Their tiny island is under a major threat… 

With Category 2 Hurricane Ethel expected to make landfall on Gansett Island, residents are scrambling to prepare for a direct hit. Meanwhile, Piper Bennett is on her way back to the island to help Laura Lawry at the Sand & Surf Hotel and runs into her months-long crush, RI State Police Lt. Jack Downing, on the roughest ferry ride of her life. Sparks have been flying between the two of them for months. Will the storm help to move things along or will confessions from Jack’s past derail their fledgling romance?

Return to Gansett Island for a story full of twists, turns, romance and a couple of weddings! Make sure you read to the very end for an exciting announcement!

Hurricane After Dark, Gansett Island Series, Book 26

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👋 Helloooo swoon squad!
Welcome to While You Were Reading — a podcast for contemporary romance readers.
I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily and today we’re talking with one of the rising stars of contemporary romance -- Kate Bromley. I'll be talking with Kate about her latest book, CIAO FOR NOW.

Tropes for CIAO FOR NOW
🇮🇹 Hottie from a foreign land
👠 Fish out of water in the world of high fashion
✨ It's never too late to chase your dreams
✅ A dash of forced proximity
💥 Enemies to lovers
🕺🏻 Boss's son
Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating: 💍💍💍💍

📚 Episode TBR Pile:
Here for the Drama by Kate Bromley: https://books2read.com/HereForTheDrama
Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley: https://books2read.com/TalkBookishToMe
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne: https://books2read.com/TheHatingGame
Single-Minded by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/Single-Minded
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey: https://books2read.com/ItHappenedOneSummer
Upsy Daisy by Chelsea Edwards: https://books2read.com/UpsyDaisy

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Kate Bromley's New Rom-Com CIAO FOR NOW & Lisa Confesses a Secret

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👋 Helloooo swoon squad!
Welcome to While You Were Reading — a podcast for contemporary romance readers.
I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today we’re talking with USA Today bestselling author Lainey Davis about her new book LAST CALL: A marriage of Convenience Romance. Lainey lives in Pittsburgh with her 3 feral sons, 2 rescued rabbits, and 1 tired husband. Her books, including her wildly popular Stag Brothers series, feature brooding heroes, feisty heroines, steamy love scenes, and happily ever afters. Learn more at laineydavis.com

Tropes for LAST CALL

💍 Marriage of convenience
😈 Grumpy-Sunshine
👨‍👩‍👧 Found family
🏉 Sports romance (Rugby)
🧲 Opposites attract
🚗 Road trip! (aka forced proximity)
🫵🏽 "Don't touch my wife"


Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating: 💍💍💍💍

📚 Episode TBR Pile:
Last Call: A marriage of convenience romance by Lainey Davis: https://books2read.com/LastCallLaineyDavis
The Sweetheart List by Christina Lauren: https://books2read.com/TrueLoveExperiment
Cold Feet: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/Cold-Feet-Rom-Com

📖 About Last Call: A marriage of convenience romance by Lainey Davis

We struck a deal. All business. Now he's changing the rules.

It was just supposed to be a marriage on paper. Koa needed a path to citizenship and I needed the money to open Bridges and Bitters.

All I've ever wanted is to take care of my sisters and run my own bar, my way. What did I care if I had a technical husband? A husband with too many dimples and more charm than he should have...

So when he rolled into town after five years to deal with some paperwork, he's turned everything upside-down.

Sure, Koa is charismatic and fun, but he's also a nomad. I don't have time for vacations and I don't know how to play games.

I'm not sure how I ended up hitched to a smoking hot rugby coach without a plan, but I need to sort this all out. Fast.

If I can't figure out a way to slice through all this red tape, it could mean last call for Bridges and Bitters.

Last Call is a sizzling marriage of convenience romance, the fourth stand-alone installment of the Bridges and Bitters series. If you love found family, witty banter, and heat that will curl your toes, you'll devour these sexy romantic comedies.

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Lainey Davis' LAST CALL 🏉+🍸: What Happens When 2 Complete Strangers Get Married?

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👋 Helloooo swoon squad!
Welcome to While You Were Reading — a podcast for contemporary romance readers.
I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today we’re talking with debut romantic comedy author Lana Ferguson about her new spicy rom-com THE NANNY.  She's a sex-positive nerd whose work never shies from spice or sass. Her debut rom-com, THE NANNY, is on sale now and available everywhere.


