Forever We Fall: A Dark MM Romance Meg Everly (Pieces of Us, #2) Publication date: November 26th 2024 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Dark Romance, LGBTQ+, Romance A love worth dying for. Hotaru Kido Leaving Japan was bad. Leaving sh*tty London is worse. Why? My destination. Willoughby Ridge Boarding School. It smells as old as it is. No one can find the place on a map. And it’s boys only. Did you hear that last bit? No. F*cking. Girls. Even the teachers. Male. The only pair of t*ts for kilometers belong to the headmaster’s hot little secretary. That’s why I got myself in trouble and am sitting in the office when he walks in. This guy is new. He’s gaunt and terrified of the big man behind him. No one seems to notice the wince when he sits or the way he catalogs the guy’s every move. I do. If I’d stayed in class that day, my life would have been a billion times easier. If given the chance, would I have chosen to keep it simple or put myself between him and his tormentor? Ar...

The Vet’s Shelter Surprise Elle Douglas Published by: Harlequin Special Edition Publication date: October 24th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance An unlikely volunteer… Saving more than the shelter! When Georgia O’Neill bursts into the Sunset County Animal Shelter, wary veterinarian Mel Carter doesn’t know what’s hit her. But soon, Georgia’s California rays of sunshine are lighting up even the darkest parts of Mel’s heart, still raw after a heart-wrenching betrayal. Still, PR pro Georgia is set only on rehabbing her image while cleaning out her beloved aunt’s cottage. Mel’s life in rural Canada can’t possibly compete with LA glamour…can it? From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo / Google Play — EXCERPT: “Alright. Follow me,” Mel said, leading Georgia down the bright hallway toward the back room. Time to see how she’d do with their resident reptile...

When Poesy Laroche was sold to the highest bidder, she found herself desperate to change her fate and disappears into the woods no one dares to speak of. The screams that come at night become only whispers of stories about the mysterious Lady Venom, whose manor is filled with snakes and horrors. And when Poesy gets lost within her maze, Lady Venom claims her as her own mistress, with no hope of escape. Fans of dark sapphic romances will devour Lady Venom Takes a Mistress by Kat Blackthorne, a spicy gothic twist on Medusa and Beauty and the Beast. Buy Now or Read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited! Blurb To be bid on was to be bought as a wife. To the winning bidder his prize, a maid, a servant, a child-bearer. That would be Poesy Laroche’s life, she realized, as she walked down the aisle to her future husband. He’d promised to break her into submission, and she knew his words were true. In an act of desperation, she takes the reins of her fate and dives into the woods we don’t speak ...

Rogue Launch Cara Dee (The Renegades, #1) Publication date: July 21st 2023 Genres: Adult, LGBTQ+, Romance, Suspense The Renegades #1 Romantic Suspense Enemies to Lovers Action MM “We will find you, darling. Stay strong. We will find you.” This was exactly what Elliott Jones needed. A nice barbecue with family and friends. The moving trucks were parked outside his new ranch, and he was ready to start fresh. Again. Despite the regrets he lived with, he tried to focus on the good things in life. His niece Blake, for instance. She was his world. But after twenty years of working as a private military contractor in some of the most hostile territories on the planet, Elliott had made more than one enemy. He heard the unmistakable sound of a rocket launcher, catapulting him and his closest friends into a nightmare of agony, rage, and determination. Lives had been lost, and three people had been kidnapped. Among them, little Blake. Elliott would stop at nothing to bring her home a...

Review: Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up - Charish Reid - June 2023 I tried to make June a month of reading my print books, but something I have discovered is that the print books I have had sitting on my shelf are well boring and so thank god for ebooks and my Kindle as I get to have amazing titles like this one. Mickey Chambers Shakes it Up was such a good read as we meet Mickey who teaches at the local university English classes as an adjunct professor. However, with more teachers coming in, her class load this summer is very light which means that she needs to pick up another job. Especially since the price of her thyroid medication is rising. It's times like this that I am glad that I live in New Zealand as we do not have the same problem as the US when it comes to medication costs as America. Mickey picks up a job bartending at a local bar owned by Diego Acosta. Diego has decided to go back to University. What happens though when Diego discovers that his teacher happens to be t...

The Art of Husbandry Jay Hogan (June 1st 2023) Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance When life drowns you in lemons, to hell with making lemonade. I wanted to burn the whole world. But eighteen months from the day my life was torn apart, I’m tired of the anger. Tired of the nightmares. Tired of putting one foot in front of the other just trying to survive. Three months on a high country sheep station in the middle of nowhere is exactly the reboot I need. A chance to break free. To breathe again. To find a way forward. I put my entire life on hold and head south to Mackenzie Country. But falling for the captivating young station boss was never part of the plan. Holden Miller might be smart and sexy and push all of my dusty buttons, but we come from two different worlds. I’m not looking for a relationship. I’m not interested in love. I’m done with all that. But Holden doesn’t care about my rules. Nestled safely in the arms of the spectacular Southern Alps, on an isolat...

In a New York Minute Felice Stevens Publication date: May 22nd 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance Garrett Steiner loves his grandmother. Really. But when she rents a billboard in the middle of Times Square, hoping to find him a husband, he isn’t so sure anymore. Bad enough everyone at the “Crossroads of the World” thinks he’s a joke—now his face is plastered all over the news. He’s already in enough trouble with the principal of his school, who isn’t thrilled to have a gay teacher. It might be two dateless years since his divorce, but no way is he going to answer any of the thousand emails he’s received. Except….maybe one. The long-haired man with the soulful eyes. After the devastating loss of his husband, rock star Remi Angel has hit rock bottom. His career is in shambles and he’s spiraling. Fast. With the media ready for the next juicy scandal, he leaves the limelight behind to return to his roots and spend time with his beloved grandfather. Seeing Garre...

This Will Hurt -  I Cara Dee Publication date: May 9th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance Standalone Part I of II Angst Awakening Friends to Lovers Single Dad Slow Burn Maybe the heart needs to break before one can put together the pieces correctly. This is Jake and Roe’s story. I used to think leaving the Marines and moving to LA was the defining moment that changed my life. I was gonna become a documentary filmmaker and see the world through my camera. Then I met Roe Finlay. Never in a million years could I have imagined…well, everything we went through. I sucked at expressing how I felt—which was emotionally stunted most of the time—but Roe seemed to get me. I became…dependent. Attached. Not in a sexual way or anything—I wasn’t gay. Far from it. Or bisexual like Roe, for that matter. No, this was different. I just wanted to be close to him. He made me laugh like no other. We were a fantastic team. We lived together. Worked together. He was my best frie...