Release: Valentines in the Presidential Suite (A Beach House Hotel Story) by Judith Keim

Valentines in the Presidental Suite

by Judith Keim

Romantic Women's Fiction

Date Published: August 25, 2026

When Morgan Riley meets Simon Weaver, an older man who’s just moved into her upstate New York town, she becomes a book review partner with him for the local bookstore owner. Coming from an unhappy childhood, Morgan treasures her relationship with Simon, who is like the grandfather she never had.

Brad Hamlin, an attractive widower, is hired as a new partner in the law firm where Morgan works. She is assigned to assist him, and they form a successful team. When Simon needs a lawyer to help him with a difficult situation with his very greedy daughter-in-law, Morgan suggests Brad. As friendship deepens between the three of them, neither has any idea what life has in store for them.

A special spin-off book in which characters have their own stories and end up at The Beach House Hotel in Florida with Ann and Rhonda. A chance to stay connected to the series in a different way.

 

About the Author

 

 Judith Keim, A USA Today Best-Selling Author, is a hybrid author who both has a publisher and self-publishes. Ms. Keim writes heart-warming novels about women who face unexpected challenges, meet them with strength, and find love and happiness along the way, stories with heart. Her best-selling books are based, in part, on many of the places she's lived or visited and on the interesting people she's met, creating believable characters and realistic settings her many loyal readers love.

She enjoyed her childhood and young-adult years in Elmira, New York, and now makes her home in Boise, Idaho, with her husband and their adorable dachshunds, Wally and Kacy, and other members of her family.

While growing up, she loved the idea of writing stories from a young age. Books were always present, being read, ready to go back to the library, or about to be discovered. All in her family shared information from the books in general conversation, giving them a wealth of knowledge and vivid imaginations.

Ms. Keim loves to hear from her readers and appreciates their enthusiasm for her stories.

 

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Paperback Review: Biker Boo (31 Days of Trick or Treat: Biker and Mobster) by Morgan Jane Mitchell

 

Blurb: 

From USA Today Bestselling Author, Morgan Jane Mitchell comes a Kings of Anarchy MC: Kentucky novella
Welcome to Hell, Kentucky, where love bites harder than the cryptids in the woods. Property of Biker Boo is a steamy Halloween motorcycle club romance novella with slasher film vibes, featuring a possessive outlaw hero, a brokenhearted heroine, and one night of spooky, forbidden passion. This sizzling stalker romance packs in gritty MC tension, Halloween horror, and second-chance longing.

If you like obsessive love stories, masked bikers, and twisted Halloween heat, this novella will haunt you in all the right ways.

Becki
I should be at the costume party with the rest of Paradise, but I’m stuck at the trailer park, hiding out with heartbreak and horror movies.
Legend broke my heart, again, and now there’s a man in the shadows watching me from the woods.
He’s masked. Tall. Dangerous.
And when he finally catches me, I don’t scream.
I kiss him back.

Royal
I’ve wanted Becki ever since I was fostered by her father's church.
But she’s always belonged to another man, my president.
Every Halloween I watch her, craving the one thing I can't touch.
This year, I make my move.
One mask. One kiss. One night to change everything.
But love like this? It don’t come clean.
Not in Hell, Kentucky.

Amazon: Property of Biker Boo (Kings of Anarchy MC: Kentucky) - Kindle edition by Mitchell, Morgan Jane . Paranormal Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

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My Review - 4 of 5 stars - 

This was a quick read and showed the relationship between Becki and Royal. It was a secret, steamy connection with a shared past. Becki hoped that it was someone else behind the mask, and Royal was willing to be the secret Biker Boo for his taste of Becki. I did enjoy this story.

This is my unsolicited review.

Ebook Review: Tethered by the Sea (Saltbone Sinners #1) by India R. Adams and Nikki Landis

 

Blurb: 

From USA Today Bestselling Authors India R Adams and Nikki Landis, Tethered by the Sea is a moving, coming-of-age love story that blends a touch of dark mythology with aching humanity.

While raised in the shadow of a motorcycle club, Maddox was unaware that a boundless oath protected him. But on his tenth birthday, tragedy tore his world apart when gunfire erupted and a disastrous accident took place on a bridge, sending Maddox over the edge and into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

He should have died.

Instead, something in the water saved him.

Now without his protectors, Maddox spends the rest of his childhood running from his past and into a newfound family that he never saw coming. Even though they hold the broken pieces together with the tender thread of healing, none of that stops the ancient hold that followed him from the Atlantic.

Maddox’s grief hardens him into a dangerous, scorned young man who continues to be tethered to a mystical presence waiting beneath the tide.

