LATEST NEW RELEASES, RECOMMENDATIONS, & PRE-ORDERS — WEEK OF November 7, 2016

LATEST BOOKWORM NEWS:

• Bad Romeo Christmas: A Starcrossed Anthology by Leisa Rayven was announced! This is an new anthology of holiday-themed novellas featuring beloved Starcrossed characters such as Ethan and Cassie from Bad Romeo & Broken Juliet, Liam and Elissa from Wicked Heart!! I LOVE this series — all the books in it are Top Favorites and I highly recommend them all for fans of angsty, sexy, heart-wrenching, and heart-warming romance!! — “We’ve never been over. You know it as well as I do. Even when I was halfway around the world and you hated my guts, we weren’t over. You can feel it between us now. And the closer we are, the stronger it gets.”



• Raw Deal by Cherrie Lynn was just announced!! I love her books! — “Her brother was killed in a cage fight with Mike Larson after a savage punch to the head. When Mike shows up at the funeral, he’s nothing like she expected. Gone is the fierce, brutal beast she’s seen in the cage. In his place is a beautiful man torn with guilt, seeking forgiveness, and willing to do anything to ease her pain…”

WEEKLY NEW RELEASES RECAP

• Your Inescapable Love by Layla Hagen (sexy friends-to-lovers romance standalone, Bennett Family series)
• Tru Blue by Melissa Foster (he steps in to raise his orphaned siblings and she comes to help, standalone)
• The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer (Adult suspense thriller about a spy on the run for her life)
• Trust by Jana Aston (romantic comedy set in the city, can standalone)
• Made for You by Kelly Elliott (second chance romance standalone)
• Dark Corners by A. M. Madden (protective decorated veteran falls in love, standalone in True Heroes Series)
• Blow by Heidi McLaughlin (rock star romance, he falls in love in rehab, can standalone)
• Dirty Sexy Sinner by Carly Philips & Erika Wilde (sexy romance standalone in the Dirty Sexy series)
• Dirty Wicked by Shayla Black (innocent ex-con helps protect a single mom from the man who framed him)
• Crazy Pucking Love by Cindi Madsen (hockey romance, she’s his team captain’s little sister, can standalone)
• Rule Breaker by Kat & Stone Bastion (A modern-day Romeo and Juliet story, can standalone)
• What Might Kill Us by M.N. Forgy (biker romance in the The Devil’s Dust series)
• Last Ride by Chantal Fernando (biker romance in the Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club series)
• Living Without by Lila Rose (biker romance in the Hawks MC: Caroline Springs Charter series)
• Her Unexpected Engagement by Kyra Jacobs (pretend engagement to her former best friend, can standalone)
• Holding Out for a Hero by Codi Gary (widowed military hero falls in love again, Men in Uniform standalone)
• Leopard’s Fury by Christine Feehan (paranormal shifter romance in the Leopard series)
• The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke (a science fiction fairy tale set in a collapsing future America about a girl and the android she falls in love with)
• Heartless by Marissa Meyer (fairy tail retelling, long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love, standalone)

DETAILED LIST: NEW RELEASES

 

Your Inescapable Love by Layla Hagen — New Release!!

Can standalone: “Outside the office, he transforms from the serious business man into someone who is carefree and fun. He’s happy with his life and doesn’t intend to change it, even though his mother keeps asking for more grandchildren…

But when a chance encounter reunites him with his childhood best friend, he starts questioning everything. The girl he once knew has grown into a sensual woman he can’t get out of his mind. They are both determined not to cross the boundaries of friendship…at first. But as they spend more time together, they form an undeniable bond and their flirty banter spirals out of control. He knows she’s off-limits, but that only makes her more tempting…”

 

Tru Blue by Melissa Foster — New Release!!

