Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 06-19-2026

LIVE!!! KRISTEN ASHLEY’S LATEST!! THEY THOUGHT THEY’D BE FOREVER…

“…Luna Nelson and Knox Chambers fell together fast, and they did it hard. It was so big, so special, they wanted it just for themselves and kept it a secret from their found family: the Avenging Angels and the Hottie Squad.

They both knew this was it. Together forever. What Luna didn’t know was that Knox had secrets. Secrets that tore them apart.

But when Knox asked for them to continue being friends—for the sake of their crew, and so he wouldn’t lose her—Luna loved him enough to say yes. Yes to the torture of being in the life of a man who was the love of hers, but he let her go.

Then, Knox gets shot. He gets shot not because he’s got a dangerous job (which he does), but because his family is an absolute mess. With the man who means everything to her recuperating, Luna can’t keep away…”

LIVE!!SHE’S A JANITOR & HE’S A HOCKEY STAR!

“…For janitor Hannah Harvey, cleaning up messes is the family business. Literally. When she finds herself pregnant from a one night stand with a stranger, she decides that a baby is one mess she’ll take on alone.

Out of her depth, but determined, Hannah decides to save herself the drama of ever telling the father. This seemed easy enough when he was only Barry Wright, hockey all-star living across the country, but becomes impossible when he gets traded to her city and trains in the very facility she cleans.

After crossing paths with a very pregnant Hannah, Barry is eager to help…”

LIVE! HER FIANCE’S BEST MAN!!

Elena Whitfield has spent her entire life being the good girl. The perfect daughter. The dutiful fiancée. The bride who follows the rules.

But on her wedding day, when she should be promising her heart to her husband, she finds herself unable to resist the one man she shouldn’t want—Marcus, her fiancé’s best man, whose dark eyes and commanding touch awaken a hunger she never knew existed.

What begins as a single, stolen moment in the bridal suite quickly spirals into a passionate obsession that consumes them both…”

LIVE! FALLING FOR HER BOSS!! THE FIRST MAN WHO TREATS HER RIGHT…

I absolutely should not be attracted to my boss. I’m living on Tucker Hendrix’s ranch for the next year as a veterinary intern. But imagine my surprise when I walk onto the property on my first day and recognize the owner.

He’s the mysterious customer I used to flirt with at the diner all those years ago. Now, the chemistry is hotter than ever, and all I can think about is his muscles and the fact that none of my scars bother him.

He’s seen everything that no one else has, and he’s not running away from me…”

LIVE!! RIVALS THAT HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER

Hi. I’m Ivy Ellison—strategic, data-driven, and about to strangle my coworker on camera. Cole Hartwell, company wildcard and my professional rival, is six feet of muscle that screams “trust me, it’ll work”.

My romantic history is a graveyard of being the “second choice.” Men don’t choose me—they settle. So long ago, I decided to choose my career. I’m one step away from my dream role, and the only thing standing in my way is Cole’s smug, handsome face.

One high-stakes trip. One career-making campaign. And one cramped hotel suite not designed for two people who “hate” each other this much. The assignment? Produce a live-streamed eco-activism singles weekend at the Hotel Bellwether…”

LIVE!! FIREMAN ROMANCE

ER nurse Nora Brennan has built her whole life around one rule: be the one who catches, never the one who needs catching. So when she faints on a subway platform and a stranger with a steady voice tells her to breathe, in for four, then vanishes onto a departing train, she files it under things that don’t matter and moves on. She’s very good at moving on.

Then her building catches fire.

The stranger turns out to be Lieutenant Cal Whitaker, FDNY, the kind of man who frees every painted-shut window in a building because he can’t stand the thought of anyone unable to breathe, and who reads the last page of every book first because he can’t bear not knowing how things end. Cal runs toward fire to outrun a grief he won’t name. Nora builds walls to keep from being left. They are, as Cal’s captain helpfully points out, the exact same kind of broken, pointed in opposite directions.

What starts as a forced-proximity standoff during a building overhaul becomes something neither of them planned…”

LIVE!! FIREMAN ROMANCE!!

“…I was sent to Riverbend to buy the town’s old fire station and tear it down. Then I crashed my car in a storm, and the firefighter who pulled me out was the man I’d come to put out of business.

Cruz Delgado is stubborn, off-limits, and absolutely the last man I should want. He saved my life and can’t stand me for it. He’s also the first reason I’ve ever had to stay somewhere.

But the deal I’m here to close is a lie. My company promised to save this town. The real plan is a wrecking ball. Close it, and I make partner. Tell the truth, and I lose my whole career.

Now I have to choose: the job I built my life around, or the town that finally feels like home…”

LIVE!! SHE LOSES HIM AND WRITES HIM LETTERS

Through rain-soaked mornings, quiet apartments filled with memory, and the unbearable tenderness of ordinary life after loss, Always, Yours traces the slow transformation of grief into something softer: a love that survives even death.

Told through intimate letters addressed to Sean, this deeply emotional literary novel explores heartbreak, healing, memory, and the impossible task of learning how to move forward without leaving someone behind…”

LIVE!!! KRISTEN ASHLEY’S LATEST!! THEY THOUGHT THEY’D BE FOREVER…

“…Luna Nelson and Knox Chambers fell together fast, and they did it hard. It was so big, so special, they wanted it just for themselves and kept it a secret from their found family: the Avenging Angels and the Hottie Squad.

They both knew this was it. Together forever. What Luna didn’t know was that Knox had secrets. Secrets that tore them apart…”