An adorable mutt and heartwarming characters captivate readers in this third installment in Donna Alward’s Darling, VT series.When town social media manager Oaklee Collier accidentally hits a stray dog, she turns to Rory Gallagher, Darling’s local vet and her big brother’s best friend. Rory patches up the pup, but his suggestion that she foster the dog through his recovery puts her off her stride. Oaklee isn’t into commitments of any kind, not since she was left at the altar during a secret elopement. She refuses to let the dog—or the sexy veterinarian—into her heart.Rory knows he should be hands off where Oaklee is concerned. She’s his best friend’s little sister, and it’s his job to look out for her – not try to get her into bed! They fight their attraction, but when Oaklee faces heartbreak, attraction turns into something much deeper. But Rory has his own hidden scars, and unless he can come clean with Oaklee about his past, their future together is at risk.

Heath Donnelly scores ugly goals and sends every paycheck home.A late-season call-up to the Chicago Ironhawks wasn’t supposed to stick. But Heath stuck—through training camp, through opening night, through the kind of net-front chaos that makes highlight reels and terrifies him in equal measure. At twenty-two, his NHL contract is the only thing standing between his family and the bills that keep arriving. He can’t afford a mistake.He definitely can’t afford to fall for a teammate.Kieran Mathers is the mistake.First-round draft pick. Hockey royalty. The kind of player coaches call mature beyond his years—which is a polite way of saying he’s never been young. Kieran has spent his entire life performing a career he didn’t choose, and he has an exit strategy: one more season, then graduate school, then a life where no one knows his father’s name.The plan is flawless.The plan doesn’t account for Heath Donnelly asking him a simple, honest question in a stalled elevator—and seven years of control coming apart in the space between floors.What starts in that elevator doesn’t stop.It turns into a secret neither of them can afford.Road trips. Locked doors. Late nights in a narrow apartment where the radiator ticks and the bed is too small for two hockey players. In a league that still treats coming out as career-ending—and a locker room where privacy is an illusion—every moment together is borrowed time.Heath needs to stay.Kieran needs to leave.The city is watching. The closet is thinning. And the trade deadline is coming fast.When it hits, they’ll have to choose between the futures they planned—and the one they’ve found together.Because the hardest thing in hockey isn’t taking the hit.It’s staying visible after.Dual-POV MM hockey romance. On-page intimacy. Guaranteed HEA.forced proximity - closeted athletes - first time - hurt/comfort

I had one rule: never get involved with a driver. My career as a sports journalist depended on it. But I never planned on Caleb Collings.The Formula 1 star is notoriously private and despises the media. He’s also the only person who stood up for me when a misogynistic exec tried to tear me down.To my shock, he offered me an exclusive tour. Then another. Now he’s offering me a side of himself no one else gets to see. He’s everything I should avoid, but I find myself drawn to his piercing blue eyes and the unexpected kindness behind his guarded walls. Falling for him could get me blacklisted, but walking away feels impossible.Lights Out is the exhilarating first book in the Love in the Paddock contemporary romance series. If you like high-stakes passion and a forbidden workplace romance, you’ll love Aven Ellis’s new read. Open the cover and see what destiny has in store. Tropes: ? Sports Romance (Formula 1) He Hates the Media / She IS the Media Forbidden / Secret Romance Workplace Romance Celebrity Hero Green Flag Hero?? Grumpy / Sunshine He Falls First Forced Proximity

Dare Collins doesn’t want this new city girl innkeeper changing his small town and his family business. Only he’s outvoted and now has to work with the woman who sets him on edge in more ways than one.He’s trying to be a single father and keep his family’s legacy in tact, but everything keeps falling apart around him.Kenzie Owens tried to leave her ex and her past behind her, but she’s forever looking over her shoulder. A man almost broke her once, and she refuses to let herself all again—especially not for her boss who can’t stop growling at her.Sparks fly the moment they are forced to work together and when the worst happens, they’ll only have each other to lean on…even if they refuse to admit the heat between them.

“Sophie Love's ability to impart magic to her readers is exquisitely wrought in powerfully evocative phrases and descriptions….[This is] the perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention to the complexity of not just evolving love, but evolving psyches. It's a delightful recommendation for romance readers looking for a touch more complexity from their romance reads.”
--Midwest Book Review (Diane Donovan re: For Now and Forever)
“A very well written novel, describing the struggle of a woman to find her true identity. The author did an amazing job with the creation of the characters and her description of the environment. The romance is there, but not overdosed. Kudos to the author for this amazing start of a series that promises to be very entertaining.”
--Books and Movies Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re: For Now and Forever)
LOVE LIKE THIS (The Romance Chronicles—Book #1) is the debut of a new romance series by #1 bestselling author Sophie Love.
Keira Swanson, 28, lands her dream job at Viatorum, a slick magazine in New York City, as an aspiring travel writer. But their culture is brutal, her boss is a monster, and she doesn’t know if she can last for long.
That changes when Keira, by a fluke, is handed a coveted assignment and given her big chance: to travel to Ireland for 30 days, witness the legendary Lisdoonvarna festival of love, and to debunk the myth that true love exists. Keira, cynical herself and in a rocky place with her long-term boyfriend, is all too happy to oblige.
But when Keira falls in love with Ireland and meets her Irish tour guide, who just may be the man of her dreams, she is no longer sure of anything.
A whirlwind romantic comedy that is as profound as it is funny, LOVE LIKE THIS is book #1 in the debut of a dazzling new romance series that will make you laugh, cry, and will keep you turning pages late into the night—and will make you fall in love with romance all over again.
Book #2 in The Romance Chronicles is also now available!