Wednesday, August 19, 2026

BOOK BUZZ (DEALS, REVEALS AND NEW/UPCOMING RELEASES FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2026)

 




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HOSTILE TAKEOVER

Emma Lee Jayne

Release Date: September 16 


✨It’s cover reveal day for HOSTILE TAKEOVER by @emmaleejaynewrites releasing September 16th!


Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🔥Black Cat x Golden Retriever

🔥One Night Stand

🔥Surprise Pregnancy

🔥He Falls First

🔥Billionaire Romance






Blurb:

Kitty Biedermann has three rules for a layover in a bar she already hates:


Don't stare at the gorgeous cowboy across the room

Don't go home with him

Never, ever see him again.


She breaks all three.


It doesn't matter. He's a stranger in a state she's sworn off for good, and by morning she'll never see him again.


Except two months later, the CEO of FMJ walks into her boardroom to buy out her family's failing jewelry empire. And he's the cowboy from the bar.

Ford Langley isn't broke. He isn't a stranger. And he's not going anywhere.

The only problem?

She's carrying his baby. She can't read a word of the contract he wants her to sign. And according to the tabloids, she's already a gold-digging disaster who can't run her own company.

Ford's job is to fix things that are broken and then move on. Kitty is the first thing he's ever wanted to keep.

Too bad "hostile takeover" was supposed to mean her company. Not her heart.




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Meet Emma Lee Jayne:

I write the kinds of books I want to read. Fast-paced books with lots of world-building, snarky heroines, and swoony heroes. I love story, pop culture, gossip, and baked goods. I’m a modern-day hippy and certified LEGO nerd.

I live in the Austin, Texas hill country, with my geeky husband and two extremely geeky kids. We have dogs, chickens, cats, and more LEGOs than should be allowed by law.

Connect with Emma Lee Jayne:

https://www.instagram.com/emmaleejaynewrites/



Cover Credit:

character art @mayharte


#coverreveal #emmalyeejayne #billionaireromance @theauthor.agency




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At First Catch (Coral Bell Cove #2) by Renee Harless is coming soon!


Universal: https://mybook.to/atfirstcatch

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTTDZX9J





 “I can't decide whether I want to take this slowly, or skip ahead to the part where this is the rest of my life.”






Some mistakes are worth making twice.


Hadley Wright never expected one unforgettable night with a stranger to become the beginning of something she couldn't forget. After slipping away before sunrise, she's convinced she'll never see the quiet, guarded man who made her feel safe on one of the hardest nights of her life again.


Until he walks right back into Coral Bell Cove.


Nolan Pierce has spent his entire life believing it's easier not to need anyone. Buying the town's struggling marina is supposed to be his fresh start—not falling for the woman who comes from the loud, loving family he's never had.


But while Hadley believes love means showing up, Nolan is convinced it means protecting the people he cares about... even if that means shutting them out.


Now they're both about to discover that falling in love is the easy part.


Trusting someone enough to stay might change everything.



At First Catch is a heartfelt, steamy small-town romance featuring a one-night stand, found family, slow-burn chemistry, meddling siblings, marina life, and a hero who falls first, falls hard, and learns that sometimes the strongest thing you can do is let someone stand beside you.




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#CoralBellCove


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START AT THE BEGINNING…


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 At First Spark (Coral Bell Cove #1) by Renee Harless is #NowLive!


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Universal: mybook.to/atfirstspark

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTTHZVQL


"From daring to endearing, At First Spark is a whisper of hearts searching for a place to belong. Harless stirs up trouble with a second romance that sticks to the soul." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)







Lark Carrington came to Coral Bell Cove for a fresh start. A fading inn, a quiet life, and a chance to rebuild something steady after everything she’s lost. She didn’t expect her first real connection to come in the middle of chaos.



Holt Wright is used to being underestimated—long before he ever put on a uniform. The easygoing one. The goofball. The brother no one expected much from. Until he became a firefighter. Now, when the alarm sounds, he’s the one people trust when it matters most.



The one who shows up.


The one who stays.


Even for her.



What begins as a single moment—smoke, heat, and the steady presence of the man who pulled her back from the edge—turns into something neither of them can ignore. Long days restoring the Carrington Inn. Late nights that feel a little too honest. A connection that builds slowly… and burns deeper than either of them expected.



Because Lark doesn’t trust easily. And Holt is still learning what it means to be the man people finally believe in.



