December Royal Picks + Giveaway!

Any book that receives a 4 1/2 or 5 Star rating from us becomes a Royal Pick. At the end of each month, those titles go into a giveaway. Two winners each pick ONE for their prize.

But this time, I'm not limiting it to only December's books. Instead, the winners will have a chance to pick from *all* the Royal Picks in 2018. Full list below.

Sarah's Review: How the Dukes Stole Christmas

Remember, this is a Royal Pick for the month! Check back on December 27th when the monthly giveaway opens!

How the Dukes Stole Christmas by Tessa Dare, Sarah MacLean, Sophie Jordan, and Joanna Shupe
Publisher: October 15, 2018
Genre: Historical Romance

Christmas magic is in the air... From the ballrooms of London, to abandoned Scottish castles, to the snowy streets of Gilded Age New York, four bestselling authors whip up some unforgettable romance...with a little help from some enchanted shortbread.

"Meet Me in Mayfair" by Tessa Dare
Louisa Ward needs a Christmas miracle. Unless she catches a wealthy husband at the ball tonight, the horrid, heartless Duke of Thorndale will evict her family from their beloved Mayfair home. But when her friend begs to switch dance cards, Louisa finds herself waltzing with the enemy: the horrid, heartless--and unexpectedly handsome--Thorndale himself. Now the duke's holding her future in his hands...and he's not letting go.

"The Duke of Christmas Present" by Sarah MacLean
Rich and ruthless, Eben, Duke of Allryd, has no time for holidays. Holidays are for whimsy and charm--the only two things his money cannot buy. Lady Jacqueline Mosby is full of both, even now, twelve years after she left to see the world. When Jacqueline returns for a single Christmas, Eben can't resist the woman he never stopped loving...or the future that had once been in reach. It will take a miracle to convince her to stay...but if ever there were a time for miracles, it's Christmas...

"Heiress Alone" by Sophie Jordan
When Annis Bannister's family leaves her behind in the rush to escape an impending snowstorm, she finds herself stranded in the Highlands, left to fend off brigands terrorizing the countryside, robbing homes locked up for winter. Her only hope falls on her neighbor, a surly hermit duke who unravels her with a look, then a kiss ... until she fears the danger to her heart outweighs the danger of brigands and snowstorms.

"Christmas in Central Park" by Joanna Shupe
Women all over America devour Mrs. Walker's weekly column for recipes and advice. No one knows Rose, the column's author, can't even boil water. When the paper's owner, Duke Havemeyer, insists she host a Christmas party, Rose must scramble to find a husband, an empty mansion, and a cook. But Duke is not a man easily fooled and she fears her perfect plan is failing--especially when Duke's attentions make her feel anything but professional. To save her career will she give up her chance at love? 

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Pat's Review: Destroy Me

Remember, this is a Royal Pick for the month! Check back on December 27th when the monthly giveaway opens!

Destroy Me by Ella Sheridan
Publisher: Ella Sheridan (November 29th, 2018)
Series: Southern Nights Enigma, 3
Genre: Romantic Suspense

Some mistakes don’t deserve forgiveness.

Lyse Sheppard planted the bomb that almost killed everyone close to her, including the man she loved. Now in hiding, she spends her days making amends the only way she knows how—using her genius computer skills to save women enslaved by the bastard who blackmailed her. And every night she punishes herself by watching the man she lost live his life without her.

Fionn “Irish” McCullough can’t let go of the rage Lyse ignited the night she betrayed his team. Betrayed him. After months of searching, he’s no closer to finding his prey—until a mysterious message points him toward Ireland and a deadly threat against the only family he has left.

Caught in the twisted web of his past, Fionn must choose between revenge and keeping his mother safe. But the one weapon he needs—and the one touch he craves—may be the woman he can never forgive. 

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Reviews for Sheridan's books:

• Come for Me 
• Deceive Me

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Kat's Review: Unmasked by the Marquess

Remember, this is a Royal Pick for the month! Check back on December 27th when the monthly giveaway opens!

Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian
Publisher: Avon Impulse (April 17, 2018)
Series: The Regency Impostors, 1
Genre: Historical Romance -- Queer (M/enby)

The one you love…
Robert Selby is determined to see his sister make an advantageous match. But he has two problems: the Selbys have no connections or money and Robert is really a housemaid named Charity Church. She’s enjoyed every minute of her masquerade over the past six years, but she knows her pretense is nearing an end. Charity needs to see her beloved friend married well and then Robert Selby will disappear…forever.

May not be who you think…

Alistair, Marquess of Pembroke, has spent years repairing the estate ruined by his wastrel father, and nothing is more important than protecting his fortune and name. He shouldn’t be so beguiled by the charming young man who shows up on his doorstep asking for favors. And he certainly shouldn’t be thinking of all the disreputable things he’d like to do to the impertinent scamp.

But is who you need…

When Charity’s true nature is revealed, Alistair knows he can’t marry a scandalous woman in breeches, and Charity isn’t about to lace herself into a corset and play a respectable miss. Can these stubborn souls learn to sacrifice what they’ve always wanted for a love that is more than they could have imagined?

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• It Takes Two to Tumble

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November Royal Picks + Giveaway

Any book that receives a 4 1/2 or 5 Star rating from us becomes a Royal Pick. At the end of each month, those titles go into a giveaway. Two winners each pick ONE for their prize.

Pat's Review: Fireworks

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on November 29th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Fireworks by Sarina Bowen
Publisher: Tuxbury Publishing LLC (November 13, 2018)
Series: True North, 6
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Dual 1st POV

Skye Copeland is on paid leave from her broadcasting job after accidentally drawing a pecker on the traffic map.

Let that sink in. Like it’s her fault the traffic pattern created a perfect schlong?

Skye isn’t laughing. She needs this job. And that’s the only reason she’s willing to chase down a story in her least favorite place—that hell on earth known as Vermont.

A quick trip. In and out. Much like - never mind. She can sneak into the town that once tried to break her, get the story and slide back into the good graces of her producer. Easy peasy.

But things go sideways the moment she steps over the county line. Her stepsister is running from a violent drug dealer. And the cop on the case is none other than Benito Rossi, the man who broke Skye’s teenage heart.

His dark brown eyes still tear her apart. And even as she steels herself to finally tell him off after twelve years, the old fireworks are still there.

Things are about to go boom. 

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Reviews for Bowen's books:

• Hard Hitter 
• Rookie Move

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Pat's Review: Tragic

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on November 29th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Tragic by Devney Perry
Publisher: Devney Perry (November 13, 2018)
Series: Lark Cove, 3
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Dual 1st POV

Kaine Reynolds wants nothing more than solitude. After an unthinkable tragedy destroys his family, he’s cut off all ties to his former life so he can battle his grief the only way he knows how.

Alone.

So when Piper Campbell knocks on his door, rambling on about being his new neighbor, he slams the door in her face.

But Kaine’s gruff demeanor doesn’t scare her. She’s set on living in Montana and starting over after a terrible divorce. And she wouldn’t mind having a fling to chase away the pain of her husband’s betrayal. Her handsome, albeit rude, neighbor is the perfect candidate.

Yet what neither of them suspect is that their no-strings affair will result in the surprise of Piper’s lifetime—and Kaine’s worst fear.

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Reviews for Perry's books:

• Tattered 
• The Birthday List 
• The Outpost 
• Timid

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Pat's Review: Eagle

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on November 29th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Eagle by Janie Crouch
Publisher: Janie Crouch (October 30th, 2018)
Series: Linear Tactical, 2
Genre: Romantic Suspense

He’s fighting for what’s right.
She’s fighting just to survive…

When former Special Forces soldier Finn Bollinger is asked to help with a deadly government mission, he’s up for the task. His job teaching survival skills to civilians at Linear Tactical keeps him sharp, and he can still handle himself in the field.

