Monday, May 11, 2026

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS FOR MONDAY, MAY 11, 2026.

 





#JustReleased





Get ready to meet the final Hayes brother! Already Callin’ You Mine by @clairehastings_author is #nowavailable!


"....an ironically, wild and sassy ride. Hastings saved the best for last. A battle of hearts that never loses it's sense of humor." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)


#OneClick:

You don’t want to miss this one if you’re a fan of:

💥Rivals to lovers

💥Workplace 

💥Single Mom

💥Smalltown

💥A romance novel lovin’ hero

💥He calls her mama




It was not my proudest moment—starting a rumor that made everyone shun the new girl in town. In my defense, it was high school, and I still had a lot of growing up to do.

That’s not who I am now.

That guy probably wouldn't recognize the romance novel-loving self-defense expert and coach I’ve become.

My interest is in helping and teaching others. And it's time to level up my message. Reach different audiences and try new things. All with the help of the new social media manager at my family’s Fortune 500 company.

Who just so happens to be the same girl I lied about seventeen years ago.

And this time, she’s not alone.

She has a toddler in tow. One who has me wrapped around his little finger from the second we meet.

Presley, however, isn’t as taken with me. She hasn’t forgotten—or forgiven—my actions from years ago. She’s also just as un-thrilled as I am that we’re stuck working on this project.

Until one night changes everything.

Now, I only have one goal—to show her the man I have become. The man she makes me want to be. Getting her to give me a chance.

So I can call them the one thing I want more than anything—mine.








#BuyNow:



#booksbooksbooks #bookaholic #smalltown #booklove #HayesFamily



#TeaserMonday





#NarratorReveal


Pretty Little Scars (Silver Springs #1) by Kristen Proby is book one in the new Silver Springs Series featuring Tucker Hendrix and Darby Lexington and releases June 18th in Kindle Unlimited, paperback, and audiobook!





 



Tucker is voiced by Sebastian York 
and 
Darby is voiced by Samantha Brentmoor.
 
But it doesn't end there … the Silver Springs series is being done in a FULL CAST! 
Xander is voiced by Christian Fox
Ava is voiced by Stella Hunter
Easton is voiced by Jason Clarke
Zack is voiced by Connor Crais
 
PLUS Pretty Little Scars features Avery Caris and Savannah Thomas with more narrators coming as the series progresses!


#TropeReveal






🌷 Right Person, Wrong Time


🌷 Who Hurt You


🌷 Forced Proximity


🌷 Workplace


🌷 Forbidden


🌷 Found Family






BLURB

From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby comes the first installment of the Silver Springs series, Pretty Little Scars, a small-town, forbidden, forced proximity romance set in Montana!

 

I absolutely should not be attracted to my boss.

 

I'm living on Tucker Hendrix's ranch for the next year as a veterinary intern. But imagine my surprise when I walk onto the property on my first day and recognize the owner.

 

He's the mysterious customer I used to flirt with at the diner all those years ago.

 

Now, the chemistry is hotter than ever, and all I can think about is his muscles and the fact that none of my scars bother him.

 

He's seen everything that no one else has, and he's not running away from me, or the fact that I'm a Lexington sister and we come from a monster.

 

In fact, for the first time in my life, a man is patient, gentle, and treats me like I'm the most important thing in his universe. Like he can't live without me.

 

Like my scars aren't the failure of a lifetime.

 

I'm starting to see a life for myself here with this man, on this gorgeous Montana ranch. His family has welcomed me into the fold as if it were a foregone conclusion.

 

But someone is hell bent on hurting me and making sure I don't get the happy life I've worked so hard for.

 

Will they succeed? Or will Tucker and I come out the other side stronger than ever? 





#kristenproby #prettylittlescars #comingsoon #smalltownromance



#TeaserMonday


#AudioAlert




#NarratorReveal


Emma Chase has revealed the narrators for A Very Good Bad Idea!

Narrated by: Sean Masters & Brooke Bloomingdale

Releasing July 9, 2026




New York Times bestselling author Emma Chase is back with this red-hot romantic comedy about two rival real estate developers who inherit the same lucrative property. There’s just one catch: they have to live in it…together.

Block 42 Lot 17 is the most coveted oceanfront property in Shore Haven, and both Damon Burke and Jade Buchanan are certain it’s already theirs.

The elderly owner, Clarabelle Spicket, promised it to Damon. She also promised it to Jade. Awkward…

Now thanks to a provision in the will, the town’s coldest real estate shark and its fiercest power player are forced to spend the next four months living there together or else they forfeit the property.

Even worse, the dilapidated beachfront mansion seems determined to shove them into the same room—and the same bed. As wills clash, tempers flare and walls crumble . . . so do their defenses.

It’s a bad idea to get too close to your enemy. To care about them, need them, desperately want them.

But when rivalry turns into something far more than either of them ever expected, Damon and Jade discover that love can be a very good bad idea.


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#EnemiestoLovers #ForcedProximity #valentineprlm @valentine_pr_



#TeaserMonday


#AudioAlert


#Preorder




When Sparks Fly by Monica Murphy is now available for pre-order on audio!

