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Just Playing for Keeps (Hockey Ever After #2) by Lauren Blakely   https://amzn.to/4vQ3SpU   A grumpy/sunshine fake dating hockey romance from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely! Ever hear the story about the dating coach who got dumped on the hockey arena’s jumbotron? Everyone did. But I lived it. Including the moment when the team’s broody, tattooed star Lake Axelrod swooped in on skates to rescue me from public humiliation. Even more surprising? When the famously grumpy (and ridiculously sexy) hockey player insists on being my fake boyfriend for my sister’s high-profile wedding. It’s the perfect sweet revenge plan since my ex is the best man. Bonus – I might even salvage my professional reputation. We need rules though. - To pull this off, everyone from his teammates to my boss has to believe we’re a real couple. - That means swoony touches and knee-weakening kisses are required. - When it ends, we walk away. But the intensity in Lake’s eyes after every post-game kiss makes me wonder if he’s pretending. With each whispered secret, the line between fake and real bends. Until it shatters one night in a hotel room. Soon, he isn’t just playing the protective boyfriend—he’s the only one who truly sees me. If I’m not careful, I’m going to break the most important rule of all: don’t fall for your fake date.   This is Lake and Remy's romance. Tropes include: grumpy/sunshine hockey romance, fake dating, workplace romance, best friend's brother, obsessed hero #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

The Next Contestant by Sadie Rose https://amzn.to/4p6yd0W Who has what it takes to be the next Wifey? When Emilie Pearson signed up for the hit dating show, Wifey her end goal was a paycheck. The last thing on her mind was love. What she didn’t bargain for was the drop-dead gorgeous man who would be interacting with her each day behind the scenes. Navigating other contestants, the cameras and her growing feelings, Emilie will have to step up her game and ignore her ever growing feelings if she has any hopes of succeeding. The Next Contestant is an open door, slow burn contemporary romance with a happy ever after ending. #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

Speechless by Devyn Sinclair https://amzn.to/4eYE2sI From the outside my life is perfect. Inside, no one can hear me screaming. Being the only Omega in your friend group who’s single is the worst. Being alone while your friends are happily bonded? Even less fun. Don’t get me wrong, I love my friends, and I’m happy for them. But nothing erases the truth: No one wants me. Not even the people meant to be my family. Until them. A chance meeting throws me in the path of the hottest Alphas I’ve ever seen. They’re powerful, dominant, and entirely intoxicating. And they want me. Not just for a night— they want forever. It doesn’t feel real. I’m too loud, too much, and too broken. But these Alphas? They’ll stop at nothing to prove me wrong. Between chasing the biggest break of my career and finally learning what it’s like to be loved, every secret I’ve tried to hide is rising to the surface. Breaking my silence might shatter me, but, for the first time, I know there will be someone to pick up the pieces. When danger from both present and past threaten everything, I have to remember my new truth: I’m not alone anymore. For too long, secrets have kept me silent. Now it’s time to find my voice. Speechless is a standalone reverse harem Omegaverse. No choosing, no cheating, and a guaranteed HEA! This book is part of a series of standalones, and can be enjoyed on its own, without reading any other books in the series. Content Warnings available on the author's website. #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

My Beautiful Reality (My Dear Illusion Book 2) by Sarah Ready https://amzn.to/4pbSC4S Welcome to the dangerous and secret-laden world of the conjurers where friends are enemies, alliances are made and broken in a heartbeat, and you never know who to trust. In the riveting second installment of the My Dear Illusion series the conjurer world is plunged into the inferno of love, war, and chaos. Mari Locke lost the battle for her freedom when she betrayed the one man who trusted in her love. Now under the control of Hell Gate, she is a weapon unleashed to destroy everyone and everything she once held dear. Finn Alterra, now the Smith and wearer of the crown of illusions returned…different. When Finn promises to kill Mari, she realizes nothing is the same, and one of them is the dark and the other the light. Now the two lovers fight on opposite sides of the battle. In this new world, enemies are friends, and friends are mortal enemies. Mari walks the blade-thin edge of loyalty and betrayal, knowing she can’t trust anyone, including herself.   #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

