Her Mail-Order Groom's Secret

By: Aurora Hanson

• Historical
• Western

Annie Vale never expected to be raising her late sister’s twins while struggling to save a ranch she barely knows how to run. Desperate for help, the young seamstress places an advertisement for a mail-order groom. When a polished stranger arrives, his gentle way with the grieving twins begins to draw him closer to the fragile family she’s fighting to protect.

Julian Fairchild is a wealthy mining heir fleeing a ruthless stepfather determined to steal his fortune and end his life. After escaping West under a false name, he answers Annie’s advertisement, hoping her remote ranch will keep him hidden. As he grows closer to Annie and the children, how long can he conceal the truth without losing everything he has come to love?

As Annie and Julian begin to build an unexpected family, the enemies hunting him draw dangerously close. When his true identity is exposed, can Annie trust the man who deceived her before his past destroys the future they found together?

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Where We Learned to Stand Together

By: Rebecca Catherine

• Military

A Clean Age-Gap Protector Romance

Kennedy Briggs knew nursing school would be hard.
She just didn’t expect it to start taking things from her.

Clinical hours she can’t miss.
Exams that don’t leave room for mistakes.
And now a professor who’s quietly turning every scheduling conflict into a question of whether she belongs there at all.

Because to them, softball isn’t a commitment.
It’s a distraction.

Kennedy’s not so sure she can afford to lose either one.

Eli Mercer is finally building something of his own.

The dojo isn’t much yet—just mats, a banner in the window, and a handful of students—but it’s his. Something steady. Something that might actually last.
He’s used to carrying things on his own.

But Kennedy never lets him.

She shows up anyway—between classes, between shifts, between everything else pulling at her—like what they’re building matters just as much as what she’s fighting for.

Lately, though, life isn’t leaving them much room.

Their schedules don’t line up.
Their days blur together.
And the time they used to share is getting harder to find.

It’s small things at first.

Missed calls.
Late nights.
An empty bed that wasn’t empty before.

They’re not falling apart.
But they’re not standing still, either.

And when everything starts pulling in different directions—school, work, the future they’re both chasing—they’re left with one question:

Is loving each other enough…
if they can’t figure out how to keep choosing each other, too?

Dragon King's Bullied Mate

By: Alicia Banks

• Paranormal
• Shifter

King Mikael of Iskavard never gave a second thought to his behavior. Lyra had to escape his cruelty to find a quiet life. And now his life is in her hands.

Mikael
I was a hellion all through school and had a tight-knit group of friends.
Once I took the throne, I settled into a fair, respected reign.
Many of those I grew up with are now part of my royal guard.
I’ve felt a shift in attitude and an air of unease, but not enough to question loyalty.
I’ve been working with the kings of other provinces to destroy a terrorist cell that exists within the mountains, but I never dreamed I had a mole in my court.
Until I was almost killed on the mountain during a hunting trip.

Lyra
My life was hell all through school because of a local gang who decided bullying was a way of life.
Once I graduated from university, I bought a property on the outskirts of town, far from the castle.
I found solace in being alone, until I found Beckett.
A tiny little boy fleeing from his abusive father, he became my foster until I can get a total adoption done.
Our lives were just starting to fall into a normal routine when I found Mikael almost dead in the snow.
He might be my king now, but he was a follower through the years of my torment.
His best friend led the pack and Mikael worshiped him.
But how can I let him die?

What will happen when Lyra learns Mikael’s secret? Can Lyra protect Beckett when his father finds them? Can she forgive Mikael and help him save the kingdom?