Tropes for THE NANNY

♻️ Second chance romance
👵🏽 Grandma Yoda
👨🏼‍🍳 Single dad falls for the nanny
👨‍👩‍👧 Instant family
🏃🏽‍♂️ The one who got away
🤫 Somebody's got a secret
⏲️ Forced proximity

Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating: 3 1/2 💍💍💍💍
Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life. (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  

📚 Episode TBR Pile:
The Nanny by Lana Ferguson: https://books2read.com/TheNanny
Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon: https://books2read.com/BusinessOrPleasure
The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa: https://books2read.com/TheWorstBestMan

📖 About The Nanny by Lana Ferguson

A woman discovers the father of the child she is nannying may be her biggest (Only)Fan in this steamy contemporary romance by Lana Ferguson.

After losing her job and being on the brink of eviction, Cassie Evans finds herself with two choices: get a new job (and fast) or fire up her long-untouched OnlyFans account. But there are no jobs to be found, and as for OnlyFans. . . . Well, there are reasons she can’t go back. Just when all hope seems lost, an ad for a live-in nanny position seems the solution to all her problems. It’s almost too perfect—until she meets her would-be employer.

Aiden Reid, executive chef and DILF extraordinaire is far from the stuffy single dad Cassie was imagining. She is shocked when he tells her she’s the most qualified applicant he’s met in weeks, practically begging her to take the job. With hands that make her hindbrain howl and eyes that scream sex, the idea of living under the same roof as Aiden feels dangerous, but with no other option, she decides to stay with him and his adorably tenacious daughter, Sophie.

Cassie soon discovers that Aiden is not a stranger at all, but instead someone who is very familiar with her—or at least, her body. She finds herself at a loss for what to do, given that he doesn’t remember her. As their relationship heats to temperatures hotter than any kitchen Aiden has ever worked in, Cassie struggles with telling Aiden the truth, and the more terrifying possibility—losing the best chance at happiness she’s ever had.

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👨🏼‍🍳In Lana Ferguson's THE NANNY Single Dad Chef & his Camgirl-Turned-Nanny are Extra Spicy!! 🌶️

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👋 Helloooo swoon squad!
Welcome to While You Were Reading — a podcast for contemporary romance readers.
I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today we’re talking with New York Times best-selling author of Weather Girl and The Ex Talk Rachel Lynn Solomon about her new romantoc comedy BUSINESS OR PLEASURE.  Her new romantic comedy, BUSINESS OR PLEASURE is in stores July 4th.


Tropes for BUSINESS OR PLEASURE
🐠 Fish out of water
😛 McDreamy Moment
🧳 Forced proximity
🛌 2nd chance with a one night stand
🌶️ Sexy school
📎 Workplace romance
💗 Friends with benefits
🍆 Friends to lovers
📺 TV star falls for a normal


Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating: 4 1/2 💍💍💍💍
Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life. (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  

📚 Episode TBR Pile:
Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon: https://books2read.com/BusinessOrPleasure
Meet Me at the Lake by Carly Fortune: https://books2read.com/MeetMeAtTheLake
The Nanny by Lana Ferguson: https://books2read.com/TheNanny
The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge
Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler: https://books2read.com/AdelaideBook
Plus One by Kelsey Rodkey: https://books2read.com/PlusOneBook
Ciao for Now by Kate Bromley: https://books2read.com/CiaoForNow


📖 About Business or Pleasure
An Indie Next Pick
A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick

Named a Most Anticipated Summer Read by Buzzfeed, Glamour, Town & Country, BookRiot, and more!

A ghostwriter and a struggling actor help each other on the page and in the bedroom in this steamy romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Talk.
 
Chandler Cohen has never felt more like the ghost in "ghostwriter" until she attends a signing for a book she wrote—and the author doesn’t even recognize her. The evening turns more promising when she meets a charming man at the bar and immediately connects with him. But when all their sexual tension culminates in a spectacularly awkward hookup, she decides this is one night better off forgotten.
 
Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. Her next project is ghostwriting a memoir for Finn Walsh, a C-list actor best known for playing a lovable nerd on a cult classic werewolf show who now makes a living appearing at fan conventions across the country. Chandler knows him better from their one-night stand of hilarious mishaps.
 
