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HUNTING A PREDATOR - R. Barri Flowers Bureaus of Investigation Mysteries (Book 4) Harlequin Intrigue BUY Reviewer: Shirley Fleming | Rating: A ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Declan Delgado never expected to see Stella Bailey again. She’d made it clear that she definitely didn’t want to see him. But now he’s the lead investigator on the Bends Lake Predator case, and the FBI has sent Stella to help him profile the serial killer. Declan is impressed by her brilliance and determination…and wondering if their rekindled connection is just a shadow of the past. When she becomes their unsub’s target, though, he knows that his feelings are real. Can he save her from a psychopath who’s always one step ahead?

BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL - Rochelle Alers Kensington Books/Dafina BUY Reviewer:  Wayne Jordan | Rating: A MAINSTREAM FICTION

Kenny, Frankie, Ray. For these best friends, life on the Upper West Side during the upheaval of the 1960s showed undreamed-of possibilities—and temptations. Moved by visionaries like Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcom X, Kenny risks the draft as he plunges into civil rights activism. With surprising business savvy, Frankie expands his grandfather's Harlem underworld empire to feed the growing demand for drugs—and his hunger to be the city's biggest kingpin. Ray dreams of being a doctor, but his near-addictive desires lead him to a near-fatal confrontation . . . and a different sort of healing.

	THE KING'S PREGNANCY PROPOSITION - LaQuette Crowning a Devereaux (Book #2) Harlequin Presents BUY (25 November) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
From businesswoman…to pregnant queen! Regina Devereaux knew she couldn’t become entangled with Aléxandros. Theirs was a one-time passion. He’s the tortured King of Obsidian Island and infamously steely. So she’s stunned when he proclaims he’ll help her business…if she meets him at the royal altar and has his baby!

	DEATH BY DATA - K.D. Richards Guardians of Justice (Book #2) Harlequin Intrigue BUY Reviewer: Shirley Fleming | Rating: A ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
From businesswoman…to pregnant queen! Regina Devereaux knew she couldn’t become entangled with Aléxandros. Theirs was a one-time passion. He’s the tortured King of Obsidian Island and infamously steely. So she’s stunned when he proclaims he’ll help her business…if she meets him at the royal altar and has his baby!

BIG SKY SAFE HOUSE - Juno Rushdan Ironside Protection Services (Book #2) Harlequin Intrigue BUY Reviewer: Wayne Jordan | Rating: A ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

When the bullets start flying, Winter Stratton’s only mission is to apprehend the rampaging shooter before more people die. When it’s over, the woman who gave up a big-city badge to protect her Montana town now owes her life to investigating attorney Chance Reyes. Fighting their attraction while trying to take down a sniper tests them both to their limits. But with the trail going cold and too many suspects, Winter and Chance are up against a killer who now has them in the crosshairs.

FIANCE UNDER THE MISTLETOE - Jacquelin Thomas A Poke Island Story (Book #2) Harlequin Heartwarming BUY (25 November) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Tami Adams can’t resist Christmas on beautiful Polk Island—but getting dumped shortly before the holidays wasn’t her plan. So, she forms a new plan to guarantee a truly happy festive season, free from her mother’s pushy matchmaking: get fake-engaged to her best friend, Aiden Worthington. Aiden’s avoiding Christmas since his dad passed, but helping Tami might help him get through the holidays. There’s only one problem—this pretend relationship’s feeling a little too real. Going from “coupled for Christmas” back to “just friends” might be harder than they thought…

CHRISTMAS WITH THE STEELES - Brenda Jackson Madaris Publishing Companye BUY Reviewer: Brenda Larnell | Rating: A+ CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

The Mountain-Scape Lake Lodge, situated on the pristine alpine lake in the heart of the Smoky Mountains, is the perfect place for the Steele Family from Charlotte and Phoenix - along with their friends - to spend the Holidays. They have rented the entire one-hundred-room lodge. Celebrations are in order. Everyone is happy for Eden and Drew Steele, who are celebrating their fortieth wedding anniversary. Then there are Chance and Kylie Steele's oldest kids - Marcus and Tiffany - who have finished law school and medical school, respectively. Everyone is looking forward to the celebrations and the holidays, as well as meeting Tiffany's new boyfriend...

