Friday, January 16, 2026

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2026.





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#Resort Fling

Lakeview Harbor


 by Samantha Chase


"Ironically funny, enduringly, insightful and hauntingly, irresistible. Chase shakes up the canvas of romance." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)



Narrated by Rebecca Gibel


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Maisie Quinn is on the run.


Sort of.


Desperate to escape her overbearing family and an arranged marriage to the absolute worst man, Maisie only has one month to prove to everyone she can make it on her own. When she finds out the Lakeview Harbor Resort is looking for an interior designer, she jumps at the chance. Not only has interior design always been her dream, but it’ll give her the freedom she desperately wants. She just can’t let on just how desperate she is…or who her family is. And it would all be fine if not for a rogue turtle and a storm completely derailing her plans—what’s a little breaking and entering to seek shelter when it already feels like your life is falling apart?


Axel Hayes is living his best life. Finally.


After years spent forced to be on his own, Axel is finally a part of something big and has found purpose helping his best friends bring the Lakeview Harbor Resort back to life. He might not have the same kind of money as his friends, but he’s not afraid to get his hands dirty and do a little manual labor. When he’s tasked with hiring an interior designer, he’s determined not to let anyone down. But when the last applicant shows up late and he catches her trying to break into the resort, he’s torn. Her designs are perfect, but can he trust someone who was trying to break and enter?


When the storm leaves Maisie and Axel stranded at the resort, falling into bed together feels like the best way to pass the time—who doesn’t love a weekend fling? But when the storm clears and Axel discovers who Maisie really is, he’ll have to decide what matters more—that she lied or that she could be his chance at the future he never thought he could have.


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REVIEW#RESORT FLING (LAKEVIEW HARBOR RESORT) BY SAMANTHA CHASE

#Resort Fling (Lakeview Harbor #2)#Resort Fling by Samantha Chase
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

From moments of humor to moments of candor, Chase shakes up the canvas of romance. #Resort Fling is an endearingly, insightful tale of independence. Maisie is determined to find herself and prove that she has what it takes to make it on her own. Along the way she finds the courage to risk her heart and pursue her forever. Ironically funny, enduringly, insightful and hauntingly, irresistible.



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What you will find inside...


💕small town


☀️one night stand


💕enemies to lovers


☀️opposite side of the tracks


💕family drama


☀️tortured heroine


💕rivals


☀️forbidden love




Release Date: September 9, 2025



He’s the reason she’ll never accomplish her biggest goal.


If only he wasn’t also pure temptation and impossible to resist.

Walker Bradshaw has a vision for the Lakeview Harbor Resort—bring his grandparents’ old property back to life and make it bigger, better and more luxurious than ever before, all with the help of his best friends. He just needs one night for himself before diving headfirst into the project. A chance encounter with a beautiful stranger that leads to a night of pure bliss is just what he wanted. Only he’s surprised to discover the beautiful stranger who disappeared before the sun came up is none other than the pushy real estate agent who’s been trying to get his grandparents to sell the resort for years. 

Harlow St. James is nothing if not a passionate person—just ask her about the wild night of passion she spent with a handsome stranger. And when it comes to her career, that passion is matched only by her determination. When she learns there might be a new owner at the Lakeview Harbor Resort, she’s ready to march up there and convince them to finally let her list and sell the resort. But those plans all go sideways when she discovers the new owner is none other than her one-night stand. 

There’s no way Walker is selling the resort and there’s no way Harlow is going to let him turn the rustic lake resort into a luxurious retreat. One argument leads to another until their explosive chemistry makes them fall into bed together again. And again. Agree to disagree becomes their motto, but when the tables turn and Harlow becomes the obstacle standing in Walker’s way, he has to wonder if she’s been planning her payback all along.


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REVIEW#RESORT LOVE (LAKEVIEW HARBOR RESORT) BY SAMANTHA CHASE

#Resort Love (Lakeview Harbor Resort #1)

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A battle of wills becomes a meeting of hearts. #Resort Love is an emotional celebration of the past that collides with the present. From heartbreaking to heartwarming is a treacherous blend of sweet temptation and spicy romance. Chase dives heartfirst into the real world to expose the beauty hiding underneath. Harlow and Walker bring the drama of family, life and love without ever losing sight of the feelings that guide them along the way.







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#Resort Romance by Samantha Chase is #nowavailable!


 "Chase is never afraid to remind readers they have a heart.  Once Jayce and Kelsey grab ahold of your soul there is no turning back." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)


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Narrated by Rebecca Gibel


Release DateAugust 12, 2025


A ten-day family vacation is fun when you’re a kid. As an adult? Not so much.


