Cover Reveal: Code Violation (The Rules of the Rink #2) by Ruth Stilling

Author @authorruthstilling has revealed the cover for Code Violation, a hockey romance, releasing September 17th.

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Preorder Link: Amazon.com: Code Violation (The Rules of the Rink Book 2) eBook : Stilling, Ruth: Kindle Store

Tropes

Hockey Romance

Brother's Ex-Girlfriend

Found Family

Accidental Pregnancy

Protective Grumpy NHL Captain

No Third Act Breakup

Blurb:

I’m in love with my brother’s ex-girlfriend.

After years of acting like Vesper Stone isn’t the girl of my dreams, I owe it to myself to be honest, even if the confession can only ever remain a secret.

There are so many reasons why I should forget about her. As the captain of the Seattle Rogues, I shouldn’t betray my only sibling, and I ought to honor the promise I made to our late mom to stand by him.

But my brother isn’t a good man, and I can’t take my eyes off the stunning bartender with sleek black hair and a smile that falters whenever she gets a text from the guy who never deserved her.

Voicing my feelings is a terrible idea. My brother isn’t only a bad person, but he’s dangerous, too, and my top priority is protecting the one girl I can never have.

But I didn’t make it as a pro hockey player without going after what I wanted, and regardless of who she is to my family, I can’t stop showing up at her apartment.

Maybe we can just be friends. I’d rather have that than lose her altogether. My brother doesn’t need to know we hang out and eat pizza while watching a movie.

But friends don’t hold their breath whenever they catch each other’s gaze, and they definitely don’t do what we did the other night …

I should walk away.
For her.
For us.
For the sake of keeping the peace.

So, why am I standing outside Vesper’s door right now, ready to lay my heart on the line? And why am I about to speak the words I vowed to take to my grave?

Because now that I’ve had her in my bed, I’ll go to war to keep her—and our baby—forever.

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Cover Reveal: To All the Guys I Killed Before (The Right Kind of Wrong Series) by Sara Whitney

Author @sarawhitneyauthor has revealed the cover for To All the Guys I Killed Before, a Dark Rom-Com, releasing June 23rd! #sarawhitney #HPRToAlltheGuysCoverReveal #DarkRomCom

TROPES   Dark Rom-Com  Neighbors to Lovers  Secret Identities   Morally Dark Hero & Heroine   Surveillance as a Love Language   Murd3r as a Meet-Cute

BLURB  I killed for her before she gave me a second glance. Five stars, no regrets, would kill for her again. Rue Bellamy thinks I’m the most aggressively boring man alive, and I intend to keep it that way. As long as my amber-eyed neighbor never looks past my beige cardigans and passionate opinions about rose fertilizer, she’ll never uncover the dark heart that drives me to rid the world of its worst men, one satisfyingly grisly crime scene at a time. But when I bump into another masked vigilante while staking out my next victim, my carefully managed murder schedule suddenly has a new complication: a precise, ferocious killer who keeps turning up at my future crime scenes like she owns them and taunting me into taking risks that could get us both killed — or worse, caught. Our chemistry’s explosive. The recklessness is addictive. I'm absolutely going back for more. Then one of our murderous not-quite-dates goes spectacularly wrong, and I learn that the neighbor who can’t look past my cardigan-wearing, rose-growing, pro-composting cover identity has been keeping secrets of her own that make mine look downright dull. Has the most dangerous person in my life been living next door the whole time?

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Sale!!! Dr. Weston (The Billionaire Boys Club) by L.M. Fox, 99 cents for a limited time

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Blurb: 

Poppy

I was that girl.

I had it all.

Confident and happy, I graduated college

and began working my dream job. I married my devoted,

handsome boyfriend. We bought a house and traveled the world.

Focused on our careers, we’d think about kids later…

‘til the unthinkable happened.

Now I’m all alone and slowly discovering my fairy tale life was

a nightmare shrouded in secrecy and lies.

How do you move on after such betrayal?

Can I trust in a second chance at a real happily ever after?

Broadie

I was that guy.

I had it all and threw it all away.

A renowned surgeon, my career was my sole focus.

Yet I had a wife and beautiful children and let them slip away.

I’ve learned the hard way. I’m more devoted to my family than ever.

If only they didn’t live with a new man now.

My ex-wife and I are better as friends,

and my kids are old enough to forgive me.

If I could only forgive myself.

I’m just hoping I can prove to Poppy

that despite my past, I’m worth taking a chance.

