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EVENTS
The First Chapter Book Shop Opening Day
Edinburgh, Adelaide, SA
13 January
will feature DarkSider:
Love on the Beach
Hilton Ballroom, Surfers Paradise
24 February 2024
will feature DarkSiders:
Cassie Laelyn - pre-order form
HM Hodgson
Mila Young - pre-order form
Pre-Order the Summer Lovin' Anthology (includes story by Cassie Laelyn)
BABE - Ballgown and Books Event
The Dome, Sydney
31 May - 1 June 2025
will feature DarkSiders:
Cassie Laelyn
Mila Young
Tickets not yet available.
NEW RELEASES
To Seduce a Fae
Book 2, Winter's Thorn
Mila Young
Released: 8 December in audio format
Narrated by: Krys Janae
Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
Three dangerous fae, two worlds at war, only one savior who can change their fate...
I left my foster home and all the baggage of my old life behind for a new start at university, hoping that things would finally change for the better. That the terrifying nightmares, disturbing visions, and strange voices would stop. That I'd get to be normal.
But it wasn't meant to be. Three of the most dangerously stunning fae warriors suddenly crash into my life and change my fate forever. According to them, I’m their savior.
These smoldering princes insist I belong with them, to them, in the Wandering Realm, a place where love is lost, where war brews like poison, and where the once-powerful royals are hunted and slaughtered by the thousands.
This is the world they want me to save. But among these monsters, there can be no salvation. Even the three fae princes sworn to protect me are keeping dangerous secrets. Ones that if I don’t unravel soon just might be the death of me…
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Non Spec-Fic
The Hero She Needs
Anna Hackett
Book 1, Unbroken Heroes
Released: 7 December
The last thing he expects to catch in his river is a billionaire heiress.
Loner Boone Hendrix left the military with ghosts that haunt him. He lives with his dog Atlas on a farm in Vermont. Alone. Just the way he likes it. Until he rescues a half-drowned, beautiful brunette from his river.
Gemma Newhouse is the daughter of the richest man in America, and from the abrasions on her wrists and her drugged state, she’s on the run from someone dangerous. She’s nothing like Boone expected—sweet, smart, and likes baking—and she ignites a fierce need inside him.
Being a member of a covert Ghost Ops team taught him deadly skills, and he’ll use them all to keep her safe.
Gemma can’t remember the last twenty-four hours. All she knows is that someone abducted her. Someone dangerous. Her only goal is survival and she’s used to taking care of herself. She’s a constant disappointment to her driven, successful parents. She doesn’t want a brilliant career, all she wants is to bake and make people smile.
Finding herself in Boone’s strong arms wasn’t on her plan. Nor was his rugged face, hard body, and gold-brown eyes. She sees how much he’s cut himself off from life, how he believes he’s broken.
Thrust together, she realizes this quiet hero will do anything to protect her. Despite the danger around them, they can’t resist their growing attraction, but her captors are hunting her…
And Boone is the only thing standing in their way.
Wrecked in Retribution Bay
Book 7, Aussie Heroes: Retribution Bay
Claire Boston
Released: 15 December
She needs to stop a crime syndicate. He wants to investigate the new shipwreck. However as their paths collide and secrets are uncovered, their future may depend on them trusting one another.
Sergeant Dot Campbell is having a terrible week. Her best friend is missing, and she’s exhausted trying to stop the crime consortium, Stonefish Enterprises from wreaking more havoc on her coastal town. The last thing she needs is for the man who shattered her heart ten years ago to waltz into town.
Oliver Anderson is ecstatic to work on a recently discovered shipwreck in Retribution Bay. The deal is sweetened with the opportunity to see Dot again, and finally put the ghost of their relationship behind him. However the moment he runs into his first love, his determination to put her in the past falters.
With rumours about the shipwreck spreading and treasure hunters closing in, Dot is forced to work with Oliver to protect the significant historical find. She can’t allow old feelings to surface and make her vulnerable again. Especially as Stonefish might be behind Oliver’s reappearance in her life.
As Oliver uncovers more recent secrets of the sea, he can’t escape the memory of the love he left behind. Can he navigate the murky waters of the past and convince Dot to give him a second chance before Stonefish strikes again?
