Beautiful Exile by: Catherine Cowles

Beautiful Exile (Sparrow Falls #4)
Author: Catherine Cowles
Published: March 2025
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Pages: 402
Format: ARC eBook
Rating: 5/5
Summary:

I should’ve known Lincoln Pierce was trouble from the moment I held my knife to his throat.

I’ve been running for most of my life, hiding away in a small town and hoping no one discovers who I truly am. The only problem is that I can never let anyone know the real me. Or at least that was true until my brother moved his best friend onto our shared property.

Now, I’m stuck trying to avoid the nosy billionaire’s probing questions and piercing stares. And it doesn’t help that I almost killed him the first time we met.

Oops.

But when all my carefully crafted lies come crashing down around me, it’s Linc stepping in to shield me. And when it looks like the person hunting me for all those years is back, Linc will do anything to keep me safe.

Only it’s not just my safety at risk. It’s my heart. Because when Linc touches me, I lose all sense. And when I truly get to know the broken billionaire, he’s so much more than a ruthless business tycoon. He’s the man showing me that it’s time to really live.

But I’m not the only one with secrets. Linc has them, too. And when the forces from our pasts emerge from the shadows, it’s with only one goal: to end the new life we’re building together. For good.

If You Give a CEO a Chance by: Ann Einerson

If You Give a CEO a Chance (Aspen Grove #3)
Author: Ann Einerson
Published: March 2024
Publisher: Ann Einerson
Format: ARC eBook
Pages: 384
Rating: 4.5/5
Summary:

I, Fallon Hayes, need to stop playing pranks on my boss. Did I mention he’s my new roommate?

Being the private chef for the retired hockey player who haunts my fantasies is a bad idea. Living down the hall from him is an even worse idea, especially considering the one night stand we had ten years ago.

What happened back then was unforgettable. Proof that we are destined to hate each other.

3 reasons why I absolutely cannot fall for my boss / roommate / one-night-stand:

1. I hate him and haven’t spoken to him in a decade.
2. Poisoning your CEO client is bad for the chef business.
3. Harrison Stafford obviously doesn’t do commitment (unless it’s the demon cat we’ve adopted).

Pranking Harrison is the highlight of my day. Sure, I work for him. But bedazzling his most prized possession is just one of the secret ingredients for my innocent revenge.

One night with him again – and I, Fallon Hayes, know I’m about to get burned.

My Darling Mayhem by: Ashley Muñoz

My Darling Mayhem
Author: Ashley Muñoz
Published: February 2025
Publisher: Ashley Muñoz
Format: ARC eBook
Pages: 346
Rating: 4.5/5
Summary:
I crafted a perfectly simple life for myself and my son. 
It was peaceful and lonely, exactly how I wanted it.  
Then my new neighbor moved in and ruined everything.
Archer Green. Not just a member of a motorcycle club, but the president.
The leather jacket on his broad back, along with all its various patches might as well have been red flags, warning me to stay away all the while his looks dared me not to.
Ignoring him was futile. Still, I tried. 
Until Archer showed up in my son’s classroom, ready to read for storytime hour. 
He’d found a way under my defenses…straight into my heart. 
Except, our worlds couldn’t collide even if we were tempted to let them. 
Not after we discovered a ruthless link we shared with someone from my past.
I’d always hoped for a fairytale, but even if I wished for a different ending to my story, 
Archer Green could never be a part of it.

Touch of Sin by Alexandria Goncalves

Touch of Sin

Author: Alexandria Goncalves

Published: November 2022
Publisher: Alexandria Goncalves
Format: ARC E-Book

Pages: 176
Rating: 4/5
Summary:

Zara Van Winkle has always been the good girl. Focused on her future yet secretly wrapped up in her online alter ego that allows her to explore her deepest fantasies. But after her mom abandons her and her dad, leaving Zara to pick up the pieces of their broken hearts, she vows to leave town as soon as she graduates.

And when Nico Westminster-Woods moves home with his mom, everything changes. As much as she despises her new step-brother, the tatted bad boy infiltrates her thoughts and fantasies. But Zara’s not the only one with secrets, and being back in his hometown makes Nico’s demons harder to escape.

While Zara and Nico want nothing to do with one another, the desire that pulls them toward each other quickly becomes too strong to ignore.

When the line between siblings and sin becomes blurred, will they be strong enough to fight temptation?

Gave You My Heart by: Alexandria Goncalves

Gave You My Heart 
Author: Alexandria Goncalves
Published: December 2022
Publisher: Alexandria Goncalves
Format: Paperback
Pages: 88
Rating: 3.5/5
Summary:

What do you do when your past love comes back but your heart never healed?

Addison Blakey has spent the better part of nine years in a routined lifestyle of work, minimal socialization, and watching Hallmark movies with her dog.

All of that changes when Jack O’Malley sings his way back into town.

He’s determined to win her back after making the biggest mistake of his life, but will she give him her heart?

All the Missing Pieces by Catherine Cowles

All the Missing Pieces
Author: Catherine Cowles
Published: January 2025
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Format: ARC eBook
Pages: 384
Rating: 5/5

Summary:

Sometimes the last thing you expect is exactly what you need, the final missing piece. And sometimes it comes in the form of a towering, broody sheriff, determined to get in your way at every step.

Ridley Sawyer knows what it’s like to miss someone, to feel like a piece of her vanished—because it happened to her the night her twin sister disappeared.

Now, Ridley channels that loss into hope, traveling the country covering cold cases for her true crime podcast. She might not have found justice for her sister but that doesn’t stop her from finding it for others.

Until Sheriff Colter Brooks gets in her way.

Colt knows what it’s like to have reporters descend on his town in the wake of a tragedy, and he’s not about to let a fiery podcaster stir up trouble. It doesn’t matter that her haunting blue eyes tell him there’s more to Ridley’s story or that he can’t stop imagining what it would be like to touch her.

But when Ridley’s cold case turns hot and she’s thrust into the crosshairs, Colt has no choice but to step in. Suddenly, Ridley’s living at his house, drinking his whiskey, and stealing his dog’s affections. But she’s also proving that she’s so much more than his first impression.

And as they get closer to the truth, the game they’ve been playing might just turn deadly…

The Holiday Claus by Ann Einerson

The Holiday Claus
Author: Ann Einerson
Published: December 2024
Publisher: Ann Einerson
Format: ARC eBook
Pages: 206
Rating: 4.5/5
Summary:

Santa had it right with his Naughty and Nice list.

Me? I was firmly Team Nice.

Need help throwing together a holiday wedding in four days, big brother? No problem.

Need me to share my bed with your super hot best friend? If I must.

Want to be sure I won’t accidentally fall in love with said super hot best friend—Brooks Claus? Can’t promise that.
He may have moved away from our small town years ago, but there’s something about being near him again that brings back memories of that innocent crush I never quite got over.

Fifteen year old me had good taste because Brooks remains the hottest guy I’ve ever seen. Biceps to die for and a perpetual frown I wish I could flip.

He’s far too serious, much older, and exceptionally grumpy to ever be mine.
Until he kisses me under the mistletoe.

Where in the fine print does it say that being a little naughty can also be nice?