Category: Owned or Purchased

Inheritance by Nora Roberts

Posted November 26, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, ARC, Contemporary Romance, NetGalley ARC, Owned or Purchased, Paranormal Romance, Series, St. Martin's Press / 0 Comments

Inheritance is the first in The Lost Bride Trilogy by Nora Roberts—a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations.

1806: Astrid Poole sits in her bridal clothes, overwhelmed with happiness. But before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to leave him…

Graphic designer Sonya MacTavish is stunned to learn that her late father had a twin he never knew about—and that her newly discovered uncle, Collin Poole, has left her almost everything he owned, including a majestic Victorian house on the Maine coast, which the will stipulates she must live in it for at least three years. Her engagement recently broken, she sets off to find out why the boys were separated at birth—and why it was all kept secret until a genealogy website brought it to light.

Trey, the young lawyer who greets her at the sprawling clifftop manor, notes Sonya’s unease — and acknowledges that the place is haunted…but just a little. Sure enough, Sonya finds objects moved and music playing out of nowhere. She sees a painting by her father inexplicably hanging in her deceased uncle’s office and a portrait of a woman named Astrid, whom the lawyer refers to as “the first lost bride.” It’s becoming clear that Sonya has inherited far more than a house. She has inherited a centuries-old curse and a puzzle to be solved if there is any hope of breaking it…

Titles in The Lost Brides series include — Inheritance —♥—

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

NetGalley Arc (also purchased my own copy for my collection)

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A Little Bit Wicked by Melissa Foster

Posted November 11, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, Connection or Spin-Off of Another Series, Contemporary Romance, MC Romance, Owned or Purchased, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

What do a cocky biker and a businesswoman who has sworn off dating bad boys have in common? According to Chloe Mallery, not much. But she couldn’t be more wrong…

Justin came into the Wicked family after a harsh upbringing by a thieving father. He’s gone through a lot to become a true Wicked, and he’s made them proud. Now he’s ready to show the woman he loves exactly what type of man he is.

But Chloe has worked hard to move past her difficult upbringing, and she’s wary of getting involved with a man who looks like he’s walked right out of it.

When tragedy strikes, will their trying pasts draw them together, or will Justin’s protective nature be too much for Chloe’s independent heart to accept?

Titles in The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside series include — A Little Bit Wicked —♥— The Wicked Aftermath: Tank Wicked —♥— Crazy, Wicked Love: Gunner Wicked —♥— The Wicked Truth: Madigan Wicked —♥— His Wicked Ways: Blaine Wicked —♥— Talk Wicked to Me: Baz Wicked —♥—

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

Set on the sandy shores of Cape Cod, the Wickeds feature fiercely protective heroes, strong heroines, and unbreakable family bonds. If you think bikers are all the same, you haven’t met the Dark Knights. The Dark Knights are a motorcycle club, not a gang. Their members stick together like family and will stop at nothing to keep their communities safe.

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The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by Susan Wiggs

Posted October 21, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, ARC, Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance, NetGalley ARC, Owned or Purchased, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Standalone Single Title / 0 Comments

Brenda Malloy wants nothing to do with Christmas ever again. Last year, Brenda and her husband rushed their beloved dog Tim to the emergency vet on Christmas Eve. The good news: Tim survived after the vet cleared the obstruction–a pair of women’s lace undies. The bad news: the undies were not Brenda’s.

A year after the breakup, Brenda has put her life back together. She’s trained for a marathon, is writing a children’s novel, and she’s found purpose and healing as a volunteer with a dog rescue organization in Houston, Texas. The rescue partners with a program in Avalon, New York–a small, snowy town deep in the Catskills. Now, Brenda is arranging the transport of rescued dogs from Houston to Avalon—just in time for a merry Christmas with their forever families. Brenda’s friends worry about her driving a van two thousand miles with twelve dogs in crates, but she shrugs off their concern. How hard can it be? She knows the way, and she’s just looking to escape the Christmas overload for a while.

