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SIX MORE MINUTES - A. C. Arthur New Year Bae-Solutions Artistry Publishing BUY Reviewer:  Brenda Larnell | Rating:  A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

This thing had been going on for a year now. The thing where they’d meet up at this quaint little bed and breakfast to spend a steamy weekend together. It had started last Christmas when they’d both been in Temptation. They’d agreed to the no strings attached occasional trysts, but this holiday season—after all she’d gone through in the past months—Gemma Taylor might need something else; and if Myles Donovan doesn’t agree, she’ll take just six more minutes in his arms.

	HOW TO CATCH A QUEEN - Alyssa Cole Runaway Royals (Book #1) Harper Collins/Avon Books BUY Reviewer:  Brenda Larnell | Rating:  A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it’s nothing like she imagined. Shanti and her husband may share an immediate and powerful attraction, but her subjects see her as an outsider, and everything she was taught about being the perfect wife goes disastrously wrong.

	THE WIFE HE NEEDS - Brenda Jackson Westmoreland Legacy: The Outlaws (Book #1) Harlequin Desire BUY Reviewer:  Brenda Larnell | Rating:  A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
The arrangement is simple: a two-week getaway, then a marriage of convenience. Until Garth Outlaw’s potential bride is a no-show. Now family pilot Regan Fairchild is sharing his bed—and he can’t get enough…even though he’s vowed never to love again. Can Regan convince him the wife he needs and the woman he desires are one and the same?

	SECOND CHANCE ON CYPRESS LAND - Reese Ryan Holly Grove Island (Book #1) Hatchette Forever BUY Reviewer:  Brenda Larnell | Rating:  A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
When a romance gone wrong lands reporter Dakota Jones in the pages of the tabloids, her rising star crashes and burns. Instead of getting the weekend anchor job she'd been promised, she's promptly shown the door. Which leaves her one option: return home to lick her wounds, eat lemon meringue pie, and plot her comeback while actively avoiding the man who once broke her heart.

THE WAY YOU HOLD ME - Elle Wright Pure Talent (Book #2) Kensington Books/Dafina BUY Reviewer: Cheryl McNeil | Rating:  A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Skye Palmer puts out the biggest publicity fires for Pure Talent’s top names. But when an A-list Hollywood actress’s dream marriage proves anything but, Skye has to do nightmare damage control. Even worse, her ex-lover, attorney Garrett Steele, is crisis manager for her client’s powerful director husband. Now for Skye and Garrett, containing this disaster—and keeping their reignited passion in check—may be mission impossible . . .

	TAKING ON THE BILLIONAIRE - Robin Convingon Redhawk Reunion (Book #1) Harlequin Desire BUY Reviewer:  Shirley Fleming |  Rating: A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Investigator Tess Lynch once helped Adam Redhawk find his Cherokee family. Now the self-made tech billionaire wants her to root out his company’s saboteur—and share his bed. But as passion builds between them, the private eye pursues a plan of her own—to get even for the way Adam’s adoptive father ruined hers. Until an unexpected pregnancy changes everything…

A SOLDIER UNDER HER TREE - Kathy Douglass Sweet Briar Sweethearts (Book #8) Harlequin Special Edition BUY Reviewer:  Brenda Larnell | Rating:  A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

When her ex-fiancé shows up at her shop—engaged to her sister!—dress designer Hannah Carpenter doesn’t know what to do. Especially when her former fling Russell Danielson sees her plight and rides to the rescue, offering a fake relationship to foil her rude relations. The thing is, there’s nothing fake about his kiss… But when things get real, will the sexy soldier once again stop short of commitment?

CLAIMING THE DOCTOR'S HEART - Sean D. Young Clover Creek Series (Book #1) Entangled Publishing/Bliss BUY Reviewer:  Shirley Fleming |  Rating: B+ CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Skye Palmer puts out the biggest publicity fires for Pure Talent’s top names. But when an A-list Hollywood actress’s dream marriage proves anything but, Skye has to do nightmare damage control. Even worse, her ex-lover, attorney Garrett Steele, is crisis manager for her client’s powerful director husband. Now for Skye and Garrett, containing this disaster—and keeping their reignited passion in check—may be mission impossible . . .

