Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 02-07-2025

LIVE!!! BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE ALERT!

“…From USA Today bestselling author Louise Bay, comes a new secret marriage, billionaire standalone romance featuring your favorite New York billionaire crew. This is a he falls first, unlikely pairing, Vegas Wedding, that brings all the heat and witty banter you’ll love!”

RECENTLY WENT LIVE & IT’S IN THE TOP 25 OF ALL OF AMAZON KINDLE!! A DEMON IMPRINTED ON HER…

“…A demon imprinted on me, so I had to turn to the monster king for help. Instead of actually being useful, King Bane tells me that I should just mate with the demon. At least, until he also imprints on me. Then we have no choice but to seal the deal in every way there is.

But his wing of the Manor is quickly overrun with chaos and hatred because of our newfound connection, putting us in yet another predicament. We have to convince the monsters that I’m a terrible match for both Bane and the demon…“

READER RECOMMENDATION!! NANCY 5-STAR LOVED IT!

“...Brandi Turner has spent her entire life being the good girl. Good grades. Church every Sunday. Responsible alcohol use and never anything stronger. Certainly no one-night stands. Brandi has become an expert at playing it safe.

Ian Hodges (a.k.a. Blaze) has never muttered a truthful word in his existence. He’s pompous, arrogant, and never beds the same woman twice. He’s a rebel who lives his life by no rules.

Blaze is the last person on earth Brandi should fall for…”

Nancy: 5* …can be read as a standalone. I have lots of unread books and this was one of them. I’ve been very sick, so I decided to start reading some of my unread books. This was a hidden gem and should have read it before now.

LIVE!! SPORTS ROMANCE & ROOMMATES & IT’S #16 ON ALL OF AMAZON KINDLE RIGHT NOW! She was housesitting for him…

An injured rugby star, his pregnant roommate, and one rule they can’t break: Don’t date the owner’s daughter.

“...if Holt Webster, the tall, thick-muscled, square-jawed, broody-eyed rugby player, had told me he played for the Copper Valley Pounders, I would’ve told him that my stepdad bought the team while I was working cruise ships overseas.

And he would’ve noped out of offering me a place to stay because the only thing worse than looking like you’re flirting with the owner’s daughter is looking like you’re hooking up with the owner’s pregnant daughter.

Yes, yes, I’m that woman—the one who accidentally got knocked up, decided to keep the baby, and had to move home because pregnancy and cruise ships aren’t a good match…”

LIVE!! AND IT’S IN AMAZON KINDLE’S TOP 50!!

“THE ONE RULE I CAN’T FOLLOW: DON’T FALL FOR YOUR FAKE HUSBAND

He’s, my bodyguard. My marriage of convenience husband. And the one man I can’t have feelings for. Ryot Davenport: Former Marine. Billionaire security expert. A man built to keep his walls high and his heart untouchable.

Our fake marriage? A calculated political move. Our real chemistry? Impossible to ignore. He’s sworn to keep me safe. I’m determined to make him feel again...”

LIVE!! M/M ROMANCE!! DAD’S BEST FRIEND…

“…John’s my chosen family, my safe space. The only thing we don’t see eye to eye on are my personal needs in the bedroom. So, when his son, JT, turns out to be the first person who’s excited me in longer than I can remember, I’m devastated. John would never forgive me if I let this happen. And I try to stay away, I swear, but I can’t.

What starts out as simple fulfilment of physical desires grows into something more. The trust JT and I share, his submission…it reaches me on levels I didn’t know were possible. He makes me crave forever. JT is mine, but to claim him, I’m sure to lose everything else in the process…”

RECENTLY RELEASED & BACK ON THE LIST ‘CAUSE NANCY LOVED IT! MICHELLE HEARD’S LATEST ARRANGED MARRIAGE MAFIA ROMANCE!!

“…I entered an arranged marriage so my sister, Ciara, could marry for love. Three years later, I’m a widow, and my father arranges for Ciara to marry Dominik Varga. The assassin slash arms dealer is as dangerous as he’s quiet, which is very unnerving.

Needless to say, I’m not happy at all. A deal was a deal, and I kept my end of it, so there’s no way on God’s green earth I’ll just sit back and smile like a good little girl. I’ll fight for Ciara’s freedom so she won’t have to face the hell I was forced to endure.

But Dominik doesn’t make things easy for me…”

Nancy: MY 5* REVIEW …a Suspenseful, Romantic, Mafia Story.  …Ciara’s disappearing act shocked them all by her running away, and didn’t even tell Grace where she was hiding. Dominik preferred to marry Grace and so their story starts. It is a very good one to everyone’s surprise. I enjoyed to the very happy end.

DARK HORROR ROMANCE READER RECOMMENDATION!! Tiptoe recommends this one!

“…Imagine my surprise when the chance to interview the country’s most notorious man on death row lands on my table. His final confession. It’s too good of an opportunity to turn down.

Robbie Hammond is old enough to be my father, a man condemned for the murder of at least fourteen women. He is dangerous, deadly. Intense in ways I can’t explain. Yet, despite the red flags, his magnetism draws me to him. I’m powerless to fight it...”

Tiptoe: Just wanted to call attention to Harleigh Beck, one of my sort-of new favorite authors. Her book Obsession is probably the most perfect forbidden/dark/age-gap/serial-killer/psych-thriller romance novels ever, and it appears the majority of her books were written within the last year (all of which are entirely readable, whether or not they fit a specific script or not).

 …One way or another I recommend her work highly because whatever may come, it’s different while maintaining tangible threads of intensity in romantic entanglements.

READER RECOMMENDATION!! FORBIDDEN DARK THRILLER… HER BEST FRIEND’S FATHER

“...Like a spark in the dried grass, a forbidden relationship ignites when tragedy strikes. Marred by grief and magnetized by our demons, we seek each other. He’s the one man I shouldn’t want. The one man I should stay away from. My best friend’s father...”

Tiptoe: Just wanted to call attention to Harleigh Beck, one of my sort-of new favorite authors. …Entangled is probably the most predictable yet fun age-gap best friend’s dad dark romance (a rare gem anyway), and she has several subsequent either paranormal or psychological to the point of paranormal thriller romances that are intensely interesting as well as just pure fun, for whatever it’s worth.

One way or another I recommend her work highly because whatever may come, it’s different while maintaining tangible threads of intensity in romantic entanglements.

SPORTS ROMANCE!!

“An injured rugby star, his pregnant roommate, and one rule they can’t break: Don’t date the owner’s daughter.

It was supposed to be an easy house- and dog-sitting gig while the owner was gone for a month. But when my sportsing landlord comes home unexpectedly, injured and in need of a new arrangement, we end up as accidental roommates instead…”

M/M ROMANCE!! DAD’S BEST FRIEND…

“…JT is mine, but to claim him, I’m sure to lose everything else in the process.

Mine is a dad’s best friend, steamy romance. Naughtier than most of my books, please use the look inside feature to check the content warning.“