Standalone: Imagine falling in love with a man, then finding out he was a killer… — “There’s nothing he won’t do to protect his family, including spending years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. When he’s finally released, the life he knew is turned upside down by his mother’s overdose, and he steps in to raise the children she’s left behind… He’s trying to save a brother who’s even more broken than he is. He’s never needed help in his life, and when she tries to step in, he’s less than accepting. But she has a way of slithering into people’s lives and eventually she pierces through his ironclad heart…”

 

The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer — New Release!!

In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life… She used to work for the government, but when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They’ve killed the only other person she trusted [and] they want her dead.

When her former handler offers her a way out, it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. To her horror, the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous. Resolving to meet the threat head-on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival…

 

Trust by Jana Aston — New Release!!

Can standalone: “Knock knock!”
“Um… Who’s there?”
Yeah. That was me, on my last date. Before you feel sorry for me you should know that I was the one telling the jokes. Jokes as in plural, because I didn’t stop with just one. Of course not. Hi, I’m the most awkward single girl in the city. But I’m going to get it together. I am.

I’m going to learn how to date like a grown up.
I’m going to have an orgasm not given to myself.
I’m going to fall in love and live happily ever after.

Right after I get out of this interrogation room…

 

Made for You by Kelly Elliott — New Release!!

Standalone: One decision.
Two lives ripped apart.

For them, the road back to each other has been long and jagged.
Each of them hiding from the truth, but unwilling to move on from the love they share.
When life no longer allows them to run from their past, they soon realize they’re two souls who will never fit anywhere except … with each other.

 

Dark Corners by A. M. Madden — New Release!!

Can standalone: He’s no longer in uniform, but the memories of combat still haunt his every waking moment. Driven to protect and serve, he accepts an undercover job he has to keep hidden. But his mission goes against orders the second he makes contact with her. The intense attraction he feels for her drives him crazy—almost as crazy as he feels about hiding information from her.

After growing up with an overprotective father, she feels like she’s finally claiming her independence. Sure, she’s been lonely, but he seems to make all her dreams come deliciously true—until the sting of betrayal sends her world spiraling. But when she most needs a hero, he leaps into action—intent on doing whatever it takes to save the woman he loves.

 

Blow by Heidi McLaughlin — New Release!!

Can standalone: Meet the complicated men behind the sexiest boy band in America! He has always had everything handed to him on a silver platter: fame, success, money, girls. The hottie is the son of Hollywood A-listers, and when he’s asked to join a boy band, his star shoots even higher. But so do expectations, leading him down a destructive path of addiction…

When he ends up in rehab, he doesn’t expect to meet someone as cool and down-to-earth as her. Although he’s enjoyed the company of beautiful, charming women before, none of them have tried to get to know the “real” him. But she isn’t fazed by his stardom… Soon he realizes he’s fallen head over heels for her. He just hopes that he’s strong enough to protect what they have from all the pressures and temptations of the outside world…

 

Dirty Wicked by Shayla Black — New Release!!

Can standalone (novella): After being framed for a crime he didn’t commit, former private eye Nick Navarro has nothing but revenge on his mind — until a woman from his past returns to beg for his help.

Beautiful widow Sasha Porter has been hunted by his enemies. Desperate, she offers him anything to keep her young daughter safe, even agreeing to become his mistress. The last thing either of them want are emotional entanglements but as they entrap the ruthless politician who arranged Nick’s downfall and passion sizzles between them, danger closes in. Will he choose love over vengeance before it’s too late?
 

Crazy Pucking Love by Cindi Madsen — New Release!!

Can standalone: “I just met the girl of my dreams.
She’s funny and smart, and she’s as much of an insomniac as I am.
She’s also my team captain’s little sister, which I only found out after our passionate kiss. She is completely off-limits—her brother makes that very clear—and I know better than to think I can keep a relationship going during hockey season anyway. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be late-night friends, right? The only problem is, love makes you do crazy things, like breaking all the rules…”

 

Rule Breaker by Kat & Stone Bastion — New Release!!

Can standalone: A modern-day Romeo and Juliet story! — She wants to be set free. Of family expectations. Of generations of prejudice. Chafing at rules made by the proud men in her family, she yearns to discover herself and explore the world. The last thing she expects is a surfer to hold the key to everything.

