Rough Edges by Elsa Jacobs is now available! If you enjoy single parent romance, this one’s for you! Read on for more details!
Rough Edges
Publication Date: April 25, 2024
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cute & Steamy
Princess/ Daddy
Found Family
Teens Play Cupid
Single Parents
Love After Loss
What happens when your son and the brooding widower’s boy bond over their shared passion for basketball? Sparks fly, naturally.
In Meadows Creek, basketball is about to rewrite the tales of two single parents. Teenagers Daniel and Marcus become unlikely matchmakers as their friendship blossoms on the court, igniting a slow-burning connection for their parents, Laura and Bennett.
Peeling back layers of grief, loss, and smoldering desire, Laura and Bennett navigate a path to a shared future, juggling the complexities of their pasts and their children’s emotional well-being. Confronting biases and embracing hope, they discover an extraordinary power in second chances.
For readers craving a blend of spice and emotions, “Rough Edges” promises a rollercoaster of laughter, tears, and the thrill of passion. Will Laura and Bennett overcome their rough edges and seize the second chance fate has woven for them? Join them on a journey that proves the most beautiful love stories arise from unexpected beginnings.
Get ready for a love story with a slam dunk!
For more about the tropes and TW in “Rough Edges,” check Elsa Jacobs Author’s website.
Abusive Relationship
Alcohol Abuse
Vehicular Manslaughter
Cheating
Explicit Sexual Scenes
“I felt like I wanted to run away, flee the feeling and situation. I wanted to run and hide somewhere safe until the storm was over, but I couldn’t because I was in the storm, and the storm was my life.”
You might think you know how her story ends, but looks can be deceiving. Plunge into the prequel to Death Rattle and learn more about Heather Dunn, the girl who died too soon.
Happy release day and congratulations to author Zoey Ellis! Make sure you grab a copy of Scars of His Wrath today!
Scars of His Wrath
Publication Date: April 23, 2024
Genre Dark Romance/ Dark Fantasy
Bound by fate to the man she’s sworn to defy.
Revered for her magical ability, Naya is the most treasured omega in her parents’ empire. Her birth marked the arrival of peace in the land, and her people eagerly await her reign.
But Naya is haunted by a tragedy.
Finding her mate is the key to banishing the shadows plaguing her. Yet no matter how hard she searches, Naya can’t find the one who ignites the profound attraction her mate is destined to arouse.
Then one night, she is stolen.
Akoro, an alpha dominated by vengeance and violence, takes her to a distant land where her powers are useless. A cold-hearted king, he demands she help him conquer her empire.
Naya vows to safeguard her people, but she is horrified when Akoro awakens the primal craving that confirms he is her true mate.
Devastated, she endures his cruelty and growing obsession with her, certain they could never be together.
But Akoro has scars of his own.
His secrets might help her oppose him, but as she digs deeper, the desire between them erupts into an irresistible, heated torment.
Scars of His Wrath is book 1 in a steamy dark romance series set in a dark fantasy world. This book ends in a cliffhanger and contains dark romance situations. Please see author’s note for warnings. For fans of faithful alpha anti-heroes, omegaverse, and captive romances.
Zoey Ellis is a Dark Romance author who unites Epic Fantasy and Omegaverse into intensely primal romances. With her signature blend of high steam, dark angst, and magical worlds, her work satisfies a thriving international community of bold-hearted, antihero lovers.
She lives in London, England, and spends most of her free time with family, collecting pretty fountain pen inks, and wrangling her TBR pile.
Happy release day and congratulations to author V.B. Lacey! The final book in the Elementals of Iona duology is here!
Forever Reign: An Elemental Magic Fantasy Romance (The Elementals of Iona Book 2)
Publication Date: April 23, 2024
Genre: Romantic Fantasy
✨Elemental Magic
✨Ballroom Scene
✨Touch HIM and 💀
✨He Falls First
✨No Spice Romance
Nothing could have prepared Sebastian and the elementals for what occurred on the beaches of Iona three months ago. In the aftermath of loss and betrayal, they’re left to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives, recovering in their separate corners of the world. That is, until the long-lost kingdom invites them back to their shores for a festival of peace.
Isolated to the spirit plane, Isla Vasileia has received a quest from the ancient gods.
Ever since Isla took the magic from the elementals, the balance of nature has been greatly altered. Violent disasters have wreaked havoc across the kingdoms, decimating villages and tearing families apart. To bring the world back into balance, what was taken must somehow be restored.
When Isla finds herself back on the beaches of Iona, she reunites with Bri, Sebastian, and the former elementals, and they are thrust into a world of secrecy, fear, and lies. Danger lurks around every corner, but so does new love and a chance for a happy ending. Isla is once again caught in a game amongst gods, racing against fate and time to save the kingdoms from destruction, forced to make a decision that will change her world forever.
One way or another, the end will come for all.
