Title: Bride by Initiation Series: The Underworld #1 Author: Maggie Cole Genre: Dark Romance Tropes: Secret Society/Mafia Romance Friends to Lovers/Forbidden/Marriage Pact Release Date: February 26, 2025 BLURB From International bestselling author Maggie Cole comes her highly anticipated secret society, deliciously dark, next-generation Mafia series about two lifelong friends. Sean O’Malley Jr. and Zara Marino have a similar obsession with their fathers’ secrets, but discovering the truth requires them to surrender to each other and the unknown of their Underworld vows. If secrets and lies, desires and denials, bonds and betrayal didn’t exist, Sean O’Malley would stay my friend forever. That’s not the case. There are two things we’ve always wanted but were off the table. First: The truth about our fathers. Second: Each other. So when a mysterious man shows up with a branded skull on his hand, speaking in riddles about an Underworld he claims we’re meant to reign in, it’s too t...

Lake Bride Shanna Hatfield (Holiday Brides, #5) Publication date: June 23rd 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Fall in love with a soldier, a nurse, and a small-town adventure brimming with delightful characters, amusing animals, and abiding hope. Twenty-one steps. The past two years of Bridger Holt’s life have centered on the twenty-one steps he repeatedly walks back and forth as one of the sentinels guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Now that his duty is coming to an end, Bridger has no idea what to do with the rest of his life. Guilt from his past and trepidation about his unknown future drive him to the mountain cabin he inherited from his beloved uncle to gain clarity and direction. The quirky residents in the nearby town of Holiday, the assortment of wildlife that adopts him, and the woman who shines a light into his tattered soul might be what Bridger needs to find the redemption he seeks. Outgoing, upbeat Shayla Reeves spreads sunshine wherever she goe...

Bride and Tested Brenda St. John Brown Publication date: April 27th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Exes working together in a wedding business? What could go wrong? EVIE Having inappropriate dreams about my ex-husband is problematic. The fact that he’s applied to be the business partner in my wedding business – and is an infuriatingly savvy businessman – is even more so. Our marriage ended because we were both more married to our jobs than each other, but now I can barely look at Lincoln without imagining him naked. How the hell am I supposed to work with him? LINCOLN My ex-wife, Evie – aka Evil (thank you, random autocorrect) – runs the most successful bridal shop in the whole of the Finger Lakes region and she needs a business partner. Happy coincidence because I need a steady income. ASAP. I also need to stop noticing Evie’s curves. And her smile. And everything about her that makes me want a second chance. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / i...

Title: The Reluctant Bride Series: Arranged Marriage #1 Author: Monica Murphy Publisher: Dangerous Press Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance Release Date: April 19, 2022 BLURB Everyone’s for sale, including me. One moment I’m the forgotten daughter of one of the most wealthy families in the country, and the next I’m the blushing bride in an arranged marriage. My fate is sealed in my wedded union with a complete stranger. In public, Perry Constantine is the life of the party. Easygoing. Adored. In private, he’s brooding. Dark. Angry. But so am I. It’s a contest of wills to see who will break in the bedroom first, and while I try to remain strong, I find myself craving the very man I swore to hate. My husband. ADD TO GOODREADS PURCHASE LINKS AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU UNIVERSAL /  B&N / KOBO APPLE BOOKS /  GOOGLE PLAY AUTHOR BIO Monica Murphy is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling romance author. Her books have been translated in almost a doz...

The Reluctant Bride Monica Murphy Published by: Dangerous Press Publication date: April 19th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Everyone’s for sale, including me. One moment I’m the forgotten daughter of one of the most wealthy families in the country, and the next I’m the blushing bride in an arranged marriage. My fate is sealed in my wedded union with a complete stranger. In public, Perry Constantine is the life of the party. Easygoing. Adored. In private, he’s brooding. Dark. Angry. But so am I. It’s a contest of wills to see who will break in the bedroom first, and while I try to remain strong, I find myself craving the very man I swore to hate. My husband. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / iBooks / Google Play — EXCERPT: “Good morning,” I say as I take a step back from my mother’s embrace. Can’t linger too long or Winny will say something snide and rude. He doesn’t say a word beyond a nod of acknowledgement at my arrival. His expressio...

Tribute to the Alpha Cara Wylde (Alma Venus Shifter Brides #0.5) Publication date: March 31st 2021 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance The war between humans and shapeshifters must end. There has been too much bloodshed, and it’s time for the factions to sign a peace treaty. But there is one man, one wolf warrior, who does not want peace. Not even when humans would be forced to provide shifters with brides to bear them heirs. Ruarc Bloodmoon is not interested in a willing human bride. All he wants is power. Alma is the only daughter of the future representative of the human faction, and she is ready to sacrifice herself to keep her loved ones safe. Ruarc will listen to no one and negotiate with no one, but maybe he will, if she offers herself to him. If she becomes the first shifter bride in history, maybe he will finally see that peace is the only way for humans and shifters to move forward. Note from the author: This is a prequel to the Alma Venus Shifter-Brides series, wh...

Title: Kept Bride Series: Secret Bride #2 Author: Alta Hensley Genre: Contemporary Dark Romance Psychological Thriller Release Date: July 6, 2021 BL URB My history is forbidden. My story, dark and twisted. My future decided. I know I don’t belong in this decadent world—his world. Money, power, and dark secrets surround me now. I submit to it all to be his perfect obedient wife. They stalk my every move, watching me, judging me. I'm in the same prison just with different guards. But all I care about is him. His eyes, his touch, his hold over me. I’m forever his kept bride, even though they all try to steal me away. ADD TO GOODREADS PURCHASE LINKS AMAZON  US  /  UK  /  CA  /  AU B&N  /  KOBO  /  APPLE BOOKS ALSO AVAILABLE AMAZON  US  /  UK  /  CA  /  AU B&N  /  KOBO  /  APPLE BOOKS COMING SOON Releasing September 7 AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU ...