Wednesday, September 30, 2026

HAPPY BOOK WEEK: ONE NIGHT (BAND) STAND (WHAT YOU NEED #2) BY JULIA KENT

 



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Title: One Night Band Stand
Series: Get What You Need #2
Author: Julia Kent
Genre: Contemporary Romantic Comedy
Tropes: One Night Stand, Single Father, Widower
Single Mom, Blended Family, Cinnamon Roll Hero
Release Date: September 30, 2026










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Who accidentally has a one-night stand with her alumni band director?

Yep. Me.

I know what you’re thinking. Whoops! I slipped on some valve oil and accidentally landed on his baton during a rousing chorus of Stars and Stripes Forever.

That’s not quite how it went.

But the alumni band director is really, really skilled with that baton, if you know what I mean.

So what am I supposed to do now, as I walk into the morning’s rehearsal — three feet from the podium because of course I play piccolo — and find the guy I ghosted on this morning … right there, smiling at me like he remembers exactly what tempo I prefer?

He’s perfect. Too perfect.

He's a widowed dad of two adorable little kids that — oh, by the way — he forgot to mention.

But I also haven’t mentioned the seventeen-year-old I live with, either. He’s not my boyfriend. I’m his guardian. He’s autistic and non-speaking, and he’s been my whole world since I was nineteen.

I want Mr. Band Director. He wants me. Nothing — not the secrecy, not the awkwardness, not the 500 miles between his life and mine — will make this chemistry stop.

Except for three pesky little things: the secrets we're hiding from each other. Three very human secrets.

I’ve never felt so seen before. He gets me. I get him. But we’re buried in responsibilities and loyalties that get in the way. When I’m with him, I can play. Really play.

And not just music.

He can't quit his job and move his kids to be close to me. I can't uproot a fragile teen who needs round-the-clock care and is still mourning his parents. The odds are stacked against us.

But who ever let that get in the way of love?



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REVIEW: ONE NIGHT (BAND) STAND (WHAT YOU NEED #2) BY JULIA KENT

One Night Band Stand (Get What You Need, #2)One Night Band Stand by Julia Kent
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

If the laughs don't grab you, the emotions will. Kent leads with heart and tempts with humor. From unpredictable to inevitable, the feels keep coming. One Night (Band) Stand is a work of chaos that comes full circle. An entertaining piece of heart.

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AUTHOR BIO


New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2.5 million books, with 5 New York Times bestsellers and more than 23 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French, German, Dutch, and Italian, with more titles releasing in the future.

From single dads to cinnamon roll heroes to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men's room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).

She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.

She loves to hear from her readers by email at julia@jkentauthor.com, on Twitter @jkentauthor, on Facebook at @jkentauthor, and on Instagram @jkentauthor. Visit her at http://jkentauthor.com


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PREORDER ALERT: MISTLETOE ALL THE WAY (EVERGREEN FALLS) BY LAUREN BLAKELY

 



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Turning a grumpy cowboy vet into Mr. Holiday? Challenge accepted.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes a spicy, standalone holiday romance, MISTLETOE ALL THE WAY! This steamy, small town, grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, opposites attract holiday romance features a grinchy cowboy veterinarian and the jolliest publicist as they tackle the town's latest Christmas competition together! Releasing October 6th in all formats, including the stunning paperback with beautiful mistletoe and holly sprayed edges, this audiobook is coming to you in the form of a full-cast audio production! Erin Mallon and Teddy Hamilton perform this holiday romance in duet with a full cast of your favorite narrators, including Rose Dioro, JF Harding, Simone Lewis, and Gregory Salinas. Pre-order your copy today!


Get to know the characters and Check out the sneak peek ...

 "....an entertaining addiction that sets off sparks. Blakely shakes up the soul with a bold flavor that blends captivating storytelling with tempting romance" - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)




Check out all of the tropes below and pre-order your copy today!

🎁Holiday Romance
⛅Grumpy/Sunshine
🏘️Small Town
🏆Christmas Competition
❄️Snowed In
💝Found Family
🤠Cowboy Veterinarian
🚫Enemies-to-Lovers Vibes Early
🎅Grinch VS. Jolly
🌶️Christmas After Dark
💋Mistletoe Kisses
🎀He Ties Her Up
🎄She Decorates For Him
🥵Whipped Cream Shenanigans
☯️Opposites Attract

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https://laurenblakely.com/book/mistletoe-all-the-way/ 








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Check out all of the tropes below and pre-order your copy today!

