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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Release Blitz: The Love Line by Heidi McLaughlin

Title: The Love Line 

Author: Heidi McLaughlin 

Genre: Rockstar Romance/Later in Life Romance 

Release Date: June 10, 2026 

Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC.

Book Tropes:
✔️Grumpy x sunshine bromance
✔️Who's watching ✔️Reluctant matchmaker ✔️Second act reinvention ✔️Later-in-life emotional drama ✔️After the HEA

Liam Page spent decades singing about love. Now he's ready to talk about it.

The stadiums aren't selling out like they used to. His bandmates are ready for a change. And Liam is finally okay with that because being home in Beaumont with Josie, their son Noah, their daughter Paige, and three perfect grandchildren is everything he never knew he needed.

When a producer pitches him a late-night call-in radio show, Liam is skeptical. But "The Love Line with Liam" becomes something unexpected. A chance to help strangers navigate heartbreak, second chances, and everything in between.

He's good at giving advice. It's his own life that keeps getting complicated.

Because after decades of silence, his estranged father is asking for forgiveness. And Liam isn't sure he has any to give.

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Heidi McLaughlin is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of The Beaumont Series, The Boys of Summer, and The Archers.

Originally, from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband, two daughters, and their three dogs.

In 2012, Heidi turned her passion for reading into a full-fledged literary career, writing over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Forever My Girl.

Heidi's first novel, Forever My Girl, has been adapted into a motion picture with LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions, starring Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe, and opened in theaters on January 19, 2018, and is now available on DVD & Digital.

To stay connected with Heidi visit www.facebook.com/authorheidimclaughlin or heidimclaughlin.com

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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Release Blitz: Camp Shifter Series by DJ Jennings

 


The Camp Shifter Series by DJ Jennings is Now in KU!

Series Description:  This paranormal romantic comedy series features standalone stories set at Camp Shifter, a mandatory training facility where adults receive "The Letter" summoning them to learn shifter ways. After experiencing The Morph—the transformation that reveals their animal nature—they must master everything from controlling their shifter forms to navigating public nudity with confidence. Camp Shifter provides classes taught by experienced shifters and serves as a community where people from all walks of life must accept a reality fundamentally altered by their newfound status.

Throughout the series, Camp Shifter serves as the backdrop for fated mate romances featuring humor, heat, and heart. Special events like DarkNight create opportunities for connection in a community where transformation extends beyond the physical. With big misunderstandings, opposites-attract dynamics, and forced proximity bringing unlikely pairs together, these romantic comedies blend lighthearted fun with sensual content as characters learn that accepting their shifter identities and finding love often go hand in hand.


Core Series Tropes

  • Fated Mates
  • Paranormal Romance
  • Shifter Romance
  • Camp Romance
  • Insta-Love / Fast-Burn Romance
  • Discovering Hidden Powers
  • Soulmates
  • Fish Out of Water
  • Found Family
  • New Adult Romance
  • Forced Proximity
  • Opposites Attract
  • Romantic Comedy
  • Steamy Romance

 



Owl Be Bear for You

Hot summer fun where you’ll change…in more ways than one.
Librarian Mara Scioto lives a nice, neat, orderly existence—except when she’s being attacked by uncontrolled male shifters who need to mate.
Pesky little detail, right?
Raised by a grandmother who hates all shifters, she has one wish: to make it past the age of twenty-five without experiencing The Morph that tells you you’re one of them.
And then the letter from Camp Shifter arrives with her name on it...
Orthopedic surgeon in training Jack Karsten is waiting to see if he’ll follow in his shifter brother’s footsteps. Being a shifter won’t be so bad, if that’s his destiny, but when he meets Mara, he realizes that fate and love don’t always align.
But love always wins.
It can be a bear of an ordeal sorting it all out, but if anyone can help, it’s the staff at Camp Shifter. While they’ll train Jack and Mara on the ways of shifter life, there’s one thing they can’t teach them:
How to get out of their own way and let love leave them changed.
Forever.

Owl Be Bear For You Tropes

  • Fated Mates
  • Big Misunderstanding
  • Librarian Heroine
  • Opposites Attract
  • Awkward Hero
  • Hidden Shifter Identity
  • Romantic Comedy
  • Forced Proximity 

 

You Shook Me Howl Night Long 

Eliot “Pole” Elianzo is a god in college football, and he knows it. Too bad he’s also a polar bear. The Morph happens on national television, right after a pro team picks him in the draft. It’s official–Pole is a shifter. And boy, is he livid. He can’t choose practice over his mandatory stay at Camp Shifter, but he sure can make camp a nightmare for everyone. Especially the hot ash blonde who’s teaching Undressed in Public 101 classes. Risa Devaneau can’t believe Pole’s in her class, in the first row, and very, very undressed. The former sportscaster and wolf shifter ran away from her testosterone-filled career for the quiet peace of Camp Shifter. Sure, teaching people how to be undressed in public isn’t exactly the most prestigious job, but it got her away from the city. From her overly controlling politician father. From her past. From Pole. And here he is, smirking at her, front and center. In his birthday suit.

