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Fake dating my brother’s best friend during the holidays? I'll take that bet.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author @laurenblakelybooks, comes a sexy, standalone holiday romance, MERRY LITTLE KISSMAS! This spicy, small town, fake dating, matchmaker, single dad hockey player romance will have you wishing for steamy sleighride moments and screaming for more! Releasing October 28th in all formats, and free to read in Kindle Unlimited, check out the cover and pre-order your copy today!
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Blurb:
Wanted: A fresh shot at love for the holidays. But fake dating my brother’s grumpy best friend? He’s my new client, for Santa’s sake!
As a professional matchmaker, my biggest job this holiday season should be simple: find a date for the sexy single dad hockey player—aka my brother’s best friend—for his team’s fancy Christmas Eve gala.
Sure Rowan’s hot as a crackling fire and spicier than a gingerbread man, but he hasn’t just sworn off romance. The Christmas hater has made a bet that I can’t find him a holidate.
What’s a matchmaker to do?
Win, of course. Even if it means fake dating the grinch myself to get him ready for the real thing.
Only…these fake dates at Christmas tree farms and hot cocoa competitions in the snowy small town of Evergreen Falls start to feel a little too real as I get to know the man behind the scowl. Somewhere between kisses under the mistletoe and a snowed-in night in his cabin curled up by the fire (where the stockings aren’t the only thing hung), I realize I’m in over my elf-loving head.
And when Rowan opens up to me at last about his painful past, I’m determined to give my brother’s best friend the holiday he deserves.
But what if the only gift I want him to unwrap this season is… me?
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Samantha Young has revealed an excerpt along with the gorgeous covers for Half-Light Harbor!
Releasing: October 23, 2025
I went to Scotland looking for answers about my past. The last thing I expected was getting trapped on a private island with my stoic, brooding, gorgeous contractor.
Ramsay McRae is a man with secrets. He prefers the company of his dog to people and silence to any semblance of politeness. He says I’m too young, too sweet, too innocent.
Only he doesn’t know the truth. That I’m haunted by a crime that tore my life apart two years ago. I’ve come to Half-Light Harbor not just to start over, but to bring the monster who killed my parents to justice.
The last thing I need is a tortured Scot distracting me from my mission. But when his restraint snaps and my walls crumble, the results are explosive.
We say it’s only a no-strings-attached affair. A temporary moment to burn out this fire between us.
However, when my search for the truth brings danger to my door, it’s Ramsay stepping in to protect me. But it might be the secrets from his past that tear us apart forever…
#Excerpt
For a moment, though, I felt like the only person in the world.
All my stress and anxieties, all the responsibility I felt weighing on me, for a few beautiful minutes, it all just melted away.
This is why I came here, I reminded myself.
This was why I’d traveled across a continent to start over.
Venturing onto Stòr today might have been out of my growing curiosity, but it was also from a need to enjoy some “me time” before the chaos of renovation and running a business changed my daily life.
Opening my backpack, I took out the sandwich I’d bought from Leth Sholas Bakery & Tearoom. There were a surprising number of businesses within those rainbow-colored buildings along the harbor. The bakery, I’d discovered, was run by married couple Harry and Bryan Weaver, Australians who had moved to the island seven years ago. They were warm and friendly, and their cakes and sandwiches were so far among my favorite discoveries in my new home.
I had to force myself to slow down and savor the spicy salami, pancetta, and Monterey Jack cheese ciabatta. There was a whole lot of other stuff going on inside the loaded gourmet sandwich, and it was a whole lotta amazing.
“Oh my gawd,” I moaned around a mouthful. This sandwich was better than any of the orgasms I’d had with a partner (I’d had pretty amazing orgasms on my own, so the distinction was necessary).
Orgasmic snacks—check. Peace and isolation—check.
It was perfect.
For about fifteen minutes.
I didn’t even hear him approach.
“You are on private land,” the deep, male voice growled ominously behind me.
“Arggggh!” I launched off my knoll, whirling around and stumbling on pebbles as I backed up toward the water.
Towering above me on the grassy dune was a mammoth, bearded, would-be killer. My heart hammered in my chest as I gaped up at the intruder.
I could barely make out his face for the bushy salt-and-pepper beard surrounding his lips and covering his cheeks. He had massively broad shoulders and his navy plaid shirt strained against thick, muscled biceps. Long, long legs were clad in dirty jeans, his big feet in well-worn hiking boots. His brown hair was as shaggy as his beard. Piercing wolf eyes glared at me. They were the most striking pale gray I’d ever seen.
