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Home Improvement by Tara Lain Blurb: Romance on Aisle Sixteen—opposites attract amid the hammers and screws of the home improvement store. Gabe Mason became a father at seventeen, and his daughter, Ellie, is the most important thing in his life. But being the parent the courts demand means Gabe has given up most of his dreams—education, making furniture, a gay social life—to be a model dad with a steady, reliable job in a home improvement store. Life’s predictable until Jerry, a shy, eccentric guy in a hat and sunglasses, begs Gabe to oversee the renovation of his run-down mansion. Gabe loves the house and the work, and Jerry's pretty lovable too, but when Gabe discovers Jerry’s secret identity, he fears their passion could overturn both their lives forever.  Available for pre-order at  Dreamspinner Press Release Date: July 9, 2019 About the Author Tara Lain believes in happy ever afters – and magic. Same th...

Summary: Where Bo Marchand comes from, gay men are just confirmed bachelors who never found the right girl. But now Bo’s a successful winemaker on the central coast of California, supporting his whole damned Georgia family, and all he really wants is the beautiful, slightly mysterious Jeremy Aames. Jeremy’s vineyard is under threat from Ernest Ottersen, the voracious winemaker who seems to know all Jeremy’s blending secrets and manages to grab all his customers. Bo tries to help Jeremy and even provides a phony alibi for Jeremy when Ottersen turns up dead in Jeremy’s tasting room. But it’s clear Jeremy isn’t who he claims, and Bo must decide if it’s worth tossing over his established life for a man who doesn’t seem to trust anyone. When Jeremy gets kidnapped, some of the conservative winemakers turn out to be kinky sex fiends, and the list of murderers keeps dwindling down to Jeremy. Bo has to choose between hopping on his white horse or climbing back in his peach-pie-lined close...

Blurb: When firefighter Rory lays eyes on fire watcher Edith, he instantly knows she’s the one. His fated mate. Now, to win her heart, he just has to protect her from: 1. A raging wildfire (actually, she’s already got that covered, thanks) 2. The lightning-throwing invisible monster that started it (um, the what?) 3. Killer bunnies (don't even ask) 4. The appalling matchmaking attempts from his crew of misfit shifters (not only is this guy scorching hot, his dog is adorable too. And...weirdly smart?) 5. His own animal need to claim her. Now. (if only she could look him in the eye…) Good thing that as a powerful alpha griffin shifter, he can handle anything…right? There’s only one problem. The last thing this autistic woman wants—or needs—is to be protected… Title:   Wildfire Griffin Series:   Fire & Rescue Shifters Wildfire Crew Book #:  1 Author:   Zoe Chant Approximate Book Length:   274 Pages Recommended Reader Age:   18+ Sex...

Blurb: Swan shifter Rose knows she doesn’t have a true mate. She isn’t the one for Ash, the Phoenix Eternal. She knows he can never be more than a friend, no matter how his dark eyes and hard body make her burn. Everything Rose knows is wrong. Twenty years ago, Ash destroyed everything to save his true love. But he’s never been able to walk away from her. He yearns to claim her at last...but the shadows of his past are stalking him again. If anyone discovers what Rose means to him, all his sacrifice will be for nothing... Rose is his mate. She just doesn’t remember. Yet. Title:   Firefighter Phoenix Series:   Fire & Rescue Shifters Book #:  7 Author:   Zoe Chant Approximate Book Length:   266 Pages Recommended Reader Age:   18+ Sexual Content:   Moderate Thoughts: The one I've been itching for! Ash has been a steadfast presence through the books, and it's exciting to finally read his story. And it was so sad. We get to se...

“Hidden Powers” By Tara Lain Release Day Blitz March 12, 2019 HTML CODE Can a werewolf who makes people disappear save his world -- and get the boy of his dreams?  HIDDEN POWERS  (Superordinary Society Series, Bk 1) By Tara Lain  Blurb Jazz Vanessen is weird—and not just because he’s a werewolf. For most of his life, he’s felt different from his alpha male brothers and friends. Since he’s adopted, he can’t even blame it on family. Now eighteen, Jazz meets his idol, the social activist Lysandra Mason, and her breathtaking nephew, Dash Mercury. When Dash is around, even stranger things start to happen, including Jazz falling hopelessly in lust. Not only is Jazz having visions, making people disappear, and somehow turning invisible, but somebody’s following him and threatening to reveal his pack’s secrets to the world. Together with Dash and Jazz’s equally amazing friends—Carla, BeBop, Khadija, and Fatima—they discover the danger is...

Blurb: Sarcastic. Short-tempered. Definitely not sparkly. Paramedic and firefighter Hugh Argent is no one’s idea of a unicorn, and he’s careful to keep it that way. His life depends on hiding his secrets…and on never meeting his true mate. Outcast. Unwanted. Untouchable. Wyvern shifter Ivy has been shunned her whole life due to her uncontrollably venomous skin. Now finally there’s someone who can touch her…and he doesn’t want anything to do with her. No matter how much Ivy craves to be touched at last, there’s one thing that can make her give up her only chance at love—a cure for her terminally ill younger sister. So Ivy offers Hugh a deal: Heal her sister, and she’ll get out of his life forever. The more Hugh gets to know Ivy, the more he longs to claim this brave, fierce, infuriating woman. But a unicorn can only take a mate at a terrible cost… More than hearts are at stake. And every secret is about to be revealed at last. Title:   Firefighter Unicorn Series:...