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Title: Never Marry the Best Man
Series: Whatever It Takes #4
Author: Julia Kent
Genre: Contemporary Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Younger Man/Older Woman, British Hero
Fake Marriage, Road Trip, Forced Proximity
Release Date: September 9, 2025
 
 
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There’s no way the hot relative of a minor British royal is hitting on her. She’s misreading everything, right?
 
Except there’s no mistaking that proposal.
 
When 50something Ranney Martini (yes, Nessa’s mom!) finds herself being courted by the very English best man in a minor royal’s wedding she’s managing, she can’t help but laugh. He’s 17 years her junior, smoking hot, and an award-winning architect. The flirting is all in her imagination.
 
Of course it is.
 
But when a strange twist of fate leaves them trapped in Las Vegas, and Tom has a sudden need for American citizenship – faster than fast – Ranney proves she’s the consummate professional.
 
Because when you’re a wedding protector, you do whatever it takes to make the perfect wedding.
 
Even marrying the very handsome best man.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 4 New York Times bestsellers and more than 21 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, with more titles releasing in the future.
 
From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men’s room toilet (and he isn’t a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).
 
She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.
 
She loves to hear from her readers by email at julia@jkentauthor.com, on X @jkentauthor, on Facebook at @jkentauthor, and on Instagram @jkentauthor. Visit her at http://jkentauthor.com
 
 
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My Review...

This series is just the best! The crew of the Wedding Protectors comes in full force with this newest story.

Ranney and Tom are the focus, and what an adventure they experience.

Ranney is the vintage gal of the group; she is finding her own as an empty nester, but is she missing something in her new life as a single gal?

Enter Tom, younger fella, in need of his own protector and Ranney fits the bill and is willing to help.

Instant feelings and societal norms are at the forefront of this new and budding relationship and the focus of this story.

As with all of Ms. Kent’s stories, you get laughs, heart, heat, and swoons aplenty. Get your hands on this!

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Good Girl’s Guide to Love by Chelle Sloan is now live!

A sexy, bad boy/good girl, fake dating, football romance from bestselling author Chelle Sloan

GUIDE TO LOVE RULE #37: Fake it till you make it. Just don’t fall in love.

Ever since I can remember, I’ve always played it safe. I didn’t take chances. I’m the quintessential good girl of the Banks family.

At least, I was until Linc Kincaid walked into my life.

Now I’m doing things I never thought I’d do. Getting drunk. Singing at karaoke bars. Kissing hot as sin football players for the world to see.

One minute I’m a shy nurse whose biggest problem was that her ex-boyfriend was back in town. The next I’m fake dating the bad boy of the Nashville Fury.

Because yeah…that happened.

Linc and I didn’t mean to get ourselves into this situation, but after pictures of our crazy night hit the internet, we agreed it was a genius plan: I needed help to keep my clingy ex-boyfriend away and he needed to clean up his image. A win-win.

Plus, he was up front with me—he didn’t do long term. And since I’m a forever kind of girl, there was no way I was going to fall in love with my fake boyfriend.

Right?

Wrong. So Wrong.

In my defense, he started holding my hand for the cameras. And kissing my forehead. Calling me a swoony nickname that caused all the butterflies.

But I was holding out. Being strong. Until he offered to give me spicy lessons in the bedroom.

And I said yes.

I guess that’s what I get for taking chances.

Now, somewhere along the way, I fell in love with my fake boyfriend.

And there’s no guide to love for that.

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My Review...

What a bittersweet, fantastically funny, and swoonworthy finish to the Banks family!

This is the story of Anisley and Linc. The final Banks sister and the epitome of a good girl.

I could see parts of myself in Ainsley, and that made me fall in love with her hard!

Linc, you are what every good girl needs, even when he didn’t believe it himself. A reformed bad boy working hard to right the wrongs of his past.

Full of heart, heat, and hilarity, with a dose of Banks family shenanigans we have all loved from the get go. This final book in the series gives you all the feels! 