But a blinding snowstorm, an escaped mutt, and a life-saving encounter with Adam Bellamy—a single dad and paramedic—means Brenda has to stay in Avalon longer than she planned. As she drops off each precious pup at their new homes, some of the comfort and joy of the season begins to creep up on Brenda despite her determination to avoid the holidays. Perhaps you can bring Christmas into your heart after all…if you have the right furry friends to guide the way.

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

NetGalley ARC & I purchased my own personal copy.

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Keep Your Enemies Close… by Joss Wood

Posted October 5, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Desire, Owned or Purchased, Series, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

He wants her as he’s never wanted anyone…but he’s certain she can’t be trusted.

Merrick Knowles and Aly Garwood hate each other…and crave each other. Before they knew one another’s identities, they had a scorching one-night stand. 

But Merrick, the Grantham family’s protector, becomes suspicious of Aly’s true intentions when he discovers her living at the family estate.

Aly has a complicated connection to the Granthams—and she senses there’s some unfinished business at Calcott Manor. Merrick agrees to help if only to hasten her departure.

As their antagonism becomes passion and family secrets are revealed, Merrick must trust her or risk losing everything…

Titles in the Dynasties: Calcott Manor series include — Just a Little Jilted —♥— Their Temporary Arrangement —♥— The Trouble with Little Secrets —♥— Keep Your Enemies Close —♥—

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Her Convenient Vow to the Billionaire by Jane Holland

Posted October 1, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Owned or Purchased, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

The shocking twist to their reunion…
She must marry the tycoon!

Playboy CEO Rafael is determined to demolish the biggest demon from his past: the Greek orphanage he once called home. It’s a cruel reminder of all he’s lost, including his childhood sweetheart Sabrina.

But then she shows up to stop him!

When Rafael offers to hand over the orphanage if Sabrina becomes his convenient bride, she scoffs. She’s still healing from the heartbreak of their last passionate encounter, and marrying him will test her every limit.

But as long-buried secrets are unveiled, Sabrina has no choice but to trust him…

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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The Untold Story of Carol Bingley by Jane Hartley

Posted September 28, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, ARC, Booksprout ARC, Connection or Spin-Off of Another Series, Modern Western Romance, Owned or Purchased, Series, Series Connection, Series Multi-Author, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

Carol Bingley has a certain reputation in Marietta, Montana. She’s an infamous gossip and overly generous with her sharp opinions. But Carol’s been hiding a painful secret.

Forty years ago, sixteen-year-old high school student Carol Franklyn was madly in love with a bad boy cowboy with an irresistible smile and sexy swagger. The day he asked her to meet him at the local hangout, the Main Street Diner, Carol thought all her dreams had come true. What she didn’t know was that she had become a pawn in a cruel and manipulative game that would spin her life painfully off course.

Now happily married to a man who loves her unconditionally, Carol is finally ready to share her painful past, but will she be believed? And can she be forgiven when she faces two of Marietta’s most powerful, tight-knit families?

Carol has lost so much. But this Christmas, she hopes she can find two puzzle pieces of her past and sets out on a journey, hoping she will finally be healed, not once again hurt.

Titles in the 85th Copper Mountain Rodeo series include — Take Me Please, Cowboy by Jane Porter —♥— Tempt Me Please, Cowboy by Megan Crane —♥— Marry Me Please, Cowboy by Sinclair Jayne —♥— Promise Me Please, Cowboy by CJ Carmichael —♥— The Untold Story of Carol Bingley by Jane Hartley —♥—

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

Love Marietta, Montana stories?  Then please visit our Marietta, Montana page for more titles.

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Marry Me Please, Cowboy by Sinclair Jayne

Posted September 21, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, ARC, Booksprout ARC, Connection or Spin-Off of Another Series, Modern Western Romance, Owned or Purchased, Series, Series Connection, Series Multi-Author, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Tule Publishing / 0 Comments

She has her eye on the prize. He has his eyes on her.

Former soldier, now rodeo cowboy, Huck Jones doesn’t believe in love or marriage. Still, a promise is a promise, and he’s prepared to honor his fallen team leader’s wish to walk his sister down the aisle in Marietta, Montana. When the groom bolts moments before the ceremony, Huck offers himself as her alternative groom.

