Blitz: The Hawk's Lady by Colleen Shannon

The Hawk's Lady

by Colleen Shannon

Historical Romance

Date Published: July 4, 2026

A blond Barbary pirate captain of a xebec. . . Sinan Reis.

Who is he? Why did he desert his country?

His latest capture: a fine yacht. And its owner. . . Lady Victoria Grenville.

Who is she? Can an heiress to a fortune conform to harem life?

Amidst sea battles, kidnappings, and political menace from the Dey of Algiers, Sinan and Tory start as captor and captive. But their fierce battle of wills will transform them both.

Most importantly, if Tory can’t submit to him will he sell her at auction? Or can she escape before he does?

Kismet has other plans.

In 1799, Lady Victoria "Tory" Grenville, a willful English heiress, is captured at sea by Sinan Reis, a blond Barbary pirate captain secretly working for a cause he can't reveal. Aboard his xebec and within the walls of an Algiers harem, captor and captive wage a battle of wills that becomes a battle for the heart, set against real political intrigue between the new United States, the Dey of Algiers, and the warring Federalists and Democratic-Republicans of post-Revolutionary Philadelphia. Sweeping sea battles, kidnappings, and court machinations build to a richly satisfying historical romance grounded in meticulously researched 18th-century detail.

* New, expanded edition with a newly written epilogue extending the story into the events of 1814, bridging to the author's upcoming Regency-era trilogy.

* Bonus material: author's historical notes, a detailed bibliography/source list documenting the book's research, and a preview/teaser of Shannon's forthcoming "Fire, Wind and Earth" trilogy (Ashes, Burning Bright; Whirlwind, Burning Bright; Tiger, Burning Bright).

* Author Colleen Shannon was nominated by Romantic Times as Best New Historical Romance Author and has won/been nominated for multiple industry awards (including a Kiss Award) across an 18-novel career with over a million copies in print.

* Limited deluxe hardback printing released to mark the U.S. 250th anniversary with patriotic design features available on Colleen Shannon's author website.

The Hawk's Lady: a Deluxe 250th Anniversary Edition of Colleen Shannon's beloved 1989 Barbary Wars romance, now fully revised with new original content.

 

About the Author

Colleen Shannon grew up in Midland, Texas where the skies are as limitless as the tales told by its many colorful residents, dreamers and entrepreneurs all, with some scoundrels sprinkled in. Colleen grew up reading and writing stories of every kind. She wrote her first short story at eight, began a novel at 14 and read authors like Ayn Rand and Clive Cussler at 13. After college when she married and expected her first child, she used a scrap computer assembled by her engineer husband, to write her first novel, Wild Heart Tamed (not posted digitally because she considers it a learning experience).

She sold it herself to Berkley in less than a year, and at the age of 26 began a new career and never looked back. The strength of her first book led to her nomination by Romantic Times as Best New Historical Author. She went on to win and/or be nominated for many other awards, including a Kiss Award for all three heroes of her Fairy Tale trilogy written for Dorchester Books. One of her six completed scripts is a modern, very different version to her Georgian England set beauty and the beast novel The Gentle Beast. It has not been shown as it needs heavy revisions but she moves easily between scripts and novels, including original screenplays like Full Circle, currently revised after two Blacklist evaluations. In the last two years, she has become one of Film Freeways’ top winning screenwriters internationally, per Film Freeway management.

Her 18 single title releases have appeared on many bestseller lists; she has well over a million books in print. Colleen’s recent works include thrillers and screenplays that combine her favorite novel story elements: romance, suspense, history and action. Most recently, she published three Kensington Lyrical Press romantic suspense. The first in the series, Foster Justice, was released in December 2014 and ranked #1 on Amazon’s Western Romance list. Colleen converted the story to a novel from the original script version she wrote at UCLA’s Advanced Professional Screenwriting program.

Colleen Shannon graduated cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in Archaeology and more recently earned her Master’s in Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California. She currently lives in Austin, Texas.

 

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Preorder: Mechanic's Christmas Match (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Village Christmas #2) by Clara Pines

Mechanic's Christmas Match 

by Clara Pines 

Releases on October 6th!

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What happens when a lonely mechanic falls for the matchmaker trying to brighten his Christmas?

Rory Dunn moved to Trinity Falls last year for a fresh start, close to the only family he has. After years of fixing up motorcycles while trying to dodge a gang in the city, he’s relieved to have a good job at a repair shop in a tight-knit small town where everyone knows his name.