🎁Holiday Romance
⛅Grumpy/Sunshine
🏘️Small Town
🏆Christmas Competition
❄️Snowed In
💝Found Family
🤠Cowboy Veterinarian
🚫Enemies-to-Lovers Vibes Early
🎅Grinch VS. Jolly
🌶️Christmas After Dark
💋Mistletoe Kisses
🎀He Ties Her Up
🎄She Decorates For Him
🥵Whipped Cream Shenanigans
☯️Opposites Attract

PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!

https://laurenblakely.com/book/mistletoe-all-the-way/ 





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Narrated by: Erin Mallon and Teddy Hamilton

Erin Mallon and Teddy Hamilton perform this holiday romance in duet with a full cast of your favorite narrators, including Rose Dioro, JF Harding, Simone Lewis, and Gregory Salinas


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About MISTLETOE ALL THE WAY (Coming 10/6/2026):

She wants to make him Mr. Holiday. He wants to stay a certified Grinch. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely comes a small-town spicy holiday romance about a guarded cowboy veterinarian and a Christmas-loving optimist who team up for a town holiday competition.

Dr. Noah Lennox lives by three holiday rules—avoid his hometown, cheerful people, and Christmas itself.

But when his beloved grandfather announces he’s retiring and handing the cherished sleigh-ride farm to either Noah or his slick cousin Stephen, the first rule goes out the window. Back home in Evergreen Falls, the veterinarian vows to fight for the farm that means everything to him. The problem is, the town doesn’t exactly welcome its resident Scrooge with open arms.

Except for one very charming holiday enthusiast. Eloise Langston, a sunny tourism bureau hopeful, needs a win to land her dream job—and to pay the rent. Her holly jolly plan? Turn the broody, broad-shouldered grump into a festive front-runner to help the town’s Mr. Holiday Competition draw record crowds.

Transforming a camera-shy cowboy vet into a small-town sweetheart isn’t exactly in her job description—but neither is falling for him.

Soon, Noah and Eloise find themselves tangled in twinkle lights, fake kisses, and one very real attraction. But with the farm’s future at stake, Stephen’s scheming, and Eloise’s career on the line, there’s a blizzard of reasons to put their feelings on ice.

Or will they fight to turn their holiday fling into forever under the mistletoe?






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REVIEW: MISTLETOE ALL THE WAY (EVERGREEN FALLS) BY LAUREN BLAKELY 

Mistletoe All the Way

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A feast for the senses that breaks the heart wide open with a sense of humor that tickles the funny bone. Noah and Eloise bring heat and heart together. Mistletoe all the Way is an entertaining addiction that sets off sparks. Blakely shakes up the soul with a bold flavor that blends captivating storytelling with tempting romance.





ABOUT LAUREN BLAKELY



A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sexy, feel-good and witty. Her books have been featured in US Weekly and People. Lauren likes dogs, cake and show tunes and she is the vegetarian at your dinner party. 

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Website: laurenblakely.com 

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BOOK BUZZ (DEALS, REVEALS AND NEW/UPCOMING RELEASES FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026)

 






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Trying It All by Christi Barth releases on October 12th!

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He lives by the rules. She thrives on breaking them.

Attention to detail. Order. Never leaving anything to chance. Those are the qualities that make Riley Ness a terrific NTSB agent—and an absolute nightmare for anyone who believes life should come with a little spontaneity.

After a tragic accident bound him to his best friends and turned them into brothers by choice, Riley learned the hard way that risk comes with consequences. These days, he keeps his life controlled and predictable.

Summer Sheridan is everything he avoids.

Free-spirited, impulsive, and impossible to ignore, she is chaos personified. She lives in the moment, and takes particular pleasure in pushing every one of Riley’s buttons. Worse, she’s made a target of the wildly popular podcast Riley created with his friends, putting the two of them on opposite sides of a very public feud.

He thinks she needs a lesson in reality.

She thinks he desperately needs to loosen up.

But somewhere between the arguing, the teasing, and all that inconvenient chemistry, enemies start looking a lot more like something else. Especially once the fighting turns into kissing.

Now Riley must decide what matters more: protecting the life he’s carefully built… or risking it for the one woman who refuses to play by his rules.

Falling for each other might be the biggest disaster of all…




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Lonesome Moon by Tess Thompson releases on October 20th!

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Available on Kindle Unlimited





The only family he's ever chosen. The only woman he's ever wanted. He can't keep both.

Luci Wilder is the one woman Grant Walker can't have. She's also the only one he wants.

She's his best friend's little sister — off-limits, the line he swore he'd never cross. As the drummer in Jack Wilder's band, Grant has spent years guarding the only family he's ever chosen, watching Luci from a careful distance and saying nothing. Wanting her in silence is the price of keeping them all whole. He's paid it for years.

Then Luci arrives at Crescent Moon Ranch for the month, and the careful distance gets a lot harder to keep.

Because Luci adores her big brother. When they were kids and their single mother worked two jobs to keep the lights on, it was Jack who raised her — Jack who went without so she wouldn't have to, Jack who made sure she got out and became the pediatrician she is today. She owes him everything. And falling for one of his bandmates is the one thing she knows he'd never forgive.

So she's kept it to herself for years, the same as Grant has. Two people, the same secret, the same person they'd both rather die than hurt.

But under a month of Christmas lights and Montana snow, all that careful distance starts to feel less like loyalty and more like the only thing standing between them and the person who's always felt like home.

Loving each other could cost them the only family either of them has ever chosen.

Walking away might cost them the only love they've ever wanted.

A closed-door romance. Best friend's little sister, a hero who's pined in silence, and a slow burn years in the making.

Five interconnected stories, one unforgettable Montana Christmas. Each book stands alone; together they tell the story of one magical month.




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Coaxing Katie by Cassie Colton releases on October 20th!

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Five years after losing his wife and child in a tragic car accident, Caden “Spider” Renner has resigned himself to a life of grief. Returning to Texas to help care for his ailing mother, he joins Serenity Securities’ Texas team, hoping to earn the money needed for her mounting medical expenses. The last thing he expects is a mission that will take him across the ocean and straight into chaos with a fiery redhead.

When Victoria Rostov asks for a personal favor, Spider is sent to Ireland to locate Kate Brynes. A woman who vanished while honoring her late husband’s final wish to provide medical care to those who need it most. Kidnapped and desperate to survive, Kate trusts no one, especially the rugged Texas cowboy claiming he's there to rescue her.

As bullets fly and betrayal closes in, Spider is injured protecting her, forcing Kate to risk everything to keep them both alive. Fleeing from Ireland to Embers, Texas, their growing attraction becomes impossible to ignore. Haunted by loss, bound by promises, and pursued by ruthless enemies, Spider and Kate must decide whether to remain prisoners of the past or risk their hearts for a second chance at love.




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If you love steamy second-chance romances, mature heroines, and intense chemistry, this is your next binge-read!  

Master My Love by Romantic Fiction by Maddie Taylor is only 99¢ right now!

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In a world where boundaries are shattered and inhibitions are shed, will she risk it all for a second chance at love?

Valerie Thornton's life is nothing like she dreamed it would be. A widow with an empty nest, she’s lonely, unfulfilled, and yearning for the spark of something special. Then a mysterious invitation to an exclusive lifestyle club arrives in her mailbox like the guiding hand of fate, gently nudging her toward her destiny. How could she possibly refuse?

Walking through this newly opened door and into the most exclusive club in LA is one of the most exhilarating experiences of Valerie's life. The testosterone-filled atmosphere inside is pure temptation. Every man she sees is more handsome than the last. Then, she meets the irresistible and highly intimidating Eric Dupree. He's clearly the right man to bring her dreams to life, but how could he possibly be interested in a forty-year-old novice like herself?

As the owner of Decadence LA, Eric is drowning in professional success. The club is a hit, and the new Rossi Security satellite office is growing by leaps and bounds. But years spent focusing on his career and the perks of his bachelor lifestyle have taken their toll. He knows it's time for something more in this next chapter of his life.

After meeting Valerie, Eric is charmed. But she's an inexperienced spectator in his sophisticated world, and despite her curiosity, she's far too innocent. What in the world could have brought her to his club? And, more importantly, why can't he get her out of his head?


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About Maddie:


 A USA Today and #1 International Bestselling Author, Maddie Taylor has been obsessed with intense, high‑stakes love stories since her teens. What began as a spark turned into a lifelong fascination with passion, danger, and the kind of devotion that cuts deep.

With more than eighty published works and over seventy million pages read, Maddie delivers fast‑paced, steamy fiction across genres—from contemporary romance to sci‑fi heat to dark, gritty western passion.

Pour a glass of wine, settle in, and lose yourself in worlds where desire burns hot, choices have consequences, and love never comes without a price.

You can learn more about Maddie and her books on her website: www.romancebymaddietaylor.com

While there you can sign up for her newsletter, get author updates, info on upcoming books, book promotions, low and free book information, free content, and awesome monthly giveaways.

Maddie offers heartfelt thanks to her readers for supporting her books. Please post a review so she knows what you're thinking. Constructive, earnest reviews are always welcome.

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