When Jayce Nash agreed to join his family at Lakeview Harbor Resort to celebrate his grandparents' fifty-fifth wedding anniversary, he didn't think he'd feel like he'd been transported back in time. He certainly didn't expect to run into the girl who got away all those years ago.


Going back where all your favorite memories were made should be exciting. Except when doing so means saying goodbye.


Kelsey Brooks dreaded going back to Lakeview Harbor Resort. Especially because she was going back alone. But it's the perfect place to say goodbye to her mother, and with the resort closing at the end of the season, it's now or never. The last thing she could have imagined was literally running into the boy she never forgot.


They have ten days to walk down memory lane and wonder about what might have been. But maybe they can also create the future they always wanted.


And while they're at it, they might just also save the Lakeview Harbor Resort.


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REVIEW#RESORT ROMANCE (LAKEVIEW HARBOR RESORT) BY SAMANTHA CHASE

#Resort Romance: Lakeview Harbor

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Chase is never afraid to remind readers they have a heart. From flirty to funny, frustrating to tempting, haunting to irresistible, #Resort Romance is the perfect introduction to chaos. Once Jayce and Kelsey grab ahold of your soul there is no turning back.




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*****


#NewRelease


SOMEONE TO STAY (SKYLARK #5) BY MICHELLE MAJOR


"With the heart in it's sights and the senses on it's radar, Someone to Stay delivers temptation at it's most delicious.  From endearing to heartbreaking, Major conducts a haunting sonata that refuses to let go." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)




NFL superstar Felix Barlowe was never supposed to be the one.

He’s my brother-in-law’s brother and my nemesis--until one unforgettable night changed everything. I thought it would get him out of my system, not leave me with a secret.

I’m hiding out in a secluded cabin, pregnant and panicking, when Felix shows up with a two-year-old and no idea how everything is about to change. So I do something reckless and offer to help as his temporary nanny.
It seems like an easy way to buy myself time. But watching him bake sourdough at dawn and read bedtime stories on repeat, not to mention those late-night kisses, I start to fall for him in a way I never saw coming.
Felix Barlowe thinks he’s not built for forever. I think he might be perfect for me.


Piper Hart has hated me from day one. She’s all spark and sass and completely immune to my charm. But now she’s helping with a little girl I never expected to raise, and I can’t seem to get the night she spent in my arms out of my mind.

I’ve failed at love three times--definitely not relationship material. But Piper makes me want to believe again.

And when I discover her secret, I’ll do whatever it takes to prove I’m not a man who leaves. I’m the one who stays.

Someone To Stay is Book 5 in The Skylark Series. A small-town standalone with a guaranteed HEA. If you like grumpy/sunshine, enemies-to-lovers romance with forced proximity, found family, and all the slow-burn heat, this one's for you.


Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242715362-someone-to-stay

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REVIEWSOMEONE TO STAY (SKYLARK #5) BY MICHELLE MAJOR

Someone to Stay (Skylark #5)
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

With the heart in it's sights and the senses on it's radar, Someone to Stay delivers temptation at it's most delicious. Piper and Felix turn emotions inside out. From endearing to heartbreaking, Major conducts a haunting sonata that refuses to let go.




*****


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HAPPY BOOK WEEK


UNDENIABLE (POPLAR SPRINGS #4) BY MARY SUE JACKSON

"The pull of the heart is so strong that it captures the soul along the way. Amy and Cal turn a beautiful mess into an enduring romance that lingers long after the last word is read." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)




CAL
Small towns were never part of the plan—too quiet, too close, too permanent.
I stick to the rodeo circuit. Fast rides, faster exits. No roots. No ghosts.

But Poplar Springs? It hits different.

I roll in to promote a local event and end up staring into a past that isn’t mine. Seems I’m the dead ringer of a man this town buried. A man Amy loved.

She looks at me like I’ve torn something wide open. And I feel it too—the pull, the guilt, the heat I’ve got no business feeling.

I tell myself to walk. But then I learn I’ve got ties here. Blood. A nephew who doesn’t remember his dad.

And for the first time, I wonder if I’ve been running from the wrong things.

So I do what I’ve always done.
I leave.

…Or at least, I try.



AMY
He’s not Luke. I know that.
But the way he walks, the way he looks at me—it hurts just the same.

I should shut the door, tell him to go.

Instead, I watch him reach for my son with a tenderness he doesn’t show anyone else.

He says he’s just passing through.

But I see the pain he doesn’t speak, the way he holds my son like a promise he never made.
And if he walks away, I don’t know how to carry both goodbyes.


