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Summer is here, and with it long lazy evenings, perfect for enjoying a steamy new romance!
From fantastical worlds filled with dragons and magic to heartwarming rural romances set in idyllic countryside settings, this month’s romance selection has it all. Dive into spicy rom-coms that will leave you laughing and swooning, or lose yourself in sweet contemporary tales that tug at the heartstrings. Whether you’re drawn to rugged highlanders or captivated by the allure of arrogant dragon shifters, there’s a little something for every romance reader to indulge in and enjoy this month!
Lady of Shadows by Melissa K. Roehrich
The stars are fading, and darkness threatens everything…
The stars are fading
Whisked away to the Fire Court, Scarlett Monrhoe finds herself captured by the man who killed her mother: the Prince of Fire. He may have plans for her, but she has plans of her own. She just hasn’t decided how thoroughly she wants to break him yet. If only he didn’t tempt her with every breath, every touch, every kiss…
The shadows are calling
The Fae Queen has plans of her own. She’s determined to get to Scarlett in any way she can, and that includes using a mortal prince who followed the lost Fae princess across the border. Crown Prince Callan is desperate to get Scarlett back. The question is, what is he willing to sacrifice for the Wraith he loves?
The darkness threatens everything
But for every day that Lord Tyndell and Mikale get closer to finding Scarlett, those she left behind are put in more danger. Every day, more secrets are revealed. Truth has been buried in history that has long-since been rewritten. And to unearth the truth, they will be forced to cross other borders and seek answers from kingdoms far more terrifying…
The Inferno Rising series by Abigail Owen
The Warrior King
Duty can only get a man and a dragon so far…
Samael Veles is one of the most respected warriors in the Black Dragon Clan – the king’s man – a fighter who’s loyal to the core. Doesn’t matter that he’s as lowborn as a dragon gets, absolutely no one messes with him.
Even as his king prepares to bind himself to the only woman Samael has ever wanted – the one who sears his blood, his heart, and his very soul – Meira Amon, his duty is absolute. Samael will stand by his king and the union with the rare phoenix that will ensure their people’s future, their safety, and their ties with strong allies.
Until it all goes wrong.
Now the king is dead, the Black Dragons are ripped apart, and their fiery new queen is being hunted by their greatest threat…who wants her for his own. Over Samael’s dead body.
But wanting Meira for himself might be the greatest betrayal to his king and clan…
The Cursed King
The most dangerous dragon is the one who’s been caged…
Airk Azdajah, the rightful High King of all dragon shifters, spent half a millennium being tortured by the false High King Pytheios. Airk was kept alive barely and unable to shift because of a curse: the man who kills Airk will be consumed in his own fire.
Upon his escape, Airk realises he’ll never be truly free. He’ll never be able to shift. Ever. Because Airk’s dragon – vicious and filled with uncontained rage – has turned feral over the last five centuries. Letting his dragon free would be an instant bloodbath.
There’s only one person who doesn’t shy away from him – which is almost worse. Because to a broken man, the warmth and temptation of Angelika Amon is both heaven and hell.
Forces are shifting against the High King, pitting dragon against dragon. And whether Airk likes it or not, his fate seems to be tied to the phoenix who haunts his dreams and tests every ounce of his control.
But loving Angelika means unleashing the most lethal creature in their world: his dragon.
The Summerfield Saddler by Penelope Janu
Join the small community of Summerfield in this warm-hearted, charming romance about trying not to fall in love – and failing – from an award-winning Australian author. For readers of Stella Quinn and Fleur McDonald
Mackenzie Henry is happy enough with her life in the small town of Summerfield. She loves her work as a saddler, the bushland surrounding her home, and the feeling of safety her beloved grandfather brings her. She doesn’t want anything-or anybody-else.
