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HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY!! OVER 40 NEW BOOKS just went live in all of our favorite genres and tropes!!

BLURB JOLTS & STAND-OUTS!! Penn: A Pittsburgh Titans Novel by Sawyer Bennett (Sawyer Bennett’s latest hockey star romance!!), Atonement Sky (Psy-Changeling Trinity Book 9) by Nalini Singh (the latest by Nalini Singh!!), Maid for Each Other by Lynn Painter (sounds like so much fun!! She’s his maid and she’s squatting at his house while he’s away for the week), The Reluctant Flirt (Outer Banks Book 2) by Jennifer Probst  (her one night stand is there to plow down her store – eeeeep!!)

 

Don’t forget to check out:

• The Reluctant Flirt (Outer Banks Book 2) by Jennifer Probst is LIVE & we have an excerpt!<— today’s newsletter sponsor!
• 5 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 07-14-2025 <— yesterday’s including my latest 3 things!
• If you could recommend just one book to someone, which one would it be? Here are ours… <—29 books on this list!
• Movie Review – Final Destination Bloodlines <— the latest one was excellent!!
• PRIME DAY FUN DAY #4 + Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 07-11-2025<— did you miss it?

Okay now… READER RECOMMENDATIONS & BARGAIN FINDS:

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➔➔ CONTEMPORARY JUST WENT LIVE:

 

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The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline <— ROMANTIC THRILLER! “…Lately, Julia Pritzker is beginning to think she’s cursed. She’s lost her adoptive parents, then her husband is murdered. When she realizes that her horoscope essentially foretold his death, she begins to spiral. She fears her fate is written in the stars, not held in her own hands. Then a letter arrives out of the blue, informing her that she has inherited a Tuscan villa and vineyard —but her benefactor is a total stranger named Emilia Rossi. Julia has no information about her biological family, so she wonders if Rossi could be a blood relative. Bewildered, she heads to Tuscany for answers. There, Julia is horrified to discover that Rossi was a paranoid recluse…”

Pressure Point (Lantern Beach Blackout: Detonation Book 2) by Christy Barritt <— SHE HAS AMNESIA “…When a woman emerges from Lantern Beach’s maritime forest with wounds, no memory, and no identification, she desperately wants to know who she is. But she remembers nothing—not her name, her past, or why someone would try to kill her. Blackout operative Atlas Manning’s protective instincts kick into overdrive the moment he encounters the injured woman. He takes her to the local clinic, but when a professional assassin targets her there, the woman’s amnesia becomes the least of his worries. As Quinn’s fragmented memories begin to surface, they paint a disturbing picture…”

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Half Baked (A Juli Butler Mystery Book 3) by Barbara Witek <— COZY MYSTERY!! “...In the quaint town of New Hope, the Fall Festival finds Juli Butler torn between her favorite lawman and his faithful deputy while tensions rise as Misty Shepard’s showcase event at the Sunflower Inn is threatened by her old rival, Liza Blake. Amidst the pumpkin spice and festivities, a sinister plot unfolds when Liza is found dead under suspicious circumstances. All eyes turn to Misty as the prime suspect...”

Love Unmasked by Becky Dean <— TRAVEL ROMANCE!! “...People pleaser Evie Whitmore can’t believe her art and architecture class trip has brought her to Venice—home of gondolas and crumbling palazzos, and the inspiration for both her art and her hidden passion, Elven Realms, a series of novels set in the very city she’s about to explore. Rumors about an underground Elven Realms fan club swirl, and Evie, wearing a costume and mask, sneaks out at night to find it. There’s no way she can tell anyone what she’s doing—not her friends, and certainly not Gabriel Martinez, the bad boy loner she’s been partnered with on the trip...”