My Forever Girl (Blue Sky Bay, 1) by Laura Pavlov https://amzn.to/4aIcYwC A Small Town, Friends-to-Lovers, Forbidden Love Standalone Romance from USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov. Gracie Reynolds and I have been best friends since we were kids. She’s smart, kind, funny, beautiful—and one of the best parts of my life. When Gracie walks into a room, people notice. I always notice. But when she moved across the world with a guy I despised, it felt like I’d lost a piece of myself. I missed her in ways I still can’t explain. Now she’s back— and she’s crashing at my place for a couple of months while she figures things out. She’s single and ready for a fresh start. I’ve always had her back, and that hasn’t changed. What has changed? The way that she looks at me. The way I can’t stop looking at her. So, when Gracie makes me a once in a lifetime proposition--obviously, I'm all in. But this isn't your average gray area--it's a full-on, sweat-inducing, five chili pepper detour we never meant to take. Gracie has big dreams though, and I’d never be the guy to hold her back. Even if all I want…is to be the reason that she stays. **This is Book 1in the Blue Sky Bay Series. Each can be read as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!** Blue Sky Bay Series: My Forever Girl The Last Goodbye My First Promise The Best Part of Me My way Back to You #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

Out of Her League by Ava Rani https://amzn.to/4aCqLVA Don't get mad. Date his favorite athlete. To make her ex jealous, an ambitious young surgeon recruits a charming star soccer player to be her date to a lavish Parisian wedding—but love might have a game plan of its own, in this stand-alone romance from the USA Today bestselling author of the Biotech Billionaires series. Dr. Isabelle Mercado is this close to having it all. Top of her class at the country’s most competitive orthopedic surgery residency, a dream career within reach, and a golden ticket to the wedding of the year in Paris. There’s just one problem: her ex—the one who got away—is going to be there… with his perfect new fiancée. Desperate to save face (and maybe spark a little jealousy), Isa enlists soccer legend and global heartthrob Austin Cade to be her fake date. It’s the perfect match: after an injury and some unfortunate encounters with the press, he needs good PR and the kind of elite connections this wedding will attract. Plus, her ex just so happens to be his #1 fan. Win-win. But between champagne toasts, macaron baking classes, and stolen glances under the Parisian stars, pretending starts to feel a lot like the real thing. Isa’s always been all-in on her career—love was never the goal. But maybe, just maybe… this time, the heart has its own agenda. TROPES YOU'LL FIND: - Fake dating - Fancy Paris wedding - So. much. banter! - Billionaires and rich people shenanigans - Reputation rehab - Only one bed   #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

Crash Into Me by Robinne Lee https://amzn.to/4b5CzjI "Actor and author Robinne Lee delivers erotic suspense as glittery and sensuous as Tinsel Town itself." -TIME Sizzling, seductive fiction from the bestselling author of The Idea of You, which was adapted to become Amazon Studios’ hit movie starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine When Cecilia Chen finds herself in an accident shortly after a move to Los Angeles, she’s shocked to recognize the swan-necked beauty in the other car as the Anouk Ferrand. It’s been twenty years since she last encountered the enigmatic model on a photo shoot in Mexico. And it’s this chance second meeting that will upend Cecilia’s life. In a complicated marriage to a French film director whose career—once seemingly so allied with Cecilia’s as a photographer—has catapulted beyond hers, and raising her children on the westside of Los Angeles, a toxic playground of privilege and power, Cecilia is forced to take stock of her emotional history. From an early love—a Connecticut establishment foil to Cecilia’s Jamaican immigrant upbringing—that she’d thought was true, to the many stages of life with her husband François, Cecilia questions where she truly fits in. Can the intensity of her explosive physical and emotional entanglement with Anouk finally give her the answer? Sexy and emotionally involving, Crash Into Me is propulsive fiction from a writer who layers elegant prose, sharp emotional observations, and intense high stakes plotlines into her stories. #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

