Sunday, September 20, 2026

HAPPY BOOK WEEK: TRYING NOT TO NEED YOU (MORAN SISTERS #2) BY KAYLEE RYAN





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Trying Not to Need You (Moran Sisters #2) by Kaylee Ryan

 "...the kind of melody that filters through the soul. Baylor and Macklin turn a blast from the past into the sweetest duet. Love has the last word and hits all the right notes." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)


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September 20, 2026


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September 22, 2026




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Tropes:

Small Town
Opposites Attract
He Falls First
Retired Bull Rider
Childhood Crush









Blurb:



From NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan comes a new standalone small-town series about four sisters finding love. Trying Not to Need You is a he-falls-first, opposites-attract romance featuring a retired bull rider and the woman he’s never stopped loving.


Baylor


I thought I was living my happily ever after. 


But after five years in New York, building my life around a man who stopped choosing me, I realized our future was nothing more than a dream.


So I walked away. 


From the city. From him. From the family I thought we’d build together. 


Now I’m back in Magnolia Ridge with my sisters, trying to figure out who I am without the life I planned.


I didn’t come home looking for love.


But somehow, love has been waiting for me all along.




Macklin


I’ve loved Baylor Moran for years. 


The timing was always wrong. Until now. 


She’s back in Magnolia Ridge with a bruised heart and walls higher than ever. But that's okay. I'll be here when they’re ready to come down.


Baylor can take all the time she needs. 


I’m not going anywhere. 


And while she’s trying not to need me, I’ll keep loving her until she realizes she’s not falling apart anymore. 


She’s finally falling—straight into the future we were always meant to have.


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REVIEWTRYING NOT TO NEED YOU (MORAN SISTERS #2) BY KAYLEE RYAN

Trying Not to Need You (Moran Sisters #2)

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Trying Not to Need You is the kind of melody that filters through the soul. Ryan is perfectly in tune with the heart. Baylor and Macklin turn a blast from the past into the sweetest duet. Love has the last word and hits all the right notes.






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Release date: July 14, 2026

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Narrated by Savannah Peachwood and Connor Crais


Tropes:

Second Chance

High School Sweetheart

Ex-Military Hero

First Love

Emotional Healing

Small Town

Blue Collar






Moran Sisters Series


NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Moran Sisters of Magnolia Ridge, Tennessee.

The Moran Sisters Series is a collection of interconnected small-town romances about love, loss, and the pull of coming home, and the people who make it impossible to leave. From the fiercely loyal older sister who swore off love, to the free spirit running from her past, the quiet heart who’s always lingered on the sidelines, and the firecracker who masks fear with laughter, each sister is about to fall hard for the last man she ever expected.


Four books:

1 - Trying Not to Love You

2 - Trying Not to Need You

3 - Trying Not to Kiss You

4 - Trying Not to Hate You
 






Blurb:

NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series set in a small town, surrounding four sisters. Trying Not to Love You is a small-town, second-chance, first-love, ex-military romance.

Ellison

Copeland James was my first love, my first heartbreak, my first everything.

Then he left without explanation, and never came back.

My sisters and our closest friends helped me pick up the pieces, but my heart hasn’t been whole since the day he walked out of Magnolia Ridge.

I’ve learned to live with what could have been… until his mother’s illness brings him back to our small town. He’s older, harder, and more magnetic than I remember.

He’s a man now. The man I learned to live without. And yet, he’s back, stirring everything I thought I’d buried, making my world feel unsteady.

Because loving him nearly destroyed me… and now, I’m still trying not to love him.

Copeland

I left Magnolia Ridge with nothing but a duffel bag and a decision.

I told myself joining the Marines was the right choice. That loving her meant protecting her, and this was the way to do it.

I was wrong.

Now I’m back, years later, and she’s just as breathtaking as the day I left. All these years, I imagined she’d have moved on, married someone else, but she’s still single, and in my heart, she’s still mine.