The only problem he can’t seem to solve is the way he feels about Ana Gutierrez, the owner of the local dress shop. Rory’s heart aches every time he catches sight of Ana. But she has a busy life she shares with her mother and the three-year-old nephew she adopted last winter.

Besides, with his unhappy past, Rory isn’t sure he’s worthy of being her man.

So, when Ana tries to set him up with a friend, Rory decides to go along with it. After all, it’s an excuse to spend more time with Ana and her family. And besides, the woman Ana has in mind won’t actually fall for him—he’ll make sure of that.

But as the holiday season kicks into gear, Rory, Ana, and adorable Theo start to spend more time together, and Rory starts to wonder if he can keep his feelings to himself. Especially when just about everyone in town seems to have big opinions about who this mechanic’s Christmas match should really be.

Trinity Falls Sweet Romance is all about finding family – one clean & wholesome romance at a time. The Trinity Falls Sweet Romance: Village Christmas inspirational series celebrates the people who live and work in a small Pennsylvania town at Christmastime, and find love and meaning in the season. If you love no spice books with cowboys, single dads, found family, caring community, and slow burn romance that makes you smile and sigh, this is the series for you!

Release Boost: Rebel Moon (Cowboy Christmas at Crescent Moon Ranch #2) by Tess Thompson

Rebel Moon 

by Tess Thompson 

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She made him a star. He'll never forgive her for it.

Knox Hartley cares about one thing: the music. As lead guitarist for Jack Wilder — the best in the business, and everybody knows it — the songs were always supposed to be enough on their own. Then Madeleine Price got hold of them. For ten years she’s been the band’s publicist: brilliant, untouchable, and the reason they’re everywhere — packaging the music, selling it, turning something honest into product with her fingerprints on every platinum record.

To Knox, she took the one thing that was pure and handed it to the machine. He resents all of it. He resents her most of all.
What Knox doesn’t know is what it cost her to become the woman he can’t stand.

Madeleine built herself from nothing — reinvented a poor girl from nowhere into the sharpest publicist in country music, one flawless version of herself at a time, long before she ever met Jack and the band. The polish is armor. The control is survival. And the one thing she can’t afford is for anyone to see the girl underneath — least of all the man who’s spent a decade looking at her like she’s the enemy.

Now they’re both stuck at the most public wedding of the year: a monthlong Christmas celebration at Crescent Moon Ranch, where the bride keeps seating them together and there’s nowhere to hide from the one person who gets under her skin like no one else.

But a Montana December has a way of wearing down the oldest defenses. Beneath ten years of sharp words and slammed doors, Knox starts to catch glimpses of who Madeleine really is — and a secret she’s guarded since long before the band. She isn’t the woman he decided she was. She never was. And the more he sees, the more he wants the one person he swore he’d never forgive.

Enemies. Opposites. The worst possible person to want.

And the last person either of them planned to fall for.

A closed-door enemies-to-lovers romance. Forced proximity, a heroine with a secret, and ten years of simmering resentment that was never really hate.

 

Ebook Review: Pucking Beautiful (Boston Bruisers Hockey #3) by Bronwen Evans

Blurb: 

She told him he’d never play again. He never expected her to show him who he could become.

Marcus “Mayhem” O’Sullivan has always known exactly what he’s good at—hockey, women, and making sure nobody looks too closely at the things he can’t do.

Then one brutal hit ended his NHL career.

The brilliant neurosurgeon who saves his life also delivers the news that destroys it. Dr. Sarah Reeves is controlled, ambitious, completely off-limits—and the first woman to see past Marcus’s easy grin to the secret he’s spent a lifetime hiding. He can barely read. He’s always believed that makes him stupid.

Sarah knows better.

She sees a man whose mind works in ways no one has ever recognized. A man who reads the ice like nobody else. A man who makes her laugh, makes her want, and threatens the carefully constructed future she’s worked too hard to risk.

Neither of them is looking for forever.

But the harder Marcus falls, the more Sarah wonders whether the life she planned is really the life she wants.

And Marcus is about to discover that losing the game he loved might lead him to the one thing he never believed he deserved.

Her.