Chandler’s determined to keep their partnership as professional as possible, but when she admits to Finn their night together wasn’t as mind-blowing as he thought it was, he’s distraught. He intrigues her enough that they strike a deal: when they’re not working on his book, Chandler will school Finn in the art of satisfaction. As they grow closer both in and out of the bedroom, they must figure out which is more important, business or pleasure—or if there's a way for them to have both.

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In Rachel Lynn Solomon's BUSINESS OR PLEASURE Rom-Com, Ghostwriter Gives Spice Lessons to a TV star

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YOU WITH A VIEW: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

👋 Helloooo swoon squad!
Welcome to While You Were Reading — a podcast for contemporary romance readers.
I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today we’re talking with debut romantic comedy author Jessica Joyce about her fun new rom-com YOU WITH A VIEW.  Jessica lives happily-ever-ongoing with her husband and son in the Bay Area. When she’s not writing character-driven, realistic and relatable tales of millennials who are just Doing Their Best while falling in love, you can find her listening to one of her dozens of chaotically curated Spotify playlists, trying out a new skincare face mask, crying over cute animal TikToks, or watching the 2005 version of Pride & Prejudice.

YOU WITH A VIEW: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tropes for YOU WITH A VIEW

♻️ Second chance romance
🧳 Forced proximity
🚗 Romantic road trip
🥰 Enemies to lovers
🛌 Only one bed


Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating: 4 1/2 💍💍💍💍
Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  

📚 Episode TBR Pile:
You With a View by Jessica Joyce: https://books2read.com/YouWithAView
The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge
The Nanny by Lana Ferguson: https://books2read.com/TheNanny
Planes, Trains & All the Feels by Livy Hart: https://books2read.com/PlanesTrainsAllTheFeels
Something Wild and Wonderful by Anita Kelly: https://books2read.com/SomethingWildAndWonderful
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren: https://books2read.com/TwiceInABlueMoon
The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren:  https://books2read.com/TrueLoveExperiment

📺 To Watch Pile!
Pride & Prejudice 2005: https://amzn.to/3O0eS0E
Letters to Juliet 2010: https://amzn.to/3PO25j4

📖 About YOU WITH A VIEW by Jessica Joyce

"Jessica Joyce is a new and forever fave!"—Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically

Two high school enemies must reunite for a road trip inspired by their grandparents’ broken engagement in this electric debut romance.

Noelle Shepard is unemployed, living with her parents, and grieving the loss of her beloved grandmother when she discovers decades-old photos of Gram and a smitten man, tucked alongside a love letter. She creates a TikTok to search for the mystery man, which goes viral, and she’s shocked when his grandson responds—a man who happens to be her high school nemesis, Theo Spencer.

Noelle refuses to let Theo’s annoying accomplishments in adulthood—or his sexy smirk—stand in the way of meeting his grandfather and unlocking the secrets he knew about her gram as a young woman. When she learns that their plans to elope were thwarted, Noelle decides to take the honeymoon road trip they planned but never got to carry out. There’s a catch, though: Paul, Theo's grandfather, asks to come with her, and he insists that Theo join them.

It’ll be a miracle if they make it through the trip without Noelle throwing Theo out of the moving car—or the bed they end up sharing. As the miles tick by, the tension simmers hotter between them...until she discovers that Theo’s hiding a secret that could cause their tenuous relationship to end before it can restart.

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If You 💗 Letters To Juliet, YOU WITH A VIEW Is Just The Rom-Com Road Trip You’ve Been Looking For!

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TO HAVE AND TO HEIST: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

👋 Helloooo swoon squad!
Welcome to While You Were Reading — a podcast for contemporary romance readers.
I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’ll be talking TO HAVE AND TO HEIST with rom-com rock star Sara Desai.

Sara has been a lawyer, radio DJ, marathon runner, historian, bouncer and librarian. She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, kids and an assortment of forest creatures who think they are pets. Sara's diverse romantic comedy books have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, People, Oprah Magazine, Marie Claire, The Washington Post, Pop Sugar, Bustle, USA Today, Woman's World, Hello! Canada and many more. 