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REVIEWUNDENIABLE (POPLAR SPRINGS #4) BY MARY SUE JACKSON

Undeniable (Poplar Springs, #4)
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The pull of the heart is so strong that it captures the soul along the way. Jackson dives heart first into emotion. Undeniable tackles love, loss and hope that tugs at the heartstrings. Yet through the pain it also highlights the resilience of the human spirit. Amy and Cal turn a beautiful mess into an enduring romance that lingers long after the last word is read.


*****



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HAPPY BOOK WEEK


THE CEO'S TAKEOVER (THE SEBASTIAN BROTHERS) BY MARGARETTE GREY

 "Grey takes the heart on a wild ride. Rafael and Savannah take emotions by storm when simmering attraction becomes tempestuous romance.  Insatiable and inevitable create an explosive tango of hearts." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)





The moment my marriage exploded, my billionaire boss decided I was his to protect.

I was supposed to be the good wife, the polished marketing executive who held her marriage together with polite smiles. Instead, I discovered my husband’s betrayal… and woke up to a photo of me and my boss splashed across every screen in the city.

Rafael Sebastian is everything I should run from—calculating billionaire CEO, relentless control freak, and a man whose charm is dangerous.

Before I know it, I am in a private jet with my boss, agreeing to a sham of a relationship just to keep up appearances. No feelings, no future, just a contract with an end date.

But the more he protects me, pushes me, and pulls me into his orbit, the more I see the man his jealous streak, the possessiveness, and the fractured past he refuses to name.

I know I should walk away.

But when our contract expires and the cameras move on, do I walk away and rebuild the safe life I lost… or risk everything on the man who was never supposed to be anything more than my CEO?


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REVIEWTHE CEO'S TAKEOVER (THE SEBASTIAN BROTHERS) BY MARGARETTE GREY

The CEO's Takeover: A Fake Relationship Billionaire Romance (The Sebastian Brothers)
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

From still waters to a raging inferno, Grey takes the heart on a wild ride. Rafael and Savannah take emotions by storm when simmering attraction becomes tempestuous romance. Insatiable and inevitable create an explosive tango of hearts.




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HAPPY BOOK WEEK


HOW TO GET AWAY WITH SCANDAL (SCANDALOUS #5) BY CAROLINE LINDEN 

"An adventure of the heart that pushes boundaries, tempts the senses and celebrates independence.  Linden dares to highlight the courage of  one woman and the mysterious man who steals her heart." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)




Don’t fall in love with me…

Evangeline, Lady Courtenay, has flirted with scandal her entire life, and paid a steep price for it, with two unhappy marriages and a tarnished reputation. She’s vowed never to get entangled with another man—until a dashing explorer, just passing through London, smiles at her and sends her heart leaping. Just one night, she tells herself; that’s all she wants.

Sir Richard Campion is entranced by Evangeline the moment they meet, even before she takes him home with her for a night of pleasure, only to be gone when he wakes. When he encounters her again years later, he is just as fascinated—and elated to find that she still feels it, too. And this time, he intends to persuade her that he’s worth getting entangled with…forever. 


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REVIEWHOW TO GET AWAY WITH SCANDAL (SCANDALOUS #5) BY CAROLINE LINDEN

How to Get Away with Scandal (Scandalous #5)
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An adventure of the heart that pushes boundaries, tempts the senses and celebrates independence. Evangeline lives by her own rules. Forget the damsel in distress, she dares to follow her heart, speak her mind and find happiness on her terms. Linden dares to highlight the courage of one woman and the mysterious man who steals her heart.




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COVER REVEALS





Author @connorcrais has revealed the cover for Bright Light Dark Thunder!



Releasing February 26, 2026



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Author @maevegarnerauthor has revealed the cover for The Garden of Forgotten Things!



Releasing February 24, 2026

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Author @siennajuddauthor has revealed the cover for Crimson Refuge!



Releasing February 12, 2026

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Author @siennacrossbooks has revealed the covers for Wicked Devil!



Releasing March 10, 2026



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Author @rc_stephens_author has revealed the covers for Sunshine and Sins!



Releasing February 11, 2026



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Author @kimberlykincaidauthor has revealed the cover for Smolder!



Releasing August 18, 2026



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Author @addyanders_author has revealed the cover for Shattered Hopes!



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What It Takes by @willowaster is now LIVE!


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Cover Reveals





@authorhollyrenee has revealed the gorgeous cover for Small Town Smokeshow! 

Releasing May 12, 2026


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@jennifersucevicauthor has revealed the gorgeous covers for Show Me Forever!


Releasing March 19, 2026


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