Professionally: college professor, counselor, boring.
Personally: whiskey drinking, rock and roll lovin, gluttonous reader with a foul mouth and a dirty mind.
He’s A Player, a brand-new second chance, fake engagement standalone sports romance from Stacy Travis, is coming November 15th, and we have the amazing cover!
To the world, he’s a sexy soccer superstar. To me, he’s the arrogant jerk who broke my teenage heart–and my new fake fiancé.
The last time I saw Tim Cheltenham, he was an eighteen-year-old soccer hottie with an irresistible English accent, a painfully gorgeous face, and an enormous . . . ego.
Fifteen years later, with a medical degree under my belt and a new dream job with The Strikers soccer team—his team—I’m not about to let Tim’s bad attitude and grumpy scowl ruin it for me.
But when my chauvinistic boss implies that he doesn’t trust single women to stay on the job long-term, I panic and tell him I’m engaged. And to my surprise, it’s Tim who comes to my rescue, offering to play my fake fiancé if I’ll do him a favor–cover up the truth about his injury.
The lie could derail both our careers, and I’ve got no desire to spend more time than necessary in Tim’s surly presence. And falling for him again? Ha! That’s never going to happen.
So with my job on the line, I say yes. Now, the more time I spend with Tim, the more I sense a softer side beneath those chiseled muscles and broody exterior. But the more I understand him, the harder it is to pretend that we're just for show.
And when a rival player threatens to expose our secret, I’m terrified I’ll lose everything.
They say you have to fake it to make it. But what happens when love is the goal?
It’s a rough world out there, and we all sometimes need a good, romantic beach read, even if we can’t make it to the beach. I’ve spent many lazy days walking the streets of Paris and other gorgeous European cities, and if I’m doing it right, I’m bringing you a dash of romance and a vacay fantasy.
I can’t sit still, so when I’m not hiking, biking or running, I’m playing a very average game of tennis. Background music for writing undoubtedly features some U2, Lizzo, Billy Joel, Pink, Taylor Swift, and Led Zeppelin. Not necessarily in that order. And if I could only eat one food group, it would be cheese. Or wine. Or bread. Are those food groups? Whatever.
Needing
to lie low amid the media fallout, Sawyer lands in the charming town of
Canoodle, California, where he crosses paths with Fallon Long, who runs
the Canoodle Cove Cabins, a family-owned business and Sawyer’s new
short-term residence. Overwhelmed with renovations and her long list of
responsibilities, Fallon is struggling to make ends meet while
attempting to bring the cabins back to their original glory. So when
Sawyer arrives, she is grateful for the income, but immediately writes
him off as just another vapid Hollywood hack, until he begins to prove
her wrong at every turn.
As
Fallon comes closer to saving the family business, an undeniable bond
forms between her and the handsome screenwriter. But the pressures of
her family obligations and Sawyer’s notoriety might prove to be too much
for anyone to handle. Could Canoodle be the setting for a new
romance—or is true love just a Hollywood cliché?
Samantha
Brentmoor and Alastair Haynesbridge narrate RUNAWAY GROOMSMAN, and
their performances are stunning! Don’t miss this audiobook sure to
tickle your ears and heat you up today!
USA Today Bestselling
Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of
romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers
the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.
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Making the Match, an all-new second chance, single parent, standalone romance full of heat and heart from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley, is available now!
Decades ago, tennis superstar Tom Pierce and “It Girl” Mika Stowe met at a party.
Mika fell in love. Tom was already in love with his wife. As badly as Tom wanted Mika as a friend, Mika knew it would hurt too much to be attracted to this amazing man and never be able to have him.
They parted ways for what they thought would be forever, only to reconnect just once, when unspeakable tragedy darkens Mika’s life.
Years later, the impossible happens.
A time comes when they’re both unattached.
But now Tom has made a terrible mistake. A mistake so damaging to the ones he loves, he feels he’ll never be redeemed.
