Title: Little Ray of Pitch Black
Series: Don't Date Him #11
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn
Age Gap, Troublemaker FMC
Release Date: November 3, 2026




BLURB

The A in Jessamy Darling’s name stands for a lot to deal with.

Her complete disregard for all forms of authority stems from a childhood past where her parents didn’t believe that her brother was a literal psychopath. From framing her for killing the family dog to stuffing her backpack full of prescription drugs, then reporting her, her brother has made it his life’s mission to make her as miserable as possible.

The moment she turned eighteen, she bailed from her parents’ house like the bottom of her feet were on fire. But if she thought that moving out would stop her brother’s punishments, she was wrong. He only gets more creative.

And by getting more creative, he starts to turn the town of Sawtooth against her.

No grandma, biker, or shop owner wants anything to do with her.

Eventually, she decides…fuck it.

If everyone was going to hate her anyway, why not give them a real reason to hate her?

***

For years, he’s been dealing with her attitude. Her complete disregard for anyone and anything should wear thin.
Except Black’s always had a soft spot for trouble.

And she’s Trouble with a capital T.

He’s pulled her out of more fires than he should have, and he probably should’ve locked her up and thrown away the key a long time ago.

But Black Adkins, sheriff of Jesper County, wasn’t elected into that position because he was a stand-up guy. He’s a rebel at heart, and Jessamy Darling is his kryptonite.

Putting Jessamy in a cage would break her, and he only wants to see her fly.





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Releasing December 8

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AUTHOR BIO

Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.


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SILENT BOND

Nicole Abrams

Release Date: October 29






Frankie Devereaux has spent years wanting the one man she can never have.
Leo is human. She’s a witch. And keeping him at arm’s length is the only way to keep them both safe.
Then Leo dies—and wakes as a vampire.
Suddenly, the attraction they’ve spent years denying becomes impossible to ignore. His hunger knows her blood. Her magic reaches for him without permission. And the closer they get, the more their connection begins resembling the very thing Frankie was raised to fear.
Except vampire bonds aren’t supposed to feel like this.
They take. They control. They destroy.
Frankie and Leo’s seems determined to make them stronger.
And in a world where witches are valuable, vampires are dangerous, and powerful people have spent centuries controlling both, that may make their bond the most dangerous thing of all.

Some bonds are cages. Theirs could start a war.





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Meet Nicole Abrams:

Nicole Abrams writes gritty, emotional romance where the broken find healing, the guarded learn to trust, and love never comes without a fight. Her stories are rich with trauma, tension, found family, and slow-burn chemistry that scorches.

She believes in loyalty, redemption, and giving her characters the kind of love that wrecks them before it saves them.

When she’s not writing, she’s probably plotting her next emotional gut-punch or designing a world readers won’t want to leave.


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Title: Smash
Authors: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Forbidden Romance
Release Date: October 25, 2026




BLURB

A new, shockingly forbidden standalone from New York Times bestselling authors Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland…

Sometimes one floor is all that separates the life you planned from the life you never saw coming…

Moving to New York with my boyfriend, Calder, was supposed to be a fresh start.

A new city. A new job. A beautiful brownstone in Brooklyn we'd call home. The beginning of our forever.

There was just one catch: Calder’s best friend lived in the apartment downstairs.

Rafe—a gifted artist who smashed glass into masterpieces. With his unruly blond hair and piercing eyes that seemed to see right through me, he was impossible to ignore.

He was also completely off-limits.

Yet somehow, every walk past his apartment or trip to the basement laundry room turned into another deep conversation neither of us ever wanted to end.

At first, it was innocent.
Then I found myself looking forward to running into him again.
Before long, I was creating opportunities to be around him.

Somehow, Rafe and I made each other feel seen in ways neither of us expected.

I tried to ignore our connection, reminding myself that Calder’s best friend was the last man on Earth I could ever fall for.

But with every stolen moment, that lie became harder to believe.

Maybe some love stories aren't about finding the right person—but what happens when you find them too late.







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PENELOPE WARD


Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

With millions of books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.




VI KEELAND


Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.






Give Me Tonight by Jennifer Sucevic is now live!