But the Army damn well didn’t teach Finn how to handle Charlotte Devereux. She’s back and she’s all sorts of bad news.

Charlotte can’t change the past. Can’t change the choices she made or the fact that they cost her everything. All she can do is endure the fallout. Even if that means putting her future in the hands of Finn, the man who has every right to want to destroy her.

And can in so many more ways than he thinks.

When the undercover mission goes impossibly wrong, they’ll all have to depend on Charlotte’s strength in order to survive. But everyone has a breaking point…

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• Cyclone

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Melinda's Review: Tikka Chance on Me

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on November 29th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Tikka Chance on Me by Suleikha Snyder
Publisher: Suleikha Snyder (November 13, 2018)
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Novella

He's the bad-boy biker. She's the good girl working in her family's Indian restaurant. On the surface, nothing about Trucker Carrigan and Pinky Grover's instant, incendiary, attraction makes sense. But when they peel away the layers and the assumptions--and their clothes--everything falls into place. The need. The want. The light. The laughter. They have more in common than they ever could've guessed. Is it enough? They won't know until they take a chance on each other--and on love.

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• Seared

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Pat's Review: Cyclone

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on November 29th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Cyclone by Janie Crouch
Publisher: September 25, 2018
Series: Linear Tactical, 1
Genre: Romantic Suspense

He’d protect her from any threat…
But what if the biggest threat is him?

Doctor Anne Nichols is back in Oak Creek, Wyoming, only because she has no other options. Here, she was always the shy, stuttering girl, invisible to everyone.

Except Zac Mackay. The very reason she left in the first place.

Zac’s years in Special Forces taught him survival skills, and he’s created a company—Linear Tactical—to teach those skills to others, so they never have to live in fear.

Then why is Annie, the last person he’d ever want to hurt, afraid of him?

Zac’s determined to wipe the fear from the eyes of the woman who has never been far from his mind. And fix the mistakes—his mistakes—that put that look there in the first place.

But a predator has set his sights on Annie. And now survival skills will become much more than lessons…

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Pat's Review: Crossing Hope

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on November 29th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Crossing Hope by Kimberly Kincaid
Publisher: Kimberly Kincaid Romance (October 15, 2018)
Series: Cross Creek, 4
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Marley Rallston would rather be anywhere other than too-small-for-a-map-dot Millhaven, Virginia. But thanks to a heap of debt, what was supposed to be a quick trip to fulfill her mother’s dying wish has turned into an extended stay with the family she never knew she had and the father who never wanted her. To top it off, now she’s being forced to do community service with the town’s biggest bad boy, when all she wants to do is make enough cash to get out of Dodge? Life can’t get much worse.

The only thing Greyson Whittaker cares about is his family’s farm. He’ll do anything to keep Whittaker Hollow in the black, including live up to his rough, tough reputation by running the place by himself, no matter the cost. Mandatory community service with the daughter of their biggest rival is the last thing he wants or needs. But the more time Greyson and Marley spend together, the hotter their attraction burns, and the more the unlikely pair begins to realize that forbidden fruit just might taste the sweetest… 

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Reviews for Kincaid's books:

• All Wrapped Up
• Crossing Hearts
• Crossing Promises
• Crossing the Line
• Deep Burn
• Down Deep
• Fire Me Up
• Forever Deep
• Gimme Some Sugar
• In Too Deep
• Outside the Lines
• Pushing the Line
• Reckless
• Skin Deep
• Stirring Up Trouble

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Sarah's Review: Rafe

This is a Royal Pick for October, so head on over to the giveaway going on right now! Ends Sunday. Good luck! :)

Rafe by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Publisher: Rebekah Weatherspoon Presents (September 26, 2018)
Series: Loose Ends, 1
Genre: Contemporary Romance

All Dr. Sloan Copeland needed was someone to watch her kids. What she found was the man of her dreams…

After a nasty divorce and a thousand mile move, Dr. Sloan Copeland and her twin daughters are finally getting the hang of their new life in Los Angeles. When their live-in nanny bails with no warning, Sloan is left scrambling to find a competent caretaker to wrangle her smart, sensitive girls. Nothing less will do.

