GATHERING STORMS

Wild at Heart #4

Lex Martin

Release Date: July 9 

 

Blurb:

What’s more complicated than a marriage of convenience? Falling for your husband.

After losing my apartment and librarian job in the same week, I’ve hit rock bottom. That’s the only reason I consider Jace Walker’s offer to be his toddler’s nanny while he goes on a national tour.

I don’t even like the man. But he recently had a baby he didn’t know about dumped on his doorstep, and for once in his charmed life, he’s as desperate as I am.

The plan seems simple—until his label says only spouses can join the tour. And Jace Walker, it turns out, would rather lose the chance of a lifetime than leave his daughter behind.

So when he asks if I’d consider marrying him, I know exactly what I am: His last resort.

I agree to his four-month marriage, convinced he’ll never tempt me. Besides, he’s too charming, too handsome, too talented to look twice at a bookworm. I have walls up for good reasons.

Except life on the road with this rugged cowboy has other plans—bandmates who resent me, his conniving ex who joins the tour, and a deranged fan who leaves us creepy gifts.

And nothing prepares me for Jace himself. The man underneath the charm. The father who’d give up everything for his daughter. The one who makes me feel things I buried a long time ago—and the storm building between us reminds me exactly why I buried them.

If you enjoy reformed playboys, swoony cowboys, single dads who adore their daughters, or prickly, closed-off librarians who would rather read than hang out with country stars, this one is for you!

My Review

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Meet Lex Martin:

Lex Martin is the USA Today bestselling author of Varsity Dads, Texas Nights, and the Dearest series. She writes contemporary romance novels, the steamy kind she hopes readers love but her parents avoid.

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She’s always been obsessed with writing, starting in elementary school when she would pen short stories and make her father read them. (Afterward, he’d have to take her tests, but he was a good sport and did them without complaint.) 

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In high school, when she wasn’t playing basketball, she wrote emo poetry (that won awards, go figure) and worked on the school newspaper.

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She later became a nationally-certified high school English teacher and freelance journalist but decided she’d rather write romance novels than tests or city hall articles.

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Lex loves coffee, rom coms, pen hoarding, planners, and college football. She married her almost college sweetheart (they met right after graduation), and she’s still obsessed with him, especially when he writes her songs.

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She currently resides in her hometown of San Antonio with her husband, twin daughters, a bunny, and their new puppy. Drop her a line at lex (at) lexmartinwrites.com. She loves hearing from readers.

Lex is represented by Kimberly Brower of Brower Literary & Management.

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Holy stomach churning angst. It amuses me to no end that if a book is labelled as angsty I scroll right on past it but if Lex Martin writes it and I know it's going to wreck me I jump in before I can read the blurb. And then spend half the book waiting for my stomach to unknot.

Rory was so beautiful and a tiny bit broken. Not because she wasn't strong and smart and amazing but because everyone had let her down. And I honestly couldn't blame her for being reserved and untrusting. But she wasn't weak and she put herself in uncomfortable positions to help everyone around her. I thoroughly enjoyed her as a character and watching her come into her own was beautiful. 

Jace was impossible not to love. Which kind of sucked because I expected a selfish wander who did a lot of personal growth and came out amazing. Instead he started amazing and everything he did that I hated, I completely understood. Especially seeing it from his point of view as it was happening.

Rory and Jace were such a great couple and baby Layla was adorable. I personally would have enjoyed more grovel from Jace. But I really love a good grovel. I suppose what we got was pretty great. The stalker drama kept me on the edge of my seat, I had so many different theories all through the book and every time something happened my theory changed.

I really couldn't put this down and I got to that epilogue and wanted so much more. But I guess now I just have to wait for our final Walker brother to get his book and damn I can't wait.

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That Someday by Jillian Dodd is now live!

When college football star Damon Diamond shows up to surprise his girlfriend at graduation, he’s the one who ends up blindsided.

Ainsley is pregnant.

Seven months pregnant.

And he had no idea.

Damon should be furious. Instead, after the shock wears off, all he can think about is her. Their daughter. Their future.

Because the truth is, Ainsley didn’t keep the pregnancy from him out of fear—she did it out of love. She knew Damon would sacrifice everything for her and the baby, including the football career he’d spent his entire life working toward. So, she made the impossible choice to wait and tell him once the season was over.

Now they’re racing toward a future neither of them expected to happen so soon—balancing a long-distance relationship, football playoffs, new careers, and the overwhelming reality of becoming parents while still figuring out adulthood themselves.

Somewhere between them choosing baby names, designing their forever home, and falling even harder for each other, Damon realizes something undeniable. 

Some loves aren’t temporary.

Some loves are forever.

And theirs has always been leading to that someday.

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⭐📖🤖 The Boyfriend Algorithm 🤖📖⭐

Kendall Ryan

Releases October 22nd 2026

About the Book:

A sexy, feel-good rom-com from New York Times bestselling author Kendall Ryan about the world's most advanced boyfriend—and the one woman he never saw coming.

Ruby Hart’s life is falling apart.

Her bakery is barely staying afloat, her ex just got engaged, and her mother won’t stop sending her dating profiles. The last thing Ruby needs is another problem.

Then a man crashes through her window.
A very confused man.
A very handsome man.
A very naked man.

He has no belly button, no memories, and he might not be entirely... human. According to the control panel hidden beneath his ribs, he’s one of the decommissioned companion synths—obsolete artificial humans with superior intelligence, questionable social skills, and absolutely no understanding of personal boundaries.

Aiden doesn’t understand sarcasm, doesn’t know why he’s not allowed to watch Ruby sleep, and can’t explain why his systems reroute every time she walks into a room. But he’s willing to learn—especially the part where he pretends to be her boyfriend for one weekend.

One wedding. One fake relationship. One synthetic man who’s becoming a little less machine every day. Protective. Possessive. Loyal. And increasingly impossible to resist.

The Boyfriend Algorithm is a funny, heartfelt rom-com with a devoted artificial hero, very real chemistry, found family, and a love story worth rewriting the rules for.

✨ Fake dating
✨ He falls first (and hard)
✨ Socially clueless hero
✨ Learning to be human

✨ Touch-starved (in his own way)
✨ Obsessed with her
✨ Forced proximity
✨ Spice, banter, and heart

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I've really been excited to get Winnie's book after getting to know her as Tori's best friend in the last book. I really wanted her to get an amazing boyfriend who may or may not run her ex down with a zamboni. And while I am sad I didn't get any zamboni bloodshed there was nothing else I could have asked for in this book.

For such a cute, sweet, easy read I am a little surprised (kind of feels like the wrong word) that I felt all the feels and literally had to wipe my eyes a time or two. Not in a sad way, just caught in my feels. Then a few seconds later I was back in my happy space smiling and falling even harder.

Banks was the grumpy to Winnie's sunshine and to be fair he wasn't grumpy so much as just closed off. And I completely related to his situation and just wanted to adopt him. But damn, watching him not only fall for Winnie, but acknowledge it and open himself up to it was beautiful and so well written.

I adored these two together and I loved seeing more of the rest of the team. I can't wait to get the books for a lot of these guys. You just know Logan is going to be a lot of fun but he's also going to go down hard. And Archer's book next already sounds like it's going to be great. I really can't wait to get my hands on it.

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