His past refuses to stay buried because the ocean never truly let him go.

And neither did she.

Amazon: Amazon.com: Tethered By The Sea (Saltbone Sinners MC Book 1) eBook : Adams, India R , Landis, Nikki: Kindle Store

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My Review - 5 of 5 stars - 

This one had me on an emotional roller coaster. Tissues were definitely necessary. Maddox/Johnny saw death, almost lost his own life, grew up faster than needed, and found family. I loved the bonding that took place with his family and foster family despite all the secrets. There were plenty of touching moments, violent scenes (on and off page), and love shown throughout. I cannot wait until the next book in the series to see where we go from here. I have thoughts as to what may happen so September cannot come fast enough.

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

Release: Love's Match (A Lilac Lake Book) by Judith Keim

Love's Match

by Judith Keim

Women's Fiction with Romantic Elements

Date Published: February 10, 2026

It takes more than love to make a match...

After clashing with the principal of the middle-grade school where she teaches, Hazel Belmont is happy to accept the offer of a job at the town’s new sports center, owned by Ross Roberts and Mike Dawson, a tennis pro who’s semi-retired and teaches tennis at the center. When Hazel notices a young boy named Jed hanging around the tennis courts, she befriends him, and she and Mike learn that he has real talent. They speak with his foster mother and obtain her approval for Jed to continue with free lessons. Hazel is forced to lie to her mother about having a boyfriend, Mike, to keep from meeting a young man at home. Mike agrees to go along with the idea. She and Mike arrange to foster Jed when his family has to move out of state and discover what real love is all about.

A spinoff book from the Lilac Lake Inn series, a sweet second-chance, small-town romance. Another of Judith Keim’s books with strong women facing challenges and finding love and happiness along the way.

 

About the Author

 

 Judith Keim, A USA Today Best-Selling Author, is a hybrid author who both has a publisher and self-publishes. Ms. Keim writes heart-warming novels about women who face unexpected challenges, meet them with strength, and find love and happiness along the way, stories with heart. Her best-selling books are based, in part, on many of the places she's lived or visited and on the interesting people she's met, creating believable characters and realistic settings her many loyal readers love.

She enjoyed her childhood and young-adult years in Elmira, New York, and now makes her home in Boise, Idaho, with her husband and their adorable dachshunds, Wally and Kacy, and other members of her family.

While growing up, she loved the idea of writing stories from a young age. Books were always present, being read, ready to go back to the library, or about to be discovered. All in her family shared information from the books in general conversation, giving them a wealth of knowledge and vivid imaginations.

Ms. Keim loves to hear from her readers and appreciates their enthusiasm for her stories, including the eight children's book she has written under J.S. Keim

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Audiobook Release: The Nest Before Christmas (The Nest #5) by Piper Rayne with a full cast of narrators

The Nest Before Christmas by Piper Rayne is now live in audio!

Full Cast Duet Narration by: Sean Masters, Connor Crais, JF Harding, Troy Duran, Teddy Hamilton, CJ Bloom, Brooke Bloomingdale, Christine Lakin, Erin Mallon, Luci Christian Bell

A grounded plane. A questionable Greyhound bus. A brotherhood on a mission.

When the team’s plane gets grounded right before Christmas, the Falcons will stop at nothing to make it home for the holidays, including launching their own Planes, Trains, and Automobiles-style mission across the country to get back to their wives and kids.

Meanwhile, their wives are back in Chicago, juggling babies, pregnancy tests, and a missing gender-reveal envelope.
From FaceTime flirting gone wrong to a Greyhound bus disaster, the guys’ determination never wavers—because nothing says love like a man sprinting through a snowstorm to make it home before Christmas.

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Book Review: First Street (Harbor View Cozy Fantasy Series #1) by May McGoldrick

 

Blurb: 

Small Town. Big Secrets. A Touch of Magic. Slightly Sarcastic Ghosts. (A Low Stakes Cozy Fantasy Series)

Harbor View Cozy Fantasy Series

Welcome to Harbor View,
where the gossip travels fast, the ghosts linger longer,
and no secret stays hidden forever...

When Skye Randall returns to her quirky New England hometown after her mother’s sudden death, she brings along her fifteen-year-old daughter, two weeks’ worth of plans, and absolutely no intention of staying. She’s here to settle the estate, sell off the antiques, and get back to California to rescue her crumbling marriage. Easy, right?

Not a chance.

