Final Down by Ginger Scott @TheGingerScott @wordsmithpublic


 






Years ago, I accepted that football would always be a part of my life. I just didn’t know how.


When I met Wyatt Stone, I figured the game would weave its way into my young heart and become a part of my first real love. When I married him, I assumed my life would follow the same path as my mother’s—the wife of an NFL quarterback, with all the highs and lows that come along with it.


But when Wyatt didn’t get picked in the draft, everything changed. And Wyatt’s light, however hard he fought to keep it alive, dimmed. Football has a funny way of operating in this family, though. It lingers, like the haze that hovers over my family’s ranch fields in the Arizona desert horizon.


For my dad, the game stuck around through coaching, and Wyatt thought maybe that was enough for him too. But football had other plans. A second chance at glory. A renewed spark in his soul, calling him to give the dream one more shot. And as much as I want to keep him close, to start our family and walk a new path—one that football doesn’t get to dictate—I know that when it comes to this game, I’ve never really called the shots. I’ve merely gone along for the ride. I just hope that this time it doesn’t break my heart completely.


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Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-nominated author of several young and new adult romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How We Deal With Gravity, This Is Falling, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before, Wild Reckless, Wicked Restless, In Your Dreams, The Hard Count, Hold My Breath, and A Boy Like You.

A sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She’s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard…the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com.

When she’s not writing, the odds are high that she’s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork ’em, Devils).

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Wistful Whispers by Kaylene Winter @kaylenewinterauthor @GiveMeBooksPR




Title: Wistful Whispers
Series: Charming Irish #3
Author: Kaylene Winter
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Reverse Age Gap/Enemies to Lovers
Forced Proximity/Plus Size Heroine/Secret Relationship
Release Date: June 9, 2025


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Wistful Whispers is an irresistible battle of the wills where surrendering to forbidden temptation could cost them everything.

I never promised forever.
A good time? Absolutely.
Heartbreak? Only if they got too attached.

My reputation as a quiet playboy precedes me—women talk, and my ‘talents’ follow me wherever I go. But I’ve always been upfront. No commitments. No expectations. No complications.

Marcella Delgado is nothing but complications. Brilliant. Fierce. Eight years older. And the attorney trying to take down my boss in a malpractice case. She should hate me on sight—hell, she does. But that doesn’t stop the heat between us from igniting the moment we meet.

She’s heard the stories about me firsthand, right there in the depositions. She knows exactly what I’m good at, and even though she fights it, I can see the temptation in her eyes.

One night. One line crossed.
Now my future’s unraveling—and she might be the only thing I don’t want to let go.

For the first time, I want it all.

And I’ll fight like hell to be the man she can’t leave behind.






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Kaylene Winter is a best-selling author of steamy, contemporary romance.

Each character-driven novel is filled with snappy dialogue, pop-culture references and enough steam to make you fan yourself. Kaylene weaves authenticity, emotion and angst into a turbulent rollercoaster ride of love, passion and soul-searing romance always ending with a delicious HEA.

Kaylene lives in Seattle with her amazing Irish husband and her Pomsky, Phalen. She loves creating art of all kinds.


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WE DON’T TALK ABOUT CAROL by Kristen L. Berry #review @kristenlberry @randomhouse


 







A dedicated journalist unearths a generations-old family secret—and a connection to a string of missing girls that hits way too close to home—in this gripping debut novel.

In the wake of her grandmother’s passing, Sydney Singleton finds a hidden photograph of a little girl who looks more like Sydney than her own sister or mother. She soon discovers the mystery girl in the photograph is her aunt, Carol, who was one of six North Carolina Black girls to go missing in the 1960s. For the last several decades, not a soul has talked about Carol or what really happened to her. But now, with her grandmother gone and Sydney looking to start a family of her own, she is determined to unravel the truth behind her long-lost aunt’s disappearance, and the sinister silence that surrounds her.

Unfortunately, this is familiar territory for Sydney: Years earlier, while she worked the crime beat as a journalist, her obsession with the case of another missing girl led to a psychotic break. And now, in the suffocating grip of fertility treatments and a marriage that’s beginning to crumble, Sydney’s relentless pursuit for answers might just lead her down the same path of self-destruction. As she delves deeper into Carol’s fate, her own troubled past reemerges, clawing its way to the surface with a vengeance. The web of secrets and lies entangling her family leaves Sydney questioning everything—her fixation on the missing girls, her future as a mom, and her trust in those she knows and loves.

Delving into family, community, secrets, and motherhood, We Don’t Talk About Carol is a gripping and deeply emotional story about overcoming the rot at the roots of our family trees—and what we’ll do for those we love.






