Release Blitz - EMBERS AND ECHOES by R. C Stephens

Embers and Echoes by R.C. Stephens is now live!

Coming to Maple Valley was supposed to be temporary.

Work the summer on the orchard.

Keep my head down.

Find answers about the best friend I lost years ago.

Simple.

Until I met my boss.

Asher Thorne is everything I should stay away from--gruff, protective, and impossible to ignore.

He's an MMA fighter chasing his next big win.

A man who's spent his life moving from town to town, never staying long enough for anything or anyone to matter.

The orchard is the only thing anchoring him here.

And he's made one thing clear from the start.

Mixing business with pleasure is a terrible idea.

Too bad avoiding him is impossible.

Not when the way he looks at me makes my pulse trip.

And not when one kiss from him makes me want things I've never wanted before.

Falling for him was never part of the plan.

But the closer I get to the truth about my friend's disappearance, the more Asher insists I stop digging.

Because Maple Valley has secrets.

And someone wants the past to stay buried.

But I came here looking for answers.

I never expected to find the one man who could derail my plans.

Or ruin me completely.

Release Blitz & Review - SAVING ROMANCE by S.E. Rose

SAVING ROMANCE

S.E. Rose

Release Date: April 27

Carly Maxwell has spent the last three years putting her life back together.

This single mom works hard as a teacher to help her daughter have everything she needs. It hasn’t been easy. She’s done it all alone. After a bad breakup, she swore off men and focused on her career, friends, and being a mom. The one constant in her life has been her neighbor. He’s been there for her through everything. He’s the perfect guy, and she’d never do anything to threaten their friendship.

Brayden Murphy hasn’t dated in years. His no serious relationship rule has kept him from even considering asking out his gorgeous neighbor, Carly. After all, he promised Carly’s daughter that he’d always be there for them. And he’d never forgive himself if he ruined that.

These two have pushed each other so far into the friend zone that they can’t even see the chemistry between them. But will sharing a villa while at a destination wedding change everything?

Release Blitz & Review - FLASH FIRE by J.H. Croix

Flash Fire

J.H. Croix

A swoony, small town firefighter romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix!

Taking complicated to new levels.

I’m moving back home. To the small town where I’ll have to face my cheating ex who married my ex-bestie.

When I run into Tate Hall, an old friend and the guy who also got cheated on in that mess, my pulse is off to the races with one look at the hotshot firefighter version of Tate. I’m convinced it’s a fluke. Until we end of roommates and keeping my distance is next to impossible.

I’m just trying to get my life back in order and don’t want to stir up gossip. Except Tate is all that and more. My heart and hormones don’t give a hoot about gossip.

Tate & Josie’s story is perfect for readers who love: hotshot firefighters, emphasis on hot, slow burn, he falls first, billionaire heroine, small town gossip, emotional romance with a dash of angst, plenty of steam and swoon, and a cinnamon roll hero with a protective streak who will do anything to take care of the woman he’s falling for.

*A full-length, standalone romance.

Amazon: https://geni.us/FlashFireAmz

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/.../flash-fire-small-town...

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250084464-flash-fire

4 Stars

We are back to Willow Brook Alaska for another visit with all our friends. It feels like coming home when I read one of these books. This is Josie and Tate's story, a friends to lovers story of sorts.

Josie is returning home after years away to become an Olympian skier. But sometimes life has other plans for us, a career ending injury forces you to change paths. The only thing Josie is worried about moving back home, is running into her ex and her ex best friend who cheated, to then marry. 

Tate is managing the single dad gig the best he can thanks to the help of his parents and friends. Being a hot shot firefighter can make it difficult some times but knowing he has someone to step up if he is needed. Buying up and fixing properties as his side gig to make sure he is supported when fighting fires is no longer in his cards.

When Tate runs into Josie on her first day back, they have a instant connection. They had been close friends in high school, dating each others best friends they spent a lot of time together. And though they never had any feeling toward each other, sparks are flying now. Will they see where things take them? Will they stay in the friends zone?

Grab your copy and cuddle up for a cozy romance.

*** Advanced copy provided in exchange for an honest review. ***

Cover Reveal - RISK THE PLAY by Kaylee Ryan

 

Title: Risk the Play

Series: Nashville Rampage #6

Author: Kaylee Ryan

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Tropes: Single Mom/Football Coach, Age Gap

Forbidden, Secret Relationship, Best Friend’s Dad

Model Cover Design: Lori Jackson

Discreet Cover Design: Books N Moods

Release Date: May 19, 2026

NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Risk the Play is a single mom, coach, best friend's dad, forbidden, secret-relationship, age-gap romance.

Will

Football was always simple—follow the playbook, make the sacrifice, win the game.

I lived by that rule for decades, and it cost me everything. My marriage. My daughter.

