Contemporary Romances and Fantasy Novels

Sport Changer

New York Admirals captain Scott Hunter takes his pregame rituals very significantly. On this case, it’s not only a fortunate smoothie he’s craving—it’s the person who made it.

Professional hockey star Scott Hunter is aware of a great factor when he sees it. So, when a smoothie made by juice bar barista Kip Grady precedes Scott breaking his on-ice hunch, he’s determined to recreate the magic…and to get to know the attractive, humorous man behind the counter.

Kip knew there was extra to Scott’s frequent visits than blended fruit, however he by no means let himself think about being invited again to Scott’s penthouse. Or kissed with reckless abandon, by no means thoughts touched in every single place all of sudden. When it occurs it’s red-hot, unimaginable and frequent, but additionally solely on Scott’s phrases and all the time behind his closed house doorways.

Scott wants Kip in his life, however with playoff season approaching, the highlight on him is out of the blue brighter than ever. He can’t afford to do something that may derail his profession…like introducing the world to his boyfriend. Kip is able to go all-in with Scott—however how for much longer will he have to stay a secret?

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Thirsty

A gangster hiding from his previous. A single mother combating for her future. Can she present this unhealthy boy the person he’s meant to be?

My title is Salvador Rosas. Again within the barrio, my previous is written on the partitions: ESHB. Brief for East Facet Hollenbeck, my father’s gang—my gang. Hell, it’s a household custom, one which despatched each my brothers away. They used to name me “Ghost” as a result of I haunted individuals’s goals. Now I’ve received nothing going for me besides a hipster gringo mentoring me in a brand new profession. An ex-con making craft beer? No mames.

Nonetheless, individuals on this neighborhood look out for each other. That’s how I turned Vanessa Velasco’s unwelcome tenant. Chiquita pero picosa. She’s little, however with curves so candy they’re harmful. I bear in mind Vanessa from the previous days, the straight-A scholar with massive plans. Plans that have been derailed by one other child silly sufficient to assume he was bulletproof. Now Vanessa is aware of higher than to consider in empty guarantees. There’s hearth in her . . . and if I contact her, I would get burned.

I’m attempting every thing I can to go straight. However when East Facet Hollenbeck comes calling, I might need to danger all of it to seek out out if there’s a future for Vanessa and me. As a result of she’s the one one who can quench my thirst for one thing actual.

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The Foxglove King

When Lore was 13, she escaped a cult within the catacombs beneath the town of Dellaire. And within the ten years since, she’s lived by one rule: don’t allow them to discover you. Simpler stated than carried out, when her demise magic ties her to the town.

Mortem, the magic born from demise, is a high-priced and illicit commodity in Dellaire, and Lore’s job operating poisons retains her in meals, shelter, and relative safety. However when a run goes improper and Lore’s energy is revealed, she’s taken by the Presque Mort, a gaggle of warrior-monks sanctioned to make use of Mortem working for the Sainted King. Lore totally expects a pyre, however King August has a distinct plan. Total villages on the outskirts of the nation have been dying in a single day, seemingly at random. Lore can both use her magic to seek out out what’s taking place and who within the King’s court docket is accountable, or die.

Lore is thrust into the Sainted King’s glittering court docket, the place nobody will be believed and even fewer will be trusted. Guarded by Gabriel, a duke-turned-monk, and regularly operating up in opposition to Bastian, August’s ne’er-do-well inheritor, Lore tangles in politics, faith, and forbidden romance as she makes an attempt to navigate a debauched and opulent society.

However the life she left behind within the catacombs is catching up together with her. And at the same time as Lore makes her approach by the Sainted court docket above, they could be drawing nearer than she thinks.

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Kingdom of the Depraved

Kerri Maniscalco introduces her subsequent sequence, a darkish story of a fantastic younger witch, a troubled demon, and their epic romance, set in opposition to a nineteenth century Italian backdrop.

Emilia and her twin sister Victoria are streghe – witches who dwell secretly amongst people, avoiding discover and persecution. One night time, Victoria misses dinner service on the household’s famend Sicilian restaurant. Emilia quickly finds the physique of her beloved twin…desecrated past perception. Devastated, Emilia units out to find who did this, and to hunt vengeance at any value—even when it means utilizing darkish magic that’s been lengthy forbidden.

Then Emilia meets Wrath, the outlier among the many seven demon brethren, all the time selecting responsibility over pleasure. He’s been tasked by his grasp with investigating a sequence of ladies’s murders on the island. When Emilia and Wrath’s fates collide, it’s clear this disturbing thriller will take a bewitching flip…

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