And when the past Lark tried to outrun starts to catch up with her… they’ll have to decide if this is just a spark—or something worth risking everything for.



At First Spark is a tender, slow-burn small-town romance about healing, showing up, and discovering that sometimes the person who saves you… is the one you choose to stay for.










#BuyNow

Universal: mybook.to/atfirstspark

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTTHZVQL


REVIEWAT FIRST SPARK (CORAL BELL COVE #4) BY RENEE HARLESS 

At First Spark (Coral Bell Cove #4)

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Slow burn and big heart equals sweet temptation. Harless stirs up trouble with a second romance that sticks to the soul. Lark and Holt have a way with emotions. From daring to endearing, At First Spark is a whisper of hearts searching for a place to belong.


@teamreneeharless

 #AuthorReneeHarless #NowAvailable #KindleUnlimited #BooksofInsstagram #Bookstagram #BookTok




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Claimed by the Mountain Man by Shaw Hart releases on September 2nd!

Read on Kindle Unlimited





I ran from one man trying to own me… straight into another who actually will.

Scout
I should have known something was up when my father started acting nice and caring towards me.
He’s never been the nurturing type. He’s never really paid me much attention at all, too busy hiding from loan sharks or drinking himself to sleep.
Still, when he starts to pay attention to me, I can’t deny that a part of me is hoping that our relationship might finally be improving.
Then he leads me into the chapel and informs me that I’m there to marry one of the loan sharks that he owes.
So, I do the only thing that I can.
I run.
When my car breaks down on the side of the road, I think that I’m screwed.
Then he shows up and I know that I am.

Carter
I’ve been enjoying the peace and quiet of my cabin when a car breaks down out front and out steps an angel.
An angel in a wedding dress.
I know right then and there that fate has brought me this girl, that she belongs to me.
I don’t know who was stupid enough to lose her, but I won’t be making that mistake.
This girl is mine.
She’s in my cabin, sleeping in my bed, wearing my clothes.
She thinks that she can’t leave because I need to fix her car. She’s about to learn that I’m never going to let her go.
I’ve found my dream girl.
Now all that’s left is for me to claim her.



@authorshawhart

@1852media

#romancenovel #RomanceBook #SpicyRomance #AlphaMale #MountainMan



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Cowboy's Christmas Baker by Clara Pines releases on September 1st!

https://geni.us/CowboysChristmasBaker


Read With Kindle Unlimited



Can everyone’s favorite baker win over the grumpiest cowboy in town?

It's bad enough that the man Mallory Fisher crushed on for years is marrying another woman, but now she also has to bake their wedding cake. Even so, she’s not going to let that ruin her Christmas.

The irrepressible small-town baker has decided she just needs forget all about love this Christmas. And to do that, she’s going to focus on coming up with a signature holiday treat that will finally put her beloved bakery on the map.

The daily support and encouragement she receives from the kind widower she met in her online support group is a recipe for success. Only she doesn’t count on him moving to Trinity Falls for his own fresh start. And she definitely doesn’t count on the things he makes her feel when they actually meet in person.

It turns out that Harrison Law is nothing like Mal expected.

Instead of the kindly older man she’s been picturing, Harrison is the perfect picture of tall, dark, and handsome. He’s also a single dad, with a grumpy streak she never noticed during their online chats. But Mal can’t help feeling drawn to the growly cowboy, and to his quiet eight-year-old daughter, Katie, who lights up whenever Mal talks about baking.

The three quickly begin spending time together. And everyone in Trinity Falls assumes they’re an item. But things aren’t always what they seem. And Harrison and Katie have been through so much that Mal isn’t sure her love is enough to bring them back into the light.

Can these three lonely souls really make their own happily-ever-after in time for Christmas? Or will it take a village to bring them together?

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family – one clean & wholesome romance at a time. The Trinity Falls Sweet Romance: Village Christmas inspirational series celebrates the people who live and work in a small Pennsylvania town at Christmastime, and find love and meaning in the season. If you love no spice books with cowboys, single dads, found family, caring community, and slow burn romance that makes you smile and sigh, this is the series for you!




@authorclarapines

@1852media


#WholesomeRomance #SmallTownRomance #FeelGoodRomance #KindleUnlimited #HolidayRomance

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

TRIPLE COVER REVEAL ...

 



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Condemned (Falcon Pointe #3) by Jennifer Harrison releases September 22nd!


Everyone else saw her past. He saw her future.