🏒 NHL Hockey Romance
🔥 High Heat
❤️ He Falls First
🌦️ Neurosurgeon Heroine
👶 Career Ending Injury
🌪️ Forbidden Romance
🏠 Found Family
🥅 NHL Dreams

Amazon: Pucking Beautiful (Boston Bruisers Hockey Romance Series Book 3) - Kindle edition by Evans, Bronwen. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

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My Review - 5 of 5 stars - 

I really enjoyed this story. I loved how Marcus adapted to his situation and how his life became something that he still worked within hockey. I found it a bit educational about the learning disability and its relationship to sports. Sarah had to learn to let go of her control. She was more caring and warm than some people saw her, and her journey to see a game out of town to show him how she actually felt. A wonderful read, and I look forward to the next in the series.

I received a copy through Booksprout, and this is my unsolicited review.

Audiobook Release: Goode Tidings (Serendipity and Shenanigans) by Jennifer Millikin, narrators Hannah Chiclana and Aaron Donahue, with my review

Goode Tidings by Jennifer Millikin is now LIVE on audio! Narrated by: Hannah Chiclana & Aaron Donahue Callum Goode, the grumpy creator of the beloved website Goode Tidings, never planned on unlawfully occupying the abandoned lakeside cabin where he spent summers as a child. But after a painful and humiliating betrayal, he trades the city for a secluded life in the mountains. There he finds peace, solitude, and a hot tub—which is where Callum happens to be when Eden Madigan and her teenage son wander onto his property claiming the cabin is theirs for the next year. Seeking space from the newcomers, Callum moves into the small backyard office. Eden might be beautiful and funny, but she's also the no-filter ex-wife of Callum's former stepbrother, making her totally off-limits. Callum appears to be all scowls and ruggedly handsome, but Eden knows there's more to him. She's determined to peel back his layers, but what she's really doing is getting under his skin in a way neither of them expected. Eden maintains that bringing Callum coffee every afternoon is just a simple kindness. Callum claims he was only offering a friendly ear when Eden was upset. But the way Callum has been showing up in town wearing an uncharacteristic smile on his face says otherwise. With tentative touches lingering, and lengthy glances heating up, Callum's grasp on his control begins to slip. And when the tension finally snaps? There's no going back. Listen today! Audible: https://bit.ly/4cQho5H Amazon: https://bit.ly/46nycgL Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4gW82b7 My Review - 4 1/2 of 5 stars - 4 1/2 stars for me. I did find this story to be full of love, wit, and complications. Eden was trying to straighten out her life after work issues. I loved her relationship with her son, which felt like true teen-mom interactions. Eden was smart yet felt like she had low self-esteem at times. Enter her first glimpse of Callum, a very entertaining scene. He was a bit of a grouch, loner, with his own family issues. I loved how he stepped up with Oliver and Eden. He was protective and pushed her when she needed it. How things worked out in the end brought tears to my eyes. Enjoyable read. Hannah Chiclana and Aaron Donahue brought the humor, love, and tension to the story with their narration. They helped me enjoy this story.

 

Teaser: Smoke's Revenge (Grave Prowlers MC: North Carolina #1) by Janine Infante Bosco

His final balance to collect? A killer's life... 

Smoke's Revenge by Janine Infante Bosco is now available to preorder!

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Hunting her killer was supposed to be my final act. Instead, it became my battle cry.

As the treasurer for the Grave Prowlers MC, I deal in concrete numbers and brutal realities. And a man who lives by the cold, hard truth should be able to face himself in his darkest days. But I don't do baggage or big feelings. I just square accounts. And the last balance I need to collect is from the man who killed my daughter.

I didn't start out as a family man. Far from it, in fact. When Poppy was born, I was hardly a father to her at all. Then Alicia crashed into our lives and quickly worked her way under my skin. A young single mom with the weight of the world on her shoulders, I should have left her alone. But it was impossible to resist her beautiful face, her sassy mouth, or her gigantic heart. Eventually we were raising our girls together. And after we eloped, our son was born.

Somehow, the four of them tamed me. Anchored me. Brought me to life. Then Poppy disappeared.

It took five days to find her body. And since I'd been out on a run with the club, it took me no time at all to blame my wife. I failed to protect my baby from the monster who stole her. Then I failed to protect what was left of my family from my grief.

Now Alicia and the kids are gone, and I'm a shell of the man I used to be. Fueled by self-hatred and an insatiable desire to destroy the man who took my little girl, I don't care how long it takes or what it costs to have my revenge. And after I watch the light disappear from his eyes, I plan to follow my daughter into the dark.