Wrecked in Retribution Bay is the penultimate book in the Aussie Heroes: Retribution Bay series. Dive into this thrilling tale of love and redemption where nothing is quite as it seems, and trust is more valuable than treasure. Buy Wrecked in Retribution Bay and enjoy this heart-wrenching second-chance romance today.
PRE-ORDERS
Moon Vow
Part 4, The Artemis Curse
D.D. Line
Expected Release: to be moved up from Sep 2024
A moment of truth. A play on words. An unveiling of myth and malice.
Karisa reveals her identity, hoping her friends understand her mission and the rising stakes, but their reactions, especially Garrett’s, leave her feeling more confused and alone than ever. Torn between her heart’s desire and keeping one step ahead of the Shadow Master, her future has never been more precarious.
Now her forewarning has become Takoda’s reality. The great battle is upon them. Persons unknown attack a wizard within the university walls. The enemy takes a witch hostage to ensure Karisa’s compliance, and a long-forgotten verse reveals more than anyone thought possible.
With Tempest’s shadow mages overrunning the university, the professors and students must fight for their lives. Failure is not an option, but now the one person meant to save them, Karisa, is nowhere to be seen.
Nightmare Island
Exiled Sector
Mila Young
shared series
Expected Release: 2 October 2024
Wild Forever
Book 7, Real Wolves Bite
Mila Young and C.R. Jane
Expected Release: 26 July 2024
this book had been delayed and is now back on pre-order
Their Pretty Little Monster
Book 1, Monsters Night
Mila Young
Expected Release: 1 June 2024
Wicked Ways
Book 5, Techwitch
M.J. Scott
Expected Release: 28 May 2024
An exciting dark and sexy futuristic urban fantasy series from RITA® Award nominated author M.J. Scott.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about the magical world, it’s that you never know what’s coming next. Monsters lurk in the dark, and even in the light, danger is never far away. And when you get caught between old troubles and new loyalties, there’s no guarantee you’ll find a way out…
Wicked Ways is the fifth book in the TechWitch series, exciting dark and sexy futuristic urban fantasy from RITA® Award nominated author M.J. Scott. This series has witches, demons, an ongoing relationship that will have an HEA, sexy times, and a lot of computer geeks. Perfect if you like the idea of a strong heroine, a hot protective billionaire and magic and technology colliding. Enjoy!
Author's note: For tropes and CW, please check the author's website.
Tangle With the Mages
Seasonal Spice Novella
L.A. Monteiro
Expected Release: 10 January 2024
Cassia will do anything to ensure her old coven can't control her. She's even willing to strike a deal with the arrogant mage next door, although she'd rather deal with his dangerously sexy brother. What she didn't expect is their pet vine Irene tying her up in their garden, because Irene thinks the brothers are lonely, and the witch next door is the answer.
This spicy fantasy romance involves bondage, mind melding, and instalove. This short and delicious romantica from the Seasonal Spice series is easy to devour and sure to satisfy.
This spicy fantasy romance involves bondage, mind melding, and instalove. This short and delicious romantica from the Seasonal Spice series is easy to devour and sure to satisfy.
Fae's Dream
Book 6, Fated Mates of the Fae Royals
Helen Walton
Expected Release: 23 February 2024
Can destiny mend two broken hearts?
Aislinn
I’d spent centuries locked inside the Fae Kingdom, surrounded by my royal family. Safe. I thought I’d lost my chance at happiness until a trip to Earth led me to my fated mate. The one I believed was dead all these years. Now we have the chance to be together forever, but there are problems in the Summer Court—we might lose our immortality. Forever might be shorter than we deserve after being kept apart for so long, but can I learn to trust my mate long enough to be happy?
Fallon
I’d dreamed of my fated mate for years on end. They were all I had left after we met and tragic circumstances tore us apart. I never forgot her. Never gave up on believing we’d be together one day. When the Fae Princess walks back into my world, I’ll do anything for her, but no matter how much I try to prove myself to her, she keeps me at arm’s length. Then I learn the secret she’s been keeping. No matter what happens, I’ll love her forever.
Fae’s Dream is the sixth standalone romance in the Summer Court fantasy romance series featuring powerful Fae royals who find their fated mates on their quest to save the Fae.
