Release Blitz: King of Mercy by Aleia Kane

 

King of Mercy by Aleia Kane is now live!

Freedom from my abusive ex-husband and mafia family came at a devastating price. I owed a debt to the New York mafia, and now they've come to collect--with interest.

 

I foolishly thought I could rebuild my life in Columbus away from the mafia world I was born into. Then Sebastian King crashed into my world--forty-five, devastatingly gorgeous, and more dangerous than any man I've ever known. He's a billionaire nightclub owner with ties to the mafia underworld, a tormented soul who treats me like I'm both his deepest craving and his worst nightmare.

 

We're enemies who can't keep our hands off each other. Sebastian publicly declares his hatred while he privately worships at my altar. Every encounter is a battle for dominance, a game of cat and mouse where I'm never sure if I'm predator or prey. He claims my body with possessive intensity while swearing I mean nothing. I match his cruelty word for word, hiding my heart behind sharp wit and designer scarves.

 

Then my past catches up with us both.

 

When my ex-husband reappears in Columbus, Sebastian's possessive nature explodes. Suddenly I'm living in his penthouse, under his protection, while he glares at anyone who dares look my way. When mafia forces trap us both, our worst nightmare becomes reality--a forced marriage ceremony with loaded guns instead of witnesses.

 

Now we're bound on paper, trapped in forced proximity, and Sebastian's cold indifference is crumbling. The morally gray man who swore he'd never care for anyone is on his knees, groveling for my forgiveness, vowing to earn my trust.

And I'm caught between desire and self-preservation.

 

His "touch-her-and-die" energy terrifies his enemies, but it's his vulnerability that terrifies me. He calls me his dark angel and promises forever, but how can I trust a man who already shattered my heart?

 

In this world of organized crime and deadly bargains, love might be the most dangerous game of all.

 

I thought escaping my gilded cage meant freedom. Then Sebastian King claimed me, body and soul, trapping me all over again.

 

Author's Note: This is Sebastian and Olivia's story. A forced marriage, age gap, enemies with benefits, cat and mouse, groveling, accidental pregnancy, tormented hero, touch her and die, survivor of domestic violence, forced proximity, emotional, angst-filled, dark mafia romance between a morally gray, possessive, mafia leader who uses charm and sharp words to protect his heart, and a strong, independent mafia princess who's determined maintain her freedom.

 

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Dark gritty mafia romance

Aleia Kane writes gritty, emotionally charged mafia romance with lots of spice, humor, drama, and big feels. Readers love her work for her engaging storytelling, relatable characters, steamy romance, and emotional depth. She has a soft spot for angst-filled, forbidden romances, second chances, and dominant, grumpy bad boys with sweet centers that are impossible not to love.

She lives in Florida, with her two kids, her cat, and a large collection of houseplants.

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Release Blitz: A Simple Hello by Lacey Black

Title: A Simple Hello

Series: Cooper Town Boys #2

Author: Lacey Black

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Small Town, Friends to Lovers, He Falls First

Sworn Off Relationships, Cinnamon Roll Hero

Release Date: April 14, 2026

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Cade

When it comes to women, keeping things casual is my forte. What can I say, I like to live life to its fullest. Then I spot the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen at The Tipsy Lizard, and I know I need to get to know her. Like a moth to a flame, I’m drawn. The only issue is, she’s dating someone else.

So, the only choice I have is to give Oaklee my number and tell her to use it when she’s single.

To my surprise, that phone call came sooner than I expected. She’s just getting out of a relationship and isn’t looking for anything serious, which is right up my alley. Spending time with her isn’t a hardship, and sending little gifts to her office to say hello is a lot more fun than I would have imagined.

The problem is, I’m not sure I can keep her safely in the friend zone much longer.

Oaklee

Relocating to a small town was exactly what I needed. However, from the moment I arrived in Cooper Town, everything seemed to snowball. The jerk I was dating decided to cheat, leaving me in a new place with a new job and a support system of one to lean on.

Meeting Cade at a bar turned out to be more than just a casual happenstance.

Being around him is easy. He’s gorgeous, charismatic, fun, and always sends me little things to let me know he’s thinking of me. When I have to start working beside my ex, Cade kicks it into overdrive, showing me exactly how easy it could be to fall for a guy like him. Too bad he’s not looking for forever. Cade only wants right now.

Suddenly, my easiest hello might be my hardest goodbye.

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Release Blitz: What Lasts by J. Bengtsson

What Lasts by J. Bengtsson is now live!