But when another child goes missing, I'm forced to face the woman I broke to keep her and our family safe. Having her around again tugs at what's left of my shattered heart, and the more time we spend together, the more I realize she hasn't given up on me completely. The revenge that has consumed me is so close I can taste it. But I wasn't expecting it to come with a second chance at life. For Alicia. For our family. Or for myself.

Smoke's Revenge is a tissues-required standalone motorcycle romance loaded with angst and plenty of triggers. Readers with sensitivities to child loss, self-harm, and mental health struggles may find this story difficult to read. Despite the dark themes, it is a standalone with a happily-ever-after.

About Janine

USA Today bestselling author Janine Infante Bosco lives in New York City, she has always loved reading and writing. When she was thirteen, she began to write her own stories and her passion for writing took off as the years went on. At eighteen, she even wrote a full screenplay with dreams of one day becoming a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

Janine writes emotionally charged novels with an emphasis on family bonds, strong willed female characters, and alpha male men who will do anything for the women they love. She loves to interact with fans and fellow avid romance readers like herself.

She is proud of her success as an author and the friendships she's made in the book community but her greatest accomplishment to date would be her two sons Joseph and Paul.

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Preorder: Bloodstained Chrome (31 Days of Trick or Treat 2026: Biker & Mobster) by E.C. Land

Bloodstained Chrome 

by E.C. Land 

Vampire romance with an outlaw twist!

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The beast inside me never needed anyone until her...

Primal

I don't play well with others. Solitude suits the lion clawing at my insides. Especially when she's in the room.

Sibley is an anomaly. Older than time but hauntingly pure. She's been waiting for her mate, and she's convinced that I'm him. But I don't do destiny and I'm not interested in forever.

So why can't I get her out of my head and out of my space?

Because the ruthless predator inside me knows the truth. Every time she looks at me, the hunger grows. No matter how high I build the walls, the ancient tether between us just gets stronger. And a beast can only ignore his nature for so long.

Eventually, I'm going to stop running. And when I do, no one will stop me from making her mine.

About E.C. Land

E.C. Land grew up in the country and has it deep in her bones. As she grew up, if she wasn’t out on the ball field or playing in the woods, she had her nose stuck in a book. Now she writes romantic suspense stories, specializing in MC (motorcycle club) romance. She plans to broaden her writing horizons in the near future and move into other forms of romantic suspense. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her husband, three kids, and fur babies. 

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Cover Reveal and Preorder: Love Me Wicked (The Wickeds: Dark Knight at Bayside #8) by Melissa Foster

Love Me Wicked by Melissa Foster releases on October 28th!

It will be live early in her shop on October 23rd!

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A Dark Knight biker, a torturous secret, and a road trip that changes everything. Come along for the emotionally wicked ride in this steamy, pulse-pounding small-town standalone romance. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happily ever after that will stay with you long after you read the last page.

Tattooist Aria Bad has mastered the art of hiding in plain sight. Her art is her only safe place. Crowded rooms make her panic. People’s eyes burn too hot. Except his. Zeke Wicked has been the steady presence she’s leaned on since he tutored her through high school. He’s a loyal, protective Dark Knight biker, the kind of man who sees everything and the one man who could unravel her without even trying. Every year he takes her to see her family for the holidays, but this year she’s harboring a secret and needs to go alone.

Years ago, Zeke swore to protect, and never touch, Aria, but that didn’t stop his heart from staking claim to her. Lately she’s been secretive and has been pulling away, and now she’s determined to make their annual trip without him, but his instincts won’t let her go alone. When a storm strands them, boundaries blur and buried feelings rise to the surface, unearthing a passion neither can deny. But as the storm clears, they discover two dangerous truths—one that ties them together and one that threatens to tear them apart.

Tropes: Small-town, found family, biker romance, close proximity, protective hero, savior hero, friends to lovers.

About The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside

Set on the sandy shores of Cape Cod, the Wickeds feature fiercely protective heroes, strong heroines, and unbreakable family bonds. If you think bikers are all the same, you haven’t met the Dark Knights. The Dark Knights are a motorcycle club, not a gang. Their members stick together like family and will stop at nothing to keep their communities safe. These men are wickedly alpha and intensely loyal, but they are not alphaholes.