But Ellison doesn’t see me the way I see her, not anymore. All I find in her eyes is the wound I left behind. The one that never healed.

I didn’t fight for us back then, but I’ve learned. Now I’m ready for battle, fighting for what we could be while she tries not to love me.


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Saturday, September 19, 2026

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2026.

 




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The Last Goodbye (Blue Sky Bay #2) by Laura Pavlov releases October 6th!


" ....a snapshot of moments that leaves the soul spellbound. The heat of attraction meets the heart of romance and finds it's soul somewhere in the middle." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)



Release Date: October 6, 2026

Ebook Cover Designer: Hang Le

Photographer: Wander Aguiar

Paperback Cover Designer: Entangled Publishing






A Small Town, Enemies-to-Lovers Standalone Romance from USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov.

Briar Sinclair is enemy number one.

She came to Blue Sky Bay with a multimillion-dollar plan and one goal: to buy my restaurant.

Too bad it’s not for sale.

She’s pulled every stunt in the book to get my attention, though I refuse to engage with a woman who came here to ruin my life—no matter how relentless she is.

Unfortunately, my restaurant is the last thing standing in the way of her powerful father’s approval.

She’s determined to convince me that this is a good idea.

We can agree to disagree.

But that doesn’t mean I’m not enjoying the effort that she’s putting in.

One minute she’s arguing with me about real estate, the next she’s tripping outside my houseboat or falling asleep behind my restaurant after working herself to exhaustion.

Did I mention the fact that she’s insanely beautiful.

I should hate her for what she’s trying to do. Instead, I can’t stop noticing her pretty pink mouth or her sharp tongue.

The more we clash, the harder it becomes to remember that she’s the enemy.

Because somewhere between the arguments, late nights, and undeniable attraction—Briar Sinclair stopped feeling like the woman trying to destroy my future…and she started feeling like she belonged in it.




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REVIEW: THE LAST GOODBYE (BLUE SKY BAY #2) BY LAURA PAVLOV

The Last Goodbye (Blue Sky Bay #2)
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Dancing in the shadow of heartache is a snapshot of moments that leaves the soul spellbound. The Last Goodbye brings a sweetness to sultry. From sassy to spicy, Pavlov tempts the senses with emotion that just won't quit. The heat of attraction meets the heart of romance and finds it's soul somewhere in the middle.






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Beautiful Denial (Royal Heirs) by Lizabeth Scott


"...the type of heartache, the soul won't easily forget. From sweet seduction to irresistible romance, Scott pushes every button as she takes the long route to heartwarming with stunning results." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)




Release Date: September 25, 2026


Princess Seri SuMartra has done everything right. She follows protocol, leads with composure, and carries the expectations of her country without complaint. To the world, she is Rose, the most beloved and highly publicized royal of her generation.
In love, she’s a public cautionary tale. Six highly visible relationships. Six very public endings. Each one reinforcing the belief that marriage and family were never meant for her.

Matthew Ashford understands scrutiny. A famous professional football player with a legendary last name, he’s respected on and off the field and no stranger to life in the spotlight.

He lives by discipline and honesty. Football comes first. Promises are rare. Wanting Seri is immediate. Refusing her is a decision he makes to protect them both.

With reputations on the line and the world watching closely, denying what they feel seems like the responsible choice. But restraint has consequences, and some connections refuse to stay quiet no matter how carefully they’re controlled.

Beautiful Denial is a forbidden, slow-burn spicy contemporary romance featuring a royal heroine, a celebrity athlete hero, intense mutual attraction, public scrutiny, and an emotional love story where denial lasts until it costs more than giving in.

A royal romance with a famous football player, high visibility tension, and a slow-burn love story built on restraint, longing, and the risk of choosing each other anyway.