Mika has never forgotten how far and how fast she fell when she met him, but Tom’s transgression is holding her distant from reaching out.
There are matchmakers in their midst, however.
And when the plot has been unleashed to make that match, Tom and Mika are thrown into an international intrigue that pits them against a Goliath of the sports industry.
Now they face a massive battle at the same time they’re navigating friendship, attraction, love, family, grief, redemption, two very different lives lived on two opposite sides of a continent and a box full of kittens.
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My Review
Absolutely a solid 4.5 stars from Kristen Ashley.
This book
focuses on Tom, Ginny's ex husband, and his quest back to finding
himself and a partner who will be just that -- a partner.
Tom
met Mika at a party years ago, and she was instantly falling for him. He
wanted to continue their friendship, but she refused noting the pain of
loving a man she couldn't have. They both moved on - him with Ginny and
her with a new love that tragically died after they conceived a child.
Now
they're reconnected. Mika, an artist, has a daughter about to graduate
from high school, and while they technically live in New York, they're
in Arizona so that she can finish her latest creative piece and her
daughter can finish school. Tom is finding himself, and realizes that he
gave everything for Ginny and didn't really get anything in return.
Ginny's career always came first, even at the expense of his, and later
in their marriage Tom's needs were second.
As these two find
themselves together, the families start to merge, you find that he's
finally met his "match" in an equal partner, and one that puts him as a
priority. Of course, Chloe has her hands in all of this, as does others.
We also get a bit more insight into Hale and his involvement with the reporter, Elsa.
Keep reading for a look inside Making the Match!
She looked beyond him and called, “Hey, Mom.”
Suddenly, Tom felt like he’d been punched in the chest, his breath not coming easy.
Dragging some in, he turned and saw Mika standing there.
She was wearing a kaftan dress with a low V at the neck, draping sleeves and a string through an empire waist that gathered the material. The print on a black background was mostly reds, oranges and pinks with bright accents of green and blue and turquoise. She had some flat, embroidered mules on her feet. And her still-golden hair was up in a messy knot on top of her head.
Even though she was dressed like she was hanging around the house, she wore makeup. Mostly neutral but with black cat’s-eye, drawing focus to her eyes and the startling sea-blue color of the iris. She had some delicate chain bracelets at her wrists and a number of piercings in her ears, with studs or small hoops running up the shell, and dangling beads coming from the lobe.
She looked the picture of what a poet, photographer, novelist, filmmaker would look like. An easy style that was not unique, but she made it that way. She was also still one of the most attractive women he’d ever laid eyes on. In fact, he’d go so far as saying she was in the top two, vying for number one.
“Tom,” she greeted.
“Mika,” he replied, and then was surprised yet again in his short visit to her home.
He saw a soft pink rise in her cheeks, the kind a woman got when she felt nervous or didn’t know what to do with flattery, something he hadn’t offered, unless she caught it in his gaze.
She looked to her daughter and ordered, “Scram, kid.”
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About Kristen Ashley Kristen Ashley is the New York Times bestselling author of over eighty romance novels. She’s a hybrid author, publishing titles both independently and traditionally, her books have been translated in fourteen languages and she’s sold millions of books.
Kristen recently released GOSSAMER IN THE DARKNESs, a novella with 1,001 Dark Nights based in Kristen's Fantasyland universe.
In September 2022, she'll publish the fourth in the River Rain Series, the story of Tom and Mika, MAKING THE MATCH. She also has upcoming books in her Wild West MC romance series, and her romantic thriller series, Misted Pines.
Kristen, born in Gary and raised in Brownsburg, Indiana and was a fourth-generation graduate of Purdue University. Since, she has lived in Denver, the West Country of England, and she now resides in Phoenix. She worked as a charity executive for eighteen years prior to beginning her independent publishing career. She now writes full-time.
