Preorder: Guarded (Boston Renegades #1) by Eden Sloane

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✔︎ Fake Marriage
✔︎ Morally Grey Heroine
✔︎ Single Dad
✔︎ Bookish Hero
✔︎ Found Family
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Blitz: Sweet Redemption (Love and Legacy #6) by Bella Matthews, narrators Megan Wicks and Sebastian York

Sweet Redemption by Bella Matthews is now live on audio!

Duet Narration by: Megan Wicks & Sebastian York

From #1 Amazon and USA Today Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes a single dad, dual athlete, second chance, hockey romance.

Hendrix Sinclair is everything I’ve ever wanted and nothing I could ever have.

He’s hockey’s hottest single dad, with a sinfully sexy smile and a deliciously dirty mouth. One I’ve loved for nearly half my life. Not that anyone but the two of us have ever known that fun little fact . . .

We spent a decade in two different cities.
Chasing two different dreams.
And were supposed to be falling in love with two different people.
Only I never did.

He was busy becoming the NHL’s newest superstar, while I was fighting to become one of the biggest names in professional soccer.

Now, after years spent convincing myself we could never work, it only takes one look, one searing kiss, and one forbidden night to unravel everything I thought I knew.

It also only takes one day to shatter it all.

Listen today! 

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Cover Reveal: Captain Meets Captain (San Jose Ice) by Lottie McLaren

Captain Meets Captain

by Lottie McLaren

Release date: November 16th 2026

Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance, Sports

Blurb:

Atlas

 

Did I mean to rant on TV about the inconvenience of sharing the ice with San Jose’s brand-new women’s hockey team? 

No, of course not. I’m not an idiot, whatever my second-grade teacher might have written in my quarterly progress reports.

 

But I probably should have noticed my teammates’ frantic arm movements. And I definitely shouldn’t have blurted out that I’m actually supportive of women’s hockey because I’m dating Diana Marsh, the captain of the San Jose Pumas.

Because the fact is… we’re not dating. Even if maybe, we sort of did, uh, sleep together. Before I ghosted her. 

But now our teams’ billionaire owner is eager for our ‘romance’ to be public, and since my face is all over his health app, I can’t say no to him. 

Besides, the Pumas will get publicity, and my reputation as captain of the San Jose Jackals will be salvaged. 

Hopefully. 

Once I explain the fake dating plan to Diana.

 

Blurb Reveal: Fake it Under the Mistletoe (Faking the Holidays #3) by Claudia Burgoa, narrators Stacy Gonzalez and Jason Clarke

Fake it Under the Mistletoe

by Claudia Burgoa

Release: November 4th 2026

Narrators:

Stacy Gonzalez @stacygonzalezbooks

Jason Clarke @jasonclarkereads

https://www.amazon.com/Fake-Under-Mistletoe-Engagement-Christmas-ebook/dp/B0GX2XWBMF/

Tropes:

🎄Fake Engagement

🎄Hockey Romance

🎄Grumpy x Sunshine

🎄Big Loud Mexican Family

🎄Found Family

🎄Forced Proximity

🎄He Falls First

🎄Meddling Tías

🎄A cat named Don Gato Corleone who has opinions

BLURB

There are three things people should know before letting me near an injured professional athlete.

One, I am very good at my job.
Two, my bedside manner has been described as "aggressively cheerful in a way that feels humanly questionable."
Three, I will absolutely threaten a grown man with resistance bands if he lies to me about his pain level.

Crew Wolfcraft lies about his pain level. Constantly.

He also has a hip that's one bad twist from ending his career, a charity weekend he'd rather die than attend, and the conversational range of a man being held hostage. I've been hired to keep him upright through Christmas. That's the job.

Then a reporter asks a question under the mistletoe, Crew opens his mouth, and my grandmother's ring—the one on my hand, the one being resized, the one I am absolutely not engaged with—becomes a headline.

I don't correct him.
In my defense: my Tía Marta has lined up a dentist, an architect, and a firefighter for me to meet before Christmas Eve.
Now there's a tamalada, four aunts with a group chat and no fear of God, a cat named Don Gato Corleone who has chosen him over me, and a man who was supposed to leave in January learning my grandmother's recipes like he's planning to stay.

I can rehab a hip in eight weeks.
I have no idea what to do about the rest.

From USA Today Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa comes a grumpy-sunshine fake-engagement romance about a big, loud Mexican-American family, a hockey player with a bad hip and worse coping skills, and one very small lie that refuses to stay small.