TO HAVE AND TO HEIST: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tropes for To Have and To Heist

🏠 Found family
🧲 Opposites attract
🕵🏻 Secret identity
🎁 Forced proximity
💗 Small town romance vibe
😇 Bad boy and good girl


Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating: 4.5 💍💍💍💍
Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  

📚 Episode TBR Pile:

To Have and To Heist by Sara Desai: https://books2read.com/ToHaveAndToHeist 
The Singles Table by Sara Desai: https://books2read.com/TheSinglesTable
The Dating Plan by Sara Desai: https://books2read.com/TheDatingPlan
The Marriage Game by Sara Desai: https://books2read.com/The-Marriage-Game
The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge
Dating Dr. Dil: https://books2read.com/DatingDrDil
How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days: https://books2read.com/HowtoMarryKeanuReevesin90Days
True Love Experiment By Christina Lauren: https://books2read.com/TheTrueLoveExperiment



📖 About TO HAVE AND TO HEIST by Sara Desai
Simi Chopra is on a bad-luck streak. She’s lost yet another job, her student loan debt won’t stop growing, her basement apartment is a certifiable flood zone, and now her best friend has been accused of stealing a multimillion-dollar diamond necklace. To put it lightly, she’s desperate for a break—that’s right when Jack waltzes out of the bushes and into her life.

Jack is just as charming as he is mysterious. When he offers to help her find the missing necklace and steal it back, Simi jumps at the chance to clear her friend’s name and collect the substantial reward. But every good heist needs a crew. All she needs to do is transform a ragtag group of strangers into an elite heist crew, infiltrate a high-society wedding, and steal the necklace from a dangerous criminal before the happy couple say "I do." Meanwhile, the bride is keeping secrets, a detective with a slow-burn smile keeps showing up at her door, and the ultimate robbery might not be the wedding con, but the way Jack is stealing her heart.



📖 About The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily

A laugh-out-loud hockey romantic comedy perfect for fans of Helena Hunting and Pippa Grant!

Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.

He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lucky charm to pay off her training expenses as an Olympic figure skater. Everything is looking up for both of them.

She’s almost got her debt paid off and the Slashers are on a winning streak. There's only one problem: she doesn’t know how to tell Logan she’s been lying to him the whole time.

If she can just keep her secret until the playoffs are over…

🌿Love opposites attract & (maybe) bad boys? Sara Desai's To Have and To Heist will steal your heart

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DANGEROUS CURVES: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

👋 Helloooo swoon squad!
Welcome to While You Were Reading — a podcast for contemporary romance readers.
I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’ll be talking about Mia Augustine's new contemporary romance novellas, DANGEROUS CURVES.

Mia loves rainy days, hot chocolate, her dog, and movies with happy endings. Her contemporary stories are edgy, passionate, and sometimes dark, but always compelling!

Tropes for Dangerous Curves

🏍️ Bad boy
💰 Rich girl/ poor boy
🏦 Billionaire heiress
🎁 Forced proximity
🐠 Fish out of water
👩🏻‍⚕️ Florence Nightengale
🧲 Opposites attract


Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating: 3.5 💍💍💍💍
Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  

📚 Episode TBR Pile:

Dangerous Curves by Mia Augustine: https://books2read.com/DangerousCurves-MiaAugustine
The Nanny by Lana Ferguson: books2read.com/TheNanny
Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James: https://books2read.com/JustTheSexiestManAlive
The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge


📖 About DANGEROUS CURVES by Mia Augustine

Sometimes the person you're looking for is the one you least expect.

In supermodel Catalina Locatelli’s fury with her father, she finds herself lost in Vegas somewhere off the Strip with no idea how to get back to her hotel. Yes, in the height of her pique, she’s forgotten her cell phone. At first glance, her rescuer-motorcycle-maniac seems like your typical bad boy. He's got the duds, the motorcycle, and the attitude.

Survivalist Persus Phuckzer is stymied by the beauty he stops to assist. Unfortunately, she isn't the only one in need of help.

📖 About The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily

A laugh-out-loud hockey romantic comedy perfect for fans of Helena Hunting and Pippa Grant!

Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.

He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lucky charm to pay off her training expenses as an Olympic figure skater. Everything is looking up for both of them.

She’s almost got her debt paid off and the Slashers are on a winning streak. There's only one problem: she doesn’t know how to tell Logan she’s been lying to him the whole time.

If she can just keep her secret until the playoffs are over…

Buy The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy here.

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🏍️Dangerous Curves:Love motorcycle bad boys & billionaires w/ daddy issues? This episode's for you!