Excellent Read from Page One

This book hooked me from the start. Though it’s a fictional story, it felt deeply personal—likely because I’ve been a longtime listener of the Black Girl Gone podcast, which made me especially excited for this read.

The story doesn’t waste time with a slow build—it dives in with purpose. We follow the intelligent and determined Sydney as she searches for girls who went missing 60 years ago. Her main focus? Aunt Carol, who vanished at just 16. Was she murdered like the six other girls believed to be? Through Carol’s story, we uncover a tale of young love, rebellion, and a mysterious man named Michael.

Beyond the mystery, the book explores rich emotional territory. There’s Sydney’s complex relationship with her sister Sasha—strained by an age gap—and their distant, emotionally unavailable mother, which adds even more depth to the narrative.

Sydney’s fertility struggles were especially moving. Her emotional and physical journey through treatments added a layer of vulnerability that made me root for her even more.

I genuinely want more from this author—this was an incredible debut. Bravo! Big thanks to NetGalley and the author for the ARC.



Kristen L. Berry is a writer and communications executive. Born and raised in Metro Detroit, Kristen graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s Degree in English Language & Literature. She has provided PR and communications expertise to leading consumer brands for nearly 20 years, all while writing in her spare time. Kristen co-founded a critique group that has gathered monthly since 2019. When she isn’t reading or writing, Kristen can be found lifting heavy at the gym, hiking in Malibu, eating her way through Los Angeles with her partner, or shouting at the latest Formula 1 race. WE DON’T TALK ABOUT CAROL is her debut novel.

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The First Cut by Candice Wright @authorcandicewright @GiveMeBooksPR




Title: The First Cut
Series: Raven Souls MC #3
Author: Candice Wright
Genre: MC Romance
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Found Family
Forced Proximity/Touch Her and Die
Release Date: June 5, 2025


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I fell in love with a boy before I even knew what love was.

I gave up my world for him, bartered away my hopes and dreams so that boy could have his, but he threw me away at the first sign of trouble.

And somehow, I became the villain of our story.

Everyone hates me for my betrayal. Only I didn’t turn my back on him—he turned his back on me.

Now, I live out my days at the Raven Souls MC as public enemy number one, guarding my secrets like a precious commodity.

My silence keeps others safe, so instead of speaking up, I fade away.

Now all I dream about is escaping the monster in my bed, but before I can run, he lets slip his intentions toward the mother chapter.

Torn between loyalty and freedom, I put my neck on the line to deliver a final warning.

But nothing in this life is easy, and instead of freedom, I find myself being pulled from one cage and locked in another.

Because there’s never just one monster, is there?
Only this one I never saw coming.








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Candice Wright is the international bestselling author of the Underestimated Series. Hailing from the UK, Candice lives with her three slightly unhinged children and the long-suffering partner. When she isn’t busy raising the next generation of crazy, you can find her sitting at the computer writing words she hopes will resonate or snuggled up reading stories by the authors that cultivated her love of the written word.



Devious by J.M. Stoneback @j.m.stoneback @GiveMeBooksPR




Title: Devious
Series: Villain #1
Author: J.M. Stoneback
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Tropes: Forced Marriage/Beauty and the Beast Vibes
Enemies to Lovers
Re-release Date: April 24, 2025


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It’s time to pay my father’s debt.
Nobody crosses Cayden Vitali and walks away unscathed. They call him Devious for a reason—he doesn’t forget, and he never forgives.

Lex Bartoli should’ve known better. He stole from the most dangerous man in the city. And now, he has nothing left to give… except me.

Lex’s daughter.
The payment.
The bride.

Devious wants me as his wife. Not out of love. Out of revenge. If I don’t agree to marry him, he’ll take what he’s owed in blood.

The choice is mine:
Marry the enemy… or watch my father die.

The book was previously published and has been updated and changed. This is the 2nd edition of Devious.

Devious is a dark mafia romance, and the tropes are forced marriage, beauty and the beast, and enemies to lovers. The hero is morally gray, and OTT possessive and obsessive over the FMC with touch her and die vibes. It’s a complete standalone that ends with a HEA.







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J.M. writes contemporary and dark mafia romance. She lives in Georgia, with her three boys and her husband. Her hobbies consist of reading, playing video games, and spending time with her family. 


