Length: 80,000 words Series: Pippen Creek 1 Prior Reading: not
required Genre: contemporary Tropes: small town, best friends to lovers, hurt/comfort
A Best Friends to Lovers Romance by USA
Today Bestselling Author Lynn Burke
Career-ending injury.
The most dream-crushing words
I’ve ever heard. Goodbye NFL’s Rookie of the Year title I fought for since I was a kid, hello return to my
small-town origins and wallow in unrequited love. Seeing my best friend Chaz married and trying for a baby will
hurt worse than any torn ACL.
But things have changed since I escaped Pippen Creek—Chaz
flounders beneath financial burdens and emotional turmoil instead of living his happily ever
after.
Friendship takes precedence over longing, and I gladly take on the roles of comforter and
supporter since those who have the right to love him out loud only see his failures. However, the more time I
spend with Chaz, the harder it is to hide my feelings.
In a moment of mutual weakness, unexpected
passion ignites.
Secret betrayal is a poisonous infection, but a twist of fate uncovers even more truths
that further wound us both.
Will forgiveness allow us to survive traumatic grief and overcome guilt? Or
will too much honesty end the other dream of always that has owned my heart since
childhood?
Returning Your Love is a dreams crushed and wishes come true HEA between a
nudist enthusiast and a secret bisexual. There are forehead kisses, pinkie holding, and deep discussions
beneath the stars. These pining best friends will put you through the wringer and hang you out to dry, so pack
tissues for this angsty ride!
Pippen Creek is an Elite Escorts MM spin-off.
Jamie appeared in Five Days, book 5. This story deals with content that may be triggering. A detailed
warning can be found on the author's website.
" Spicy romance author Lynn Burke believes everyone deserves healing and
a happily ever after. She loves writing hot, inclusive stories of various pairings or triplings and creates
characters who will steal your heart.
She is a USA Today Bestselling author, a wrangler of her three spawn, and a
farmer's daughter who grows organic food. To escape reality, she hides in a quiet corner with her nose in a
book."
Length: 90,000 words Series: Confetti Hitched, book 3 Prior Reading: Prior reading NOT required Genre: contemporary Tropes: Fake marriage, Boss and assistant, Workplace romance, Forced proximity, Only one bed Trigger/Content Warnings: Reference to spouse’s death. The death was 10 years before this story and is off page, but the grief is discussed.
Jed Walker is starting to think that cheerful oblivion about his feelings is the key to being fake married.
Jed Walker thinks he’s having a midlife crisis. The only trouble is that it feels too good to stop.
Widowed at a young age, he’s spent his life since then avoiding any relationships that might end up hurting him again. He has his successful wedding planning business, Confetti Hitched, and a series of uncomplicated hookups, and that’s all he needs in life.
The one person disrupting this controlled stoicism is his younger assistant, Artie. He’s sweet and kind and has a funny way of calming Jed’s mind. So, when Artie comes to him with a problem, Jed moves heaven and earth to help, which is how he finds himself entering a fake marriage with the younger man and catching feelings. Too bad it’s all pretend. Or is it?
From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a story about how love can completely derail the best-laid plans.
This is the third book in the Confetti Hitched series, but it can be read as a standalone.
Jed shifts the salt and pepper shakers, pushing them together neatly, and then stacks the napkins. It’s only when he straightens the tablecloth that I realise he’s nervous.
“Are you okay?” I blurt out.
He looks up, startled, and his green eyes look almost gold in the low light. “I’m fine,” he says. He hesitates and then says abruptly, “I’d like to know about your wedding. Have you been seeing your fiancé a long while? You never said you were seeing anyone.” The pause is a beat too long. “Would you like me to organise it for you? It would be free as an employee of Confetti Hitched.” He licks his lip. “A very valued employee,” he adds softly. “And—”
Without thinking, I place my hand over his, cutting off his tumble of words. A beat of silence drops, and then he removes his hand and scratches his eyebrow awkwardly. For a second, his gaze seems to focus on my mouth, but he glances away when a waiter approaches our table.
It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve imagined him liking me and been disabused. It’s total wish fulfilment on my part, and I know it.
The waiter deposits our drinks and scurries away, and I sigh when Jed looks at me and raises his eyebrow. He’s not giving up on this.
“It’s a long story,” I say rather inanely.
“We have all the time you need.”
“What time does this place close?” I glance around the busy café, seeking distraction.
“Two in the morning. Plenty of time to talk about your wedding. Who’s the lucky man?” He seems to fumble that last question.
“Well, there’s the thing…”
He regards me patiently. That steady calmness is one of his best qualities. You feel safe with him. I run my hand through my hair.
