Book Spotlight: Keep Her Close - Brian O'Rourke - May 2026 This little town seems perfect. Until you start digging… When twelve-year-old Sienna Voss vanishes without trace, three women are pulled into the desperate search for the missing girl. Sienna's mother, Roxanne, will tear up this quiet creek-side town to find her daughter. She felt at home here, trusted her neighbors but has one of them done something unspeakable? Chief of Police Tamsin Drake needs to find Sienna quickly. And not just because she’s a good cop. She’s beginning to suspect the girl’s disappearance is connected to a dark secret she thought she’d buried years ago. Cam-girl Cleo Monroe has a hunch she knows who took Sienna and why. If she’s right, that information could buy her a ticket to a better life. As the search parties fan out and the clock runs down, the three women inexorably close in on the horrifying truth. A truth that only one of them will survive. Keep Her Close,  the chilling psychol...

Title: Someone Knows Author: Vi Keeland Publisher: S&S/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 clear that no ...

This old flame just might set them on fire. Truly Madly Deeply, an all-new enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, standalone romance and the first book in the Forbidden Love Series from New York Times bestselling author L.J. Shen is now available! Conceited, unattainable, and downright delicious, renowned Michelin-starred chef Ambrose Casablancas has one passion in life―food. Women are a distraction, and he doesn't do those. Especially Cal Litvin, his baby sister's best friend. Her entire existence is a complication; she's awkward, eccentric, infuriating… And, much to his chagrin, hotter than his kitchen. Ambrose has a lot on his plate: a new restaurant to open, a multimillion-dollar property deal to execute, and a violent stalker to tame. Then Cal shows up at his doorstep, looking for both a job and salvation after their messy goodbye. His resolve, like his patience, is ebbing each day she works at his restaurant. Because Cal is no longer a...

Title: Dr. Single Dad Series: Doctors #5 Author: Louise Bay Genre: Contemporary Romance Tropes: Single Dad/Nanny, Grumpy/Sunshine Forbidden Romance, Forced Proximity, Billionaire Release Date:  April 11, 2024 BLURB Unexpected fatherhood, a newborn daughter and a nanny in the next bedroom he can't stop fantasizing about. When a one-night stand announces I just became a father to a baby girl, my world is thrown into turmoil. My choice: single fatherhood or sign adoption papers. The decision is easy. Within hours, I'm on a plane to collect my daughter. I’m in over my head. I barely know one end of a baby from the other. Luckily, I have the perfect plan. I’ll hire live-in help, have limited involvement with the kid, and keep my life just the same as it’s always been. I finally find a nanny who lives up to my exacting standards. But the only problem is, every time I look at her, the future I thought I wanted starts to crumble. Nothing in my life is going according to p...

Kareem spent his teen years fighting his growing desires for his sister’s best friend, Amy. Now, he’s taking part in a charity bachelor auction and his sister wins the bid… for her bestie. Readers who love holiday romances with bachelor auctions will enjoy Coming Down Her Chimney by Imani Jay, a steamy, small town, sister’s best friend, second chance romance. Buy Now or Read FREE with KindleUnlimited! Amy My bestie dragged me to the lovely beach town where her parents retired. What she failed to mention is her brother, superstar basketball player (and my lifelong crush...), Kareem, is also here... Kareem I spent my teens fighting my growing desires for my sister's best friend. And seeing Amy again after all this time? She looks even better. And she's still the sweet, funny, smart girl I could never forget... What happens when Kareem takes part in the local Charity Bachelor Auction and his sister wins the bid... for her bestie. Tag along for a safe, s...

Title: Toe the Line Author: Penelope Ward Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Trope: Friends-to-Lovers 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 spirit and that he struggled to conform to his father’s expectations. Things were cool until I had to go and ruin i...

He's cynical and annoyed with the world. She's bright, bubbly and determined to win him over both in life. Readers who love Carrie Elks and Avery Maxwell will devour Falling for the Grouch by Carolina Jax, a steamy, small town, grump/sunshine, beach romance. Buy Now or Read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited! Dash When my son had to leave our small hometown of Christmas, Texas, I couldn’t wait to leave with him, only to fall into a new fresh hell. Christmas 2.0 a/k/a Candy Cane Key. Everyone is in love down here. They love their town. They love their school. Let me tell you, True Love doesn’t exist. Romantic love is made up. There’s no one who can tell me differently. No matter how gorgeous she is. And I’m the grouch who said so. Summer I love where I live. I love the sun, the people, my job. I love to help and do whatever anyone needs of me. But letting them past my surface is hard when they’re only using our town a...