The Ice Beyond by Olivia Wildenstein https://amzn.to/44XI2W7 HE DEFIED HIS PACK TO LOVE ME. I had two childhood dreams: to shift into a wolf, and to win Nordin Stormsson’s forbidden heart. My first dream shattered the day my mother confessed I wasn’t a shifter, but a valkyrie—stranded in a land far from my people. My second was crushed when Nordin rejected me…only to claim another as his mate. Heartbroken, I crossed beyond the wards in search of my birth clan. My freedom came at a cost. Dragons, vampyrs, and enemy wolves stalked me through the dark. They weren’t the only ones who came after me, though. Nordin came too. He seized me before they could, stealing my body and then my heart. For a time, I dared to dream once more, to imagine a future with Nordin in the land of ice and wolves. Until I uncovered my beloved's most closely guarded secret. A truth about my past. One that ruined us all. The Ice Beyond is the first book in a fiercely romantic, Norse-inspired fantasy filled with forbidden love, warring supernaturals, and a spirited heroine who must decide whether to cling to the life she was given or step into the legacy she never asked for. #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

Formula Zero by Meredith Lanzen https://amzn.to/4qTNhPq Romantic tension between ex–best friends rockets to new heights in this dazzling sports romance debut set in the fast-paced, interplanetary world of Formula Zero racing. Madeline Clarke didn't think her life would be all fun and trophies after earning her spot in the solar system's most elite zero-gravity racing circuit, but she definitely thought it'd be better than this. Aside from being a female pilot in a male-dominated sport, her boss is a controlling jerk, her estranged father is a beloved figure from her team's past glory days (and an absolute ass), and she's performing so poorly she risks losing her contract. And worst of all, there's Julian Casperi. Julian was Clarke's childhood best friend and is a rising star in the league. The dance between them has always been complicated, but when Clarke walked away from her feelings years ago and Julian didn’t stop her they became nothing more than competitors—until Clarke gets into a near-fatal accident on the track and Julian comes to her rescue. Now back in each other’s orbits, the tension between them is at an all-time high. But navigating their relationship might be the least of Clarke’s problems. Things keep going wrong on the track, and she suspects there's something shady at play. If she wants to come out on top, she needs to move fast and make bold choices—about her team, her future, and her heart. #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed, #2) by Brigitte Knightley https://amzn.to/4a6gAZp The stakes are high, the love is forbidden, and the slow burn turns steamy in this swoony, witty, and heart-stoppingly romantic sequel to instant New York Times bestseller The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy. Osric is a member of the Fyren Order, a guild of assassins who gleefully murder for money. Aurienne is a Haelan, a scholar-healer whose Order’s motto is Harm to none. Clear-cut absolutes separate them: good and bad, right and wrong, light and dark . . . Until they don’t. When Osric first bribed Aurienne to heal him, he never imagined those lines would begin to blur. But every healing session draws them closer together. He finds himself developing unwanted feelings for Aurienne as her capable hands heal his body—and his heart. Aurienne’s perfect life has been flung into chaos in the form of a devastatingly handsome assassin. She should be in her research lab, not illicitly healing a Fyren every full moon—nor wrestling an attraction to him that threatens to slip into something else. Things go superbly sideways when Osric and Aurienne discover more about the deadly Pox deliberately unleashed through the Tīendoms. The plague may be the work of another Order—an Order far nastier than either of them can handle. As the lines between Osric and Aurienne continue to blur, the balance between peace and war, and love and hate, trembles, shifts, and hinges on a heartbeat. #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

