Title: Hot Chicken
A Man of the Month
Christmas in July Series Novella
Author: LM Fox
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Unrequited Love/Small Town Beach Romance
Release Date: July 31, 2023
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Matt
Returning to my hometown to help care for my ailing mother
wasn’t on my radar at age twenty-eight.
But neither was Ellie Albright.
This small seaside town and its obsession with Christmas
had me packed and ready to leave at a moment’s notice.
Who knew a trip to the corner convenience store
could make this holiday grump want to grovel?
Because this girl is all I can think about,
and I’m not wasting my chance this time.
Ellie
It’s Christmas in July in Candy Cane Key.
However, winning Best on the Beach is the only thing
on my wishlist.
Definitely not my blazing hot high school crush
turned firefighter who’s come back home.
July is tourist season for our little beach town.
The entire community enjoys a lift in sales
as travelers visit for sun, surf, and holiday silliness.
Yet it’s not as easy when your place of business
is a run-down gas station.
But I’m keeping my eye on the prize.
Not on Matthew Hightower.
That’s one gift even Santa can’t deliver.
This steamy novella is a return to hometown,
unrequited love, small-town beach romance
with a guaranteed HEA!
This is a standalone, but stars characters from Naughty & Nice,
A 2022 Man of the Month Club Sycamore Mountain series novella.
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EXCERPT
Matt
I put my truck in park and hop out, walking toward the door with trepidation. I hope the food tastes better than this place looks.
A metal bell chimes overhead as I open the door. I’m surprised to find the inside is quite different than what greets you in the service area of this place. The area is bright with white linoleum floors and shiny gunmetal countertops. There’s a soda fountain and coffee stations to the left and the cashier’s check out to the right. A portly appearing older gentleman appears to be reading the newspaper, sitting on a stool behind the counter.
“Hi. Are you Elliot? I’m working with my brother this summer and he sent me to pick up lunch for his crew.”
“Ah, Harry your brother?” he asks around a toothpick dangling from the corner of his mouth.
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, any brother of Harry’s is a friend of mine. I’m Jo.”
“Matt. Nice to meet you. Oh. Salty Jo is you?”
He grins, and I instantly have the feeling this man is a fixture in Candy Cane Key.
“I don’t recall this place from when I grew up here.”
“What’re you? Thirty?”
“Close. Twenty-eight.”
The bell chimes again, and I notice customers meandering around the place. No one seems the slightest bit concerned about the condition of the place. I’m sure they have to pass inspections with the health department, but I still can’t help being a tad concerned about eating lunch from a place like this.
“Well, we’ve been here as long as you’ve been on the planet, son. Although it probably looked a bit better back then. Time and multiple tropical storms have taken their toll on the place. After a while, it gets to feel silly sinking any more money into it. But your brother has come to our aid more than once for the important stuff.”
This makes me smile. My brother really is a good dude.
“Speaking of your brother, I guess we need to keep his boys fed.” Jo removes the toothpick that remains in place throughout our conversation and points toward his right. “Elliot’s over there. In the deli area.” A mischievous smirk curls the corner of his mouth.
What’s that about? “Thanks.”
“Nice to meet you, Matt. Hope to see you ‘round.”
I turn in the direction of the deli and feel my stomach grumble as I’m hit with the aroma of fried chicken. Now I live in a mountain town in North Carolina where home cooking is a staple. So for the scent of these gas station offerings before me to cause me to salivate says something.
Bending forward, I take in the options within the glass case. There are perfectly prepared pieces of chicken, both on and off the bone, macaroni and cheese, green beans, collard greens, baked apples, and an assortment of pies. Hell, they even have banana pudding here. As my eyes travel to the back of the display area, I find I’m drooling for an entirely different reason. A set of shapely calves, thick thighs, and the hottest backside I’ve ever seen is bent over before me. This girl is leaning into the oven while her tiny cut-off shorts ride up her legs, causing my dick to twitch.
Hell, is she on the menu?
As if on cue, she stands to her full height. She’s probably about five foot five, with generous curves in all the right places. Those perky tits have to be at least a C cup, if not more. They are perfectly proportioned to her rounded hips and trim waste. Her thick auburn hair is pulled up in a messy bun, covered with a hair net. Yet, I can’t help picturing it tumbling down her back toward that fantastic ass. Shit. I don’t remember anyone in Candy Cane Key looking like this when I lived here. Well, maybe one girl, but she was just that. A girl. While this one is all woman.
