You never forget your first love, even when they become just a memory.

There was before.
When we were together, when we were happy.
When we had nothing but dreams.
When not a single bad thing could ever happen because we were young and in love.

And there was after.
When the unthinkable occurs, how do you count time, knowing how precious it is?
When dreams turn to nightmares, how do you wake up every day and choose to go on?
When you have a chance to save another, how can you not?

Even if it changes everything.
Even if it destroys you.

A harrowing, heartbreaking dark contemporary romance from USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann, the third installment in the Moments in Boston series of standalones that explores the darkest nights and brightest dawns of the heart. A book that will leave you aching … and looking over your shoulder.

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 Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

This gut-wrenching, heartbreaking epic story is phenomenal! Marni Mann knocked it out of the park with When Darkness Ends. Pearl and Ashe’s story is gritty, raw, and hard to read, and they take several loops on the rollercoaster of angst. I was sobbing and screaming as I read this story — it is not light fare by any means. I’ve read one other book in this Moments in Boston series and found When Darkness Ends to be much darker in tone than When We Met. But by the time I got around to that ending, my heart was so happy for Ashe and Pearl and all that they’d gone through in both the “Before” part of the story as well as the “After.”

This is a phenomenal story of love, loss, and so much more, and I was left with a major book hangover. When Darkness Ends is a book I am keeping on my re-read shelf!

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USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann knew she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars, Marni was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts unique stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotions. A New Englander at heart, she now lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her husband and their yellow Lab. When she’s not nose deep in her laptop, working on her next novel, she’s scouring for chocolate, sipping wine, traveling, or devouring fabulous books.

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Is it a mistake? Yes.
Do I regret it? Maybe.

Falling for You, an all-new friends-to-lovers romance that delivers all-the-feels from Stacy Travis is available now!

When brilliant, logical Owen Miller walks into my bakery and witnesses the worst break-up in the history of public, mortifying break-ups, I can only think of one thing to do… so I kiss him.

Is it a mistake? Yes.
Do I regret it? Maybe.

Friends aren’t supposed to kiss—or have red-hot moments next to the bread oven. And respected bakers with designs on a San Francisco bread empire aren’t supposed to manhandle their customers.

It’s a rebound, pure and simple. We both admit it. I don’t have time for anything more, especially when I’m on the cusp of achieving my dream—expanding my business into hand-picked, perfect locations.

But Owen is a savvy hotel owner who knows a thing or two about business. So when location scouting leads to wine tasting, long leisurely drives, and a hands-on meeting in a wine cave, I decide mixing business and pleasure with the smoking-hot charmer might be the best of both worlds.

Until an anonymous competitor seems determined to sink everything I’ve put my heart and soul into. Maybe it’s time to end our friends with benefits arrangement before I lose everything.

But what if losing Owen is losing everything? What if I’m falling for my rebound guy?

