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Leather & Lies
by Delilah GrantSeries: Ruthless Cowboys of Salvation #1
Published by Self-Published on May 30, 2025
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance, Dark Romance
Format: eArc
Pages: 253
Source: The Author Agency
Audience: 18+/Adult
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Some chains don't bind—they set you free.
When my father died, he left me a pile of debts and no way to pay them. Now, notorious rancher Jackson Hawkins owns my ranch, but what he really wants is me. He gives me an impossible submit to one year under the complete control of a monster, or lose everything my family spent generations building. I thought I could handle his terms—after all, I've spent my life taming dangerous stallions. But nothing prepared me for the predator beneath Jackson's polished exterior.
As spring storms trap us on his vast empire, I discover a terrifying truth—the more I fight his possession, the more I crave his control. But when my father's past threatens our future, I'll have to decide if surrendering to this monster of a man means losing myself—or finally finding the freedom to become who I was always meant to be.
Leather & Lies is a scorching contemporary western romance featuring an unhinged cowboy who demands complete surrender from his curvy obsession, with forced proximity, lots of spice, and a battle of wills that will leave them both questioning who's really being tamed.
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Salvatore
by Eden SummersSeries: Hunting Her #11
Published by Self-Published on May 29, 2025
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance, Dark Romance
Format: eArc
Pages: 438
Source: the author
Audience: 18+/Adult
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It was meant to be a girls’ night. No guys allowed. Until one blind kiss had me caught in the devil’s web.A monster in Armani.An heir to the underworld.He upends my life, his seduction smooth even as he offers two choices: get in his car or be shoved in his trunk.No, thanks.But when my past comes back to haunt me, there’s only one man ruthless enough to stand between me and the threat.The same man who makes my heart race for reasons that should probably have me medicated.Trusting Salvatore with my life is dangerous. But resisting him? Impossible.Because he doesn’t just want me safe.He wants me to remain by his side. As his queen.And he’s not willing to let anything come between us.Not fate. Not fear. Not even death.
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Restless Hawke
by Gwyn McNameeSeries: Billionaires of New Orleans: The Hawke Family Second Generation #6
Published by Self-Published on May 22, 2025
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance
Format: eArc
Pages: 359
Source: the author
Audience: 18+/Adult
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In the high-stakes games of love and poker, there can be only one winner…
I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life.But nothing compared to this.Betraying my family.Exposing them to the worst kind of danger.Allowing myself to become a pawn in a violent game played by a sinister man.It’s too late to go back.No way to undo the damage I’ve caused.All I can do now is try to keep myself alive and the Hawkes protected.Playing by his rules.Which means I can’t be distracted by anything.Especially not the stunning and intelligent Allegra.Yet, from the moment she sits across from me at the poker table, I know I’ve lost.And not just the hand.My heart.While she holds her cards and secrets close to her chest, I can’t help but be drawn in deeper by the mysterious woman with the haunting gray eyes.The stakes are high.If I lose, it’s about more than the billions in the pot.It could mean the end for me and everyone I love.
Restless Hawke is the sixth book in The Hawke Family Second Generation Series from USA Today Bestselling Author Gwyn McNamee. Grab this angsty, steamy billionaire romance about a man seeking redemption while fighting his demons and a woman torn between duty to her family and her attraction to the broken man she’s supposed to keep at arm’s length.
