LAUREN: I've been able to keep my personal and academic life separate for the last three years I've been at Newhouse University. Not even my best friend/roommate knows the truth about my past. I learned a long time ago the best way to survive is to be invisible. My hope of graduating under the radar goes up in flames when James Hart gets assigned as my journalism partner. Not only do we have to write an article together, but he also has to write a story about me. I don't see an easy way out of this one. HART: I'm perceived as the campus grouch, but since I play baseball for the school, my behavior is excused. I don't date. I don't socialize. I have a small group of friends, and I'm happy with that. I didn't come to Newhouse to meet new people or fall in love. I'm here to play baseball and get drafted. That is until I see her. The little witch who put me under her spell. I'm not sure what to do about it. The more I get to know her. The more I want to keep her around, even if it means exposing a part of my past I keep hidden. NOTE: This book contains explicit language and sexual scenes. It is recommended for an adult audience.

A drunken demon, a princess who lost her magic, and a deal to save them both… Rei Deimos, half succubus-half satyr, is a magic-sensing, chaos-wielding mess. When her brother decides she needs to get her life together, he kicks her out of their house. With nowhere else to go, Rei finds herself at the tavern of an inn, with nothing but a bottle of red wine to keep her company. It’s there that the grumpy demon runs into a mysterious cloaked figure who she soon discovers is Amora Lianna of Cerys, the runaway princess with one goal in mind: to find her missing magic. With Rei desperately in need of a job and a place to live, and Amora equally as desperate to find her magic, the two of them strike up a deal. Rei will help Amora find her magic and, in turn, secure a job as the princess’s royal advisor. As the two women embark on their magic-seeking quest, they encounter various fae, sip warm beverages, and devour delicious pastries, all while realizing they may need each other more than they initially thought. As love finds Rei and Amora, will it be enough to conquer the secrets that keep them up at night? Or will everything come crumbling down? _________________________________________________ CW: Mention of illness and death, non-graphic on-page murder and death, mild depiction of stress and sadness, adult content, profanity, giant spiders _________________________________________________ Your Guide to the Love X Magic Collection Between Mischief & Magic A drunken demon, a princess who lost her magic, and a deal to save them both... Vibes: Cozy Cottagecore, Grumpy X Sunshine, & Slow-Burn Coziness: 4/5 Spice: 1.5/5 Between Salt & Serenades A stubborn siren, a stranded selkie, and a deal to save the sea... Vibes: Seaside Adventures, Natural Enemies to Lovers, & Forced Proximity Coziness: 2/5 Spice: 2/5 Connect with Marissa: TikTok, Instagram and Facebook: @authormarissaserrao

Emily Ann Truce had resigned herself to the fact that she was nothing more than a sparkled-up, coffee and smut addicted, massively ADHD, slightly OCD, and moderately GAD, walking example of Murphy's law . . . at least that's how it felt. And now she was headed back to where it all began . . . home. Not home. Her old home. The place where it all went to shit. And damn if history just didn’t insist on repeating itself every chance it got. She guessed that sitting on the side of the interstate at the ripe-old age of twenty-eight with a broken down RV, no upcoming job placement, a dead mom, and a love life that only consisted of her favorite hot pink battery powered boyfriend was the equivalent of a worst-case scenario, and then promptly cursed herself the moment she looked up to find him walking straight for her…

“Rogers creates a rich world of deep friendship, fear, high charged sexuality, magic expressed uniquely, and incredible emotional entanglements both personal and intra-personal.” “Set in the modern world, this magical story swooned my heart. The characters captured my attention from the very start.” “This is so much more than a love story. The healing that happens in this book is truly magical.” Misty Hayes is a witch down on her luck. Recently fired and freshly walked out on by her girlfriend—for the sixth time—she’s taken to spending her days at a best friend’s bar. Being with at least one other person helps keep the constant swells of sadness at bay. So when her roommate invites her out on a Wednesday afternoon, she goes. She’s got nowhere else to be, after all. In walks a mysterious wizard into her favorite dive bar and her aimless life. As a water witch, she can sense there’s something special about him. As a tipsy thirty-year-old drowning her sorrows with martinis? She senses that maybe her luck is turning around. So she thinks. In a stranger’s bed with hazy memories isn’t the worst place to wake up. Waking up to your engagement to a total stranger announced all over the internet? That’s an altogether different story. Who’s the wizard with which Misty shared an ill-fated one-night stand? Why are gossip columns being written about them? And most importantly, why won’t the engagement ring come off?

