Goodbye January and WELCOME FEBRUARY!
There are so many new releases hitting the shelves this month, and in all honesty, I’m anticipating way too many of them! My book budget is going to feel it this month. This month i’ve decided to share my 10 MOST anticipated romance releases. I can’t wait to get my hands on each title! Hopefully I can find the time to read them all this month. We shall see.
Seeds of Malice
By: Maggie Cole
Release Date: February 1st, 2024
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Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3S42OgX
Amazon World: https://mybook.to/seedsofmalicemc
Synopsis:
From International bestselling author Maggie Cole comes a new deliciously warped dark romance about a villain and his unsuspecting pawn.
I’m a pawn in a twisted game I never agreed to partake in.
There’s no getting out.
Dax Carrington decides all the moves.
He’s always two-steps ahead of me.
An animal disguised in warm, privileged, snakeskin, he’ll sink his teeth into every inch of my soul until he owns all of it… all of me.
When I’m at my lowest, he’ll blindside me, pulling me back into his arms, continuing to win the match that I don’t know how to play and just want to escape.
The only problem?
In Dax’s world, the plot ends once he’s the last one standing and there’s nothing left but dust—including me.
Seeds of Malice is book one of the Wilted Kingdom duet. It’s a dark college bully romance between the rich kid and the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Dax and Ivy’s story continues in Book 2 of the Wilted Kingdom duet, Thorns of Malice. See author note for content warnings.
Possessive Heart
By: Brighton Walsh
Release Date: February 1st, 2024
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Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3OerjFW
Amazon World: https://mybook.to/possessiveheartbw
Synopsis:
I’m her brother’s best friend, and for the past ten years, I’ve also been Addison McKenzie’s dirty little secret.
My pro-hockey player lifestyle kept me from her, but I thought we had a good thing going. Burning up the sheets whenever I visited home worked well for us.
Or so I thought.
When a season-ending injury sends me back to Starlight Cove, I find out she thinks of me as nothing more than a mistake.
She’s trying her hardest to ignore my presence, but being snowed in together is making that difficult.
So is sharing a bed.
Old habits die hard, and it’s no surprise we fall right back into each other. Undeniable chemistry was never our problem, though. Making it last in the real world was.
But I’ve been in love with Addison for years. And I have no intention of giving up on us now.
The Reason I Married Him
By: Meghan Quinn
Release Date: February 6th, 2024
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Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4bgcs7N
Amazon World: https://mybook.to/thereasonimarriedhimmq
Synopsis:
From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn, comes a new marriage of convenience romantic comedy. This steamy, laugh out loud, enemies-to-lovers small town standalone delivers the perfect happily ever after.
He proposed . . . and I said yes.
Normally a jovial occasion for a couple in love, but this proposal has a very different feel.
Because the man that I’ll be calling my husband blew into town with one thing on his mind . . . to make my life a living nightmare.
So why did I say yes?
Well, because we both need something from each other.
Namely, I want the farm land he currently owns, and he needs a wife in order to inherit his family cabin in his grandfather’s will.
So as he so eloquently put it, my hand, for his land.
At first, I thought the idea was nuts.
Who really gets married out of convenience?
Apparently, I do.
And now we have to sell our relationship to the town. Meaning, we’re holding hands, he’s pinching my cheeks . . . upper and lower. We’re even forced to share the one-bedroom guest house on the farm where his monstrous body is taking up a large percentage of the bed.
But we’re so persuasive about our farse, that now I’m starting to think he actually might like me. Especially when he grabs me by the wrist and teases the shell of my ear as he whispers, “Mine.”
Butter My Biscuit
By: Lyra Parish
Release Date: February 6th, 2024
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Amazon US: https://amzn.to/48PJ32t
Amazon World: https://mybook.to/buttermybiscuitlp
Synopsis:
My bestie was off-limits until he kissed me and changed everything…
Harrison Valentine is my best friend and the king of one-night stands.
