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This week had quite a few submissions, but about only half of them were included, So i will take this moment to remind folks of a few things:

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* If there is suspected use of AI Generated imaging in your covers they will NOT be featured on the New Release blog.

As an addition to the form, going forward it will be required to add the name/link of your cover artist in the form.

Thank you all so much and I hope you have a wonderful week! There are some books I am very excited about this week!

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Jan 23rd:

Veil (Coven of Desire)

by: Ellen Mint

Genre: Romance ( Reverse Harem, PNR, Werewolf, Angels & Demons )

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR ELLEN MINT

Book eight in the Coven of Desire series

Here comes the apocalypse.

The first Horseman is threatening to destroy the world. Witch hunters are exterminating anyone who might stop Conquest. The hulking werewolf Eric is breathing down their necks. What can Layla do when the whole world's about to end? Plan her wedding!

Surprise, surprise— the coven boys are starting fights about her marrying Cal. Daniel'safraid he could be pushed out. Ink would never admit that he's worried she'll move beyond him. Garavel just wants to get away from the wet dog smell. As for the ex-witch hunter Raul, he declares the whole idea ludicrous. Witches are vanishing across the world and Conquest is definitely to blame, but no one knows yet how to stop him. Everyone expects Layla to put her life aside to save the world. All she wants is one day to be happy.

Worst of all, her mother is back in her life and already trying to control her. She tells Layla that witches do not fall in love, much less marry. It could kill both the witch and her lovers. After everything in her life, Layla refuses to give up the men who have saved her.

The Coven will be tested as they fight for their place in both the relationship and the world. Every force is trying to pull Layla away from her guys, but she'll need them more than ever to survive the horror of planning a wedding in three months. Will the bride make it down the aisle before the world ends?

CW: Open Door Scenes, On Page Death, Torture by Villains

You Saw the Best In Me (Forest Falls Book 1)

By: Taylor James

Genre: Romance

Karina is on the run again; this time, she landed in Forest Falls. Tired of running and determined to find a place to call home, Karina plants roots in this small town. What she didn’t anticipate was pissing off her hot, grumpy next-door neighbor and starting a war that she refused to lose.

The last thing she needs is to fall for him, or anyone for that matter, but when her life is in danger, she has no choice but to seek safety from the broody jerk next door. Karina has sworn off relationships, wounded by her past, but when she sees a softer side of the man protecting her, there’s a chance that destiny may have intervened on her behalf.

Maverick doesn’t do friendships, and he certainly doesn’t do relationships. Taking care of his little sister, Harper, and elderly grandmother is his only priority. When the loud, obnoxious, and insanely irresistible new neighbor moves in, the walls he kept around his heart slowly fall apart. When she reveals the vulnerable, tragic story of why she’s in Forest Falls, keeping her safe becomes his only focus. Maverick can’t deny there’s something special about her; she may be the only one who can understand his pain and see the best in him, but first, he has to do what he thinks is impossible: open his heart.

You Saw the Best In Me is an enemies-to-lovers romance that will make you laugh, cry, and believe in the magic of destiny. Karina and Maverick have a battle ahead of them, using pain as their power, but will they come out on the other side, or will the war claim them both?

CW: Domestic abuse, stalking, kidnapping, sexual situations, alcohol use. Mentions of: suicide, death of a family member, guns / weapons.

I See You In My Dreams

by Laura May

Genre: Women’s Literary Fiction

What if your dreams and reality collided?

Cassie is a seemingly typical high school student living in Florida, but every night, she visits a vivid dreamworld where she witnesses the life of Sophia, a seventeen-year-old living in 1920s Riga. Despite her attempts to make sense of her dreams, Cassie is unable to uncover the truth, and her dreams begin to invade her waking life.

When Sophia meets Daniil, her life takes a drastic turn and Cassie finds herself in the midst of a battle between reality and the dreamworld.

Will she be able to leave the dreams where they belong or will they haunt her forever?

CW's: Here’s a description of what could be found in this book: ● Violence ● Suicide: This topic is included in the book, but isn’t described in detail. ● Abusive situations ● Steamy sex

Broughtupsy: A Novel

By: Christina Cooke

Genre: Literary fiction, queer fiction

At once cinematic yet intimate, Broughtupsy is an enthralling debut novel about a young Jamaican woman grappling with grief as she discovers her family, her home, is always just out of reach

Tired of not having a place to land, twenty-year-old Akúa flies from Canada to her native Jamaica to reconnect with her estranged sister. Their younger brother Bryson has recently passed from sickle cell anemia—the same disease that took their mother ten years prior—and Akúa carries his remains in a small wooden box with the hopes of reassembling her family.