It’s perfect for fans of portal worlds, intrigue, suspense, heartfelt emotions, explosive chemistry, love, and happily ever after.
Non Spec-Fic
My Vacation Fling
Book 2, Aussie Heartthrobs
Maggie Rose
Expected Release: 23 December
Ellie's husband had been cheating on her before he died. Now, she needs to try new things.
Her friends think a nude swim will be a great start to push her limits. That is, until she bumps into a long-haired naked Adonis. Adam was more than happy to save the redhead whose legs were wrapped around his middle. Could this be the start of something fun. Two people with pasts that have scarred them for love, just want a fling. After all, they have seen each other naked already. After a night of passion, they never expect to see each other again. Then Ellie inherits a home in a small seaside town and gets a shock when her rescuer turns up across the street. Will he think she is stalking him. Can they have more than a vacation fling?
Don't Blame Me
Book 1, Cloudy Bay
Melanie Scott
Expected Release: 26 December
Welcome to the small town of Cloud Bay where the weather is great, the music is fire, and love is complicated…
She doesn’t believe in happy endings and he needs a new beginning
Growing up in the shadow of her rock god dad taught Faith Harper that fame has a price. When her own music career fizzled, she came home to tiny Cloud Bay. She’s perfectly happy running CloudFest, the music festival that’s one part of her father’s legacy, staying out of the spotlight, and keeping men strictly temporary. And when she lays eyes on Caleb White’s gorgeous face, she knows no one would blame her for choosing him for a summer fling. He’s perfect—a hot famous guy who’ll leave quietly when they’re done.
Caleb has been number one in the tennis world for a long time. But he can’t play forever, and he needs a new plan. When his best friend announces he’s going to CloudFest, Cloud Bay sounds like the perfect place to figure things out with no distractions. Until he meets Faith. Kissing her is more than a distraction, it’s downright addictive. And soon he’s not sure he wants to let her go. Convincing Faith to believe in love is going to take more than music and hot summer nights and it’s a match he can’t afford to lose, because it’s his whole heart on the line.
Previously published as Need You Now by Emma Douglas.
Right Where You Left Mel
Book 2, Cloudy Bay
Melanie Scott
Expected Release: 16 January 2024
She’s locked her heart away but it’s all he wants for Christmas
Mina Harper is the odd one out in the Harper dynasty. Unlike her siblings, she can’t carry a tune, she has no taste for fame, and she married her childhood sweetheart, convinced they were going to live happily ever after. Then he died and her world shattered. Since then, she’s wanted nothing more than to focus on her art and a quiet life in Cloud Bay. After all, true love doesn’t happen twice.
Will Fraser fell in love with Mina the moment he saw her. Too bad for him she was madly in love with another man. And when her husband was killed by a drunk driver, Will knew the last man on earth she’d want would be one who owns a whiskey distillery. So he locked his feelings away. Until an accident brings Mina and Will together and he realizes this could finally be his chance. But while Mina might let down her grumpy guard enough for him to steal mistletoe kisses, he’s going to need some serious Christmas magic to convince her to take a chance that they could be something that lasts for more than just the season.
Previously published as A Season Of You by Emma Douglas.
You Belong To Me
Book 3, Cloudy Bay
Melanie Scott
Expected Release: 20 February
Welcome to the small town of Cloud Bay where the weather is great, the music is fire, and love is complicated…
She’s never forgotten him but he’s a for-one-night-only kind of guy.
Leah Santelli grew up knowing it was dumb to have a crush on her best friend’s brother. Zach Harper inherited his rock-star dad’s looks, his musical talent, and his habit of breaking hearts. He was always going to leave Cloud Bay far behind him. So she never let him know until she lost her mind on her eighteenth birthday and asked him for just one night. One of the best nights of her life. Except the part where he still left in the morning. But she picked up the pieces of her heart and did her best to forget it ever happened. Now Zach is back in Cloud Bay to record a solo album. Producing it is exactly what Leah needs to make her mark on the music world. If she can keep herself from falling for him all over again.
Zach came home to Cloud Bay to mend fences with his sisters and make the album he needs to level up his career. He didn’t expect to find Leah all grown up, more beautiful than ever, and determined to keep him at a distance. Until long hours in the studio rekindle their spark and suddenly they’re making more than just great music. Zach starts to realise that Leah might be all he wants. But real life isn’t as simple as a love song and it’s going to take more than his rock’n’roll moves to convince Leah to trust him with her heart again…
Previously published as No Place Like You by Emma Douglas.