 


Waking up married in Vegas? Not exactly part of the plan.
Especially when the groom is Jax Wilder—Chicago Railers hockey star, shameless flirt, and the most infuriating man I’ve ever met.
I want an annulment.
He wants to stay married.
But with custody of my younger siblings on the line, a stable home—and a husband—might be exactly what I need to keep us together.
Jax offers me a deal: stay married, move into his penthouse, and let him help until everything is settled.
It’s only temporary.
Except Jax doesn’t just make room for me. He makes room for all of us.
And somewhere between family dinners, late nights, and sharing a bed with the husband I never wanted, our marriage starts feeling dangerously real.
Falling for my husband was never part of the plan. Neither was wanting to keep him.
Give Me Tonight is an enemies-to-lovers, Vegas wedding, pro hockey romance featuring a golden retriever hero who falls first—and a black cat heroine who’s spent her whole life standing on her own. He’s determined to prove he’s in it for the long haul… even if she’s terrified to believe him.


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I got 2 chapters into this and had no other option but to adult so I raced to audible and promptly bought the audio. And loved every second of it. This series is so much fun. I love the interconnectedness of the leading ladies along with their men on the team. I can't get enough of the teases of Hugh and Evelyn.


Jax and Sloane were as awesome as the previous couples. And I was invested since I read the tease at the end of the last book. Sloane was so closed off and carrying way more than she should have had to. And Jax was so sunshine and happy go lucky. I knew they were going to be an awesome combo.


Everything about Sloane I found so authentic. I know how hard it is to break the habit of waiting for the other shoe to drop when things are going well. Watching her struggle to believe that everything could stay as good as it was had me all up in my feels.


Luckily Jax knew what he wanted and he wasn't scared to fight for it. He was all in and showed it with every single one of his actions. That man was impossible not to love. And he loved so hard and so openly I couldn't get enough of him. Watching him fall for Sloane's siblings as well was so sweet.


As always all the secondary characters were fun to catch up with. I'm dying to see where this series goes next.



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From the second I read the blurb I have been dying to get my hands on this. And from the second I picked it up I couldn't put it down. I read it in one sitting and just completely ignored adulting for the day. 


And here's the thing: for about 90% of the book this was a 5 star read for me. This story and these characters are going to live in my head rent free for quite a while. But I have questions or I guess more unresolved concerns. And they kind of spent the last 10% of the book screaming at me. 


Aiden and Ruby were unique and yet so incredibly relatable. I want to be part of Ruby's friend group. The description of good for Aiden perfectly sums them both up. They are just good people who deserved the best things and found them in each other. The chemistry and romance were surprisingly strong.


I didn't expect the level of emotion I felt watching them work through all the very obvious issues. I seriously hoped we were going to get a few little plot twists that didn't come. But then there are a few in there I am hoping means maybe we are getting another one of these books soon. 



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LAVENDER HILL

Aurora Rose Reynolds

Release Date: October 13 




Blurb:

From New York Times bestselling author Aurora Rose Reynolds comes a heartwarming small-town romance about a woman returning to the roots that shaped her—and finding a love that will heal her.

Genevieve Fenwick has her life together—until her fiancé’s betrayal tears their future apart. Now, heartbroken and unsure of what’s next, she looks for comfort where it all began: Gooseberry Ridge, the quaint and still-welcoming hometown she left behind.


Genevieve’s heartache is soon displaced by family drama, eccentric neighbors, and a loveable search and rescue dog. Not to mention scandalous thoughts about deputy sheriff Wyatt Foster. But while Wyatt is ruggedly handsome, loyal, and protective (everything her fiancé wasn’t), Genevieve’s still hurting. No amount of chemistry can change that.


And yet, as her meddling, matchmaking mother and tight-knit Montana home keep pushing her and Wyatt together, Genevieve realizes there’s more than just a spark there. The charge burns brighter with every run-in, every word, every layer exposing the softness beneath his strength.


Wyatt has something Genevieve wants. Something she needs. And though her best-laid plans lie in ruins, he might be the best shot she’s ever taken.




My Review


Buy Link:

https://aurorarosereynolds.com/books/lavender-hill/ 

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Meet Aurora Rose Reynolds:

Aurora Rose Reynolds is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author whose wildly popular series include Until, Until Him, Until Her, Underground King, Shooting Stars, Fluke My Life and How to Catch an Alpha series.


Her writing career started in an attempt to get the outrageously alpha men who resided in her head to leave her alone and has blossomed into an opportunity to share her stories with readers all over the world.



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