And hi—nice to meet you—I’m the queen of failed relationships.
Commitment issues are something we have in common, or so I thought.
Then the devil delivers his kiss of death, and it puts me in a chokehold.
I expect a f*ck boy, but he wants forever.
And it scares me.
When I finally see the magic we made together, it’s too late.
Because he’s now engaged.
To someone else.
Butter My Biscuit is a SPICY childhood friends-to-lovers, small-town Southern romance with a hero who falls first and knows exactly what he’s always wanted. Each book in the Valentine Texas series is a stand-alone and can be read in any order. There is tension and angst, but trust the process. If I ever break you, I will always put you back together. With an X over my heart.
Stay With Me
By: Brooke Montgomery
Release Date: February 7th, 2024
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Amazon US: https://amzn.to/468p2Cf
Amazon World: https://mybook.to/staywithmebm
Synopsis:
A best friend’s brother stand-alone from small-town romance author Brooke Montgomery about a girl who falls pregnant by the wrong man and the cowboy who takes her in…
I’ve crushed on my best friend’s brother for years.
He’s a six-foot-three, dark-haired cowboy who works on his family’s ranch and sends butterflies to my stomach anytime he looks at me. But he’s never made a move, so I need to get over it.
Except, when he reads a text message about me liking a mysterious guy, he snaps and demands answers. Little does he know, it’s my code name for him.
When he finally confesses he likes me too, I find out I’m pregnant. With my ex-boyfriend’s baby.
After spending three weeks together in secret, my world turns upside down when that little white stick reveals a positive sign from the one-night stand I had before him.
Now everything’s a mess and my life’s spiraling out of control.
I can’t expect him to date me anymore, so I insist we return to being friends. The last thing he needs is a girl who’s carrying another man’s baby and about to be a first-time mom.
But when my apartment gets broken into, and there’s a suspected criminal on the loose, he insists I move in with him to keep me safe.
Staying platonic proves to be harder with each passing day as he goes with me to my appointments, takes me baby shopping, and stocks the kitchen with all my weird cravings. He’s so involved that everyone assumes he’s the father. And I don’t correct them.
But the truth always comes out in a Southern small town.
Stay With Me is book 2 in the Sugarland Creek series. Contains an angsty pregnancy trope with if he wanted to he would vibes. Each book in this Southern, small town series is a stand-alone and ends in a happily ever after.
Sweet Southern Memories
By: C.A. Harms
Release Date: February 8th, 2024
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Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Oi02SO
Amazon World: https://mybook.to/ssmcah
Synopsis:
Zoey
Life doesn’t always go according to plan, a lesson I learned the hard way during my divorce. My first love returns home just in time to watch me pick up the pieces, and the moment I lay eyes on him every memory rushes back.
Jayson Lincoln, the man who still makes my heart beat fast, after all these years. But he’s Doctor Lincoln now and I’m a far cry from the carefree girl he left behind.
I’m learning to navigate life as a single mother of twin girls and he’s reluctantly home to take over the family practice. We may be back in the same small town, but we’re still worlds apart.
Jayson
It’s always been her. No one could ever measure up to Zoey Harding.
And I’ll always regret walking away from her and our hometown, for the big city to chase my dreams.
The longer I’m back, the more the echoes of our past whisper what could have been. But it’s not just about us, and her daughters steal my heart and mend what’s been broken for far too long.
Zoey’s afraid to trust me, but I’m determined to heal the fractures of her heart and prove that this time I’m not going anywhere.
Thorns of Malice
By: Maggie Cole
Release Date: February 15th, 2024
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Synopsis:
From International bestselling author Maggie Cole comes the mind-blowing conclusion of the Wilted Kingdom dark romance duet.
For ten years she’s been under my skin and out of my grasp.
The last time I saw her, I decimated her and everything she valued.
Not a day passes that I don’t crave one more dose of her.