By ten, she believed I loved the game more than her. Now she’s back in my life—with a family of her own—I fight every day to show her I’ve changed.

Then I fumble it all by falling for her best friend.

Amanda is strong, stubborn, and raising her daughter alone after her husband’s betrayal.

One kiss becomes something neither of us can ignore.

She wants to keep it secret. I don’t.

Because this time, I’m willing to risk the play. I won’t lose my second chance at love.

Amanda

I always knew I wanted to be a mother. I just never planned on doing it alone.

But when my ex got his assistant pregnant, I stopped, waiting for the life I thought I’d have—and choose motherhood for myself.

Now I’m a single mom doing my best to build a quiet, steady life with no drama and no risks.

Until my best friend’s father becomes the one risk I can’t resist.

Coach Warner is disciplined, respected… and completely off limits.

Watching him fight for his daughter only makes falling for him more dangerous.

We tell ourselves it’s just once.

But one reckless kiss turns into a night we can’t take back—and a secret we definitely can’t afford to keep.

Because if we’re discovered, I could lose my best friend…

And he could lose his daughter all over again.

Falling for me was never part of his playbook.

Release Blitz & Review - FLOW by Tia Louise

FLOW by Tia Louise is now live!

He’s loved her since childhood; one fake date might finally make it real.

I was 15 years old when I stood on a hill in a peach orchard with the girl of my dreams, contemplating marriage.

Now I’m a hockey star, The Maverick Murphy.

I have flow on the ice and on my head, but I still have trouble forming sentences when she’s around.

And she’s all around—living in my house, sharing my space, so close, I can smell her perfume on my clothes.

I’m all grown up, and I’d still do anything for her.

I was 15 when I stood on a hill in my family’s peach orchard with the cutest boy I knew and said I’d marry him on the spot.

Now that boy is a grown man, a hockey star with muscles and dimples and smoldering hazel eyes.

He’s also my new roommate, but I’m not here to fall in love.

Our beloved peach trees are dying, and I’m here to find a cure.

When the town’s rich bully threatens to own our land and me along with it, I kind of snap. I kind of say Maverick’s mine for real.

It’s a lie. We’re only faking, but with every kiss, every touch, every stolen moment, reality starts to blur.

Still, as much as we want to pretend, he’s LA’s hockey champion, and when the semester ends, I’ll have to leave.

That’s reality.

(Flow is a hockey romance with a golden retriever hero, a STEM FMC, childhood friends to lovers, he falls first [and so hard], fake dating, close proximity, roommates to lovers, it’s always been you, hilariously meddling family, and loads of spicy fun. No cheating, no cliffhanger, and no third-act breakup.)

Cover Reveal - THE DEAN'S LIST by Rachel Van Dyken

THE DEAN'S LIST

Rachel Van Dyken

Release Date: June 23

Will be Available in Kindle Unlimited

She’s the girl with the perfect GPA and the perfectly planned future.

No distractions.

No scandals.

No mistakes.

By day, she’s a straight-A university student competing for the top spot in her program. The only person standing in her way? The campus enigma—wealthy, wickedly intelligent, and notoriously uninterested in commitment. He’s sharp-tongued, serial-dating, and impossible to read. She’s convinced he’s either hiding something… or hiding from something.

By night, she has a secret.

Behind a mask and a pseudonym, she reads stories online for paying subscribers—never showing her face, never breaking character. It’s anonymous. Safe. Controlled.

Until the night the usual male narrator doesn’t show.

His replacement steps in.

And the voice on the other end of the microphone feels far too familiar.

When a campus blackout forces them into close quarters during a joint presentation, they recognize each other at the same time. Her secret life collides with his—and suddenly everything shifts.

Because what she doesn’t know is that his family owns the platform she works for.

And he’s been working undercover inside his father’s company to expose a trafficking network hiding in plain sight.

Now someone is watching her.

She thinks it’s him.

It isn’t.

The real threat is closer than either of them imagined—someone trusted, someone brilliant, someone who has been studying her far longer than she realized.

As danger tightens around her, the campus bad boy she never trusted may be the only one who can protect her.

But falling for him could cost her everything—her reputation, her future, and the illusion that she was ever in control.

Release Blitz & Review - SULLIVAN by Melanie Moreland

SULLIVAN

Melanie Moreland

Release Date: April 22

He crossed an ocean to keep his word. She just didn't expect to lose her heart.

Sullivan Black

Powerful. Confident.

Sully Black is a highly sought-after corporate solicitor with ties to a dangerous world…one he

cannot escape.

One he never wanted to be free of until it threatened to destroy something he never thought he would have.

Love.

Autumn Briggs

A woman visiting Scotland, hoping the shadows in her life dissipate, gone forever by the time she returns home to Canada.

