It Started with a Kiss by Melanie Moreland

It Started with a Kiss
by Melanie Moreland
It started with a kiss.

Then it became so much more.

Love at first sight.

Avery Connor doesn’t believe in it.

But what about love at first kiss?

A favor for a friend. Kiss a stranger and walk away.

But what if that favor, and that stranger, prove to be the turning point of her life?

What if that kiss leads to something more?

Dr. Daniel Stewart is certain it will.

He is determined to make her see him. To feel what he feels.

To have the effects of that kiss last forever.

A story about taking a chance, opening your heart to the moment, and falling in love.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
Content/Theme(s): Doctor, Medical, Humor, Contemporary
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Publisher: Enchanted Publications

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Broken by Ashton Blackthorne

Broken
by Ashton Blackthorne
Insatiable Book One
Ruthless. Unstoppable. Sexy.
So, so bad.

My gorgeous secretary calls me a bad boy in a good suit. I’ve built up quite a reputation over the years women have dubbed me "So so bad" and men have called me the biggest, baddest shark on Wall Street. They say I’ve been everywhere, done everything… And it’s all true.

I get what I want when I want it.
And what I want now is Veronica.
Her gorgeous curves beckon to me demanding that I succumb to her irresistible charms.
But I can’t. Not yet.

You see, I have a secret. A deep dark secret lurking inside me. For years, I’ve been broken, shattered, betrayed by someone who should’ve loved me beyond reason.
Now that secret is threatening to be exposed.
And I can’t have that. No matter what.
Not even if it costs me what I treasure the most. Her.

Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance
Content/Theme(s): Dark, Bad boy, Alpha male, Spanking, Light BDSM
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Publisher: Indie

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The Wishing Well by Avril Borthiry

The Wishing Well
by Avril Borthiry
Legends of Love Book One
Can the ancient power of a pagan well truly change destinies?

Two people, intrinsically linked, are at the center of this spell-binding tale of love and magic. Their lives, and the lives of those around them, have been profoundly affected by a single event. A brief moment in time that, if altered, will right so many wrongs.

Is it possible to turn back time? To change the paths of those whose hearts have been broken? Whose lives have been lost?

Perhaps. The power of the well is great, but there is another, far greater power at work in the world.

Of all the forces under Heaven, love is the most powerful.

It changes everything.

Genre: Historical Romance
Content/Theme(s): Time Travel, Magic
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing

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Punished by H.C. Brown

Punished
by H.C. Brown
Cops ’n’ Floggers Book Two
Bad boys, bad boys…

When Vice Detective Del Hood receives a call out to investigate a muscular, tattooed man in black hanging around the entrance to a sex shop, he believes the smart-mouthed Danny Rose is trouble with a capital T.

Problem is the moment he pats him down and runs his hands over his hard body, a connection between them sizzles.

Could Danny be the arrogant, wisecracking sub of his dreams?

Reader Advisory: BDSM and hot sexy undercover vice cops out to find their perfect subs.

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Content/Theme(s): M/M, BDSM, Cops, Detective, Flogging, Bondage, Gay, GLBT
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Publisher: Luminosity Publishing

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The Forests of Dru by Jeffe Kennedy

The Forests of Dru
by Jeffe Kennedy
Sorcerous Moons Book Four
An Enemy Land
Once Princess Oria spun wicked daydreams from the legends of sorceresses kidnapped by the barbarian Destrye. Now, though she’s come willingly, she finds herself in a mirror of the old tales: the king’s foreign trophy of war, starved of magic, surrounded by snowy forest and hostile strangers. But this place has secrets, too—and Oria must learn them quickly if she is to survive.

A Treacherous Court
Instead of the refuge he sought, King Lonen finds his homeland desperate and angry, simmering with distrust of his wife. With open challenge to his rule, he knows he and Oria—the warrior wounded and weak, the sorceress wrung dry of power—must somehow make a display of might. And despite the desire that threatens to undo them both, he still cannot so much as brush her skin.

A Fight for the Future
With war looming and nowhere left to run, Lonen and Oria must use every intrigue and instinct they can devise: to plumb Dru’s mysteries, to protect their people—and to hold fast to each other. Because they know better than any what terrifying trial awaits…

Genre: Fantasy Romance
Content/Theme(s): Sorceress, Dragons, Magic, Paranormal
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Publisher: Brightlynx Publishing

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Smoke & Pearls by Marianne Rice

Smoke & Pearls
by Marianne Rice
a Paige Tyler's Dallas Fire & Rescue
Kindle World novella
Will their newfound love be strong enough to battle through the betrayal, or will their relationship go up in smoke?

