Trope Reveal: Never After Us (Heartbreak Mixtapes #4) by Claudia Burgoa

From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa comes a thrilling romance about family, legacy, and what it takes to start over.  

Never After Us features:

🎸 Grumpy neighbor hero

🎸 Single mom heroine

🎸 Slow burn romance

🎸 Found family

🎸 Protective hero energy

🎸 Emotional family secrets

🎸 Healing after grief

🎸 Letters from the past

🎸 Garden proposal HEA

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Releasing June 10th

Tropes: 

🔥Rockstar romance

🔥Grumpy x Sunshine

🔥Single parent

🔥He falls first

🔥Forced proximity

🔥Slow Burn

🔥Celebrity romance

🔥Love after loss

Blurb:  

I came to Seattle to settle my late aunt’s estate.

Not to uncover a family secret that rewrites my entire life.

Definitely not to fall for the grumpy neighbor across the hall.

Alec Horvath is broody, intense, and completely incapable of minding his own business. 

He acts like my daughter, and I are temporary inconveniences in his carefully controlled life.

Unfortunately for him, my daughter, Mila, decides he belongs to us almost immediately.

The problem?

I’m still grieving.

Still untangling decades of lies buried inside my family.

Still trying to understand why the woman I thought was my aunt was actually my mother.

Falling in love was never part of the plan. And maybe the scariest part is this:

I’m starting to want forever with him too.

But love requires trust.

And trust feels impossible when your entire life has been built around people leaving.

Alec keeps promising he’ll stay.

But can my heart believe that’s possible?

 

Teaser: The Tales of Sidney and JoJo (Adventures in Thailand) by Lauren Isaacson, illustrator Megan Heller

The Tales of Sidney and JoJo

Adventures in Thailand

by Lauren Isaacson

Juvenile Fiction / Multicultural / Animals

Date Published: 06-23-2026

Publisher: Mission Point Press

Illustrated by: Megan Heller

Sidney and JoJo are off to Thailand, where Mama lives.

Join them on an adventure to faraway lands-by crate, van, car, conveyor belt, and airplane-as they discover the sights and sounds of a tropical new world. Along the way, they meet friendly Thai people, encounter a wise dog, and gaze in wonder at the golden Buddhas and temple cats standing guard. With a few bumps in the road-marked by meows, tail twitches, and new surprises-they journey onward until, at last, they arrive at their new home.

 

About the Author

Lauren Isaacson is an educator, business owner, and is excited to add children’s book author to her repetoire. Inspired by the real-life journey of her two adventurous cats during a move abroad, Lauren wrote this story to share with her students and families around the world. She is the founder of The Tutoring Hub: Tutoring & Advocacy, LLC, where she supports students, families, and educators. As her students learned about her two cats and their adventures, a desire grew to give them a story they could take home. Lauren is excited to continue the adventures of The Tales of Sidney and JoJo. You can contact Luaren at ljisaacson491@gmail.com.

Megan Heller is a Michigan-based contemporary artist who earned her BFA in illustration from the College for Creative Studies. Her work blends intricate detail with rich symbolism. Working primarily in mixed media, such as watercolors and colored pencils, with just a dash of digital magic, her pieces have been shown at Black Box Gallery’s Fantasy Exhibition in Dearborn, the Midland Center for the Arts, as well as galleries and exhibitions throughout Detroit and her hometown of Saginaw. This is her first foray into children’s book illustration.

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Preorder: One in a Billion (Accidentally Yours #1) by Jennifer Bernard

One In A Billion 

by Jennifer Bernard 

Releases on June 2nd!

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First in a new series where meet-cutes go wrong… or exactly right.

Pilot Rory Baker was born to fly. Schlepping around Lincoln Kerr, a billionaire with an ego as big as his bank balance? Not so much. Especially when Lincoln suddenly demands they fly to Hawaii despite severe weather warnings. Rory’s perfect flying record is about to crash and burn—literally. It’s a miracle he survives. Even more miraculous that rescuers find him in the middle of a Hawaiian jungle, and one of them is the hottest woman he’s ever seen…who also happens to swing a machete like a champ. Rory makes a snap decision: pretend to be his boss until he knows who he can trust.

Mathilda Wheeler is living on borrowed time. An agreement with her parents has allowed her to live the carefree life of a grad student for nearly a decade, but she’s been avoiding a major decision—one that’s about to track her down all the way from England to a hidden research camp in a lush Hawaiian valley. Why now, when she’s finally found a man she could love? And why him, billionaire Lincoln Kerr, the very type she’s been avoiding? Though…Mathilda has to admit, he’s unlike any rich guy she’s ever met. For instance, even some of her fellow scientists seem to know more about Lincoln’s personal and professional life than the man himself.