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REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL DENIAL (ROYAL HEIRS) BY LIZABETH SCOTT

Beautiful Denial (The Royal Heirs)
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Romance that tiptoes across the senses as it makes it's way to the heart. Beautiful Denial had me at hello. Nick and Seri are the type of heartache, the soul won't easily forget. From sweet seduction to irresistible romance, Scott pushes every button as she takes the long route to heartwarming with stunning results.





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"....it's impossible not fall in love with the Sumatra clan...All the feels leap off the page and grab a hold of the heart." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic) 




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Fifth Avenue Flirt (Manhattan Billionaires) by Louise Bay


"Bay tempts the soul with the perfect blend of unpredictable and irresistible. Ben and Avril are a firework that brings the drama and owns the heart." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)




Release Date: September 22, 2026


He promised she’d fall in love with him in a week.
She plans to prove him wrong.


Avril Worthington needs one thing from Manhattan fixer Ben help securing the Boston hotel deal that could finally prove she’s more than the baby of the family.

What she doesn’t need?
The forced proximity. The impossible chemistry. Or the dangerously charming billionaire who’s slowly becoming impossible to resist


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REVIEW: FIFTH AVENUE FLIRT (MANHATTAN BILLIONAIRES) BY LOUISE BAY

Fifth Avenue Flirt (The Manhattan Billionaires Book 2)
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Emotion that tickles the funny bone and lays claim to the senses. Bay tempts the soul with the perfect blend of unpredictable and irresistible. Ben and Avril are a firework that brings the drama and owns the heart.





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YOURS TRULY, FALL by @s.l.scott is available NOW!


"Emotion that hits you where it hurts. Autumn and Brandon dive heart first into sweet temptation. Yours Truly Fall dances across the senses to get to the heart and ends up finding pure gold" - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)


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Narrated by Vanessa Edwin and Jason Clarke 

Featuring Ava Erickson


Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🍂Small Town

🔥Firefighter x Nurse 

🍂Forced Proximity

🔥Workplace Romance

🍂Friends to Lovers

🔥He Falls First

🍂Feel-Good Romance




There are worse things than being stuck alone in a cabin with a hot as sin firefighter who’s good with his hands. A lot worse . . . This should be fun.

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FILTHY TWISTED DEVIL by @authorlenahunt is available NOW! 


"Heartbreaker gold. Hunt sets the standard for irresistible.  Luke and Eden take the senses by storm with an emotional dance of love." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)


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Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

♠ Fake Dating

♠ Little Sister's Best Friend

♠ Billionaire Meets Cowgirl

♠ Three Overprotective Brothers

♠ "No Falling in Love" Rule (Broken Spectacularly)

♠ He Falls First and Harder

♠ Guaranteed HEA

♠ Virginity auction gone wrong

♠ Slow burn turns into high heat

♠ Complete Standalone & Finale of the House of Cards series



I watched her for six weeks before I knew who she was. I bid $1.3 million the moment I did.

The anonymous cam girl was my secret escape at the end of long days. I never planned to be anything more than a stranger in her audience—until she put one night up for auction, and I recognized the wildflower birthmark in the poster.

Eden Locke. My little sister's best friend. Off-limits in every way that matters.

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FALL LOVE by @lbdunbarwrites is available NOW! 


"Love Fall takes a stroll across the senses to get to it's soul. From a shock to the heart to a tickle to the funny bone, Dunbar delivers the moments that are too irresistible to forget." - (Isha C., Blogger Reader Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)


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Narrated by Erin Mallon and Ryan West


"Mallon and West find a reason to be charming." - (Isha C., Blogger Reader Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)



Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🍂reunited one-night stand

🧡pregnancy

🍂second chance

🧡opposites attract

🍂small town

🧡love over 40

🍂she-grump x sunshine

🧡she-blue collar x businessman



Neve Snowe doesn't need to settle down. She is already settled in her small harbor town, with a cozy beach cottage and part ownership in the family-run auto repair shop. She doesn't want a man, but she likes them. And she has one golden rule: only sleep with flatlanders. You know, the guys who never intend to stay in Lovewell Landing, only use the coastal area for a brief holiday.

