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Cover Reveal- Make the Play by Kaylee Ryan

May 30, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Title: Make the PlaySeries: Nashville Rampage #1 Author: Kaylee Ryan Genre: Contemporary Sports RomanceTropes: Football Romance/Brother's Best FriendTeammate's Sister/Forbidden/Secret RelationshipModel Cover Design: Lori Jackson DesignPhotographer: Michelle LancasterSpecial Edition Cover Design: Mary, Books and MoodsRelease Date: June 24, 2025 BLURB CorieKnox Beckett is heartbreak in a helmet. He’s also my brother’s best friend, and so far out of my league, he's untouchable.But a few Continue Reading

Cover Reveal- Beneath the Desert Sun by Kaylee Ryan & Lacey Black

July 3, 2024 by Angela Leave a Comment

Title: Beneath the Desert SunSeries: Never Too Far #2 Authors: Kaylee Ryan & Lacey Black Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Small Town/Military/Brother's BestFriend/Marriage of ConvenienceCover Design: Book Cover Boutique Release Date: July 30, 2024 BLURB Faith Graduating from college is bittersweet. I’ve accomplished my dreams, obtained my teaching degree, and am ready to find my dream job. However, I never realized how difficult or stressful it would be to find a position. That’s why Continue Reading

Cover Reveal- Stay Anyway by Kaylee Ryan

May 10, 2024 by Angela Leave a Comment

Title: Stay AnywaySeries: Kincaid Brothers #7 Author: Kaylee Ryan Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Small Town/Blue Collar/Single MomMain Cover Design: Book Cover BoutiqueSpecial Edition Cover Design: Emily Wittig DesignsRelease Date: May 21, 2024 BLURB StellaGetting pregnant in college wasn’t part of the plan, but I’ll never regret giving birth to the best part of me. Even if my parents did disown me for it.A fresh start in a small town seems like a good idea, until a handsome stranger Continue Reading

Cover Reveal- Is This Love? by Kaylee Ryan

February 23, 2024 by Angela Leave a Comment

Title: Is This Love?Series: Everlasting Ink #2 Author: Kaylee Ryan Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Small Town/Age Gap/Marriage ofConvenience/Fake Relationship/Only One BedCover Design: Lori Jackson DesignsPhotographer: Rafa G CatalaRelease Date: March 19, 2024 BLURB NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you the continuation of the stand-alone series surrounding five best friends who co-own a tattoo studio. "Is This Love?” is an age gap, marriage of convenience, Continue Reading

Cover Reveal for Stay Present by Kaylee Ryan

December 28, 2023 by Angela Leave a Comment

Title: Stay PresentSeries: Kincaid Brothers #6 Author: Kaylee Ryan Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Second Chance/Found Family/Small TownCover Design: Book Cover BoutiqueRelease Date: January 23, 2024 BLURB RyderTwo years of silence and no goodbye—she slipped away and through my fingers, leaving me with nothing but questions… and a heavy heart from missing her.I know what we had was real, that our love was once in a lifetime.Now she’s back from her Parisian fashion internship, and I'm ready Continue Reading

Cover Reveal- Does He Know? by Kaylee Ryan

October 13, 2023 by Angela Leave a Comment

Title: Does He Know?Series: Everlasting Ink #1 Author: Kaylee Ryan Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Age Gap/Best Friend's BrotherCover Design: Lori Jackson DesignSpecial Edition Cover Design: Emily Wittig DesignsRelease Date: November 14, 2023 BLURB NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding five best friends who co-own a tattoo studio.EmersonIt’s not like I planned to fall for my older brother’s best friend.It just happened. With a Continue Reading

Review: Kissing the Rival by Kaylee Ryan

June 15, 2023 by Angela Leave a Comment

Kissing the Rival by Kaylee RyanThe Kissing Games #2Contemporary RomanceJune 15, 2023- Self PublishedARC Review by Angela Why, yes, I did start reading this book immediately after finishing the first installment in this multi-author series. Lately, rivals to lovers is my catnip so OF COURSE I had to find out how Jasper and Charlotte's love story played out. And for the most part, it worked for me. If you've read Kissing My Brother's Bride, you know that Charlotte is Audrey's older Continue Reading

Release Blitz- Kissing the Rival by Kaylee Ryan

June 15, 2023 by Angela Leave a Comment

Title: Kissing the RivalA Kissing Games Series Standalone Author: Kaylee Ryan Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Enemies to Lovers/Workplace RomanceRelease Date: June 15, 2023 BLURB Charlotte I’m not just kissing the rival… I’m falling for him. Spencer Pennington has always been a shameless flirt, but when it came to being the best in our MBA program, all bets were off, and the competition was on. Fast-forward a few years, and all it takes is a bar at a failed wedding and my silly kiss-rating Continue Reading

Cover Reveal- Kissing the Rival by Kaylee Ryan.

May 9, 2023 by Angela Leave a Comment

Title: Kissing the RivalA Kissing Games Series Standalone Author: Kaylee Ryan Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Enemies to Lovers/Workplace RomanceCover Design: Book Cover BoutiqueRelease Date: June 15, 2023 BLURB Charlotte I’m not just kissing the rival… I’m falling for him. Spencer Pennington has always been a shameless flirt, but when it came to being the best in our MBA program, all bets were off, and the competition was on. Fast-forward a few years, and all it takes is a bar at a failed Continue Reading

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