*`Excerpt Reveal: Taylor's Father by Penelope Ward`*

Title: Taylor's Father

Author: Penelope Ward

Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Age Gap (17 Years), Best Guy Friend's Father

Single Dad, Forbidden, Second Chance

Protective Hero, Sassy Heroine

Release Date: February 22, 2026

*`Release Blitz: Contractually Yours! Pick up Crea Reitan`*

An unexpected twist turns into something so much more in Contractually Yours! Pick up Crea Reitan's latest release today!

*`Release Blitz & Review: The Hotshot by Piper Rayne`*

The Hotshot by Piper Rayne is now live!

Raising my cousin’s three kids wasn’t in my five-year plan.

Actually, it wasn’t in any plan.

One minute I’m a single labor and delivery nurse living a quiet life and the next, I’m navigating guardianship hearings, meltdowns, and homework I’m pretty sure requires a math degree.

*`Release Blitz: Owning Jett by Lucy Lennox`*

Title: Owning Jett

Series: Made Marian Legacy #3

Author: Lucy Lennox

Genre: Gay Romance

Tropes: Accidental Rent Boy, Secret Relationship

Billionaire, Intrigue, Late Bi-Awakening

Release Date: February 17, 2026

*`Release Blitz: Redeem by Jessica Buss`*

Title: Redeem

Series: Bering Sea Crabbers Book 4

Author: Jessica Buss

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Small Town; Second Chance; Secret Baby; Blue Collar; Past Abuse (FC); High School Sweethearts; First Everything; She Runs

Release Date: February 16, 2026

*`Cover Reveal: Coming Home by Sundae Leighton`*

 Pirouettes and pucks will be flying across the pages with Coming Home by Sundae Leighton! Coming March 30th but a week earlier on the author's site

*`Cover Reveal: P.O.O.F My Life! by D.G. Carothers`*

 Ready to dive into some Twilight Temptations? P.O.O.F My Life! by D.G. Carothers is coming March 16th!

*`Review: The Rebound Play by Kate O'Keeffe`*

Title: The Rebound Play
Series: Love on Thin Ice #2
Author: Kate O'Keeffe

REVIEW:

4 Stars

This is the second book in the series. I love this small town especially during the fall season. I'm a girl who loves a good second chance romance. You can easily see these two never stopped loving one another. This book has such a great sense of humor. I mean the first interaction between Dan and Keira was super cute and funny. Plenty of feels in this one as well. Keira with her Sister, niece, and nephew then Dan with her nephew's hockey lessons. Dan had me swooning with what he planned for their date. All I have to say is sign me up please! A delightful read with great characters. Keira's friendship with Blair was a favorite part of mine as well. 

BLURB:

If you get a second chance at love with your hockey star ex, should you take it?

Keira

What do you do when your NHL superstar ex skates back into your small town? Drop to the ground and hide behind the bleachers, hoping he doesn’t see you. But Lady Luck must be in a bad mood today because Dan spots me, my hood over my eyes, pretending I’m not there.

Mature? No. Necessary? Oh, yes.

Humiliation washes over me, and the wall around my heart stands firm. Dan might be back, but I can’t afford to let him in again. Not after the heartbreak of losing him once before.

When he offers to coach my nephew, I reluctantly agree. Every smile he flashes at me, every kind word, threatens to crack my resolve. But I can’t go through that again. I have to protect my heart.

Dan

I want Keira back. End of story.

The Rebound Play is part of the Love on Thin Ice sweet hockey romcom series. It's a love story about a jock and a nerd who get a second chance in this small town romance with all the sizzle and chemistry, but none of the spice.

Slide into the Love on Thin Ice series for a sweet romantic escape. Seven authors, seven short books, and one charming town. Get ready for heartwarming love stories and all the fall feels. Start reading now!

BUY LINKS:

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*`Book Blitz: The Relationship Contract`*

The Relationship Contract: A Second Chance Romantic Comedy
Marcella Steele
(To Barcelona with Love Trilogy, #2)
Publication date: February 10th 2026
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance

A crazy love experiment. A daring adventure. 60 days to pass the test.

Readers’ Favorite ?????

Perfect for fans of Nora Goes Off Script and Part of Your World. A swoony romantic escape with the London charm of Jojo Moyes.

Once upon a time… romance had ghosted Sofia Drake so many times, she promised herself she’d never fall in love again—until she fell head over heels for the younger, jet-setting Ryan Hunter. She worries the age gap will ruin their fairy tale romance. He believes they can have their happily ever after and convinces Sofia to accept his unconventional proposal: a sixty-day contract to prove their love is worth the risk.

But when Ryan’s job takes him to London, Sofia adds an addendum to the contract. She throws the rule book in the trash, leaves behind her carefully constructed life, and sets off for the adventure of a lifetime with him—prepared to risk everything for a second chance at happiness.