You Shook Me Howl Night Long Tropes

  • Second Chance Romance
  • Celebrity Athlete Hero
  • Former Rivals/Reunion Romance
  • Forced Proximity
  • Fish Out of Water
  • Wolf Shifter Romance
  • Camp Romance
  • Opposites Attract

 

DarkNight of the Moon 

He lurks in shadows and mystery at Camp Shifter, coming out only during DarkNight, the wild, bacchanalian free-for-all where anything goes.
Anything.
No one has seen him in the daylight, no one knows where he lives, no one knows his name–and the shifter nicknamed DarkLover by women, DarkDude by men, will do anything to keep it that way.
Andie Cumbington has been waiting her whole life for The Letter. One of the few shifters who is ecstatic about her newfound status, the chestnut-haired ballerina bear shifter arrives for her month at Camp Shifter with unbridled excitement. On her first DarkNight, she finds wild passion and–to her surprise–so much more, with a stranger who touches her heart as much as he lights up her body.
And then he’s gone, back into the shadows, hidden.
Exactly where he wants to be.
Craving his touch with an insatiable desire, Andie can’t let go. She always wanted the roll in the hay, but she never imagined the passion would be so intense.
Fate drives her to find love.
Then a simple errand turns into mortal danger for Andie, and an impossible choice as DarkLover must overcome his biggest fear in order to save the woman he loves.
But will it be too late?

DarkNight of the Moon Tropes

  • Mysterious Hero
  • Beauty and the Beast Vibes
  • Grumpy/Sunshine
  • Protector Hero
  • Hidden Identity
  • Dark Paranormal Romance
  • Fated Mates
  • Dangerous Secrets
  • Redemption Arc 

BUY LINKS: 

Amazon/KU Series Link:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PT45ZLW

Amazon/KU Link for Owl Be Bear for You ($4.99)https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073ZMCJPX

Amazon/KU Link for You Shook Me Howl Night Long ($4.99)https://www.amazon.com/Shook-Howl-Night-Long-Shifter/dp/1799035832/

Amazon/KU Link for DarkNight of the Moon ($4.99)https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1950172147

 


OWL BE BEAR FOR YOU Teaser Excerpt:
 

The sudden kiss took Mara by surprise, Jack’s mouth slanted against hers with a determined passion that she matched without words. For the past forty minutes all she could think about was his face, his body, his eyes, those lips. She reached up and tore her glasses off, tucking them haphazardly into the outer opening of her purse, smashed between them as passion’s frenzy took hold.

Now that she was in his arms, his thighs hard against her belly, his arms warm against her shoulders, she was nothing but pink fire and molten blood.

A beat pounded between them, as if their hearts were in sync, his tongue dividing her mouth and tickling her teeth, the kiss as dangerous as it was unnerving.

Dangerous because Mara felt herself falling for a man she barely knew.

Unnerving because it all felt so right.

She was supposed to argue with herself, fight against this tidal wave of emotion, tell herself she was being reckless and foolish.

Those words weren’t there.

Instead, there were only fevered kisses and touches that made her sigh for more. Now that she was in his arms, she wondered how she would ever live anywhere without being touched by him.

Breaking the kiss, she said breathlessly, “I’m so sorry I never answered your text.”

“You can make it up to me with another kiss.”

And before she could say yes, her tongue was in his mouth, dancing against his, their lips enjoying each other with an abandon that bordered on criminal.

“Get a room.” Two different voices, one male, one female, said the words in unison. Mara broke away from Jack and stared at Sharon and Jim. The two were laughing and nudging each other. Given Mara’s reputation as the prim and proper librarian who never dated, she could only imagine what they were thinking as she totally lost it in front of them.

“I’m—I—oh, I’m so sorry!” Mara stuttered, struggling to catch her breath and gather her wits at the same time.

Jack remained in place, his face suddenly serious, his arm remaining protectively around Mara’s waist.

Without a word, he guided her to the main door and outside.

Her back was against the brick building, his mouth hot and frenzied on hers, before she could even look up at the night sky and spot the moon. Pressing her breasts against his wide chest, she pawed at him, her hands unable to stop touching him.

All the parts that were allowed in public, at least.

