That Guy (Don't Date Him Book 5)
Dangerously Ours (Webs We Weave Book 3)
Burnout Summer: A Novel by Jenna Ramirez <— SUMMER BY THE BEACH “…For fans of Tessa Bailey, Emily Henry, and Elle Kennedy: a beachy friends-to-lovers romance through a post-grad journey that will have readers cheering (and falling in love!) along. Four years after graduation, life isn’t going the way Camille Luna expected. Her corporate career is soul-sucking, she’s in debt from student loans, and her breakup with her ex has created a serious rift between her college best friends. When her spiraling lands her in jail for the night, it’s Danny Brennan —the lovable burnout from their college clique— who bails her out and offers the perfect solution to her quarter-life crisis: a summer by the beach. Cam is whisked away to Elswick, Rhode Island, where former slacker Danny has taken over his uncle’s restaurant and turned it into a seaside hotspot. But while Danny has grown into a devoted boss and dog dad, his carpe diem life philosophy is still as fiery as ever…”
Passion’s Sacrifice (The Doms of Madison County Book 10) by Lila Fox <— DOM WANTS TO KEEP HER SAFE SO HE NEEDS TO CLAIM HER… “…Damon pushed Emma away to protect her. Believing he might never make it home alive, he broke the heart of the only woman he’d ever loved with one brutal lie: I don’t want you. But Emma never stopped wanting him. Years later, she’s done her best to move on—until a violent threat leaves her terrified and alone. When Damon finally returns, he discovers the sweet girl who once adored him is now a woman in danger… and still completely under his skin. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe. Even if it means claiming her completely...”
Small Town Smokeshow (The Calloway Ranch Series Book 2) by Renee , Holly <— SMALL TOWN COWBOY HEARTTHROB! “...Hunter Calloway is a small town smokeshow and the kind of man my father warned me about. He’s got a reputation a mile wide, a smile that could burn through any girl’s good sense, and did I mention he’s also the man my sister once loved and left behind? He strolls through town like he owns it, tips his hat with a promise in his eyes, and slides those calloused hands across my bakery counter like they haven’t been haunting my dreams for years. He’s six feet of pure temptation wrapped in worn Wranglers, and every time I’m near him, it’s like striking a match during a drought… Dangerous, inevitable, and exactly what I shouldn’t want. I try to convince myself I don’t notice the way his gaze lingers, or the way he says my name as if he’s tasting it. But all my good intentions crumble to dust when we find ourselves alone under a sky full of stars with nothing but whiskey and want between us. And it changes everything…”
The Forsaken (The Brotherhood of the Sword Book 1)
The Last Page: A Novel by Holt, Katie <— SHE LOVES THE BOOKSTORE & SEES HIM AS THE VILLAIN! “…A bookseller with a dream of running her beloved bookstore vs. the owner’s out-of-touch grandson who inherits everything. Game on. From the author of Not in My Book comes another irresistible, bookish contemporary romance. Ella has grown up at The Last Page, a charming local bookstore in New York City where she now works. Her first kiss was in the women’s health section. A boyfriend dumped her in comedy. The owner is like a second father to her and has begun training her to take over the store. So when he unexpectedly dies and his estranged grandson is left everything in the will, Ella is devastated. Henry doesn’t know the first thing about running a bookstore. With his aging mom back in Tennessee, he plans to stay in New York just long enough to ensure things are running smoothly and then head back home. What he never could have counted on was the beautiful, funny bookseller who loves The Last Page more than any place in the world...”
Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt: A Novel by Hegde, Swati <— THEY WORK FOR THE SAME LAWFIRM! “…Two lawyers find themselves working at the same office after a steamy vacation fling on the beaches of Goa, from the author of Can’t Help Faking in Love and Match Me if You Can, a slow-burn, a second-chance desi romance for fans of Nisha Sharma and Abby Jimenez. Naina Shetty is a proud workaholic, and she is gunning for a promotion at her law firm. No distractions will get in her way this time, not even the bad breakup that happened over a year ago. She brushed off her pain with a long vacation and a no-strings-attached fling with a handsome stranger, but now Naina is back to business. Unlucky-in-love Tejas Rajput hasn’t stopped thinking about the brown-eyed beauty he met on the beaches of Goa two summers ago. He’d been looking for a rebound to get over his ex—which is why he’d agreed to keep things strictly casual, use fake last names, and respond to all personal questions with “wrong answers only.” But he didn’t think he’d fall for her, hard, only for her to get on a plane and leave...”