The Winged Game: A Novel by Sophie Kim https://amzn.to/4qoWgbm Fantasy meets sports romance in this sizzling slow-burn novel in which the disgraced star of a brutal magical sport must team up with the rival who destroyed her career, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The God and the Gumiho. Carriwitchet, the violent, rugby-esque game played atop winged beasts, was once Taissa Cho’s whole life, and she was once the United Kingdom’s most promising player. Until her nemesis, rival player Kion Locke, destroyed her career in a single moment. Expelled from the sport in disgrace, Taissa has spent the last two years dreaming of nothing but revenge and relishing watching Kion’s team plummet to the bottom of the league. So when Taissa is offered the chance to redeem herself and her career, she can’t refuse—even if the offer is coming from the very man who ruined everything in the first place. It’s close to a dream come true . . . except for that pesky clause in her contract that demands she and Kion enter a fake relationship in order to garner some much-needed positive PR for the team. This could not be a worse match. Taissa and Kion only have two things in common: their love of the game, and their undying hatred for each other. Yet as a mysterious illness befalls the winged creatures of the entire league—putting both the beasts’ lives and the very sport itself at stake—the athletes find themselves partnering up in other ways, determined to crack the case of the eerie sickness. As their investigation takes them on a whirlwind adventure, Kion and Taissa are prepared for anything . . . Anything, that is, but their fake-for-the-cameras relationship to maybe, just maybe, become something real after all. #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

When Dealing With Dragons by Dana Swift https://amzn.to/4aGDarV Bonding with dragons gave humans magic to craft metal—now, two school rivals have to work together to protect a priceless secret, all while fighting their growing attraction to each other, from Dana Swift, author of Cast in Firelight. Copper-crafter Farren Walsh is set on following in her father's footsteps to become a dragon veterinarian. The only thing more powerful than her love for these magnificent creatures is her hate for those who exploit them for their precious metal. That includes her classmate, an arrogant dragon racer named James Murphy, whose silver-crafting family represents the worst of human greed and dragon abuse—plus, he's the biggest competition for the college scholarship she desperately needs. When James strongarms his way into interning at her family's dragon sanctuary for the summer, it puts everything at risk. Farren isn't just the plain copper-crafter she seems. She's hiding a secret that could not only change her life, but their society as a whole. And James, trying to find refuge from his controlling father, harbors his own secret, years-long crush on Farren. Hating James might be harder than she thought, but Farren can't risk getting too close: the fate of an endangered species is at stake. When Dealing with Dragons is a delightful young adult dual-POV romantasy about cross-class romance, finding family, and creating a better world for creatures big and small. #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

Songbird in the Gallows by Alta Hensley https://amzn.to/4strfDy From the bestselling author of He Sees You When You’re Sleeping comes a dark romance about a murder-sober retired serial killer and his murder-curious protégé. Perfect for fans of Brynne Weaver, this twisted romance inspired by the Bluebeard folktale is filled with dark humor, sizzling chemistry, and spice. Murder is their love language… Five years ago, Saylor Mitchell’s father was brutally murdered in front of her, shattering her world. Now his killers have tracked her down to finish the job. She is unexpectedly saved by her father’s closest friend, the enigmatic Blue. Saylor's savior—and captor— is a reformed, murder-sober assassin struggling to escape the clutches of his own violent history. Blue’s gothic mansion, perched on the edge of a cliff overlooking a stormy sea in the town of Grimlock, is a labyrinth of secrets. And so is Grimlock, a small town whose residents all seem to have a penchant for murder that they’ve managed—mostly— to overcome. Saylor soon realizes that Blue holds the key to avenging her father’s murder at the hands of the Crow, a gang of amoral contract killers. Only problem? Saylor has never killed before. Good thing those who can’t kill…teach. Blue finds Saylor an apt pupil and the attraction between them morphs into a dangerous obsession. Can their love conquer Blue’s final, darkest secret? Tropes: - Morally grey leads - Touch her and die - Dad’s best friend - Possessiveness - Gothic mansion - Murder mystery - Forbidden love - Age gap - Forced proximity - Anti-hero - Dark romance - Gothic romance - Fairytale retelling #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