Sidney Mitchell, granddaughter of a wealthy Dallas icon, loses her beloved Grandpop and her world slips off its axis. When a handsome stranger sends a smile her way at the funeral, she welcomes the distraction and accepts his lunch invitation. He quickly becomes an important figure in her life, helping her forget her grief and focus on her future.

After working a twenty-four hour shift, firefighter Max Harmon is involved in a fatal accident. While paying his respects at the funeral of the victim, he is knocked off his feet by the beautiful blonde with the sad eyes. They’re both looking for an escape and turn to each other, finding friendship, laughter and incredible chemistry.

Sydney loves that Max is unaware of her heritage. For the first time, she’s not worried about a man using her for her family’s wealth. Their passion burns hot until she learns Max is the reason her Grandpop is dead. He may be charming, kind and sexy, but she can’t forgive him for stealing her Grandpop from her, and for starting the cover-up she’s sure is there.

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Content/Theme(s): Firefighter, EMT, Lawyer
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Publisher: Kindle Worlds

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Dark Heart of the Dragon by Sophie Stern

Dark Heart of the Dragon
by Sophie Stern
Dragon Isle Book Eight
Renee has been on her own for a long time. As the resident Dragon Domme at the Dungeon, she's used to getting her own way, being her own boss, and commanding respect from anyone she meets, but when Dean comes to the Dungeon, everything changes.

Suddenly, Renee isn't the badass she's always felt like. Suddenly, she's not quite so in control, but does that have to be a bad thing?

Maybe it's time she relied on someone other than herself.

Maybe it's time she learned to trust.

After his divorce, Dean didn't think he'd ever find love again, but when he agrees to teach classes at the Dungeon as a favor to Anthony, he meets Renee. The hot-tempered Domme is a firecracker when it comes to her subs, but he has a feeling there's more beneath the surface than Renee lets on.

The Domme of the Dungeon is fierce and brave, but Dean suspects she's been wounded before.

Will they be able to overcome their pasts and learn to trust once more?

Will they be able to learn that sometimes, surrender comes in the most unlikely of circumstances?

Genre: Paranormal Romance
Content/Theme(s): BDSM, Shifters, Dragons, Action,
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Publisher: Indie

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Asbaran Solutions by Chris Kennedy

Asbaran Solutions
by Chris Kennedy
Revelations Cycle Book Two
Nigel Shirazi was first in line for the chairmanship of Asbaran Solutions, one of the prominent “Four Horsemen” mercenary companies. First in line…until his drinking and temper caused him to fail out of college and get disinherited by the family.

Now he leads the life of a playboy, enjoying a stipend from the family to stay out of the way. But someone is out to get his family, and Nigel is all that stands between the hidden enemy and the destruction of Asbaran Solutions and the Shirazi family.

Nigel will have to learn to control himself if he’s going to take the reins of the company, figure out who’s behind the vendetta against Asbaran, and work out a way to stop them. But they’ve taken his sister hostage, and that makes him a very, very angry man!

Genre: Science Fiction
Content/Theme(s): Mercenaries, Aliens, Military, Futuristic, Space Opera
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Publisher: Seventh Seal Press

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The Colony by Laurel Richards

The Colony
by Laurel Richards
Not everyone will make it out alive.

Responding to a distress call, Officer Alexander Valerian and the rest of his security team arrive at the human colony on the planet of Jangala to find blood and gore all over the walls.

All the colonists are dead or missing except for Dr. Elisa Everett, a pretty paleontologist he finds injured and nearly suffocated in a ventilation shaft.

Now Alex has to figure out how sixty-nine colonists were wiped out in a single night, but Elisa’s account of killer monsters just raises more questions.

Has the colony really been attacked by bloodthirsty beasts, or did everyone succumb to a powerful hallucinogen that made them turn on one another? He had better find out fast, because Elisa’s life is in his hands.

Genre: SciFi Romance
Content/Theme(s): Paleontologist, Security Officer, Colonists, Space Opera, Action
Release Date: January 15, 2017
Publisher: Indie

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Blood Freed by Traci Douglass

Blood Freed
by Traci Douglass
Blood Ravagers Book Two
Elizabeth “Liz” Frost has always been the wild one. But now, with a niece or nephew on the way and her promise to become half of the new psychic Oracle team for the Blood Ravagers Biker Gang, she’s ready to turn over a new leaf. And what better way to start than by answering the call when gang leader Dante needs help? Her mission: to travel cross-country to get the information the gang needs to complete the Oracle Binding Ceremony. Should be easy, right? Except for the incredibly tempting lone-wolf shifter named Dex who’ll be her riding partner and protector on the journey.