Jack’s fevered breath poured onto her neck like hot silk. “I have never been like this with a woman before,” he groaned, his tongue making warm, wet love to the base of her throat. “You do this to me, though. Only you. It’s like—” His abrupt halt gave Mara pause.

“Like fate?”

 

About the Author: 

The author of the Camp Shifter series, Darla Josephine “DJ” Jennings, is originally from Ohio but now lives in Massachusetts in a household full of people who drive her nuts, but she loves them anyhow. She fills her days with writing, business management, and the never-ending task of herding cats. Learn more about her in the New York Times bestselling novel, Random Acts of Crazy by Julia Kent, where she stars as one of the main characters. That’s right! DJ Jennings isn’t real, but Julia Kent sure is.

Website:  http://jkentauthor.com/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/jkentauthor/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/jkentauthor

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Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jkentauthor/

BookBub:  https://www.bookbub.com/authors/dj-jennings

Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17035252.D_J_Jennings

Amazon Author Page:  https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07568TW8X

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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Now Available from Carrie Ann Ryan: One Quick Obsession #CageFamilySeries

 


Hudson and Scarlett are officially out in the world! Book 4 in the Cage Family series is ready for you to dive in!
If you love:
❤️
Small Town
🖤
Enemies to Lovers
❤️
Grumpy x Sunshine

About the book:


“Who Hurt You?”

When Hudson Cage asked those words, I shut him out just as I did the rest of those who cared for me. It’s been a year since I made one of the worst choices of my life but now I am stronger and following the path I’ve carved myself.

As manager of the Cage Resort, I want to bring the company into a new era and show the larger than life family that I am worth so much more than what my father and ex said I was.

Only to do that, I have to deal with Hudson. The man I can’t get off my mind.

And my neighbor in this small town of ours.

We fight more than we speak to one another, and his over protectiveness is starting to become far too attractive. He holds secrets within those stormy eyes and the part of me that knows it’s a mistake wants to dive deep and know more.

When one lack of control turns to another, there’s no turning back from what we could have. Yet the darkness on each of our paths are closing in.

I don’t want to love Hudson Cage, but if we don’t give in and learn to trust, we both could risk losing it all before we even have a chance.

**One Quick Obsession is an enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, small town romance featuring Hudson and Scarlett. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. An HEA is guaranteed!**



Teaser Excerpt:

I moved down the hall towards the back offices. After I slid my key card to get through security, I tried to think about all the things I needed to get done tonight. I wanted to work on my art piece, but it was turning out to be far more difficult than I thought. Maybe I would head down to Harper’s later and work on another mural. That would clear my head. And I liked my brother’s girlfriend. She might seem sweet and innocent, but she could kick anybody’s ass if they ever decided to come and hurt her family. And the Cages were now her family.

I liked her.

I could be doing art. I could be working on my house. I could be doing anything else. Instead I was at this damn resort trying to fix a doorknob that kept getting stuck.

Again, not my job, but if I kept my hands busy, I wouldn’t have nightmares. And that sounded a lot better to me.

When I got to the manager’s office though, I frowned. The door was open, not locked in place like it usually was. Scarlett was damn good with security. She was damn good at most things, which was why we always butted heads. Because I didn’t like her knowing that I thought she did a damn good job. She got all uppity and looked down at me. And I wasn’t in the mood to deal with that.

But she never left the door open.

I slid my hand in my pocket, gripping my knife, as I slowly opened the door fully. She stood there, alone, as I scanned the room, but it took me a moment to let go of the knife.

Because while she was alone, she wasn’t sitting at her desk working.

Instead the image in front of me made my jaw tense, and anger surged to the surface.

Scarlett, in all her beauty, with her light blonde hair flowing down her back, and that icy way she could put down anybody who tried to hurt her, stood in front of her mirror, her main shirt off and over the chair, in only her pants and tank top.

And there were bruises all over her. She pulled up part of her shirt since I knew she hadn’t seen me yet, and the dark bruises turning blue and green there put a metallic taste in my mouth.

“Who. Hurt. You?”

She met my gaze in the mirror, her eyes widening. Her face went deathly pale, before her jaw tensed, and that familiar snarl covered her face. She whirled, sliding down her top.

“Get out!” she yelled as she scrambled for her shirt.

I moved forward, hands at my sides. I was a good foot taller than her, and could scare the shit out of her, but it wasn’t like I could look any smaller than I was. I’d be damned if she didn’t tell me what the hell happened.

“I repeat. Who hurt you?”


 

She quickly buttoned up her blouse, her hands shaking.

“I’m fine,” she lied. Because it was a damn lie. “I went skiing and hurt myself. I was just checking the bruises.”