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From Drummer to Gamer
by Emberlynn RaineSeries: Four Foxes #5
Published by Self-Published on May 23, 2025
SubGenres: New Adult and College Romance, New Adult Romance
Format: eArc
Pages: 343
Source: The Author Agency
Audience: 18+/Adult
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I was Matty Evans’s number one fan girl. The problem? He didn’t know the gamer he was obsessed with was me…The bigger problem? I just moved into his place…The biggest problem? He was a grumpy grouch, and his presence was a cautious warning to my heart. But did my heart ever listen? No…
Sierra ChanSecrets and lies, how far can one take them?I was the worst liar in the world, yet I conveniently fooled my family to make my dream come true,Only I had no clue how I was going to execute said dream…But then the impossible happened…something I’d never imagined would happen to a girl from a middle-of-nowhere town,To come eye to eye with Matt Evans, The Grumpy Drummer, whose face was plastered all over my bedroom walls.One thing led to another and now I’m living in his apartment and sharing the same air as him, acting like a calm collected girl when internally I was freaking out, But all my focus was on winning the tournament that would decide my fate,To eventually win my parents’ acceptance to follow my dream as a professional e-gamer,But what I didn’t plan was on Matty Evans winning my heart…Underneath all that hard exterior was a man I craved knowing more,So I decided to play a little game with my drummer, But those sharp green eyes caught me, and now, rather than drowning in my lies,I was drowning in him…
TropesGrumpy x SunshineDrummer x E-gamerSecret IdentityFan girl x celebrityAge gap
From Drummer to Gamer is a complete standalone with HEA, and the previous books don’t have to be read to understand. It is intended for mature audiences, containing themes of mental health situations, abuse, and mentions of death.
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Broken Souls and Bones
by L.J. AndrewsSeries: Broken Souls and Bones #1
Published by Ace on April 29, 2025
SubGenres: Romantic Fantasy
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Source: the publisher
Audience: 18+/Adult
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Together they’ll restore a divided kingdom—or burn it down—in this new romantasy from USA Today bestselling author and TikTok sensation LJ Andrews.
Lyra Bien intended to live a quiet life to avoid the attention of the magic-obsessed king in the fortress of Stonegate. Until Roark Ashwood—the prince’s silent guard and rumored killer for the crown—invades her village and uncovers the truth behind the silver scars in her eyes. To save her best friend from death, she’s forced to reveal her abilities, and is immediately claimed by the crown as the next melder.
To be the King’s melder is to be revered and feared in equal measures, but above all it is a slow death sentence. Lyra is determined to find a way to free herself and her friends from bondage. But first she must get more information from the silent, brooding sentry who first took her captive: Roark.
As Lyra gets closer to Roark, she soon learns he’s nothing like she assumed—and in fact everything she needs. The more they work as allies, the harder it becomes to ignore the growing passion between them. After a sinister truth is revealed, Roark and Lyra must choose to stand against all they know, or accept their dark destiny.
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Rebel Hawke
by Gwyn McNameeSeries: Billionaires of New Orleans: The Hawke Family Second Generation #5
Published by Self-Published on October 17, 2024
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance
Format: eBook
Pages: 428
Source: Kobo Plus
Audience: 18+/Adult
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I’ve fought with my fists my whole life, but when my heart is on the line, it’s a battle I might lose…
I’ve only ever been good at two Fighting and f*cking.The entire Hawke family calls me a rebel.But all I want is to live my life however I choose.Without interference from people who think they know what’s best for me and set their expectations far too high.Only now, I may have lost my future completely.Pain has become my constant companion.That and anger.Every time I see the gnarly pink damage to my shoulder and feel the searing agony with each movement, I’m reminded of what taking that bullet took from me.But when I look at Wren, I don’t see her scars.Only a stunning woman who has suffered and overcome things I can’t even fathom.One who doesn’t understand her true beauty or worth but somehow still manages to exude the type of strength I can’t find anymore.She’s the sole person in my life who never asks me to change who or what I am and pushes me to face down my own demons.And while I’ve proved I’ll do anything to protect the people I love.When defending them means hurting her, it may be the one fight I can’t win.
Rebel Hawke is the fifth book in The Hawke Family Second Generation Series from USA Today Bestselling Author Gwyn McNamee. Grab this angsty, second chance, opposites attract, billionaire romance about a wounded rebel who defends his family at any cost and a woman beaten down by life who find that love is worth fighting for.