Good morning. One of the things I decided to do when I can is to spend more time on promotion, not just for myself, but for others who’ve helped me along my writing journey. I suck at tooting my own horn, but I’m happy to do so for others and enjoy helping out friends when I can.
This morning, I finished reading Mona Risk’s newest release, Her Cozy House. Mona and I have been part of several box sets from Chill Out Books and Tammy’s Dragonfly Publishing, and I’ve always been thrilled to see my name listed with hers and that of so many talented authors. Today, I’m spotlighting three of them, starting with Mona Risk.
Mona is a talented author with several book series to her credit. This one is the 20th book in her LOVE PLANS SERIES: A collection of stories centered on the Winston family, each featuring a Winston relative and/or taking place in a Winston Clinic. I’ve read many of the books in the series and enjoyed them all. This one was no exception. here’s the blurb. Grab your copy. It’ll brighten your day.
Friends to lovers. Romantic Comedy. Medical Romance by NYT and USA Bestselling author Mona Risk.
He told her to grow up. Now she’s back—and he’s not ready to let go.
Friends? Benefits? Or something real… he’ll fight for forever.
Jessica was only eighteen when she fell for Niles Wolf—the dashing resident renting a room in her grandmother’s cozy house. But when her Nanna passed, Niles shattered the magic with two cutting words: Grow up.
Six years later, Jessica isn’t the heartbroken girl he left behind. She’s a confident doctor with her own voice—and she’s not afraid to use it. “Your turn to mature, Niles. Friends? Friends with benefits? Or something real?”
Niles wants the real thing with Jessica. But ghosts from his past—and the women who still haunt it—threaten their chance at something lasting.
Can they rewrite their story, or will old wounds and lingering doubts pull them apart again?
Mimi Barbour, a fellow Canadian, helped me enormously by inviting me to join the Author’s Billboard a few years ago. Through her, I became involved in being part of box sets with Dani at Chill Out, and Tammy at Tammy’s Dragonfly Publishing. Mimi is a prolific writer with several series to her name. Again, seeing my name next to mimi’s in a published set is an incredible feeling!
Her latest release, Special Agent Nathaniel builds on a fantatic series. Here’s the blurb:
Agent Nathaniel’s Aunt Connie, now a retired police detective with a sassy attitude and a broken leg, brought him up to be principled, hardworking, and kind. All attributes that are often pushed to the limits as an undercover FBI agent working for the Minnesota governor’s office. His mandate is to join with ICE but be on the lookout for any law breaking activities displayed by federal law enforcement in their city. When Connie sees a young girl brutally taken into custody by these untrained men in uniform, she insists that Nathaniel has to help that poor girl any way he can.
Known today as a Tracker by her clients, Bella Rose considers herself a private investigator—one who seeks out those who have gone missing. Because she was trained in Quantico but left the bureau to go off on her own, she has abundant abilities that help in these investigations, and her successes escalate. When a beloved neighbor – the woman who takes care of Dirty Harry, her dead mother’s crazy, oversized grumpy cat – comes crying to her about the daughter of a friend who was picked up by ICE agents, Bella Rose finds herself agreeing to track the poor girl and bring her home.
When these two character’s cross paths, sparks fly, chaos follows, and both are tested to their breaking points.
Imagine at fifteen years old, lugging a bagful of groceries for neighbors too terrified to leave their homes & suddenly being surrounded by ICE agents. No matter how much you beg, they refuse to listen. There’s no one to help you… or is there?
International Amazon Links: https://mybook.to/specialagentnathaniel
Free with Kindle Unlimited
I just downloaded my copy and can’t wait to read it!
My last shout-out today goes to another prolific author I ment through the Author’s Billboard and with whom I’ve shared a box set or more. Josie Riviera has written over 150 books romance novels, a truly amazing feet. She has several series to her credit. Her latest release, Hearts and Horsehoes, is the second book in her Montana Sweethearts collection.
For everyone who’s ever wondered if their heart has room to love again.
Grace Hallowell didn’t come back to Hallowell Heritage Ranch to stay. She came to say goodbye — to the land, to the memories, and to the life she and Mark had built before grief swallowed everything whole. One last chance to stop the bank from taking four generations of legacy. Then she’d leave it all behind for good.
What she didn’t count on was Cole Morrison.
Mark’s best friend had made a promise: Protect the ranch, protect Grace. He’d kept the first one. The second one is proving far more dangerous. Because somewhere between late-night calving sessions, mended fences, and shared grief, the line between keeping a promise and wanting her for himself has blurred past the point of reason.
A crumbling ranch. A promise he can’t break. And a woman he was never supposed to want.
Because loving someone new doesn’t mean forgetting the one you lost. Sometimes it means honoring them.