 

Excerpt Reveal: Mistletoe All the Way by Lauren Blakely with an excerpt

Turning a grumpy cowboy veterinarian into Mr. Holiday? Challenge accepted.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes a spicy, standalone holiday romance, MISTLETOE ALL THE WAY! This steamy, small town, grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, opposites attract holiday romance features a grinchy cowboy veterinarian and the jolliest publicist as they tackle the town's latest Christmas competition together! Releasing October 6th in all formats, including the stunning paperback with beautiful mistletoe and holly sprayed edges, check out the sneak peek below and pre-order your copy today!

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But before Eloise and I dive into business, there’s something I need to do. Something I should have done sooner, but better late than never. “Eloise, sorry I was kind of a d*ck the day I met you.”

“Kind of? You were one,” she says as we wander past booths draped in plaid and garland. Vendors call out over the crowd, selling jars of jam, embroidered stockings, and pine cone wreaths, while Rusty swings his snout left and right, inhaling all the holiday scents.

“That’s why I’m apologizing,” I say, meaning it, since I was more than a little rude that day.

Eloise stops in front of a stall selling blankets with sleigh illustrations on them. “Then say you’re sorry for being a big d*ck. Not kind of one.”

“Sorry for my big d*ck.”

She shoots me a glare.

“I’m just saying.” I shrug.

“Noah.”

“Sometimes it makes me be one.”

“Noah.”

I try again. “Sorry I was a big d*ck. Not sorry I have one.”

“You’re the worst.”

“And that’s why you want to transform me,” I say.

“You have me there. Because you are the ultimate Everest.”

Ah, hell. I can’t help myself. “That’s what she said.”

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About MISTLETOE ALL THE WAY (Coming 10/6/2026):

She wants to make him Mr. Holiday. He wants to stay a certified Grinch. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely comes a small-town spicy holiday romance about a guarded cowboy veterinarian and a Christmas-loving optimist who team up for a town holiday competition.

Dr. Noah Lennox lives by three holiday rules—avoid his hometown, cheerful people, and Christmas itself.

But when his beloved grandfather announces he’s retiring and handing the cherished sleigh-ride farm to either Noah or his slick cousin Stephen, the first rule goes out the window. Back home in Evergreen Falls, the veterinarian vows to fight for the farm that means everything to him. The problem is, the town doesn’t exactly welcome its resident Scrooge with open arms.

Except for one very charming holiday enthusiast. Eloise Langston, a sunny tourism bureau hopeful, needs a win to land her dream job—and to pay the rent. Her holly jolly plan? Turn the broody, broad-shouldered grump into a festive front-runner to help the town’s Mr. Holiday Competition draw record crowds.

Transforming a camera-shy cowboy vet into a small-town sweetheart isn’t exactly in her job description—but neither is falling for him.

Soon, Noah and Eloise find themselves tangled in twinkle lights, fake kisses, and one very real attraction. But with the farm’s future at stake, Stephen’s scheming, and Eloise’s career on the line, there’s a blizzard of reasons to put their feelings on ice.

Or will they fight to turn their holiday fling into forever under the mistletoe?

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ABOUT LAUREN BLAKELY:

A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sexy, feel-good and witty. Her books have been featured in US Weekly and People. Lauren likes dogs, cake and show tunes and she is the vegetarian at your dinner party. 

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Blitz: Saving the Kids (Saving La Familia Series #3) by Donna Del Oro

Saving the Kids

Saving La Familia Series, Book Three

by Donna Del Oro 

Romantic Suspense

Date Published: May 1, 2026

Intrepid school teacher Dina Salazar and her P.I. friend encounter more than they bargained for as they locate some of the 350,000 illegal, unaccompanied minors who crossed over and were turned over to unvetted sponsors. Their aim is to rescue those who have fallen prey to evil drug and human traffickers and turned into slaves. Their quest to save one group of immigrant teenagers leads them to encounter one of the most clever and corrupt of L.A. businessmen, a man with no moral scruples who has become rich as a drug and human trafficker. Finding the proof leads them to a border Arizona ranch where they and the Task-Force team battle smugglers and coyotes working for a dangerous Mexican cartel, and Dina and Gil confront a cartel hitman intent on killing both of them.

About the Author

Donna Del Oro was a high school teacher of Literature and Writing and is now enjoying the freedom from classroom bells by writing novels and traveling the world.

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