The Devil in Denim
Book 1, New York Saints
Melanie Scott
Expected Release: 19 March 2024
He’s not just a curveball, he’s her worst nightmare
Maggie Jameson grew up living and breathing baseball. After all, her dad owns the New York Saints and raised her to think she’d take his place running them one day. The Saints aren’t just a team, they’re her family. Until her dad sells out to Alex Winters and his two best friends. And just like that, a gorgeous billionaire who has no business setting foot on her ballpark is calling the shots, and she’s standing on the sidelines. She’s calling foul and declaring him her enemy.
He loves the game, but he can’t win without her
Alex is known for always closing the deal but he knows saving the Saints won’t be easy. Especially when he realises that he needs Maggie on side if he’s going to win over the players and get the job done. Maggie is smart and beautiful, knows the Saints inside out, and he can’t quite get her out of his head. Pity she’s made it clear she’d rather strike him out than ever cooperate with him. And he’d be crazy to try to steal the heart of a woman who hates him, right? Or is sinning with Saint Maggie the key to winning the whole game?
The Devil in Denim is the first book in the New York Saints series, a steamy sports romance series. This series has billionaires, baseball, strong heroines, team drama, the occasional cute pet, and sexy times. Enjoy!
Angel in Armani
Book 2, New York Saints
Melanie Scott
Expected Release: 16 April 2024
She’s on her last strike and he’s the wrong guy to save her
Sara Charles knows the odds are against her. Her dad is injured, Charles Air is down to just one helicopter, and there’s only her to save her family. So when part-owner of the New York Saints, billionaire surgeon Lucas Angelo books a flight, she’s determined to make a good impression. He’s distractingly gorgeous, but absolutely out of her league even if she didn’t have to keep things professional. But when a storm turns their flight to a disaster and they wind up in the last motel room in town, she figures he’ll never hire her again anyway, so she takes a chance on just one night with the hottest man she’s ever met.
He’s always in control but she’s the fastball he never saw coming
Lucas Angelo doesn’t make rash decisions. A surgeon needs a cool head, and he always keeps his. Until Sara Charles seduces him and then vanishes in the morning. He should be furious and even if he wasn’t, he has no time for romance between the Saints’ spring training schedule and his own practice. But he just can’t forget that night. When he hunts her down to offer her a job as his personal pilot, she’s understandably wary but takes the job on the condition it’s strictly business. But he knows what he wants and, when it comes to the business of winning her heart, he knows how to pitch a perfect game.
Angel in Armani is the second book in the New York Saints series, a steamy sports romance series. This series has billionaires, baseball, strong heroines, team drama, the occasional cute pet, and sexy times. Enjoy!
Lawless in Leather
Book 3, New York Saints
Melanie Scott
Expected Release: 11 May 2024
She might not know baseball, but she knows trouble when she sees it
Raina Easton has sworn off bad boys. These days she’s focused on keeping her burlesque club afloat, which is why she’s taken a job coaching the New York Saints new dance squad, the Fallen Angels. The cash from that gig will help her buy her club outright and secure her future. But then she meets tall, dark, and grumpy, Malachi Coulter, part-owner of the Saints, and now their head of security. He’s got bad idea written all over him and even though he’s ridiculously attractive, Raina is determined to keep her head.
He won’t let anyone steal his heart, but her moves are hard to resist
These days Malachi is playing the smart game. Manage the risks, keep everyone safe, and don’t let anyone in. His life is just how he likes it—under control. But when Raina bounces into the Saints, all slinky moves, smart mouth, and smoking body, he’s not sure what’s hit him. She’s exactly the kind of woman he doesn’t need. She’s playing at being sensible, but he knows she has a wild streak buried deep. One that matches his own. He knows he shouldn’t let her in, but she’s all he can think about. But if he thinks she’s worth risking it all for, he’s going to have to break all the rules to win her heart.
Lawless In Leather is the third book in the New York Saints series, a steamy sports romance series. This series has billionaires, baseball, strong heroines, team drama, the occasional cute pet, and sexy times. Enjoy!