 

Audiobook Release: Top Shelf (Seattle Serpents) by Teagan Hunter, narrators Laurie West by James Cavnaugh

Top Shelf by Teagan Hunter is now live on audio!

Narrated by: James Cavenaugh & Laurie West 

I have two goals this season:
1. Prove to the Seattle Serpents I’m more than just the old guy.
2. Don’t fall for my captain’s stepsister.

In my defense, I had no clue who Vanessa was when we met. We were in a different city. How was I supposed to know she’s my teammate’s stepsister?

Now she’s in Seattle, still healing from her divorce, and apparently, she’s here to stay. That would be fine if I didn’t still think about our night together every waking hour. Thing is, I do think about it—constantly—and then when I find out she needs a place to live, I offer my spare room.

We’re roommates, and that’s it. Until it isn’t.

We’re just having fun, that’s all. Except nothing feels like just fun. It feels far too real and far too serious, and her stepbrother has no idea about us living together or that I’m slowly falling for her.

So much for focusing on the season…

TOP SHELF is a standalone hockey romance novel. There’s an age gap, a veteran player falling for his teammate’s stepsister, a woman recovering from a broken heart, sneaking around, a one-night stand, one bed, lots of steam, ridiculous group chats amongst teammates, and a happy ending.

Listen today! 

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Narrator Reveal: Fake it Under the Mistletoe (Faking the Holidays #3) by Claudia Burgoa, narrators Stacy Gonzalez and Jason Clarke

Fake it Under the Mistletoe

by Claudia Burgoa

Releases: November 4th 2026

Narrators:

Stacy Gonzalez @stacygonzalezbooks

Jason Clarke- @jasonclarkereads

Tropes:

🎄Fake Engagement

🎄Hockey Romance

🎄Grumpy x Sunshine

🎄Big Loud Mexican Family

🎄Found Family

🎄Forced Proximity

🎄He Falls First

🎄Meddling Tías

🎄A cat named Don Gato Corleone who has opinions

Books I Plan to Read October 4-10 and last week's results

 

Anyoung haseyo (hello in Korean),

I hope everyone had a good week. Temperatures have been bouncing around a bit but mostly in the 70's. The days have been sunny, cloudy, and rainy on and off all week. It is hard to anticipate what each day will bring. It is looking to be in the 60's during the day and 40's at night. Hockey has started this past week so I am in heaven. I root for the New York Islanders (my son's fave team) and the Vancouver Canucks (my fave). This generally means that I will have some arguments with my husband as to what we are going to watch.

My reading for the last week went well. I had 4 ebooks and 1 audiobook, and I enjoyed them all. So here is the list:

Ebooks:

Branko by Alexandra Arneri - 4 stars

Anguish by D.M. Earl - 5 stars

Pucking Beautiful by Bronwen Evans - 5 stars

Xander by Kat Mizera - 4 1/2 stars

Audiobook:

Mistletoe All the Way by Lauren Blakely - 4 1/2 stars

Planned Reading for October 4-10

Audiobooks: 

Well, that's it for this week. One of the ebooks is a longer book which is why I only chose three for this week. I am pushing myself with the packing so reading may slip for a little bit (I hope not). Enjoy the fall/autumn (spring if you are south of the equator), take a moment for yourself, and hug your family.

Annyeonghi gyeseyo (Korean for goodbye).

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.

Bookbub: Pucking Beautiful (Boston Bruisers Hockey Romance Series Book 3) by Bronwen Evans - BookBub

Goodreads: Pucking Beautiful by Bronwen Evans | Goodreads

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.

Preorder: Top Shelf (Seattle Serpents Series) by Teagan Hunter, narrators Laurie West and James Cavenaugh

Top Shelf by Teagan Hunter is now available for pre-order on audio!

Narrated by: James Cavenaugh & Laurie West

Releasing on October 6, 2026 

I have two goals this season:
1. Prove to the Seattle Serpents I’m more than just the old guy.
2. Don’t fall for my captain’s stepsister.

In my defense, I had no clue who Vanessa was when we met. We were in a different city. How was I supposed to know she’s my teammate’s stepsister?

Now she’s in Seattle, still healing from her divorce, and apparently, she’s here to stay. That would be fine if I didn’t still think about our night together every waking hour. Thing is, I do think about it—constantly—and then when I find out she needs a place to live, I offer my spare room.