Harbor View has other ideas. The cozy seaside village comes with nosy neighbors, salty sea air that smells faintly of magic, and two opinionated ghosts haunting the bookstore and antique shop facing First Street. Skye’s kept their existence a secret from her daughter, but when strange happenings suggest Clare’s death wasn’t just a tragic accident, she realizes she’s going to need all the help she can get—even if some of it comes from the other side.

As Skye and Ocean navigate loss, family secrets, and a whole lot of supernatural shenanigans, they’ll discover that some legacies are worth fighting for. And in Harbor View, the past doesn’t just knock politely—it barges right in.

In a town where secrets linger and its spirits refuse to stay quiet,
two weeks might change everything!

Heartfelt, funny, and filled with seaside magic, First Street is the first book in the Harbor View Cozy Fantasy series...where family ties, ghostly help, and a touch of mischief make all the difference.

Amazon: Amazon.com: First Street: Small Town. Big Secrets. A Touch of Magic. (A Low Stakes Cozy Fantasy Series) (Harbor View Cozy Fantasy Series Book 1) eBook : McGoldrick , May, Coffey , Jan : Kindle Store

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My Review - 5 of 5 stars - 

This story touched my heart. Skye and her daughter, Ocean, went to take care of aftermath of Skye's mother's passing. Here, memories, ghosts, friendships, and murder played out. Ocean was more informed and accepting than her mother thought. Helping two ghosts reconnect, solving the murder of Skye's mother, dealing with an empty marriage, and more had me turning pages, wiping away tears, and feeling more lighthearted by the end. I look forward to more in this series.

This is my unsolicited review.

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💞 Multi-Generational Women's Fiction

😢 Emotional Healing & Self-Discovery

🔍 Mystery Beneath the Surface

Sometimes the only way forward is to go back home…

Jessica Steele just received the worst early birthday present ever—her husband of almost thirty years has left her without a word.

Now adrift and running out of options, Jess takes her teenage daughter, Glory, back to the Florida Keys. Jess hopes that fixing up her uncle's rambling beach house will be the fresh start they both need.

But she doesn't expect that her older daughters will join them—Liberty, the pediatric nurse with the seemingly perfect marriage, Anthem, the lighthearted musician who seems to be holding a surprising secret, and even one of Jess's nieces, who is looking for help only Jess can provide.

One by one, they arrive at her door, filling the old beach house with mysteries, laughter and tears, and standing behind Jess as she moves forward in her new life.

The Steele women are so much stronger together, but under the crystal waters lie secrets about why Jess's husband left her, as well as the truth about her own past. And if Jess and her family can't face them, everything she's built might vanish with the tide…

The Driftwood Key Beach Reads series is a family saga featuring determined women finding happiness in the pale sands and crystal blue surf of the Florida Keys.

Read them all in order: Secrets in the Surf, Memories in Sea Glass, and Promises in the Sand

 

Release: Love's Harvest (A Lilac Lake Book) by Judith Keim

 

Love's Harvest 

(A Lilac Lake Novel)

by Judith Keim

Women's Fiction with Romantic Elements

Date Published: August 18, 2025

Sarah Bullard Miller returns to Lilac Lake with her four-year-old twin daughters following the death of her husband. She’s always been part of the group of summer kids playing together with the granddaughters of the woman who owned the Lilac Lake Inn, and she loves renewing those friendships. Keeping busy working at her parents’ hardware store and taking care of the girls, she begins the healing process following her husband’s violent death.

Aaron Collister was Sarah’s high school boyfriend. They connected with their sensitivity to nature and poetry, which might have seemed strange unless you knew that big, tough, Aaron was part Abenake Indian and had been given many life lessons by his mother. They renew their friendship, but neither is ready to commit to more until a crisis leads them to their answer.

This is a spinoff book from the Lilac Lake Inn series, a sweet second-chance, small-town romance. Another of Judith Keim’s books with strong women facing challenges and finding love and happiness along the way.

 

About the Author

Judith Keim, A USA Today Best-Selling Author, is a hybrid author who both has a publisher and self-publishes. Ms. Keim writes heart-warming novels about women who face unexpected challenges, meet them with strength, and find love and happiness along the way, stories with heart. Her best-selling books are based, in part, on many of the places she's lived or visited and on the interesting people she's met, creating believable characters and realistic settings that her many loyal readers love.

She enjoyed her childhood and young-adult years in Elmira, New York, and now makes her home in Boise, Idaho, with her husband and their adorable dachshunds, Wally and Kacy, and other members of her family.

While growing up, she loved the idea of writing stories from a young age. Books were always present, being read, ready to go back to the library, or about to be discovered. All in her family shared information from the books in general conversation, giving them a wealth of knowledge and vivid imaginations.