Although romance is her genre, the prevailing themes running through all of Kristen’s novels are friendship, family and a strong sisterhood. To this end, and as a way to thank her readers for their support, Kristen has created the Rock Chick Nation, a series of programs that are designed to give back to her readers and promote a strong female community. You can learn more about Kristen and the Rock Chick Nation on her website: www.KristenAshley.net
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You don’t get to make decisions for me, Mr. Pierce.” “You’re wrong, baby. I do.”
Making the Match, an all-new spicy, heartfelt and emotional second chance standalone romance in the River Rain Series from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley, is available now!
If you love second chance, single parent romance, pining, a couple over 40, redemption and forgiveness, this is the book for you.
Decades ago, tennis superstar Tom Pierce and “It Girl” Mika Stowe met at a party.
Mika fell in love. Tom was already in love with his wife. As badly as Tom wanted Mika as a friend, Mika knew it would hurt too much to be attracted to this amazing man and never be able to have him.
They parted ways for what they thought would be forever, only to reconnect just once, when unspeakable tragedy darkens Mika’s life.
Years later, the impossible happens.
A time comes when they’re both unattached.
But now Tom has made a terrible mistake. A mistake so damaging to the ones he loves, he feels he’ll never be redeemed.
Mika has never forgotten how far and how fast she fell when she met him, but Tom’s transgression is holding her distant from reaching out.
There are matchmakers in their midst, however.
And when the plot has been unleashed to make that match, Tom and Mika are thrown into an international intrigue that pits them against a Goliath of the sports industry.
Now they face a massive battle at the same time they’re navigating friendship, attraction, love, family, grief, redemption, two very different lives lived on two opposite sides of a continent and a box full of kittens.
Fall in love with Tom and Mika! Amazon: https://amzn.to/3NtcNqL Amazon Worldwide: http://mybook.to/MakingtheMatch Apple Books: https://apple.co/3NqBJiM Kobo: https://bit.ly/3wOEzHQ Nook: https://bit.ly/3lwrjSM Google Play: https://bit.ly/3PzX8YE Amazon Paperback: https://amzn.to/3PBUDF5 Barnes and Noble Paperback: https://bit.ly/3RLmUKd Audio: https://adbl.co/3UisOnP
Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/38BrcCN
About Kristen Ashley Kristen Ashley is the New York Times bestselling author of over eighty romance novels. She’s a hybrid author, publishing titles both independently and traditionally, her books have been translated in fourteen languages and she’s sold millions of books. Kristen recently released GOSSAMER IN THE DARKNESs, a novella with 1,001 Dark Nights based in Kristen's Fantasyland universe. In September 2022, she'll publish the fourth in the River Rain Series, the story of Tom and Mika, MAKING THE MATCH. She also has upcoming books in her Wild West MC romance series, and her romantic thriller series, Misted Pines. Kristen, born in Gary and raised in Brownsburg, Indiana and was a fourth-generation graduate of Purdue University. Since, she has lived in Denver, the West Country of England, and she now resides in Phoenix. She worked as a charity executive for eighteen years prior to beginning her independent publishing career. She now writes full-time. Although romance is her genre, the prevailing themes running through all of Kristen’s novels are friendship, family and a strong sisterhood. To this end, and as a way to thank her readers for their support, Kristen has created the Rock Chick Nation, a series of programs that are designed to give back to her readers and promote a strong female community. You can learn more about Kristen and the Rock Chick Nation on her website: www.KristenAshley.net
Connect with Kristen Amazon: https://amzn.to/2FyJg18 Facebook: https://bit.ly/3hl0A7e Instagram: https://bit.ly/33o8nfv Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2ZtoKGz BookBub: https://bit.ly/3bYcTFl Twitter: https://bit.ly/35Kg6rh Pinterest: https://bit.ly/3mftcCt Website: https://www.kristenashley.net Stay up to date by subscribing to Kristen’s Rock Chick mailing list: https://bit.ly/3mjJiLd
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The Graveside Bar and Grill, an all-new must-read paranormal Charley Davidson novella from New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones and 1,001 Dark Nights is available now!
