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Cover Reveal- The Fire Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe

February 20, 2026 by Angela Leave a Comment

The Fire Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill MonroeKings of Fury #3Paranormal RomanceMarch 30, 2026 Blurb: She has burned through lifetimes alone.  In the hidden realm of Ashmorra, immortal berserkatrix Olyssa Drachenveil, Queen of Dragons, has spent centuries bound to a cruel fate: grant eternal life to a mortal firebrand in the heat of her flames or watch him perish. But any man she’s ignited has died screaming. She’s vowed never to test another. He must survive her Continue Reading

Retro Review: Pretty Face by Lucy Parker

February 20, 2026 by Angela 1 Comment

Review originally posted 2/20/2017 by Mandi. Pretty Face by Lucy Parker (London Celebrities #2)Released: February 20, 2017Contemporary RomanceCarina Press I fell completely in love with Lucy Parker’s first book, Act Like it. Taking us back to the West End and the theater community with a hero who is a curmudgeon (at least to start) and a heroine who is on a popular yet trashy television show, and the tabloids have a field day with her character. Director Luc Savage is ready Continue Reading

Smexy Deals- Deals for books by Julie Johnson, C. L. Clark, Isabel Jolie, and more!

February 19, 2026 by Angela Leave a Comment

The instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller!Discover a world where magic isn’t learned. It’s survived. A gritty and intoxicating epic fantasy romance.Rhya Fleetwood is a healer, an outcast, and like the realm itself—about to die. Or so she thought.When the ruthless Commander Scythe plucks her from the vile clutches of her executioner there’s no time to feel relief. Her new captor wants Rhya for his own secret ends and they all lead back to the mysterious birthmark which brands her as a Remnant. One Continue Reading

Excerpt Reveal- Taylor’s Father by Penelope Ward

February 19, 2026 by Angela Leave a Comment

Title: Taylor's Father Author: Penelope Ward Genre: Standalone Contemporary RomanceTropes: Age Gap (17 Years), Best Guy Friend's FatherSingle Dad, Forbidden, Second ChanceProtective Hero, Sassy HeroineRelease Date: February 22, 2026 BLURB From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE contemporary romance…When my best friend Taylor gifted me a vacation at a resort owned by his grandparents, the last thing I expected was to bond with a man seventeen years Continue Reading

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February 18, 2026 by Angela Leave a Comment

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! ∙ A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and inexplicable connection that they’ll do anything to shake, in the next sparkling, magical book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip and A Novel Love Story.As featured in The New York Times ∙ People ∙ The Washington Post ∙ USA Today ∙ NPR ∙ ELLE ∙ Marie Claire ∙ E! News ∙ Katie Couric Media ∙ Woman's World ∙ theSkimm ∙ Brit + Co ∙ Yahoo! Life ∙ She Reads ∙ and Continue Reading

Review: Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez

February 18, 2026 by Angela Leave a Comment

Graceless Heart by Isabel IbañezHistorical FantasyJanuary 13, 2026 by Saturday BooksARC Review by Angela This is a hard book to review. The beautiful cover drew me in, and then the blurb sealed the deal. I asked for a review copy and dug in when it hit my Kindle. I loved the setting, the characters, and that so much of the worldbuilding is steeped in Renaissance Italian history. I even enjoyed the magic system, with jewels that represent different abilities, and witches and wizards Continue Reading

New Releases- Week of February 16-20, 2026

February 17, 2026 by Angela Leave a Comment

Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:His Temporary Fiancée by Nadia LeeAMZ * BN * K * GP All the Ways You Break Me: A totally unforgettable and emotional romance (Sandy Harbor Book 2) by Melissa WiesnerAMZ * BN * K * GP A Little Buzzed by Alys MurrayAMZ * BN * K * GP Without a Clue: A Rom-Com, Cozy Mystery Book about Books by Melissa FergusonAMZ * BN * K * GP If Only You Knew: A Novel (Oakwood Bay) by Ellie K WildeAMZ * BN * K * GP Where the Wildflowers Grow: A Novel by Terah Shelton Continue Reading

Monday Morning Book News!

February 16, 2026 by Angela Leave a Comment

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Sunday Smexy Deals!

February 15, 2026 by Angela Leave a Comment

*The limited deluxe edition will include sprayed edges* A steamy, forbidden enemies to lovers romance about love after loss. It is the first book in the New Haven series, interconnected standalones featuring second chances, fiery passion, and Black heroines who get their happily ever afters. Sloane Dominic Alexander is my late husband's best friend and the last man on Earth that I should want. He's arrogant, dismissive, and up until recently has only ever used those dark eyes of his to Continue Reading

Weekly Wrap-Up

February 14, 2026 by Angela Leave a Comment

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