Enter Rafe Whitcomb. He's all of those things, not to mention good-natured and one heck of a whiz in the kitchen. He's also tall, and handsome, and bearded, and ripped, and tatted, wrist to neck.

It doesn't take long for the Copelands to invite Rafe into their home. Just as quickly, both Sloan and Rafe find themselves succumbing to a heady mutual attraction, neither of them wants to deny. With every minute they spend under the same roof, this working mom can't help but wonder if Rafe can handle all her needs...

**This stand-alone romance is fluffy. So fluffy. It’s fluff. Low. Angst. Fluff. featuring a large tatted, motorcycle riding ginger man, who bakes a mean bacon quiche and knows exactly how to wrangle clever six year olds while making their mom feel loved, loved, loved.**


While RAFE is a stand-alone novel here's a suggested reading order to get you to this point
SATED (Fit #3) (Meegan)
SO SWEET (Daniella and Duke origin story)
HAVEN (Meegan)
WRAPPED (Meegan, Shae, Sarah)
RAFE 

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Reviews for Weatherspoon's books:

• Haven
• Sanctuary

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October Royal Picks + Giveaway!

Any book that receives a 4 1/2 or 5 Star rating from us becomes a Royal Pick. At the end of each month, those titles go into a giveaway. Two winners each pick ONE for their prize.

Pat's Review: Still Savannah

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on October 25th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Still Savannah by Sandra Owens
Publisher: Sandra Owens (October 23rd, 2018)
Series: Blue Ridge Valley, 3
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Known simply as Savannah, a beautiful face on the covers of glamour magazines, Savannah Graham has the perfect life… or so it seems to the world. Behind closed doors her reality is far from perfect. When a person she should be able to trust threatens her, she returns home to Blue Ridge Valley, the only place she feels safe. The valley is also where he lives, her first and only love.

Adam Hunter stepped out of Savannah Graham’s life nine years ago so she could follow her dream. She was his first love, and there is still an ache in his heart for what he lost every time he sees her face on the cover of a magazine. Now she’s home, needing protection, and he can’t refuse. When the danger is over, she will return to her glamorous life. So she’s not the only thing he has to protect, he also needs to safeguard his heart.

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Reviews for Owen's books:

• Ace of Spades
• All Autumn
• Jack of Hearts
• Just Jenny
• King of Clubs
• Queen of Diamonds

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Pat's Review: Further to Fall

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on October 25th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Further to Fall by Catherine Cowles
Publisher: The PageSmith LLC (October 24, 2018)
Genre: Contemporary Romance

An up-and-coming MMA fighter trying to take on the world. An innocent teacher trying to make the world a better place.

He never expected her to become his best friend. But she fought her way into his life, one tongue-lashing at a time. Until one night, one mistake tore them apart.

Losing her… that gutted him. But now, as one of the top fighters in the world, he’s back and determined to battle for his girl.

But, from the sidelines, someone watches. Someone who’ll do just about anything to keep them apart.

Their second chance might be over before it even begins… 

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Sarah's Review: Not Another Family Wedding

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on October 25th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Not Another Family Wedding by Jackie Lau
Publisher: Jackie Lau Books (September 25, 2018)
Series: Chin-Williams, 1
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Natalie Chin-Williams might be a cranky professor of climatology who thinks the world is doomed, but she believes in lasting love…just not for herself. She has a long history of failed relationships, plus the men she dates inevitably want children and she doesn’t.

Now thirty-six and single, Natalie expects endless comments about her love life when she attends her baby sister's wedding. Worse, weddings are always drama-filled disasters in her family. She needs emotional support to get through the weekend, so she enlists the help of her friend Connor Douglas, the dependable family doctor.