Forever Reign is the second and final book in the Elementals of Iona duology, an epic fantasy romance that follows the journey of a young woman overcoming loss and anxiety and four immortal beings learning how to forgive and love again after their dark past. This enemies-to-lovers series is full of morally grey characters, witty banter, unique elemental magic, romantic tension, and twists you won’t see coming. The Elementals of Iona duology is perfect for lovers of epic quests and character-driven stories, especially fans of Carissa Broadbent, Elise Kova, and Sarah J Maas.
“They say there’s a fine line between love and hate, but what about the fine line between love and fate?”
This gorgeous book is hitting retailers on April 23rd but you can preorder it now!
Emma (The Sisters of the Moon Book One)
Expected Publication Date: April 23, 2024
Genre: Shifter Romance/ Romantasy
Book Boyfriends
Feisty Females
Lovers to Enemies. (Yes you read that right!)
Mine/ touch her and 💀
Spicy
Best friends
Betrayal
Multiple POV
Werewolves
They say there’s a fine line between love and hate, but what about the fine line between love and fate?
The Moon Goddess works in mysterious ways. Christian Korbin has always been destined to be the Alpha of the Rosawood Pack, but the question lingers: What is he willing to overcome to secure the role?
The Goddess creates many roads to destiny, but she leaves it up to her creations to choose which one they take.
When the unwritten rule of fate didn’t pan out, Christian was willing to walk the walk and take the long road. Well, he thought he was. Him and Emma were never fated, but that doesn’t mean they were never meant to be… Does it?
GLH is a sucker for romance and loves a happily ever after. So if you take a chance on them, they’ll guarantee added drama, book boyfriends, and feisty females who may be princesses but are never damsels in distress.
Worthy of Fate by A.N. Caudle is now available! If you love an intriguing magic system, dark forces, spirits, and forbidden fated mates, this one’s for you!
Worthy of Fate (Realms In Peril Book 1)
Publication Date: April 11, 2024
Genre: Dark Fantasy Romance/ Spicy
▪︎Forbidden fated mates 🥵 ▪︎Badass, stabby FMC⚔️ ▪︎Stalker Shadow daddy 😏 ▪︎Touch her and ☠️ ▪︎Morally grey characters 🩶 ▪︎Found Family 🫶 •Marked by the Gods❌️
The Gem
Marked by the Gods, Kya is forced to partake in a Trial for a chance to be deemed Worthy. If she succeeds, she’ll be gifted great powers. If she fails, she could lose her life or worse. But that’s only the start of her worries. Now, the same plague that took her home is spreading and threatening the fate of the realm. Can Kya survive the Trial of the Gods and gain the needed power to rid the world of the growing threat before it’s too late? Or will she be drawn to what awaits her in the shadows?
The Shadow
Ryker has waited a long time for her—his mate. Now he’s found her. He plans to claim what is rightfully his, but dark forces threaten to destroy his Nation should he embrace the bond he so desperately desires. Unable to escape the drive to be near her, he waits for his precious gem, lingering in her shadow.
Worthy of Fate is the first book in a new adult, dark fantasy romance series with an intriguing magic system, dark forces, Spirits, and forbidden fated mates.
The Wild Kingdom trilogy is complete now that The Curse of the Fallen has been released! All books are also available on Kindle Unlimited too!
The Curse of the Fallen: A Soulmate Romance (The Wicked Kingdom Book 3)
Publication Date: April 7, 2024
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Hidden Identities
Slow Burn
Delicious Angst
Morally Gray Fae MMC
Burn the World for Each Other
One Bed
Powerful but Awkward FMC
Denied Soul Mates
A lost prince. A powerful heiress. A destructive secret.
Fleeing the castle’s gilded prison and on the run from the king, Nava and Arkimedes are confronted by a sinister shadow-figure, who looks like Arkimedes and who wants Nava dead. He vows to end the Beekeepers and bring destruction into the world.
Forced into hiding in the only place their enemies can’t reach them, the Society of Crows Safehouse, Nava and Arkimedes must find a way to prevent their enemy from unleashing demons into this realm.
But stopping him seems impossible, and with the king’s guards on their tail, will they manage it? Or will their love, their lives, and even the entire world be destroyed?
A dark, action-packed, sexy, fated mates fantasy romance, for fans of ACOTAR.
Vengeance Born is now available everywhere! You’re going to want to read this one!
Vengeance Born: A Grim & Reaper Netherworld Tale
Genre: Dark Fantasy Romance/ Mythology
Two Dark Tales. One deliciously haunting book.
Enter the Netherworld and dive into the dark with Grim and Reaper. The resident lords of Purgia may govern the deathly dealings of the day, but faced with the matters of their heart, their worlds get turned upside down.
When an enigmatic woman begs Thelios Mirth to save she and her sister from the clutches of Hades, the Grim Lord finds himself gambling with the unexpected. His heart.
Lord Roark wants for nothing but to reap the strays and vagabonds roaming the city of Purgia, but when a ward of the High Prince seeks his help against rebel forces, he forsakes his better judgment with hopes to reap something forbidden. Love.