Ms. Keim loves to hear from her readers and appreciates their enthusiasm for her stories.

 

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Book Review: The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant (A Merritt and Blunt Mystery #1) by Liza Tully

 

Blurb: 

A brilliant Boomer detective and her ambitious Gen Z assistant try to get along in this delightful feel-good mystery.

Olivia Blunt is thrilled to be hired as assistant to the nationally renowned investigator Aubrey Merritt. She longs to become a valued contributor to the great detective’s work, but Merritt is a difficult, exacting boss, and the learning curve is steeper than she expected.

After weeks of boring computer work, Olivia is finally invited to join Merritt on an important case. On the night of her sixty-fifth birthday party, Victoria Summersworth somehow fell over her balcony railing to her death on the rocky shore of Vermont’s Lake Champlain. She was a happy woman—rich, beloved, in love, and matriarch of the preeminent Summersworth family. The police ruled her death a suicide, but Victoria’s daughter Haley thinks it was murder.

Merritt and Olivia soon discover that the Summersworth family is complicated web of lies, ambitions, and resentments. As the list of suspects grows, Olivia makes one apparent mistake after another. When she blunders into a truly dangerous situation, she realizes Merritt might be right: she might be in over her head with this whole detective thing…or she might be unravelling a mystery even bigger than the one they started with.

Amazon: The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant (Merritt & Blunt Mysteries Book 1) - Kindle edition by Tully, Liza. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

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My Review - 4 1/2 of 5 stars - 

4 1/2 stars. I enjoyed this story with plenty of twists and surprises. There were a lot of characters and different family dynamics. Clues were there along with red herrings. I loved Olivia's confidence in her ability to be a private investigator, even as she found that she was not as observant as she thought. Her determination to show what she could do led to some answers. Ms. Merritt was very strict and adamant about her expectations, even as she was taught Olivia. Humor added to the story, keeping the story moving along.

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

Book Review: Only in September by Cynthia Flowers

Blurb: 

When Jacqueline follows her trusty Labrador Bailey down a hidden path to the beach, she's unaware that her vacation plans on a small island off the New England coast has already taken her life in a new direction. Running into an unassuming local beach comber stirs new thoughts, desires, and a self-determination she never knew she possessed. Jacqueline will need to trust her instincts and make the most of what fate has in store if she wants the future that, until now, she has only dared to dream of.

Amazon: Amazon.com: Only in September eBook : Flowers, Cynthia : Kindle Store

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My Review - 5 of 5 stars - 

This was one woman's journey to find peace and happiness. Jacqueline and her husband vacationed together but did not spend much time together. She decided to check out the island and met Michael. They became friends, and he brought lightness into her life. When Jacqueline's marriage fell apart and ended, she returned to Block Island for an extended stay. Love bloomed even with the secrets. The ending was touching and had tears in my eyes. I enjoyed Jacqueline's determination to improve her situation and willingness to take another chance on love.

I received a copy through Goddess Fish Promotions, and this is my unsolicited review.

Release: The Seven O'Clock Club by Amelia Ireland

The Seven O'Clock Club 

by Amelia Ireland

Release Date: April 15, 2025

Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction

Blurb: 

Four strangers are brought together to participate in an experimental treatment designed to heal broken hearts in this surprising and heartfelt debut novel from author Amelia Ireland.

A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE WEEK ∙ A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A ZIBBY OWENS MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025


Freya, Callum, Mischa, and Victoria have nothing in common--well, except for one thing: they’ve each experienced a deep personal loss that has led them to an unconventional group meeting, every Tuesday night at seven. A meeting they’ve been particularly selected for that will help them finally move on. At least, that's the claim.

As they warily eye one another and their unnervingly observant group leader, one question hangs over them: why were they chosen? To get the answer, they are going to have to share a whole lot of themselves first. Getting Freya, Callum, Mischa, and Victoria to trust each other is vital--because the real reason they’re connected will shift the ground beneath their feet.

Riveting and wise, The Seven O’Clock Club shows us the courage needed to face your past and the joy that can be found in stepping into your future.

Purchase: 

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Release: Seabreeze Library (Summer Beach #11) by Jan Moran

Seabreeze Library 

by Jan Moran 

Available now!

https://getbook.at/SeabreezeLibraryBook

Available on All Platforms

A mysterious guest. A charming bookmobile. A beach house renovation that reveals a long-held secret.

As Ivy Bay and her sister Shelly breathe new life into the Seabreeze Inn, an unexpected visitor rolls into town—driving a charming, book-filled bus. But who is this intriguing newcomer, and what stories does she bring?