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Excerpt

“So . . . I’m going to hope the third ask is the charm here. Can I buy you some dinner? Or even a snack? There’s a CVS down the block. How about a Twix bar? Lays chips?”
It was like he was speaking a foreign language. After getting used to Tom’s big fancy dinner invitations to private tastings at Michelin-starred restaurants, I’d forgotten what it felt like when someone suggested grabbing food because it was dinnertime and I might be hungry.
“Yes,” I said, nodding at him, still a bit dazed. “Yes, okay. Except for Lays. I don’t like them. I need a thicker chip, like kettle baked or Ruffles.”
He nodded slowly. “Noted.”
“And I like sour gummy worms, not that you asked.”
I knew I sounded like a loon, but it felt important that he knew I wasn’t going to be satisfied with any old snack.
There were standards.
Plus, he’d thrown me off and I was having trouble recovering.
The one thing I knew for sure was I wanted to get out of the bakery and have dinner with him. It didn’t matter if he wanted to go to KFC or make me a peanut butter sandwich on the hood of his car. I was hungry.
We were standing in the middle of the bakery floor with the only light coming from the Edison bulbs hanging from two industrial chandeliers overhead. The night beyond him outside the door to the shop was dusky and I could hear the occasional voices of people walking past on the sidewalk.
Watching me with his placid blue eyes, he waited for me to work out the questions that were still coursing through my brain. He seemed unhurried and I wasn’t used to people like that in my life. My sisters were all crazy and my best hires tended to sprint around like caffeinated bunnies.
I had so many questions, namely why he, of all people, had chosen to show up here.
“I’m just…” I didn’t know what.
He waited patiently to find out.
My bakers had watched my meltdown after seeing the pictures of Tom and none of them had asked me to dinner. They’d taken off as soon as their shifts were over, mostly without saying goodbye as though they didn’t want to disturb the crazy person who might bite their heads off or cry. For the record, I was planning to do neither.
I’d called my middle sister, Becca, and the next-youngest sister, Cherry, and vented at them for twenty minutes apiece, but they hadn’t shown up to make sure I remained well-fed.
So what’s with this guy?
Maybe it was gratitude mixed with curiosity or maybe it was that I’d just noticed his lips looked particularly pink and plush, but I reached for his face and ran my fingertips over his cheek and over to his lips, which were just as soft as they looked.
His eyes clouded a little when I touched him and he stood frozen, as if waiting to see what else the crazy baker lady planned to do.
What I planned to do was kiss him.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I adored this rebound romance. Owen and Isla’s friendship evolves so naturally, and they just click. Even before she was single, they clicked. Who cares if it’s been less than 24 hours since she broke up with her jerky boyfriend! When it’s right, it’s right, and Isla and Owen are so right together.

Falling For You is a sweet, slow-burn romance that hits all the right friends-to-lovers notes and gave me all the feels. Owen isn’t exactly looking for a relationship in general, but he’s there the day that his favorite baker’s love life implodes and can’t help but want to give Isla a comforting shoulder to cry on. And after the humiliation she endured from a guy she was planning to dump anyway, Isla is a bit gun-shy about getting involved with someone else. But love finds these two characters when they are least expecting it!

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About Stacy Travis

It’s a rough world out there, and we all sometimes need a good, romantic beach read, even if we can’t make it to the beach. I’ve spent many lazy days walking the streets of Paris and other gorgeous European cities, and if I’m doing it right, I’m bringing you a dash of romance and a vacay fantasy.
I can’t sit still, so when I’m not hiking, biking or running, I’m playing a very average game of tennis. Background music for writing undoubtedly features some U2, Lizzo, Billy Joel, Pink, Taylor Swift, and Led Zeppelin. Not necessarily in that order. And if I could only eat one food group, it would be cheese. Or wine. Or bread. Are those food groups? Whatever.

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🔥🔥ℍ𝕆𝕋 ℕ𝔼𝕎 ℝ𝔼𝕃𝔼𝔸𝕊𝔼🔥🔥

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄!

𝐎𝐧𝐞-𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!

BLURB

I’ve never fit in, but I have no desire to stand out either. I was perfectly fine hanging in the shadows, but my choice to remain anonymous is taken from me.

I’m thrust into the spotlight. His spotlight.

Asher Beck is a golden god at Savage River High. Football star, whip-smart, and popular, we don’t belong in the same hemisphere, let alone circle. But underneath that perfection is a darkness he only reveals to me.

I have no idea what I did to capture Asher’s attention, but he is relentless in his pursuit. The problem is, I can’t tell if he’s trying to break me or own me…and I don’t know which I want more.

Broken boy meets broken girl.

Author’s Note: Through the Ashes is a high school bully romance with mature themes and dubious situations some readers may find offensive. If heroes who are golden on the outside but dark as night on the inside aren’t your thing, this book isn’t for you!

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Julia Wolf is a lover of all things romance. From steamy, to sweet, to funny, to so dirty you’ll be blushing for days, she loves it all.

