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Contemporary Romance, Women’s Fiction

Date Published: April 2023

 

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Nevada Noble has left behind a boring boyfriend and a suffocating family in
the midwest to start a new life in Florida. Trading snow boots for
sunglasses and socks for flip-flops, Neve instantly falls in love with the
surf and the sand.

Her promise to stay faithful to only her love affair with the beach is soon
in jeopardy as the prodigal son of the seaside town returns. He’s
sexy, smart, and single—with a hint of mystery surrounding his sudden
return.

Neve realizes the vow of chastity she made along the shores isn’t
strong enough to withstand the tidal pull of attraction. Her heart gets
caught in a riptide.

 

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Nevada Noble was in love.

She hadn’t planned on romance when she moved from Iowa to Florida,
but she’d been swept off her feet at first sight. The only moment
previously in her life when she could remember feeling this way had been at
sixteen and Tucker Morris, the senior star of the football team, had pulled
her under the bleachers after the season championship game and had kissed
her for her first time—his eyes had been so blue and his scruffy
senior cheeks had been both smooth and abrasive and his touch had made her
feel so warm…

The blue of the ocean reminded Neve of Tucker’s eyes. The sand under
her feet was coarse and silky at the same time. The breeze and the sun made
her practically melt right there on the beach.

She’d been here every day since arriving in Salem Crossing.

The waves crashed with a lulling rhythm. The sun reached its apex in the
clear sky, warming every inch of her. A soft breeze kept the perspiration
from collecting on her exposed skin. Somewhere, the sounds of island music
played farther down the shoreline. The smell of salt carried on the air. Her
toes made meaningless swirls in the sand.

A shadow interrupted the sun. Neve was propped on her elbows and facing the
sea, but the view of the waterline became blocked by a visual dam. More like
damn! The dude was six foot six, blonde, and fit as hell. He must’ve
been jogging by, and now he’d stopped at Neve’s spot. He wore a
pair of running shoes and some shorts. His chest was chiseled in bronze,
glistening with sweat from exercise. Yellowy-blonde hair featured tips
bleached white by a whole lot of sun. His hands rested on his hips like some
figure from myth who’d emerged from his sea kingdom behind him.

“Who’re you supposed to be?” he asked.

Neve had a medium complexion, but it wasn’t from exposure to the sun.
She didn’t know who it was from. Mom and Dad had adopted her as an
infant and she’d never learned the identity of her birth parents. Neve
didn’t know her ethnicity. The only thing she knew for sure was she
was all-American—Neve wore a bikini with red and white stripes on the
top and blue bottoms featuring white stars. Considering her black luxurious
hair and statuesque figure, she could’ve been participating in
sexy-as-hell Wonder Woman cosplay. The guy maybe thought she was wearing a
costume.

After surreptitiously examining the man head to toe from behind her tinted
lens, Neve dismissed the package upon consideration. She’d come to
town a few days ago and her purpose in moving to a whole new place
wasn’t to fall for the first random hottie to cross her path. Besides,
the Atlantic had already stolen her heart. Neve wanted to start a new life
and she didn’t need to build a fresh foundation with a new man.
She’d recently left one of those behind back in flyover country.

The wise woman builds her future upon the sand.

What an odd way to make an introduction… Who’re you supposed to
be?

“I’m supposed to be a woman. How am I doing?” Neve
asked.

“From what I can see, you’ve hit a home run.” Neve
certainly wasn’t the first female he’d ever stopped to chat up
on the beach—maybe a morning jog was his way to pick up horny
tourists. He’d probably done this dozens of times. “My
name’s Alistair.”

The buff babe paused for Neve to introduce herself, but she dismissed the
prompt by playing coy. She slid her sunglasses down the smooth little slope
of her nose and checked him out without the filter of tinted lenses.
Alistair presented even better with a natural bronze tint instead of the one
provided artificially by Neve’s sunglasses.

“Y’know, we don’t usually get tourists on this part of
the beach,” he said. “Kind of a secret stretch reserved for the
locals.”