And the last thing she desired was the unexpected . . . to be expecting.

Welcome to Lovewell Landing, where autumn is in the air, pumpkins decorate every doorstep, and a little fiasco might cause opposites to fall in love.

Fall Love is a steamy, romantic comedy companion novel to The Holiday Post and continues the romances of the Snowe sisters in the beautiful and quirky small town of Lovewell Landing.

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MAC MEYERS NEEDS ME by @helenahunting is available NOW! 

"Reality and wishful thinking are perfect match. Nostalgia has an ironic sense of humor. Hunting tickles the heart with a sweetness that stirs up the soul." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)

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Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🏒Hockey Romance

🎨Friends to Lovers

🏒College Romance

🎨Fake Dating

🏒Found Family

🎨Mutual Pining

🏒Slow Burn(ish)



Mac Meyers.
My secret crush.
Most unattainable guy on campus.
Relentless flirt (except with me).

Being friends with the guy on campus that everyone wants comes with its own set of problems.

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#FallingForSeries by Natasha Madison 






Narrated by Samantha Brentmoor and Teddy Hamilton 






Tropes:

🩷Single Dad/Nanny

🩷Opposites Attract 

🩷Small Town Romance 

🩷Forbidden 

🩷Detective Hero 

🩷Damsel in Distress



Single Dad/Nanny, Opposites Attract, Small Town Romance, Forbidden, Detective Hero, Damsel in Distress


A divorced detective who is all about order gets more than he bargained when his new nanny sends his life—and his heart—spinning out of control in the latest spicy romance by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Natasha Madison.



Finley Westbrook’s life just blew up. Now, the only thing she wants is for her husband to sign their divorce papers. Just one problem: he wants half of her, and her family’s, fortune. When her best friend tells her a man in her hometown needs a short-term, live-in nanny for his eight-year-old son, it sounds like the perfect escape from the mess her life has become. Sure, Finley has never had a job, but how hard can it be to take care of an adorable kid?

Single dad and small-town detective Lincoln Burke doesn’t have time for chaos. But just as his ex-wife is about to leave for her honeymoon, a major case hits his desk. He’s desperate to find a nanny, and it seems Finley is his only option. She’s a walking disaster in his kitchen, can never follow a schedule—and is a dangerous temptation in his home.

The chemistry between them is impossible to ignore, but Lincoln won’t risk his heart again—especially not with his employee. Yet, the more Finley pushes his buttons, the harder she is to resist. When danger closes in, what started as a temporary arrangement may cost them far more than they ever expected.







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REVIEWFALLING FOR HER (FALLING FOR #2) BY NATASHA MADISON

Falling for Her (Falling For, #2)

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


From flirty to fierce to fabulous, Madison brings personality to a tempestuous battle of hearts. Forget the damsel in distress and discover a go getter that dares to live life on her own terms. Falling For Her is a spicy, sweetheart that dances across the senses on a quest to find it's soul.






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Falling For Him (Falling For #3) by Natasha Madison is releasing January 12, 2027!


Tropes:

💜Second Chance Romance

💜Small Town 

💜Firefighter Hero

💜Secrets

💜Reformed Playboy

💜Fake Dating

💜Black Cat FMC


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Release Date: January 12, 2027


Blurb

USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Natasha Madison turns up the heat in this sizzling small-town, second-chance romance.

Twelve years ago, McKenna Lambert broke Hudson Tate’s heart when she left Montgavin in pursuit of dreams that were too big for their cozy hometown. He has always been content living there, working as a firefighter, and with his boss announcing his retirement, Hudson should be next in line to become fire chief. The only problem is the town committee is looking for someone settled. And Hudson has a reputation.

McKenna is back in Montgavin to help her mom through chemotherapy, but has no plans on staying. She has a successful career that allows her to travel the world, and a couple of big secrets she’s determined to keep in order to protect the people she loves—including the reason she broke off her recent engagement. However, rather than focus on getting well, her mom frets that McKenna’s broken engagement has left her with no one to take care of her if the worst should happen.

