Review & Excerpt: An Impossible Mate (Strength of the Pack #1) by Joy Lynn Fielding
Alpha shifter Matt Urban is always in control. He has to be. Keeping his territory, his pack, and himself tightly leashed is the only way to protect his precarious peace. So when a defiant, smart-mouthed lone wolf stumbles into his territory, Matt’s first instinct is to drive him out. His second instinct? Quite the opposite, unfortunately…
Merissa
6 days ago
Review & Excerpt: A Job Well Done by Rose Maefair
Alex is a hitman with ice in his veins and a job that never allows for second thoughts. His latest target: Bryce Phillips, a small-town mechanic whose easy smile, generous spirit, and striking good looks captivate Alex from the first time he sees him. But orders are orders, and Alex never lets feelings get in the way—until now. When an unexpected encounter brings Alex face-to-face with Bryce, the line between hunter and protector blurs. Drawn to Bryce, Alex finds himself with
Debbie
Dec 22, 2025
Excerpt: The Deviation (Experimental Love #3) by Rebecca Raine
The Deviation is Book Three in the Experimental Love MM Romance series by bestselling Australian author, Rebecca Raine. This 90,000 word Rock Star Romance can easily be enjoyed as a standalone novel, but reading in order is recommended. The Deviation features found family, workplace romance, first time bisexual romance, plenty of heat, and copious amounts of delicious pining. HEA guaranteed!
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Dec 19, 2025
Review & Excerpt: A Daddy For Christmas 3: Rowan by Colette Davison
When my brother jets off on a last-minute holiday, leaving me to run our business, my plan to avoid Christmas is left in tatters.
The bright side? Is there one? I don’t really do bright sides.
Making use of my brother’s flashy car and his driver, Rowan, is a plus. Sort of. Upbeat personalities aren’t my thing. Despite that, Rowan’s optimism is better than any chisel, chipping away at my stern exterior.
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Dec 17, 2025
Excerpt: The Road to Pienza (The Road To Montepulciano #2) by Garrick Jones
On the night of the ninth of June 1944, four days after the Allied liberation of Rome, four nuns are murdered in a railway carriage at the Vatican City railway station.
Sixteen years later, returning to Tuscany after a gruelling book signing tour of Australia, Damson O'Reilly finds his partner, Giancarlo (no longer a detective but now a well-known and successful lawyer) engrossed in a slander case between Italy's screen heartthrob, Mario Celestino, and a high-profile, fascis
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Dec 16, 2025
Excerpt: The Book of Oded, Chapter 2 by Oded Kassirer
The Book of Oded, Chapter 2: A Story of Love in 17 Parts is a true story told through seventeen short reflections, each introduced by a photograph.
This real-life memoir follows Oded Kassirer’s journey through love in its many forms—love that comforts, love that tests us, and love that stays even when people are gone. With honesty and openness, Oded shares moments from his own life, weaving together memory, relationships, and the everyday search for meaning.
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Dec 3, 2025
Excerpt: Jingled by Evan J. Corbin
Matt Daughtry has always felt like he and his parents live in separate worlds—his shaped by the urbane, Northeastern liberal elite, theirs by Southern conservatism, homespun “common sense,” and talk show-fueled conspiracies. His homosexuality remains an open secret, something they sidestep rather than confront, much less accept. When he and his sister return for Christmas, the wrong sibling brings home a boyfriend for the first time.
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Dec 1, 2025
Excerpt: The Song of the Lost Series by Liv Savell and Sterling D’Este
Deep in the Tundra’s frozen heart, the daughter of a medicine woman learns to make poison. The dreams it gives her are full of blood, war, and terrible purpose, but when Iniabi’s village is raided by foreign soldiers, it’s all she can do to stay alive. Iniabi will have to use all the Tundra has taught her as destiny pulls her across the continent, but when it comes to the fate of her people, it’s not enough just to survive.
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Nov 28, 2025
Review & Excerpt: Finding Harbor (The Long Shadow Series #3) by Duncan Gaye
Patrick Callahan comes to Cape Breton expecting easy money from a quick and lucrative timber deal. Instead, he only finds humiliation. Swindled out of his inheritance and stranded in a windswept fishing village, he is left with nothing but a single suitcase and a future that has collapsed overnight. At seven and a half feet tall, Angus MacAskill is a gentle giant with his own past. In St. Ann's, he is known for his silent kindness as much as he is for his stoic nature. He off
Merissa
Nov 21, 2025
Review & Excerpt: Alvin Alonso’s Secret Files by Alex Woolfson
A hilarious, high-action M/M Buffy the Vampire Slayer—but all grown up, made spicier, and with a scrappy and lovable monster as the hero.Perfect for fans of TJ Klune, David R. Slayton, and K.D. Edwards.
Merissa
Nov 13, 2025
Excerpt, Guest Post, & #Giveaway: Part of the Solution by Elana Michelson
It's 1978, and Jennifer Morgan, a sassy New Yorker, has escaped to the counterculture village of Flanders, Massachusetts. Her peaceful life is disrupted when one of her customers at the Café Galadriel is found dead. Everyone is a suspect—including the gentle artisan woodworker, the Yeats-wannabe poet, the town's anti-war hero, the peace-loving Episcopalian minister, and the local organic farmer who can hold a grudge.
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Nov 10, 2025
Excerpt & Review: The Best Parts of Him (Vermont Trailblazers #1) by Amy Aislin
Ryland Zervudachi lives for the game of hockey—and for the chance to build the kind of team unity that will carry the Columbus Pilots all the way back to the playoffs after last season’s crushing defeat. Off the ice, though, there’s one goal he hasn’t managed to score—the heart of Kyle Dabbs, the Vermont Trailblazers’ team captain and his long-time crush.
Debbie
Nov 3, 2025