Release with Review:: Match Penalty by Teagan Hunter

                                       Match Penalty by Teagan Hunter is now live!

I have two goals this season:
1. Win the Cup with the Seattle Serpents.
2. Get my wife back.

I’ve always been the kind of guy who sticks to my vows. So when my wife asked for space, I let her walk away, hoping what we had built would be strong enough to withstand it.

When she shows up three years later in Seattle, smack dab in the middle of the best season the franchise has ever had, I’m torn between trying to figure out my marriage and not letting my teammates down.

I’ve never been one to shy away from a fight, and I refuse to start now. This time, though, it’s more than just a game on the line—it’s my marriage, and I refuse to call it quits.

MATCH PENALTY is a standalone hockey romance novel. It includes a marriage in trouble (angst), second chances, first loves, discovering yourself, a very grumpy hero falling first, plenty of “my wife” moments, found family vibes, absurd group chats with teammates, and a happy ending. There is no cheating in this book.

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Review:

I am not always sold on already married couples that spend the entire story trying to work it out. This one almost hit the par. I loved Keller, he was grumpy for a very good reason, he was a husband without a wife. We got to see all of his emotions and follow him through a journey. I didn't see eye to eye with Chloe. I just couldn't connect with her reasonings and wants. I loved that they were able to reconnect. 

TEAGAN HUNTER is a Missouri-raised gal but currently lives in South Carolina with her Marine veteran husband, where she spends her days begging him for a cat. She survives off coffee, pizza, and sarcasm. When she's not writing, you can find her binge-watching various TV shows, especially Supernatural and One Tree Hill. She enjoys cold weather, buys more paperbacks than she'll ever read, and never says no to brownies.

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Release with Review:: Lick It Up by Gillian Archer

                                                                           LICK IT UP

                                                                         Gillian Archer

                                                                     Release Date: April 16

I left for my “honeymoon” solo but came home married to a rock star. Oh boy.

My entire world collapses a week before my wedding.

My ex is not the man I thought he was, and I have the shiner to prove it.

Heartbroken, I board my honeymoon flight alone and spend my days sitting on the beach, wondering how I never saw it coming.

Enter Mal.

I’m not sure how I didn’t recognize the biggest guitar player in the world.

I just know I feel safe in his arms, and he’s as different from my ex as can be—gentle, giving, spontaneous…

Planning to marry someone I thought I knew didn’t work, so why not marry a stranger?

But when his world gets rocked in the worst possible way, and he goes back on the promises he made to me on that beach, I have to choose between stability and the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me…for all the right reasons.

Lick It Up kicks off the Long Licks series. Grab this angsty, elopement with a rock star, age gap, spicy romance about two people finding themselves and love despite tragedy coming at them from every direction.

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Review:

This story had a lot of potential but just didn't hit it for me. I liked the concept and the thinking of what it could have been. It just didn't click. Mal is older, hiding after a long tour to a private island. Saylor is running from her ex and his mess. It felt forced at times, like she really needed time on her own and as soon as she is single bam here is this guy sniffy around. It might be someone's favorite and I wish I could have connected with the characters more. 

Meet Gillian Asher:

GILLIAN ARCHER has a bachelor’s degree in mining engineering but prefers to spend her time on happily ever after. She writes the kind of stories she loves to read—the hotter the better! When she’s not pounding away on the keyboard, she can be found chasing her grade-schooler, or surfing the couch while indulging in her latest reality TV fixation, or reading awesome romance ebooks by her favorite authors. Gillian lives in the wilds of northern Nevada with her amazing husband, gorgeous little girl, and goofy dog. 

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Release with Review:: Forever Laced by Elise Faber

FOREVER LACED

Elise Faber

Release Date: March 30

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I don’t take risks.

Not with my heart—and certainly not with my daughter.

My life is about hockey and being a dad.

Love isn’t part of the plan.

Then I hire Finley to be my daughter’s nanny.

She’s supposed to be temporary. Someone to help me get through the chaos of the season.

Not someone who matters.

Only…she does.

She makes my daughter smile again. Laugh again. Somehow she makes our home feel like a home again.

I know I shouldn’t want her. Know I can’t afford to fall for her—not when she’s going to leave at the end of the season.

Only my heart doesn’t listen.

I find myself in too deep…and wondering if I can risk it all for another shot at forever.