Hidden identities, ancient bequests, intimate nights, a jackass billionaire…and speaking of, what was Lincoln Kerr’s super-secret trip to Hawaii all about, anyway? Rory and Mathilda have no idea. But judging by the sudden appearance of murder drones and masked commandos, clearly there’s more to this story than an accidental one-in-a-billion meet-cute.

 

Release: A Very Grumpy Veterinarian (Wolf Valley: Grumps #14) by Shaw Hart

A Very Grumpy Veterinarian 

by Shaw Hart 

Available now!

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I think I’m finally ready to fall in love… I just didn’t expect it to be with my grumpy boss.

Pearl
I’ve worked at Wolf Valley Veterinary Clinic for years.
I love my job, I love the animals, and I loved working with Dr. Harris before he retired.
Then his replacement gets here, and I realize that there might be something else I love about my job.
Him.
Dr. Wells Bennett.
He’s quiet, brooding, annoyingly handsome, and the kind of man who looks at you once and sees too much.
He showed up a few months ago to help out his mentor, but then he stayed.
Took over the clinic.
Took over my routine.
Took over my peace of mind.
Now I’m dealing with a boss who barely talks, glowers at anyone who smiles with me, and finds excuses to stay late when I’m the only other one here.
I should be focusing on my work, but all I can think about is what it would feel like if my grumpy vet finally made a move.

Wells
I came to Wolf Valley to help my mentor through his last months at the clinic.
I thought it would be temporary.
Then I met Pearl.
She’s sunshine and fire all wrapped into one gorgeous, curvy woman who cares more about animals than most people care about each other.
The first day I saw her hold a trembling puppy to her chest and whisper softly to comfort him, I was done for.
Completely gone.
So, when my mentor retired, I didn’t hesitate.
I stayed.
But things are complicated.
Pearl works for me, and I’m terrified of risking the one bright thing I have here.
Only now, every day she’s near me is torture.
Every smile she gives someone else is a punch to the gut.
And every time she brushes past me in the hallway, I have to remind myself she’s not mine.

Not yet.

 

Release Boost: The Ugly Stick (Stallions Hockey Romance #1) by Cori Lane

The Ugly Stick 

by Cori Lane 

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When hockey’s grumpiest single dad returns to my hometown, he doesn’t even recognize me as the ugly duckling from his past.

I was the most forgettable girl in high school. You know the one – fat, braces, bad clothes, the works. And so painfully awkward that it never occurred to me to fight back, even when the other kids said I got beat with the ugly stick.

But ten years later, I’m a whole new woman. I’ve lost weight, gained confidence, and all I want is to enjoy the new life I’ve built and leave the past where it belongs.

Of course, that would be a whole lot easier if I didn’t just find out that big-time hockey star Caleb Stone, the leader of that crew of popular kids who made my high school life so miserable, is back home to play for the Stallions this year after losing his temper on the ice one too many times to stay in the big league.

It’s bad enough that he’s got the whole town talking, but now he’s eating at the diner where I work, shopping where I shop, and to top it off, he’s even living in my building!

Then I see him with his daughter. Daisy has Down syndrome and a smile that lights up a room. And as the sweet little girl and her single dad melt my heart, I start to wonder if maybe Caleb Stone isn’t the man I always thought he was.

So much for leaving the past behind me…


If you’re craving a clean, no spice romance with elements like:

• a hockey celebrity returning to his home town
• an ugly duckling becoming a swan
• a single dad with a very special daughter
• a cozy small-town setting
• forced proximity
• a grumpy sunshine duo you can’t help rooting for

This is the book for you!

 

Ebook Review: Running Scared (Mayhem Makers: Running Series) by D.M. Earl

 

Blurb: 

She's a tortured soul.
He's looking for redemption.
Together, they're the Devil's secret weapons.

I may be a Devil's Handmaiden,
Known for our fiery and feisty ways.
But enduring years of torture at the hands of my kidnapper,
I'll admit, I'd rather lie low and keep away from the chaos.

But the maidens seem different,
Secluded and separate,
Keeping me at bay.
My secrets are piling up,
The suspicions are growing.

I need to get away,
Get out,
And get my bearings back.

With my enemies multiplying,
And lurking nearby,
Safety seems impossible.

There's only one man I trust,
One man who knows my secrets,
And can shut his mouth.

But Noah Anderson is entwined in his own turmoil,
Looking for redemption for his ruthless family.
When he whisks me away to a safe haven,
I can't decipher my feelings,
Fury, worry, desire, and heartache bury me.

Trusting Noah with my safety is easy,
Trusting Noah with my heart terrifies me.
Can I open myself to a future with him without Running Scared?