Formerly a hair stylist, she spent years collecting stories her clients couldn’t wait to spill. And now that she’s writing full time, she’s putting those stories to use, although all identifying characteristics have been changed to protect the not-so-innocent!

Julia lives in Maryland with her three crazy, beautiful kids and her patient husband who she’s slowly converting to a romance reader, one book at a time.

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Release Date: May 20

No man has ever been able to rattle Isabel Ward. Until Aiden Hennessy walks in the door of her gym—ownership papers in hand. 

The former fighter is a lot of things- a devoted single dad, a widower trying to start over, and a watchful presence that knocks her off her very capable feet. 

She’s not the only one affected. 

No woman has tempted Aiden to move on from the memory of his wife—until Isabel. But she’s too young, too feisty, too much of everything he should avoid. 

Working together makes avoidance impossible, and so is pretending like the blistering chemistry between them doesn’t exist. 

Now that the unshakeable woman is shaken and the un-temptable man is tempted, Isabel and Aiden have to decide what they’re willing to risk for a taste of the forbidden. 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Meet Karla Sorensen

I am obsessed with Outlander (both the books and the show). I’m almost exclusively a romance reader, which means some people will never consider me a literary snob. 

If I could meet one historical figure, it would be Jane Austen. I received my Bachelors in Public Relations and worked in health care marketing before I had my babies. 

I hate Twitter. I do it, but I hate it. Also, if you want to get on my good side, bring me wine and I’ll love you forever. 

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“Such an easy, sexy read! You’ll fall for Patrick Walsh, just like I did. I guarantee it.”
–Monica Murphy, New York Times bestselling author

Fake, an all new witty and sexy fake relationship, grumpy hero standalone from New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott, is available now!

He walks the red carpet. She’s more familiar with vacuuming one.

When a scandal tarnishes the reputation of hot as hell A-lister, Patrick Walsh, he needs a reputation rescue, pronto.

Enter waitress Norah Peers–a nobody who’s average with a capital A. She’s available, dependable, and has sworn off men for the rest of her natural born life. In other words: the perfect match for a no-strings fake romance.

For the right amount of money, she can avoid waitressing and play the part of his dependable down-to-earth girlfriend. What she can’t avoid–dammit–is the growing steam between them.

But being hounded by the paparazzi and having her life dissected on social media is a panic attack in the making. And while Patrick might be a charming rogue on screen, in real life he’s a six-foot-two confusing, gorgeous, brooding grump, who keeps her at a distance . . . but also makes her feel like this bond between them might be more than just an act.

Being dumped on cue should be no big deal. Except being fake with Patrick is the realist relationship Norah has ever had. What’s a girl to do, but flip the script, and ask for a re-match made in Hollywood?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

This book should be dedicated to any girl who has dreamed of getting to be with her celebrity crush in real life! I love a Plain Jane/celebrity romance, and Fake had me hooked from the first page!

A-list celebrity Patrick Walsh has fallen from grace after and needs a reputation rehab. Enter Norah, the waitress at the hole-in-the-wall Italian restaurant that Patrick has secretly been visiting for years. Their relationship may start out as being nothing but fake, but the sizzling connection between Norah and Patrick can’t be ignored and things soon cross over to becoming very, very real. But when lines start to blur and she faces the possibility of losing Patrick, will Norah stand up and fight for what she wants?

This story was absolutely adorable. Patrick starts out as a growly grump, but Norah’s positivity is infectious. She hasn’t had an easy life, and I loved how protective he gets of her when her personal life becomes fodder for the tabloids. Fake was absolutely adorable, and I look forward to seeing more of this series by Kylie Scott!

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About Kylie Scott
Kylie is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. She was voted Australian Romance Writer of the year, 2013, 2014 & 2018, by the Australian Romance Writer’s Association and her books have been translated into eleven different languages. She is a long time fan of romance, rock music, and B-grade horror films. Based in Queensland, Australia with her two children and husband, she reads, writes and never dithers around on the internet.