So when her grandfather asks her to lead the fight to rehabilitate land destroyed by an open-cut mine, and work in front of the camera with a Norwegian documentary-making team, Mackenzie fears her life will be tipped on its axis. And she’s right. The documentary not only reignites old resentments but unearths secrets that threaten her family’s reputation and her own safety. To make matters worse, the enigmatic scientist, filmmaker and adventurer Kit Thorsen is a threat to the heart Mackenzie has kept safe.
Handsome, arrogant and infuriating (read: Viking), Kit is in equal parts as fascinated and frustrated by Mackenzie’s mix of independence and vulnerability as she is by his. Given the demons in both of their pasts, they should run a mile. Will the compulsion that brings them together unite them or tear them apart?
The Night on the Darling River by Darry Fraser
Amid the rising flood waters and shearers’ strike violence, can one brave woman reclaim her future? From an Australian bestselling author comes a riveting historical adventure about one woman’s journey from a life of isolation to one of love and acceptance.
1894, Echuca, Victoria
Tess Hawthorn is a woman on the run from her abusive husband. All she has to do is get on the riverboat Victor and she will be free.
But with tensions at an all-time high between unionist shearers and Scabs, Tess isn’t the only person trying to board a boat under the cover of night. When a brawl erupts between the union and non-union men, Tess is mistaken for a fellow Scab and in the chaos pulled aboard the PS Rodney – the same boat heading up the Darling River that her husband was bound for.
The last person Bram Kempster expects to see on board is Tess Hawthorn, the girl he’s loved from afar since they were young. But he can’t afford to get distracted, not when he’s on an urgent trip to Renmark. Tess didn’t want him back then and, if her haughty behaviour is anything to go by, she certainly doesn’t want him now.
But childhood hurts are the least of their problems. The continent is a tinderbox of violence and bloodshed waiting to ignite, and at home the Murray River is rising fast. Can they overcome their past in time to work together and survive?
The Art of the Chase by Lauren Dane
The Chase boys: ridiculously hot and notoriously single.
Chased
Two days. One hotel room. Nothing but complete honesty between them.
Marc Chase is known in the small town of Petal, GA for being the youngest — and some would say, wildest — Chase brother. But when longtime family friend Liv Davis signs up for some personal training sessions, Marc realises the only woman he wants has been right in front of him all along.
Mayor’s assistant Liv has been hurt too many times to let a Chase brother into her life — or into her bed. She’s ready for something more. Something she doesn’t think the six-years-younger Marc is ready to give. Until they share a wildly passionate kiss, that is. Then all bets are off.
Knowing he’ll need more than pretty words to break through Liv’s wall of heartbreak, Marc takes the gamble of his life to prove his love: two days away, full of hot sex and bared souls. But will this bet be enough to win her heart forever?
Making Chase
The Chase boys. Ridiculously hot and notoriously single.
All of Petal, Georgia, is waiting for the last Chase brother to fall. At least, that’s how it feels to firefighter Matt Chase, who’s getting a little anxious himself. His brothers have all found love — why hasn’t he? But fate, in the form of a curvaceous hairdresser, is about to change that.
Salon owner Tate Murphy has come a long way from her trailer-park roots, taking care of her seven siblings along the way. Even though she’s put the past behind her, she knows someone like Matt Chase is way out of her league. But that doesn’t stop her from getting a good eyeful every chance she gets.
When a car accident throws them together, Tate gets more than an eyeful — she gets the whole package. Not that she’s complaining. But when small-town bias and her own insecurities get in the way of their relationship, Matt will have to prove he doesn’t care where she came from…only where she goes.
Mission by Elle Kennedy
This time it’s personal…
The Survivor – Elle Kennedy
Blake was tracking the Rose Killer in order to forget the woman he couldn’t save. Now there was a new lead: a survivor. Convincing Samantha ‘Sam’ Dawson to help was only half the battle. Resisting the allure of the fiery beauty was downright impossible.
Sam wanted nothing to do with men. With the city. With the fame of her former life as a model. Six months after the heinous attack, she still bore the killer’s trademark scar. But if she was as tough as she thought, she’d have to face her fears to catch a killer — and dare to love again.
