Top new romance books out this week: 27 Dec - 2 Jan 2021

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I’m tired. Crime scene to crime scene I go, interview upon interview I question, and it all yields nothing but more questions, more media attention, and the sound of a voice on the phone. A voice that haunts me late into the night with a yearning to taste the forbidden. Some say dreams hold hidden truths. I hope not...

A short story about Hades and Persephone from Neon Gods, and how their story ties with the Wicked Villains series...

Come take a walk on the dark and sexy side with the first three books in the Wicked Villains series.Jasmine is navigating her first kinky relationship with the man who staged a coup and took everything from her--Jafar.Hades and Megaera's relationship has gone cold, and there's only one way to save it--and get the revenge Hades is desperate for--bring Hercules into their bedroom games...

He’s the one man I’m not supposed to want… My dad’s best friend.After he rejected me six years ago, I’ve steered clear of Jonas. Until now. I need his help, and I won’t take no for an answer. The plan is to show up at his house and plead my case, but a rainstorm derails everything, trapping us together for the weekend...

This is the bonus content for My Dad's Best Friend, featuring a scene in Jonas's point of view...

Plain, respectable Lizzie Anderson is in the devil of a fix. After catching sight of something she was not supposed to, her whole family is torn apart by the ensuing scandal. Lizzie’s steadfast principles means she cannot deny the evidence of her own eyes and as a consequence finds herself thrown out onto the street! Her only ally in her time of need, comes from a very unexpected quarter indeed..

This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semi-autobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame...

The path to power never did run smooth… Princess Bryony and her Chosen have been challenged, threatened, and attacked, but it’s news from the capital that lands the hardest blow. Bryony’s greatest ally is at risk, and if she loses her grandmother’s support she may lose the crown as well. Returning to the capital introduces new enemies and dangers, as well as painful memories...

From USA Today Bestselling Author Devney Perry comes an Eden series prequel.Cleo Hillcrest would rather cancel Christmas than endure another one of her father’s pretentious holiday parties, making small talk with his rich colleagues and her stepmother’s shallow friends...

Aria Saint-James has planned the perfect getaway: sweatpants, takeout and two weeks alone with her sister and nephew. Nowhere on that list is wearing a low-cut dress and uncomfortable heels to attend a wedding where she knows neither the bride nor the groom. Toss in her nemesis, Brody Carmichael, and her road trip to Arizona is officially a bust.But at least there is champagne...

Angelica is my Navy buddy's daughter. I have no business hungering for her, especially after they've welcomed me into their home. I'm a big, ugly bruiser with a dangerous job conducted in the shadows. She's beautiful, young, talented and on her way to a successful pop music career...

ROWAN Five years ago, I ruined the best thing I had in my life and ran. Now, I’m finally back to make things right. I need Circus’s forgiveness, and then maybe I can finally move on. I’ll leave Sunbury for good this time and never look back. Maybe then I can finally live life as an out gay man—without my family ever finding out. But earning his forgiveness isn’t as simple as I hoped it would be...

The Deliver Series continues with three dangerous romance thrillers from New York Times bestselling author, Pam Godwin: Devastate, Take, and Manipulate.Time to meet your next book boyfriend.Tiago Badell might be the scariest villain you’ve ever encountered, but he’s also the sexiest. The notorious crime lord worships his new captive as deeply as he hurts her...

An Indie Next List PickFrom the international bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers , a beautifully told and suspenseful story about the ties that bind us and the choices that make us who we are.1986: Adrien, Etienne and Nina are 10 years old when they meet at school and quickly become inseparable...

A fake romance.Nothing but an imaginary relationship.But after a while of pretending, it starts to feel real. It’s too easy convincing the students at Trinity Academy Aria Chargill is mine. It’s too easy playing the role of my best friend’s boyfriend. And the lines blur until I no longer know where the fake romance ends and the real one begins...

This is the free prequel/short story which begins before Speak of the Demon, the first book in the Deals with Demons world. You can find the link in my profile. I’ve searched for my mom’s murderer for two years. But now I finally have a way to narrow down my suspects.The ancient fae artifact is mine for the taking.Well, not quite...

What happens when your love life becomes the talk of the town? As birthdays go, this year’s for radio producer Everly Dean hit rock-bottom.Worse than the “tonsillectomy birthday.” Worse than the birthday her parents decided to split (the first time). But catching your boyfriend cheating on you with his assistant?Even clichés sting.But this is Everly’s year! She won’t let her anxiety hold her back...

A professional spy for a mysterious Library which harvests fiction from different realities, Irene faces a series of assassination attempts that threaten to destroy her and everything she has worked for.Irene is teaching her new assistant the fundamentals of a Librarian's job, and finding that training a young Fae is more difficult than she expected...

The latest Mystic Bayou novel from Audie Award-nominated author Molly Harper will have you swooning with passion and wailing with laughter! Cordelia Canton is on a top-secret assignment: travel to Mystic Bayou and use her powers as a touch-know psychic to learn more about the mysterious artifact that's been pulled from the rift site...

