Showing posts with label fake engagement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fake engagement. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Release Blitz: Axe Backwards by May Archer

Title: Axe Backwards
Series: Axford Brothers #3
Author: May Archer
Genres: Contemporary Gay Romance
Tropes: Fake Relationship, Hidden Identity, Small Town
Opposites Attract, Only One Bed, Forced Proximity
Release Date: September 15, 2026
A fake engagement to the hot sheriff who escorted me to family camp? Weirdly delightful.
Failing to tell him that my family is a bunch of professional thieves? Small oversight.

I left the Callahan family business years ago. These days I’m a law-abiding citizen. A photographer who takes nothing but pictures. A man who’s learned not to get greedy for anything… or anyone.

But my family hasn’t gotten that memo, so I expect my week at family camp to be filled with guilt-trippy attempts to lure me back into the fold.

Until Holden Axford comes along… and everything goes axe backwards.

Winsome’s gorgeous sheriff was supposed to be nothing more than a one-night-stand.
He doesn’t have a clue why I’m dreading this week, but he takes his protection game seriously.
So when he thinks I need a rescue, he steps in and declares himself my fiancé… and I’m too busy swooning to argue.

Now Holden’s sharing my bed, stealing kisses like Callahans steal Rembrandts, planning a camp heist (for fun, obvs!), and charming my family of criminals.

Our motto is ‘Callahans don’t get caught’ but nobody warned me about catching feelings.

Unfortunately, secrets don’t stay buried forever. And when someone forces the Callahans toward one last impossible job, protecting the family I love means becoming the man I swore I’d never be again.

But if Holden learns the truth about my past, it’ll be goodbye fake engagement, goodbye sheriff… goodbye heart.
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I've been anticipating Holden's book since he ran into the pole at the end of Hot Axe...and I loved it. While it might not be my favorite of the series, it's hard to beat Robbie and Ames in Hot Axe, Axe Backwards is still so good! I loved the build up, the emotions, and the Merritt and Holden interact. A thief and a sheriff...what can go wrong? Throw in a family of thieves and the Axford clan, and you have a recipe for a great story! This is one you definitely want to read. You will laugh and clutch your pearls, but you will keep turning page after page as you watch the love develop and grow between these two men. 4 stars!
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May is an M/M author who lives in Boston. She spends her days raising three incredibly sarcastic children, alternating eating Jax and Tostitos, planning beach vacations, avoiding the gym, reading M/M romance, and occasionally writing it.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Release Blitz: Only On Game Day by Kristen Callihan

ONLY ON GAMEDAY by Kristen Callihan
Release Date: January 6th
Genre/Tropes: sports romance / slow burn / fake engagement / opposites attract

ONLY ON GAMEDAY by Kristen Callihan is NOW LIVE!
Make sure to grab this all-new fake engagement sports romance TODAY!!
An ALL-NEW sports romance from New York Times bestseller Kristen Callihan with high emotional stakes and a slow-burn, steamy heat level. 

A “fake” fiancée is just the trick to help a bad-boy football player clean up his image. Trouble is, there’s nothing fake about the way August feels about his “pretend” fiancée.

August Luck is on the brink of greatness: top NFL draft pick, a great team, multiple corporate sponsorships, but he keeps messing it up with bonehead moves. After his latest shenanigan goes viral, everyone is telling him to get his act together.

Penelope Morrow grew up with August. Their mothers were best friends. Unfortunately, Pen always fled the room with a look of disapproval on her pretty face whenever August was around. But Pen has a problem too: she inherited her grandparent’s house and can’t pay the estate tax.

On a whim, August decides a temporary public engagement is the solution to both their problems—he’ll pay her taxes, and she’ll help his image. Win-win.

But, when it comes to Pen, nothing is certain or safe. Because Pen isn’t so reserved anymore. This time, she’s smiling back at him. And he likes it. A lot. Will they each survive the ruse unscathed?

Game on... 

Perfect for readers who love: Shy girl/sunshine boy Hero in hot pursuit Unrequited love + epic yearning Fake dating (or is it?) Delicious slow-burn romance Childhood nemeses (all grown up)
Kristen Callihan is an author because there is nothing else she’d rather do. She is a three-time RITA nominee and winner of two RT Reviewer’s Choice awards. ​ Her novels have garnered starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and the Library Journal, as well as being awarded top picks by many reviewers. Her debut book FIRELIGHT received RT Magazine’s Seal of Excellence, was named a best book of the year by Library Journal, best book of Spring 2012 by Publisher’s Weekly, and was named the best romance book of 2012 by ALA RUSA. In 2015, Kristen received a RITA Award for Best Paranormal Romance for her novel Evernight. ​ Kristen is a child of the 80s, which means she s worn neon skirts, black lace gloves, and combat boots although never all at once and can quote John Hughes movies with the best of them. A lifelong daydreamer, she finally realized the characters in her head needed a proper home and thus hit the keyboard. She believes falling in love is one of the headiest experiences a person can have, so naturally she writes romance. Her love of superheroes, action movies, and history led her to write historical paranormal novels. She lives in the Washington, DC, with her husband and two children.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Release Blitz: Peppermint Stick by Cathryn Fox

Title: Peppermint Stick
Series: Boston Bucks #10
Author: Cathryn Fox
Genre: Holiday Romance
Tropes: Hot Hockey Player/One Bed
Fake Engagement/Found Family/Small Town
Release Date: November 18, 2025
After a Thanksgiving PR disaster went viral, I’m back in Snowberry Falls, Vermont, running the town’s Christmas festival—and praying it saves my career.

Then my ex shows up—parading his influencer fiancée—and I need a win. Fast.

Enter Penn Radford: Boston Bucks enforcer, tabloid magnet, and currently stranded without a room at the fully booked inn. I know his type. Loud, flashy, allergic to shirts…and the guy who punched mall Santa.

My solution? Team up. Fake a holiday romance. Nail the festival. Fix his image. Easy.

But the mistletoe buzzer won’t quit, and those pretend kisses? They feel way too real. And when my past comes back swinging, I have to figure out if Penn is the real deal…or just another mistake wrapped in peppermint sheets.

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cathryn Fox is a wife, mom, sister, daughter, aunt and friend. She loves dogs, sunny weather, anything chocolate (she never says no to a brownie) pizza and red wine. Cathryn lives in beautiful Nova Scotia with her husband, who is convinced he can turn her into a mixed martial arts fan. When not writing, Cathryn can be found Skyping with her son living in Seattle (could he have moved any farther away?) shopping with her daughter in the city, watching a big action flick with her husband, or hanging out and laughing with friends.
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