“Good for me I moved here permanently then,” Neve
replied.

She’d recently finished unpacking her things. After living in the
Midwest all her life, she couldn’t resist hitting the beach as soon as
she’d settled in. Had she ever imagined herself living on the coast?
She’d never believed her overprotective parents would ever let her out
of their zip code, let alone out of their time zone. She’d attended
four years of college forty-five minutes from where she’d grown up.
Even family vacations had never crossed state lines.

Now, she lived in Salem Crossing, Florida. The locals like Alistair called
it SX. She didn’t get it until she saw the sea—SX could be a
euphemism for sex. Sexy. She sat on a six-mile stretch of pristine coastline
called Salem Shores and felt alive. Buzzing. Beautiful. Beachy and
peachy.

“We get a lot of tourists in SX, but not a whole lot of new
residents. Some move away for a while. Most return. Some SXers like me have
never been away for longer than a short vacation,” Alistair said.
“But fresh blood is rare. I hadn’t heard anyone new was moving
in…”

He trailed off like he should’ve been notified of her arrival. Who
exactly was this guy?

“Yeah, I didn’t see you at the welcoming parade,” Neve
teased. “I gotta say, I was disappointed.”

His smile changed and Neve realized he’d been giving her a
prepackaged expression he’d probably practiced in the mirror since
puberty. Charm might’ve started as a natural gift, but he’d
exercised charisma into a superpower. Neve’s quirky comment had been
unexpected and had taken him aback. The smooth facade he’d trained for
while staring at his reflection cracked like a mirror and she saw his true
face. Natural reaction instead of manufactured suave. He had a crooked
little grin and the twinkle in his eyes grew curious instead of
confident.

“You already find a place?” Alistair asked. His tone suggested
she’d dug a tunnel under the fence to get in. Maybe he was the top-dog
realtor in Salem Crossing and wanted to know how his competition had snuck
Neve in under his radar.

Neve paused a moment. Dad had warned her about guys. She’d shunned
many a smooth operator in her day based on her parents’ paranoia. Such
caution had surely saved her from some pretty shitty situations in her
youth. Dad’s voice warned her against answering such a forward
question—Make up a lie that sounds real. Then get the hell away from
the guy.
But this could be her new neighbor. She couldn’t very well
lie when the guy knew the town better than she did. Besides, she
didn’t get a malevolent vibe from him at all. The true smile
she’d seen peeking out from behind his manicured machismo registered
as anything but creepy.

“I’m staying at the cottages at Palm Point,” Neve
said.

Her parents had set it up. They’d gone to college back in the day
with the owner of the Point, Rebecca Ryan. But Alistair didn’t need to
know the whole history. He could’ve found out where she was staying
from any local—he didn’t need to know the rest of her story. Not
before he at least knew her name.

“Great place,” Alistair said. “Rebecca has the best view
in SX. She can see the whole world from the top of the Point.”

The tip of the Point featured a three-story home built in the earliest days
of the town. Rebecca had proudly explained to Nevada how the property had
been in her family since the very beginning. The resort had been built at
the very end of the peninsula where the Atlantic coast met the outlet of the
Carver River.

Alistair sounded as if he thought the whole world was encapsulated in Salem
Crossing. He’d mentioned he’d rarely left town and had never
lived elsewhere. Neve had spent her whole life in the Midwest, but
she’d known a bigger world existed beyond the landlocked borders.
Hell, they were staring at the whole freaking ocean right now. The waters
reached out to distant foreign shores. The whole world was almost everything
beyond Salem Crossing.

He could set sail anywhere, but maybe Alistair was more trapped than Neve
had ever been. Suddenly, instead of being sexy or intriguing, he seemed
sad.

“My name’s Nevada Noble,” she finally introduced.
He’d find out anyway. “Maybe I’ll see you around
town.”