His gaze sharpens. “Artie, what’s the matter?” He hesitates and then adds fiercely, “Are you in some kind of trouble? If you are, I want you to tell me and I will sort it out for you.”
I gape at him. “How did you get from a wedding to trouble?”
He rolls his eyes, but his cheeks are flushed. “It’s not such a big reach in our profession. Especially if you employ Raff and Joe.” He offers his hand, and I put my own in his without thinking. It should be startling to hold hands with my gorgeous boss, but somehow, it’s as natural as taking my next breath—smooth and right. “Tell me,” he stresses. “I know you’re troubled.” He gestures at my face with his free hand. “Your face gives you away every time.”
I groan. “And that’s my curse in life.” I feel his hand slip away from mine with sadness and then square my shoulders. “I need to get married.”
“Need to?” His gaze is laser focused, and I shift uneasily under it. I bet he was a good policeman, because he’s patient and steady until he gets his own way.
Lily lives in sunny England with her husband and two children, all of whom claim that they haven’t had a proper conversation with her since she bought her first Kindle.
She loves chocolate and Baileys and the best of all creations – chocolate Baileys! Her lifetime’s ambition is to have a bath in peace without being shouted by one of her family.
Length: 80,000
words Series: Pippen Creek 1 Prior Reading: not
required Genre: contemporary Tropes: small town, best friends
to lovers, hurt/comfort
A Best Friends to
Lovers Romance by USA Today Bestselling
Author Lynn Burke
Career-ending
injury.
The most dream-crushing words I’ve ever
heard. Goodbye NFL’s Rookie of the Year title I fought for since I was a kid,
hello return to my small-town origins and wallow in unrequited love. Seeing my
best friend Chaz married and trying for a baby will hurt worse than any torn
ACL.
But things have changed since I escaped Pippen
Creek—Chaz flounders beneath financial burdens and emotional turmoil instead of
living his happily ever after.
Friendship takes precedence
over longing, and I gladly take on the roles of comforter and supporter since
those who have the right to love him out loud only see his failures. However,
the more time I spend with Chaz, the harder it is to hide my
feelings.
In a moment of mutual weakness, unexpected passion
ignites.
Secret betrayal is a poisonous infection, but a
twist of fate uncovers even more truths that further wound us
both.
Will forgiveness allow us to survive traumatic grief
and overcome guilt? Or will too much honesty end the other dream
of always that has owned my heart since
childhood?
Returning Your Love is a dreams crushed
and wishes come true HEA between a nudist enthusiast and a secret bisexual.
There are forehead kisses, pinkie holding, and deep discussions beneath the
stars. These pining best friends will put you through the wringer and hang you
out to dry, so pack tissues for this angsty ride!
Pippen
Creek is an Elite Escorts MM spin-off. Jamie appeared in Five
Days, book 5. This story deals with content that may be triggering. A
detailed warning can be found on the author's website.
EXCERT: According to Dad, Coach
Bernard was ready and willing to hand over his whistle to me, just like he had
figured. Hell, Coach himself had called and begged me to return since my NFL
career ended prematurely. He wanted to retire knowing his boys would be looked
after, that someone who loved football as much as he did would continue his
goal of making something out of our small town’s team.
I held no such high hopes. Never had.
Rarely did Pippen Creek even have a winning season. Hell, we barely ever had
enough kids try out to make a team. I’d been the one and
only Bobcat to get a college scholarship, and the fact I’d made it to the NFL
had given me Hollywood status back home. That was what Dad claimed, anyway. I
hadn’t been there since Chaz’s wedding to see or hear that kind of gossip for
myself.
But that might be about to
change…
I sat up, leaned forward, elbows on
knees, and stared out my dark windows at the twinkling lights of Boston. Could
I find contentment in Pippen Creek now that my dreams had been buried six feet
under? Was it possible to exist in the same small town as my once best friend
and his wife while pining for a taste of his mouth and the feel his body moving
against mine?
Groaning, I closed my eyes and hung
my head as my dick shifted between my thighs. “Don’t get any ideas.”
Still, I took a long, hot shower and
ended up jerking off to various fantasies of Chaz. On his knees in front of me.
Bouncing on my dick. Filling my ass while staring into my
eyes.
I came hard, gasping for breath and
leaning against the tile wall when my legs threatened to
buckle.
Probably a mistake even thinking
about returning home, but I missed football like a motherfucker and the high
over fighting to win. I needed something to immerse myself
in that would offer me a sense of the joy that had been torn from me with a
single tackle.
I just hoped the choice didn’t lead
to even more heartache.
" Spicy romance author Lynn
Burke believes everyone deserves healing and a happily ever after. She loves
writing hot, inclusive stories of various pairings or triplings and creates
characters who will steal your heart.