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Review:

I enjoyed this story. These two had so much chemistry and enjoyed each others company. When it came time to make a decision, the wrong one was made. My heart was pounding so hard at the end because it felt like we were all going through the heart ache. Everyone wants to be someone's first choice. Finally they work it all out and the hearts were put together.

Meet Elise Faber:

USA TODAY bestselling author, Elise Faber, loves chocolate, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and hockey (the order depending on the day and how well her team—the Sharks!—are playing). She and her husband also play as much hockey as they can squeeze into their schedules, so much so that their typical date night is spent on the ice. Elise changes her hair color more often than some people change their socks, loves sparkly things, and is the mom to two exuberant boys. She lives in Northern California. 

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Release with Review:: Only for Him by Natasha Madison

 

ONLY FOR HIM

Natasha Madison

Release Date: March 13

Blurb:

Nothing could prepare them for what was to come.

Kylie

I learned early in life that love isn’t just given, it’s earned.

Now I’ve decided love isn’t worth it.

At least that type of love.

Until him.

He was broken.

It was safe.

But then I went and did the unexpected. 

I fell in love with him, knowing he would never love me back.

Knox

I thought I had it all.

I was playing hockey in the NHL.

Three beautiful kids and a wife who loved me.

Until I walked in on her in bed with my brother-in-law.

Everything I thought I had was a lie.

She was everything I thought I didn’t want, and when I least expected it.

I just hope when I finally figure it out, I haven’t lost her for good.  Review:
These two were funny while also sweet. Knox is broken, coming off a horrible divorce with a difficult soon to be ex-wife. He automatically assumes Kylie is hitting on him, when he doesn't realize she is the sister of a teammate. Kylie is a very independent woman who has gone through a trauma filled childhood. These two have a one night stand, that turns into multiple nights together, until they are both missing each other and want to spend all their time together. It was adorable how Kyle kept fighting him, and Knox just kept fighting, he found out that maybe his ex-wife wasn't the person he should be with, maybe Kylie is who makes him whole. I couldn't put it down and loved seeing some of our other favorite couples.

Pre-Order Link:

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Available in KU

Meet Natasha Madison:

When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she’s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It’s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn’t listen to her…

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Release with Review:: Change the Play by Kaylee Ryan

Title: Change the Play

Series: Nashville Rampage #5

Author: Kaylee Ryan

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Tropes: Football/Found Family/Forced Proximity

Workplace Romance

Release Date: March 3, 2026

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NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Change the Play is a found family, forced proximity, workplace, sports romance.

Foster

I learned early how to survive on my own. Keep my head down and my past locked away.

My childhood taught me that nothing lasts and no one chooses you forever. So I built a life free from love—and pain.

Football gave me discipline. Success gave me distance. Silence kept me safe.

Then Eden walked into my house.

My new housekeeper. Someone meant to clean my messes and remain on the edges of my life.

Except she didn’t stay on the edges. She saw me—really saw me—and didn’t look away. Her laugh somehow turned my empty house into something that felt like a home.

With her, the walls I spent years building began to crack.

Loving her means risking everything. It means believing I’m worth choosing. She makes me want to stop hiding… and change the play.

Eden

I know what it’s like to grow up unwanted. To pack your life into boxes and pretend it doesn’t hurt when no one ever unpacks them for you.

Loneliness taught me independence and resilience, to build a family from the people who stay. I never expected more.

Then I met Foster.

He’s quiet and guarded, carrying the weight of a past he refuses to name.

Working for him was supposed to be simple—do my job, keep my head down, don’t cross lines.

But the more time we spend together, the more I see the man beneath the armor. The one he hides from the world.

We weren’t looking for love. Yet somewhere in the stolen moments, we chose each other.

And for the first time, I’m not just building a family—I’m finally home.

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Review:

This was an unique story as both main characters were grown in foster care and unstable childhoods. Foster is a sweet man and watching all of his friends find their person. Eden is used to being on her own and doesn't seek out others. She is used to being let down but Foster changes this. He pushes himself into her life, becoming a friend, then more. This is a sweet story.

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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan has been crowned the Queen of Swoon by her readers. With nearly fifty romance books under her belt, she’s known for penning happily ever afters with heart. When she's not writing, you can find her with a book in her hand or hanging out with her family where she resides in her home state of Ohio.

