I needed a date to my best friend’s wedding… not a Hollywood heartthrob in disguise.Being a maid of honor should be fun. But when the best man also happens to be my ex, who cheated, and he’s bringing her as his plus-one? I’d rather get a root canal than show up solo.Enter Teddy, the charming (and suspiciously handsome) guy who walks into my Wisconsin bakery and offers to be my fake date. I assume he’s just a nice guy… maybe even gay? (Who else volunteers for leg waxing prep and wedding weekend drama without blinking?)What I don’t realize is that Teddy is actually Teddy Helms—as in, an actual movie star and suddenly, I’m living a real-life rom-com where secrets, sparks, and small-town shenanigans collide.I know how this story should end. The celebrity goes back to Hollywood. The girl goes back to frosting cupcakes.But what if this time, love decides to stick around?Pity Date is a laugh-out-loud, romantic comedy with hidden identities, fake dating, a sweet slow burn, and more heart than a bakery case full of sugar cookies. Welcome to Elk Lake, where the men are handsome, the leg waxing is tragic, and love is just a little bit unexpected.Perfect for fans of Hallmark vibes with all the vibes. Book one in a feel-good series of standalones.

One night destroyed everything I loved—my family, my peace, my future.Now baseball is the only thing keeping me together. It’s the one dream I refuse to lose, even if stepping onto the field means battling panic attacks, whispers from my past, and a teammate determined to see me fail.Then Kade Maxwell crashes into my world. Literally.One collision in the school parking lot. One heated moment in a janitor’s closet where his copper eyes lock on mine and the air crackles with tension. He’s cocky, magnetic, and impossible to ignore—the kind of boy who turns my entire world upside down with a single touch.And the most dangerous part? He makes me feel safe again.Kade has enemies. Secrets. And a past that steers me straight into the line of fire.Now someone is targeting me, I’m spiraling, and the boy who makes me feel alive again may destroy everything I’ve fought to rebuild.My dreams. My future. My heart.And if I’m not careful, the boy helping me heal could shatter me completely.Dare to Kiss is a new adult sports romance featuring a determined heroine, a protective hero who falls first, emotional healing, suspense, and a small-town family readers will fall in love with.The Maxwell Series Reading OrderDare to KissDare to DreamDare to LoveDare to DanceDare to LiveDare to BreatheDare to Embrace

The first book in Kate Hawthorne's new series, Risk Aware, takes us back to Los Angeles and back to the D/s club where it all began...Rapture. Love by Design: Risk Aware Book One is a dad's business rival (with a mouth on him), age gap romance, with power exchange, hurt/comfort, found family, and the kind of best friend you've always wanted.And did I mention Marshall Covington has three brothers?SILAS There are ten rules to architectural design including, but not limited to, balance, harmony, unity, organization...variety. My love life has fewer rules, and it's no surprise I'm more successful at one of these things than the other. It's not my fault that my personal preference for keeping things fresh throws me headfirst into a less than ideal situation with a stranger, and it's definitely not my fault that the man who saves my ass—literally—the last man who should.Marshall Covington, my father's business rival.MARSHALL I did not set out in life with the intention to seduce the son of my least favorite professor-turned-biggest business competitor, but on the back end of a confrontational meeting that has me desperate to blow off some steam, there's no denying how perfect Silas feels in my arms.If I've learned one thing in my thirty-nine years, it's that secrets never stay secret for long. There's no hiding Silas' talent, there's no hiding his (platonic) affection for his best friend, and there's no hiding the way I'm absolutely head over heels in love with him.Between his father and my brothers, the truth about us is going to come out sooner rather than later. We've reinforced our foundation with love, but is that enough?Please use the look inside feature to check content warnings.

Three billionaire brothers hired me to find their matches…I wasn't supposed to fall for all three of them.I had one job: ninety days, three perfect matches, zero personal involvement.Simple. Professional. Completely under control.Then the practice dates start.Beckett's control snaps.Jace's charm turns dangerous.Knox's touch makes me forget every rule I wrote.One kiss goes viral.One weekend goes too far.And now I want all three men I was never supposed to touch.My board wants my resignation.Paparazzi have my face.And my ex–best friend's podcast pours gasoline on the flames.I have exactly one play left:Walk away and save everything I built—or risk it all on a why-choose love that refuses to let me pick just one.A complete standalone reverse harem romance with a guaranteed happily-ever-after and no cliffhangers.

A serial womanizer ghosted by the hottest woman he’s seen?Yep. That’s my story.There’s nothing I can’t do, and no one I can’t have.Leaving women with a fake number after one hot night is my trick. And yet… this girl bested me.For the first time in a long time, I’m intrigued.She snuck out in the middle of the night while my dumbass was sleeping.If she was a guy friend, I’d high-five her for that move.Her loss. Until it’s mine too.Of all people to show up as a new marketing client for my firm, it’s this girl.The one I can’t stop thinking about. The one that exposed me for my horrid ways.Big problem though. Her father hates me. Good thing it’s his problem.I might have been a bachelor spreading my wild oats before, but now I’m a one-woman man.That is, if she’ll have me.

An all new age gap, forced proximity standalone small town romance.The last thing I expected when I ran for my life was to find safety in his arms.Atlas Wallace is the last man I should trust, and yet he's the only person who's made me feel safe in years.He’s nothing like his father—the monster who kept me locked away and took pieces of me I’ll never get back. Atlas is steady. Solid. Warm in a world that’s been nothing but cold. He swears he’ll protect me and the baby growing inside me with everything he has.The more time we spend together, the more I see the kind of man he truly is—gentle, selfless, devastatingly loyal. Being with him makes me feel more than just protected. He makes me feel wanted, so much so that I can’t help but wonder if a future with him could really be mine.But my past isn’t done with me. And if it finds me, I could lose more than the man I’m falling for—I could lose everything.If you enjoy small-town romances with just the right amount of suspense, an over the top protective hero who will do anything for his woman, a pregnant heroine running from her dangerous past, a slight age gap, all-the-feels diary entries, insta-love vibes with a slow burn steam, & a deliciously swoony HEA, grab your copy today!