The Avenger – Elle Kennedy
Journalist Morgan Kerr shouldn’t be surprised that ex-fiancé Adam Quinn wants nothing to do with her. Two years ago the rugged mercenary ran out on her, believing she’d betrayed him. But with her best friend murdered and her own father threatening to cart her away to a loony bin, she needs Quinn’s help and forgiveness. Never mind that she never stopped loving him.
Reluctantly, Quinn is in. He knows Morgan’s not crazy. With old feelings reigniting like wildfire, their investigation turns fiercely passionate. Quinn tries to convince himself it’s nothing more than lust. But when a killer takes Morgan hostage, he realises it is something more…a second chance with the woman he’s always loved.
Wild Wicked Scot by Julie London
Wicked intrigue unfolds as an unlikely marriage leads to a path of risky desire in the lush, green Scottish Highlands
Born into riches and groomed in English luxury, Margot Armstrong didn’t belong in a Scottish chieftain’s devil-may-care world. Three years ago she fled their marriage of convenience and hasn’t looked back–except to relive the moments spent in wild, rugged Arran McKenzie’s passionate embrace. But as their respective countries’ fragile unity threatens to unravel, Margot must return to her husband to uncover his role in the treachery before her family can be accused of it.
Red-haired, green-eyed Margot was Arran’s beautiful bride. Her loss has haunted him, but her return threatens everything he has gained. As the Highland mists carry whispers of an English plot to seize McKenzie territory, he must outmaneuver her in games of espionage and seduction. But even as their secrets tangle together, there’s nothing to prevent love from capturing them both and leading them straight into danger.
Lone Wolf In Lights by Stacey Kennedy
For fans of Elsie Silver, a spicy and emotional Western romance between a woman looking for a fresh start and the hot, brooding cowboy who wants to make her Christmas dreams come true.
Everyone daydreams about a fresh start…but Willow Quinn is making it happen. She’s left her life in Phoenix to open a bar in cowboy-country Montana with her two best friends. It’s a chance to reboot in a new town with a new life — and leave behind the shadows of her past and heal. Hopefully.
All she wants to do is create an empowering space for women who need support. There’s snow and holidays on the way, so surely a craft circle is the perfect way to build community…except who knew her plans would ruffle so many feathers.
Enter former bull rider Eli Cole. She’s drawn to the green-eyed cowboy, his intensity and the electrical charge between them. When she and her bar, The Naked Moose, go viral for being interlopers, suddenly Willow’s new life is on rocky ground.
But Eli has the perfect solution — give the fiercely single bar owner a fake relationship with a local. But while it might dim the negative spotlight and convince the town she really does fit in, it definitely won’t protect her heart from the cowboy she can’t resist…
Stuck In The Country With You by Zuri Day
Good fences make good neighbours — except when a scorching shared past makes things complicated — in this delightful city meets country romance from Zuri Day.
She’s packing her bags — and her baggage.
Ten years ago, Genesis Washington made a very poor decision. At the time, it seemed great. Fantastic. Explosive. But the truth is, your one-night rebound should never be your younger brother’s rival. And he definitely shouldn’t be someone who allegedly only slept with you to gain the upper hand — even if the sex was amazing.
Now, Genesis is blindsided when the farm she’s inherited just happens to be right next door to Jaxson King, the regrettable one-night stand she she’s still painfully attracted to. This man has aged like the finest of wines and what’s worse — he’s now a thoughtful and responsible father. Good thing Genesis has a (*cough* long-distance *cough*) boyfriend. Well, sort of. It’s complicated.
Jaxson and his hotness should be easy enough to ignore. But when city-girl Genesis discovers there’s a serious learning curve to her humble new home, it’s Jaxson who’s there to lend a very skilled helping hand. With every problem that arises, Jaxson is seemingly making all the right moves — both on the farm and when things heat up behind closed doors. But, surely, that doesn’t mean he’s right for Genesis, does it?
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