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Release Day! RUN THE PLAY by Kaylee Ryan (Nashville Rampage #2)

Title: Run the PlaySeries: Nashville Rampage #2Author: Kaylee RyanGenre: Contemporary Sports RomanceTropes: Football/Fake Dating/Found Family/Workplace Romance/He Falls FirstRelease Date: August 19, 2025 NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Run the Play is a fake dating, found family, workplace, he falls first romance. RowanI swore I’d never look twice at a football player again, especially after barely surviving the last one. But when my abusive ex gets traded to the team I work for, my past shows up to haunt me. Not a moment too soon, star…

Release Day Review! THE RE-WRITE by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

In this lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers rom-com, two exes are faced with one deadline. Will they make it to the end? Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other’s friends. . . . Then Wale dumps Temi to go on Love Villa. Instead of giving in to heartbreak, Temi throws herself into her writing. She’s within touching distance of a book deal that would solve all her problems. But publishers keep passing on her novel and bills still have to be paid. So, when the opportunity to ghost-write a celebrity autobiography arises, Temi finds herself accepting. And, of course,…

Release Day Review! HE FALLS FIRST by Jill Shalvis (Colburn Brothers #1)

No one is going to convince her to fall in love again… Ryder Colburn has his hands full running the family business and caring for the ailing father who’s a virtual stranger from the cold, heavy-handed man he used to be. He’s got zero free time for hobbies or women. Or so he thinks until one walks into his life… and the path of an oncoming car. Ryder doesn’t mind playing the hero for the skittish, scarred chef Penny. Maybe it’s the secrets in her eyes or the scar on her chin. Whatever the reason, he’s compelled to get closer.…

Release Day Review! SWEET THING by Kate Meader (Chicago Players #1)

A surprise single dad, nanny, age gap, hockey romance! Lars I just found out I’m a dad. My one-night stand dropped a baby bombshell in my local bar where I was celebrating my team’s win. Then she fled, leaving me holding my new daughter. Thank God for Adeline. The daughter of my teammate and closest friend on the Chicago Rebels, she practically raised her little sister and knows exactly how to deal with this situation. I need a nanny; she needs a job. Problem sorted, right? Not so fast … Adeline I think you’re the sexiest guy alive. That’s what…

Release Day! PENN by Sawyer Bennett (Pittsburgh Titans #17)

PENNSawyer BennettRelease Date: July 15 Penn Navarro is the best player in the league—unstoppable on the ice, untouchable off it. But the moment the game ends, so do the celebrations. Because no amount of goals, no number of wins, can silence the demons that haunt him. Hockey is my life. It’s what I was born to do. That’s not ego talking, just fact—I’ve spent years honing my skills, earning my place among the elite. But talent doesn’t erase my mistakes, and no amount of success will make me forget the damage I’ve done. It’s why I keep my distance from…

Release Day Review! I COULD BE YOURS by Helena Hunting

I Could Be Yoursby Helena HuntingRelease date: July 10, 2025 The best man ghosted me six years ago after kissing me, and now I have to plan every wedding event under the sun with him. Nate Stiles is the definition of serious. Furrowed brow? Check. Rain cloud personality? Double check. I shouldn’t be thinking about the fact that our kiss was the best one of my life right now. I should be planning the bachelorette party of the millennium. I shouldn’t be wondering when Nate became such a good dancer after we got roped into salsa lessons with the happy…

Release Day Review! COLD TRUTH by Toni Anderson (Cold Justice: Most Wanted #6)

Title: Cold TruthSeries: Cold Justice – Most Wanted #6Author: Toni AndersonGenre: Romantic Thriller/SuspenseTropes: Age Gap, Grumpy/Sunshine, Fake Relationship, Band of Brothers, Only One BedRelease Date: June 23, 2025 Protecting Her Becomes His Mission; Resisting Her Becomes Impossible. Secrets and lies collide in this upcoming explosive Romantic Thriller from New York Times bestselling author Toni Anderson. Rowena Smith may be a top-shelf librarian, but solid investigative skills won’t keep her safe after her newest research project—tracking down her biological father—leads her to a brutally murdered body. The scene offers up one hope for assistance: the card of FBI Supervisory Special Agent Kurt Montana.…

Release Day Review! ROUGH AROUND THE HEDGES by Emma Hart

He’s the city boy who wants to destroy the place she loves most. She’s the countryside girl who is determined to break him first. But when hearts are involved, can either of them truly win? I, Rose Matthews, have always considered myself a perfectly reasonable person. Until the day Oliver de Havilland—the hottie I wham, bam, thank you ma’am’d two weeks ago—shows up at Hanbury Allotments and hands me a closure notice. In two months, he’s going to shut down the place I love the most—the very place that keeps the dwindling community of our village alive. Long story short;…

Release Day and Giveaway! SHOPPING FOR A HIGHLANDER’S ELOPEMENT by Julia Kent (Shopping for a Highlander #3)

SHOPPING FOR A HIGHLANDER’S ELOPEMENT(Shopping for a Highlander #3)Author: Julia KentRelease Date: June 10, 2025Genre: Romantic Comedy, Contemporary RomanceCover Designer:  Najla Qamber, Qamber DesignsTropes/Themes:  Sports romance, secret proposal, elopement, wedding, grumpy/sunshine, on the run, golden retriever/black cat energy, romantic comedy I didn’t expect to fall for a Scottish footballer so annoyingly sunny you need shades to be around him. I didn’t expect to say yes to his heart-felt, if loopy, proposal while he lay injured on the pitch, blathering on about banana pudding and sparkly unicorns. What I definitely didn’t expect? For our engagement to explode into a paparazzi circus,…

Release Day! THE PAST: A BLACKBURN NOVEL by Sawyer Bennett (Bluegrass Empires #4)

THE PASTSawyer BennettRelease Date: June 3 Before ascending the throne of the Blackburn Empire in Kentucky horse country, they were just Tommy and Fiona, two teenagers from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Young love bloomed during an Irish summer set amidst the rolling green hills and lush pastures of Tipperary County. Fiona Conlan grew up sheltered by her overbearing parents and vibrating with the need for something more. In the summer of 1978, she found exactly what she needed. Ready to test the boundaries set for her, Fiona trained in the exhilarating and dangerous sport of steeplechase, and in…