So, Hudson comes up with the perfect plan—a fake relationship. Strictly temporary, of course. McKenna is clear that she’s not staying, their lives are on different tracks, and they’re in agreement. Because she is absolutely not falling for him again ... right?




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"Theo and Collins take a leisurely stroll through the senses, past the heart and light up the soul. From haunting, heartache to sweet seduction, no one does addictive like Madison." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)


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Small Town, Opposites Attract, Blue Collar Hero, One Night Stand, Accidental Pregnancy, First Responder, Sworn Off Relationships, Black Cat x Golden Retriever



Release DateJuly 14, 2026



USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Natasha Madison turns up the heat when a night of passionate brings together a man who was never looking for love and a woman who thinks she doesn’t deserve it.

Theo Williams loved and lost once and isn’t interested in doing it again. He has his family and friends, and plenty of women passing through his new hometown who are happy with a no-strings attached night of passion. Working as a partner at his cousin’s construction company, he’s perfectly content with his life—until he meets Collins Henderson, the one-night stand who will change his world forever.

Collins grew up on the wrong side of her small hometown. Thanks to her parents’ shady schemes, every local knows a Henderson cannot be trusted. She works hard as a paramedic, putting in every extra hour she can to save for a better life. But every time she starts to get ahead, her parents show up to pull her back down. Having one night of passion with a man she doesn’t know is not something she’d normally do, but there was just something about him … And two months later, she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant.

When she runs into the mysterious stranger again, she has to tell him, not because she needs or wants anything from him, just so he knows. But now he’s showing up at her house to cook her meals, stocking her refrigerator, and doing everything he can for her. Collins has always taken care of herself, she wasn’t looking for a relationship, but she can’t deny the chemistry between them.

She knows it’s only a matter of time before he learns who she is and changes his mind. She can’t let herself fall for this guy, but every day he’s getting harder to resist …


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Holiday Rebound by Natasha Madison releases November 10th!









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Tropes:

🌲Holiday Romance

❄️Grumpy/Sunshine

🌲Opposites Attract

❄️Forced Proximity 

🌲Damsel in Distress 

❄️Emotional Scars 




Blurb:

A holiday where everything starts off wrong, and ends up oh so right.

Chloe

When I surprise my boyfriend with a vacation I’d secretly planned, I never imagined he’d break up with me.

Definitely not two weeks before Christmas.

So instead of letting me spiral, my best friend insists I take the trip anyway.

Fresh air. Fresh start. What could go wrong?

Everything.

The second I arrive in the most festive town on earth, I discover all my reservations have been canceled. 

It’s peak Christmas season. 

Every room is booked. Every restaurant is packed.

And I’m stranded.

JB

When I decided to open a Christmas tree farm, everyone laughed.

Now we’re one of the biggest producers in the region. Hard work pays off.

Doesn’t mean I have to like it.

While the world calls it the most wonderful time of the year, I call it exhausting.

Dropping off a tree at the local inn should’ve been simple. Instead, I walked in on two women on the verge of a meltdown. I planned to keep walking—until my cousin volunteered my house as their backup.

I should’ve said no.

Except now I’m hauling her luggage through my front door, reminding myself it’s only for ten days.

Then she’ll be gone.

Except with every day that passes, she gets further under my skin.

You can’t fall in love in just over a week.

…Right?

Unless it’s a Holiday Rebound.


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REVIEWHOLIDAY REBOUND BY NATASHA MADISON



Holiday ReboundHoliday Rebound by Natasha Madison
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

'Tis the season to listen to your heart and break more than a few rules. Madison sets out to turn that frown into a smile. Holiday Rebound is emotion at it's most captivating. From the heartbreak of life to the healing of love, Chloe and JB dare to be tempting. The soul opens it's arms and exposes it's vulnerabilities. Love warms you from the inside out.

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