I’ve read several of Josie’s book, and this one promises all the sighs of every other one. https://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Horseshoes-Romance-Montana-Sweethearts-ebook/dp/B0GF46KSCP
Finally, let me tickle your interest in two new box sets: Unforgettable Flirts and Love With a Single Dad
Six romances where love arrives late, loud, and wildly inconvenient.
A fake boyfriend at a wedding.
A hockey fling that shouldn’t happen.
A sabotaged island salon.
A rescue mission gone delightfully off the rails.
A stormy seaside inheritance with a captain who’s too tempting to ignore.
And a kidnapped social worker in a nun’s habit who walks into a bar and turns everything upside down.
Filled with humor, heart, mystery, and irresistible chemistry, this collection brings you small‑town charm, romantic suspense, road‑trip chaos, and second‑chance magic—all in one binge‑worthy set.
Featuring:
All My Loving
Cynthia Cooke
One wedding. One pretend boyfriend. One love that refuses to stay fake.
The Groupie
Stephanie Queen
A no-strings fling between intense, ambitious Rylee and easygoing hockey lover Zak turns into a complicated tangle of hidden identities, broken rules, and secrets neither can outrun. Their expiration-date romance was supposed to stay simple, but Zak is falling first, falling hard, and falling straight into trouble.
Della
Denise Devine
An ambitious hairstylist arrives on Enchanted Island to open her dream salon, only to face sabotage, small-town politics, and a distracting artist who may be exactly what her heart needs. Sunshine, scissors, scandal, and romance collide in this breezy island love story.
The Wizard of Odds
Dani Haviland
An oddball rescue mission sends insurance-company coworkers and a self-employed massage therapist on a wild road trip from Minnesota to Arizona to save exotic animals from a black-market gambler. Along the way, mismatched couples, desert danger, and a menagerie of second chances make falling in love almost as risky as the rescue itself.
Sea Breeze
Susanne Matthews
A guarded woman inherits a seaside resort and returns to the town where she was born, hoping to claim her freedom and uncover answers about her past. But a mysterious, blue-eyed boat captain with promises of his own may tempt her into risking her heart, especially when a storm threatens everything she’s just begun to build.
A Whole Lot of Loving
Susan Jean Ricci
A kidnapped social worker in a nun’s outfit walks into a bar.
For a bartender still on parole, that should be the beginning of a very bad joke.
Instead, it’s the start of a chase, a cover-up, and the kind of chemistry neither of them has time for. She needs protection. He needs to stay out of trouble.
But trouble – and flirting – have other plans
Let the chaos—and the chemistry—begin.
Maybe he’s become an unintended guardian following the loss of a family member, or he’s facing parenthood alone, gaining custody through a divorce or the death of his significant other.
Load up your Kindle with seven NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED romances from New York Times, USA Today & International Bestselling, Award-Winning authors.
Secret pasts, grieving widows and widowers, military men and women forging ahead while battling PTSD. There’s a story for everyone in this brand-new collection of single dad romances. Whether looking for love or not these single dads are sure going to find it!
TWO HEARTS’ DETOUR by Tamara Ferguson, USA Today Bestselling Author: He promised his fallen best friend he’d raise his daughter. She vowed never to marry again. But when a custody fight turns dangerous, a marriage of convenience becomes their only defense. As the attacks escalate, will they finally discover that it’s love they’re fighting for?
WORTH LOVING by Natalie Ann, USA Today Bestselling Author: One night of pretending became the truth neither could escape.
BLUE BAYOU by Suzanne Jenkins, USA Today Bestselling Author: He came to Cypress Cove to rebuild his life—quietly, carefully, on his own terms. She lives just beyond the edge of town, barefoot and guarded, with secrets he can’t quite reach. The closer he gets, the harder it is to ignore the pull between them—or the truth that she was never the one who needed saving.
NEVER LOVE AGAIN by Alicia Street, USA Today Bestselling Author: Moving back to his hometown, single dad Zander runs into the girl he left behind and the secret they shared.
LOVE ON THE ROAD by Mona Risk, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author: A former ER nurse turned limousine driver is pulled deep into the chaotic world of the Young family. Love, secrets, and her own buried past collide as the road ahead twists out of control.
NOT ANOTHER LONELY FATHER by Stacy Eaton, USA Today Bestselling Author: After moving to Sedona for a fresh start, former rescue pilot Caleb Sharpe finds his missing daughter in the care of Kelly, a Chicago nurse inheriting a local retreat. Their instant connection forces them both to decide if they can leave their pasts behind for a new future together.
COLD HEART by Susanne Matthews, International Bestselling Author: Judge Cole Hart is forced to choose between his daughter and his duty to the law. The only one who can help him is JJ Jones, a gorgeous redheaded bodyguard who attracts him as no one has since his wife’s death.
Whichever books you choose, I knoiw you’ll have an exciting reading journey ahead of you!
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