And Ivy Ford’s everything I remember.
Beautiful. Graceful. Seemingly innocent.
I wish that were the case.
There’s only one reason she’s reinserted herself into my life.
Revenge.
It’s nothing new in my world except for one thing.
Ivy learned from the best.
Me.
It’s clear there’s no longer anything naive about her.
She’s an uncontrollable stalk of poison spreading all over me.
Thorns of Malice is book two of the Wilted Kingdom duet. It’s a dark college bully romance between the rich kid and the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Dax and Ivy’s begins continues in Book 1 of the Wilted Kingdom duet, Seeds of Malice. See author website for trigger warnings.
Claim Me Forever
By: A.L. Jackson
Release Date: February 20th, 2024
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Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3SvWT4q
Amazon World: https://mybook.to/claimmeforeveralj
Synopsis:
A single dad sheriff doing his best to protect his town. A gorgeous stranger caught trespassing. A love never expected…
So, it turns out the town sheriff is a total cinnamon roll. A big, burly, grumpy, hot as sin, cinnamon roll. He found me hiding out on private property. Trespassing. I lied and told him I was only there because I was out of cash and had to sleep in my car.
I thought he’d give me a ticket and send me on my way.
Instead, he insisted that I stay at his guest house—right next door to him and his three kids.
I know better than to let them get close. I’ve been betrayed too many times to put my trust in anyone.
Too bad the air crackles every time he comes near, and I feel like I’m going to burn up every time I look at him.
All it takes is one reckless night to completely spiral into the bliss of the man and his big, capable hands. One dinner with his little family to completely fall.
Only I never told him why I really came to Time River. Now I have to choose to trust him with my secret before it’s too late for both of us…
Nothing But It All
By: Adriana Locke
Release Date: February 20th, 2024
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Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3vR9CWq
Amazon World: https://mybook.to/nothingbutitallal
Synopsis:
From USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke comes a warm and romantic novel about a marriage in trouble, two conspiring kids, and the meaning of long-lasting love.
After twenty years, the cracks in Lauren Reed’s marriage are showing. She and her husband, Jack, feel more like roommates than a loving couple. What they have in common are two wonderful teenagers, Michael and Maddie, and the same wistful question: When did it all go wrong? Now that Lauren’s decided to get on with her life—alone—divorce is inevitable.
Not to the kids. They aren’t giving up so easily.
Michael and Maddie have conspired with their grandfather to bring everyone together for a vacation in the family’s favorite summer getaway, a rustic lakeside cabin in Story Brook, Ohio. Awkward? Yep. A little deceptive? Sure. But as far as traps go, Lauren and Jack agree—the meddlers couldn’t have set one that was more scenic or filled with so many bittersweet memories.
This trip is going to be life-changing for the whole family. Fourteen days of hope, heartbreak, and unexpected possibilities—like maybe falling in love all over again.
Bossy Billionaire
By: M. Robinson
Release Date: February 26th, 2024
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Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3OiS2ks
Amazon World: https://mybook.to/bossybillionairemr
Synopsis:
A small-town, friends to lovers romance from Wall Street Journal & USA Bestselling Author M. Robinson
She just had to come back into town…
The same woman who’s haunted my dreams since high school, yet so much has changed since she’s been away.
Especially me.
I’m not the guy she remembers from high school. The one afraid to speak up. I can’t wait to show her just how much has changed, starting with how good I am at using my voice to get what I want.
And what I want is her…
I don’t care what anyone has to say about it.
Because I’ve waited long enough.
And she just signed her life over to me…
The Devil in a Suit.
Which new releases are you anticipating this month?
If I had to pick my number 1 most anticipated, I would have to go with Stay With Me by Brooke Montgomery. I loved the prequel and the first book in her sugarland Creek series, so I have VERY high hopes for Stay With Me. Fingers crossed it is as good as I’m imagining it being.
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