Pretending to fall for her may be more dangerous than letting our meddlesome town play matchmaker.
Falling for the Bachelor, an all-new deliciously-hot brother’s best friend small town romantic comedy from bestselling author Amy Alves is live now!
I'm cursed. Unlucky in love. So pretending to fall in love with my best friend's sister couldn't possibly make it worse.
My avoidance of relationships has two neighboring towns joining forces to find me a girlfriend—one I don’t want.
So when they name me the bachelor in their charity dating show, I have two options: suffer the consequences of bailing or accept help from my best friend’s little sister.
I chose the latter.
Because Olivia Vaughn has a plan.
She suggests a ringer—someone on the inside…someone I trust, that I can choose at the end of the show.
A fake contestant.
It’s crazy. Risky. And undeniably tempting.
We’d have to touch, flirt, kiss.
I could pull her close…that long, auburn hair wrapped up in my fist as I whisper all the dirty thoughts I’ve ever had about her.
Pretending to fall for her may be more dangerous than letting our meddlesome town play matchmaker.
Because if this backfires, it might cost me my best friend, disappoint our families, and reignite feelings for the feisty, hazel-eyed beauty I grew up with.
So while I can’t—shouldn’t—pretend to fall in love with Olivia, I do.
With the hope that fake girlfriends are curse-proof.
Falling for the Bachelor is a steamy, brother's best friend, fake relationship, friends-to-lovers, small town, standalone romantic comedy. It contains plenty of steamy scenes, laughs, and an HEA.
Review:
Falling for the Bachelor was such a cute story! I loved the idea of a small scale version of the reality dating show so many of us know and love with the added drama of the small town life and all that comes with that! I’m a sucker for a small town romance story any day and this one with the dynamics of the Fletcher and Vaughn families is one I am so glad I took the time to read! I loved getting to see Liv’s relationship with her brothers, her mom and her interactions with the townsfolk after she comes back to town after her marriage ended. I loved seeing Sawyer’s family relationships too and his small town, family run veterinarian’s office. I love the friendship between Sawyer and Liv and their easy camaraderie and banter. I enjoyed seeing Sawyer’s insecurities play out and how he handled those. I loved Liv’s ability to see the best in most people. I loved the chemistry and the passion, and the real emotions that would come after being in a situation like this. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and had fun reading it. It was so easy to visualize and the author has a great talent of bringing her words to life. This was my first book from Amy Alves but I will be reading more from her soon!
Amy Alves lives in Alberta, Canada with her husband and two crazy cute kids. She is a romance-obsessed reader, a lover of wine and fuzzy socks, and a loather of laundry. She loves contemporary, paranormal, and rom com romance—her kindle always has a long list of books waiting to be read.
Amy writes contemporary romance with a hint of rom com fun. Tropes you can expect to see are: second chance, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, and fake relationships.
Cruel North, a steamy, second-chance romance in the North Brothers Series from New York Times bestselling author JB Salsbury, is coming on November 29th and we have the gorgeous cover!
Cruel North is an angsty second-chance, enemies to lovers romance where the most hated man in the North Brothers world finally gets brought to his knees.
JB Salsbury, New York Times Best Selling author of The Fighting Series, lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her husband and two kids. She spends the majority of her day lost in a world of battling alphas, budding romance, and impossible obstacles as stories claw away at her subconscious, begging to be released to the page.
Her love of good storytelling led her to earn a degree in Media Communications. With her journalistic background, writing has always been at the forefront, and her love of romance prompted her to write her first novel.
Since 2013 she has published six bestselling novels in The Fighting Series and won a RONE Award.
Memories of a Life: Colten & Josie: Part Two by Jewel E. Ann is now live!
The girl I met when we were nine is now the woman who said "yes" to being my wife.
But Josie's not planning our wedding; she's too consumed by things that happened over a century ago.
She has terrible dreams and unrelenting visions of the unspeakable. I believe her, but I don't understand her.
If I can't understand her, I can't stop her.
If I can't stop her, I can't save us.
And without us ... well, I can't imagine that world.