Every book from this talented author never fails to wow me! Well done Ms. Sloan, well done!  I cannot wait to see what comes from you next!

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When two witches with a tangled history are forced to team up, it spells disaster in this steamy rom-com from USA Today bestselling author Avery Flynn.

It’s the curse of every family’s heir to be the responsible one. My family being the most powerful family in all of Witchingdom doesn’t eliminate that fact, it only makes it worse—and that’s why I, Leona Amber Sherwood, never do the unexpected. Except for that one time I did.

Believe me, I have rued the day that I got married in a midnight ceremony under a full moon to Erik Svensen, the heir to my family’s deepest, bitterest enemies, and now, he won’t agree to a divorce unless we return an ancient spell book to his family’s secured facility.

But on our road trip to return the book, I learn more about Erik as we encounter trolls, nymphs, satyrs, and more. The longer we work together, the more I’m convinced that he might not be the evil trickster I assumed he was. Any more time together will leave me even more enchanted with my husband and that’s the last thing I want. And if I keep telling myself that, maybe I’ll start to believe it.

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My Review...

This second book in the Sherwood Witches series was a long time coming, but it was so worth it!

This fun romantasy is about the Sherwood heir, not the oldest, but the head witch in charge, Leona. She has to be the responsible one, the one that everyone in Witchingdom relies on. But what does Leona want?

I loved her loyalty, her quirks, and her protective streak. 

Erik is the enemy, but is he really? Yes, he is sneaky and underhanded, but he is also fiercely protective of the ones he loves. I loved watching him evolve into a loveable hero.

A wild night in Vegas, to an exciting adventure, and some fantastically imaginative pit stops along the way help Leona and Erik find that they belong together; their magic blends together like coffee and warm doughnuts.

Get your hands on this next fabulous tale written by the talented and funny mind of Avery Flynn!

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The Surrender by Jodi Ellen Malpas is now live!

He’s a tantalizing man of mystery. To solve him she could risk everything in a scorching romance by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the This Man series and The Invitation.

A pawn in a man’s callous game, Amelia Lazenby is trying to heal after being betrayed by the wealthy and scorchingly sexy Jude Harrison. Now he’s saying all the right things, whispering apologies as sincere as his kisses, and refusing to let her walk away. It’s hard for Amelia to resist a force as strong as Jude. Before long, he’s making her pulse pound, her head spin, and giving her the rapture she craves.

But once she surrenders, Amelia can’t help but fear she’s risking her heart all over again. This time, maybe even more. Jude is every bit as mysterious and possessive as she remembers. His ex-lover is back to wreak havoc on their lives. And Amelia’s own ex has returned from the past, knowing more about Jude than Amelia can imagine. As the secrets and shocking revelations keep coming, Amelia must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to stay with the man she loves and above all else…can’t resist.

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My Review...

Gahhh! This finale to the Arlington Hall series does not disappoint! Just the right amount of angst to keep the reader invested in the story.

Jude and Amelia’s chemistry is like a house on fire, and seeing the vulnerabilities of both Jude and Amelia as they navigate this new relationship kept me glued to the pages of my Kindle.

Beautiful settings, secrets, and intrigue galore is what is going to keep you reading until the end.

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The lengths neighbors will go to protect their secrets become downright frightening in a gripping novel of suspense by Minka Kent, the Edgar-nominated author of Unmissing.

Camille and Will Prescott have relocated from San Diego to Phoenix for a fresh start in a quiet gated community. After the traumas Camille’s marriage survived, it’s just the sanctuary she needs. As for her new neighbors, there’s Sozi, seemingly well intentioned if not for her invasive meddling and her desperate overtures to make a friend. And Mara and Oscar, an unstable couple around whom troubling rumors swirl.