Dexter “Dex” MacCallahan is tasked with guarding Liz Frost, one of the gang’s beautiful and bewildering new psychics. Dex can’t refuse the mission, but there’s one small problem. The time of his Rut is approaching, a rare occurrence where male wolf-shifters must physically bond with their chosen mate or face certain insanity and death. It could cost him not only the new life he’s built, but also his battered, scarred heart.

Together, Dex and Liz must search for the information they need before his old nemesis and a rival gang annihilates all they hold dear. But when the simmering chemistry between them boils over into searing hot passion, will they risk losing their hearts to save the ones they love?

Genre: Paranormal Romance
Content/Theme(s): Demons, Shifters, Vampires, Psychics, Bikers, Motorcycle Gangs, Suspense, Fantasy
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Publisher: Tule Publishing

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Sizzling Attraction by Thianna D

Sizzling Attraction
by Thianna D
Elan Isle Book 0.5
a Paige Tyler Dallas Fire & Rescue
Kindle World crossover
Groomed to be the next governor of Texas, Madison Barnet comes across as cold and inflexible. Her family paints her as strong, unyielding, and able to get anything done. While that can be true, she also craves the attention of a dominant man. Since it's such a shameful idea, she denies herself. Until she meets Beau.

Beau Trey’s a bronc rider in Dallas to see family. He's charming, easy going, and can dazzle any woman in a mile’s radius. Behind the charm, he’s dominant and loves being in charge. He has a thing for tall, gorgeous, and self-confident. When he meets Madison, he expects another fling. But when their instant fascination ignites, their lust bursts into flame.

Can they survive the fallout of their sizzling attraction?

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Content/Theme(s): Cowboys, Politician, BDSM, Spanking
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Publisher: Kindle Worlds

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Staying Grounded by Marianne Rice

Staying Grounded
by Marianne Rice
Rocky Harbor Book One
She can’t help falling for him, even if he is a flight risk.

Graham Riley enjoys the laid-back freedom of a pilot’s life—until one choice puts his career in jeopardy…

Graham loves his job—it allows him to escape his troubled past and the stigma of being a murderer’s son. But after an altercation with a drunk passenger is posted on social media, he's forced to go on administrative leave until his name can be cleared.

To get his wings back, he must attend anger management classes, and to avoid the media frenzy near his home base in Texas, he heads to Rocky Harbor, Maine.

Responsible therapist Maggie O’Fallon wants a stable relationship with a man who’s not going anywhere…

Maggie grew up with parents who were never around, physically or emotionally. Needing steadiness in her life and in a relationship, she only dates men with normal jobs. But when Graham walks into her office and flashes his charming steel-blue eyes at her, she's at a loss for words. Torn between her ethics and her heart, Maggie asks Graham to see a different therapist so they can explore the chemistry between them.

He has everything she’s been looking for—except stability…

Maggie touches something deep within Graham and he panics, pushing her away, too scared to face his feelings. But when a private investigator threatens to discredit not only Graham, but Maggie’s practice as well, he is faced with two choices. Fight…or take flight.

Battling a lawsuit and his heart, Graham must decide what’s more important—the life he thought he wanted…or Maggie. Maggie might be the only thing that will ever help Graham…Stay Grounded.

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Content/Theme(s): Pilot, Therapist, Humor, Small Town
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Publisher: Limitless Publishing

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Catching Zia by Becca Jameson

Catching Zia
by Becca Jameson
Spring Training Book One
With two strikes against him, this baseball player is desperate to make contact.

Zia’s main passion in life is art. And she’d gladly spend days on end sketching the hunky man who stops to admire her work while jogging through the park one sunny afternoon.

Brett has been ogling Zia for days. The sketch in her lap provides the perfect opening. When it’s immediately obvious she has no idea he’s a major league baseball player, he relishes the opportunity to take a gorgeous woman out on a normal date.

But what Brett doesn’t know is that Zia grew up with a compulsive liar, and his omission is more than she can tolerate. Second chances are rare in this life, and somehow Brett manages to squander that one also. He’s got an uphill battle if he wants to fight for this strong-willed woman.