Review:
I don’t remember a time lately where I have been so invested, so excited, so ready to read part two of a series. I finished the first book in this series and all but begged Jewel E Ann to release this book ASAP because I so desperately needed to know what happens next. Now I know what happens next… and I’m a little speechless! This book was everything I hoped it would be and nothing I expected it to be all in one marvelous, quirky package. I don’t know how to write a review with all my thoughts and feelings on this story because there’s no way I am going to spoil it for anyone as I have deemed it a MUST READ but I’ll try to sum up my feelings the best way I can. Josie freaking broke my heart in this book. Colten revived it. Reagan made it feel warm and fuzzy. Savannah and Isaac made me want to hug them. Let’s add Becca to the hugging party. This book was filled with so many emotions and so many twists and turns. At one point I thought I had an idea of what may happen. Then I realized I had no idea what was going to happen. And then I realized there’s no way I’ll ever predict what’s going to happen by the end! A mark of a great book for me is on the truly keeps me on the edge of my seat, unable to disengage to do normal life things, because you just have to know what happens next. This was that book for me. Thank you Jewel E Ann for another incredible story. You are an amazing storyteller and I cannot wait for whatever story comes next!
Jewel is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author with a quirky sense of humor. When she's not saving the planet one tree at a time, you can find her role modeling questionable behavior to her three boys, binge-watching Netflix with her husband, and writing mind-bending romance.
Falling for the Bachelor, an all-new sizzling brother’s best friend small town romantic comedy from bestselling author Amy Alves is coming September 29th and we have first look at the gorgeous cover!
I'm cursed. Unlucky in love. So pretending to fall in love with my best friend's sister couldn't possibly make it worse. My avoidance of relationships has two neighboring towns joining forces to find me a girlfriend—one I don’t want. So when they name me the bachelor in their charity dating show, I have two options: suffer the consequences of bailing or accept help from my best friend’s little sister. I chose the latter. Because Olivia Vaughn has a plan. She suggests a ringer—someone on the inside…someone I trust, that I can choose at the end of the show. A fake contestant. It’s crazy. Risky. And undeniably tempting.
We’d have to touch, flirt, kiss. I could pull her close…that long, auburn hair wrapped up in my fist as I whisper all the dirty thoughts I’ve ever had about her.
Pretending to fall for her may be more dangerous than letting our meddlesome town play matchmaker. Because if this backfires, it might cost me my best friend, disappoint our families, and reignite feelings for the feisty, hazel-eyed beauty I grew up with. So while I can’t—shouldn’t—pretend to fall in love with Olivia, I do. With the hope that fake girlfriends are curse-proof.
Falling for the Bachelor is a steamy, brother's best friend, fake relationship, friends-to-lovers, small town, standalone romantic comedy. It contains plenty of steamy scenes, laughs, and an HEA.
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Meet Amy Amy Alves lives in Alberta, Canada with her husband and two crazy cute kids. She is a romance-obsessed reader, a lover of wine and fuzzy socks, and a loather of laundry. She loves contemporary, paranormal, and rom com romance—her kindle always has a long list of books waiting to be read. Amy writes contemporary romance with a hint of rom com fun. Tropes you can expect to see are: second chance, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, and fake relationships.
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Because I Want You by Claire Contreras is now live!
From New York Times bestseller Claire Contreras comes a new, sexy standalone mafia romance novel… Roselyn Vega - When Gabriel De Luca waltzed into the nightclub where I was bartending, looking like he'd just stepped out of the pages of GQ Magazine: Wall Street Edition, it felt like fate.
I hadn't seen him in ten years, but it felt like no time had passed between us. He'd been my first boyfriend, and I trusted him, so when he asked me how I ended up bartending for one of the most feared crime bosses, I told him everything. After that night, he went MIA, and suddenly, I'm very concerned for both our safety.
When he finally shows up, a week later, he's acting different, walking different, and even looks a little different, but I'm so relieved that he's okay that I barely register those things.
A couple of nights later, when he breaks into my apartment in the middle of the night I realize that it wasn't Gabriel who'd walked into the club the other night, but his brother. His infuriating, domineering, dangerous brother, who, unlike Gabriel, followed their father's footsteps into the world of organized crime. He demands that I pack my bags and go with him. I refuse, fight and argue, but the thing about Dominic De Luca is that one way or another, he always gets his way.
Dominic De Luca - There's a code between brothers. I should know. I have a lot of them.
Don't lie.
Don't steal from each other.
Don't f each other's women *without permission*.
This particular situation made that last one a little less black and white because my brother, my first best friend, the guy who shared a womb with me, failed to tell me that the bartender he'd been seeing was Roselyn Vega. Of course, he wouldn't tell me. Now the voice message he left before he completely disappeared makes sense. "Take care of her. Don't f her."