He’s done walking his parents’ path. Done with social acceptance—with cold politics. On a surfing quest to reinvent himself, he finds an exotic beauty standing on his towel. But it’s her feisty bargaining that catches him off guard. When he challenges her with a drinking game, she unwittingly reveals more than she’d intended about herself…

 

What Might Kill Us by M.N. Forgy — New Release!!

Can standalone: Brotherhood is all that he knows. Being surrounded by easy women was his everyday… until having his heart broke rooted him to the bottom of a whiskey bottle. Heartbroken, and drowning in lost memories he’s unsure of the direction of his life, when the answer – consisting of a terrified Mexican girl — nearly knocks him off his feet… Determined to get his act together and rectify his club, he rides to Texas for answers, only to be confronted with the emotional ghosts he isn’t ready to deal with. He sees her, and he wants her. But she may come with more baggage than he’s ready for…

 

Last Ride by Chantal Fernando — New Release!!

Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club series: As president of the Motorcycle Club, he doesn’t mind that things have quieted down since he got married—with her at his side, he’ll never be bored. Plus, they’ve got their little girl to keep them on their toes. But when a new MC brother needs help rooting out a traitor in his old club, [his wife is] the first to volunteer. She’s more determined than ever to get involved and put her law degree to good use, but he soon finds himself riding to the rescue. Because he’ll kill anybody who touches a hair on her head—if she doesn’t get to them first. One way or another, tonight’s going to be someone’s last ride….

 

Holding Out for a Hero by Codi Gary — New Release!!

Can standalone: Two years after the death of his wife, Sergeant Blake Kline is still hurting. He isn’t ready to date, but whenever he stops by his local diner and sees the friendly smile of his favorite waitress, he feels a spark of true happiness again. And when her life is unexpectedly threatened, he discovers his feelings for her might not be as platonic as he thought.

She’s always been a hopeless romantic and she’s been day-dreaming about him since the moment he came into her diner. She’s convinced they’ll never be more than friends… until he kisses her. The closer they get, however, the harder he fights to keep her at a distance. When their relationship takes a complicated turn, he’ll have to face his past or risk losing her forever…

 

Her Unexpected Engagement by Kyra Jacobs — New Release!!

Can standalone: After her pro-golfer husband was caught on camera cheating, a fib told by her well-meaning sister has her looking for a temporary fiancé, or she can kiss her new start good-bye. Desperate to hide the truth, she goes to the one man who can help—her former best friend.

When his all-grown-up-and-sexy-as-hell friend from the past shows up needing rescued, the temptation to change the “temporary” arrangement into something more is making it harder to think about leaving…

 

Leopard’s Fury by Christine Feehan — New Release!!

Can standalone: With her own bakery, she made a new life far from the brutal lair of shifters she was born into. Though she is all too aware of her shifter blood, she never felt the sensation of a wild animal stirring inside her. Not until he walked into her bakery. The powerful shifter is as irresistible as he is terrifying, but his icy demeanor tells her to keep her distance… He knows better than to let himself get involved with someone like Evangeline. She doesn’t deserve the type of danger that follows him. But he isn’t strong enough to stay away from the one woman who can make him feel at peace.

 

The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke — New Release!!

A science fiction fairy tale set in a collapsing future America about a girl and the android she falls in love with! — When she was a young girl, her father brought Finn, an experimental android, to their isolated home. A billion-dollar construct, he looks and acts human, but he has no desire to be one. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection.

His primary task now is to tutor her. He stays with her, becoming her constant companion and friend as she grows into adulthood. But when the government grants rights to the ever-increasing robot population, he struggles to find his place in the world. As their relationship goes further than anyone intended, they have to face the threat of being separated forever…

 

Heartless by Marissa Meyer — New Release!!

Standalone: Long before she was the infamous Queen of Hearts, she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. She may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen.

Then she meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the king and infuriating her parents, they enter into an intense, secret courtship. She is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans…

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