Just Frankie, Actually: A Sweet Friends-to-Lovers Romance (Love in LA Book 4) by Larsen, Brittany <— HOLLYWOOD STARLET FALLING FOR THE SINGLE DAD!! “…I came to Serenity Cove to disappear. Falling for the hot single dad was never part of the plan. For the first time in my life, nobody wants anything from me beyond a fresh pot of coffee and a slice of pie. Not the regulars at the diner where I work under a fake name. Not the small town that’s slowly, stubbornly starting to feel like home. And not Cal Holloway—the local veterinarian, devoted single dad, and the one man who looks at me like I’m just Frankie. Not Hollywood’s former darling. Not a billionaire’s disappointment. Not a woman with a past she’s trying to forget. Just Frankie. Which would be a whole lot less terrifying if Cal weren’t kind, steady, and the sort of man who’s deeply inconvenient to a woman trying not to want anything…”
Lone Wolf (The Texas Brand: Generations Book 4)
Reclaim: A Grumpy/Sunshine Hockey Romance (Stingrays Hockey Book 5)
A Secret Elixir: Regency Historical Romance (My Lady’s Potions Book 4) by Lyons, Katherine <— HISTORICAL ROMANCE!! A Regency Romance with Forbidden Love, Secret Identity, and Bodyguard Protection. “…By day, Janelle Caddick is the perfect baron’s daughter—elegant, demure, and newly engaged to the powerful Lord Benedict. By night, she becomes Betty Gill, a skilled midwife slipping through London’s tenements to deliver babies in places where no respectable lady would go. She’s kept her dangerous double life hidden for years, until Major Gabriel Vance is assigned as her bodyguard. Gabriel is Lord Benedict’s right-hand man. When he discovers Janelle sneaking around, he expects scandal. What he finds instead is a woman risking everything to save lives that society has deemed unworthy...”
Gray Area by Kay Cove <— YOUNGER MAN/OLDER WOMAN!! “…Her ex said she was past her prime. Her younger man begs to differ. Two decades designing couture for the elite, and building a billion-dollar fashion brand, should feel like success. Instead, I have an empty mansion, a fresh divorce settlement, and the sinking feeling that I traded everything meaningful for a life that looks better on social media than it does in the mirror. When my practically estranged best friend passes away, she leaves me with the one thing my ex-husband never gave me a chance to have—a baby. Well, a soon-to-be baby, currently residing in a surrogate’s belly. Surprise! Guilt-ridden, and scared to face this alone, cue my desperate funeral plus-one hire: Saylor, an escort with bedroom eyes and a smile that makes me forget I’m supposedly “past my expiration date.” He’s over a decade younger and shouldn’t give me a second glance after the check clears.Only he does...”
How to Find a Guy in Five Weddings by Cynthia Timoti <— ROMCOM!! “…It’s 27 Dresses meets Sonya Lalli’s The Matchmaker’s List in this delightful romcom where she doesn’t believe in love…he’s determined to prove her wrong — by being her matchmaker! Kimiko Halim thinks happy endings only exist in fairy tales. But her late grandmother’s will specifies settling down as a condition to inherit her yarn store, and the family’s legacy is the only thing that matters. Kim’s plan is simple: find a guy, date him until the store is hers, then gently uncouple from the poor, unsuspecting victim. But the clock is ticking, and her dates have been more frogs than princes. When Rob Carmichael, a perpetual groomsman and self-proclaimed proponent of happily-ever-afters, overhears Kim’s cynical view of love, he’s baffled…”
The Anniversary: A Thriller
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Make Me Better: A Novel
Legacy of Desire: A Demonica Birthright Novel
Broken Dove (Silver Elite Book 2)
There's Something Fishy About My Boyfriend (Jersey Shore Merman Book 1)
You're Dead to Me, Reed Walker
Broken Dove (Silver Elite Book 2)
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- Avenging Angels: A Lick and A Promise by Kristen Ashley – June 19th 2026
- Weddings: A Novel by Danielle Steel – June 23 2026
- The Trouble with Flings: Fitz Silver (The Silvers at Silver Island Book 2) by Melissa Foster – June 24th 2026
- Saved By A God (Kings Of Mafia) by Michelle Heard – June 29th 2026
- Code Name: Ember (Jameson Force Seattle Book 1) by Sawyer Bennett – June 30th 2026
- Boys Who Crave by Clarissa Wild – June 30th 2026
- Specter: A Dark Asylum Romance (Ghosts of the Underground Book 1) by K.G. Reuss – June 30th 2026
- Tempting Venom: An Enemies to Lovers MM Hockey Romance (Vipers Book 3) by Rina Kent – June 30th 2026
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