Alistair recognized a dismissal. It probably didn’t happen every time
he stopped as he jogged along the beach, but not every woman made herself
available and some weren’t interested in men or interested in this
particular man. This delicious man. Neve bet quite a few were
interested…

“Right.” He took a step back, the fake smile back in place.
“I’ll keep my eye out.” He gave her a factory-approved
wink before he dashed away.

Despite feeling a little sorry for him, Neve still watched him go. He might
be a prisoner of this town, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t
appreciate one fine ass as he disappeared down the beach.

 

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About the Author

Antonia Church

Antonia Church left the great white north for the sunny, sandy beaches of
Florida. Salt air and the sound of crashing waves sure get the creative
juices flowing. After growing up in the upper Midwest, a thousand miles from
the nearest coast, she’s found a place where her spirit matches her
surroundings-a place to call home. Settled in central Florida, there is
plenty of opportunity for hiking green trails and walking the sandy shores.
The bright and exciting vibe of the Orlando scene had inspired a new series
of novels set on the beautiful beaches of the nearby Atlantic coast.

 

 

 

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Loving The Small-Town Preacher’s Son Blitz

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Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense

Date Published: June 13, 2023

 

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What happens when a former show girl moves to a small town and asks the
preacher’s son to dig up her husband’s grave?

Former Vegas showgirl Mary Hightower swore off dangerous men after the
death of her mafia husband. To protect her and her mom, they move to a small
southern town far from her past life to start a new bad-boy-free existence.
Then she meets Luke.

Ex-convict Luke Blackwood works hard to be the man his mom could have been
proud of, yet his bruised knuckles prove he’s a failure. Though his
dad still believes in him, it may take the love of a long-legged,
soft-spoken woman to repair what is broken inside.

When her husband’s former boss demands the evidence she has hidden,
she turns to the only man she can trust. But is the reformed bad boy willing
to do whatever’s needed to save the woman he wants for his own?

 

 About the Author

Carla Swafford

 Carla Swafford loves romance novels, action/adventure movies, and men, and
her books reflect that. And on top of all that, she’s crazy about
hockey, and thankfully, no one has made her turn in her Southern Belle
card.

So, it’s no surprise she writes spicy romantic suspense filled with
mercenaries, motorcycle one-percenters, and southern criminals. And in the
last few years, she’s included sexy hockey players in books without
suspense, except for the kind that asks, how will they ever find their
happily ever after?

Married to her high school sweetheart, she lives in southeast USA.

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Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense

Date Published: June 27, 2023

 

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A crazy old song echoes in her head. Why? Well, she shot the sheriff, but
her brother didn’t shoot the deputy. Or something like that. So
let’s find out what really happened…

After Molly Hicks escaped her hometown of Sand City, Alabama, her plans of
never returning are ignored when her parents demand she help control her
troublemaking younger brother. No sooner than she arrives, he’s thrown
in jail accused of killing a deputy. Then she shoots the sheriff. Just a
graze, but she lands in a cell alongside her sibling.

Sheriff J.T. Rogan refuses to admit he has a soft spot for any Hicks,
especially Molly. The same girl whose father kicked him out of town as a
teenager. So when he releases her without filing charges, it’s no
surprise she stalks him around town, insisting he find the real
killer.

When another body turns up, while her brother is locked up, J.T. is
beginning to believe Molly. As they track down clues and come up with
suspects, he remembers why he always wanted to be her hero.

About the Author

Carla Swafford

Carla Swafford loves romance novels, action/adventure movies, and men, and
her books reflect that. And on top of all that, she’s crazy about
hockey, and thankfully, no one has made her turn in her Southern Belle
card.

So, it’s no surprise she writes spicy romantic suspense filled with
mercenaries, motorcycle one-percenters, and southern criminals. And in the
last few years, she’s included sexy hockey players in books without
suspense, except for the kind that asks, how will they ever find their
happily ever after?

Married to her high school sweetheart, she lives in southeast USA.

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cover reveals, etc.