Usually, that wouldn't be a problem (read: the code), but it's a little tricky this time. You see, Rosie was mine before he took her from me ten years ago, and many things have changed during that time. I've changed, my circumstances have changed, but my confounding, obnoxious crush on Rosie? Yeah, that's still the same. He left her in my care and warned me not to do anything, but I'm not making any promises.
**Because I Want You is a complete standalone novel set in the same world as Because You're Mine and Because I Need You
Review:
What a great read! Everything Claire Contreras writes is incredible to me and this story is right on par with all of her others. It was so good to be back in this mafia, forbidden world! I loved getting to read Dominic’s story. I loved the connection he and Rosie had since childhood. I loved that there was a little bit of drama between he and Gabe over the girl, just keeps things a little spicy and interesting, right?? This book has just the right level of drama and angst with some really good spicy scenes and love that you can’t help but love. I also really enjoyed getting to see the other characters I’ve already fallen in love with in the earlier Because series books. All of these characters are so well written and developed, reading this book makes you feel like you know them personally and are a part of their circle. I’d love to go out for a girls night with Yari, Catalina, Isabel, and Petra! I’m sure spending time with Dom, Gio, Loren, and the rest of the guys would be intimidating and 🔥 I liked getting to see Rosie have her own life that she was able to hold on to amidst all the chaos and still be able to be there for her family. I hate the position that her family allowed her to be in and simultaneously also love that I know Dom would never let that happen again. Overall, I really enjoyed this story and I am hoping there will be more to this series!! I’d love to read Gabe’s story next!!
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Claire Contreras is a New York Times Bestselling Author who traded her psychology degree to write fiction. Don't worry, she still uses her knowledge on every single one of her characters.
She's a breast cancer survivor (x2), who was born in the Dominican Republic, raised in Florida, and currently resides in Charlotte, NC with her husband, two adorable boys, and French bulldog.
Her books range from romantic suspense to contemporary romance and are currently translated in over fifteen languages. When she's not writing, she's usually lost in a book.
Shattered Sea, a sexy, suspenseful, small town romance from USA Today bestselling author Catherine Cowles, is out now!
I’ve known every kind of pain. Of the heart. Of the body. Of the soul. All I want now is the freedom that comes from making my art.
The last thing I expected was Hollywood royalty to waltz into my gallery in a small town in the middle of nowhere and see me.
A man like Boden Cavanaugh shouldn’t understand me. Shouldn’t be able to soothe my most ragged edges. Even worse, he makes me want the one thing I can’t have. Him.
All it takes is one spark, and friendship catches flame. But as our attraction burns bright, there are forces desperate to send us back into the darkness. And they’ve already killed before…
Keep reading for a look inside Shattered Sea!
The way Boden’s muscles tightened told me the little he’d shared was only the tip of the iceberg. That tension called to me, and I reached out, kneading the flesh along his shoulders. His head fell to my own shoulder, and he sighed. “I’ll only let you do that forever.”
I chuckled. “I do have the magic touch.”
“You could be making millions with those hands.”
“I only use them on very special recipients. They aren’t for sale.”
Boden straightened, but as he did, he came closer. Our faces were close. Lips just a breath away. The urge to lean forward, to know what he felt like, tasted like, was strong. Boden’s hand skated up my arm to my neck to tangle in my hair.
I knew that Boden Cavanaugh was more than dangerous. But like a moth to a flame, I kept getting closer.
Writer of words. Drinker of Diet Cokes. Lover of all things cute and furry, especially her dog. Catherine has had her nose in a book since the time she could read and finally decided to write down some of her own stories. When she's not writing she can be found exploring her home state of Oregon, listening to true crime podcasts, or searching for her next book boyfriend.
Pieces of a Life, part one in an all new duet in the Life series by Jewel E. Ann is now live!
The summer before fourth grade, Colten Mosley moved into the house across the street from mine, and we became inseparable.
He played the piano and baseball. I had a penchant for dead things while at the same time imagining what it would be like to kiss Colten. We were filled with curiosity and overly active imaginations.
We were also forbidden to be more than friends. But that didn't stop us.
Weeks before graduation, he annihilated my heart, and it's been seventeen years since the day I knew I'd hate him forever.