I barely finish my thought before said stunner turns to face me. While I stand here with my mouth hanging open at the beauty wielding silver tongs before me, I’m met with the biggest green eyes I’ve ever seen. She simply gives me the once over as if this happens all the time. This curvy girl has my mouth watering when it suddenly hits me.
Wait. Do these guys come here for the hot chicken or the hot chick?
AUTHOR BIO
Born and raised in Virginia, LM Fox currently lives in a suburb of Richmond with her husband, three kids, and a chocolate lab.
Her pastimes are traveling to new and favorite places, trying new foods, a swoony book with either a good cup of tea or coffee, margaritas on special occasions, and watching her kids participate in a variety of sports.
She has spent the majority of her adult life working in emergency medicine and her books are written in this setting. Her main characters are typically in the medical field, EMS, fire, and/or law enforcement. She enjoys writing angsty, contemporary romance starring headstrong, independent heroines you can’t help but love and the hot alpha men who fall hard for them.
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Friday, July 28, 2023
Sale Blitz for Discovering Me by VR Tennent
Title: Discovering Me
Duet: Under the Sun #2
Author: VR Tennent
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Reverse Age Gap/Second Chance
Release Date: March 30, 2023
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I took one summer to find myself. I found him...
Spending time in the Spanish sunshine with ladies similar to myself was a welcome opportunity to lick my wounds after my husband left. The past year had been hard, almost unbearable. The woman I had become was not the person I wanted to be. Under the sun, I hoped to find myself again. I wanted to learn to have fun and be free once more. A summer of decadent drinks, lively conversation and unplanned time would hopefully be the remedy to my rock bottom.
I never expected to gain the attention of a man twelve years my junior. If Max Gordon was a flavor of ice cream, he would be raspberry ripple – my favorite – sweet with utter naughtiness at its core. He became an unexpected experience on my once-in-a-lifetime trip. Our relationship was fun and unexpected. He made me feel alive once more. Perhaps life was only just beginning, but my head told me a woman my age should not be fooling around with a man like him. My heart had other ideas, forcing difficult decisions to be made.
Would I be able to leave my summer fling behind when it was time to go home?
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AUTHOR BIO
VR Tennent emigrated from Scotland to Spain in 2020. She lives in the Spanish campo with her husband, young daughter, and ever-growing animal family.
In January 2022, she decided to put pen to paper and write a book after joining the writer’s group of her favourite author. Five months later she was offered a publishing contract on that very book.
She writes contemporary fiction filled with love, heartbreak, and spice.
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Thursday, July 27, 2023
Release Blitz for Hot Chicken by LM Fox
Title: Hot Chicken
A Man of the Month
Christmas in July Series Novella
Author: LM Fox
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Unrequited Love/Small Town Beach Romance
Release Date: July 31, 2023
BLURB
Matt
Returning to my hometown to help care for my ailing mother
wasn’t on my radar at age twenty-eight.
But neither was Ellie Albright.
This small seaside town and its obsession with Christmas
had me packed and ready to leave at a moment’s notice.
Who knew a trip to the corner convenience store
could make this holiday grump want to grovel?
Because this girl is all I can think about,
and I’m not wasting my chance this time.
Ellie
It’s Christmas in July in Candy Cane Key.
However, winning Best on the Beach is the only thing
on my wishlist.
Definitely not my blazing hot high school crush
turned firefighter who’s come back home.
July is tourist season for our little beach town.
The entire community enjoys a lift in sales
as travelers visit for sun, surf, and holiday silliness.
Yet it’s not as easy when your place of business
is a run-down gas station.
But I’m keeping my eye on the prize.
Not on Matthew Hightower.
That’s one gift even Santa can’t deliver.
This steamy novella is a return to hometown,
unrequited love, small-town beach romance
with a guaranteed HEA!
This is a standalone, but stars characters from Naughty & Nice,
A 2022 Man of the Month Club Sycamore Mountain series novella.
PURCHASE LINKS
Free in Kindle Unlimited
EXCERPT
Matt
I put my truck in park and hop out, walking toward the door with trepidation. I hope the food tastes better than this place looks.
A metal bell chimes overhead as I open the door. I’m surprised to find the inside is quite different than what greets you in the service area of this place. The area is bright with white linoleum floors and shiny gunmetal countertops. There’s a soda fountain and coffee stations to the left and the cashier’s check out to the right. A portly appearing older gentleman appears to be reading the newspaper, sitting on a stool behind the counter.
“Hi. Are you Elliot? I’m working with my brother this summer and he sent me to pick up lunch for his crew.”