Falling in love is the easy part.
It's the late 80s when wealthy East Coast socialite Michelle Carver meets Scott McKallister, sun-crusted California local and frontman of an underground heavy metal band who flirts like he's got nothing to lose. It's instant chemistry. And when Scott promises a night she'll have to lie about later, Michelle can't resist.
"From the day I met Scott, life asked me to choose."
Michelle's status-obsessed family has plans for her that don't include marrying down. When the secret romance is discovered, Michelle must decide between the future she was raised for and the man she'd risk everything to keep. Their story ends the way every romance promises: with a happily ever after.
But that was only the beginning.
Told across multiple eras, What Lasts is a story about love that survives beyond the honeymoon phase: when kids arrive, money gets tight, and real life moves in. Marriage isn't about finding "the one," or even learning to pee with the door wide open. It's about choosing the same person, again and again. Scott and Michelle think they've figured that part out...
...until the day one of their children doesn't come home.

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J. (Jill) Bengtsson is the bestselling author of the Cake Series. She writes contemporary novels focused on love, humor, passion, and family. Her heroines are strong, nurturing, and quirky while her heroes are what dreams are made of - gorgeous, committed, and in need of a little saving. A native Californian, Jill's novels are set under the glittering lights of the West Coast entertainment industry. They are for the dreamer in all of us.

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Release Blitz and Giveaway: Can't Shoot Whiskey by Zoe Forward

Can’t Shoot Whiskey
Zoe Forward
Publication date: April 6th 2026
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Josh Hurst was supposed to be my forever. Instead, he became the villain in my origin story.
I gave him my heart. He broke it without flinching. So, I did what any self-respecting, heart-shattered girl would do—I declared war.
Our revenge game? Legendary.
Until I left for college and swore I’d never look back.

But life doesn’t care about vows made in the dark.
When my father dies unexpectedly, I’m dragged back to the hometown I outgrew, handed guardianship of my grieving kid brother, and forced to take over my father’s struggling veterinary clinic.
And waiting for me—like karma with a smirk—is Josh.
Not as a memory.
Not as a ghost.
But as my new business partner.

Avoiding him? Impossible.
Forgetting what we were? Laughable.
He still looks at me like I’m his. Like we’re a story paused instead of over. Like one spark is all it would take.
And God help me, the spark is still there.
But we don’t do soft. We don’t do safe.
We do oil and fire. War and wreckage.
Whatever we once were—
Whatever we still could be—
We’re enemies.
And this time, nobody’s walking away unburned.

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I pressed my lips tight to fight the smile dying to break free. “What happened to your face?”

He took off his glasses and shoved them in the white lab coat he wore over a green scrub top and khaki pants. “You’re late.”

“You’re blue.” I bit back a snicker.

His cheeks flushed.

A snort giggle escaped me. “Did you have a Braveheart re-enactment after baseball? I’ve never heard of that kind of kink, but to each his own, right?”

He rolled his eyes. “It’s Blu-Kote.”

“The old fogie wound treatment stuff? Do you use that?”

“No.” He wiped ineffectively at his face. “This morning, a horse owner poured it on the hoof while I was looking at the abscess before I could stop him. The mare kicked it all over me. It won’t come off my skin, and it ruined my shirt.”

“Oh.” I compressed my lips to stop the laughter bubbling. A head duck helped while I threw my oversized purse on the client sofa. I reached for the bottle of alcohol off the shelf above the sink and grabbed a few cotton balls. “Hold still.”

“Stop laughing.” He waved at me when I got close to keep me away.

“I’m going to help you.” I saturated a cotton ball in alcohol and wiped his cheek. It didn’t come off easily since it had set into the skin. I rubbed harder.

“Oww.” He tried to bat me away. “Are you trying to peel off my skin?”

I held up the cotton ball to show the blue coming off. “Stop being a wuss. How many clients did you see like this?”

He put the laptop on the counter and crossed his arms. “A few.”

“You need to come up with a better story than some horse kicking it all over you.” I kept rubbing.

“I’m not going with kink as my story.”

I laughed so hard I had to step away from him and put down the cleaning items. I rubbed my eyes. “You’d have the ladies wondering.”

“I’d rather not be known as the Blue Man of the bedroom.”

USA Today bestselling author Zoe Forward is a parent, wife, veterinarian, and unapologetic chocolate lover. She writes spicy paranormal and contemporary romances that blend action, adventure, humor, and a touch of magic.

Zoe lives in the South with a lively menagerie of four-legged beasts and two slightly wild kids.

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Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Stealing Forever by Lizzie C Koz

STEALING FOREVER

by Lizzie C Koz

Series: Bridgeport Jetties: The Call-Up Years - Book 1

Release Date: May 7, 2026

Genre: M/M Baseball Romance

Tropes: Rival teammates to lovers, bi awakening, grumpy/sunshine, golden retriever x german shepherd, one bed, soft dom/brat energy, first times, praise kink, forced proximity, found family, emotional hurt/comfort

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“I can’t afford to lose to Shane Michaels. When it comes to baseball or restraint.”