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Brick’s Redemption by Nikki Landis @nikkilandisauthor @GiveMeBooksPR




Title: Brick’s Redemption
Series: Royal Bastards MC: Las Vegas, NV #5
Graven Bastards MC: Las Vegas, NV #5
Author: Nikki Landis
Genres: MC Romance
Tropes: Taboo/Age Gap/Secret Pregnancy/One Bed
Revenge/Forced Proximity/Rival Club
Release Date: May 29, 2025


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From USA Today Bestselling Author Nikki Landis comes a steamy, age gap, morally grey, revenge-driven MC romance with a slight paranormal twist.

Brick:
Fifteen years ago, I lost my best friend, my sponsor, and the man I was proud to call a brother.
He was gunned down in the middle of the street on a Sunday afternoon.
A hit by a rival club as he rode toward his daughter on her thirteenth birthday.
Three miles from home, he missed her party and a pivotal moment in her life.
She never got to say goodbye.

Now, all these years later, we meet up again.
A snowstorm and a canceled flight in Denver put her in my path as I arrived at the airport to help my club brother.
I offer her a ride, and since it’s her only option of arriving home safely, she accepts.
But we’re targeted and followed, and nearly killed.
I manage to get her home safely for the holidays, only to kidnap and bring her to a safe house.

Ginny is mine.
I’ve claimed her and fallen hard for the sexy, curvy redhead.
I won’t risk her safety. She’s got to stay in hiding until I can deal with the threat.
But she’s got secrets, and so do I.
Ginny doesn’t know that I was the one who found her father, Hesh, in his last moments.
I made a promise to protect her, to get vengeance for the men who stole Ginny’s father from her.
And if I have to ride into hell to do it, I will.

This is not a standalone. It’s highly recommended to read My Christmas Biker first.

Welcome to Las Vegas, where sin, corruption, and the law tangle together. Control belongs to the ones who wear a patch and ride an iron steed. Get ready to rev your engines with the wicked, possessive, protective, alpha men of the Graven Bastards MC Las Vegas Chapter.








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Nikki Landis is a romance enthusiast, tea addict, and book hoarder. She’s the USA Today Bestselling Author of over seventy novels, including her widely popular Tonopah, NV RBMC series. She writes wickedly fierce, spicy romances featuring dirty talkin’ bikers, deadly, possessive reapers, wild bad boys, and the feisty, independent women they love. Nikki loves to write character-driven, emotionally raw stories where protective, morally gray anti-heroes fall hard for their ride-or-die.

American Beauty by Georgia Cates @GiveMeBooksPR @authorgeorgiacates




Title: American Beauty
A Beauty Series Novel
Trilogy: Alex and Magnolia #2
Author: Georgia Cates
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Billionaire Romance/Arranged Relationship
Damaged Alpha & Heroine/Long Distance Relationship
Cover Design: Swoony Cover Designs
Release Date: May 27, 2025


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True love stories never end. But they can be interrupted.

Magnolia Steel returns home from Australia, but her heart is still tangled up in Alex Sebring—the former rugby star who made her believe in something real.
Real enough to try the impossible––long distance.

The time zones are brutal. The distance, worse.
But they make a promise—to hold on, even when everything else tells them to let go.

Until someone in the shadows pulls the strings.

Two messages.
Two lies.
Two broken hearts—each left believing the other walked away.

For Alex, the silence becomes unbearable. The heartbreak. The what-ifs. It all spirals into a storm of anxiety and depression he can’t outrun.

Then—hope. A chance to reclaim the life he lost.
A shot at a professional comeback. One last opportunity to fight for the game torn away from him. To take it, he’ll need surgery.

The procedure brings him to the States… and back into the path of the woman he never forgot.

The heat between them hasn’t faded.
If anything, it burns hotter than ever.

They weren’t meant to fall apart. But they’ll have to fight like hell to come back together.





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Georgia Cates is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author—and a former labor and delivery nurse who now delivers swoony love stories instead of babies. A lifelong reader and proud cat wrangler of three, she writes romance with heart, heat, and a dash of Southern charm. Originally from rural Mississippi, she’s married to her best friend and is the proud mom of two amazing daughters.


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Her Dirty Defender by Violet Rae & Fern Fraser @authorvioletrae & @authorfernfraser @GiveMeBooksPR




Title: Her Dirty Defender
An In His Sights Series Standalone Novella
Authors: Violet Rae & Fern Fraser
Genres: Contemporary/Western Romance
Tropes: One Night Stand/Grumpy x Feisty/Ex SEAL
Morally Gray/Stalker Vibes/Forced Proximity
Release Date: May 23, 2025


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One wild night, one ranch reunion—this protective ex-soldier won’t let the sheriff’s stubborn daughter escape his sights again.