Playing Hard
Book 4, New York Saints
Melanie Scott
Expected Release: 11 June 2024
She’s playing it smart and he’d be a bad, bad idea
Amelia Graham has always been the MVP of good girls. Keeping her head down and playing safe have gotten her all the way to Wall Street and the security she craves. There’s no room in her game-plan for bad boys. And New York Saints first baseman Oliver Shields is way too smooth to be anything but bad. His face might be hot enough to melt unwary hearts, but she knows enough about athletes to know they’re usually players in more ways than one.
He lives for the game but she’s changing the rules
Oliver never takes his eyes off the prize. But when he meets Amelia at a party celebrating the Saints finally making the play offs, he can’t help thinking maybe one wild night with her is just what he needs. Pity she’s playing hard to get. But when things go horribly wrong and he’s facing the end of his career, Amelia is the one who unexpectedly steps up to the plate to help him through even though she’s supposed to be focused on winning her dream job. Flirting turns to feelings neither of them are ready to admit, but when faced with goodbye, can they swing for the fences and risk it all for love?
Playing Hard is the fourth book in the New York Saints series, a steamy sports romance series. This series has billionaires, baseball, strong heroines, team drama, the occasional cute pet, and sexy times. Enjoy!
Playing Fast
Book 5, New York Saints
Melanie Scott
Expected Release: 9 July 2024
She never worried about her crush on baseball’s bad boy until he landed right in her lap
Eva Harlowe always figured her crush on Finn Castro would never be anything but her deepest fantasy. Until the Saints send him down to the minors after one too many scandals. And given Eva works for the Sarasota Springs Preachers, that means now her job is dealing with the fallen Saint way too up close and personal. Finn might as well have ‘bad decision’ tattooed on his forehead and she knows she has to resist. Which would be easier if meeting the gorgeous Finn face to face didn’t make her want to learn all the wicked things he can teach her.
He’s trying to learn his lesson, but she makes him want to play dirty
Finn knows he’s on his last chance. Three strikes and the Saints have exiled him to see if he can reform his ways. He needs to keep his head down and prove that he deserves a second chance. But Eva would tempt even a true saint and he’s not even close to that. When the two of them strike a bargain for a strictly one season fling, it seems the perfect solution. But hearts don’t always follow the rules and as their clock starts to run out, they either have to face their feelings or lose everything they are.
Playing Fast is the fifth book in the New York Saints series, a steamy sports romance series. This series has billionaires, baseball, strong heroines, team drama, the occasional cute pet, and sexy times. Enjoy!illionaires, baseball, strong heroines, team drama, the occasional cute pet, and sexy times. Enjoy!
Moving on With Mr. Fix It
Book 1, Hope Bay
Helen Walton
Expected Release: 12 January 2024
Currently at special price of 99c
Live. Laugh. Move on.
Madeline
Moving to the small town beachside of Hope Bay couldn’t have come at a better time after my separation. What I didn’t count on living next door to my sister was dog-sitting her naughty beagle and the catastrophe he causes.
Nor did I count on a handsome man coming to my rescue and the instant attraction between us.
But then he introduced himself as my new contractor to help renovate my newly acquired house.
I can’t date my employee no matter how much my feelings for Nate grow.
Nate
Working construction wasn’t where I’d originally planned to be, but here I was about to start a new job in Hope Bay when the owner literally fell into my arms. It’d been a long time since I’d felt an instant attraction to a woman, and now I had to work for her.
She has a no-dating-an-employee policy, but I find ways to spend more time with Madeline without crossing her boundaries. The problem is, I’ve fallen in love with her.
And if she discovers who I really am, then I might lose her before I’ve even had her.
Moving on With Mr. Fix It
Book 1, Hope Bay
Helen Walton
Expected Release: 22 March 2024
Fake it. Laugh. Love.
Hannah
I never expected to see my first and only love again. When he appears on my small hometown beach in Hope Bay, I do the only sensible thing and pretend my dog trainer is my boyfriend. He seems willing to go along with the fake title, so there shouldn’t be a problem.
The longer we spend in our fake relationship, the more I realize Shawn is everything I’ve ever wanted in a man, and I’m falling in love with him.
But where will that leave us when we no longer need to fake it?