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My Review - 5 of 5 stars - 

This story tied up some things. A lot of healing took place as well as love, and I had moments where I was so touched. Dani had so much to work through, and Noah tried to be patient but still express how he felt. There was plenty of action, danger, and we almost lost people. I loved the fact that Dani and Noah did not rush into the bed, like Dottie and Halo. They worked at getting over their past which was still following them. This was worth the read.

I received an ARC, and this is my unsolicited review.

Teaser: Death and the Social Climber (Ann Audrey Mystery #2) by Winnie Simpson

Death and the Social Climber

Ann Audrey Mystery, Book 2

by Winnie Simpson

Cozy Mystery / Mystery & Detective

Date Published: 06-30-2026

Publisher: Mission Point Press

Murder Is the Ultimate Power Move

When a beautiful Atlanta woman is widowed twice under suspicious circumstances, Ann Audrey Pickering finds herself drawn—once again—into someone else’s trouble.

A former lawyer who once helped the FBI convict her own husband for fraud, Ann Audrey has settled into a reclusive life, until her longtime friend Flynn Reynolds asks for help. His elderly aunts are convinced that another nephew was murdered by his wife, Kathryn, whose second husband is now also dead. Ann Audrey is skeptical. Still, she owes Flynn, and there are some odd questions. Complicating matters is Kathryn’s latest mother-in-law, a woman who rose from an impoverished background into Atlanta’s upper circles and recognizes a kindred spirit in her dead son’s ambitious widow. She doesn’t believe Kathryn is a murderer—but she has heard rumors, and she wants them stopped.

Set in Atlanta in January 2000, as the city buzzes with anticipation for the upcoming Super Bowl, Ann Audrey searches for the black widow through the city’s frenetic bar scene, private clubs, high-rise offices, and beloved local institutions like Mary Mac’s Tea Room and The Varsity. With help from Flynn and her friend Theo, along with the return of sexy detective Mike Bristol, she pieces together a twisting story of social climbing, carefully managed appearances, marriage, and murder. As the Super Bowl kickoff draws near, the case reaches a climax when an ice storm shuts down Atlanta’s roads and power, leaving secrets and murderers with nowhere to hide.

 

About the Author

 

 Following her mother’s lead, Mississippi native Winnie Simpson was an avid murder mystery reader beginning in the third grade, starting with Nancy Drew and moving through the classics of British, American, and international crime. Winnie studied music at Duke University, later receiving an MFA in Music at SUNY Buffalo, where she worked as an arts administrator before throwing it all over in order to make a decent living. After finishing law school at Emory University, she became a partner in a large firm in Atlanta where her practice focused mainly on securities litigation. Retiring early, Winnie relocated to Northern Michigan where she lives in a renovated nineteenth-century building that served as a former Michigan state asylum. For more than a decade, she has taken writing classes and participated in writing groups. She is fond of opera, hiking, cycling, and Duke basketball, most seasons.

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Audiobook Sale!!! Trident Security Series Volume III by Samantha Cole, on Chirp for $3.99

Trident Security Series Volume III by Samantha Cole is only $3.99!

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✔️ Romantic Suspense

✔️ Protective Alpha Heroes

✔️ Second Chances & Forbidden Desire

 

**A Special Collection of books in the Trident Security series and its multiple spinoff series - Volume III

Tickle His Fancy

Last man standing…

All around him, Brody Evans's Trident Security teammates have fallen in love. Ironically, they'd always thought their charismatic friend would be the first to fall.

Fancy Maguire's world was destroyed when a horrific car accident claimed the lives of her husband and unborn child. Three years later, she's finally shedding the dark shroud she'd been existing under. When a handsome new customer walks into her bakery, he unexpectedly sparks something deep within her, unlocking her darkest desires.

With a killer on the loose and an unknown vandal targeting her business, Brody finds plenty of reasons to keep Fancy close. But can he break through the steel barrier she has wrapped around her heart? Or will he lose her before he can convince her to take a second chance on love?

**Includes BONUS chapter!

Absolving His Sins

The huntress has become the hunted, in more ways than one…

Jordyn Alvarez works for the United States government—a fact no one in authority will admit. She does Uncle Sam's dirty work. Some might call her an agent, but few know her real title—assassin.

Trained by one of the best black operatives in the world, she wants nothing more than to add him to the long list of people she's sent straight to hell—but she doesn't dare get close to him ever again.

If she did, she couldn't be sure her body wouldn't betray her once more and she'd wind up in bed with him, obeying his every command. With her cover blown though, she may not have a choice.

Who is he? He's a ghost. A man with one name—Carter. And it's time for him to pay for his sins.

Double Down & Dirty

Why covet your brother's lover, when you can both share her…

Fraternal twins, Grayson and Remington Mann, CEOs of Black Diamond Records, run their business and personal lives with iron fists.

As the Mann brothers' personal secretary and a naive woman, Abigail Turner is off limits to them . . . or is she?