Over the span of two fateful weeks, Akúa and Tamika visit significant places from their childhood—the home they grew up in, their mother's grave, a favorite beach—where Akúa slowly spreads Bryson's ashes. But time spent with her sister only clarifies how different they are, and how years of living abroad haves distanced Akúa from her home culture. "Am I Jamaican?" she asks herself again and again. But beneath these haunting doubts lies her anger and resentment at being abandoned by her own blood. "Why didn't you stay with me?" she wants to ask Tamika.

Wandering through Kingston with her brother's ashes in tow, Akúa meets Jayda, a brash young woman who shows her a different side of the city. As the two grow closer, Akúa confronts the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family, and what being a gay woman in Jamaica actually means.

By turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, Broughtupsy is a profoundly moving debut novel that asks: what do we truly owe our family, and what are we willing to do to savor the feeling of home?

CW's: Sexual assault, mysoginy

JAN 25th:

Against the Broken Oath: A Transmutown Novella: Mercury #2

By: Sam Saylett

Genre: Low Fantasy

Welcome to Mercury, Maine, where the town moves, the paladins aren't always righteous, and Bird Braddock has a problem. Asexual paladin Bird had a promising apprenticeship to the powerful Gwyn Acosta yesterday. Not anymore. In one afternoon, vampires overpowered him, outed him as an oathbreaker, and pushed him into losing all control. His meager reputation in Mercury is now in shambles, and Gwyn has dropped him. So Bird has resolved to leave town, train his powers, and return only when he can fulfill his paladin oath. But life has different plans. When Mercury, a Transmutown, teleports from Missouri to Maine, a figure appears from Bird's past with a demand. They want him to return to the life he led before he broke his oath. Bird refuses, and doing so throws caracal-shifter Roo and new arrival Merry into the path of destruction. Bird has to fix the problem, before anyone learns the truth about the man he used to be. He won’t fail again. He can’t. If he does, he doesn't know what he'll break this time. Against the Broken Oath is the second in a contemporary fantasy series about rediscovering identity after adulthood doesn't turn out as expected.

1. Content warnings: Attempted child abduction, cult-like behavior, graphic injury, graphic physical violence, gun violence, manipulative behavior, severe weather, stalking behavior, suicidal thoughts, threat of bombing

Jan 26th:

A Not So Prince Charming (Castleton University Book 1)

by: Jennifer Chipman

Genre: Romance

One pair of shoes could change your life...

Ella I never imagined how true that statement could be. And yet, one pair of shoes changed everything. After falling into the arms of the most handsome, charming man I'd ever met at a Halloween party—and then into his bed—I never imagined I'd see him again. Certainly didn't expect to find myself paired up with him for the rest of the year as my Sorority's new President. And even though that initial spark between us didn't fade, I couldn't let myself be pulled in by his charms. Couldn't let him win.

Cameron After she fled into the night, leaving only her shoes behind, I thought that was it. One night, no names—just like we agreed. But I couldn't get her face out of my mind. Couldn't stop wanting to be in her enchanting presence. But all I had was a pair of shoes. Until she showed up, newly appointed President of her sorority. And the catch? She had to work with my fraternity—with me, as President. Even if she seemed determined to hold me at arm's length, I knew I'd do whatever it took to win her over. To make her mine.

The first book in a brand new fairytale inspired spicy college romance series!

CW's: explicit content, language

Tender Hoof: Stories

By: Nicole Rivas

Genre: Literary fiction

From the author of the flash fiction chapbook, A Bright and Pleading Dagger, comes the debut story collection, Tender Hoof: Stories. In these pages, Rivas compactly merges the brutal with the surreal, blurring the line between safety and danger, sinner and saint. Twin girls accept a strange man’s invitation; a young author’s purported reincarnation leads to fame and misfortune; a lone bicyclist cycles her way through a lifetime of peril; not even a fairytale can save children from the flaws of their parents. With blade-sharp prose, Rivas creates a profound cast of characters that generate momentum till the very last page.

CW's: Sex, death, violence

Someday Away (Pacific Northwest Boys Book 1)

By: Sara Elisabeth

Genre: Dark contemporary romance

“You’re everything I never knew I always wanted.”

