Sunday, June 28, 2026

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2026.

 



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#Preorder


Trying Not to Love You, Moran Sisters #1





Release date: July 14, 2026

Ebook, Audiobook, Paperback



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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




Amazon US: https://bit.ly/4tPcWKT

Amazon UK: https://bit.ly/4cOFbDn

Amazon AU: https://bit.ly/4d7Y7Mh

Amazon CA: https://bit.ly/4uknvp0


Available at these retailers for one day only: July 12, 2026

Apple Books: https://apple.co/4wd4wPa

Kobo: https://bit.ly/4eZJLQC

BN: https://bit.ly/4w4WrMc

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3OY6su0








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.


#Preorder Trying Not to Love You 



REVIEW: TRYING NOT TO LOVE YOU (THE MORAN SISTERS #1) BY KAYLEE RYAN

Trying Not to Love You (Moran Sisters, #1)
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

With open arms and a heavy heart, Ryan invites you to explore all the colors of love. From matters of the heart to the beauty of family, Trying Not to Love You is emotion in it's rawest form. Copeland and Ellison take a dramatic stroll down memory lane. Haunting takes the soul by storm.







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Release Date: May 19, 2026



NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Risk the Play is a single mom, coach, best friend's dad, forbidden, secret-relationship, age-gap romance.



AVAILABLE NOW

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#NashvilleRampage






"Irresistible, unpredictable, heartfelt romance." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)



Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXQBPQF6


Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/series/415771-nashville-rampage






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ESCAPING COMMITMENT by Niccoyan Zheng 💜


"....falling in love is hard to resist. Aldrich and Sorinah turn friends with benefits into a heartbreaker that shakes up the soul. Zheng brings the flavor to a tempestuous battle of hearts." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)


Sorinah Rowland and Aldrich Chapman never expected a truce to lead to a friends-with-benefits arrangement, let alone a connection neither of them could escape.

🔥 Friends with Benefits
🔥 Single Mom Romance
🔥 Banter & Chemistry
🔥 Learning to Trust Again




They agreed to a truce. Falling in love was never part of the deal.


ESCAPING COMMITMENT is now available for preorder!


REVIEW: ESCAPING COMMITMENT BY NICCOYAN ZHENG

Escaping CommitmentEscaping Commitment by Niccoyan Zheng
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Zheng brings the flavor to a tempestuous battle of hearts. Escaping Commitment has all the right moves. Aldrich and Sorinah turn friends with benefits into a heartbreaker that shakes up the soul. From hard truths to endearing romance, falling in love is hard to resist.



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Check it out - #RESORT KISS (book 5 of the Lakeview Harbor series) - has a gorgeous cover!! Slater & Evie are possibly the funniest couple of the bunch and you do NOT want to miss their story!




Evie and Slater were supposed to be friends. 

That was the first mistake.


She wants forever, but he’s always known he’s not built for it.


The last thing Evie Parker expected was for her boss’s best friend to witness her getting spectacularly dumped by a man who barely remembered they were dating in the first place. Desperate to escape her lackluster romantic history, Evie jumps at the chance to spend a month at Lakeview Harbor Resort. A fresh start is just what she needs…especially with Slater—the one person who’s always been easy.


Slater was never supposed to notice Evie. At least not like that. But somewhere between a competitive trivia game and a kiss that definitely didn’t mean anything, he can’t stop thinking about her. Having her at the resort was supposed to be easy. Evie was his friend—the last person who could complicate everything.


One kiss turns into one night and suddenly the lines between friendship and something more are impossibly blurred. They don’t make sense. They don’t fit. But forever might just be possible.


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Amazon: https://geni.us/ResortKiss-Amazon 

Apple: https://geni.us/ResortKiss-Apple 

Barnes & Noble: https://geni.us/ResortKiss-Nook 

Kobo: https://geni.us/ResortKiss-Kobo 

Google Play: https://geni.us/ResortKiss-Google


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#LakeviewHarbor



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


For more series info see: https://lovestruck677.blogspot.com/2026/03/happy-book-week-resort-bliss-lakeview.html


#Resort Crush (Lakeview Harbor) by Samantha Chase is #NowLive!


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Narrated by Rebecca Gibel


"Sweet temptation meets endearing drama. From spicy to sweet is a dance with heartbreak that never misses a step. Chase pushes every button from emotional to sensory and creates a rhythm that's haunting to the soul." - (Isha C., Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)




Release Date: May 26, 2026


 #RESORT CRUSH


A small town, opposites attract, workplace romance 

 

He lives by schedules, spreadsheet and always knowing what’s next.


She lives for trails, takeoffs, and the thrill of what comes next.


Nora Wilder is always looking for her next thrill, so when she lands a job as an adventure guide at the Lakeview Harbor Resort, it finally feels like she’s found a place where she belongs. Except what seemed like a dream job quickly goes south after a series of run-ins with one of the resort’s owners threatens the future she’s building.