SHANE
This bro got invited to play with the big boys for Spring Training. Hell to the yes! I am so going to show the Jetties they need me on their Triple-A roster this year. Manifest.
Except for one little six-foot-four problem.
Jed Stone Jr. is back. Legend’s son. Permanent scowl. Stands in my way like a wall I’m supposed to climb.
One I really, really want to climb.
He’s hated me from the start and now it’s bleeding into our game. If we don’t fix this, we both lose and I refuse to be left behind.
Not again.
Call me crazy…but I have a plan I know I shouldn’t.
Time to climb some walls.

JED
I was moments from The Show when my arm blew out.
But I’m back. This is my year. Quick stint in Triple-A, then I’m getting the call-up. Simple. Controlled. Focused.
Baseball is all I have left, and nothing is stopping me. Especially not perpetually smiling, cocky golden boys who think life is a walk in the park.
Shane Michaels is talented. The bane of my existence. And god-damned beautiful.
I shouldn’t want him. I definitely shouldn’t touch him. Considering he’s straight, that shouldn’t be difficult—until I find out he isn’t.
I’m losing my control, and with it my scowl. After seven years of darkness, Shane feels like light breaking in.
But I learned long ago I’m not allowed to keep the people I love.

*** Please note the following CW: Homophobic language, homophobic violence - physical assault (off page), loss of parent (prior to story), ongoing grief which is central to a main character’s experience, severe emotional distress with self-destructive coping behaviors (binge drinking, isolation) and anxiety attacks, parental abandonment (prior to story) and rejection (on page), and explicit sex scenes between consenting adults.

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I call the right pocket for the eight ball. I bend low over the table and line up my shot. I glance at Michaels, a chirp on the tip of my tongue, but I completely forget what it was. Because his attention is locked on my ass, and his shiny white teeth are digging into his pink bottom lip.

I quickly turn back to the table and take my shot. But confusion makes my movements sluggish and uncoordinated. I hit the completely wrong side of the ball and send it into the left pocket.

“Wrong hole,” I say gruffly.

Michaels sidles up to me, his arm brushing against mine and his citrus scent washing over me in a wave. His dark blue gaze locks on mine. “Looks like the right hole to me.” His voice is lower than normal, thicker, his words heavy with a meaning I doubt he intended.

“You win,” I murmur.

“Time for me to claim my prize.”

Those words skate over me, and I shiver. Because Michaels looking at me like that? Makes it feel like he’s talking about me.

“We never did name the stakes.” My words are nothing more than a hushed whisper, just as confused, just as thrown off balance as the rest of me.

Those blue eyes meet mine again. Flick down to my mouth. Back up. His throat bobs in a swallow, and then a shaky exhale dances over my lips.

Why can I feel that breath?

But before I have a chance to think further on that, a pair of lips land on mine. My eyes stretch wide. Surfer Boy is kissing me. Shane Michaels is kissing me. Holy fucking shit.

His hand wraps around my neck, slowly, tentatively, and he presses into me, slides his tongue over the seam of my lips. He’s like… really kissing me. Asking for an invitation for more. My pulse is going so fast at this point it’s no longer a beat, just a continuous roar. I’m a cacophony of confusion. What’s his end goal here? I don’t see what he has to gain from this. The only thing I can take this to mean is…

He’s not as straight as I assumed he was.

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When she’s not writing, she’s likely trying to convince her husband to tackle yet another DIY project around the house.

Lizzie loves nothing more than falling into a romance book as an outlet, especially when she was struggling through postpartum with her son. Now, she hopes to provide that same escape and small slice of joy to others.

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Release Blitz: King of Deception by Bianca Borell

KING OF DECEPTION

by Bianca Borell

Series: Kings of the Underworld #3

Release Date: April 9, 2026

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Tropes: Arranged Marriage, one night stand, hidden identity, billionaire, mafia princess, secret relationship, tortured hero, good girl, insta love, possessive, obsessive, jealous hero, her love will heal him, burn the world for her, groveling

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I’ve always followed the rules.
Good girls don’t sneak away for one reckless night with a dangerous stranger.
No names.
No promises.
Just passion.
It was supposed to be a secret — until fate brought him back into my life.
I’m promised to another man, but the stranger refuses to let me go.
He says I belong to him.
He’ll burn the world before he loses me.


Tristan Kinkaid
Control made me the American king of the Irish mob.
Then she shattered it with a single night.
She’s too pure for my world.
But that didn’t stop me from claiming her.
She believes she’s promised to another man.
She just doesn’t know that man is me.

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Bianca Borell is a contemporary romance author, voracious reader, nature lover, and unapologetic daydreamer.

She has a weakness for tormented characters, second chances, and happy endings.

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