“Ah, Harry your brother?” he asks around a toothpick dangling from the corner of his mouth.
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, any brother of Harry’s is a friend of mine. I’m Jo.”
“Matt. Nice to meet you. Oh. Salty Jo is you?”
He grins, and I instantly have the feeling this man is a fixture in Candy Cane Key.
“I don’t recall this place from when I grew up here.”
“What’re you? Thirty?”
“Close. Twenty-eight.”
The bell chimes again, and I notice customers meandering around the place. No one seems the slightest bit concerned about the condition of the place. I’m sure they have to pass inspections with the health department, but I still can’t help being a tad concerned about eating lunch from a place like this.
“Well, we’ve been here as long as you’ve been on the planet, son. Although it probably looked a bit better back then. Time and multiple tropical storms have taken their toll on the place. After a while, it gets to feel silly sinking any more money into it. But your brother has come to our aid more than once for the important stuff.”
This makes me smile. My brother really is a good dude.
“Speaking of your brother, I guess we need to keep his boys fed.” Jo removes the toothpick that remains in place throughout our conversation and points toward his right. “Elliot’s over there. In the deli area.” A mischievous smirk curls the corner of his mouth.
What’s that about? “Thanks.”
“Nice to meet you, Matt. Hope to see you ‘round.”
I turn in the direction of the deli and feel my stomach grumble as I’m hit with the aroma of fried chicken. Now I live in a mountain town in North Carolina where home cooking is a staple. So for the scent of these gas station offerings before me to cause me to salivate says something.
Bending forward, I take in the options within the glass case. There are perfectly prepared pieces of chicken, both on and off the bone, macaroni and cheese, green beans, collard greens, baked apples, and an assortment of pies. Hell, they even have banana pudding here. As my eyes travel to the back of the display area, I find I’m drooling for an entirely different reason. A set of shapely calves, thick thighs, and the hottest backside I’ve ever seen is bent over before me. This girl is leaning into the oven while her tiny cut-off shorts ride up her legs, causing my dick to twitch.
Hell, is she on the menu?
As if on cue, she stands to her full height. She’s probably about five foot five, with generous curves in all the right places. Those perky tits have to be at least a C cup, if not more. They are perfectly proportioned to her rounded hips and trim waste. Her thick auburn hair is pulled up in a messy bun, covered with a hair net. Yet, I can’t help picturing it tumbling down her back toward that fantastic ass. Shit. I don’t remember anyone in Candy Cane Key looking like this when I lived here. Well, maybe one girl, but she was just that. A girl. While this one is all woman.
I barely finish my thought before said stunner turns to face me. While I stand here with my mouth hanging open at the beauty wielding silver tongs before me, I’m met with the biggest green eyes I’ve ever seen. She simply gives me the once over as if this happens all the time. This curvy girl has my mouth watering when it suddenly hits me.
Wait. Do these guys come here for the hot chicken or the hot chick?
AUTHOR BIO
Born and raised in Virginia, LM Fox currently lives in a suburb of Richmond with her husband, three kids, and a chocolate lab.
Her pastimes are traveling to new and favorite places, trying new foods, a swoony book with either a good cup of tea or coffee, margaritas on special occasions, and watching her kids participate in a variety of sports.
She has spent the majority of her adult life working in emergency medicine and her books are written in this setting. Her main characters are typically in the medical field, EMS, fire, and/or law enforcement. She enjoys writing angsty, contemporary romance starring headstrong, independent heroines you can’t help but love and the hot alpha men who fall hard for them.
AUTHOR LINKS
Release Blitz for Dip's Flame by Andi Rhodes
Title: Dip's Flame
Series: Satan's Legacy MC #5
Author: Andi Rhodes
Genre: MC Romance
Trope: Opposites Attract
Release Date: July 27, 2023
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Dip…
I’m not a good man, and I’ve never pretended otherwise. As the Road Captain of Satan’s Legacy MC, I’ve seen and done things most wouldn’t be proud of, but me? I couldn’t care less. Good, bad, or indifferent, I am who I am, and you either accept me or don’t.
That has always been the way I lived my life. Until the night I walk into a bar and see her. She shouldn’t captivate me the way she does, but those eyes, those tits, and that mouthwatering ass suck me in. Despite that, it’s clear she doesn’t belong here. She’s a good girl, a nice girl, a girl I could corrupt in a heartbeat.
So when she gives me a proposition, how can I say no?
Kennedy…
When I got married at nineteen, it was because I had to. My husband was chosen for me by the church, and I had no say in any of it.