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Lucky Break: An Uplifting Novel of Self-Discovery, Unexpected Friendship, and Hidden Secrets in a Charming Midwestern Lake Town—Perfect for Summer Reading by Jaclyn Westlake  <— STARTING OVER IN A SMALL TOWN “…At thirty-two, she suddenly finds herself second-guessing the picture-perfect future she had always envisioned—one that included raising 2.5 children nearby her tight-knit Italian family in San Francisco. Then Eliza is offered the chance to start over: in Juneberry Lake, a small Midwestern town eager to lure remote workers to their picturesque community. Shocking her family and friends (and herself), Eliza packs up her apartment and buys a lake house sight unseen. Juneberry Lake is as delightful as it looked in the pictures. And the pictures didn’t even include Joel, a fellow new arrival who works alongside her every day in an adorable coffee shop...”

The Knight Falls First (Ladies Least Likely Book 7) by Misty Urban <— HISTORICAL ROMANCE FORCED MARRIAGE “…Anne Sutton has the beauty and breeding to make a gentleman’s wife, but not the dowry. When her parents offer her to the vile Calvin Vaughn, Anne does something a gentleman’s daughter would never do: she decides to ruin herself. And the best means at hand is Calvin’s prodigal older brother, Hew, lately returned from war. Hewitt Vaughn is either the hero of Acre or under a cloud of disgrace—he’s yet to find out which. He’s home to recover from his wounds and take charge of the family estates; stealing his brother’s fiancée is decidedly not a way to redeem himself. But when the lovely, desperate Anne entreats Hew’s help, how can he, as a man of honor, deny her? When Anne’s plan spectacularly backfires, the only solution is a forced marriage—to each other...”

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The Odds of Getting Even: A Novel by Amanda Sellet <— HE’S RESERVED & SHE’S CHAOTIC “…The last thing reluctant resort employee Jean Harrington expected to find on a middle-of-the-night towel run was a bashful scientist in desperate need of company . . . and clothes. Charmed by his awkwardness and endearing tangents about reptiles, she returns the next day to give the handsome mystery guest she knows only as “Charlie” lessons in poker. He’s reserved and she’s chaotic, but together, the two of them just click. It’s like a honeymoon without the hassle of a wedding, until Jean discovers there’s a lot more to Charlie’s story than shyness and snakes—and she isn’t the only person with a pressing interest in his whereabouts, not to mention his secretly scandalous dating history...”

When Forty Blooms by Jacinta Howard <— SHE’S TRYING TO IGNORE THE ACHE “…A rare birthday. A second chance. A woman finally choosing herself. Simone Harris has always known how to hold it down. For her son. For her clients. For the sports agency she built from scratch. She keeps things running, keeps herself moving, and keeps her heart tucked safely out of reach. But this birthday feels different. It falls on a leap year, a date that only circles back every so often. A rare kind of day that feels like it arrives exactly when it’s meant to. The kind that makes you pause and ask what you have been pushing through just to keep going. In that stillness, something begins to surface alongside it. Fatigue. Questions. The quiet ache she has learned to ignore...”

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Wes and Addie Had Their Chance: A Love Story by Bethany Turner <— SHE NEVER WANTS TO SEE HIS STUPID FACE! “…Growing up, nobody expected their local girl to become a high-ranking CIA analyst, married to a gorgeous CIA operative. But that was Addie’s life until she lost . . . well, everything. Now she’s trying to pick up the pieces of her broken life with a little help from old friends. But there’s one old friend she knows her life is better without–Wesley Hobbes, her childhood sweetheart who left her standing at the altar when they were eighteen years old. Truth be told, Addie would be perfectly content never seeing Wes’s stupid face ever again–which makes it very inconvenient that he’s now a beloved senator and presidential frontrunner, his face everywhere she looks…”

Let Me Say It Again: An Ex’s Brother, Fake Engagement Rom-com (The Morelli Sisters Book 5) by Dani Ryan <— HER EX’S OLDER BROTHER!! “…He’s my ex-boyfriend’s older brother, my fake fiancé, my ex boss, and the one man I was pretty sure could make me believe in the one thing I’d given up on. Love. Red was nothing more to me than a means to a bi-weekly paycheck. Until I dropped his dry cleaning off at the same time he was hosting a party. He was trying to impress a potential investor, lied that we were engaged, and then somehow convinced me to go along with said lie...”