Patiently listening to Sozi’s gossip and watching Mara and Oscar ever so closely has become something of a hobby for Camille. But while she obsesses about the cracks in everyone else’s lives, she begins to see the cracks in her own. And when a monster from her past reaches out to reconnect, it’s all Camille can do not to snap. Then one day she finds a dead body in her garage lying in a pool of blood.

Camille is about to discover what’s really going on behind the closed doors of this cozy cul-de-sac. And the worst is yet to come.

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My Review...

Holy twist! This second book in the Dangerous Strangers series picks up where Imaginary Strangers left off.

The Prescott family starts a new life in a new neighborhood. Camille believes this is just what she needs; her need to protect her family gets a bit of reprieve, or so she thinks.

This story reminds me of a more evil version of Desperate Housewives, the secrets, the drama and the mind twists are going to keep you glued to the pages.

Be sure to read this story slowly, a lot of clues and hints are throughout the pages to help you figure out the real mystery of the cul-de-sac, and when you get some of the answers, you are going to be absolutely shook! I know I was. I am praying to all the writing spirits that this is not the last book in this series; the ending is going to leave you begging for more! I tip my hat to you, Ms. Kent, for this fabulous thriller!

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She’s my best friend. And I secretly want her.

Ruby’s my best friend and bandmate. The sister of my good friend, too. Which makes her “triple off-limits” to me. I’d even say she’s like a sister to me, if it weren’t for the unbrotherly dreams I’ve had about her since age sixteen.

But when Ruby drunkenly kisses me at a party to piss off her ex, the spark I’ve been working hard to snuff out for years bursts into a raging pyre. And now, I can’t stop obsessing about that kiss and yearning for another one.
In fact, after The Kiss That Changed Everything, I’m now determined to do whatever it takes to make Ruby mine, even at the risk of burning my whole world down.

Spark is a complete standalone, best friends to lovers, forced proximity, rockstar romance.

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My Review...

Wowza! Welcome back to the musical world that Ms. Rowe has created!

This is the story of bandmates, best friends, and the spark of more!

This is Ruby and Kendrick’s story, and what a swoonfest it is.

Kendrick is the golden retriever hero with a dose of doberman, and I was all over that like a bad rash! This poor fella has been hiding his feelings for years! He had a front row seat to all of Ruby’s shenanigans with men, and Kendrick didn’t know what to do.

Ruby has a bad picker. She says so herself, she has been unlucky in the boyfriend department, and boy does it bite her in the backside (not in a good way…).

Hidden feelings, huge miscommunications, and bad timing abound in this stellar story.

It was fantastic seeing other characters from past stories make their appearances; it brings a well-rounded storyline to fruition. 

Totally can be read as a standalone, but do yourself a favor, after devouring this story, get your hands on all of Ms. Rowe’s books, you will be all the better for it.

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A brand new standalone grumpy sunshine summer holiday romance.

The best man ghosted me six years ago after kissing me, and now I have to plan every wedding event under the sun with him. 

Nate Stiles is the definition of serious. Furrowed brow? Check. Rain cloud personality? Double check

I shouldn’t be thinking about the fact that our kiss was the best one of my life right now. I should be planning the bachelorette party of the millennium. 

I shouldn’t be wondering when Nate became such a good dancer after we got roped into salsa lessons with the happy couple. I should be mentally ticking off boxes on my bridal checklists.

I shouldn’t be wondering what it would be like if I didn’t hate Nate Stiles. I should be holding strong against a man who doesn’t believe in love. 

My name is Essie Lovelock. I am a reformed love obsessed fairytale fanatic and I’m determined to be the best maid of honor my best friend could ever have.

And I am absolutely not going to fall for the best man.

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About Helena Hunting:

NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Helena Hunting lives outside of Toronto with her amazing family and her adorable, emotional cat, who thinks the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Helena writes everything from emotional contemporary romance to romantic comedies that will have you laughing until you cry.

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My Review...

I just can’t get enough of the cast of characters that Ms. Hunting creates! 