The wedding reception goes south when a drunk aunt announces a family secret that sends Natalie reeling and shakes her faith in love. Luckily, she has her long-time friend to lean on—a man she somehow ends up kissing. But there’s no way this could turn into anything lasting, is there? That’s impossible for her, especially now…

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Pat's Review: Honor Among SEALs

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on October 25th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Honor Among SEALs by Dixie Lee Brown
Publisher: Lyrical Liaison (October 9, 2018)
Series: Hearts of Valor, 2
Genre: Romantic Suspense

Navy SEALS are trained to take on all enemies in extreme situations—but there’s nothing more dangerous than matters of the heart . . .

This is Matt Iverson’s story.
Working for a security company with his brothers-in-arms has given former SEAL Matt “MacGyver” Iverson a reason to get up every morning. But keeping a runaway bride from harm isn’t in his job description . . .

Former Marine Kellie Greyson is in over her head. A cold-hearted ultimatum leaves her no choice but to wed mob boss Tony Palazzi. But when she overhears his deadly plans for her after she says ‘I do,’ Kellie flees his casino, only to wind up in a seedy Vegas bar. The next thing she knows, she’s waking up beside a protective powerhouse of a man . . .

Though Kellie’s body kickstarts his into high gear, MacGyver is all business trying to convince her that they need each other. Both are looking for missing people—and all roads lead to Palazzi. MacGyver will have to lay all his cards on the table to get Kellie to trust him in a game they might not survive . . .

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September Royal Picks + Giveaway!

Any book that receives a 4 1/2 or 5 Star rating from us becomes a Royal Pick. At the end of each month, those titles go into a giveaway. Two winners each pick ONE for their prize.

Pat's Review: Hot Winter Nights

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on September 27th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Hot Winter Nights by Jill Shalvis
Publisher: Avon; Reissue edition (September 25, 2018)
Series: Heartbreaker Bay, 6
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Who needs mistletoe? 

Most people wouldn't think of a bad Santa case as the perfect Christmas gift. Then again, Molly Malone, office manager at Hunt Investigations, isn't most people, and she could really use a distraction from the fantasies she's been having since spending the night with her very secret crush, Lucas Knight. Nothing happened, not that Lucas knows that — but Molly just wants to enjoy being a little naughty for once...

Whiskey and pain meds for almost-healed bullet wounds don't mix. Lucas needs to remember that next time he's shot on the job, which may be sooner rather than later if Molly's brother, Joe, finds out about them. Lucas can't believe he's drawing a blank on his (supposedly) passionate tryst with Molly, who's the hottest, smartest, strongest woman he's ever known. Strong enough to kick his butt if she discovers he's been assigned to babysit her on her first case. And hot enough to melt his cold heart this Christmas. 

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Reviews for Shalvis's books:

• All I Want
• He's So Fine
• It's In His Kiss
• Merry Christmas, Baby
• My Kind of Wonderful
• Nobody But You
• Once in a Lifetime
• Rumor Has It
• Second Chance Summer
• Seeing Red
• Still the One
• Then Came You

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Pat's Review: Timid

Remember, since this is a Royal Pick, come back on September 27th for a chance to win an ecopy of your own!

Timid by Devney Perry
Publisher: Devney Perry (September 4, 2018)
Series: Lark Cove, 2
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Willa Doon has always been shy. Her quiet demeanor was something she’s always embraced. That is, until Jackson Page moves to town. The one man she desperately wants to take notice struggles to remember her name.

Year after year, Willa stands by, watching as the bartender slash playboy drowns his demons in beer and sex. Then one night, he shows up at her door, suddenly aware that the girl he’s seen around Lark Cove is now a beautiful woman.

Except what he doesn’t remember is that this visit isn’t his first. They spent a night together once before. A night he’s forgotten, thanks to a bottle of tequila.

A night that crushed a timid girl’s heart, and set a broken man on the path to heal them both. 

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Reviews for Perry's books:

• Tattered
• The Birthday List
• The Outpost

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