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The Sound of Summer (The House on Harrison Blvd Book 1) by Meagan Williamson <— SHE OFFERS TO BE HIS NANNY “...From the time he was a child, Everett Dawson has known he was different. But under his carefully curated persona as a successful country music artist, no one else in the world ever would. That all changes the night of his Nashville show when he loses control onstage for everyone to see. A mistake that has him fleeing the nearest exit and stumbling upon a woman breaking into his venue. Trapped in the middle of her own mid-life crisis, Summer Rogers is convinced she makes nothing but impulsive decisions. Including the one where she offers to nanny for the newfound single dad with a career he’s desperate to salvage…”

Tempting Me: A Small-town, Enemies to Lovers Romance (The Asher Family Book 3) by Jami Rogers <— HE HAS NO IDEA SHE’S ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVE WITH HIM “...Luca Asher is my brother’s ex-best friend, the best contractor in our small town of Lovers, a walking dream when he doesn’t have a shirt on—heck, with it on, too, and he was the first boy I ever loved. He just doesn’t know that last part. On the rare occasions I converse with him, I get a comeback for everything. Our banter is my favorite thing. He’s so clever and quick and, again, sexier than any man I’ve ever met. But none of that changes the fact that he betrayed my brother. My family. Me. And none of those facts would matter except for my one little problem. I had this plan to save my family’s marina, which backfired. Now, my parents have given me a deadline to prove to them it’s still worth saving. If I don’t make it, they’ll sell everything, and I’ll lose my dream to keep the place. They gave me one rule: do not hire that Asher boy...”

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➔➔ BECOME AN AUDIBLE MEMBER 😀 <— THREE MONTHS @ a super-bargain!!!!! I JUST GOT IN ON THIS ONE & bought I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette Mccurdy (I LOVE autobiographies & this one sounds crazy)!!

➔➔ Audiobook Matchmaker!! <— Find out which of YOUR Kindle books are available as audiobooks at a BARGAIN-PRICE! This is how it works. Click on that link & Amazon will show you all of your Kindle books that are also available as an audiobook at a seriously discounted price. This way, you can switch back and forth, seamlessly between your ebooks and your audiobooks. VERY COOL!

 

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➔➔ PREORDERS (coming soon!)

1. Flirting with Trouble: Wells Silver (The Silvers at Silver Island Book 1) by Melissa Foster – July 16 2025
2. Brutal Obsession: A Forbidden Love Mafia Romance (Irish Kings Book 2) by Renee Parker- July 20th 2025
3. Chasing Shelter (Sparrow Falls Book 5) by Catherine Cowles – July 22nd 2025
4. Ancient Warlord (Ancients Rising Book 10) by Katie Reus – July 22nd 2025
5. Careless Whisper: A Second Chance Medical Romance (A Modern Vintage Romance) by Maya Alden – July 22nd 2025
6. That Last Carolina Summer: A Gripping Southern Tale of Sisterhood , Secrets , and the Haunting Power of the Past by Karen White – July 22nd 2025
7. The Girlfriend Zone (Love and Hockey Book 4) by Lauren Blakely – July 24th 2025
8. State of Retribution, A First Family Novel (First Family Series Book 9) by Marie Force – July 24th 2025
9. She Didn’t See It Coming: A Novel by Shari Lapena – July 29th 2025
10. You Belong Here: A Novel by Megan Miranda – July 29th 2025
11. Scythe (Devil Daddies MC Book 2) by Pepper North – July 29th 2025
12. The Reluctant Siren (Texas Sirens: Legacy Book 2) by Lexi Blake & Sophie Oak – July 29th 2025
13. Precious Hazard: An Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance (Perfectly Imperfect Book 11) by Neva Altaj – July 31 2025
14. Final Breakaway (For Puck’s Sake Book 11) by Crea Reitan – July 31 2025

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