	THE WAY I LOVE YOU  - Tina Martin Previously Released as CAN'T JUST BE HIS FRIEND Independent Publishing BUY Reviewer:  | Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Tiffany Waters has loved her best friend Reggie Howard for as long as she can remember. Reggie’s never seen her as more than a friend—and besides, he has a girlfriend. Deciding to move on from her infatuation with Reggie, she accepts her mother’s request to go on a blind date with Derrick Brooks, a successful and irresistibly charming marketing executive.

AN ALASKAN CHRISTMAS PRAYER - Belle Calhoune Serenity Peak (Book #5) Harlequin Love Inspired BUY Reviewer: Brenda Larnell | Rating: A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE (Inspirational)

Molly Truitt has put her whole heart into running her family’s café-bookstore, so the last thing she needs is old flame Hudson Doherty coming back and causing trouble. She hasn’t seen him since his abrupt departure nearly a decade ago and is surprised when the marketing exec claims co-ownership of her beloved store. To keep things civil, they agree to work together for thirty days so Hudson can learn the ins and outs of the business. As the store thrives and old feelings begin to resurface, will they grasp at their chance of happily-ever-after this holiday season?

BLURRED LINES: MISTER ME TOO - Keith Thomas Walker Blurred Lines (Book #4) KeithWalkerBooks BUY (12 December) Reviewer: Brenda Larnell | Rating: A ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

After successfully imitating The Bleeder’s gruesome legacy, Mister Me Too is now on Detective Damien Green’s radar. But that only makes his murder game more thrilling. Copying The Bleeder’s work was not the beginning for Mister Me Too, and it certainly is not the end. Can Damien put the pieces together before Mr. Me Too’s body count rivals the world’s most prolific serial killers? In the meantime, Kelli may have an easier path with her latest investigation. But avoiding danger is not as simple as it seems, even at the risk of harming her unborn child.

	SURRENDERING TO YOU - Sharon C. Cooper Priestly Family (Book #4) Amaris Publishing BUY Reviewer: Brenda Larnell | Rating: A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
On the football field Tristan Whitmore might be an MVP, but after a recent career-ending injury, his world is flipped upside down. He takes little comfort in his many NFL achievements and a bank account bulging with more money than he could ever spend. His life feels like it’s over… until he reconnects with the one woman he’s never forgotten. Too bad she hates him.

DAYCARE DAD - J. L. Campbell Wintertime Holiday Connection (Book #2) The Writers' Suite BUY (6 December) Reviewer: Brenda Larnell | Rating: A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

With Christmas weeks away, Lizette will need a lifeboat to save her dream if she doesn't get help in time. When Lizette Winters' twin brothers beg her to hire their friend at her daycare, she reluctantly agrees. The only catch is that Shomari Marsh’s life is in disarray. On the plus side, his offer to prepare a proposal she urgently needs to expand her facility is a blessing she didn’t see coming. What Lizette does see, no matter how hard she tries to look away, is the spark of something magical between them.

GOLDI, LOCKS & SILVERTON - Olivia Gaines Modern Mail Order Brides (Book #20) Davonshire House Publishing BUY (18 December) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Marigold “Goldi” Baker runs Silverton’s oldest and most trusted sporting equipment rental service—a family business passed down for generations. She’s all muscle and pretty as a peach, overworked and underwhelmed by dating… until she comes home from a rough day to find the groom- to- be fast asleep in her bed. Worse yet? He’s brought along with his marriage proposal, a surprise that could turn her world upside down.

WHERE SECRETS FIND SOLACE - Kimberly Brown Black Odyssey Media BUY Reviewer: Wayne Jordan | Rating: A+ MAINSTREAM FICTION

After serving a ten-year sentence for killing her mother’s boyfriend, Alayah Chambers is finally free—but freedom comes at a cost. Haunted by the abuse that landed her in prison and judged by a society that still sees her as a criminal, Alayah must piece together a new life in a world that isn’t quick to forgive. Determined to reclaim her future, she sets out to confront the ghosts of her past—including the woman who failed her the most: her own mother.

	UNWRAP ME - Aja The Enigma Series (Book #2) She Writes Words Publishing BUY (23 December) Reviewer: Brenda Larnell | Rating: A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Brielle Monroe doesn’t do distractions, but Paris has a way of making even the most guarded hearts unravel—especially when Julien Marcelin is near. He’s smooth, smoldering, and speaks in a language that makes her forget every rule she’s lived by. What starts as business becomes something slower. Softer. Seductive.