She is a USA Today Bestselling
author, a wrangler of her three spawn, and a farmer's daughter who grows
organic food. To escape reality, she hides in a quiet corner with her nose in a
book."
Length: 90,000 words Series: Confetti Hitched, book 3 Prior
Reading: Prior reading NOT required Genre: contemporary Tropes: Fake marriage,
Boss and assistant, Workplace romance, Forced proximity, Only one bed Trigger/Content
Warnings: Reference to spouse’s death. The death was 10 years before this story and is off page, but
the grief is discussed.
Jed Walker is starting to think that cheerful oblivion about his
feelings is the key to being fake married.
Jed Walker thinks he’s having a midlife crisis. The only trouble is that it feels
too good to stop.
Widowed at a young age, he’s spent his life since then avoiding any
relationships that might end up hurting him again. He has his successful wedding planning business, Confetti
Hitched, and a series of uncomplicated hookups, and that’s all he needs in life.
The one person disrupting this controlled stoicism is his younger assistant,
Artie. He’s sweet and kind and has a funny way of calming Jed’s mind. So, when Artie comes to him with a
problem, Jed moves heaven and earth to help, which is how he finds himself entering a fake marriage with the
younger man and catching feelings. Too bad it’s all pretend. Or is it?
From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a story about how love can
completely derail the best-laid plans.
This is the third book in the Confetti Hitched series, but it can be read
as a standalone.
Lily lives in sunny England with her husband and two children, all of whom
claim that they haven’t had a proper conversation with her since she bought her first Kindle.
She loves chocolate and Baileys and the best of all creations – chocolate
Baileys! Her lifetime’s ambition is to have a bath in peace without being shouted by one of her family.
Release Date: January 28 on wide retailers (stories are already live
individually) Length: 300k (Collection), 48 pages (short) Series: Better Than Prior Reading: not
required Genre: contemporary Tropes: Age-Gap, Friends-to-lovers, Opposites Attract,
Bi-awakening
Better Than Stories is the series that started it
all!
A law student who discovers he’s not as straight as he thought, a
lobbyist who falls for his boss, a lawyer with a crush on a motorcycle-riding dreamboat, and the British ad man
bewitched by an aspiring artist.
These stories follow four DC couples through their journeys of self-discovery,
friendship, hope, and happily-ever-after.
If you want to be better than good, you have to take chances…on love and
friendship. No playing it safe.
Four complete novels and a brand new short story, featuring Curt
and Jack from Better Than Friends
Better Than Good
Better Than Chance
Better Than Friends
Better Than Safe
Better Than Ten Years Later *New Bonus Short Story
Better Than Stories Collection features MM romance, bisexual
awakening, office romance, friends-to-lovers, age-gap romance, and more…
*The Better Than series includes Better Than Beginnings and
Better Than Home, a collection of short stories featuring Matt and Aaron, which is available
separately.
Lane Hayes lives in sunny
Southern California with her amazing husband, who thankfully doesn’t mind cooking, and their fabulous fox red
Labrador, George, who’s pure mischief. Both provide oodles of inspiration for the low-angst, humorous books
Lane loves to write.
She’s been telling stories about sexy, funny, sometimes geeky and
quirky men who find love for a dozen years now and loving every minute. In her previous life, she sat at a desk
and dealt with numbers, so yes…romance is much more satisfying!
Lane loves tea, travel, and chocolate…in any order. Add a book and
she’s set!
Living in Christmas Town hasn’t made me a fan of the holidays. Quite the opposite. In fact, eleven months
of the year, I’m perfectly happy running my bookstore in peace and quiet. Of course, that changes in December
when it’s mistletoe madness and mayhem. Ugh.
But this year, there’s a new cowboy in town and it’s not as easy to grumble about…anything. I admit,
Hudson is handsome and hunky, but everyone knows I’m not myself till January, so he’ll have to buzz off and
charm someone else.
Bah humbug.
Hudson
Moving to California wasn’t in my plans. I could use the change of scenery, though, and the Oak Ridge
Ranch is a good investment. That’s not a sneaky way of saying I’m hiding from my past—no siree. I’m following
a new path to a new town, that’s all.
So far, so good. Except…my attraction to the nerdy bookstore owner is throwing me off my
game.
Look, I’m not interested in anything other than a casual hookup. But Moody is a mystery, and I want to
know more about the adorable geek with a sunny disposition who turns into a holiday grump every
year.
For some reason, he feels like home away from home. December may be the last month of the year, but
something tells me this is our beginning.
Moody’s Grumpy Holiday is an MM grumpy-sunshine, romantic comedy
featuring an adorkable geek, a hunky cowboy, and a little seasonal magic.