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A LOVE CATASTROPHE: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

👋 Helloooo swoon squad!
Welcome to While You Were Reading — a podcast for contemporary romance readers.
I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’ll be talking with one of my favorite authors, Helena Hunting, about her new romantic comedy, A LOVE CATASTROPHE.

Helena is the author of some epic contemporary romances you know and love. She’s the NYT and USA Today bestselling author of MEET CUTE, GOOD LUCK CHARM, and KISS MY CUPCAKE, and my favorite hockey rom-com series ever, PUCKED.

Helena Hunting lives outside of Toronto with her amazing family and her two awesome cats, who think the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Helena writes everything from contemporary romance with all the feels to romantic comedies that will have you laughing until you cry.


Tropes for A LOVE CATASTROPHE

💗 Friends to lovers
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family ties
🐈‍⬛ Cat lovers and dog lovers falling in love
☀️ Grumpy sunshine
💥 Characters stuck in old trauma help each other to move forward


Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating: 5 💍💍💍💍
Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  

📚 Episode TBR Pile:

A Love Catastrophe by Helena Hunting: https://books2read.com/ALoveCatastrophe
Pucked by Helena Hunting: https://books2read.com/Pucked
Meet Cute by Helena Hunting: https://books2read.com/Meet-Cute
Kiss My Cupcake by Helena Hunting: https://books2read.com/KissMyCupcake
You With A View by Jessica Joyce: books2read.com/YouWithAView
Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North (Coming 2024 from St. Martins Press)
The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge

📖 About A LOVE CATASTROPHE by Helena Hunting

The fur is about to fly between a cheerful cat sitter and a grumpy hockey nerd in this hilarious and charming rom-com by the New York Times bestselling author of Meet Cute.

Kitty Hart has become internet famous as the Kitty Whisperer for her expertise on all things feline, and as a result, her cat-sitting business is booming. But lately, she has a terrible feeling that maybe her life isn’t quite going where it’s supposed to—especially after falling face-first into her newest client. Not exactly the best first impression.

Fortunately, Miles Thorn is just as bad at first impressions. Strike one: he doesn’t like cats, especially Prince Francis, the haughty and mischievous Sphynx his mom left in his care. Strike two: tackling Kitty to the floor in a misguided attempt to save the pet he continually calls “the gremlin.”

As awkwardness slides into attraction and things start to turn purr-sonal, will these two complete opposites ever be able to find their furry-tail ending?

📖 About The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily

A laugh-out-loud hockey romantic comedy perfect for fans of Helena Hunting and Pippa Grant!

Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.

He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lucky charm to pay off her training expenses as an Olympic figure skater. Everything is looking up for both of them.

She’s almost got her debt paid off and the Slashers are on a winning streak. There's only one problem: she doesn’t know how to tell Logan she’s been lying to him the whole time.

If she can just keep her secret until the playoffs are over…

Buy The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy here.

Helena Hunting - A Love Catastrophe - WYWR - Lisa Daily

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IRIS KELLY DOESN'T DATE ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

👋 Helloooo swoon squad! Welcome to Season 2 of WHILE YOU WERE READING: a podcast for contemporary romance readers.
I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’ll be talking with the fascinating Ashley Herring Blake, about her brand new sapphic fake dating rom-com, Iris Kelly Doesn't Date.

Ashley Herring Blake is an award-winning author. She holds a master’s degree in teaching and loves coffee, arranging her books by color, and cold weather. She is the author of romance novels, young adult novels, and middle grade novels. She’s also a coeditor on the young adult romance anthology Fools in Love. She lives on a very tiny island off the coast of Georgia with her family.

Tropes for Iris Kelly Doesn't Date

💙 Fake dating
🛌 Only one bed
🎓 Sex lessons

Book Girlfriend Keeper Rating: 5 💍💍💍💍💍
Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  

📚 Episode TBR Pile:
Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake: https://books2read.com/IrisKellyDoesntDate
Astrid Parker Doesn't  Fail by Ashley Herring Blake: https://books2read.com/AstridParkerDoesntFail
(and Lisa Daily Apparently Doesn't Read because I totally mispronounced this book title in the podcast. 😛)
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake: https://books2read.com/DelilahGreenDoesntCare
D'Vaughn and Kis Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins: https://books2read.com/DVaughnAndKris
Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner: https://books2read.com/CleatCute
The Art of Scandal by Regina Black: https://books2read.com/TheArtOfScandal
The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge

Romancing the Stone (movie): https://amzn.to/3F3PnX5

📖 About Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake

A fake relationship after a horrible one-night stand is anything but an act in this witty and heartfelt new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake.

Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partners that are perfect for them, and her parents are still blissfully married. And she’s happy for all of them, truly. Iris doesn’t want any of that—dating, love, romance. She’ll stick to her commitment-free hookups, thanks very much, except no one in her life will just let her be. Everyone wants to see her settled down, but she holds firmly to her no dating rule. There’s only one problem—Iris is a romance author facing an imminent deadline for her second book, and she’s completely out of ideas.

Perfectly happy to ignore her problems as per usual, Iris goes to a bar in Portland and meets a sexy stranger, Stefania, and a night of dancing and making out turns into the worst one-night stand Iris has had in her life. To get her mind off everything, Iris tries out for the lead role in a local play, a queer retelling of Much Ado About Nothing, but comes face-to-face with Stefania, whose real name turns out to be Stevie. Desperate to save face in front of her friends, Stevie asks Iris to play along as her girlfriend. Iris is shocked, but when she realizes the arrangement might provide her with some much-needed romantic content for her book, she agrees. As the two women play the part of a happy couple, lines start to blur, and they’re left wondering who will make the real first move....

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👭If you love sapphic fake dating romcoms, you'll 🩷 IRIS KELLY DOESN'T DATE by Ashley Herring Blake

Do you deserve a world of magic? Snark? Fast paced fun? Don't miss the first book in Winnie Winkle's urban fantasy series The Record. Boogie Beach delivers all the fun with a side of boozy snark! Enjoy this snippet, narrated by Bethanne Reid!

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Are you on the hunt for magic? Snark? Fast paced fun? Here's a snippet, narrated by Bethanne Reid, of the first book in Winnie Winkle's urban fantasy series The Record. Boogie Beach delivers all the fun with a side of boozy snark!

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In the mood for a sassy bartender? Magic? Fast paced fun? Don't miss the first book in Winnie Winkle's urban fantasy series The Record. Boogie Beach delivers all the fun with a side of boozy snark! Great narration by Bethanne Reid!

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His Wicked Ways (The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside), Book 5 by Melissa Foster: https://www.audible.com/pd/His-Wicked-Ways-Audiobook/B0CMDCB45Q

Get this book when you try audible free: www.audible.com/offers/30free?asin=B0CMDCB45Q

He's used to women doing as he says in and out of the bedroom. Find out happens when he falls for the one woman who won't submit to his wicked ways in the newest insanely sexy, deeply emotional, and laugh-out-loud funny standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster.

Blaine Wicked can spot trouble a mile away. As the eldest of five and raised in a Dark Knights biker family, he has always been a protector. Rescuing a stripper from a bad situation comes with the territory, regardless of the hell the mouthy, slightly awkward, and seriously hot leggy blonde gives him for it. She’s far too innocent to bend to his wicked ways, but the more he learns about her, the harder it is for him to walk away.

Forensic scientist Reese Wilder never imagined herself as the entertainment at a bachelor party, but she’d do anything to keep food on the table for her teenage sister. With their mess of a mother in rehab—Third time’s a charm, right?—Reese is stuck paying off their mother’s debt to a dealer and trying to make ends meet. Reese has had it rough, and she knows better than to rely on anyone for help, much less a pushy biker with piercing blue eyes who probably has dozens of women at his beck and call.

The more flames Reese throws, the more determined Blaine is to walk through them. The closer he gets, the hotter they burn—and the more curious she becomes. But Blaine Wicked has the power to torch Reese’s walls to embers, and with her sister’s well-being at stake, that’s a risk she can’t afford to take.

His Wicked Ways by Melissa Foster, Read by Andi Arndt and Jacob Morgan

Falling For Mr. Bad (The Bradens and Montgomerys (Pleasant Hill & Oak Falls), Book 11) by Melissa Foster on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Falling-for-Mr-Bad-Audiobook/B0CVLKNZKP

Get this book free when you try Audible: www.audible.com/offers/30free?asin=B0CVLKNZKP

She’s a badass musician and mechanic with no patience for overinflated egos. He’s a billionaire with no time for drama. Going head-to-head has never been so much fun...or so dirty.

