New Release: KNOT A CHANCE by Dani Grimes

 

KNOT A CHANCE

Dani Grimes

Release Date: August 14 

Meet Dani Grimes:

Dani is an author of spicy romance novels with heart and emotionally intelligent characters. She aims to write characters who understand themselves, apologize when they do something wrong, generally navigate life's challenges without having unnecessary emotional drama, and have great sex.

When Dani isn't writing, she is spending time with her family (both human and fur), drinking coffee, or reading. She has been devouring romance, whether it be contemporary or fantasy, for as long as she can remember and is happiest when discussing all the great books she is reading.

Dani is the author of the Oahu series (four books) and the Boston series (three books).

Connect with Dani Grimes:

https://www.instagram.com/danigrimesauthor/

Blurb:

Bennett Winchester is perfectly content with his life in Mirror Lake. He owns his own garage where he works as a mechanic, has two sisters and good friends to spend his time with, and he doesn’t mind not being in a relationship—until Felix Kipling arrives in town and starts working at the bar owned by Bennett’s sister. The second Bennett lays eyes on Felix, his alpha instincts make it clear he’s looking at his true mate, and he’ll do anything to be with him.

Felix has a past that makes him wary of a potential relationship, but Bennett isn’t easily deterred and he’s willing to take everything at Felix’s pace, no matter how long he has to wait to claim Felix as his omega. The two quickly realize that what they have is so much more than a casual fling, but it may not matter when an accident puts Felix in a coma.

Dealing with his confusion about the cause of the accident, suspicion of everyone around him, and the return of Felix’s mate, Bennett is faced with an impossible choice: does he bond the man he loves to him without his explicit consent, or allow Felix’s ex to be involved in decisions that directly impact Felix’s health?

As the sheriff of Mirror Lake, Bennett’s best friend, starts to piece together the makings of a larger criminal organization, Bennett’s concern that Felix’s ex had something to do with the accident only grows. But there is nothing Bennett won’t do for his omega, even if it means risking everything to protect him.

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"Knot a Chance" is the first book in the Mirror Lake Series.

Bennett Winchester is a mechanic who runs his own shop, living a quiet life in Mirror Lake with his family and friends. That all changes when Felix Kipling shows up. From the moment Bennett meets him, he’s got this gut feeling that Felix is his true mate. But Felix has been through a lot and is pretty wary about trusting anyone, so Bennett takes it slow, wanting to let their relationship unfold in its own time.

Just when things start to heat up between them, disaster strikes—Felix ends up in a coma after a terrible accident. Now Bennett's stuck making some tough calls about Felix’s future and suspects the crash wasn’t just a freak accident. With the local sheriff digging into a bigger criminal scheme and Felix’s ex popping back into the picture, Bennett’s ready to do whatever it takes to protect the guy he loves.

New Release: THE LONG WAY FOUND by CJ Chambers

 THE LONG WAY FOUND

CJ Chambers

Release Date: August 13 

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https://www.instagram.com/cjchamberswrites/ 

Blurb:

Two decades ago, Jack Garrison boarded a plane for West Point and left Luke Calder behind.

Luke stopped waiting. Eventually.

Now, as he approaches forty, Luke has built a life he loves in Calder Ridge, the Colorado mountain town he's always called home. The past is finally where it belongs.

Then Jack comes back.

After a decorated Army career, a failed marriage, and a lifetime spent wondering about the boy he left behind, Jack plans only a brief stop.

Everything changes when he sees Luke again. Confident. Stronger. Somehow even more handsome than Jack remembered.

Their attraction flares to life again, but desire is the easy part. Heartache and distrust don't disappear overnight. What happens when the boys who lost each other grow into men who finally have a chance to get it right?

Some first loves fade into the past. But some are worth taking the long way to find again.

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A beautiful second-chance, small-town MM romance that completely stole my heart. 

I really loved that our two main characters were a little older.

Twenty years ago, Jack left Calder Ridge to attend West Point, leaving Luke behind. Luke stayed and built a life for himself, making a good name in the town. But Jack has never forgotten Luke — and he’s always carried the guilt of the way he left.

Now, twenty years later, Jack is back.

Being reunited brings all those old feelings rushing back, but can you really go back to where you left off after so much time apart? Have their feelings remained strong, or has twenty years changed them both too much?

I loved watching Jack and Luke find their way back to each other. 

A heartfelt, beautifully written romance about love, regret, forgiveness and finding your way home to the person who has always held a piece of your heart.

**A wonderful story that I absolutely couldn’t put down!** 

EXCERPT REVEAL - The Fall Affair by Vi Keeland

 

Title: The Fall Affair

Author: Vi Keeland

Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Opposites Attract/Found Family

Release Date: August 18, 2026

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You know you want to...

Allegra: I think you’re pretty amazing. I’m going to bed smiling on the eve of what might turn out to be one of the worst days of my life. Thank you for coming here with me.

The reply came almost instantly.

Matteo: I think you’re pretty amazing, too. And I love your smile.

That made my already-big grin grow wider. Rather than text back, I decided to take a selfie of me beaming to show him I wasn’t kidding. I held my phone out, tilted it down for a good angle, and snapped a photo of me lying in bed. Only when I checked the picture, I realized the camera had caught a lot more than I’d intended. Yes, I was smiling, but I was also wearing a black slip nightgown, the top of which was lace and showed a lot of cleavage. I hadn’t been going for sexy, but damn, it was.