Barrel racer Willow McBride hates the cowboy code, and the soldier code is even more annoying. She’s pregnant, not helpless, so when her late brother’s sexy friend offers himself as a sacrificial husband, the answer is a resounding no. She wants love, not duty. Plus, the 85th Copper Mountain Rodeo is looking to be her last as a competitor, and she intends to win.

Huck may no longer be a soldier, but he still believes no man—or woman—should be left behind. He’ll need to woo the beautiful, stubbornly independent cowgirl and change her mind. Failure is never an option.

Titles in the 85th Copper Mountain Rodeo series include — Take Me Please, Cowboy by Jane Porter —♥— Tempt Me Please, Cowboy by Megan Crane —♥— Marry Me Please, Cowboy by Sinclair Jayne —♥— Promise Me Please, Cowboy by CJ Carmichael —♥— The Untold Story of Carol Bingley by Jane Hartley —♥—

Titles in The Coyote Cowboys of Montana series include — The Cowboy’s Word —♥— Marry Me Please, Cowboy (The 85th Copper Mountain Rodeo #3) —♥— The Cowboy’s Christmas Homecoming —♥— The Cowboy Charm —♥—

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

Love Marietta, Montana stories?  Then please visit our Marietta, Montana page for more titles.

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A Ring to Claim Her Crown by Amanda Cinelli

Posted August 25, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Owned or Purchased, Sexual Content, Standalone Single Title / 0 Comments

The princess can pick any man…apart from him

What will she choose:
Her duty or her heart?

Princess Minerva is set to inherit the crown of the small kingdom of Arqaleta. First, though, she must marry.

A ripple of shock goes through her when she sees one completely off-limits candidate among her suitors: her ex-fiancé, exiled prince turned tycoon Liro!

When Liro broke their betrothal and disappeared, Minerva was devastated. Yet even with the past still raw between them, their passion erupts immediately!

Her royal responsibility demands she choose another man.

Only the more time she spends in Liro’s alluring presence, the more wearing anyone else’s ring feels unthinkable…

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Matched by Mistake by Katherine Garbera

Posted August 16, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, Connection or Spin-Off of Another Series, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Desire, Owned or Purchased, Series, Series Multi-Author, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

To keep up appearances, they’ll fight an attraction neither expected…

Scandal abounds at the tech fair in Royal, Texas, when a very public dating app snafu matches Jericho Winters with Maggie Del Rio!

Their high-profile rival families have been feuding for generations, and both sides agree that their reluctant offspring should go on the date to keep the PR positive and help make the app a success.

But Jericho and Maggie never expected to actually like each other.

When fake kisses lead to real, undeniable desire, they must choose between burying the family feud to stay together…or destroying each other for good.

Titles in the Texas Cattleman’s Club: Diamonds & Dating Apps series include — Matched by Mistake by Katherine Garbera —♥— The Rancher Meets His Match by J. Margot Critch —♥— Breaking the Rancher’s Rules by Cat Schield —♥— The Trouble with an Heir by Stacey Kennedy —♥— Under the Same Roof by Niobia Bryant —♥— Keeping a Little Secret by Cynthia St. Aubin —♥—

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Last Summer on Christmas Island by Amie Denman

Posted August 15, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Heartwarming, Little to No Sexual Content (kissing), Owned or Purchased, Series, Small Town Romance, Sweet Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Could a fake engagement…

Reveal true love?

Boutique owner Violet Brookstone would do anything for her lifelong best friend, Jordan Frome.

Even pose as his fiancée so Jordan can win a promotion to the Great Valley Hotel—far from Christmas Island.

But their pretend summer romance makes Violet realize that Jordan is more than just a friend.

How can she tell him the truth when confessing would keep Jordan from the fresh start he deserves?

Titles in the Return to Christmas Island series include — I’ll Be Home for Christmas —♥— Home for the Holidays  A Merry Little Christmas  Last Summer on Christmas Island ♥— Under the Mistletoe —♥—

This is a romance that includes no swearing, no violence, and no sexual content (beyond a few light kisses).