While Ivy lobbies the Summer Beach council and her husband at the helm for a new community library, the renovation reveals a secret that will change everything they imagined.

Escape to Summer Beach, where friendships bloom, love lingers in the sunshine, and a touch of mystery keeps everyone guessing.

Dive into the next heartwarming chapter of this beloved series! Find out why readers say, “Life is better in Summer Beach.” From a USA Today bestselling author.

Read in ebook, paperback, hardcover, audiobook, and large print. Genres: Clean & wholesome romance; women's fiction; family life, sisters & siblings. 

Book Tour: Ivory Bones (The Lewis Chessmen Murders) by Sara Winokur with an excerpt and a giveaway

 

Ivory Bones

The Lewis Chessmen Murders

by Sara Winokur

Historical Mystery

Date Published: February 4, 2025

Publisher: Briarstone Press (sarawinokur.com)

 

Ancient chess pieces. A centuries-old diary. And a modern killer closing in.

 

When Icelandic forensic geneticist Brynja Pálsdóttir, haunted by her family’s dark legacy, is drawn into the search for the missing Lewis Chessmen, she becomes a pawn in an assassin’s deadly game.

A centuries-old diary, written by a woman abducted during the brutal Barbary pirate raid on Iceland in 1627, lands on her desk. Brynja soon realizes the woman’s story may hold the key to finding the priceless medieval artifacts.

As Brynja digs deeper, she becomes the target, surrounded by deception and unsure of whom she can trust: the NYPD colleague hiding her own motives, the sculptor whose family lays claim to the chessmen, the lover she has spurned, even her own assistant.

As the past and present collide, betrayal, loss, and survival transcend time and place.

Ivory Bones: The Lewis Chessmen Murders is a gripping blend of Nordic noir, historical intrigue, and murder mystery, where ancient secrets and modern dangers force Brynja to face a dark, inner truth before the assassin makes their final move.

Excerpt: 

 Brynja checked her watch. She was late for the annual Thorrablót feast. Although the

pagan sacrifice was a thing of the past, in Iceland the past lived on. Her long-time love Ari was hosting the traditional dinner party at his favorite restaurant, Nordica, and she didn’t want to miss the celebration.

She stood to grab her coat from the rack, then hesitated.

The book stared at her.

Ari would understand. She sat back down and unfolded the loose paper that had fallen

from its pages. Except for the ragged edges, it was surprisingly soft and smooth. Brynja

recognized it as rag paper, a common form of paper centuries ago. Cotton rags washed

and ground into pulp.

She squinted to read the faded ink.

I hasten to write my last words.

In my life, I have survived unspeakable horrors.

Twenty odd years ago, in the year of our Lord 1627, I was

taken captive from my beloved Iceland and swept across vast and

furious seas by the cruelest of men, the Barbary pirates. Torn from

my family and my homeland, I met a slave’s fate in Algiers and

servitude in Morocco. Now, I tremble in the dark hollow of my

master’s shed, kept away from his clapboard house in New

Amsterdam.

I hear footsteps approach.

We meant no harm.

I pray Willem will live to love again.

For me, it is too late.

God save my soul.

Sorrow seeped into Brynja’s bones.

She fixed on the date. 1627.

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Blitz: Ivory Bones (The Lewis Chessmen Murders) by Sara Winokur with a giveaway

Ivory Bones

The Lewis Chessmen Murders

by Sara Winokur

Historical Mystery

Date Published: February 4, 2025

Publisher: Briarstone Press (sarawinokur.com)

 

Ancient chess pieces. A centuries-old diary. And a modern killer closing in.

 

When Icelandic forensic geneticist Brynja Pálsdóttir, haunted by her family’s dark legacy, is drawn into the search for the missing Lewis Chessmen, she becomes a pawn in an assassin’s deadly game.

A centuries-old diary, written by a woman abducted during the brutal Barbary pirate raid on Iceland in 1627, lands on her desk. Brynja soon realizes the woman’s story may hold the key to finding the priceless medieval artifacts.

As Brynja digs deeper, she becomes the target, surrounded by deception and unsure of whom she can trust: the NYPD colleague hiding her own motives, the sculptor whose family lays claim to the chessmen, the lover she has spurned, even her own assistant.

As the past and present collide, betrayal, loss, and survival transcend time and place.

Ivory Bones: The Lewis Chessmen Murders is a gripping blend of Nordic noir, historical intrigue, and murder mystery, where ancient secrets and modern dangers force Brynja to face a dark, inner truth before the assassin makes their final move.

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