Investing in the resort where he met his closest friends made perfect sense to Milo Keene. But for someone who lives for spreadsheets, participating in any of the resort’s outdoor activities is more than a little outside his comfort zone. And that’s not even counting the resort’s newest adventure guide who seems determined to terrorize him.


Milo’s survival instincts are screaming at him to stay away from Nora. But when she unexpectedly comes to his rescue—and Milo admits that he maybe, possibly has feelings for her—what started as a crush might turn into the adventure neither saw coming. 

 


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Amazon: https://geni.us/ResortCrush-Amazon 

Apple: https://geni.us/ResortCrush-Apple 

Barnes & Noble: https://geni.us/ResortCrush-Nook 

Kobo: https://geni.us/ResortCrush-Kobo 

Google Play: https://geni.us/ResortCrush-Google 


REVIEW #RESORT CRUSH (LAKEVIEW HARBOR) BY SAMANTHA CHASE 

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

Sweet temptation meets endearing drama. Milo and Nora are a match made for heartache. #Resort Crush brings all the feels. From spicy to sweet is a dance with heartbreak that never misses a step. Chase pushes every button from emotional to sensory and creates a rhythm that's haunting to the soul.

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Lucky 22 by Ashley Eckstein and Samantha Chase is releasing, September 8th. #Preorder today.


"An endearing charmer. There is no turning back once you turn that first page." - (Isha C, Blogger, Reader, Reviewer - Hopeless Romantic)




Release Date: September 8, 2026



Twenty-two was just a lucky number.

Until it wasn’t.

Ella Rose Holt believes in magic. Not always the fairy-tale kind, but the quiet kind that shows up when you least expect it. On the brink of her golden birthday, chasing acting dreams in Los Angeles, Ella’s life feels full of possibility…and just a little unfinished.

Christian Lucas has built his world on discipline, dedication, and the game he loves. As a professional baseball player, his life is carefully scheduled, a bit guarded, and rarely spontaneous.

When a chance encounter, a lucky number, and a not-so-blind blind date bring them together, neither is prepared for the connection that follows.

What starts as an unexpected meeting quickly becomes something deeper—an easy friendship, a steady trust, and a romance that grows quietly but undeniably. As their worlds collide under bright stadium lights and red-carpet flashes, Ella and Christian must decide whether love has a place in lives already full of ambition, sacrifice, and dreams in motion.

Because sometimes, the most extraordinary love stories aren’t loud or dramatic.

They’re built on faith.

On timing.

On believing that when the moment comes, you’ll be brave enough to say yes.

And a little bit of luck.

This limited-edition paperback also features specially designed edges, crafted for readers who believe in love stories worth holding on to.




#Preorder 


Lucky 22:


Ebooks:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW1KB7DQ 

Nook: https://bit.ly/4mhHMbS 

Apple: https://bit.ly/4shVgWN 

Kobo: https://bit.ly/41TBVAd 

GooglePlay: https://bit.ly/41Vw1yw 


Paperback:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/4dsES1O 

Barnes & Noble: https://bit.ly/4skDJwU 

Indigo: https://bit.ly/4dFhUEV 

BAM: (to come) 

Target: https://bit.ly/4t23i7l 

Walmart: https://bit.ly/4cxVT9K  



REVIEW: LUCKY 22 BY ASHLEY ECKSTEIN, SAMANTHA CHASE

Lucky 22

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Bursting with personality, Lucky 22 puts the heart on full display. From over the top to under the radar still waters run deep. Ella and Christian are irresistible. Eckstein and Chase take an optimistic approach to dealing with deep feelings. Emotion and humor take center stage. There is no turning back once you turn that first page. An endearing charmer.






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❤️‍🩹𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 ❤️‍🩹




𝑽𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 (𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 1) by Alison Rhymes is now LIVE!


𝗢𝗡𝗘-𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬!


𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗!




What to expect:


💔Domestic Abuse Survivor


🧒🏻Single Dad


🧑‍🧑‍🧒Found Family


🛑Family Trauma


✅Green Flag Hero


🏘️Small Town


Blurb:


The shores of Stowaway, Oregon, have been a safe harbor for many over the years. Louisa Moreno hopes it will be hers, as well.


Coming from nothing, she quickly found herself living a life of luxury, decadence, fame, and things no woman wants to find herself in front of. Now, years later, she’s fleeing that life. Hiding out in a last-ditch effort to save herself.


What she finds will change her forever.


Grady Steele came home to Stowaway to rebuild his life after a bitter divorce. He keeps his head focused on a single goal - putting his daughter first. Not much else matters.


Until a mysterious, bruised and broken woman shows up next door and reminds him of what he could have.


And what he could lose.


With their combined baggage threatening to sink them to the ocean floor, they’ll both need to learn to trust if they ever wish to love again.


Find more books from Alison Rhymes: https://alisonrhymes.com/books


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