Seeing the tempting woman everyday at the office has been torture, but when they discover Abigail has a dirty little secret, Gray and Remi tear the no fraternizing policy page right out of their rule book. After all, they're the ones who wrote it.

Now, there's nothing holding the twins back as they set out to make her theirs. But can she trust them with both her body and her heart?

Option Number Three

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas . . . or does it?

Private club owner, Mitch has been lusting after Tori since she first stepped foot into his dark, seductive world. But he waited too long to approach her, and she now belongs to someone else, while he watches from afar.

When Tori asks him for a favor that involves going to Vegas with her and her lover, Mitch can't refuse.

After a night with Tori and Tyler pushing him out of his comfort zone, Mitch is left confused and out of control for the first time in his life.

He now faces three options—but will he have the courage to choose the one he never knew he wanted?

***The Trident Security series contains passionate romance, nail-biting suspense, and happily-ever-afters. The books are best read in order.

 

Cover Reveal and Preorder: A Very Grumpy Sheriff (Wolf Valley: Grumps #15) by Shaw Hart

A Very Grumpy Sheriff 

by Shaw Hart

Releases on June 26th!

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I’ve loved him my whole life, but he doesn’t know I exist…

Suri
Devon Hayes has been part of my heart for as long as I can remember.
He was older, untouchable, and too focused on protecting the world to notice a curvy wallflower like me.
When he left Colorado to join the Army, I was terrified that I would never see him again.
I couldn’t have that, so I took a chance and did something that I was never brave enough to do when we were in high school together.
I wrote him letters.
Hundreds of them.
Every fear, every dream, every part of my heart poured onto paper.
He never knew it was me, and I never intended to tell him.
Until I get a job offer in Wolf Valley.
I know that I’ll likely never see him again, so in my final letter to Devon, I sign my name.
I figure that will be it and that I’ll have to let go of my crush on him and resign myself to never seeing him again.
Except he follows me here.
Now the man that I’ve always loved is here, and for the first time ever, he’s paying attention to me.

Devon
I joined the Army to serve, to protect, and to make a difference.
It kept me busy for years, and I thought that I had everything I wanted in life.
Until the first letter arrived.
Every month, like clockwork, a new letter would show up, all of them from a woman who refused to give me her name, a woman who seemed to know everything about me, and became everything to me.
Her words kept me alive in the darkest places.
Her kindness saved me when I didn’t want to be saved.
And then she sent me one last note, saying goodbye and finally telling me her name.
Suri Michaels.
She said goodbye in her letter, but I knew that wasn’t the end for us.
It’s the beginning.
I’m out of the military now and ready to settle down. 

And I know just who I’m going to do that with. 

Teaser: The Gift (Empath Investigations #1) by Maddie Taylor

The mafia boss wants her psychic power...

The protective cop wants her heart.

The Gift 

by Romantic Fiction by Maddie Taylor 

Coming soon to a Kindle near you!

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A lawman falls for a woman with a rare gift. A killer will stop at nothing to possess it.

Texas Ranger Vince Cooper trusts evidence, instincts, and the badge on his chest. Psychics? Not a chance. But when a brutal murder and a missing teenage girl lead him to Erica Stevens, Vince can't deny that the beautiful, boho artist knows things about the crime scene she shouldn’t.

Erica rarely talks about her gift. The visions strike without warning—someone else’s fear, memories that don’t belong to her, flashes of violence she can’t unsee. Helping a skeptical Ranger investigate a murder is the last thing she needs, even if the grounded, old‑school lawman watching her with equal parts suspicion and heat is impossible to ignore.

As they work the case together, preconceived notions give way to undeniable chemistry. Trust builds. Desire sizzles. Coop’s protective instincts flare to life. And everything between them changes. 

But the investigation points straight to a ruthless Russian crime boss who collects debts in blood. When he learns about Erica’s ability, she becomes far more valuable than the money he’s hunting.

Now Coop isn’t just trying to solve a murder. He’s racing to save the woman he loves. Because once the boss decides something belongs to him, he never lets it go.

About Maddie:

A USA Today and #1 international bestselling author, Maddie is a lifelong reader who became a romance junkie as a teen with her first romance novel, The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen Woodiwiss. From then on, she was hooked, and gobbled up everything she could get her hands on, whether contemporary, historical, paranormal or sci-fi. If there was romance to be found between a strong alpha male, and a sassy, adventurous and ofttimes defiant yet loving woman, Maddie was all over it. As an author, she stays true to those themes writing steamy erotic romance, with a side of kink, and adding elements of intrigue, danger and suspense to her plots.

Maddie started writing as a hobby. Her stories stayed private while she raised a family and worked full time as a registered nurse. It wasn't until 2012 that she decided to take the plunge and submit her first book for publication: Captain My Captain. She went on to publish eleven novels the first year.

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