This latest story, set in the world of the Toronto Terror and Tilton U, with a touch of the Pucked series, is going to grab you in the feels!

This is the story of Essie and Nate, a brief encounter at the end of high school that left a lasting impression.

Essie is just beautiful, both inside and out. I love her love of all things pink and princessy. I love how she loves hard and sometimes too quickly, but her loyalty is fierce, and she is learning to value her self-worth as more than just a pretty face.

Nate is the broody hero with a marshmallow center; he just doesn’t know how to access that center too often. He has been hurt and scarred by “love” and wants no part of it. Until he realizes how much Essie really means to him.

The chemistry between Nate and Essie is off the charts hot, and I love that Essie embraces her inner bad girl. She is full of surprises!

I floved seeing past characters make their appearances known! It was like a lovely family reunion!

It doesn’t matter if you are a long-time fan girl or a new Ms. Hunting reader; you are going to love this latest story!

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Beg For Me by J.T. Geissinger is now live!

It was supposed to be a fling. A beautiful mistake I’d make only once.
Fate had other plans for us.

Sophia
Carter McCord is everything I shouldn’t want. Fifteen years younger, he’s too cocky, too good-looking, and a playboy notorious for leaving broken hearts and wreckage in his wake.

To make matters worse, he’s my competition. As an executive at my company’s top rival, the young hotshot is strictly off limits both professionally and personally. I’ve got a career to protect and a teenage daughter to raise. The last thing I need is the kind of man who makes women beg.

But Carter isn’t interested in keeping it casual. The way he touches me, the way he needs me—it’s more than sex. It’s obsession.

Carter
I don’t care that she’s older. I don’t care that she’s a business rival. I don’t care what my family thinks or what people will say or that her ex wants to see me dead.

Sophia Bianco is everything I’ve ever wanted, and I’m gonna make her mine.

Even if she makes me beg for it.

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My Review...

Oh my me, the youngest McCord sibling is just wowza!

This story of the youngest McCord sibling, Carter, has all that you want in a hero. 

This story has all the swoons, heat, and laughs that I come to love from Ms. Geissinger!

This reverse age gap is just to die for. 

Carter McCord is a broken hero that I fell for hard. I admired his willingness to show his vulnerabilities to Sophia, and the way that he absolutely worshipped her was *Chef’s Kiss* perfection.

I could totally empathize with Sophia, her age, her struggles, and her strength was relatable and real. 

I floved the honesty between Carter and Sophia and I was cheering hard for them. 

I honestly couldn’t put this book down once I started and I know you won’t be able to either. Get your hands on this story, heck the whole series, you won’t be disappointed!

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The Invitation by Jodi Ellen Malpas is now live!

An ambitious career woman. An enigmatic billionaire. There’s more to their affair than meets the eye in this scalding romance by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the This Man series.

Amelia Lazenby deserves a breather—from work and from the stress of a recent breakup. Courtesy of her best friends, she gets a day of pampering at a posh country spa called Arlington Hall. Instead of finding calm, she finds her pulse racing when she sees flawlessly rugged Jude Harrison. Hand on heart, she’s never laid eyes on such a stunner. And an unexpected steam room meet takes their instant attraction to a whole new level.

Amelia wasn’t looking for an intense new affair. But the passion Jude ignites is off the charts. Even if he is a little possessive. Even if his temper can be as formidable as the influence he has on her body. He becomes all the more intriguing when Amelia discovers that Jude not only owns Arlington Hall but that their meeting was no accident. It was planned. But to what end?

That’s a mystery as irresistible as Jude himself. Is he worth the risk? Or is this the man who could break her?

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My Review...

Not gonna lie, it’s been a hot minute since I had the opportunity to read Ms. Malpas, and boy am I kicking myself now!

This new series, Arlington Hall, is going to grab you and not let you go until the end! (And gahhhhh! What an ending!)

This is the introduction to the dynamic relationship between Jude and Amelia.