Now he's back in my life--a single dad and a homicide detective looking over my shoulder while I perform autopsies as one of Chicago's most gifted forensic pathologists. Then fate throws us a curveball.
Colten saves my life, but he can't erase the images that now keep me awake at night. And I can't explain them.
Am I still the girl he's always loved? Or nothing more than pieces of that life?
Review:
Omg!!! That ending!!!
This book… I’m a little speechless right now, so hopefully I can get my brain to cooperate and formulate some words!
I have read books by Jewel E Ann before and loved them. She’s an incredible writer. She writes complex characters and builds great worlds with incredible storytelling. This book is definitely no exception. Colten and Josie are going to stick with me for a while, and that’s with only reading half of their duet so far! I love having the back story of their childhood together. I love the snippets of memories of then and now. I am desperate to know more about each of them and their times apart. I need to know especially more about Josie and why she is the way she is.
I have so many mixed feelings about young Colten but adult Colten… I’m here for. I love his dedication. I love that he’s her ride or die, no matter what.
The first half of this book was good. I was entertained. I enjoyed the childhood friendship between the two characters and the ‘what do we do now’ thing that happened after their reunion.
But the last half of this book… omg. I couldn’t stop reading. It’s suspenseful, dramatic, creepy, engaging, so many different things.
I’ll finish my review by saying I am on THE EDGE of my seat (and maybe my sanity LOL) waiting for the next part of their story to come out.
I need it now.
Please!
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Jewel is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author with a quirky sense of humor. When she's not saving the planet one tree at a time, you can find her role modeling questionable behavior to her three boys, binge-watching Netflix with her husband, and writing mind-bending romance.
New York Times bestselling author J. Sterling brings you a story about a successful millionaire seeking a fake girlfriend in order to secure his company's future. You'll love falling for this entertaining and romantic read.
Joseph Martin has been my best friends' boss for years. So when she comes to me, with this half baked idea of me posing as his girlfriend to help him out, I'm tempted to tell her to take a hike.
But then she begs.
And pleads.
And says that he'll pay off my med school bills and... you guessed it, I cave.
Even though I hate him. Even though we apparently hate each other (I'm not the one who didn't anything wrong, mind you). But things aren't always how they seem and the guy I thought I couldn't stand, I suddenly find myself falling for.
It was supposed to be fake. An arrangement with no strings attached.
So why can't I stop wanting more?
Review:
What a great, light, easy read. If you aren’t familiar with this series J. Sterling has started, you need to acquaint yourself with it because it is what we all need! As lovers of a good romance read, many of us also find ourselves lovers of angst, drama, and so much more. This whole series was designed as a breath of fresh air, while also giving us that irresistible romance we can’t live without! Sutton and Joseph’s story was another great installment. Both of them had their own traumas and difficulties in their lives like so many of us do in one way or another, but the majority of this story just focuses on them and their story right now and the goodness that is them. This was a fun enemies to lovers vibe with not too much on the enemies side and mostly on the we didn’t plan for how much fun this was going to be side instead. The characters and their thoughts/feelings were so well written. It’s amazing to me how well J Sterling can develop her characters in such a short amount of time. This book is shorter than what I’m used to, but by no means did the characters seem any less developed and/or did I not feel their passion just as strongly as a 3 or 400 page book! Overall, I loved their story. I loved how they met. I loved how they re-met. I love that the premise of their story ended up not being at all how it was going to go. I love how Joseph really showed up for her and I love how strong Sutton is. I really enjoyed this story and hope you’ll take the time to check it out too!
Hi there and welcome to my website! I'm so glad you're here. :) A little about me... I'm a New York Times and USA Today best selling author whose goal is to write stories that you can get lost in. I want you to end my books with a smile on your face and a happy heart. If you can forget about the real world while you're reading and fall in love with my characters, then I've done my job. A lot of what I write has real life aspects in it, but that's what makes the stories so relateable- the fact that they could happen to anyone... and have!
I live in California with my only son, Blake. If you can't find me sitting behind a computer screen, then there's a good chance I'm sitting in the bleachers of a baseball stadium watching him play. I love traveling to new places, meeting my readers and living life with the Real Jack Carter.♡
I know you have a million books to choose from and I am humbled, grateful and thankful each time you choose to read one of mine, or tell someone else to read them. Thank you for being the best readers on the planet! I appreciate you.
xox J. Sterling
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