Bet On It by Jodie Slaughter (Excerpt)
Chapter 1 All things considered, the frozen dinner section of the Piggly Wiggly was one of the better public places to have a panic attack. It was late, only a half hour before closing in a small town where being outside after 9 P.M. on a weeknight automatically branded you a degenerate. That meant the […]
Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley (Excerpt)
Chapter One Donovan Dell was a professional football player who loved to bake. Seriously. He was used to the quizzical looks people gave him when they learned he, a man who made a living terrorizing quarterbacks, co-owned Sugar Blitz, San Diego’s latest and best cupcakery. He didn’t care, though. Baking relaxed him. Running his […]
The Sizzle Paradox by Lily Menon (Excerpt)
Chapter One LYRIC My best friend is a serial killer. It’s the only explanation for the unconscionable mayhem that is his bedroom. Okay, so scientifically speaking, that’s not accurate. There could be many explanations for the mess, and his being a serial killer is probably pretty low on the list. I’d have to check the […]
A Daring Pursuit by Kate Bateman (Excerpt)
Chapter 1 Lady Carys Davies dressed to meet her blackmailer in the same way she dressed for every other social occasion: scandalously. Her clothes were both her armor and her weapons, and although outright murder—however justified—was out of the question, there was still a slim hope that her outfit would induce a fatal apoplexy in […]
Starry-Eyed Love by Helena Hunting (Excerpt)
1 THE GREAT DATE DEBATE LONDON “One more round?” I tap my empty margarita glass. “Ohhh, London’s cutting loose tonight!” Harley, my younger sister, elbows me playfully in the side, her dimpled grin wide and toothy. Avery, our older sister, looks up from her phone, which she’s been on for most of the evening and […]
The Wedding Season by Katy Birchall (Excerpt)
CHAPTER ONE When you get dumped the day before your wedding in a broom cupboard, suddenly everything seems a bit shit. I never imagined my world would come completely crashing down like this, but if I had, I never would have considered it might happen in a broom cupboard. I had a mop handle literally […]
The Wedding Ranch by Nancy Naigle (Excerpt)
Chapter One By the time summer was in full swing, Mister was as tall and gangly as a teenager, and according to the vet he still had a lot of growing to do. Craig had kept his promise, taking Mister to puppy class and on through intermediate training. Mister had more certificates than Lorri and […]
A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones (excerpt)
1 When life hands you lemons, hand them back. You deserve chocolate. —SIGN AT THE SUGAR SHACK Normally, Sheriff Sunshine Vicram would’ve been alarmed at the sight of a knitting needle sticking out of a guy’s neck. At the very least, she would’ve been concerned for the horrified man’s well-being. Yet, there she stood. Unmoved. […]
Never Rescue a Rogue by Virginia Heath (Excerpt)
Chapter One OCTOBER 1826 … Being a thoroughly disappointing son in every aspect of his life was a responsibility Giles Sinclair took seriously. So seriously that if a single week passed without his father’s irate censure of his inappropriate behavior, he considered himself a complete failure. After a worryingly quiet few weeks with only one […]
Marlowe Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins (excerpt)
Chapter One Marlowe Banks never dreamed that an MFA from Yale would earn her a job organizing hangers, picking crusted insoles out of an old pair of Top-Siders, and busting every last fingernail in an attempt to resize a watchband using only a safety pin and the force of her formidable will. The title Costume […]