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        TORN BY FATE by Lylah James Release Date: July 27th   Genre/Tropes: Dark mafia romance / Runaway wife / Enemies to lovers (again) / Obsessive and possessive MMC / He chases her around the world / Villain FMC / Unhinged couple / Touch her and die (literally) / Age-gap / Forced proximity / Breeding / Second chance romance / Revenge / plot twists, jealousy and spice!   SERIES: Fatal Alliances Cover Design: TRC Designs by Cat / @trcdesignsbycat     Check out this GORGEOUS cover!! TORN BY FATE by Lylah James is coming July 27th!!   Make sure to preorder this all-new dark mafia arranged marriage romance TODAY!! PREORDER TODAY! https://geni.us/IBblHl Start the series today with BOUND BY LIES! https://mybook.to/boundbylieslylahjames       BLURB   Serafina When I was fifteen, I made a promise. One day I would have my revenge. For years, I played my part. ...

  Title: The Chosen Series: Hunter Trilogy #3 Author: T.K. Leigh Genres: Dark Romance/Romantic Suspense Tropes: Captive Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Age Gap Morally Gray Hero, Hades & Persephone Retelling Revenge Romance, Forced Proximity Cover Design: Tracy Kellam Release Date: July 16, 2026 BLURB She was supposed to be a pawn. Now I’ll burn down the world to keep her safe. I thought I knew what evil looked like. I was wrong. For years, I believed Victor Kane was the monster at the center of everything... The man pulling strings, destroying lives, and hunting the people I love. I was prepared to burn down the world to stop him. But Victor was only a distraction. The truth is darker. Older. More sinister. And it’s been watching me far longer than I ever realized. Now Ariana is caught in the crosshairs of something far bigger than revenge. Something that doesn’t just want power. It wants obedience. Devotion. Sacrifice. I’ve hunted monsters my entire life. But this time, the mon...

      JETMIR BY EVA WINNERS   Release date: September 3rd   Genre/Tropes: Mafia Romance / Age-Gap / Second Generation of Belles & Mobsters   SERIES: Legacy of Heathens Book 5 * All books are interconnected standalones   Photographer: Wander Aguiar Model: Peter D. Cover Designer: Eve Graphic Design       CHECK OUT THIS GORGEOUS COVER!   We are thrilled to share the cover reveal for JETMIR by Eva Winners, releasing September 3rd!   Make sure to preorder this all-new age-gap, mafia romance TODAY!   Pre-order TODAY! https://geni.us/kgdkaF           BLURB   I’ve always been the good girl. The adored daughter. The sheltered sister. The innocent, younger friend. Then I met Jetmir Volkov. A morally corrupt heir to a mafia empire. A beautiful monster wrapped in tailored suits and bloodstained promises. I fell into his bed… and followed him...

  Title: Ruthless Vow Series: Boston Elite Syndicate #1 Author: Brooke Summers Genre: Mafia Romance Tropes: Arranged Marriage, Mafia Heir Hero Possessive Alpha Hero, Touch Her & Die, "My Wife" Cover Design: Dez Purlington, Pretty in Ink Designs Release Date: July 16, 2026 BLURB The marriage was never about love. It was about power. Quinn Delaney becomes a bride only after another woman walks away, and two syndicates need the problem fixed. She is quiet, obedient, and replaceable. Exactly what the marriage requires. Lorenzo Mariano is the most dangerous man in the room, and he never pretends otherwise. He gives Quinn his name, his protection, and his rules. He keeps his distance. He keeps his silence. He expects her to survive it. She tries. But being ignored hurts more than being hated. As rumors spread and a woman from Lorenzo’s past refuses to let Quinn forget her place, the marriage turns into something she cannot endure. When Quinn finally leaves, Lorenzo ...

  FROSTBITE BY JL BECK   Release date: Coming this fall   SERIES: Sterling Vultures, Book #1   Genre/Tropes: Hockey Romance / Good Girl x Bad Boy / Enemies to Lovers / Angsty / Stalking / Forbidden Romance / Groveling / Touch Her and Die / Praise Kink / Dark Romance / Eyes On Me   Cover Design: Simply Defined Art       We are THRILLED to share this GORGEOUS cover reveal!! FROSTBITE, book 1 in the Sterling Vultures series by JL Beck is coming this fall! Make sure to preorder this all-new dark hockey romance TODAY! Pre-order TODAY! https://a.co/d/0fsXxIvi       BLURB I'm Sterling University royalty. She's the girl who refuses to kneel. They call me a hockey icon. Gorgeous. Violent. Untouchable. They're right — until I'm not. My barely controlled temper and terrible choices earn me a sentence: community service or suspension from the team. Not playing hockey isn't an opti...