Genre: Sports Romance
Content/Theme(s): Artist, Baseball, MLB, Contemporary, Erotic
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Publisher: Indie

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Surrender by Lisa Renee Jones

Surrender
by Lisa Renee Jones
Careless Whispers Book Three
a standalone spin-off of the Inside Out series
He has become everything to me. He helped me find my strength and taught me how to live again. But my past is threatening our future. Could this be our end?

Passion burns fiercely hot between Ella Ferguson and Kayden Wilkens, the man who held secrets and lies in his hands, and then allowed them to fall into hers.

But even though he has become her anchor—helping her recover from amnesia after finding her unconscious in an alley, and allowing her into his secret world—all is not what it seems.

Kayden still has secrets, and pieces of Ella's past are still shrouded in the darkness of her mind, while the powerful man who hunts her will not stop until she is his.

Ella discovers that while her life with Kayden didn't begin in that dark alley…it could easily end there.
Note: You do not need to read the Inside Out series before reading this series. However, this trilogy should be read in order.

Genre: Romantic Suspense
Content/Theme(s): Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Pocket Star

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Child of the Night Guild by Andy Peloquin

Child of the Night Guild
by Andy Peloquin
Queen of Thieves Book One
"They killed my parents. They took my name. They imprisoned me in darkness. I would not be broken."

Viola, sold to pay her father's debts, has lost everything: her mother, her home, and her identity.

Thrown into a life among criminals, she has no time for grief as she endures the brutal training of an apprentice thief. The Night Guild molds innocent waifs into cunning, agile outlaws skilled in the thieves' trade. She has only one choice: steal enough to pay her debts.

The cutthroat streets of Praamis will test her mettle, and she must learn to dodge the City Guards or swing from a hangman's rope. But a more dangerous foe lurks within the guild walls. A sadistic rival apprentice, threatened by her strength, is out for blood.

What hope does one have in a world of ruthless men?

Genre: Dark Fantasy
Content/Theme(s): Thieves, Brainwashing, Gothic
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing

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The Arrangement by Jenna Fox

The Arrangement
by Jenna Fox
Pleasing the Manwhore Book One
Taffi Watkins only wanted to escape an abusive home when she fled a small Texas town. She had dreams of starting a new life. A better life.

Those big city lights seemed to shine so brightly when she stepped off that bus, but soon she discovered the pursuing of her dream had also been the worst mistake of her life.

And then came Sullivan Cooper.

In the blink of an eye he made all of her troubles disappear. He accepted her and brought her into his world of fast cars and fancy clothes. Immersed in Mr. Cooper’s universe of unbridled passion, Taffeta forgot he was twenty-five years older than her as he introduced her to his brand of pleasure and pain.

Taffi only thought she knew pain, until Sullivan Cooper taught her better.
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It didn't matter that he'd stalked me.
It didn't matter he only wanted to use me.

I wasn’t supposed to need him…
I wasn’t supposed to crave the smell of his skin and require the very air he breathed…

But I found I couldn't breathe without him.

I was only supposed to provide physical pleasure and shove my emotions to the side, not allowing love a place into the equation.

He wasn’t supposed to own me. Heart, mind, body and soul. My God, I was such a fool to think I could go along with this arrangement and not involve my heart.

“I will break you from this flirty pool boy. Oh yes, my little girl, I will break you.”

I’d been scathed so deeply, never needing a man in this way. I’d sorely lost the fight to keep any measure of mental distance from him. I couldn't control the heated emotion in my voice. “Sullivan, you’ve already broken me.”
Note: Features a younger woman involved with a much older, jealous, and controlling man. If you find elements of stalking, spankings, and submission/domination themes unappealing, this book is not for you.

Genre: Erotic Romance
Content/Theme(s): Billionaire, BDSM, D/s, Spanking, Older man/Younger woman
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Publisher: Fiction Vixen Publications

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Exposed by Jennifer Bene

Exposed
by Jennifer Bene
Black Light Book Two
Maddie O’Neill has always wanted to be a reporter, but after two years in Washington, D.C. working at a daily coupon paper, she can feel her dreams slipping through her fingers. Suddenly, with a single phone call from a friend at The Washington Post, everything changes. They have an open position, and he wants her to have it.

There’s just one problem–he wants a story first, and she has one chance to impress him.