A warning growl drew my terrified gaze to the stunning dog sitting perfectly at his side. The Alaskan Malamute had startling blue eyes. Its white, black, and tan fur was better groomed than its apparent owner.
“Hush, Akiva,” the stranger rumbled, and the dog quietened.
Uncertain of its nature considering the glowering man at its side, I took another step back.
“Watch it or you’ll end up in the water,” the man said blandly. “I won’t hurt you. Neither will Akiva.” He patted the dog’s head. “Unless I tell her otherwise.” He crossed his arms over his broad chest. “Unfortunately, you’re not the first tourist to bumble their way onto my island and get stuck. You all seem to deliberately miss the private land signs.”
Realization dawned and a little relief with it. “You’re Ramsay McRae?”
The man gave me a brief nod. “Who are you?”
“I’m Tierney Silver.”
He raised an eyebrow. “The American who bought the guesthouse?”
“That’s right. We’re … Quinn told me we’ll be working together. Right?” The reminder was more for me. Surely, the stranger was harmless if he and Quinn were business partners.
Right?
Instead of answering, he scowled and asked in his anglicized Scottish brogue, “Do you not know how to read then, Ms. Silver?”
“The private land signs? I didn’t see them and Quinn said you wouldn’t mind me taking a look around the island. I’m afraid my curiosity sometimes gets the better of me.” I offered an apologetic smile that usually charmed people.
Not the yeti, apparently.
“I’m talking about the safe crossing times.”
I frowned. “I did check them. I’m good until nearly eleven o’clock this evening.”
His wolf stare was magnetizing. I felt caught in it. Sudden awareness heated through me and my cheeks turned hot under his attention. “You read the wrong side of the timetable. Tide came in as you came over. You’re stuck here until eleven o’clock this evening.”
Oh shit.
My shoulders slumped. “You’re kidding.”
He stared stonily in reaction.
Even though it might cost me my life, I couldn’t help my lip twitch. “I’ll take that as a no, you’re not kidding.”
With a sigh, he turned on his heel. “Follow me.” Ramsay did this whistle thing I could never hope to emulate, and Akiva tore her beautiful eyes from me and followed her owner. I gaped after him.
“I meant you,” he called over his shoulder.
Grabbing my backpack, I lunged up onto the grass after him, almost tripping over a tree root. “Where are we going?”
“There are only two places you can go on Stòr. Unsurprisingly, both belong to me.”
I rolled my eyes at his gruff, vague response. “I can wait it out in my car. I don’t want to impose.”
“Is that why you ignored my private land signs?”
“I told you—Quinn said you wouldn’t mind.”
At that, Ramsay grumbled something under his breath I couldn’t quite hear.
As I clambered uphill out of the woodland after him and his gorgeous dog, I noted the Defender parked behind my car. That thing had to be twenty years old.
“Follow me,” he ordered again.
Before I could respond, Ramsay and the dog were in his vehicle and backing out. At my just standing there watching him, he waved impatiently for me to get into my car.
Ugh, this was going to be fun.
Hurrying into my Suzuki, I watched as Ramsay executed an impressive three-point turn on the narrow road and then I tried to do the same. It took me a little longer and I think I scratched my alloys.
He waited for me, and I could practically feel his impatience vibrating from his very cool Defender into my turquoise baby SUV.
Wondering if I was following him to my death, I was only half joking to myself about that when he didn’t drive to the house at the dock. He drove us toward the causeway but then pulled off onto a track hidden in the woodland.
Starting to get nervous, I considered reversing out but realized there was literally nowhere for me to go.
I was trapped on this guy’s island with him.
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Get ready to swoon—we're beyond excited to unveil the stunning cover of OATHBREAKER by Kat Mizera & Elise Faber, hitting shelves October 27!
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COVER REVEAL
Kay Cove has revealed the gorgeous cover for Paper Hearts!
Releasing: January 20, 2026
Cover Designer: K.B. Barrett Designs
Illustrator: Art by Aga Olario
After a very public meltdown and a canceled world tour, my music career is hanging by a thread. And now, my record label is all but telling me to kiss pop-stardom goodbye.
My PR team’s brilliant solution? A fake relationship with Hollywood heartthrob Grayson Hemsley—charming on camera, and absolutely insufferable behind closed doors.
