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New Release and Giveaway! MAGICAL CHRISTMAS COTTAGE by Aimee O’Brian (Charmed Love #3)

The Magical Christmas Cottageby Aimee O’Brian(Charmed Love #3)Publication date: October 23rd 2025Genres: Adult, Holiday, Romance In the small town of Hazard, sometimes love is the greatest Christmas miracle. Alina McAllister is starting fresh in the charming town of Hazard, Rhode Island, with a simple plan: take a docent job at the Historical Society and embrace the magic of the season. But when her landlady Hazel suffers a stroke, everything changes. Hazel’s grumpy yet undeniably handsome grandson, Carter Bestwick, swoops into town determined to sell the cottage and move on with his corporate life. He needs Alina to leave—immediately. With nowhere…

New Release and Giveaway! HANDLE WITH CARE by Hayden Stone

Handle with Careby Hayden StonePublication date: October 14th 2025Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance Two rival interns. One art museum. And a missing art museum exhibit. Dylan Alexander doesn’t need a boyfriend. Having one will only slow him down. Freshly graduated from university, Dylan’s arrived in London, England from Vancouver, Canada for a summer internship at the London Art & Design Museum. He’s also looking for strings-free fun and a fresh dating scene. This is Dylan’s dream chance to start his career and land a permanent job in London—or else he must return to Vancouver where museum jobs are rare,…

Release Day Review! REBEL BRIDE by Kate Meader (Chicago Players #2)

REBEL BRIDEKate MeaderRelease Date: October 21 She’s just jilted my teammate at the altar and I’m the one who helped her escape. We never hit it off, but I’ll still keep her safe … and pray she never learns how I really feel about her. Summer I can’t marry him. I have no good reason to jilt my hockey player fiancé, except that the closer we get to the big day, the more I feel myself shrinking to a hollow shell. Two minutes after I slip into the church bathroom to calm my pre-wedding jitters, I jump out the window…

Release Day Review! MAGICALLY GENERATED by Jackie Lau

A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance. Nora Blackburn is suspicious of everything she sees and hears. Is it fake? Is someone trying to scam her? God, it’s exhausting, but she can’t let down her guard again. She’s tired of Christmas cheer as well. It’s never been her favorite holiday, and this year, she’ll have to spend it alone for the first time. Besides, Everett Sun, who lives across the hall, has more than enough Christmas spirit for both of them. When she sees an image of an elaborate snow sculpture in a Toronto…

New Release and Giveaway! IN THE HOWLING STORM by Nicola Itailia

Howling Stormby Nicola ItaliaPublication date: October 15th 2025Genres: Adult, Historical, Mystery A vanished sister. A spooky village. A killer hiding in plain sight. When Imogene York stumbles upon a long-lost letter hinting at the fate of her sister Felicity who has been missing for over a decade, it leads her to the village of Linwood. Posing as a secretary in the powerful Linwood household, Imogene begins a covert investigation into Felicity’s disappearance. Her only confidant is Spencer St. George, the village architect with secrets of his own. As fellow outsiders, they forge a connection that transcends mere friendship. But as…

Release Day Review! BONUS DADDY by Daphne Elliott (DadComs #3)

BONUS DADDYDaphne ElliotRelease Date: October 16 Jessica Mosely is the last woman I should be thinking about. She was my college sweetheart. The one that got away. Now she’s back—in my office, looking like sunshine in yoga pants, and asking for my legal help. She’s back, and she brought her two daughters, who are convinced the Maine Coon cat forced upon me is some kind of Disney sidekick. (He’s not. He’s Satan with whiskers.) I’m a grumpy over-forty lawyer who lives by rules and craves routine. Jess is chaos and coconut-scented optimism. Every time she smiles, I’m twenty again—and falling…

New Release Review! HELL OF A MESS by Abbi Glines (Mississippi Smoke #8)

LaceWaking up without any memory of who I was in a place with people who didn’t know me would have been terrifying if it hadn’t been for him. The comfort I felt when he was close by pushed other darkness away. Memories slowly fighting to return, haunting images, fear that crawled closer every day until he showed up with a book by my bedside to read to me. I didn’t care what he read, just hearing his deep southern drawl ran off the monsters lurking in the shadows of my mind. Luther Levine was my hero. LutherMy life was what…

Release Day! HELL OF A MESS by Abbi Glines (Mississippi Smoke #8)

HELL OF A MESS by Abbi GlinesRelease Date: October 13 HELL OF A MESS by New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Abbi Glines is out now! LaceWaking up without any memory of who I was in a place with people who didn’t know me would have been terrifying if it hadn’t been for him. The comfort I felt when he was close by pushed other darkness away. Memories slowly fighting to return, haunting images, fear that crawled closer every day until he showed up with a book by my bedside to read to me. I…

Release Day Review! SPICE by Alyson Archer (Unhinged Holidays #1)

It all starts with a pumpkin spice latte on Halloween… I’m just trying to survive another shift as a barista at The Cauldron.Then Ezra Blackthorne walks in. He’s tall, dark, broody… and cursed.Like, literally cursed.He takes one sip of his coffee, locks eyes with me in a way that feels indecent, and announces I’m the only witch in the world who can save him.By midnight.And the way I’m going to save him?That’s indecent, too. Now I’m in his mansion, glowing with ancient magic, sprawled across an altar while he mutters filthy things like “Give me one more,” and “I need…

Teaser Reveal! HELL OF A MESS by Abbi Glines (Mississippi Smoke #8) releases October 13!

HELL OF A MESS by Abbi GlinesRelease Date: October 13 HELL OF A MESS by New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Abbi Glines releases on October 13. Check out this teaser! What to expect: Find more books by Abbi Glines: https://abbiglinesbooks.com