With the deadline for the job fast approaching, Maddie finds herself spending her nights inside Runway, investigating why the elite of the nation’s capitol are showing up at the hottest new club in the city. None of it makes sense until she stumbles upon a secret buried beneath its floors, and walks right into the arms of Thomas Hathaway. Gorgeous and dominant, with a sinful smile, he is more than willing to show the feisty redhead just how he likes to play inside the exclusive BDSM club, Black Light.

Now Maddie is trapped in a web of lies, getting tied up in ropes by one of the hottest congressmen in the House, and as she sinks deeper into this world of pain and pleasure she knows she will have to make a tough choice before time runs out. But will she follow her dreams or her heart?

Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance
Content/Theme(s): BDSM, D/s, Spanking, Bondage
Release Date: January 14, 2017
Publisher: Black Collar Press

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Trackers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Trackers
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Trackers Book One
The end of the world is just the beginning of the hunt…

Estes Park Police Chief Marcus Colton and tracker Sam 'Raven' Spears have never liked one another, but when a young girl goes missing in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colton hires Spears to help find her. Their search ends after a night of devastating horror. When word reaches Estes that the nation has been hit by a coordinated electromagnetic pulse attack, Colton and Spears are forced to work together again. But they quickly realize they aren't just tracking a killer--they are tracking a madman. As the United States descends into chaos, the hunters become the hunted.

Halfway across the country, Senator Charlize Montgomery awakes to find the nation's capital has gone dark. Forced to set off on foot, she treks across a city that has woken to a new world, and as the night progresses, she learns the EMP attack was just the beginning…

Genre: Sci Fi Thriller
Content/Theme(s): Suspense, Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Cops, EMP
Release Date: January 11, 2017
Publisher: Indie

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Clam Jam by RC Boldt

Clam Jam
by RC Boldt
“Clam Jam”
Definition: The female equivalent of a cock block.
Example: You’re chatting with a guy you’re interested in and your friend comes along and lays claim to him.

Maggie
That’s my life—except it’s worse. My friend who keeps “jamming” me is my gay roommate and if that isn’t a W.T.F. moment, I’m not sure what is.

Fact: He went home with three—yes, three—of the guys I had been so sure were into me.

Fact: He’s really pissing me off. I mean, hello? I’m trying to get back in the saddle, but I’ll never manage to get a boyfriend before the age of fifty if he keeps this up.

Fact: Secretly, I wonder what it would be like if he weren’t gay. Why do all the hot, sweet, tender-hearted guys have to be gay?

Fact: My gay-dar needs a serious tune-up.

Ry
The day I interviewed for the room to rent, everything changed. I knew I had met “the girl”, except there was one small problem: she didn’t want anything to do with men. I recognized a top-notch force field when I saw one. She’d been burned badly and didn’t want to deal with a heterosexual guy as a roommate. I could’ve turned around and found another place to live, but I wanted to live there—with her.

So I had to go “undercover”.

Fact: I’m in love with my roommate.

Fact: I’m a likely candidate for carpal tunnel surgery since all the action I’ve had for the past year has been my hand.

Fact: She’s going to hate me if I come clean now.

Fact: I’m not giving up. Which means, I’ll just have to continue to run defense until I figure out a way to get Maggie to see the “real” me.

The me that loves her.
The me that would never do her wrong.
Until then, I’ll keep running off every guy who shows any interest.
Until then, I’ll continue to Clam Jam.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
Content/Theme(s): Roommates, Friends-to-Lovers, Humor
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Publisher: Indie

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Pursued by Lisa Carlisle

Pursued
by Lisa Carlisle
A Blood Courtesans Romance
a multiauthor series
Welcome to the shadow world of Blood Courtesans…where vampires are real and blood is a commodity.

It’s not supposed to be about love…until it is.

It was only meant to be three nights…

After watching my mother die, becoming a Blood Courtesan is key to my future in medicine. With loans racking up, all I have to do is pretend I want the money for tuition, and I’m hired. No one can know the real reason for wanting this job.

But it isn’t as easy as it first seems. On my first night as a courtesan at a ball in Salem, I meet vampires for the first time—and flee.

Vampires are not easily dissuaded. And one in particular, Renato, offers me a proposal I find difficult to resist. He has a dark, smoldering appeal that lures me in. Plus, I might gain the insight I seek.

I’m supposed to provide a service and will be paid well for it. But my feelings complicate our arrangement—and endanger my life.

It was only meant to be three nights, but can I walk away now?

Genre: Paranormal Romance
Content/Theme(s): Vampires
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Publisher: Indie

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