It’s an appropriate quote considering the source is an underrated cheesy nineties movie—my favorite kind of flick. It describes the three of us perfectly. Not at first, though. Because after I met Lincoln Evans and Trey Walker on my first night at Whitmore U, we were a mess. Between Lincoln’s unveiled hatred and Trey’s slick, playboy ways, these were the guys everyone told me to avoid.

Except I can’t because they’re everywhere. And the more we fight whatever this is, the more we learn that we’re connected in unexpected and heartbreaking ways. I don’t know whether they’ll be the ones to shatter my already fractured psyche or put me back together.

Then there’s Matt Johnson—the cheating ex I never wanted to see again—who reappears in my life like a ghost from my past, stirring up tension with his presence alone. His intentions—whether good or bad—are only complicating my life further.

If my past and present collide, it could have devastating consequences for everyone involved.

Lucky me, it seems I’m powerless to stop it.

Someday Away is an adult dark MFM college romance with a healthy mix of enemies-to-lovers and spice and some LGBTQAI+ representation. It features an introverted heroine and two best friends–a golden boy and a broody bad boy–who know how to hate and love in equal measure. This book is a stand alone in an interconnected series and ends with a HEA. See the preface or the author website for trigger warnings.

CW's: Drug/alcohol use, SA, rape (off page), abuse (off page), suicide

Jan 27th:

Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms (Fae & Human Relations: A Regency Fantasy)

By: Sarah Wallace, S.O. Callahan

Genre: Queer historical fantasy romance

Roger not only had to prove himself to the Council, he also had to prove himself to Wyndham Wrenwhistle.

Fae and humans alike are returning to London for the Season, but the excitement is marred by the growing poverty rate among humans with low magical scores.

Tenacious Roger Barnes proposes a new rubric for testing magic to the Council, hoping to resolve the predicament for his fellow humans. But when he is paired with Wyndham Wrenwhistle, a dashing fae who has disliked him since childhood, the project seems destined to fail. Even after reaching a tentative truce, their fragile partnership crumbles due to malicious lies.

Adding to the disarray, a popular gossip column unexpectedly announces that Roger and Wyn are engaged. Obliged to go along with the falsehood to save their families from scandal, they are forced to reconcile their differences for the sake of the rubric - and for their impending marriage. As the project bleeds into their wedding plans, the pressure to flawlessly execute both mounts even higher.

Together, they have the chance to solve a crisis decades in the making - but they'll need more than magic to succeed

Jan 28th:

Forgetting Us

By: Grace Giavianni, Summer Winters

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Spicy intriguing Dark Mafia Romance enemies to lovers, forced proximity, he falls first, secret past stand alone with dual POV.

Grace's world was crushed when her soulmate died. His secret life filled her with mistrust. Now the man she is falling in love with feels so familiar. It is as if history is repeating itself. Should she trust her husband?

Roman awakened from a coma to a life he doesn't remember. A life now as a Mafia Don. He is obsessed with a woman he meets. She feels like his soulmate from another timeline. When his memory begins to reveal his secret past will it ruin their future together?

His low growling chuckle makes my breath catch. “Are you dare defying me, Butterfly? Mmm I do love this feisty side of you baby.” Then his voice has an impatient hardness inculcated into his deep timbre. “Save your ferociousness for our bed and get packed as instructed.”

As I tried to tell him the multiple reasons why I couldn’t possibly go, including my shifts at work he cut me off. His next words killed my fight. “We have things to settle. One of them being my rights to my son. The son that you withheld from me. The other one ensures that you are mine.”

I gasped in indignation at his preposterous claim. “You crave me Butterfly. You toss and turn at night with your womanhood yearning to be full with my large cock. Do you touch yourself baby thinking of me?” Oh my god, how did he know about that guilty secret pleasure. I gave him my answer at the small squeak that passed from my shocked mouth. He again gave a dark sensual chuckle that to my shame dampen my panties. I huffed out in denial. “No I do not. That’s all in your imagination.”

I could picture the smirk that was assuredly on his handsome face at his next statement. “Awe my little liar, the high pitch in your husky little voice tells me that right at this minute your panties are soaked and your nipples are hard as nails.” He stunned me with his confession of his own affliction. At how he rubs one out in the shower each morning and each night thinking of me.

Then his final command insured my compliance. “Don’t even try to deny our connection Gracie. Get to New York or I will file for full custody. Do not run from me again or make me chase you down. I promise you will not enjoy the consequences my little Butterfly. I am your sanctuary.” FORGETTING US

Warning: This was written for mature audiences only due to dark Mafia themes and explicit sexual content.