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★♡★ 𝐇𝐎𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 ★♡★

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐔𝐒𝐀 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄!! 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐧’𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲!

#𝟏-𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!!

BOOK BLURB

GRACE:

Things I never thought would happen:

1. Meeting my boyfriend’s secret wife.
2. Finding out I’m pregnant with his baby.
3. Having my best friend tell my family he’s the father.

FINN:

Things I never thought would happen:

1. Becoming best friends with a woman the total opposite of me.
2. Pretending to be her baby daddy.
3. Falling in love with her.

The more we fake it, the more we forget it’s only temporary.

If only we had known it would change everything.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

When life hands Grace and Finn lemons in Chaser, they make the sweetest lemonade! Chaser is #4 in the Twisted Fox series, and while this group of friends overlap in the interconnected series, each book is a standalone.

There have been little breadcrumbs dropped about these two in the previous three Twisted Fox books, so I was really looking forward to their story to find out what their deal is. They are best friends. They are clearly into one another. But neither one of them has made a move. Why? And how does Grace wind up pregnant with another guy’s baby?

This best friends/fake romance is a super sweet, fake relationship, slow-burn romance. Finn and Grace are both complex characters with some heavy baggage. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like they would have hit it off, but they are truly each other’s person long before they even hook up. I really liked how Finn steps up to be Grace’s support system when her babydaddy proves to be a Grade-A jerk. And the scene where they finally admit exactly what they mean to one another was epic! I was so invested in them as a couple at that point, and the payoff with that first kiss was worth the wait.

From the previous books, we know that Grace has an issue with being alone at night, and that Finn rarely discusses his personal/family life. Both of those aspects are handled quite nicely in Chaser. I love the respect Finn got from both Grace and her parents regarding his troubled past and upbringing, and how he became a secure place for Grace to land when it came to her fears of being alone. The drama with Grace’s ex was a bit dragged out, I thought, but overall, I loved everything about Finn and Grace’s story.

Bring on Last Round! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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#1 Stirred

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#2 Shaken

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#3 STRAIGHT UP:

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#5 Last Round (Pre-order, releasing August 31st)

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Charity resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. She grew up riding her bicycle to the town’s public library, and reading anything she could get her hands on. When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, spending time with her family, or caving into her online shopping addiction.

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Sexy firefighter Logan Bailey is an expert at putting the wet stuff on the hot stuff—on and off duty. But he just did the unthinkable, and it wasn’t trading in his tube socks. He slept with his nemesis. His mortal enemy. The crazy redhead he loves to hate. Cara Goulding. And no matter how much he wants to lie to himself, he has to admit, it was mind-blowing.

Cara will not be tempted by the one night she spent with prince dickhead—even if her traitorous body remembers every earth-shattering moment. It was a mistake and she’s stronger than that. She’ll just keep avoiding him and pretend it didn’t happen.But the feuding small town of Tilikum might not be big enough for the both of them. Avoiding each other isn’t working. And with every moment they’re forced to spend together, the sparks get hotter, the flames grow brighter, and the tension borders on unbearable.

Until they both reach their breaking point and their fiery relationship explodes.

Author’s note: a sexy firefighter and the sassy redhead who drives him crazy. All the banter, delicious tension, a heartwarming family, and Kindle-melting steam. Enemies to lovers is as hot as it gets and these two are FIRE.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

“She’d gone from the woman I love to hate to the most important person on the planet.”

I finished Chasing Her Fire two days ago, and am still wrapping my head around how much I loved Logan and Cara’s story! I knew these two were going to be fire. I knew I was going to love Logan’s story the most, the same way I knew that Leo Miles would be my favorite hero in that family’s series. And I knew that it *had* to be Cara who Logan fell for. But I was not prepared for the fire that is Logan and Cara together!