When Donovan St. James’ precocious charge asks him—no questions asked—to tail the doctor who keeps their ragtag team patched up, he wants to refuse. Not because the saucy teen is getting too big for her britches, ordering him around like a mob boss, but because the woman stirs feelings in him he would rather not explore. However, when evil threatens the doc’s life, he realizes he has no choice. Sia saved his life once. He will try to return the favor. He just prays he can do it without losing his heart.
Running from the supernatural entity that has destroyed entire worlds to have her, Sia thought she’d found a haven on Earth with a motley team of warriors protecting the girl destined to save humanity. But when Sia’s found, she realizes something on this plane is more scrumptious than her: that very teen. So, she runs—and Donovan St. James follows. Nothing is more alluring than a scruffy biker with a lacerating gaze. And she vows to tell him that…if they survive.
**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**
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My Review
Any time I can jump back into the Charley Davidson world, I run! RUN to grab a copy.
This
one features our favorite Biker Donovan as he's trying to keep our
favorite mini-God happy. He's been tasked by Beep to keep an eye on
their resident doctor, and Donovan is happy to comply as 1. It's a
request from Beep, and 2. He's completely smitten with the doc.
This one ends with a special moment between Donovan and list long lost BFF. No spoilers, IFKYK.
Keep reading for a look inside The Graveside Bar and Grill!
“What are you doing?” a smooth, deep voice asked from behind her.
Sia spun around, fear and guilt seizing her lungs, though she couldn’t fathom what she had to feel guilty about. She clutched her phone to her chest, her gaze darting about. Because that surely was a great look on her. “Nothing,” she said after a moment. “What are you doing?”
Donovan’s dark lashes lowered over irises shimmering softly in the streetlamp’s light as he studied her. He tilted his head to one side, causing a lock of dark hair to fall over his brow. “Is everything okay, Doc?”
Forcing a smile at that point in her life was like peeling taffy that had melted and then cooled again off her car dashboard, but she finally managed to do it. “Of course. Why wouldn’t it be?” She tried to cross her arms over her chest and lean against a stack of crates. She failed and almost landed face-first on the pavement.
He rushed forward, but she caught herself and smoothed a hand over her hair.
“How’s Elwyn?” she asked, deflecting. Her cheeks burned, and she thanked the powers for low light. Blushing was another human trait she despised.After a long moment, Donovan lifted a shoulder. “You’d know better than me, you being her medic and all.”
Medic. Wasn’t that a military term? Had he served? Donovan had been the first member of the group she’d met when she walked up to the main house of the Loehr’s compound, the one constructed to keep Charley’s daughter safe. Knowing that Charley wasn’t around to contest her proclamation, Sia had pretended to be a friend of Charley’s from school. She’d told them that Charley had asked her to keep an eye on Elwyn and offered her services. A man named Garrett Swopes, another of Elwyn’s guardians, had hired her on the spot as Donovan watched their interaction.
Coincidentally, Donovan was also the first of the ragtag team she’d treated when he laid down his bike to avoid getting beheaded by a truck that had pulled out in front of him. And yet, even after all these years, she still knew so little about him.
Her phone pinged, and she read the text from Benji. Run, Sia. And believe nothing.
About Darynda Jones NYTimes and USA Today Bestselling Author Darynda Jones has won numerous awards for her work, including a prestigious RITA, a Golden Heart, and a Daphne du Maurier, and her books have been translated into 17 languages. As a born storyteller, Darynda grew up spinning tales of dashing damsels and heroes in distress for any unfortunate soul who happened by, and she is ever so grateful for the opportunity to carry on that legacy. She currently has two series with St. Martin's Press: The Charley Davidson Series and the Darklight Trilogy. She lives in the Land of Enchantment, also known as New Mexico, with her husband and two beautiful sons, the Mighty, Mighty Jones Boys.