I bit my lip, debating whether I should take another. Then the wine, or maybe the adrenaline, pushed me. Screw it. Send.

My heart raced as I watched the status go from Delivered to Read. The dots on the screen started to bounce around, then stopped and started twice before an incoming text arrived.

Matteo: You’re gorgeous. And that photo just made its way into my private folder.

A shiver ran down my spine.

Allegra: And what exactly are the photos in your private folder used for?

Matteo: I think you know the answer to that.

My thighs pressed together thinking of Matteo pleasuring himself to my picture. I hadn’t intended this conversation to go this way, but now that it had…

Allegra: I think it’s only fair that I have a picture for my private folder, then.

This time a response didn’t come right away. After a minute or two, I thought maybe I’d taken things too far. But then my phone chimed, a photo lit up my screen, and my breath caught.

Oh. My. God.

Matteo was sprawled across his bed, sheet slung low on his hips. His muscular chest was bare, and his beautiful Italian skin was golden and smooth except for the sexy happy trail that led down to where it was covered. One arm was bent behind his head, showing off the cut of his biceps, and his gaze was on me, even through the photo. And God, the sinful smirk on his lips made it impossible to look away.

After a few minutes of staring, I swallowed.

Allegra: I’m speechless, and that’s saying something. LOL. Wow. Just wow. I’m not sure I’ll be able to sleep after seeing that. I’m a little riled up.

His near-instant response left no doubt that he’d been waiting for my text.

Matteo: For the record, my door is open if you ever want to come see it in person…

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New Release: BLESS THIS HOT MESS by Charlie David

BLESS THIS HOT MESS

Charlie David

Release Date: August 11 

Meet Charlie David:

Charlie David is the president of Border2Border Entertainment, a production company focused on creating award-winning film, TV, and digital projects for diverse, underserved audiences focussed on stories for the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Border2Border’s short-form series, such as Avocado Toast, Dating Unlocked, Womb Envy, and Settle Down, have won a Canadian Screen Award and received twenty-two nominations, won eleven Telly Awards and a Golden Sheaf among hundreds of awards from international festivals.

As a producer, screenwriter and director, Charlie’s productions have found homes with Netflix, Amazon, Starz, Discovery, Warner Bros., HBO, Sundance, Viacom, Hollywood Suite, CBC, Roku, Pluto, Tubi, Apple and many more around the world bringing the company’s Canadian productions to audiences of millions globally.

Border2Border Entertainment's YouTube channel, We MAKE LOVE Stories is ranked in the top 2000 of all YouTube channels globally by subscribers. The channel consistently has 30,000 views daily – the equivalent of filling 200 movie theatres every single day.

We MAKE LOVE Stories.

Connect with Charlie David:

https://www.instagram.com/mrcharliedavid/ 

Blurb:

Hilarious, campy, musical and moving, this book provokes you to ponder: If I steal a few hearts, can I still get into Heaven?

When a failing radio station’s morning show starts stealing, sampling and remixing ‘90s pop songs in a Hail Mary attempt at attracting an audience, virtuous virgin Japheth is forced to team up with Rino, a dangerously charming Italian car dealership heir with advertiser dollars to spend and maybe-mafia vibes, and their enemies-to-lovers romance threatens to become the station’s biggest scandal and its only salvation.

At WWJD Radio in Greater Napanee, salvation is off script. The phones are ringing off the hook, the fax machine is spitting out cease-and-desist letters from every boy band of the ’90s, and Trinity, the trio of accidental evangelists, are stealing pop songs “for the Lord.”

There’s Rebekkah; the breathless true believer who, though 30, still refers to herself as an ingénue. Her best friend Japheth; virtuous and still virginal. Ronald: poly, pan, and building an ark in his backyard.

Together with Carrington (part receptionist, part stylist, part chaos incarnate), Suwarna (HR, in charge of keeping her new station owner alive and not ‘disappeared’), and everyone's new boss, Emma-Lou (an heiress with a talent for panic and bangs that weren’t her idea) they’re keeping WWJD barely afloat.

Until it burns down. Literally.

Their only shot at salvation comes from Rino Ferrari: a devastatingly charming Italian car-dealership heir with too much money, too many secrets, and maybe a little mafia energy. Unfortunately for Japheth (romantic mess and professional overthinker), Rino is also the last person he wants to need… and the first person he can’t stop thinking about.

As scandal, suspicion, and undeniable chemistry collide, Japheth and Rino tumble from enemies to lovers in a rom-com where faith is flexible, temptation is tailored, and the guy you’re supposed to hate is the one who makes you feel alive.

Is local car dealer Rino Ferrari a mobster, or just a surprisingly generous Christian with body bags of money to give away? Why did Emma-Lou’s parents really “disappear” in the Bermuda Triangle? And will Trinity rebuild a new station on a floating ark, or sell out to dirty money for fame, tote bags, and a studio album?

Outrageously funny, shockingly tender, and just heretical enough, Bless This Hot Mess will jump-start your heart.

Buy Link:

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Bless This Hot Mess by Charlie David had me laughing out loud all throughout the book!

The characters Rebekah, Japheth and Ronald are so much fun.

A awesome romantic comedy full of sass and fabulous one-liners, full of laughter and wittiness.

The music is the icing on the cake absolutely perfect!

What an incredible book an easy 5 Stars from me.