*`Book Tour: The Menu: Room 4`*

Title: The Menu: Room 4

Series: Club V

Author: Eva Haining

Genre/Tropes: BDSM; Kink Club; Friends-to-Lovers; Workplace Romance; He Falls First; Grumpy/Sunshine; Dom/sub

Release Date: February 5, 2026

Cover Design: Bia Santana Designs

*`Release Blitz & Review: People We Avoid by Lani Lynn Vale`*

Title: People We Avoid

Series: Don't Date Him #2

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Tropes: Forced Proximity, Secret Identity

Grumpy/Sunshine

Release Date: February 10, 2026

*`Release Blitz: The Regressor King by AJ Sherwood`*

Title: The Regressor King

Author: AJ Sherwood

Genre: MM Fantasy Romance

Tropes: Regression, High Fantasy, Fated Love

Demon King, Reluctant Ruler, Hurt/Comfort

Release Date: February 10, 2026

*`Release Blitz: Hushed Harmony by Kaylene Winter`*

Title: Hushed Harmony

Series: Charming Irish #5

Author: Kaylene Winter

Genre: Contemporary MMF Romance

Tropes: Polyamory/Bisexual Romance, Rock Band

Religious Trauma, Found Family, Second Chance

Release Date: February 9, 2026

*`Cover Reveal: All I Need by A.K. Evans`*

Title: All I Need

Series: The Everything Legacy

Author: A.K. Evans

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Opposites Attract/He Falls First/Runaway

Bride/New in Town/Slow Burn/Found Family

Cover Design: Kari March

Release Date: February 24, 2026

*`Release Blast & Review: The Bachelor & the Break-in by Elise Faber`*

THE BACHELOR & THE BREAK-IN

Elise Faber

Release Date: February 9

AVAILABLE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED

I loved him…

And he destroyed me.

Five years ago, Brooks Saxton left me at the altar. Now I’m breaking into his billionaire fortress in the dead of night, desperate enough to steal from the man who once owned my heart.

*`Review: Rebel Bride by Kate Meader`*

 Title: Rebel Bride
Series: Chicago Players #2
Author: Kate Meader

REVIEW:
4 stars
This is the second book in the series and Theo's eldest. I couldn't wait for Hatch's story, but a little leery at the same time because Summer was his teammate's girl. I shouldn't have worried with a book by Kate Meader. Not gonna lie Hatch was rubbing me the wrong way in the beginning, but once we get into his head it all makes sense. I loved the banter between Hatch and Summer. Summer deserves all the happiness because life hasn't been too kind to her. Man I was not a fan of Carter, what a jerk! The Kershaw family will forever be a favorite of mine. This book as the first book did made me fall in love with them all over again. A really good story with a wonderful cast of characters. I'm already excited for the next book after the tease we got. It's going to be good!

BLURB:
She just jilted my teammate at the altar and I helped her escape. We don’t get along, but I’ll still keep her safe … and pray she never learns how I really feel about her.

Summer

I can’t marry him.

I have no good reason to jilt my hockey player fiancé, except that the closer we get to the big day, the more I feel myself shrinking to a hollow shell. Two minutes after I slip into the church bathroom to calm my pre-wedding jitters, I jump out the window to make my escape …

… and land on Hatch Kershaw, my fiancé’s teammate on the Chicago Rebels.

This guy has always hated me for reasons I can’t fathom. Half the time he looks right through me, like I’m no better than the ice shavings on his skate blades. The other half? That brooding green gaze strips me bare and sees right into my soul.

Neither option is good for me, so I really shouldn’t want his help … should I?

Hatch

The bride hit me like a ton of bricks.

The last thing I expected was for my teammate’s bride to ask for my help in fleeing her wedding. Make that the second last—even more unexpected is that I said “yes.” Before I know it, I’ve driven her to my family’s vacation home because I’m a nice guy and she needs to catch her breath.

Only now, I can’t breathe around her.

Summer Landry and I have never hit it off, so why the hell am I going along with this madness? Every stolen glance and accidental touch tell me she’s off-limits, while each torturous second with her in our lakeside hideaway has me questioning everything I thought I knew about who she is and what she’s hiding.

No one can know what I did—not my teammate, not my family, not the media—or all hell will break loose. Most of all, Summer can never know why I dislike her so much.

Because if she did, I might not recover.

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*`Book Blitz: When Time Flies`*

When Time Flies
Jennifer Moreno
Publication date: February 3rd 2026
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Romance, Time-Travel

She was just a flight attendant…until she landed in her past.

Indy Kash is a corporate flight attendant, jet-setting with the rich and famous in a world most only glimpse through glossy magazine covers. But beneath the polished service and designer luggage lies a past she’s spent years trying to forget. When a mysterious time-slip yanks her mid- flight into the trauma that derailed her life thirteen years ago, Indy is forced to face the crime that destroyed her future—and the man who made sure she took the fall.

Back in the present, he’s suddenly on board her jet, and Indy’s thrown into a battle across time to stop him from destroying the world. With a reluctant spirit guide, a crash course in time travel, and a love she never saw coming, Indy must untangle the past to rewrite her future.

Can she finally clear her name, save the world, and discover if time really does heal all wounds?

*`Cover Reveal: Change the Play by Kaylee Ryan`*

Title: Change the Play

Series: Nashville Rampage #5

Author: Kaylee Ryan

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Tropes: Football/Found Family/Forced Proximity

Workplace Romance

Cover Design: Lori Jackson Designs

Special Edition Cover Design: Books N Moods

Release Date: March 3, 2026

*`Review Blitz: Second Shift by EM Chandler`*

 ✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for SECOND SHIFT by EM Chandler! Grab it in KU!

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Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🏒Second Chance Romance

🔥Single Parent/Guardian Romance

🏒Sports Romance (Hockey)

🔥Protective Hero

🏒Grumpy/Sunshine (with child)

🔥Caretaker Hero

🏒Childhood Friends to Lovers

🔥Found Family

🏒Nicknames

🔥Slow Burn Reunion

*`Cover Reveal: Crooked by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward`*

Title: Crooked

Authors: Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance

Cover Design: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative

Photographer: Michelle Lancaster, @lanefotograf

Model: Andrew Murray

Release Date: March 29, 2026