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Weekly Spotlight
Weekly Spotlight
November 15, 2024
Alec
As an ex-cowboy who travelled the rodeo circuit, I was good at two things: roping and, after a bit of heartbreak, denying that I was looking for a man to warm my bed permanently.
I left that scene and settled in working at the Broken Horn Ranch. I was still good at denying the loneliness that kept creeping in, but the animals on the ranch and my plants kept me company.
And so did my best friend of three years, Zane.
Since I was so good at denying things, there was no way in God’s green acre I was going to tell my straight best friend that I’d fallen for him.
Yep, I’d just live my life out with the violets on my windowsill and carry that torch to my grave.
But sometimes things don’t go as planned.
Zane
When you’re close to forty, you should have your life figured out; job, home… and your sexuality.
I’ve never been one to follow the path of what’s expected and it’s hard to settle down when you don’t feel the connection needed for warming up the cold winter nights. Except with Alec.
After months of dealing with a tiny mid-life crisis, grappling with these newfound and unexpected feelings, I know I’m in love with my best friend.
When a piece of his rodeo past shows up at the ranch, it’s the motivation I need to openly claim the man who’s lassoed my heart.
I might not know exactly what I’m doing on this unfamiliar path…
But for Alec, I want to walk it—together.
Alec is the third and final book in The Broken Horn Ranch Series - AND ON SALE THROUGH 11/16. Prepare for a trouble making raccoon, a peacock that can't be contained, big belt buckles at a cowboy auction and SO MANY CAMEOS. Demisexuality and high intimacy with the most patient man you'll ever meet can be found here. While it's made to stand alone, you may enjoy more if you read the prior books first. Oh, and a lacy epilogue that just might make you blush.
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Real Tree, Fake Boyfriend
by Ree Thomas
Tyler Ashford is tired of being the sad and lonely single of his family. Initially enlisting the help of a friend, Tyler is forced to take extreme measures when his original plan falls through. With perfection in mind, the tattooed bad boy he hires isn’t the definition of who will impress his judgmental, Connecticut family, but he’s out of options.
Julien Kosta is knee deep in debt and running out of time. With his livelihood on the line, he accepts the offer to play the part of the successful boyfriend of a spoiled, rich brat, who happens to be just his type. Julien feels like a fish out of water in the country club lifestyle he finds himself surrounded by, but if he can just smile and get through this Christmas, he will be free of his past and have a chance at a fresh start.
Between Tyler’s overbearing family, non-stop Christmas traditions, and the looming feeling that they might be caught, both Tyler and Julien must maneuver this holiday season cautiously. Though maybe the real danger isn’t the ruse being found out, but the feelings they develop for one another along the way.
The Light Within
by TJ Rose
Cinnamon ‘Cinn’ Saunders has learnt a lot since his arrival at the Aurelia Arcanum Institute of Esoteric Sciences.
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He's learnt he’s a shadowslipper, capable of moving between realms.
He's learnt that he's expected to be the solution to the ever-growing waves of deadly umbraphage attacks.
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He's learnt that cocky French men with pretty, punchable faces can be fun to kiss.
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After Cinn's explosive arrival into his world, Julien Montaigne has also learnt a lot.
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His dead sister Béatrice was a member of the terrorist group, the Arcane Purifiers;
Béatrice may or may not have returned to them as the world’s ugliest cat;
English men with a fondness for beanie hats make him go weak at the knees.
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Trouble is stirring, and Cinn, Julien, Darcy and Elliot are about to be caught in the cross-fire between the consortium and the Arcane Purifiers. As dangers circle like sharks, the four friends must unravel the threads of the mysteries they’re wrapped up in and choose which side of the war they belong to before their enemies close in.
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This is the second half of the Shadow & Light Duology, and should be read after The Shadows Beyond.
Honey Sunshine
by Gen Blackwell
“How did the two of you meet?”
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The age-old question that turns couples into giggling messes, blushing like they’ve just been shot in the heart with Cupid’s arrow as they recount their cute meeting.
My meet-cute with Harvey Cooper?
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Well, it wasn’t exactly run-of-the-mill, and truthfully . . .
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It was a damn mess.
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I was supposed to be meeting a potential investor for my small advertising firm. However, life decided today would be a great day to test my willpower when—out of all the restaurants in the city—my ex-boyfriend slash ex-business partner who’d stolen all our top clients, also chose to dine in the same one where I was meeting my potential investor.