An ex-con trying to rebuild her life falls for a haunted underground fighter who becomes the first person to see her for who she is, not the mistakes she's made.


Tropes

🥊Small Town Romance

🥊Slow Burn Romance

🥊Emotional Healing

🥊Found Family

🥊Broken Hero

🥊Redemption Romance

🥊Hurt/Comfort

🥊Opposites Attract

🥊Protective Hero

🥊He Falls First


Secondary/Micro Tropes

● Ex-Con Heroine

● Underground Fighter MMC

● Rival’s Sister

● Horse Rescue / Ranch Setting

● Touch Her and Die

● Cinnamon Roll in a Fighter's Body

● Emotional Scars

● Learning to Trust Again

● Second Chances at Life (not a second chance romance)





Condemned

Book Title: Condemned

Series Name: Falcon Pointe

Book Number in Series: Book 3 in an interconnected

standalone series

Release Date: September 22, 2026

Cover Artist: HBL


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Amazon 

 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HF1LMSXZ


 Goodreads 

 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256829902-condemned



BLURB

Paige

Prison was supposed to be my punishment.

No one warned me the real sentence would begin after I got out.

To everyone else, I'll always be an ex-con. A criminal. The girl who stole a horse.

No one cares why I did it.

It doesn't matter how hard I work to rebuild my life, I'll always be the girl with a record.

Until I met Xander.

He's quiet, guarded, and carrying wounds I can't see, but understand. He never looks at me the way everyone else does. Instead of judging who I was, he sees the woman I'm trying to become.

The more time we spend together, the harder it is to ignore what I'm feeling.

Because falling for Xander means believing I deserve something I've stopped letting myself hope for...

A second chance.


Xander

I came to Falcon Pointe to leave my past behind.

After losing everything that mattered, I stopped believing there was any point in wanting more.

Working behind the bar keeps me busy. Fighting keeps my mind quiet. It's easier that way.

Easier than letting anyone get close enough to leave.

Then Paige walked into my life.

She's stronger than she realizes, and carrying burdens no one should ever have to bear. The world sees her mistakes.

I see her.

The closer I get, the more impossible it becomes to imagine letting her go. But loving someone means risking everything, and I already know what it feels like to lose the future I thought I was supposed to have.

The world may have condemned us for our pasts.

But the hardest sentence to escape... is the one we've handed ourselves.


@jennifer.harrison.writes

#Condemned #AuthorJenniferHarrison #FalconPointeSeries #romancebooks #romancereaders #smalltownromance #brothersbestfriend #EmotionalRomance #SlowBurnRomance



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Protected Dream (Dreamwalker Series #2) by J.M. Stockford releases September 17th!


Tropes

🔪Bodyguard/protector

🖤Dreamwalking

🔪Forced Proximity

🖤Damaged hero

🔪Bondage

🖤Hidden identity

🔪On The Run

🖤Twists & Turns

🔪Secrets & Lies

🖤Feisty FMC



Book Title: Protected Dream

Series Name: Dreamwalker Series

Book Number in Series: Book 2

Release Date: September 17, 2026

Cover Artist:


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Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HF2RH9ZS/



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Darius Rogers is an undercover agent on a mission to bring down notorious crime boss

Nicholas Blackwood. Posing as Bo Thatcher—Blackwood’s trusted bodyguard and hired

muscle—he’s spent months earning the criminal’s confidence.

When Darius returns from an emergency trip to British Columbia, Blackwood sends him

to New York to bring back his estranged daughter. Darius expects another assignment.

Instead, he finds a woman who escaped her father’s criminal empire a decade ago and

has no intention of ever returning.

Kate Blackwood left California—and her crime boss father—behind years ago and

never looked back. Then two of her father’s men suddenly appear, claiming her life is in

danger. At first, she doesn’t believe them… until the threat becomes all too real, forcing

her to trust the mysterious Bo Thatcher with her life.


Plagued by dreams of the man she’s trying so hard to ignore, Kate soon uncovers Bo’s

secrets—along with shocking truths about her own past that leave her questioning

everything she thought she knew.

For Darius, keeping his cover intact becomes impossible as his feelings for Kate grow.

He’ll stop at nothing to protect Blackwood’s daughter, even if it means losing his heart in

the process. But with enemies closing in, Kate’s life isn’t the only thing at risk. Protecting

her heart may prove even more dangerous than saving her life.