Court of Lies and Deceit (Flame and Thorns, #3) by Marion Blackwood https://amzn.to/4e3EIOz A desperate mission takes Selena and her friends to the Unseelie Court. But making deals with the cunning fae of that realm is dangerous. When the Unseelie King forces them into a bargain in exchange for the help they so sorely need, they are pulled into a lethal scheme. To survive it, they must beat the Unseelie King at his own game. However, their chances of making it out alive are slim when the deck is stacked against them and their own strained relationships are causing turmoil within the group. Winning would mean that they are one step closer to taking down the Iceheart Dynasty. But if they lose, it could mean the end of life as they know it. Secret agendas, hidden truths, and complicated feelings push Selena and her friends to the breaking point. Can they survive this dangerous scheme, or will their ambition cost them everything?   #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

Dhampira by Amy Pennza https://amzn.to/4s97CSb A long-lost noble of the ruthless vampire court discovers she might not need to choose between her two suitors in this blood-pounding new romantasy from the USA Today bestselling author of the Bitten and Bound series. Corinthe has spent a lifetime longing for excitement outside her sleepy human village. As a dhampir born of a human mother and vampire father, her unique abilities make her desired by those who lurk across the Feyline—the boundary that keeps the magical realm in perpetual twilight where vampires hold dominion. To stay safe, she’s concealed her supernatural strength and taste for blood from her human neighbors, but when her yearning for excitement accidentally exposes her gifts, she is captured to sell to the highest bidder. Terrified, she expects the worst. But rescue comes in the form of Vander, a handsome stranger who whisks her from the auction stage and across the Feyline . . . where he reveals himself to be a vampire knight of King Rasimir’s court. Notorious for his cruelty, the deranged king is determined to extend his rule to the farthest reaches, and Vander has been tasked with delivering Corinthe to him. Now a pawn in the vampire court, Corinthe learns that Rasimir intends to marry her off to the arrogant Prince Lorcan and exploit her daywalking abilities for his own gain. But a wedding isn’t the only obstacle in her path to freedom. While Vander burns with dangerous charm, Lorcan watches her with hungry eyes. And both men claim they can help her—if she can trust them. #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

White Lights (White Lights, #1) by Lauren Kate https://amzn.to/4toH3aV When mysterious Rafe de la Cruz rolls into Desdemona’s life to recruit her to the elite film school Acheron, Dez has no reason to trust him—and no other option. A violent attack has just put her brother in the hospital…and Dez is the only suspect. Guilt-ridden and grieving, she finds herself running from the law to chase her longtime dream of making movies, at a school she’s never heard of. Soon, she’s dropped into Acheron’s cutthroat world of seductive intrigue, power on an otherworldly scale, and deadly competition. Acheron may seem like the ticket to a future Dez has always wanted, but as she delves deeper into the secret work being done there, she finds herself trapped in an existential conflict on a cosmic scale—with more than her heart on the line. #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article

Lucifer (The Mate Games: Apocalypse, #5) by Meg Anne and K. Loraine   https://amzn.to/4uHaMgm   People always say, better the devil you know…but that’s me. And, apparently I just so happen to be one of the good guys now. Or am I? It’s really quite the conundrum. The one man destined to take down heaven is…waffling. But wouldn’t you be if you were in my situation? I’m in love, and I don’t care who knows it. But that also means, I have to clean up the mess I made. If we’re splitting hairs, I didn’t make the mess, but at the end of the apocalypse, it is my antichrist I’d been trying for. Unfortunately, finding my mate means doing whatever I can to keep her, and if the world ends, I don’t think that’s an option. So…betrayal it is. What can I say? Turns out, I’m nothing if not consistent. For fans of Supernatural and American Horror Story, USA Today bestselling authors Meg Anne and K. Loraine are thrilled to bring you the final installment in the Mate Games Universe. Warning: The Mate Games: Apocalypse is a spicy paranormal series featuring morally gray heroes whose methods of protection aren't always above board. Not that you can expect much honor from a celibate recluse, an incubus rockstar, the original shadow daddy, and a grumpy ex-Spartan. They are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, after all. #BookEnticer #reads #books #audiobooks #bookblogging #bookaholic #audiobooklovers #romance #fantasy #whattoread #bookblogger #listening #arc #alc #currentlyreading Read the full article