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So there I am in the restaurant’s bathroom, threatening to murder my best friend if he doesn’t come to my rescue. And then, just when I’m about to punch my ex—because it feels like the better option—the love of my life waltzes in to save the day.
Did I say the love of my life?
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What I mean is the investor I’m supposed to meet, who’d heard my desperate SOS in the bathroom. Just when I’m thinking of giving myself a potential concussion to forget this whole thing, he lays out a plan that might benefit both of us:
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Why don’t I be the Juliet to his Romeo at his upcoming family dinner?
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Well . . .
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Romeo to his Romeo, except we don’t try to kill ourselves no matter how embarrassing this is.
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It sounds foolproof, and frankly, it seems perfect, so we make a pact.
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What I don’t expect?
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Accidentally falling for my fake boyfriend like any other cliché novel.
Snow Storm
by E.M. Lindsey
Claude doesn’t believe in love. Harley doesn’t believe in fate. But this holiday season, the universe has plans for the two men who have no idea just how much they need each other.
Harley James has spent most of his adult life trying to maintain his public persona as a calm, collected, slightly anxious best-selling author. But then his fiancé leaves him for their couple’s therapist, and something in him snaps.
Publicly.
In front of hundreds of strangers.
In order to avoid a bigger scandal, Harley is sent to a resort in small mountain town in the middle of nowhere until it all blows over. Which is fine. Really. He can deal with a little silence and solitude for a few weeks. Although he’s a city boy, there are worse things in life than a forced vacation.
But when a strong masseur with magic hands begins to crack him like the over-boiled egg he is, Harley finds the idea of going home less and less appealing. It helps that the gorgeous, older massage therapist seems to be the first person who’s understood him in decades.
Still, there’s more to the silver-fox than meets the eye, and Harley quickly discovers that this Christmas, there might be miracles, but there are also complications. And two men running from the expectations of those around them might just find their only escape is in each other’s arms.
Ho Ho Homicidal Maniac
by K.A. Merikan
“I love Christmas. So every year, I kill someone. As a treat.”
Nico
Have you ever fallen in love with a man as he was pointing his gun at you? Well, I have. Tiny problem? I’m in the middle of my murderous Christmas tradition, and he’s a witness.
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But it’s not his fault I got too excited and didn’t check if I was alone. I can’t just kill him because of my own blunder. Not when he has such dreamy green eyes filled with fear and pent-up rage.
What I can do is take him with me for safekeeping while I work out how to make him understand that while my methods are cruel, my intentions are pure.
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Or how to make him fall for me.
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Whichever is first.
Blake
My eighteenth birthday was supposed to be the happiest day of my sheltered life. Finally, I would gain independence and inherit half my family fortune. Instead, I ended up kidnapped.
I was about to get carved into pieces when… a Christmas miracle in the form of a beefy homicidal maniac saved me.
Only now I’m trapped in his basement and getting love bombed by a psycho golden retriever. He eats turkey sandwiches for every breakfast, enjoys making festive ornaments out of human teeth, and lets his violent urges shine like a Christmas tree.
I shouldn’t find him hot.
I shouldn’t want to indulge his murderous tendencies.
And I definitely shouldn’t want him to be my first.
But I’m being hunted and might just need a monster to keep me safe.
(And he does actually make really good fruitcake)
The Snuggle Is Real
by DJ Jamison
I never saw this Christmas gift coming...
When my ex-wife lands in rehab, I get a surprise for the holidays. A 7-year-old girl who's got no place to go. I love my former stepdaughter like she's my own, but I have no idea how to give her everything she needs.
In a holiday-crazed town like Christmas Falls, it seems inevitable I'll let her down.
Unless I finally let go of my pride an accept help from the new director of the Holiday Hope Foundation. Mason West is eager to lend support however he can. And when I let him, he goes above and beyond.
For Charlie's sake. Not mine. Even if I maybe, kind of, wish that it was for me.
I've never been into men before, but Mason is so sweet, so giving, so...perfectly sized to snuggle in against my holiday sweater. Maybe if I can figure out what all this means, I can gain more than a daughter for the holidays.
Maybe I can keep the gift I’ve always wanted most—a family of my own.
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