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Release with Review:: Blue's Downfall by Nicole James

Title: Blue's Downfall

Series: Saint's Outlaws MC: Las Cruces Chapter #2

Author: Nicole James

Genre: MC Romance

Tropes: Love Triangle, Forbidden, Bad Boy/Good Girl

Obsessed, Jealous Alpha, Protective Hero

Surprise Pregnancy

Release Date: January 27, 2026

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Luisa—

I’ve grown up in a protective family and have lived a very sheltered life. My father owns five-hundred acres of land where my family has grown pecans for generations. We attend mass every week at the San Miguel Mission near our home— the one our family helped build over a century ago.

Our traditions and way of life are engrained in all of the Sanchez decedents. Our life comes with certain expectations, especially for the daughters of the Sanchez family.

I’m almost eighteen, but I’ve never been allowed to date.

It’s always been assumed that Mateo and I would marry. He’s kind and handsome and also from a prominent family, so I’ve accepted it as just the way things will be.

Until trouble brought the Saint’s Outlaws to our land.

Their president befriended my father and was even invited to my older sister’s wedding.

That’s where I met Blue.

The first time I saw him; my heart skipped a beat.

He was stunning and dangerous and everything Mateo would never be.

He flirted with me, and we slipped off from the celebrations into the pecan groves, and under the light of the moon he gave me my first kiss.

But Blue wants much more than a few chaste kisses.

Blue wants me—all of me.

And Blue is a determined man.

It’s exciting to be desired by a man like him who’ll stop at nothing to get what he wants. But Blue doesn’t know my future has already been arranged—that everything has already been decided.

I can never be his.

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Review:

This story had a little bit of everything, forbidden love, club drama, a little fighting, and a strong man. Blue isn't looking for love when he meets eyes with Luisa, he just wants a little fun. That fun turns obsessive. The connection they have with each other is undeniable. They can't stay away from each other. But Luisa is promised to someone else. It seemed a little old school but it worked with this family. Her father controls all their movements and wants a solid future for his kids. I wasn't thrilled with her age in this story, 17 year olds are more than likely not as mature as Luisa. Other than that little issue throughout the story, I had to remember she was just turning 18, exploring the world. I really liked the flow of this story, the intensity of Blue with her and how much he fell in love without meaning too. 

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Nicole James is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who loves writing about hot alpha men who'll do anything for the women they love! Her stories are filled with struggle, conflict and real human emotion. She is the author of the Evil Dead MC series, the Brothers Ink Tattoo series and more.

Nicole loves to hear from her readers! You can contact her via e-mail, her website contact form or on her social media accounts.

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Release with Review:: The Single Dad by Layla Hagen

 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐃 (𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒆𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔) by USA Today bestselling author Layla Hagen is now LIVE! This is the final book in the Leblanc Brothers series. Get your binge on! 

𝑶𝑵𝑬-𝑪𝑳𝑰𝑪𝑲 𝑻𝑶𝑫𝑨𝒀! 

Available in English, French and Italian!

𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅! 

https://laylahagen.com/thesingledad

What to expect: 

⚜️Billionaire Romance

⚜️ Single Dad 

⚜️Enemies-to-Lovers (at first)

⚜️Workplace Romance 

Blurb:

I’m the last single LeBlanc brother—famous in New Orleans for being a successful CEO…and a total man-whore. Becoming a single dad wasn’t on my to-do list…until my one-night stand drops my newborn daughter on my doorstep.

Suddenly, my world revolves around Charlotte: snuggling, changing diapers, preparing bottles. I’m running on little to no sleep and can barely focus.

So when I space out during Piper’s pitch, she assumes I’m hungover. Given my reputation, I can’t blame her—but it still annoys me. So even though her pitch was great, I kick her out of my office. I don’t need complications. Especially not one as attractive as Piper.

However, gossip travels fast in the French Quarter. When Piper discovers the truth behind my exhaustion and apologizes, I give her a second chance. I invite her to my penthouse to redo the pitch…except I’m far more focused on her cleavage, her smile, and the way she instantly connects with my daughter.

I shouldn’t want Piper. I can’t afford distractions. But the more time I spend with her, the harder it is to remember that she is off limits.

Add to 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242026649-the-single-dad

Find more books by Layla Hagen here: LaylaHagenbooks

Review:

Beckett and Piper have an unique story as she bucks up to him right away however quickly has remorse. She wants to right things and works hard to do so. Beckett, while trying to manage a whole new life, is grumpy and takes frustrations out on the wrong person. The chemistry for these two is immediate though, Piper is the right push he needs. They work so well together as a team sometimes they forget how it all started. I really loved saying goodbye to this family because I believe this author did it the correct way, we got all the goods and were able to feel amazing how it all was left.