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FIRE SWORD & SEA - Vanessa Riley Guardians of Justice (Book #2) Harper Collins BUY (13 January) Reviewer:  |  Rating: HISTORICAL FICTION

The Caribbean Sea, 1675. Jacquotte Delahaye is the mixed-race daughter of a wealthy tavern owner on the island of Tortuga. Instead of marriage, Jacquotte dreams of joining the seafarers and smugglers whose tall-masted ships cluster in the turquoise waters around Tortuga. She falls in love with a pirate, but when he returns to the sea, Jacquotte decides to make her own way. In Haiti she becomes Jacques, a dockworker, earning the respect of those around her while hiding her gender.

SWEET ON A YOUNGER MAN - Nina Crespo Bishop Honey Bee Farm (Book #2) Harlequin Special Edition BUY (30 December) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

One night of sweet escape. Or the first taste of love? Fabulous, single and almost forty, Ivy Daniels is ready to embrace the life she put on hold while raising her orphaned nieces. With them grown and running Bishop Honey Bee Farm, Ivy embarks on a much-anticipated vacation, where she meets Jaxon Coffield—a sizzling younger man who offers a night of passion that leaves Ivy humming like a beehive.

THE EX DILEMMA - Elle Wright Kensington Books BUY (27 January) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Wesley Batchelor is desperate for an image reboot—stat. A mysterious social media influencer keeps revealing his many reckless romantic liaisons, putting everything Wesley has worked so hard for at stake. Worse, he’s in deep trouble with his grandmother and Batchelor Enterprises boss, Joyce, his one and only true cheerleader. So he’s stunned and relieved when his gorgeous ex, private detective Albany Keyes, is recruited to track down the leaker . . .

CHAMPAGNE TASTE ON A BAD BOY BUDGET - Zuri Day Harlequin Afterglow BUY (30 December) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

She's a good girl trying to rebuild her restaurant. He's a felon trying to rebuild…everything. Second chances have never been so sweet.For Jamilah Carver, a by-the-books entrepreneur with refined tastes, running her own restaurant has been a dream come true. Until she’s buried in debt and without a chef, her once-bustling eatery on the brink of collapse. Enter Rashad White, a newly released ex-con who happens to be a culinary genius…and likes to play by his own rules.

	WITH LOVE FROM HARLEM - ReShonda Tate William Morrow BUY (27 January) Reviewer:  |  Rating: HISTORICAL FICTION
Harlem, 1943. At just twenty-three, Hazel Scott is a woman on fire. A jazz prodigy, a glamorous film star, and a fierce advocate for civil rights, she’s breaking barriers and refusing to play by the rules. Then Adam Clayton Powell Jr. walks into her life. Harlem’s most electrifying preacher-turned-politician, Adam is as bold and unyielding as Hazel—charismatic, powerful…and married.

	THE RE-DO LIST Denise Williams Berkley BUY (27 January) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Willow experienced all her big firsts with her high school sweetheart. Now, reeling from their very public breakup, she wants to get a re-do on those important moments. While dog-sitting for her brother during his deployment, she has a chance to start over and spending time with his best friend gives her the confidence to start checking items off her “Re-Do list.”