Content Warnings

Profanity

Violence

Mention of Torture

Death/Killing

Consensual Open Door Sex

Consensual Bondage

Fear


@authorjmstockford


#ProtectedDream #AuthorJMStockford  #DreamwalkerSeries #romanticsuspense



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Fate, Interrupted (Unclaimed #1) by Kady Merrow releases September 24th!


He's a wolf. I'm a bookseller. The city we live in has opinions about that.

Fate had a plan for him. I interrupted it.

Fate, Interrupted—Book one of the Unclaimed series.

Forbidden romance, slow burn, alpha hero, fated mates reimagined, he fell first, wolf shifter,

slow burn-payoff delayed.



Tropes

🖤Human x Supernatural

✨Wolf Mafia

🖤Fated Mates

✨Slow Burn Forbidden Romance

🖤Grumpy x Sunshine Adjacent

✨Found Family


Microtropes

🖤He Fell First

✨He Knows Before She Does

🖤She Saves Him Back

✨She Chooses on Her Own Terms

🖤Running Away Together

✨Small Gestures Romance

🖤Dual POV

✨Controlled Alpha / Reluctant Pull

🖤Forbidden Love Across Species Lines

✨Morally Gray World

🖤Instinct vs Choice






Book Title: Fate, Interrupted

Series Name: Unclaimed Series

Book Number in Series: 1

Release Date: September 24th, 2026

Cover Artist:


#Preorder

Amazon 

 https://www.amazon.com/Fate-Interrupted-Shifter-Romance-Unclaimed-ebook/dp/B0H9V6JZQ5/


 Goodreads 

 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255742104-fate-interrupted?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=iDpbCe26IN&rank=1


BLURB

Silas Calder doesn’t linger. Not in places, not in conversations, and never with human women.

Walking away has always been easy.

Until Norah.

She doesn’t avoid him, doesn’t chase him, and doesn’t seem particularly interested in him at all—which should make ignoring her easy. It doesn’t.

Because once he notices her, something shifts. What starts as a passing connection turns into something harder to ignore, something that doesn’t fit the rules he’s used to living by. And in his world, where humans and wolves don’t cross lines without consequence, that kind of pull isn’t just complicated—it’s dangerous.

Norah knows better than to get involved. He comes with instincts she can’t control and a world she doesn’t belong in—and a life that was never going to make room for her.

But the truth is, what she’s leaving behind isn’t working the way she thought it would.

Some connections don’t give you a clean way out.

And some stories don’t make it to the end.



Characters:

Norah

Norah is thirty-two and runs a bookshop called Last Chapter that she built into something real — except real is starting to feel a lot like small and safe and waiting for something she hasn't named yet. She's smart, dry, and moves toward things rather than away from them, which is either a strength or a recurring design flaw depending on the day. She lost her mother young and has an older sister named Penny who loves her in the specific exhausting way of someone who has been watching out for her since before she needed it. Norah carries a quiet inheritance of her mother's unlived choices that she's only beginning to understand — the shape of a woman who loved something that cost her everything, and what it means that Norah is standing at the edge of something similar and not stepping back.


Silas

Silas is thirty-two, the middle son of the Calder’s — a wolf mafia family operating behind adry-cleaning empire. He has an older brother, Logan, who was always going to run the family business, and a younger brother, Henry, who makes everything easier just by being in the room.

His father Elias runs the Calder operation with the quiet authority of a man who has never once needed to raise his voice, and Silas has spent most of his adult life navigating the gap between the son he is and the son the structure requires. He's sharp, controlled, and has made acomfortable life out of charm, low stakes, and not wanting anything he can't walk away from —until Norah.

Penny 

Norah's older sister — practical, loving, she’ll hand you a good jacket on your way out the door to do something she thinks is a terrible idea.


Logan

The oldest Calder brother, built to run the family and knows it — watchful, precise, he doesn't need to say much because what he doesn't say lands harder than most people's actual answers.

Henry

The youngest Calder brother — easy grin, no agenda, and the uncanny ability to say the thing everyone else is carefully not saying and somehow get away with it every time.

Elias

Silas’s father. Runs the Calder operation with the quiet authority of a man who has never once needed to raise his voice, has built an empire around a grief he's never examined, and has spent twenty years being absolutely certain about everything, including the things he never actually saw.

Larkin

A struggling upper Midwest city where three wolf packs hold uneasy territory, human politicalpressure is tightening, and an anti-wolf movement is gaining ground.




Content Warnings

Explicit Sexual Content and Gun Violence



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