 

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Contemporary Romance (BDSM, kink)

Date Published: 06-21-2023

 

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Heather’s soul soars when she’s hang-gliding, skydiving,
kayaking, or piloting a helicopter during search and rescue missions.
She’s taken the term adrenaline junkie to a whole new level. However,
she’s never enjoyed sex and never had an orgasm.

Instead of giving up on her, Kyle, a long-time friend who convinces her to
be more, brings an experienced Dom in to help. Marcus explains she only
enjoys extreme sports, so she needs to try extreme sex since the normal kind
hasn’t worked. Marcus is all Dom, and helps Kyle bring Heather alive
sexually.

Just when Heather thinks she has everything figured out, she learns the
details of how it worked when the two men shared a girlfriend for years
while they were in college.

About the Author

Candace Blevins

Candace Blevins writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, contemporary BDSM
romance, and two kick-ass motorcycle club series. With more than sixty
published novels, Candace continues to create stories with strong women, and
she pulls from her vast knowledge of mythologies, ancient religions, and
history to create a paranormal world that fits neatly into our real
one.

She lives with her husband of twenty-five years and their youngest
daughter. Their oldest daughter has flown the nest, but frequently comes
home for visits. The family’s beloved, goofy, retired racing
greyhounds are usually at her side as she writes, quietly keeping her
company. Or sometimes not so quietly.

You can visit Candace on the web at candaceblevins.com and feel free to
friend her on Facebook at facebook.com/candacesblevins, TikTok at
tiktok.com/@candaceblevins, and Goodreads at goodreads.com/CandaceBlevins.
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into what she’s writing now, images that inspire her, and the
occasional juicy teaser.

 

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Falling in Love with an Obnoxious Billionaire Blitz

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Contemporary Romance

Date Published: April 2023

 

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In the heart of San Francisco, an extraordinary journey begins when a young
woman steps into the realm of a charismatic billionaire, unearthing the
depths of his soul and discovering her own untapped desires…

Enter a world of wealth, power, and unpredictable desire… When
Stephanie, a driven and determined young woman, accepts the position as
billionaire Henry’s new assistant, she becomes an integral part of his
high-stakes world. Drawn to his charisma and success, she discovers that
there is much more to Henry than meets the eye.

As Stephanie delves deeper into her role, she witnesses Henry’s enigmatic
personality firsthand. The allure of his riches and handsomeness is
countered by moments of harshness and indifference, leaving Stephanie torn
between attraction and resentment. Yet, fate has plans in store for them
both.

When an unexpected business conference takes them to the vibrant city of
San Diego, Stephanie finds herself drawn into a world where secrets unravel
and hearts collide. In the midst of shared experiences, forgiveness takes
root, and Stephanie must confront her hidden feelings for Henry. But when
she discovers she carries a life-altering secret, the stakes are raised, and
their entangled lives are forever changed.

Will Stephanie and Henry’s journey lead them to embrace their undeniable
connection, or will the secrets they carry drive them apart?

Lose yourself in this captivating tale of a billionaire’s assistant,
ambition, and the secrets that bind them…

About the Author

Marie Ribarik

Marie Ribarik, author of Falling In Love With An Obnoxious
Billionaire

My debut novel, “Falling in Love with an Obnoxious
Billionaire,” is a captivating read that has received high praise from
readers.  Drawing inspiration from my love of reading, my contemporary
romance novels transport readers to new worlds filled with unforgettable
characters and unforgettable love stories.

With over 25 years of living in California and working as an Oncology
Registered Nurse, I now reside in the Palm Beach area with my family and
want to pursue my secondary dream which is to become a writer. I have always
been a passionate novelist,  poet, and writer who believes that the
power to change one’s life lies in their thoughts and words. 

Since I have more time available to me now, I decided to write. It is like
trading syringes for pens, paper, and a computer. Thanks to Amazon’s
KDP platform, I have self-published my work with less anxiety, allowing me
to focus on what I love most – writing.  If you are looking for a
romance author who will take you on an unforgettable journey of love and
self-discovery, look no further than my Marie Ribarik.  My next novel
is right around the corner.

 

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