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The Graveside Bar and Grill, an all-new steamy paranormal novella set in the Charley Davidson world from New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones and 1,001 Dark Nights is available now!
When Donovan St. James’ precocious charge asks him—no questions asked—to tail the doctor who keeps their ragtag team patched up, he wants to refuse. Not because the saucy teen is getting too big for her britches, ordering him around like a mob boss, but because the woman stirs feelings in him he would rather not explore. However, when evil threatens the doc’s life, he realizes he has no choice. Sia saved his life once. He will try to return the favor. He just prays he can do it without losing his heart.
Running from the supernatural entity that has destroyed entire worlds to have her, Sia thought she’d found a haven on Earth with a motley team of warriors protecting the girl destined to save humanity. But when Sia’s found, she realizes something on this plane is more scrumptious than her: that very teen. So, she runs—and Donovan St. James follows. Nothing is more alluring than a scruffy biker with a lacerating gaze. And she vows to tell him that…if they survive.
**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**
Grab your copy today, exclusively from Amazon! Amazon: https://amzn.to/3JwbTIG Amazon Worldwide: http://mybook.to/GravesideBarandGrill Amazon Paperback: https://amzn.to/3O0Jg7E Audible: https://adbl.co/3c5LBRs
Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3uaMDRI
About Darynda Jones New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Darynda Jones has won numerous awards for her work, including a prestigious RITA, a Golden Heart, and a Daphne du Maurier, and her books have been translated into 17 languages. As a born storyteller, Darynda grew up spinning tales of dashing damsels and heroes in distress for any unfortunate soul who happened by, and she is ever so grateful for the opportunity to carry on that legacy. She currently has two series with St. Martin's Press: The Charley Davidson Series and the Darklight Trilogy. She lives in the Land of Enchantment, also known as New Mexico, with her husband and two beautiful sons, the Mighty, Mighty Jones Boys.
For More information about 1,001 Dark Nights, visit Facebook: https://bit.ly/3ONzTtZ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rTZdo3 Website: https://bit.ly/2AIIr3A Stay up to date on all 1001 Dark Nights releases, join their mailing list today! https://bit.ly/2zgxaHu
Do
you love a royal romance? How about a steamy royal romance with a
bossy, dirty talking grump of a hero? That's exactly what you'll get
with ROYALLY NOT READY! Check out the cover for this deliciously sexy,
enemies-to-lovers fairytale romance with a twist!
From
USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn, comes a
fresh take on a royal romance with a twist. Laugh out loud funny and
full of some of her steamiest scenes yet, Quinn takes you on an
unexpected, sizzling fairytale journey.
So
there I was selling bikinis out of my truck in South Beach Miami,
getting ready to kick off a wet t-shirt contest when the world’s biggest
grouch approached me - Keller Fitzwilliam.
The man had the sultriest
British accent I've ever heard. And he looked like he just walked off a
Viking boat and into a suit tailored specifically for his impressively
muscular frame. Only problem is, he had the warmth of an ice pick and he
kept telling me he was here to take me back to his home country. Of
course, I didn't follow him. I might be up for a good time, but I'm also
educated enough to know leaving with a stranger isn't smart. Well,
that's until he mentioned my mom's name. My mom who passed away several years ago.
So
after some serious fact-checking, my bikini-clad bum went with him to a
sub-arctic country I had never heard of just north of the British
Isles, where I found out my grandpa was the king of said freezing
country, and I was the one and only heir.
Desperate to learn more about my mom, I decided to give this princess thing a chance.
Good idea, right? Wrong.
Because
Mr. Ice Pick was put to the task of training me and he’s not just cold
as ice, he’s pompous, aggravating, and possessive. And did I mention we
have to share a bathroom in a tiny castle?
USA Today Bestselling
Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of
romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers
the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.
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