Scorching heat, laugh-out-loud humor, and loads of heart make this sexy enemies-to-lovers, close proximity, forbidden, workplace, small town standalone romance unputdownable. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and happily ever afters guaranteed to leave you breathlessly in love with the fiercely loyal and wickedly naughty characters in the Love in Bloom series. All Love in Bloom books are written to stand alone or be enjoyed as part of the larger series, so dive right in and enjoy the ride!

In FALLING FOR MR. BAD...

Sable Montgomery loves her single, do-as-she-pleases small-town life. She sees family often, spends her days working in her auto shop and many evenings playing at a local pub with her band, Surge. She has no desire to settle down or let any man tell her what to do. When Surge is offered what most people would consider the chance of a lifetime to tour with and open for Bad Intentions, the hottest rock band of the decade, her bandmates are all in, but she’s determined to walk away. Sable has no patience for glitz, glamour, or overinflated egos, and that includes the infuriatingly hot billionaire sent to wrangle her into submission.

Taking over as manager for his brother’s band wasn’t on business mogul Kane Bad’s agenda last year, much less negotiating with the stubborn and beautiful lead singer for Surge, but there’s nothing he won’t do for family. Including trying to stifle his desire for Sable. He needs to convince her to accept the contract, but he’d rather wrangle the sexy, headstrong, boot-wearing, tough-talking musician into his bed.

Loyalties are tested, lies are told, and greedy pleasures are satisfied. Are they just a chorus between chaotic verses, or will falling for Mr. Bad be Sable’s greatest love song?

Falling for Mr. Bad by Melissa Foster, Read by Aiden Snow and Samantha Brentmoor

They’re beloved members of the Gansett Island family…

But they’ve never had their own book until now! Dan Torrington and Kara Ballard take center stage for the first time ever in this prequel novel. Revisit their story from when they first appeared in FALLING FOR LOVE through HURRICANE AFTER DARK, with many new scenes, characters and backstories as we prepare to follow Dan and Kara to Bar Harbor, Maine, to deal with the most intense Ballard family drama yet.

Dan & Kara: A Downeast Prequel

A Taste of Whiskey (The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch, Book 3) by Melissa Foster on Audible: Coming Soon

Get this book free when you try Audible: Coming Soon

Sasha Whiskey is done being the good girl. She’s ready to wrangle in the one man not looking to be caught and give him a taste of Whiskey. With any luck, one taste won’t be nearly enough. Come along for the steamy, emotional ride in this forbidden single-father, friends-to-lovers, workplace romance.

Equine rehabilitation therapist Sasha Whiskey has everything she needs right there on Redemption Ranch—a job she’s passionate about, a loving family, and Ezra Moore, the sexy single father who went from trying to nail her as a belligerent teen to keeping his distance as a successful therapist and the person to whom she compares every other man. She’s done with comparisons. She wants the real thing. But going after what she wants means risking everything they’ve both worked so hard to achieve. If only dating co-workers weren’t forbidden.

From New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster comes The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch, a small-town, big-family series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal, insanely sexy bikers who give horses—and people—a second chance. Buckle up for a wild ride in Hope Ridge, Colorado, as these big-hearted badasses and their sassy sisters wrangle in their forever loves. No cliffhangers, no cheating, and always a happily ever after.

The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch
The Trouble with Whiskey
Freeing Sully (Prequel to For the Love of Whiskey)
For the Love of Whiskey
A Taste of Whiskey
More coming soon…

A Taste Of Whiskey by Melissa Foster, Narrated by Aiden Snow and Savannah Peachwood

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes contemporary romance, new adult, contemporary women’s fiction, suspense, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her books have been recommended by USA Today’s book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the  World Literary Café and Fostering Success. When she’s not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on  Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine. 

Marie Force is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 50 contemporary romances, including the Gansett Island Series and the Fatal Series from Harlequin Books. In addition, she is the author of the Butler, Vermont Series, the Green Mountain Series and the erotic romance Quantum Series, written under the name of M.S. Force. All together, her books have sold 6 million copies worldwide!

Her goals in life are simple—to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can and to never be on a flight that makes the news. 

Join Marie’s mailing list on her website at marieforce.com for news about new books and upcoming appearances in your area. Follow her on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/MarieForceAuthor, on Twitter @marieforce and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/marieforceauthor/. Contact Marie at marie@marieforce.com.

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