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The Maid Married to the Billionaire by Lynne Graham

Posted August 14, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, Contemporary Romance, Duet (series), Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Owned or Purchased, Series, Sexual Content, Standalone Single Title / 0 Comments

 

From runaway to housekeeper…

to the Italian’s wife!

When Enzo stops to help a broken-down car, he’s shocked by his discovery. Skye is frightened, on the run, and with tiny siblings in tow. Enzo’s honor dictates he offers them sanctuary and Skye a job. But could their simmering attraction solve another problem—his need for a bride?

Skye urgently needs a fresh start…and Enzo already makes her blood pound and her skin tingle. Yet, can she marry a man she’s only just met? Joining the enigmatic billionaire at the convenient altar will require the ultimate leap of faith!

Titles in the Cinderella Sisters for Billionaires series include — The Maid Married to the Billionaire —♥— The Maid’s Pregnancy Bombshell —♥—

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Summoning Up Love by Synithia Williams

Posted August 7, 2023 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, From the TBR, Harlequin, Harlequin Special Edition, Owned or Purchased, Paranormal Romance, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

A fraud?

Or the find of her lifetime?

Vanessa Steele retreats to her grandmother’s beach house to heal after she loses her job and her fiancé.

When she finds that Grandma’s enlisted hunky Dion Livingston and his brothers to investigate suspicious paranormal activity, the intrepid reporter is skeptical of their motives.

But her own investigation discovers that Dion’s the real deal.

And any supernatural energy? Pales compared to the electricity that erupts when the two of them are together…

Titles in the Heart & Soul series include — Summoning Up Love —♥— The Spirit of Second Chances —♥— Counterfeit Courtship —♥—

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Danger in the Depths by Addison Fox

Posted August 4, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Romantic Suspense, Owned or Purchased, Romantic Suspense, Series, Sexual Content / 0 Comments

Some secrets should stay

beneath the surface…

Working alongside Marlowe McCoy means that NYPD diver Wyatt Trumbull has to ignore his fierce attraction to the prickly safecracker.

He faces a whole new set of challenges when she finally responds to his desire with her own—and when clues in his latest case implicate her family.

He wants to protect her, but will his own hidden scars make them both vulnerable? 

Titles in the New York Harbor Patrol series include — Danger in the Depths —♥—

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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The Maverick’s Surprise Son by Christine Rimmer

Posted August 3, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Special Edition, Modern Western Romance, Owned or Purchased, Series, Series Multi-Author, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance / 0 Comments

After a deathbed promise, a cowboy makes a life-changing decision.

Overnight, rancher Jace Abernathy has gone from carefree bachelor to single dad. Frankie isn’t really his, but nothing will prevent him from protecting the orphaned newborn he saved from a fire, not even nurse Tamara Hanson.

Tamara, who lives her life by the book, is convinced Jace is unprepared for fatherhood. Jace believes rules sometimes need to be broken.

What neither of them realizes is that what they need most of all…is each other.

Titles in the Montana Mavericks: Lassoing Love multi-author series include — The Maverick’s Surprise Son by Christine Rimmer —♥— A Maverick Reborn by Melissa Senate —♥— A Maverick for Her Mom by Stella Bagwell —♥— Falling for Dr. Maverick by Kathy Douglass —♥— The Maverick’s Holiday Delivery by Christy Jeffries —♥— A Maverick’s Holiday Homecoming by Brenda Harlen —♥—

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Digging Deeper by Amanda Stevens

Posted August 1, 2023 by Marsha in 2023 New Release Challenge, Harlequin, Harlequin Intrigue, Owned or Purchased, Romantic Suspense, Sexual Content, Small Town Romance, Standalone Single Title / 0 Comments

 

She’s been buried alive.
Now it’s a race against time to save her.

When former FBI analyst Thora Graham wakes buried in a makeshift coffin, she has only her training to keep her calm—and her faith that Deputy Chief Will Dresden is on the case.

But who would have trapped Thora?

Did her work putting a serial killer behind bars make her a target?

And can the man she once loved—and left—find her before time runs out?

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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