  THE DEAN'S LIST Rachel Van Dyken Release Date: June 23 Will be Available in Kindle Unlimited She’s the girl with the perfect GPA and the perfectly planned future. No distractions. No scandals. No mistakes. By day, she’s a straight-A university student competing for the top spot in her program. The only person standing in her way? The campus enigma—wealthy, wickedly intelligent, and notoriously uninterested in commitment. He’s sharp-tongued, serial-dating, and impossible to read. She’s convinced he’s either hiding something… or hiding from something. By night, she has a secret. Behind a mask and a pseudonym, she reads stories online for paying subscribers—never showing her face, never breaking character. It’s anonymous. Safe. Controlled. Until the night the usual male narrator doesn’t show. His replacement steps in. And the voice on the other end of the microphone feels far too familiar. When a campus blackout forces them into c...

  Title: Hades' Revenge Series: Morally Gray Gods #1 Author: Ella Jade Genre: Dark Romance Tropes: Age Gap/Father's Enemy/Daddy Vibes Cover Design: Dark City Designs Model: Wander Aguiar Release Date: September 23, 2026 BLURB When a vicious assassin is banished from the only life he’s ever known, he starts over only to be tempted by the goddaughter he hasn’t seen in almost twenty years. Hades Vindictive, malicious, some would even say sadistic… I couldn’t argue with any of those assessments. We are who we are. I’m a vengeful assassin who will stop at nothing to make those who wronged me pay. And I’m thirsty for revenge. Eighteen years ago, I took the fall for a man who was like a brother to me. I even vowed to protect his daughter by becoming her godfather— and then he betrayed me. Two decades later, his daughter, now a stunning woman, strolls into my life, having no idea who I am or what I’m capable of. Capri takes an unhealthy interest in me, the older and dang...

  Title: Marcus Series: Nightfall Daddies #1 Authors: Pepper North & Robin North Genre: Vampire Romance Tropes: Daddy Dom (BDSM Play), Fated Mates Primal, Touch Her and Die Cover Design: Dar, Wicked Smart Design Release Date: February 24, 2026 BLURB Yield to the allure of Nightfall, the city’s shadowy gathering spot for the chosen. Dare to receive a glowing white or blood moon stamp that reappears mysteriously to grant entry to the hottest club in town. Warning: The owners are ruthless as they hunt for their mates. And they're hungry. Shivery, scary thoughts rock Carina the moment she locks eyes with Nightfall’s head of security. Danger oozes from his green eyes and scarred bulk. Something about this massively built guy makes him irresistible. Surely he’s not interested in a completely average finance specialist. How can he speak in her mind and read her secret desires? Marcus survived hundreds of rivals in the coliseum. Violence courses through his veins. Now part o...

      THORNS OF WAR BY EVA WINNERS   Release date: July 1st   Genre/Tropes: Mafia romance with Jane Eyre vibes / Single dad / Touch her and die / Morally grey mmc / Age gap   Book 8 of the Thorns of Omertà Series   Photographer: Wander Aguilar Cover Designer: Eve Graphic Design Model: Andrew Biernat       We are thrilled to share the cover reveal for THORNS OF WAR by Eva Winners, releasing July 1st!   Make sure to preorder this all-new dark mafia romance TODAY!   Pre-order TODAY! https://amzn.to/4bSaY6a           BLURB   I spent my life mending fractured minds. Yet he was undoing mine,slowly, thorn by deliberate thorn. I knew Greece was a mistake. But how do you resist the ghosts that have whispered your name for years, patient and unrelenting? I never intended to step onto a battlefield of broken hearts and broken minds, yet there I stood, enta...

        BRANDED & BROKEN BY JL BECK   Release date: February 26th   SERIES: Black Hollow Creek Book 2   Genre/Tropes: Dark Romance / Morally Grey Cowboy / Cowboy Romance / Curvy FMC / He nicknames her Filly / Rivals to Lovers / Stalking / He’s Obsessed / Rope K*nk / Fire meets Fire / She’s Engaged to Someone Else   Cover Design: Simply Defined Art Cover Image: Wander Photography       CHECK OUT THIS GORGEOUS COVER!! BRANDED & BROKEN by JL Beck is coming February 26th and we are honored to share the cover reveal today!   Make sure to preorder this all-new rivals to lovers, small town, dark cowboy romance today!!   PREORDER AVAILABLE! Ebook: https://geni.us/banbebook Paperback: https://geni.us/preorderbandb         BLURB They say the truth will set you free. Mine didn’t. It gutted me. One day, I’m the Bishop family disappointment. Next...