I leaned forward and reached out to grip her chin. My breath caught as the bruise on the side of her jaw had only just now revealed itself to me when she turned.

And she flinched. Fucking flinched.

I let my hand drop, and I told myself to breathe. “Don’t fucking lie to me.”

“And maybe you should just get over yourself. I don’t owe you any answers. Get out. You may own this place, but you don’t own me. Get out, get out, get out, get out.”

She repeated the words over and over again, before her knees went weak, and tears slid down her face.

I had never once seen Scarlett Blair crack. Not in all the times that we’d yelled at each other, fought, or poked at each other just because we knew we could handle it.

And that scared me more than anything.

I reached out and caught her before she hit the ground and held her to my chest.

Because I knew exactly who had done this.

About the Cage Family Series:

Seven brothers find out their father had a secret family. Now there are a whole new set of Cage siblings no one is prepared for.
Forced to have dinner once a month to keep the company in tact and not let the small town of Cage Lake go under, the Cages are in for some trouble.

If they fail, thousands lose their jobs and others could lose their lives.
If they succeed…their world will change forever.

Family Secrets. A Family-Owned Small Town. Grumpy Heroes. Unstoppable Heroines.
This is the Cage Family.

When a dark secret derails the family’s plans for the future, the Cage brothers are faced with a new problem:
They aren’t the only Cages in town.
Now there’s double the trouble. Triple the angst. And the Cage family better step up.
Or they might just lose everything.
Including the HEAs they didn’t know they were missing.

You first meet the Cages in Best Friend Temptation. These are Ford’s brothers.
Each book is a complete stand alone with an HEA.
The series is ongoing


About the Author:

Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Talon Pack, Promise Me, and Elements of Five series, which have sold millions of books worldwide. She's the winner of a RT Book of the Year and a Prism Award in her genres. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over one hundred novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

Website: https://carrieannryan.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarrieAnnRyanAuthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrieannryanauthor/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carrieannryan

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5360266.Carrie_Ann_Ryan

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarrieAnnRyan


Friday, November 14, 2025

Book Tour Stop: Court of Light and Dark is now Available!!!


Title: Court of Light and Dark
Series: Hidden Courts of the Fae Book 1
Author: Heather D. Grace
Genre/Tropes: Urban Fantasy Romance; Slow Burn; Forbidden Romance; Reluctant Chosen One/Half-Fae; Grumpy/Sunshine; Portal Romance; Bonded Animal Companions
Release Date: October 9, 2025 


Half-fae, half-human—entirely unprepared to face the war my bloodline dragged me into.

The moment I touch the broken rescue stallion, scars thicken like armor across his back and wings begin to regrow. I've barely processed this when a gruff man with glowing eyes and a pulsing energy shows up on my ranch, claiming I'm half fae...and the key to saving three realms.

I refuse to let anyone else decide who I become, but that doesn't stop my fae "guardian" from black mailing me to follow him to his realm, where small folk are vanishing, only to return stripped of their magic and dying slow, tortured deaths. And while my healing magic is stirring here, it’s barely enough to help with the demons hunting us, let alone save anyone.

As for my guardian? Seems like even being near me is painful, and I can’t tell if it’s from resisting the connection between us, or something darker. Especially when it feels like his blood commands mine... and my own might destroy him.

But distraction could cost us everything; if I fail the prophecy, demons will enslave the fae, destroy the human realm, and take the creature I care about most: my Leath Pegasus.

They say I’m the key to saving the realms, but as time runs out, I can't help but wonder if anyone can stop what’s coming.

Fans of Anne Bishop’s Pillars of the World and Faith Hunters' Jane Yellowrock Series will love this fast-pace, hidden magics, and forbidden love between a grumpy fae guardian and a sunshiny but reluctant chosen one.






Heat radiates down my back a second before Neil’s firm body presses against me. My eyes widen while all moisture abandons my mouth and floods my palms. My body melts into his, curving against him.

No, no, NO! Focus!

I tense my back to keep straight in an attempt to drag my thoughts from the fire sparking at every point of contact between us.

But what’s he doing standing so close? Does he mind me leaning back into him? With everything going on, his strength is so welcoming.

Can he smell my hair from here? When did I wash it last? I’m all sweaty from today’s workout already. Is he going to be grossed out that he needs to be so close to help me? - Tessa (FMC)





Heather D Grace is a fast paced urban fantasy author that loves to add a slow burn romance. When she’s not busy writing about tough as nails female leads and their alluring protective mates, she and her husband spend time with their 4 children and 6 fur-babies, helping in the veterinary field as an Registered Veterinary Technician, and spending time exploring the beautiful mountains near her home.





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