We’re roommates, and that’s it. Until it isn’t.

We’re just having fun, that’s all. Except nothing feels like just fun. It feels far too real and far too serious, and her stepbrother has no idea about us living together or that I’m slowly falling for her.

So much for focusing on the season…

TOP SHELF is a standalone hockey romance novel. There’s an age gap, a veteran player falling for his teammate’s stepsister, a woman recovering from a broken heart, sneaking around, a one-night stand, one bed, lots of steam, ridiculous group chats amongst teammates, and a happy ending.

Pre-order today!

Audible: https://bit.ly/3Tv9FDw

Amazon: https://bit.ly/4y1Kojt 

Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3VAtIkv 

Audiobook Release: Taking Sides (Moonshot Hockey #3) by Rebecca Jenshak, narrators Lucy Rivers and Austin Stone, with a full cast

Taking Sides by Rebecca Jenshak is now live on audio!

Performed in Duet by: Austin Stone & Lucy Rivers

With Full Cast: Ryan Lee Dunlap, Christian Fox, Teddy Hamilton, Jason Clarke, Erin Mallon, Savannah Peachwood & Mollie Stark 

A high school hockey coach with one firm dating rule meets the quiet pro hockey player who makes breaking it look dangerously tempting in this fun, swoony sports romance from USA Today Bestselling author Rebecca Jenshak.

Conrad Shepard is Moonshot Hockey's star defenseman but when it comes to the ladies, he's sitting on the bench.

Despite his teammates’ best attempts at playing wingman, he’s hopeless. He can barely speak around women, let alone ask one out. Between his dating problems and a season-ending loss, he thinks volunteering at a high school hockey camp is the perfect escape.

That is until he meets Coach Whitney. She's beautiful, she's smart, and she knows hockey. It's the perfect combination to render him speechless (even more so than usual).

Whitney Aven has been surrounded by hockey players her entire life. Which is why she has a strict rule to never date one.

But Conrad isn't like any other man she's met. He's unbelievably handsome, unexpectedly sweet and patient with her players, and one of the most talented skaters she's ever met.
The fact that he barely looks in her direction and blushes anytime she speaks to him is also pretty irresistible.

She never expects him to ask her out.
Or that she’ll say yes.
One awkward date somehow leads to another and another.

And Whitney's no hockey player rule? Well, it's a lot more complicated now because Conrad isn't just a hockey player.
He's her brother's biggest rival.

Listen today!

Audible: https://bit.ly/4cT3xM1

Amazon: https://bit.ly/4iCd51r 

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4iwWWdG 

Trope Reveal: Fake It Under the Mistletoe (Faking the Holidays #3) by Claudia Burgoa

Fake it Under the Mistletoe

by Claudia Burgoa

Tropes:

🎄Fake Engagement

🎄Hockey Romance

🎄Grumpy x Sunshine

🎄Big Loud Mexican Family

🎄Found Family

🎄Forced Proximity

🎄He Falls First

🎄Meddling Tías

🎄A cat named Don Gato Corleone who has opinions

Releases: November 4th 2026

Release Boost: Talking Heat (The Forbidden Heat Series #5) by J.L. Stray

Talking Heat 

by JL Stray 

Available now!

https://geni.us/TalkingHeat

Read With Kindle Unlimited

She's looking for redemption. He's looking for a new beginning. Neither expected to find both in each other.

My rookie coaching season didn't end the way I'd imagined. It ended in scandal.

Now I'm in Tampa, trying to rebuild my reputation with the Blaze, the NWSL's newest expansion team and a franchise that Florida still isn't sure it wants. This was supposed to be a fresh start, a chance to focus on soccer and prove I belong. Making friends was never part of the plan.

Then Ash Monroe, our starting goal keepers’ brother, keeps showing up.

At first, he's just a familiar face who always seems to be in the right place at the right time, determined to start conversations I'd rather avoid. I've spent months keeping everyone at a distance, convinced it's the safest way to move forward. But somehow, he slips past my defenses.

As Ash struggles to navigate a new reality and a future he never expected, I find myself caring about him in ways I never intended. The more time we spend together, the more I realize we're both searching for the same thing: a place to belong after everything we thought we knew fell apart.

The problem? Being with him feels dangerously familiar. Like I'm falling into old patterns, chasing a story I've already lived through once before.

And I'm not sure if this time the ending will be any different.