Beckett

She was supposed to be a one-night distraction. A taste of something sweet before I moved on.

But George Hayes left her mark—on my skin, in my head, and deep in my bones. And when I show up for a job at Rider Ridge, I find out she’s not just the girl who got away—she’s my new coworker. The sheriff’s daughter. And the woman I haven’t been able to stop thinking about since she slipped out of my bed before sunrise.

She’s stubborn. Smart-mouthed. Impossible.

And mine.

I may be ex-military, but that doesn’t make me a good man. I’ve done things—things I don’t regret, but things that don’t belong in the light. George? She has too much light in her to be tangled up with someone like me.

But that doesn’t mean I’ll let her go.

She thinks she can keep me at arm’s length, that I’ll let her pretend that night didn’t change everything. But I see the way she looks at me when she thinks I’m not watching. And I’m done pretending.

She can fight this all she wants. But I know one thing for damn sure—she’s not running from me again.








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As besties and co-authors, we love creating stories about rugged cowboys, strong heroines, and the kind of love that feels like coming home. Our books are packed with emotional depth, playful banter, and just the right amount of spice—perfect for readers who want to laugh, swoon, and maybe cry a little too.
If you’re into protective cowboys, slow-burn tension, and found family feels, you’re in the right place.


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Extraction by J.L. Drake @j.l.drake @GiveMeBooksPR




Title: Extraction
Trilogy: Stonewall #1
Author: J.L. Drake
Genre: Military Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Secret Child/Found Family/Cartel World
Alpha Male/Enemies to Lovers/Forced Proximity
Cover Design: Laura Hildago Spellbinding Design
Release Date: June 26, 2025


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From the author of the bestselling Broken Trilogy and Dark Water Series comes Extraction—the first book in Stonewall, a dangerous suspense series in the World of Mayhem, where brotherhood runs deep, and the fight for what matters most only gets harder when the heart is on the line.

Agent Paul is a soldier of many faces—
a ghost, an undercover operative, a team leader.

But those are just titles.

When a letter lands in his hands, everything changes. The past he buried resurfaces with a single revelation—his son.

Returning to the cartel world he barely escaped is a mission he can’t face alone. His brothers rally behind him, shifting their current operation to follow a trail that leads into the darkest corners of Mexico. What they encounter is far more than intel.

A pawn.
An heir.
A child.

Nicole Winter is a war correspondent with a reputation for chasing the truth. Smart. Relentless. And already three steps ahead. When their paths collide, she’s holding the one document Paul needs—and carrying secrets of her own.

As trust is tested and loyalties blur, the mission spirals. When Paul vanishes mid-operation, Nicole is left with one impossible task—to get the boy out alive.

Even if it costs her everything.





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Author J.L. Drake was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, later moving to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children. 

When she’s not writing she loves to spend time with her family, traveling or just enjoying a night at home. One thing you might notice in her books is her love for the four seasons. Growing up on the east coast of Canada the change in the seasons is in her blood and is often mentioned in her writing. 

An avid reader of James Patterson, J.L. Drake has often found herself inspired by his many stories of mystery and intrigue.

She hopes you will enjoy her stories as much as she has enjoyed writing them.


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Sweet Chaos by Kimberly Quinn @GiveMeBooksPR @kimberlyquinn.books




Title: Sweet Chaos
Series: Savage Hearts Syndicate #1
Author: Kimberly Quinn
Genre: Dark Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Mafia Romance/Enemies to Lovers
Possessive Hero/Secrets & Lies
Release Date: May 20, 2025


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The man I’m being forced to seduce is ruthless, dominant, and untouchable.

And he should be. He’s a hitman.

But now, he’s my mark, and I don’t have a choice—deliver Dex to the Bratva, or lose everything.

Playing seductress is nothing new, but the stakes are. Dex unexpectedly changes the rules, twisting the game, pushing me to stay one step ahead…

Then, he puts his hands on me.

Suddenly, I lose all control.

And in Dex’s arms, I realize maybe I never really had control of a damn thing to begin with.

What will remain amid the savage chaos we’ve created when the hunter becomes the hunted?

We’re both about to find out.








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Kimberly is a contemporary romance author, born procrastinator, and lover of morally gray heroes. She enjoys lively conversations, usually with imaginary people, and can often be found daydreaming at work.

She writes gritty, messy, dangerous romances, featuring beautifully flawed characters, pursuing love at all costs. It’s romance with rough edges.

When she’s not busy writing, you can find her with a coffee in hand, dog at her side, and exploring the wilds of her hometown in Ontario, Canada… Or on her couch, getting lost in a good story.


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