Ravenlake Prep is hell on earth... and Finn Foster is my personal devil.I can’t even remember the night “The Incident” happened.The doctors said I was concussed.The cops said I was a liar.My classmates said I was a skank. All I know is this:I’m now trapped at Ravenlake Prep with a boy who’s determined to ruin my life…And I don’t even know why. Finn Foster is a monster, plain and simple.Cruel...

CARRIEYou think you know me, but you’re wrong. You look at me and see Carrie, the girl with the wild hair and the wild clothes.Reliable Carrie. Friendly. Quirky. Perhaps a little strange.What do you really know about me, though? The details of my past are up for debate.I’ve been careful to hide my sins, and even more careful to follow the rules. I do as I’m told. I keep to myself...

Inspired by her grandparents' WWII courtship letters, New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris delivers a moving tale of friendship, family, and the twists of fate that change us forever...It's 1944, and although foreign battles are escalating, the war seems distant in every way to sensible college student Liz Stephens...

WARNING: This is a dark romance. This book contains subject matter that may be sensitive for some readers, including rape, as well as strong language and explicit sex. 18+ only. Please read responsibly. When Cora attends her sister’s birthday party, she expects at most a hangover or a walk of shame...

A town full of secrets. A dark elite.A girl who crossed the wrong king.They call them the Court, an elite boys club who rule Windsor Preparatory Academy like gods among men. And, of course, they're led by Hercules himself.Royal Prinze--yes, that's actually his name--walks around both the school and the town like he owns them. His affiliation to the prestigious Court only gives him more clout...

Part I of Zara & Tanner's story. Timeline: Takes place around the same time as Alpha Night.The story can be found in Nalini Singh's January 2021 newsletter...

A new novella set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Iron Fey series! This magical short story is the prelude to a new trilogy in Julie Kagawa’s brilliant faery world, The Iron Fey: Evenfall...

Every night at 10, Dong-gyun locks himself up in his room, grabs a box of tissues, and watches a live cam boy show hosted by Alex, a BJ (broadcast jockey). Timid Dong-gyun admires not only Alex’s ripped body, but his candor in sharing his sexual experiences with viewers. One night, Dong-gyun downs too many drinks at a school networking event and passes out...

When my parents were banished from Wolf City before I was born, I thought there was no way I would ever live in a pack again. Cuffed, with my shifter magic bound, I was forced to go to school with witches in order to keep my true nature from coming out.Then I met him.Sawyer Hudson.The Alpha's son was visiting Delphi Witches' College and spotted me...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this blockbuster novel from Danielle Steel, two estranged sisters get the chance to connect again and right the wrongs of the past. Melissa Henderson is leading a quiet life. Once a bestselling author, she now pours all her energy into renovating a Victorian house nestled in the foothills of rural New England...

Out of sight, out of mind. I’d been running for so long, I didn’t have anyone to leave behind.I liked it that way. No strings, no responsibilities, no one to even remember my name when I was gone. The world was my oyster and I was sucking it down. Until a dark night behind a bar when a stranger saves my life and pays a price that should have been mine to give...

From USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Giana Darling comes a dark MC romance about a broken enforcer and the beautiful, innocent woman who shows him that light can exist even in the dark... A killer. A criminal.A psychopath.The Irish enforcer for The Fallen Men MC is everything good girls are taught to stay away from...

Now stunningly repackaged and reissued, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mary Burton unleashes her trademark hard-edged suspense in the first Morgans of Nashville book, as a public defender must seek justice for a murder from the past to prevent new killings in the horrifying present...DON'T LOOKAt first, they struggle to escape...

We were six years old when I fell in love with Gage Beaumont.We were seventeen when he realized he felt the same.His dad was the town troublemaker, and I was the son of a cop. We couldn't have been more different, yet we were best friends, had each other's backs, and kept each other's secrets. What you are, I am, we always said.Then one night irrevocably changed our lives forever...

The contract with Major League Soccer was supposed to help repair my damaged reputation. Then I discovered that I’d made a deal with the devil: the player I’m supposed to recruit is none other than the bad boy, star Premier League footballer, Rush McKenzie. British. Tattooed. Sexy. A man currently at the center of a huge scandal. The goal? To convince him to stay in the States...

Bestselling author, Harley Humbug, needs an escape. From the current state of her own love life. From her deadline she blew past weeks ago. From Christmas that’s just around the corner and the bad luck it usually brings with it. When a snowstorm causes a road closure, she chalks it up to one more thing to go wrong...

A hot mechanic and a wild princess walk into a bar…I’m an impulsive kind of girl, and my bar game of find-the-fake-boyfriend-to-make-engaged-ex-jealous lands me in apartment floor sex with Harry. Who doesn’t love a sexy mechanic with a tight-fitting white tee that hugs his huge biceps and…a six-year-old daughter? Oh no...

He's a gifted hockey player who can't get his act together.The moment I heard about Levi Ziegler, I had a bad feeling in my gut.As a seasoned sports agent, I just knew he was going to be trouble.But despite my reservations, as a favor to the GM of the Vancouver Wolves,I agreed to sign this young, wild player as a client...

Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving everyone--even the lowborn--a chance to test into the governing class of dragonriders.Now they are both rising stars in the new regime, despite backgrounds that couldn't be more different. Annie's lowborn family was executed by dragonfire, while Lee's aristocratic family was murdered by revolutionaries...

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