Narrated by Tor Thom & Kelsey Navarro Foster

Releasing on May 26, 2026




 From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Monica Murphy comes a sweltering summer romance you won’t be able to put down.

Twenty-two-year-old heiress Rachel Henderson has one goal this summer: hide out at her family’s lake house and recover from the most mortifying breakup Manhattan society has ever witnessed. Sun, swimming, and zero paparazzi, what could go wrong?

But her quiet summer by the lake goes up in literal flames when a spa-day candle mishap sets her mother’s designer curtains on fire. When the local fire department shows up—specifically the ridiculously hot fire captain—the house is saved, but the captain scorches her pride with a lecture about fire safety.

Determined to prove she can handle life on her own without her family’s help, Rachel finds a new roommate and a new job—too bad she’s terrible at it. Oh, and she keeps running into Captain Tall-Dark-and-Infuriating (which definitely isn’t a hardship). The more time they spend together, the more their conversations start to get real, and Rachel finds herself falling for Wyatt. She thinks he might even feel the same way.

The only problem? Wyatt is all about roots and permanence, while Rachel is the very definition of flighty. But this summer, she just might be tempted to stay …


Pre-order today!

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Amazon: https://bit.ly/4nd6OcK

Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4uy6mIz


@monicamurphyauthor


@tor_thom  @kelseynavfoster


#AgeGap #CityGirlCountryBoy #Firefighter #GrumpySunshine #valentineprlm @valentine_pr_



#TeaserMonday


#PreOrderNow



Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🎀 Billionaire introvert hero

🎀 Selectively mute MMC 
🎀 Sunshine FMC 
🎀 Amnesia trope 
🎀 Secret/online matchmaking 
🎀 Small-town setting 
🎀 Found family vibes



IMPERFECT SOULMATE 

Vikki Jay

Release Date: May 14 


 

Blurb:

He thinks he dislikes her. He has no idea she’s the woman he’s falling for.

I’m Violet Morales — hopeless romantic and firm believer in the universe’s timing.

So when I stumble across FYS, aka Find Your Soulmate, a matchmaking website that promises to find your perfect match, it feels like destiny calling.

What I didn’t count on was being matched with Rowan Teager. Reclusive, selectively mute, billionaire — and the one man in our small town who seems entirely immune to my sunshine. To my face, anyway.

But behind the anonymity of a screen name, we are two opposite strangers falling fast and completely for each other.

The night we’re finally supposed to meet, I end up in a car accident instead. I wake up with a cast on my arm and every memory of my past wiped clean. Including him.

Working through my amnesia, I fall for Rowan all over again — this time not just the man behind a screen name, but the real, quiet one.

In the safety of his home, we start building something real.

But Rowan is convinced that his selective mutism and his silence make him wrong for me. And no matter how loudly I fight for us, he keeps choosing his fear over our love.

The question is — will he choose it over me?


#PreOrder 

https://a.co/d/084d1snr 

 


REVIEW: IMPERFECT SOULMATE (THE ELIXIR BACHELORS #3) BY VIKKI JAY


Imperfect Soulmate (Elixir Bachelor Billionaires, #3)

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Romance that speaks to the heart. Violet and Rowan seduce the soul. From haunting to hopeful, Imperfect Soulmate lives in the quiet moments. Jay takes heartache and creates endearing. With each journey of the heart, she leaves a lasting impression. A profound beauty that is hard to forget.


Meet Vikki Jay :

What can you expect in a Vikki Jay book?

Cute small town vibes. Swoony rich dudes who can be over-the-top alphas except when it comes to their girls. Shy or sassy sweet heroines trying to find their way in the world. Adorable pets. Families you want to a part of.

All my books take place in the fictional town of Cherrywood and St. Peppers. I write about beautiful coincidences, finding love in unexpected places and times, and fighting hard to get that happily ever after.

Grab any of my books, if you’re up for for some cute, steamy read with a touch of angst, and some... unrealistic meet cutes which can only happen in fiction. <3

Connect with Vikki Jay:

https://www.instagram.com/vikkijayauthor/





#teaser #vikkijay #billionaireromance @theauthor.agency


#AudioDealAlert




The audiobook for Measure of a Man by @mollymclainbooks is currently 70% OFF now through June 2!






We found ourselves by finding each other…

Rachel


Left blindsided and hurt by my ex, I'm slowly making my way back to me, discovering what I want and how to be more than "just a mom".

When Jinx comes into my life, I’m sure he's exactly the reckless distraction I need. Only, he insists on being just friends…

Friends with a few benefits.

Jinx

Reputations are hard to change. I know from experience. My family thinks I'm the kid who will never settle down and take life seriously.

Rachel is proof that isn’t true, yet I force myself to set my feelings for her aside to be the man she deserves. But when her past returns, I know it’s time…

Time to prove that the real measure of a man is in how hard he fights for the woman he loves.