But there’s a bigger secret I’ve been keeping. A teensy detail about me that the tabloids would have a field day with: I’ve never actually…done it. There. I said it. And I’m starting to think my music is missing that authentic spark of experience.
So, I hire an escort for a one-night solution. Taio Wilkes is gorgeous, kind, hilarious, and nothing like I expected. When he discovers my true intentions, he doesn’t take my money and run. Instead, he offers something I never saw coming—friendship, and lessons in the art of intimacy without rushing the main event.
Just when things get comfortable, the paparazzi catches us together a little too close for casual. My solution to the storm of cheating accusations? Make Taio my new bodyguard.
Now I’m caught between Grayson’s sudden jealousy-infused interest and my deepening connection with Taio, who is still suffering from the wounds of his past and claims he’ll never settle down.
With the deadline for my big career comeback looming, I’m questioning everything—if the spotlight is really where I belong, or if my happily ever after might be waiting somewhere offstage.
When your whole life is one big performance, how do you figure out which feelings are real, and which ones are just for show?
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🖤 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐋 🖤
Check out the gorgeous cover for 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝑴𝒆 (𝑻𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 4) by Tiffany Patterson, releasing on September 11th!
𝐏𝐑𝐄-𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑/ 𝐀𝐃𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓! https://geni.us/CatchMeTP
𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙐𝙥: https://forms.gle/XKh39X9iE5XDm4rp9
Blurb:
“Whenever or wherever she needs me, I will always catch her.”
Two years after a humiliating public incident, I’m ready to get back on my feet. It doesn’t matter that I’m a low-level assistant to the assistant of costume design at a major Hollywood Studio.
What matters is that I keep my head down, ignore the not-so-subtle verbal jabs from my new boss and work hard to make it past my ninety-day trial period.
But staying out of the spotlight becomes impossible when Hollywood darling Andreas Knight signals me out during one of his fittings.
Andreas’s stunning green eyes and chiseled jawline are as hypnotizing in person as they are on screen.
What the cameras fail to pick up is how relentless he is when he wants something. Whether it’s a starring role in the next blockbuster film, a top endorsement, or …me.
If Andreas wants it he gets it.
He manages to knock down all of the barriers I’ve put up to keep us distant, one by one. And soon our chemistry goes beyond flirtations and smoldering looks to reveal the man beneath the Hollywood image.
Andreas makes me feel safe enough to reveal the passions I had before they were stomped out by my family’s version of success.
But, as usual, when the life I want is within reach, the rug is pulled from beneath my feet. The chaos of Hollywood and my past interrupts our relationship. And I end up in the spotlight I never asked for.
Will I choke again or will Andreas be there to catch me?
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❤️🔥ℂ𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕒𝕝 ❤️🔥
𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝘼𝙡𝙥𝙝𝙖 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨: 𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙚𝙨) 𝙗𝙮 𝙃𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙣 releases on September 10th! Check out this hot cover!
𝐏𝐑𝐄-𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑/ 𝐀𝐃𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓!
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What can you expect from HUNTED TEMPTATION:
🫦Alpha Male
🖤Dark Romance
❤️🔥Lots of Spice
🛑Age Gap
❤️🩹Emotional Scars
🚩Morally Gray
🔪Hitman for Hire
☀️Light in the Darkness
BLURB
She wasn’t supposed to be part of the plan… but temptation never asks for permission.
Vaughn lives a life of solitude and control. Surrounded by luxury and discipline. It’s the only way he knows how to survive a past that dealt him nothing but pain.
Until her.
She’s a photograph with haunted eyes and a silent scream. A temptation he should resist—needs to resist. He sees himself in her broken stare. He can’t look away.
Vaughn doesn’t plan. He watches. Then he acts. One moment she’s trapped in California, the next she’s beside him, with no idea what comes next. All he knows is he can’t leave her behind.
She only ever wanted freedom. A life untouched by cruelty. But her father, Chief Scoggins, won’t let her go. He’s carefully crafted a gilded cage, and he’s determined to keep her locked inside—forever.
Vaughn knows the risks. She’s a liability he can’t afford, a complication he swore to avoid. But setting her free is worth the danger. He’s not trying to keep her. He just wants to see her thrive.
Sometimes darkness doesn’t fall—it hunts. And sometimes, temptation comes wrapped in a broken girl you were never supposed to save.
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