the setup… Things have settled down following the events in the prior story. Virginia Wiest, daughter of Phillip Brown’s employer, has returned from her extended European stay healed and even more invigorated. Phillip’s life has been fairly uneventful until his sister Sarah finds the body of a man behind the dress shop where she works… Continue reading Blackmailed by Holly Bush @hollybushbooks #TheBrownsOfButchersHill #Blackmailed
It’s back for another year! This challenge is focused on finally finishing those series that you’ve started but not yet completed. It was previously hosted by Bea’s Book Nook, then by Celebrity Readers since 2018. Now we, Carla Loves to Read & Blue Mood Café, are the new host for this year and excited to… Continue reading 2026 Finishing the Series Challenge Sign Up @blue.mood.cafe @bluemoodcafe.bsky.social @carlalovestoread.bsky.social
the setup… Petra is a reporter from Chicago, dispatched to New Orleans to track down some of the supernatural urban legends surrounding the city. One in particular involves Dax Rousseau, owner of the tattoo parlor House of Ink and Blood who has a cat named Lucifer. Sources say his body is covered with tattoos…but they’re… Continue reading Spicy Little Curses by J. T. Geissinger @jtgeissingerauthor @voicedbyvanessa @duran.troy @brilliancepublishing #ScaredSexyCollection #SpicyLittleCurses #BookSky
the setup… What do a gorgeous black-haired woman with blue tips, an old dog, two precocious pre-teens and football have in common? It’s Barrett King, head coach of Buffalo’s NFL team and single father to son Bryce and daughter Maggie. He’s trying to manage it all with his typical stoicism but all is not well.… Continue reading Single Dad Dilemma by Karla Sorensen @karla_sorenson @aidensnowboice @carlyrobins #CJBloom @brilliancepublishing #TheKings #SingleDadDilemma
the setup… Juniper (June) Perry is a marketing assistant working with her best friend Avery Banks whose family owns the company. Both are children of privilege but June’s parents have been MIA since their divorce when she was twelve and she’s literally lived with the Banks family since. But there’s one problem…she’s had a crush… Continue reading Meet Me at Midnight by Max Monroe @authormaxmonroe @carlyrobinsnarrator @cendesereads @dreamscape_media @dreamscape_media.bsky.social #Midnight #MeetMeAtMidnight
the setup… It’s been six months since Sonya MacTavish left her home in Boston and moved into the grand manor built by Arthur Poole in Poole’s Bay, Maine. Her best friend Cleo Fabares joined her and together they are not only living their best lives with new career directions, but are in relationships with two… Continue reading The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts @norarobertsauthor @britpressley @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social TheLostBrideTrilogy #TheSevenRings
the setup… Lucy Sawyer goes on a hiking trip with her jerk of a boyfriend who abandons her halfway up. She tries to descend, stumbles and finds herself in a dream of a town with lots of charming, delectable men who are all vying for her attention. Trouble is, she’s gotten the attention of an… Continue reading My Boyfriends are All Monsters by Kimberly Lemming @kimberlylemming @kimberlylemming.bsky.social @seancrisden @seancrisden.bsky.social @theaurenash @brilliancepublishing #ScaredSexyCollection #MyBoyfriendsAreAllMonsters
the setup… Sabina Turpin made the gut wrenching decision seventeen years ago to give up her newborn daughter Andrea for adoption. She was only sixteen years old and thought she was making the best decision for her child at the time. Now she’s been notified that Andrea Beaumont is missing and Sabina leaves the comfort… Continue reading Forget You Saw Her by Noelle Ihli @noelleihliauthor @offmicandi @carlottabrentan @britpressley @simonmaverickaudio #AskForAndrea #ForgetYouSawHer
the setup… Dana was abducted from Earth by an alien race over two years ago and has since been the private pet of one of the scientists on a space station. She awakens one day and finds the ship abandoned, except for the reason they fled…the genetically engineered vampire they created and can no longer… Continue reading Space Vampire by Ruby Dixon @author.ruby.dixon #BethRoeg #RyanWest @amazonpublishing @brilliancepublishing #ScaredSexyCollection #SpaceVampire
the setup… Four years ago, Cricket Dover was celebrating on Jaco Beach in Costa Rica when Griffin Greene walked up to her and that was it. They had a steamy one night stand, never exchanging names but he left behind his beloved cowboy hat…and something else. Move forward to present day and who walks onto… Continue reading Small Town Frenzy by S. L. Scott @s.l.scott @tor_thom @savannahpeachwood @hambright_pr #PeachtreePass #SmallTownFrenzy
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