#smalltownromance #audiobooks #bookrecs #audiobooklistener #mollymclain 





✨ #NewRelease 




WORST FAKING IDEA by @angelacasellaauthor

#NowLive

#Foralimited

May 11-13: Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google Play


Exclusive to Amazon and Kindle unlimited on release day. (5/14)

#Preorder

May 14: Amazon

Closed door -

May 14: Amazon





✨WORST FAKING IDEA by @angelacasellaauthor releasing May 14th!


"Delicious fun. Worst Faking Idea bursts the heart wide open with spicy, irony and sweet temptation.  A banquet of the senses that never takes itself seriously yet somehow takes hold of the heart." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)




Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🔥(secret) fake relationship

🔥reunited with high school nemesis

🔥opposites attract

🔥hot nerd hero

🔥he falls first

🔥horrible double dates


#Excerpt

“Let me get this straight. You want me to pretend to be your secret boyfriend, and in exchange, you’ll set me up with your cousin?” 

“Sure!” she says quickly, her tone overly bright. “Let’s go with that. It sounds like an even exchange.” 

“That’s an even worse idea than your original one.” 

A familiar displeasure spills into her expression. “Fine. There must be something else you want. Something I can do for you…”

It suddenly hits me that there is something I need help with. Something I’ve been worrying about.

“Can you dog-sit next weekend? The band has a couple of shows in Atlanta. I’d need you to stay in my house, though. My dog’s a little…particular.”

She brightens, her whole face lighting up with hope, and of course she’s even more beautiful like this. Looking at me like I could be the solution to all of her problems rather than the cause of them. “Of course! I told you. I’d be a great pet owner.” 

“All right.”

“I’m sure your dog and I will get along great,” she gushes.

I’m less sure, but I’ll give Nora this. She’s good at getting what she wants from people. 

Just like she’s about to get what she wants from me.

“Okay,” I tell Nora, holding out my hand for a shake. “You’ve got yourself a deal.” 

The wattage of her face somehow increases further, and I’m surprised by how much it lightens my own mood to see her happy like this, knowing I played a part in it. Even if it was by agreeing to a ridiculous lie.

“You’ll pretend you’re my secret boyfriend in exchange for dog-sitting? Hell, yes.” She slips her small hand in mine. Her middle finger is slightly crooked, arcing to the right by a few millimeters, and I crush the urge to trace it as I give her hand a firm shake. 

“So this is what it feels like to make a deal with the devil.”





Blurb:

Their secret fake relationship began with a little white lie...

Nora

My ginger beer brewery is, quite literally, my life.

Unfortunately, my male business partner's new fiancée is insanely jealous. It's only a matter of time before she forces him to quit, which means we'll both lose the business we love.

So I ask him what will get her to back down.

A boyfriend.

I make one up, telling her it's too early to introduce him, which works right up until she walks in on a heated private conversation between me and Cormac, my soon-to-be stepbrother.

She comes to a wild conclusion: the reason I'm keeping my boyfriend secret is because it's him.

I know I should set her straight. Cormac is the last person I'd ever date, and not just because our parents are about to get married. He's awkward, introverted, and has the people skills of a houseplant.

But I'm desperate enough to tell the worst lie ever.

Cormac

Nora makes me an offer any sane man would refuse.

She wants me to be her secret fake boyfriend–an act that only has to work on two people.

In exchange, she promises to help me brush up my dating skills.

It doesn't seem like much of a bargain, to be honest. She's been prickly since high school and isn't much of a charmer herself, but I agree because I've promised my father I'll try to get along with her.

But the more time Nora and I spend together, the more I realize that I'd like our secret fake relationship to be real.

**A standalone romcom in the Babes of Brewing series.**

Note: There are TWO different versions of this romcom:

1) A spicy open door version with some strong language and sex scenes

2) A closed door version with mild language and only kissing.

Please choose the version that's best for you!


REVIEW: WORST FAKING IDEA (BABES OF BREWING) BY ANGELA CASELLA 

Worst Faking Idea (Babes of Brewing: Spicy Version #4)
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

From sassy characters to unpredictable feeling, Casella dares to change the way readers consume romance. Laugh out loud, packs a tempestuous punch. Worst Faking Idea never loses it's sense of humor. Nora and Cormac burst the heart wide open with spicy, irony and sweet temptation. A banquet of the senses that never takes itself seriously yet somehow takes hold of the heart. Delicious fun.











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Meet Angela Casella:

Angela Casella lives in Asheville, North Carolina in an almost-one-hundred-year-old house with her daughter, two dogs, and an ever-changing number of fish. She worked as a developmental editor for years, both as a freelancer and at Random House in NYC before she started writing (inspired by her friend and frequent co-author Denise Grover Swank!). Now, it's become an addiction, and she'd rather not be cured, thank you very much. 

 

She comes from a loud Italian American family, so she basically has a phD in bickering...er...banter. 

Connect with Angela Casella:

https://linktr.ee/angelacasella 



Cover Credit: 

Artist Sam at Ink & Laurel.


#newrelease #angelacasella @theauthor.agency 


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