When an unexpected storm brings the two strangers together in a small cabin, another tempest occurs. One filled with emotions, passion, and talks of forever.

She captivates him.

He fascinates her.

When the outside storm passes and reality sets in, will their new love withstand the pressures of their worlds colliding?

Can she accept the light and the dark?

Can he protect her from her past?

Is forever just a word—or their new way of life?

https://geni.us/Sullivan

Available in KU

5 Stars

A spin off novel to the Irishman Duet and it was so good. We got to meet Sullivan briefly in the duet and he gets his story finally. This unexpected love is deep and all consuming, emotional and heartwarming with zinging chemistry.

Autumn took an opportunity to work in Scotland for a little while to help after a merger in her company. This was perfect timing as she has been dealing with some crazy stalker guy who she dated once. But she misses her Aunt back in Canada. Looking for adventures while in Scotland, she takes an offer for a weekend at a cottage from a co-worker.

Sullivan Black is a busy guy. He is a well know lawyer who has a heavy client list, keeping him more late nights than most. When is pushy assistant practically shoves him out the door for a quick getaway to relax a little. Caught in a surprise storm on the way there, he is can't wait to get indoors and cozy.

A shock of the century when he arrives to find a beautiful woman already there cozy in his space. With the crazy storm brewing outside, they have not choice but to try and co-exist in the small space until things clear. This forced proximity will either be a fun adventure or a nightmare. 

Grab your copy and enjoy the adventure. See if it was a good time or not. You won't be disappointed.

***Advanced copy provided in exchange for an honest review. ***

New York Times/USA Today bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of twenty-seven-plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them.

While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample.

She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys traveling, here and abroad, but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip.

Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down stairs) and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her own feet.) She’s learned happily ever afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story.

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Release Blitz - PLAYTIME'S OVER by R.L. Mathewson

 

Title: Playtime's Over

A Neighbor from Hell Series Standalone

Author: R.L. Mathewson

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Rom Com

Release Date: January 23, 2026

Six years is a long time to wait for revenge…

From New York Times Bestselling Author R.L. Mathewson comes the next novel in the Neighbor from Hell series, filled with revenge, questionable choices, and a Bradford determined to make the one woman that he couldn’t live without fall in love with him.

Once upon a time, Kristen Haven was his best friend, his entire world, and the one woman Garrett Bradford couldn’t stop thinking about, but that all changed six years ago when a simple misunderstanding ruined everything, and now…

Now, he was really hoping that she was willing to overlook the fact that he’d made her life a living hell for the past six years.

It was never going to happen.

Not after he’d told her to go to hell, and definitely not after he sent clowns to frolic in her front yard. Now that he knew the truth, Kristen was determined to forget about him and move on with her life, but there was just one problem with that plan…

She needed him.

Which meant that she had no choice but to give in to his demands, remind herself that she needed him whenever the urge to beat the hell out of him with whatever was within reach hit, and pretend that she wasn’t falling in love with the one man that she could never forgive.

A romantic comedy about second chances, revenge, questionable life choices, and one man determined to win back the only woman he’s ever loved…whether she likes it or not.

Release Blitz & Review - A SIMPLE HELLO by Lacey Black

 

Title: A Simple Hello

Series: Cooper Town Boys #2

Author: Lacey Black

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Small Town, Friends to Lovers, He Falls First

Sworn Off Relationships, Cinnamon Roll Hero

Release Date: April 14, 2026

Cade

When it comes to women, keeping things casual is my forte. What can I say, I like to live life to its fullest. Then I spot the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen at The Tipsy Lizard, and I know I need to get to know her. Like a moth to a flame, I’m drawn. The only issue is, she’s dating someone else.

So, the only choice I have is to give Oaklee my number and tell her to use it when she’s single.

To my surprise, that phone call came sooner than I expected. She’s just getting out of a relationship and isn’t looking for anything serious, which is right up my alley. Spending time with her isn’t a hardship, and sending little gifts to her office to say hello is a lot more fun than I would have imagined.

The problem is, I’m not sure I can keep her safely in the friend zone much longer.

Oaklee

Relocating to a small town was exactly what I needed. However, from the moment I arrived in Cooper Town, everything seemed to snowball. The jerk I was dating decided to cheat, leaving me in a new place with a new job and a support system of one to lean on.

Meeting Cade at a bar turned out to be more than just a casual happenstance.

Being around him is easy. He’s gorgeous, charismatic, fun, and always sends me little things to let me know he’s thinking of me. When I have to start working beside my ex, Cade kicks it into overdrive, showing me exactly how easy it could be to fall for a guy like him. Too bad he’s not looking for forever. Cade only wants right now.

Suddenly, my easiest hello might be my hardest goodbye.

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