Title: Someone Knows Author: Vi Keeland Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Emily Bestler Books Genre: Standalone Thriller Release Date: June 17, 2025 BLURB As a college English professor, Elizabeth looks forward to the start of each new semester teaching her creative writing seminar. At least until she reads chapter one of The Reckoning , a tale about a high school senior who has an affair with her teacher. To anyone else it would be the beginning of a great page-turner, but to Elizabeth it is the beginning of the end. She knows this story. It’s all familiar because she lived it. The girl in the story was her best friend Jocelyn, and Elizabeth knows exactly how the story will end—with the teacher dead. Because she was the one who killed him. Someone knows what Elizabeth did twenty years ago and her secret is about to be exposed, but who is the mystery student submitting the chapters? In an effort to find out, Elizabeth returns to her Louisiana hometown where it soon becomes cl...

Title: What Happens at the Lake Author: Vi Keeland Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Trope: Grumpy-Sunshine Release Date: January 15, 2024 Take a sneak peek at WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LAKE. You know you want to... She smelled like damn summer. And it pissed me off. Plus, I was tired from a shitty night’s sleep. I’d tossed and turned thinking about Little Miss Home Improvement wearing nothing but a pair of denim short overalls and work boots—no shirt, no socks, definitely no bra or underwear. Josie hopped down from the last two steps on the ladder. “Can I ask you something?” “What?” “Are you always this grumpy in the morning?” “I’m not grumpy.” “No? So this is what? Your idea of a sparkling personality? I asked if your coffee was okay, and you grunted at me.” “That wasn’t a grunt. That was a yes.” Josie made a short, deep noise that sounded like a pig. I arched a brow. “Is that supposed to be me?” She made the sound again, this time adding some monkeylike arm movements and...

Title: Toe the Line Author: Penelope Ward Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Trope: Friends-to-Lovers Cover Design: Letitia Hasser, RBA Designs Photographer: Martin Traynor Model: Christian Ganon @christianganon46 Release Date: February 27, 2023 BLURB From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a friends-to-lovers story spanning more than a decade… At first, I thought I’d hate spending the summer with Archie Remington—the conceited son of my parents’ friends. What I knew about Archie: he was gorgeous, pre-law, and had always treated me like I didn’t exist when we were younger. When our families bought a house together on an island in Maine, he and I were forced to share a bathroom. The boy I remembered was now a full-grown man—but with the same attitude. After a rough start, Archie and I unexpectedly started getting along one day and eventually became friends. We shared secrets and bonded during our morning jogs. I discovered that Archie had a wild spi...

Title: Moody Author: Penelope Ward Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Release Date: August 22, 2022 BLURB From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel. The day I showed up to Dax Moody’s sprawling home, I had no idea what was coming. As a traveling massage therapist, I was used to entering the houses of strangers. But this assignment was different from any before it. From the outside, I’d correctly assumed the owner was rich. What I didn’t realize was that he would be younger than I’d imagined, single, stunningly gorgeous, and mysterious. Despite the fact that Dax had booked a massage, it never actually happened, since our first appointment was unexpectedly cut short by a comedy of errors. Certain I’d never see him again after that day, I’d done nothing but think about the captivating man. To my surprise, he called a second time. That appointment, we talked a lot, developing a stronger connection. But once again, there was no actu...

Title: Never Hide Again Series: Never Again Duet #1 Author: Garnet Christie Genre: Romantic Suspense Cover Design: Murphy Rae Release Date: May 11, 2022 BL URB One man will do anything to keep her safe. The other will do anything to see her dead. For the last five years, I've been living as Olivia Tucker. With a cautious eye over my shoulder, I've been hiding in Seattle, staying anonymous, keeping a low-profile at a small interior design company. Until Grant Brexton. Billionaire, CEO of Hall and Brexton, he's known as Seattle's Best Playboy, the man who keeps Seattle under his heel. As his new personal assistant, our attraction should be forbidden. But Grant isn't merely a man who sets my heart on fire. He teaches me to be as strong as he is. To live ruthlessly and without apologizing. Most of all, Grant teaches me how to stop living in the shadows of fear. Our love is unstoppable. Our bond is unbreakable. Or so I think. Lonnie, the man who murdered my husband, pr...