Sharing books that have crossed my path this week, including two books I was privileged to be an early reader of, two pre-orders I can’t wait to get my hands on, a new author and a holiday romance that makes me want to have a margarita.  Check them out and show them some love!

NEW RELEASES 

If taboo romance is your cup of tea, Astra Rose does it very, very well. I read an early copy of this, and Hailey, Xander and Cole are delicious together.

My stepbrother Cole and his best friend Xander have tormented and teased me for years, but last summer things changed between us. I should have known better than to let myself fall in love with Cole; to let him take advantage of me, to be vulnerable to him. Now that we’re all back home for another summer, I’ve promised myself I won’t let him get to me. Him or Xander. But it turns out that this is the summer that changes everything — our family, my future, and the three of us. The truth is, we were all set on this path long ago. What happens between Cole and Xander and I has always been inevitable. ♥ Inevitable is an MMF menage romance. It is the sequel to Stepbully, but can be read as a stand-alone. ♥ Link

If witty banter and smoking-hot chemistry is your kind of read, check out Kacie West’s Goldilocks and the Grumpy Bear. I got to read an early copy and I zipped right through it. It made me laugh out loud and fall in love with Declan and Natalie; I’m sure you will too! Link

He’s too grumpy. She’s all sunshine. But together they might fit just right. Single dad Declan Lowery is trying to have a peaceful holiday with his son. That is until Natalie Taylor plows into his front gate, all sunshine and Christmas cheer. While his son is delighted by her quirky fun, Declan knows he should find her a way home. He’s a famously grumpy ball player-he’s not running a damn bed and breakfast. But they’re stuck together while they wait for the storm to pass. Soon she’s baking cookies and tempting him to take a bite. And Declan’s list for Santa becomes a taste of her sweet lips and a chance to thread his fingers through those golden waves. The Grumpy Bear should never fall for Goldilocks, but when the snow clears it might already be too late. Author note: Goldilocks and the Grumpy Bear is a stand-alone grumpy sunshine Christmas novella between a single dad professional baseball player and a quirky high school history teacher. May contain lots of laughs, holiday cheer, and Metros baseball fun. Kacie West is a pen name for the author duo Jenni Bara and AJ Ranney.

Next, a cinnamon roll firefighter and a baker, can’t get much yummier than that! Link

They say don’t kiss your best friend. I accidentally kissed her twin sister.
Jules and Hailey Milsom couldn’t be more different. Except they’re identical twins. One is my best friend. The other is the new girl in town, searching for a family she never knew existed.It’s just my luck that when I finally make a move on my best friend, I share the best kiss of my life with a stranger. Any sane person would realize this is hopeless. But when the red-haired beauty needs a reason to stay in Bristol, I double down and try to make every one of her Christmas dreams come true. And I kiss her…again and again. But the one thing she really wants, a relationship with her twin, may be the one Christmas wish I can’t deliver. And this mix-up may be nothing more than a mistake. Authors Note: A Very Merry Margarita Mix-Up is a steamy standalone set in Bristol Bay that features a cinnamon roll firefighter, a sweet baker, small town shenanigans and all the Christmas joy your heart can handle.

NEW AUTHOR

Give a new author some love! Check out Brittany Wright’s debut novel, which is perfect if you need something dark and twisted. Link

Sometimes, there is no happily ever after.
Ember has spent the last twenty years of her life in a dance with the devil.
Derek is a broken and narcissistic man, but Ember wants nothing more than to make things work with him.
A woman with a tendency to attract people that aren’t good for her is trapped in a nightmare created by the love of her life.
Sasha’s therapeutic methods are unconventional, but as Ember guides her through a maze of fear and love, it will take everything she knows to bring them both out the other side.
If Ember can’t learn to see her toxic relationship for what it is, there could be devastating consequences
Curse of the Raven is a contemporary novel about overcoming your demons.
Readers should be mindful of the trigger warning listed at the beginning of the book.

UPCOMING BOOKS! CHECK OUT THESE HOT PRE-ORDERS!

The Drummer by Carla Krae makes me wish I had a drummer in my past. Grab this at the special pre-order price! Link

Lincoln Adams was only supposed to be a drunken mistake, the consequence of a little too much Christmas wedding eggnog and loneliness.
Once he’s asleep, I sneak out of his apartment expecting to never see the drummer again.
Except I left my guitar at his friend’s house.
And my earring on his floor.
An earring he uses to leverage me into a lunch date where he starts chipping away at the armor erected around my heart with his too-insightful mind and gorgeous green eyes. His touch heats up my body with a need I’ve never felt before. I won’t do a relationship ever again, but a surprise mutual connection brings us together for a week of sharing and sensual delights.
Seven days of friends with benefits, then we go our separate ways.
What happens in Virginia can stay in Virginia—right?
This story is intended for readers 18 and over due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

Yes, please! I’ll take a Mountain Man and OMG a modern-day mail-order bride? Yeah, I’m here for it. Link

Replying to a spam email to be a mail-order bride may not have been the smartest thing I had ever done, but it’s too late to change it.
But with no prospects, and standing on the brink of homelessness I had nothing to lose.
The promise of a quiet marriage to a wealthy mountain man didn’t seemed like everything I needed.
But when that man turns out to be the man from the poster that hung on my wall as a teen, was I ready for a life in the limelight?
Andrew
When my football career was over, all I wanted was to lead a quiet life away from cameras. Settling on a mountainside in Montana was the perfect escape.
The only problem there wasn’t any women around.
That’s where the Mountain Heart Email Order Bride Company comes in.
When my soon to be bride arrives with tempting curves and hidden secret I can’t help but wonder.
Will ours be the life I longed to live, or the one I longed to leave behind?

Going to end this edition of Books Worth Clicking For , with a reminder that Flame True, Book Four in the Bandit Brothers Series, is on pre-order at a special pre-order price. Grab it here