Lane Hayes lives in sunny
Southern California with her amazing husband, who thankfully doesn’t mind cooking, and their fabulous fox red
Labrador, George, who’s pure mischief. Both provide oodles of inspiration for the low-angst, humorous books
Lane loves to write.
She’s been telling stories about sexy, funny, sometimes geeky and
quirky men who find love for a dozen years now and loving every minute. In her previous life, she sat at a desk
and dealt with numbers, so yes…romance is much more satisfying!
Lane loves tea, travel, and chocolate…in any order. Add a book and
she’s set!
Simon and Vic are home from their
honeymoon, just in time for a brand new case!
Length: 204 pages
Series: Badlands, 7
Prior Reading: not
required
Heat Level 4/5
Genre: paranormal, urban
fantasy
Tropes: established MM relationship
(newlyweds), monster hunting, ancient monster, found family, magic, psychics,
ghosts
BLURB:
"Simon and Vic are home from
their honeymoon, just in time for a brand new case!
Mysterious missing person reports, a
cursed motorcycle club, and an ancient entity add up to trouble. A bad bargain
to stop a long-ago gang war requires a yearly sacrifice from a tightly-knit
group of riders, and even their coven of witches hasn’t been able to stop the
deaths.
Then the granddaughter of a former
lighthouse keeper comes to Simon for help. When the lighthouses were automated,
they lost their live-in guardians, who worked protective spells to shield the
coast from killer storms and a murderous creature. Those protections are
fading, and an old evil has gained power, growing stronger with every life it
claims.
Can Simon and Vic end the deaths and
disappearances, or have they finally found a foe too powerful to
stop?
Thunder Road is an action-packed MM
paranormal romance chock full of old magic, protective guardians, found family,
an ancient monster, brave motorcyclists, helpful ghosts, loyal friends, psychic
visions, hurt/comfort, supernatural suspense, and an evolving, established
romantic relationship with all the feels."
Simon touched Vic’s chin with his
forefinger and lifted his face. “Not silly. Tell me.”
Vic sighed. “I honestly don’t know.
More earth-shaking, somehow?”
“I thought we shook the earth pretty
well last night,” Simon replied with a sexy tone that made Vic redden even
more.
“Yes, we did. But I meant the
everyday stuff feeling changed, I guess. And it’s just like normal—only with
rings.”
Simon took Vic into his arms,
enjoying the height difference of his husband being a few inches taller. “We’ve
been living together for a while now. I think that was the big adjustment. Now
we’re just us again, but with a spiffy certificate and some new jewelry. Didn’t
even change names.”
“Kincaide-D’Amato or D’Amato-Kincaide
doesn’t really fall trippingly off the tongue,” Vic replied.
“Dunno. You’ve got a very talented
tongue.” Simon leaned in for a kiss, deepening it from a press of lips to
demonstrate his point.
“I don’t know what I expected,” Vic
said when they separated. “That’s why I said it was silly. It’s a big thing to
be able to get married. And I loved our wedding and the reception and
honeymoon. But I’m still me, and you’re still you, and we’re still us, if that
makes any sense.”
Simon dove in for another quick kiss.
“Yes, in a weird way. I think I know what you mean. And you’re right—we did the
whole adjustment over what drawers to use and how to navigate sharing the
bathroom and kitchen when you moved in. So while getting married was a big
emotional and legal milestone, we had already done the adjusting.”
“It was all wonderful, and everything
passed in a blur. The bachelor parties, the wedding, the honeymoon all
absolutely perfect. But it was a whirlwind. Now we’re back to normal, and I’m
trying to sync up, I guess.”
Simon laughed. “That’s as good a way
to put it as any. Nothing’s changed—but everything changed.”
Their friends and families had given
them the best bachelor parties Simon ever imagined, followed by the wedding of
their dreams. They honeymooned at a haunted castle in England, which was
memorable for many reasons, both personal and paranormal. Now that they were
home, the past few months seemed like a fantasy.
“I imagine it was a lot different
back when people didn’t live together first and waited to have sex,” Vic
added.
Simon snorted. “Yeah, like that was
going to happen.”
“I’m just sayin’,” Vic protested with
a naughty grin. “Theoretically.”
Morgan Brice is the romance pen name
of bestselling author Gail Z. Martin. Morgan writes urban fantasy MM paranormal
romance, with plenty of action, adventure and supernatural thrills to go with
the happily ever after. Gail writes epic and urban fantasy, with less romance,
more explosions. She is also a huge fan of the TV show Supernatural.
Find Morgan at www.MorganBrice.com
and her reader group at www.facebook.com/groups/WorldsOfMorganBrice.
She's @MorganBriceBook on Twitter/X,
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