Release: The Flirting Game (Love and Hockey #6) by Lauren Blakely with my review

THE FLIRTING GAME

Series: Love and Hockey

by Lauren Blakely

Blurb:

Revenge was the plan. Falling for the hockey star next door wasn’t.

My new neighbor is a hot, grumpy hockey player who works out shirtless on his porch every morning. But it’s not technically spying if I just happen to be on my patio at the same time … right?

Imagine my surprise when the sexy grouch turns out to be the client who just hired me to redecorate the house he’s giving his mom.

What’s a ray of sunshine like me to do? Pretend I’ve never noticed his abs while we pick out furniture—since I’d never date a client. And Ford’s made it clear this is his final season, and he wants zero distractions.

Which means I need to exercise some serious resistance …

To his cool blue eyes that track my every move.
To that deep voice that makes me shiver.
And to the mouth that shuts me up one night in our shared backyard with a scorching kiss.

We agree it’s a one-time slip-up—until my cheating ex invites me to a party, and Ford insists on being my revenge date. Our fake night out turns into a very real sleepover.

Now the press and fans think we’re a couple, so we keep it up. One fake date at a charity gala turns into another at a hockey game, and somewhere between fabric swatches and porch picnics, I stop pretending.

But how do I convince Ford that with me, he can have both love and hockey?

Tropes: Neighbors to lovers, hockey romance, workplace romance, revenge fake dating, romantic comedy. This is Ford and Skylar's romance!

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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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My Review - 4 1/2 of 5 stars - 

4 1/2 stars for me. I really enjoyed the flirting between these two, the honesty for the most part, and the love for their pets. Skylar was working hard to get her business going but couldn't keep her mind and eyes off of the next-door neighbor, hot as sin Ford. Ford's goal was to finish his final year in the NHL on a high. He had been very focused until he saw Skylar. They were so cute together, even when hearts got a little dented. I had tears as they patched up things. A wonderful read.

 

Release: Rebel Without a Claus by Katana Collins

 

Rebel Without a Claus

by Katana Collins

Release Date: October 15, 2025

Genre/Tropes:

Second Chance
Grumpy Sunshine
Holiday
Small Town
Found Family
Forced Proximity

Link: Amazon.com: Rebel Without a Claus eBook : Collins, Katana: Kindle Store

Blurb: 

Eve Winters lives for Christmas—the twinkling lights, the festive music, the over-the-top holiday magic. So when her parents need help running their Christmas-themed inn, she’s all in. The only problem? Luke Dawson—the town’s broody, flannel-wearing reindeer farmer who hates everything merry and bright. Unfortunately, he’s also the one providing the reindeer for the town’s biggest holiday festival, which means Eve is stuck working with Mr. Bah Humbug himself.

Luke has no patience for Christmas or the chaos that comes with it—especially when it involves Eve, the walking, talking embodiment of holiday cheer. He spent years trying to forget her, but now that she’s moved back to town—with her sharp tongue, city-girl attitude, and an unfortunate talent for getting stuck under mistletoe—forgetting her is impossible.

But between meddling townsfolk, mischievous reindeer, and a snowstorm that leaves them stranded together, Luke is starting to wonder if maybe Christmas—and Eve Winters—aren’t so bad after all.

She’s all sparkle and Christmas spirit. He’s one grinchy cowboy. But when the festive sparks turn into a full-blown holiday inferno, will this rebel without a claus surrender to the season’s greatest surprise—falling head over boots in love?

Packed with sizzling chemistry, witty banter, and laugh-out-loud holiday chaos, Rebel Without a Claus is the perfect Christmas rom-com for fans of grumpy sunshine, small-town meddling, and holiday magic.

It is a standalone romance.

About the Author

Katana Collins is a USA Today bestselling author of over twenty novels, novellas, and comic books.

When she was younger and stole her mother’s Harlequins to read beneath the covers with a flashlight, she wanted to read about the tough as nails heroine. The perfectly imperfect girl with quirks and attitude and sass. And the anti-heroes who were anything but “Prince Charming.” Forget the knight on a white horse … she wanted the bad boy on a motorcycle.

An avid animal lover, she lives in Portland, Maine with her kind of mean cat, derpy lab-pitt mix, mellow chihuahua, and very not mellow cairn terrier puppy. Oh, yeah… there’s a husband somewhere in that mix, too. She can usually be found in a coffee shop with her nose buried in a laptop wearing fabulous (albeit sometimes impractical) shoes.
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