But now I’m a widow, and my life is just beginning. For the first time in ten years, I feel in control, and all I want to do is lose it, throw caution to the wind and experience all the sins I can without damning myself to Hell.
And I think I know just the person to help me do it.
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AUTHOR BIO
Andi Rhodes is an author whose passion is creating romance from chaos in all her books! She writes MC (motorcycle club) romance with a generous helping of suspense and doesn’t shy away from the more difficult topics. Her books can be triggering for some so consider yourself warned. Andi also ensures each book ends with the couple getting their HEA! Most importantly, Andi is living her real-life HEA with her husband and their boxers.
For the most up-to-date information on releases, preorders, signings, and all things Andi Rhodes, visit her website at www.andirhodes.com.
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Release Blitz for 4 Hints You Love Your Best Friend by Kelly Siskind
Title: 4 Hints You Love Your Best Friend
Series: Bower Boys #4
Author: Kelly Siskind
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Friends to Lovers/Forced Proximity/Roommates
Release Date: July 26, 2023
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A rule follower gets stuck living with the off-limits woman he’s always wanted in this small-town romance that sizzles with slow-burn heat.
Jolene Daniels is my best friend. Sorry…was. She was my best friend a lifetime and ten years of witness protection ago. Now that I’ve returned to my hometown, Jolene and I are once again hanging out.
As friends.
I do not fantasize about the time we fell asleep in the tree house we built, and I woke up with her tucked against my aching chest. I don’t replay the days we raced through the woods, nothing but carefree adventure and laughter filling the air.
Nope. We’re just old pals, and I’m thrilled to have her back in my life. Of course, I notice how stunning she is, but it’s fine.
Until her apartment floods and she temporarily moves into my place. In the room beside mine. Nothing but a thin wall between us. She also walks around in flimsy tank tops. Zero bra.
Did I mention she’s my brother’s ex and he’s looking to rekindle their romance?
Good thing Jolene Daniels and I are nothing but the best of friends.
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COMING SOON
Releasing November 15
AUTHOR BIO
Kelly Siskind lives in charming northern Ontario. When she’s not out hiking or skiing, you can find her, notepad in hand, scribbling down one of the many plot bunnies bouncing around in her head. She loves singing while driving, looks awful in yellow, and is known for spilling wine at parties. Sign up for Kelly’s newsletter at www.kellysiskind.com and never miss a giveaway, a free bonus scene, or the latest news on her books. And connect with her on Twitter and Instagram (@kellysiskind) or on Facebook and TikTok (@authorkellysiskind).
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Release Blitz for Jigsaw's Blayde by Nikki Landis
Title: Jigsaw's Blayde
Series: Royal Bastards MC: Tonopah, NV #15
Author: Nikki Landis
Genres: Dark MC/Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Organized Crime/Secret Baby/Second Chance
Release Date: July 25, 2023
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Five years ago, I made a mistake.
I walked away from the woman I loved.
Every day since, I’ve been living a lie, burying my regrets as I tried to move on.
It only takes one chance meeting to know I messed up.
Abby isn’t safe.
She’s got a stalker leaving threatening messages at the newspaper she works for.
There’s a hit on her head, and every shadow is a threat.
I thought I was protecting her when I left, but I was wrong.
When I see the son I never knew I had staring into my eyes, I swear I’ll do anything to make this right.
I’ll cut through every enemy and let the monster inside me take control.
My reaper won’t hold back his fury.
We won’t fail again. This second chance is a gift.
I’m wreaking havoc and unleashing the full potential of the demon within.
I’ll save my little Blayde and win back her heart.
And I’ll make damn sure no one stands in my way.
Jigsaw's Blayde is a full-length standalone second chance, secret baby romance and includes steamy scenes, biker slang, cursing, violence, dark content, a paranormal REAPER twist, and, of course, an HEA. This is a dark romance with forced proximity and an OTT protective, possessive outlaw. For best enjoyment, the series should be read in order. It is highly recommended that Devil's Ride, Hell's Fury, and Viciously Mine are read before Jigsaw's Blayde.
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Releasing October 13
AUTHOR BIO
Nikki Landis is the USA Today & International Bestselling, Multi-Award-Winning Author of over 50 romance novels in the MC, reverse harem, paranormal, dystopian, and science fiction genres. Her books feature deadly reapers, dark alpha heroes, protective shifters, and seductive vampires along with the feisty, independent women they love. There's heart-throbbing action on every page as well as fated mates and soul bonds deep enough to fulfill every desire.
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