Shawn
I should have given up on the impossible of training Hannah’s naughty beagle months ago, but I’d fallen in love with her. Except she didn’t know I existed as a man until she asked me to play along as her fake boyfriend.
Of course, I use every chance I get to prove to her I’m better than her ex-boyfriend.
But what if she’s still in love with him?
Their Wicked Games
Book 21, Detectives Kane and Alton
D.K. Hood
Expected Release: 8 January 2024
As she steps out of the shower and wraps herself in a warm towel, her breath catches. There’s writing scrawled in the condensation on the mirror. I’m going to kill you. She doesn’t even have time to scream…
It’s Halloween when a young woman is reported missing from the small town of Black Rock Falls and Sheriff Jenna Alton and her partner, Deputy David Kane, race to her remote home. But all they find are signs of a struggle and blood on the bathroom floor. Freya Richardson has vanished.
With no leads on Freya’s whereabouts, Jenna hits a wall in the investigation. Then the bodies of three women are discovered buried in a local forest. Each one has been wrapped in a blanket. As Jenna takes in their pretty faces and long blond hair, her blood runs cold. Freya isn’t here: but each body looks shockingly like her…
Jenna soon links the victixms with an unsolved case where the killer attacked blonde-haired women in their homes and buried the bodies. She’s convinced it’s the same murderer, and seeing that he always takes three victims, she realises that two more women could be in serious danger…
Working around the clock, Jenna’s heart sinks when a beloved friend makes a terrifying call telling her there’s an intruder in her house. Begging her to hide, Jenna and Dave race to the woman’s house. But can they get there in time to stop another innocent life from being taken?
Dark Hearts
Book 3, Special Agent Beth Katz
D.K. Hood
Expected Release: 26 February 2024
Under a thick canopy of pine trees, Cassidy Wilder frantically searches for a hiding place. Her breath catches in her mouth as she hears heavy footsteps. She says a silent prayer, but she knows he’s closing in on her. She knows it’s too late…
When a robbery at a local store ends with multiple deaths and the abduction of sixteen-year-old schoolgirl Cassidy Wilder, FBI agent Beth Katz and her partner Dax Styles are called in. Visiting Cassidy’s family home just a couple of blocks away from the quiet little store where she went missing, Beth’s heart breaks as she talks to her grieving parents and promises to find their daughter.
Looking at CCTV footage, Beth is horrified to see how calm the killer is as he shoots everyone in the store before forcing the terrified Cassidy to follow him into his truck. Then Beth uncovers multiple robberies just like this one, where all witnesses are killed and a young girl is taken. All of the victims are taken at night and found dead the following morning, so Beth knows time is running out to save Cassidy.
When Cassidy’s lifeless body is discovered dumped on a busy highway near a patch of forest, Beth is devastated. And as more girls go missing, she fears the murderer is escalating. A breakthrough finally comes when she finds a name written in blood next to one of the bodies. Beth knows she’s close to catching the killer and is determined to stop any more lives from being taken—even if it means serving her own form of justice. Will she be able to resist the urge to take a life herself? Or will she become the killer’s next victim?
SALES
The Exile's Curse
M.J. Scott
Books 1, Daughter of the Ravens
Currently Free!
To save her new life, she needs the man who destroyed her old one...
Chloe de Montesse never thought she’d return from exile. Now she has a chance to reclaim the life she fled after her husband was executed for treason. But coming home again isn’t as simple as it sounds. Her magic is rusty, her family want her to wrap her in cotton wool, and Illvyan society views her as a scandal waiting to happen. Worse, her new life keeps throwing her into the path of the man who destroyed her old one.
Lucien de Roche’s magic bares the truth for all to see. He’s used it to serve the empire, but there’s one secret he’s always kept hidden. The fact that he fell in love with his best friend’s wife. And that he’s never quite fallen out again. Now Chloe is back and it’s no secret at all that she loathes him for his part in her husband’s death. A sensible man would forget her…but he’s tired of being sensible. And determined to keep her safe.