MarianaI never planned on moving back to Lake City. Fresh out of high school, I left, chasing change and adventure. But after over a decade in Seattle, tragedy strikes, and the need for a fresh start sends me running home. Taking over The Rolling Pin, our town’s beloved bakery, is supposed to be my way forward, a chance to rebuild. But when the renovations turn out to be more than I can handle, the last person I expect steps in to help. Sebastian Garcia. The boy I once loved. The man whose heart I broke. The one person who has always seen me—even when I can barely face myself. ~ SebastianI’ve spent the last decade trying—and failing—to forget Mariana. The one that got away. When she left Lake City, she took my heart with her. I built a life without her. Became a firefighter. Stepped up for my family. Worked hard to bury the pain she left behind. But when she walks back into town, grief wrapped around her like armor, I can’t turn away. I tell myself I’m only helping. Fixing up the bakery. Being a friend. But the more time I spend with her, the harder it is to pretend the past doesn’t still haunt me. And the harder it is to ignore the nothing between us ever really ended.

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders... Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret. Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die

Life is full of connections – if you know how to make them.  Crushing  follows two people -- one determined and a bit awkward, the other unsure where to begin -- longing to find out where they belong. Their intersecting and overlapping journeys reveal hidden connections and the unpredictable and unexpected ways we may find each other.       Achingly beautiful, quietly defiant, and full of subtle wit and wisdom,  Crushing  is a story told in silence; a story without words but bursting with life and color.       This stunning debut graphic novel from Sophie Burrows is a timely look at life in an age of distance and a story of love and understanding -- a perfect book to read and to share.

A Small-Town Monster Romance I came to the hidden monster town of Ever for one reason—my nieces. I definitely didn’t expect Connall, the quiet, authoritative shifter male whose intense stare follows me everywhere I go. And I sure didn’t move for the hilarious, snarky elemental who floats outside my bedroom window at night. Is cozy stalking a thing? Because that’s what Dirk does. But it turns out my nieces are thriving, those badass bitches. They don’t need to be saved. So when Dirk asks me out on a date and casually mentions we should also be dating Connall, I surprise everyone by agreeing. Really, though, who could say no to that? One steamy date turns into another, and before I know it I’m living the double-teaming life of my dreams. Things aren’t all hunky dory, though…I’ve never been that lucky. First I start seeing a dead guy nobody else can see. Then someone starts attacking my friends, leaving them paralyzed and unhealable by even the brilliant local doctor. I worry that I’m somehow the genesis of what’s happening. Yet my quest for answers leads me in circles that have me wondering if I’ll get to keep my happily ever after, or have to deny Dirk and Connall in order to protect them. Slaying with Sylphs is a cozy but very steamy MMF monster romance. Come for the snacks but stay for the happily ever after.

Lola Music is my life. At least, it would be if my father’s politics didn’t dictate every minute of my day. When I sneak out to live my dream for the night, consequences follow. Papá’s Second, Eliel, challenges him for the throne, putting me at risk of being forcibly claimed by the devious, disgusting male. To keep me safe, my father sends me to the one person he trusts—his best friend, Richard. Yet, Richard isn’t the wolf I remember from my childhood. The moment I see him again, a tether forms between us, twisting our souls into a bond so rare, it hasn’t been seen in thousands of years. Barely there touches, smoldering looks, and soft growls become something more, something intense and powerful that draws us together like moths desperate to burn. But as with everything in my life, our connection is complicated. We have to keep it hidden, because when my father finds out, he won’t understand. Worse yet, he won’t give us the chance to explain. I’ve got to succeed in my quest for harmony to drown out the discord. Like my best friend Leo says, when words fail, music speaks. Wrestling With Werewolves is a low angst, age gap romance between a latiné rock princess and her father’s best friend. If you’re looking for a book boyfriend who’s one thousand percent in his woman's corner, Werewolves is it.