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| Life's Too Short by Abby JimenezCarpe diem: After losing several family members to ALS, Vanessa Price, vowing to live life to the fullest, becomes a famous travel vlogger.
Best laid plans: Vanessa's globe-trotting lifestyle comes to an abrupt halt when she becomes the guardian of her infant niece. Fortunately, her attractive neighbor, corporate lawyer Adrian Copeland, is good with kids.
Is it for you? This 3rd novel in the Friend Zone series (after The Happily Ever After Playlist) tackles some serious issues, including terminal illness, addiction, and suicidal ideation. |
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| To Love and to Loathe by Martha WatersThe participants: longtime adversaries Diana Bourne, Lady Templeton, and Jeremy Overington, the Marquess of Willingham, whose constant bickering masks a smoldering attraction.
The arrangement: a brief affair that will allow Diana to experience the passion she never found with her late husband, and allow Jeremy to receive candid feedback on his skills (or lack thereof?) in the bedroom.
Series alert: To Love and To Loathe is the 2nd entry in the Regency Vows series, which begins with To Have and To Hoax. |
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Yes & I love you
by Roni Loren
Hiding her fears and isolation behind a successful brand as a New Orleans cultural influencer, a talented reviewer, ordered to add video to her blogs, seeks coaching from an ambitious actor in search of his big break. Original.
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The Real Deal
by Lauren Blakely
April Hamilton wants you to know she hasn't been on GigsForHire since that time she sold her futon after college. She doesn't even spend that much time online. And even if she did, she would not be looking up personal ads. But going home alone for her family's summer reunion is an invitation for every single relative to butt into her personal life. She simply can't handle another blind date with the butcher, the baker or the candlestick maker from her hometown. So when she finds the GigsforHire ad for a boyfriend-for-hire, she's ready to pay to play.
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The prince of spies
by Elizabeth Camden
"Luke Delacroix's hidden past as a spy has him carrying out an ambitious agenda-thwarting the reelection of his only real enemy. But trouble begins when he falls for Marianne Magruder, the congressman's daughter. Can their newfound love survive a political firestorm, or will three generations of family rivalry drive them apart forever?"
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Crazy stupid bromance
by Lyssa Kay Adams
Rendered famous for sharing the story of her sexual harassment by a celebrity chef, activist café owner Alexis finds unexpected love when she asks Bromance Book Club hacker Noah to investigate a stranger claiming to be her long-lost sister. Original.
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| This Earl of Mine by Kate BatemanThe plan: To secure her inheritance, which is contingent upon marriage, Georgiana Caversteed heads to Newgate Prison and weds inmate Ben Wylde, who's about to be transported to Australia. Problem solved!
Or is it? Georgiana discovers that Ben, an earl's son, was only posing as a felon to gather intelligence for the Crown. Now legally married, they decide to make their relationship real -- starting with a public courtship.
Why you might like it: This 1st book in the Bow Street Bachelors series playfully subverts aspects of both the "marriage of convenience" and "fake relationship" tropes. |
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| A SEAL Always Wins by Holly CastilloDeep in the heart of Texas... is the Bent Horseshoe Ranch, which currently serves as the secret base for an undercover security operation run by the Navy SEALs.
What it's about: Navy SEAL Enrique “Phantom” Ramirez requires the assistance of local horse trainer Elena Garcia to preserve the unit's cover as a working ranch.
Series alert: This 2nd book in the Texas Navy SEALs series picks up where book 1, A SEAL Never Quits, left off. |
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| A Spy in the Struggle: A Riveting Must-Read Novel of Suspense by Aya de LeónStarring: corporate-lawyer-turned-FBI-recruit Yolanda Vance, sent undercover to monitor a potentially dangerous Black eco-activist group based in Oakland, California.
What happens: The more Yolanda learns about the group, the more she wonders what the FBI isn't telling her. And then there's her budding relationship with college professor and activist Olujimi "Jimmy" Thomson...
Why you might like it: Like the author's Justice Hustlers series, this steamy standalone blends romance, suspense, and social justice themes. |
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| Wind River Undercover by Lindsay McKennaWhat it's about: Sniper Anna Navaro, on loan to the DEA from the Guatemalan government, teams up with Agent Gabe Whitcomb for an undercover surveillance mission in Wind River Valley, Wyoming.
Why you might like it: Posing as ranchers a stone's throw from Gabe's childhood home, the pair's already dangerous mission is further complicated by a growing intimacy.
Reviewers say: "Lovers of action-packed romantic suspense will delight in this intense tale" (Publishers Weekly), the 9th installment of the Wind River Valley series. |
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| Fallen by Rebecca ZanettiThe mission: Hacker Brigid Banaghan and her handler, Raider Tanaka, must pose as an engaged couple during a visit to her father's farm as part of an undercover operation to infiltrate the Irish mob.
The problem(s): Still reeling from the discovery of her dad's criminal ties, Brigid also struggles to resist her attraction to the mysterious Raider.
Series alert: Fallen is the 2nd in the Deep Ops series, which follows a special unit of misfit federal agents. |
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