Vengeance Born: A Grim & Reaper Netherworld Tale is a two-act novel filled with dark fantasy, broody, ruggedly handsome mythical men, strong love interests. Both tales are steamy, dark, no cheating, with touches of mafia and barbarian-ish charm. Readers of the Fire duet, Fire Kissed & Fire Born will be happy to see Grim & Reaper again, while newbies get to dive head-first in an interconnected, yet standalone book.
Author Note: Mature content. Suitable for ages 18+. Contains sexual situations, pillow talk, violence among supernatural creatures, discussions of death and morbidity and some gore.
Well, at least that’s how I’m described in the confines of my everyday life.
Writing has always been second nature to me. I spent my childhood creating short stories and my collegiate years writing for the campus paper (Go TERPS!) Jump twenty years to the present–I’m still writing. At my day job I spend most of my time writing capability briefs, white papers, proposals–you name it.
Then one day it hit me! It was time to access my own creative power and bring to life the characters I’ve created in my mind.
In addition to enjoying life with my amazing family, I can usually be found with my head in a book, binging my favorite shows, and watching movies with jaw-dropping scores! (I love all things Danny Elfman!)
Happy release day to author Krista Luna! Grab your copy of Bound to the Orc Warlord or visit one of our Bookstagram hosts for a change to win a paperback edition!
Bound to the Orc Warlord: A Monster Fantasy Romance (Brides of the Moon Blade Clan Book 1)
Publication Date: April 4th, 2024
Genre: Monster Romance/ PNR
One wish changes my life forever. Now I’ve got an extra-grumpy “married at first sight” orc husband.
Getting caught blowing the whistle on a mob boss isn’t the worst part of my day. No, that would be getting sucked through a portal to Faerie. Or finding out I’m a witch who can fly… very, very badly. Or fighting off a soul-sucking fae who wants to drain me dry.
Or getting stuck in a tree, flashing an orc my hot-pink panties.
Actually, that last one might not be so bad. Dravarr’s scowls highlight his smoldering eyes and sharp cheekbones, and his touch makes me swoon. Especially since he has to hold me all day and night to keep me from floating away.
But the soul-sucking fae come back. And a meddling goddess plays matchmaker and marries me to the grumpy orc warrior! I don’t want to be Dravarr’s wife of duty. How can I become the bride of his heart?
Bound to the Orc Warlord is a steamy fantasy monster romance featuring a grumpy orc warrior who falls hard and a sunshiny heroine ready to soar. Welcome to the Moon Blade Clan, where heart-melting romance, toe-curling steam, magic, and adventure combine into stories you’ll devour.
Krista Luna writes steamy sci-fi & fantasy romance featuring otherworldly warriors and the strong heroines they can’t live without. She loves combining sizzling romance with pulse-pounding adventure.
She wants to leave her readers breathlessly turning the page, eager to see what’s next as danger closes in, but love—and a kick-ass couple—ultimately conquers all.
When she’s not writing, you can find Krista reading or watching her latest sci-fi or fantasy favorite, all while eating chocolate. Because there’s always chocolate.
It’s 1911 and, against her mother’s wishes, quiet New Yorker Emma dreams of winning the right to vote. She is sent away by her parents in the hope distance will curb her desire to be involved with the growing suffrage movement and told to spend time learning about where her grandparents came from.
Across the Atlantic – Queenstown, southern Ireland – hotelier Thomas dreams of being loved, even noticed, by his actress wife, Alice. On their wedding day, Alice’s father had assured him that adoration comes with time. It’s been eight years. But Alice has plans of her own and they certainly don’t include the fight for equality or her dull husband.
Emma’s arrival in Ireland leads her to discover family secrets and become involved in the Irish Women’s Suffrage Society in Cork. However, Emma’s path to suffrage was never meant to lead to a forbidden love affair…
Maid of Steel is Kate’s first full length novel to be published. She also writes short stories and is presently drafting a second novel. She writes at a desk covered in to-do lists and lights candles in the hope the lists disappear in the shadows. She lives in East Anglia in the UK with her husband where they attempt to look after farmland for generations to come. A small, very small, dog can be frequently found on Kate’s lap. Otis is her first miniature dachshund.
My thoughts: I loved Emma, she has suffered a terrible loss with the death of her brother and then after the factory where she works catches fire, in a manner similar to the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, she loses her best friend too.
Sent to Ireland, where her grandparents emigrated from, to recover from her grief, she looks into her grandmother’s stories and becomes involved in the suffrage movement, as she was in New York.
I didn’t really warm to Alice, she’s cruel and capricious and treats Thomas appallingly, while there are reasons to some of her behaviour, it’s not enough. Although she thankfully redeems herself somewhat later on.
Both women’s lives intertwine as they live in Alice and Thomas’ hotel and as Emma extends her stay, having made new friends and become very involved in the fight for the right to vote. There are some sad moments and some shocking twists too, as both women try to live their lives on their own terms in a time when stepping outside of convention could be almost impossible.
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