I had to admire the fortitude of Amelia, even when it seems like the deck is stacked against her, she perseveres. When faced with the white-hot chemistry between her and Jude, she tries hard to deny it, but essentially, the heart wants what the heart wants, and it’s telling her it’s Jude.

Oh Jude, you mystery, wrapped in an enigma. The ultimate alpha, with a touch of stalker thrown in for good measure. What has he done to ensure that Amelia is in his orbit?

The mystery slowly reveals itself through the pages, and boy, the final two chapters are going to leave you breathless! I know I am going to be waiting, not so patiently, for the next installment in what is going to be an amazing series of books!

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Title: Shopping for a Highlander’s Elopement
Series: Shopping for a Highlander #3
Author: Julia Kent
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Sports Romance/Surprise Proposal/Grand
Gesture/Chaotic Wedding/Scottish Footballers
Release Date: June 10, 2025
 
 
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I didn’t expect to fall for a Scottish footballer so annoyingly sunny you need shades to be around him.

 

 
I didn’t expect to say yes to his heart-felt, if loopy, proposal while he lay injured on the pitch, blathering on about banana pudding and sparkly unicorns.
 
What I definitely didn’t expect?
 
For our engagement to explode into a paparazzi circus, our mothers to turn into wedding bulldozers, and for our wedding protector’s perfectly reasonable elopement plan to spiral into a roadtrip escape.
 
So here we are.
 
In Love You, Maine, a town that celebrates Valentine’s Day every single day. We’re here to get married. Quietly. No drama. In disguise.
 
Although good luck hiding a 6’5” ginger Scottish striker wearing a knee brace and a perpetual extrovert smile.
 
Instead of being subtle and blending in? Our quiet escape is vibrating heart-shaped beds, mirrors on the ceilings, secret identities, interfering mothers, and one suspiciously enthusiastic moose that humps dumpsters.
 
This was supposed to be a simple wedding. Just me and Hamish. No fuss.
 
But nothing about us has ever been simple with us.
 
Still, this is what love is, right? It’s chaos. It’s compromise. It’s crying in a wedding planner’s office, then kissing in a hot spring.
 
It’s choosing each other again and again, even when everything goes sideways.
 
No matter what comes next… this is our comeback story, in more ways than one.
 
And no – that’s not a euphemism. 🙂
 
Shopping for a Highlander’s Elopement is a romantic comedy that blends the worlds of four bestselling series by New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent:
 
– Shopping for a Billionaire

– Shopping for a Highlander

– Whatever It Takes
– Love You, Maine
 
If you love sports romance, surprise proposals, grand gestures, chaotic weddings, Scottish footballers, golden retriever/black cat energy, and characters who love too hard, mess up spectacularly, and always find their way back to each other with plenty of laughter (and lovingly-used scrunchies) along the way, then this is your book.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 4 New York Times bestsellers and more than 21 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, with more titles releasing in the future.
 
From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men’s room toilet (and he isn’t a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).
 
She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.
 
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My Review...

As an avid fangirl of Julia Kent and an even bigger fangirl of the Shopping series, you can bet that I was beyond excited to get my hands on the newest story set in this series!

This is the continuing story of Hamish and Amy, but know that this story can also be read as a stand-alone. Ms. Kent has the talent to bring new readers in, and this story is going to grab you and not let you go until the end.

Full of heart, heat and hilarity, this story follows Hamish and Amy on their journey to wedded bliss. But as long-time fans know, when it comes to the Jacoby family, nothing ever comes easy and not without a bit of chaos.

I found myself laughing out loud when I was reading this and I was cheering hard for Amy and Hamish to get the wedding that they wanted.

I loved how Ms. Kent brought in a touch of several of her series into this story, it was like a long-awaited family reunion with the secondary characters and places made themselves known. 

I hope that with the ending, Ms. Kent is getting ready to dazzle us with more from the McCormick and Jacoby familes in the future.