Read an #Excerpt from When Stars Collide by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

About the Book

When Stars Collide
(Chicago Stars #9)
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Hardcover, 384 pages
Published June 29th 2021 by William Morrow
ISBN0062973088

Olivia Shore, international opera superstar, is a driven diva with a passion for perfection, a craving for justice, too many secrets—and a monumental grudge against the egotistical, lowbrow jock she’s been stuck with.

It’s Mozart meets Monday Night Football as the temperamental soprano and stubborn jock embark on a nationwide tour promoting a luxury watch brand. Along the way, the combatants will engage in soul-searching and trash talk, backstage drama and, for sure, a quarterback pass. But they’ll also face trouble as threatening letters, haunting photographs, and a series of dangerous encounters complicate their lives. Is it the work of an overzealous fan or something more sinister?

This is the emotional journey of a brilliant woman whose career is everything and a talented man who’ll never be happy with second place.  Tender and funny, passionate and insightful, this irresistible romantic adventure proves that anything can happen…when two superstars collide.

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Fresh starts and second chances… with by Cate Beauman of No More Secrets + #Giveaway

Fresh starts and second chances…

It’s hard to believe that The Carter Island Trilogy is coming to an end with the addition of No More Secrets. Originally, I intended to write Secrets Hidden in the Glass, book one in the series, as a standalone title. As I told the story of Sheriff Nathan Carter and famous stained glass artist Callie Davis, I fell in love with Carter Island and the many secondary characters, particularly Nate’s sisters, Molly and Gwen. They’re so sassy and irresistible. I knew I had to tell their stories, too. 

By trade, I’m a romantic suspense author. There are definitely a few mystery/suspense elements in Secrets Hidden in the Glass, but Molly and Gwen’s stories take us into the contemporary romance genre. Nate and Callie’s adventure evolved into the Carter siblings’ journeys as they move through one year. From autumn to summer, so much changes for Nate, Molly, and Gwen, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. 

#Spotlight on Home to Texas by Kaki Warner

About the Book

Home to Texas
(Brides of Rough Creek Texas #2)
by Kaki Warner
Mass Market Paperback
Published June 29th 2021 by Berkley
ISBN139781984806215

In the highly anticipated sequel to her first contemporary Western Romance, Rough Creek, Kaki Warner returns to the eponymous Texas town and to Whitcomb Four Star Ranch. HOME TO TEXAS follows KD Whitcomb as she struggles to find her purpose after a devastating loss. Grappling with her newfound military veteran status and plagued by survivor’s guilt, KD undergoes a journey of healing while finding love in the unlikeliest of places.

Lieutenant KD Whitcomb always wanted to be a soldier so when she’s forced back home with a debilitating injury and an honorable discharge that doesn’t feel earned, she struggles to reintegrate into small town Texas life. KD resents her inability to cope with her trauma but gains a newfound sense of purpose when her counselor suggests she open an equine therapy facility. If the beautiful horses of her family’s ranch can help fellow veterans heal, maybe they can heal her too, along with Richard Murdock, the disarming man who KD finds herself falling for against her better judgment.

First, she has to get through an investigation of her conduct in the incident that ended her military career by Warrant Officer Richard Murdock. KD and Richard are wary of each other from the start, but beneath Richard’s mistrust and KD’s snarky attitude lies an undeniable attraction. Richard is shocked to find that he wants a real future with KD. What better place to start that future than Whitcomb Four Star Ranch?

When a deadly enemy follows them to Whitcomb Ranch and threatens their newfound bliss, KD and Richard must work together to protect the ranch and each other.

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#Spotlight on Fortunate Son by Jay Crownover

About the Book 

Fortunate Son
(The Forever Marked #1)
by Jay Crownover 
Paperback, 365 pages
Published June 22nd 2021 (first published June 20th 2021)
ISBN139798523636547

Ry Archer and Bowe Keller are as different as night and day. But that doesn’t stop the childhood frenemies from reconnecting whenever one of them needs some help tackling any of life’s major puzzles, like figuring out why getting what you always thought you wanted isn’t living up to all the hype. They might constantly rub each other the wrong way (except for the times when they rub each other the really-really right way), but there is no denying they’ve always made one hell of a great team. They manage to balance each other out… when they aren’t driving each other crazy.

For Ry, he thought he had the perfect girl, the one who was going to run headfirst into a methodically planned future. He was going to marry young and have the same kind of legendary, life-long romance his parents did… or so he believed. His girl was going to stand by his side as he chased his dream of being a professional football player all the way to the NFL.

He was wrong.

Now, Ry’s gotta figure out the difference between a bruised heart and a broken one, and the only person who can teach him the difference is Bowe.

Bowe always felt like she had to run before she learned to walk to keep up with her father’s musical legacy. He’s her hero, and she wants nothing more than to make him proud. Bowe’s about to figure out that maybe she wasn’t meant to be in a rock and roll band, and that it is entirely possible she let her father’s success cloud her idea of what making music should be. Bowe needs to find her own path to fame, and there’s a good chance she wouldn’t be brave enough or bold enough to start over if Ry Archer hadn’t pushed his way back into her life when she least expected it.

Some days they’re enemies. Other days they’re lovers. For a while, they were strangers. But now, it feels more like they might’ve always been soulmates.

Eventually, Ry and Bowe realize that letting go of an old dream and creating a new one is much easier to do with the right person by your side. 

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Setting the Stage with Kat Martin of The Perfect Murder

SETTING THE STAGE

I love to write novels that revolve around interesting subjects.  The bad news is, it’s usually a subject you don’t know anything about or you wouldn’t find it interesting.  That involves a ton of research.

My latest release, THE PERFECT MURDER, the final book in my Maximum Security Series, is set around the offshore oil drilling industry.  Since I couldn’t actually visit a platform off the Houston, Texas coast, I had to dig into the subject extensively.  It’s a difficult, dangerous life, I learned, one that takes the men and women who work on the platforms away from their families for two or more weeks at a time.  

#Spotlight on The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

About the Book

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
(Dangerous Damsels #1)
by India Holton 
Paperback, 336 pages
Published June 15th 2021 by Berkley Books
ISBN0593200160

A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming henchman in this fantastical historical romance.

Cecilia Bassingwaite is the ideal Victorian lady. She's also a thief. Like the other members of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means. Sure, she has a dark and traumatic past and an overbearing aunt, but all things considered, it's a pleasant existence. Until the men show up.

Ned Lightbourne is a sometimes assassin who is smitten with Cecilia from the moment they meet. Unfortunately, that happens to be while he's under direct orders to kill her. His employer, Captain Morvath, who possesses a gothic abbey bristling with cannons and an unbridled hate for the world, intends to rid England of all its presumptuous women, starting with the Wisteria Society. Ned has plans of his own. But both men have made one grave mistake. Never underestimate a woman.

When Morvath imperils the Wisteria Society, Cecilia is forced to team up with her handsome would-be assassin to save the women who raised her--hopefully proving, once and for all, that she's as much of a scoundrel as the rest of them. 

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