The epilogue/prologue chapter was just a hint of how intense these two are together. And I thought I was prepared for their accidental pregnancy story, but I really wasn’t! This book has All. The. Feels. The snark and name-calling that has gone on for years between these two is twisted foreplay…. and when they finally have sober sex (after that night if drunken sex!) it is off the walls hot!

Cara is batsh$t crazy, and Logan soothes all her rough edges. He grounds her in a beautiful way, and gives that scared girl who never felt safe or loved a strong and secure place to land. It takes Cara a REALLY long time to accept that Logan isn’t going to walk away, and that scene where they finally profess their love is everything!!

As always, Claire Kingsley brings the heat and the heart. There are so many tender moments between Logan and Cara — and I had tears in my eyes when Cara had her conversation with Gram and got her fated-mate nickname!! So beautiful!!

This book is a standalone, but there is an ongoing thread of a mystery in town that is weaved throughout the books. So really, start at the beginning of the Bailey books and read through! We get a few more details about Eliza Bailey (but not much!), and the Haven/Bailey feud is at an all-time high, just in time for Levi’s story!

Logan was the Bailey brother whose story I was most looking forward to, and I was not disappointed! But after reading Levi’s epilogue, I feel like the story with him is going to be crazy good!

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Dirt Queen by Nora Blake is now live!

I love you. Always.

Sarah–We hadn’t spoken in years, and more often than not, he was on my mind. When I moved back to town he reached out. I stalked him enough times on Facebook to know he had a wife and two kids. I didn’t want to get my hopes up, but the pull I felt inside couldn’t be ignored. 

Aaron–She was back. I thought I’d never see her again, but there she was. Within my reach. She agreed to meet up at the dirt track when I sent her a message. What would she think of me being a dad? Did she even know?

The unspoken feelings she tried to leave in the past forced her to  keep him at arm’s length.  He was in the middle of a divorce and had two boys they both needed to consider. He was all in but she was questioning everything.

But sometimes…you have to follow your heart and let yourself fall–no matter how things might end. It’d be worth it. Always.

This book is based on a true story.

Photographer: Courtney Hartness Photography

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Dirt Queen is the debut novel by Nora Blake and I was blown away. Make sure you have tissues ready, because this is not your typical second-chance romance! I was not expecting Aaron and Sarah’s story to end the way that it did, and discovering in the dedication at the end of the book that it is based on a true story broke my heart all over again!

It’s been 11 years since best friends Sarah and Aaron lost touch. She moved away when they were teenagers, and while they were both in love with the other, neither one of them ever confessed how they felt. As time went on and they drifted apart, Aaron got married and had two kids, but Sarah was always the one his heart beats for. Now, she’s moved back to their small town and they reconnect on Facebook and strike up their friendship again.

It’s not long before they finally FINALLY confess that they loved each other long ago and still feel the same way, and Aaron and Sarah fall into an easy routine of going from reconnecting after years apart to being best friends again, to being a real couple. They pick up where they left off, and then some, both of them wishing that they hadn’t wasted so much time being apart.

And that’s the kicker, because this book takes a turn that I wasn’t expecting and it makes you realize that you need to seize the day, not hold back, and appreciate what you have. I was sobbing by the time I got to the last 80% or so of this book. Big, fat, ugly tears. This story didn’t end the way I thought it would based on the blurb and the fact that it was a second-chance romance. But it was raw and gritty and someone’s actual love tale, and that made it feel all too real. True love is always worth the risk!

Take a chance on this new author. You won’t be disappointed!

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Meet Nora Blake

Nora Blake is a lover of nature and getting lost in her made-up worlds. When she isn’t writing or spending time with her amazing family, she is horseback riding or reading. She has a passion for literature and her goal is to promote the importance of reading while engaging readers in her stories. Her debut novel, Dirt Queen, is set to release in May and is based on a true story.

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