When a mission from the emperor takes them both into the wildest heart of the empire, to a country where power and loyalties collide, and old plots simmer back to life, Chloe finds herself dragged back into the past she wants to leave behind. And her only way out might be Lucien. The man she thinks she can never trust. The man she wants to hate. Or hates to want…
The Exile’s Curse is the first book in the Daughter of Ravens series, a new romantic gaslamp fantasy series from RITA® Award nominated author M.J. Scott, set in the same world as the Four Arts series. This series has old friends turned enemies (and then enemies to lovers), a heroine looking for a second chance, a smitten hero, political intrigue, royal witches, inconvenient marriages, sexy times and more. Enjoy!
A Perfectly Paranormal Christmas
Leisl Leighton, Hellucy Howe, Samantha Marshall,
and Marnie St ClairBooks 4, Perfectly Paranormal Anthologies
Currently .99c US!
Have you been naughty ... or nice?
Christmas is coming! Santa is readying his reindeer and sleigh with toys for all good girls and boys – but he’s not the only magical Being in town. Gods, Goddesses, witches, Fae and all sorts of magical creatures are gathering to celebrate the spirit of Christmas with a spot of tinsel-strewn mayhem.
But they better watch out what they ask Santa for … they just might get it!
The A Perfectly Paranormal Anthology authors are at it again, this time with a Christmas anthology to fill your heart’s desires – and your stockings! Whether it's making magic or making merry, these four novellas will jingle your bells and add a dash of spice to your egg nog.
If lost souls, wild magic, shifters, fated mates, action, mystery and sexy romance make you tingle, then thisanthology is for you. So decorate your tree, curl up with some delicious cookies and magic yourself some holiday spirit with a copy of A Perfectly Paranormal Christmas today.
Finding Love With Mr. Perfect
Helen Walton
Prequel, Hope Bay
Currently Free!
Live. Perfect it. Love.
Kate
When I agreed to dog sit, I didn’t realize my aunt’s beagle was so naughty. At least spending time in the small beach town of Hope Bay is a bonus, and so is meeting the local intern veterinarian, Joel. We connect instantly. Joel is perfect, and he makes me think love might be real.
But we’re both in Hope Bay for a short time, so where can it lead?
Joel
When Kate burst through the veterinary clinic doors, I knew I had to ask her out. The more time we spend together, the more I know she’s the one for me.
But what will happen when I finish my internship and it’s time for me to leave?
Can I prove to her our connection is real?
Return to Retribution Bay
Claire Boston
Book 1, Aussie Heroes: Retribution Bay
Currently Free!
They’ve both had their fair share of tragedy. Now the only way to heal could be to catch a killer.
Sergeant Brandon Stokes hasn’t been able to face his family for over a decade. But when his parents are killed in an accident on their remote sheep station, the guilt-ridden soldier must face his demons and return home. He’s unprepared for the gutsy female drifter who seems determined to help him reunite with his estranged family.
Amy Hammond has been running since she was fifteen. Now she’s finally found the stability she’s craved with employers who treated her like a daughter. But with her bosses’ sudden death and the arrival of their handsome military hero son, her head and heart are thrown into chaos.
Distrusting Amy’s real agenda, Brandon is forced to team up with her when they uncover evidence that his parents’ demise was no accident. And though Amy knows she needs to win the hunky sergeant’s trust, the sinister turn of events makes her fear any chance of love could be cut fatally short.
Will the troubled couple expose a murderer in their midst before they become the next victims?
Return to Retribution Bay is the thrilling first book in the Aussie Heroes: Retribution Bay romantic suspense series. If you like military hunks, plucky women, and striking Australian settings, then you’ll adore Claire Boston’s page-turning adventure.
Buy Return to Retribution Bay to dig up trouble in the dusty red soil today!
COVERS
Entrust
Cassie Laelyn
now has a cover.
It will be in the anthology
Summer Lovin'
Expected Release: 14 February 2024
ENTRUST will release as a standalone in March 2024.
Preorder will be up once the ebook cover is ready.
OTHER
Katrina Coll
Leisl Leighton
Leisl has an Author Spotlight on the ARRA (Australian Romance Readers Association) blog in the lead up to A Romantic Rendezvous.
D.D. Line
M.J. Scott / Melanie Scott
M.J. / Melanie now have an online store.
D.K. Hood
HM Hodgson
HM also has a new banner. 
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Congratulations to our DarkSiders!
Join us in 2024 for more fabulous releases!
Until then Happy Reading everyone. Be safe & well.
