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  This book gave me all the feels  “I’m a man of regrets, my love. I can always think of a thousand ways I could have done things better. But I don’t regret him.” Married for nearly two decades, Luca and Sebastion know what they want from life and from love, but they certainly don’t expect the shake-up that is Alexander Thomas. Their marriage has been open since the start, but it’s not until Luca sends a wrong text that they realize there might be room for something new. Something a little bit more permanent. The only problem is, Xan’s already taken, and the man he’s with is dangerous. Xan’s life has been off the rails since his parents died, and with his current relationship turning toxic, he’s not sure he wants to inflict his chaos on the lives of two men who don’t deserve it. Luca and Sebastion are worthy of so much more, and Xan isn’t sure he’ll ever deserve the chance at their unconditional love. After all, he’s been engaged to a man who can’t stand him for two years, and...

Title: Summer's Savior Series: Seasons of Love #2 Author: Joy Wild Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date: March 10, 2021 Summer Love is a paramedic student who works at the local church as a bookkeeper while she finishes her schooling. When she finds a major accounting discrepancy with a huge donation, she does all the right things, making sure the evidence is secured and involving the local police. But, when the woman who made the latest big donation shows up dead, she is forced to realize this is bigger than just small time embezzlement from the coffers. Samuel Saint, detective with the fraud division the of Louisiana State Police is assigned to Summer’s case—in more ways than one—and convinces her to go undercover with him at the church. As the body count piles, and attacks clearly meant to eliminate Summer become increasingly more deadly, Summer and Sam end up spending more time together than they expected. Feelings develop, and when Sam’s little secret i...

Title: Deadly Interception Author: Reily Garrett Genre: Romantic Thriller Release Date: March 29, 2021 Harlyn bristled under the weight of unknown eyes dissecting her every move. Skin at her nape crawled from the mal intent focused in her direction. Behind the trunk of a spreading oak, she scanned the isolated meadow in search of the unknown threat. Nothing stirred but shadow arms sprouting budding leaves. It’d been years since she’d turned the tables on the predator intent on breaking her. Harlyn Colton has never run from a fight, not until her best friend’s murder sends her to the mountains of Pennsylvania. Shredding her ID and ditching electronics, she assumes she’s bought time to sort the mystery before federal officers knock on her door. Brice Crenshaw works with the Ferndel foundation, a group organized to help returning military Veterans learn valuable skills and smooth out the rough edges before joining civilian life. When a kickass, knife wielding f...

  Title: Personal Pan Series: A Comfort Food Romance Author: Darlene Everly Genre: LGBT Romance Release Date: February 24, 2021 Fake dating, real sparks. Olivia is tired of having few friends, too many responsibilities in her family’s pizza restaurant, worrying about her mother’s cancer, being second fiddle to her med student brother, and being very unlucky in love. Her ex-girlfriend finds a new focus for her affection, and Olivia decides the safe, kind, easy option for a rebound to make her feel better is the good looking, although kind of boring, Omar. She’s sure it would all be easier if she was a pansexual girl not battling crippling social anxiety, but she keeps trying through it. Campbell, Omar’s cousin, is new in town and happens to be a trans man. She hopes that hiring Campbell will win her points with Omar. What she doesn’t expect is to find herself relying on Campbell to help her navigate getting friends, pretend to date her so she can win O...