	TO MARRY A MADDEN - Sherelle Green To Marry A Madden (Book #5) Independently Published BUY Reviewer:  Jennifer Copeland |  Rating: A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
You’re invited to the wedding of Carter Madden & Serenity Taylor. Before they exchange vows, Carter has to make peace with the family he left behind, starting with a message to the women who changed his brothers lives for the better. Welcome to Carter’s confessional...

	STOLEN TO WEAR HIS CROWN - Marcella Bell The Queen's Guard (Book #1) Harlequin Presents BUY Reviewer:  Jennifer Copeland |  Rating:  B CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
From unworldly scientist…to his fearless queen! Mina has finally achieved her dream of becoming chief scientific advisor of Cyrano, when she’s stolen from the interview room! She’s taken directly to the palace chapel, where the terms of a secret betrothal mean she must marry the king—immediately.

	WHERE THE HEART IS - Sharon Bluont Independently Published BUY Reviewer:  Brenda Larnell | Rating:  A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Come back to Java City with your favorite cup of coffee. Come and get to know these unforgettable couples. Their stories will make you cry and, of course, I can't have you in Java City without making you laugh. Welcome back! This story features high school sweethearts, Zora, and Bryan Lovve. What happens when an anniversary celebration turns into a life-changing event?

	SEVEN MONTH DROUGHT - Sherelle Green New Year Bae-Solutions Independently Published BUY Reviewer:  Jennifer Copeland  | Rating:  A+ CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
I thought my divorce would be the toughest thing I’d experience in years, but going without sex for seven months is hard. Literally. And now, my best friend is helping me find the perfect woman to end my drought. Problem is, none of the women are doing it for me. None of the women are her.

	FIVE MIDNIGHT MOMENTS - Sheryl Lister New Year Bae-Solutions SL Books BUY Reviewer:  Brenda Larnell | Rating:  A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Some rules are meant to be broken. A passionate affair with a sexy, charismatic man is right up Valencia Townsend's alley. Except when that man is her boss and it's against company policy. He may be irresistible, but she has no intentions of ending her year the same way it began - in a relationship headed nowhere.

	THE BUTTERSCHTOCH BRIDE - Parker J. Cole Independently Published BUY Reviewer:  Brenda Larnell | Rating:  A HISTORICAL ROMANCE
A story of love and sacrifice in the years before the War that devastated the country. A young enslaved girl, singled out and favored by her mistress, arrives to a new plantation when tragedy strikes the household. An enslaved man, recaptured twice after escaping his bondage, bides his time until he can escape again.

THE SWEETEST LOVE - Suzette Riddick Love Conquers All (Book #5) Heart 2 Heart Publishing BUY Reviewer:  Jennifer Copeland  | Rating:  A+ CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

While accountant Roxanna “Roxy” Harris’ career is on track, her personal life is headed for a collision. After growing up an only child, a chance meeting reveals she has siblings and a father eager to meet her. Childhood tormentor, Adam, will be there to help her navigate through the messy reunion. Attorney Adam West is blown away by Roxy. Gone is the skinny, pigtail-wearing nuisance. Although her life is drama-filled, he’s finally found a woman he can envision spending forever with.

EIGHT NAUGHTY NIGHTS - Nicole Falls New Year Bae-Solutions Silent N Publishing BUY Reviewer:  Brenda Larnell | Rating:  A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Overworked and undersexed were the two words that my best friend used to describe me when asked. I was way overdue for some relaxation, so when friends surprised me with a trip to an exclusive resort during the winter holidays, I leapt at the opportunity to get away. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would have a chance encounter with a handsome stranger who offered the remedy to all that ailed me. Eight nights together were all that we had to share and I planned to take advantage of every single one of them.

HER MARINE NEXT DOOR - Aliyah Burke Entangled Press: Brazen BUY Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

My next door neighbor Parker Jax is not my type. He’s covered in tats, rides a motorcycle, and his parties keep me up all night. The fact he’s sexy as sin doesn’t change the fact we are oil and water. I’m a quiet artist. He’s a rowdy marine. I’ve got a broken heart. I’m convinced he doesn’t have a heart at all.  But then the jerk has to go and show me that he has a soft side beneath all those hard muscles. He actually leaves his own party to help me, and he didn’t even have to.