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NOLA AND BALDWIN - Donna Hill Amistad Press BUY (10 November) Reviewer:  |  Rating: MAINSTREAM FICTION (Historical)

If it wasn’t for Zora Neale Hurston’s THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD, Nola Denny didn’t know how she would have survived her father’s tragic death or her mother’s descent into mental illness. Inspired by Hurston’s main character, Janie Crawford, Nola sets out to find her own voice, silenced by the weight of being a caretaker and the pains of her past. On her journey to New York, Nola stops in Meridian—a detour that unexpectedly leads to a fresh start, a home, and her own Tea Cake, a Pullman Porter named Baldwin Carter.

HER BODYGUARD - Kayla Perrin Steele Protection Agency (Book #2) Harlequin Romantic Suspense BUY (27 October) Reviewer:  |  Rating: ROMANTIC SUSPENSE)

A romantic getaway is just what heiress Dahlia Mondale needs—a chance to escape reality with Griffin Woodward, her bodyguard turned new lover. But once home they face a gruesome discovery… Dahlia’s best friend has been murdered. The brutal scene has Griffin convinced the killer is Dahlia’s stalker, a man who has proved utterly elusive. As a boyfriend, Griffin wants to quickly sweep Dahlia away somewhere safe. Yet the former navy SEAL knows finding, and stopping, the stalker is the only way to be her ultimate protector.

HEART OF RUIN - A.C. Arture Blackmore Academy (Book #1) Artistry Publishing BUY (27 November) Reviewer:  |  Rating: FANTASY

Her voice could open the gates of hell. Now it may be the only magick that can save the city. By day, Asa Morgan’s a brilliant history professor at an esteemed HBCU. By night, she’s an introverted homebody who prefers comfort over chaos. But when a fight with her ex unleashes the magick she was taught to suppress, the truth she has spent her life outrunning finally claws its way to the surface. Asa is the last banshee—heir to a voice that can summon the dead. And in one ruinous moment amidst the haunting beauty of New Orleans, that voice rips open the gates of hell.

THE FALL FIX UP - Karmen Lee Peach Blossom (Book #4) Harlequin Afterglow BUY (27 October) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Aiden Flowers can fix anything. Cars, kitchens, houses—if something was broken, it could be rebuilt. Unless that something was his messy family. Especially his dad, who ruined Aiden’s credit. Or his sister, who Aiden hadn’t spoken to in years. Janae Gunner is crafty, not handy. Give her a blank canvas, and she can make art. But she needed everything to be constructed before she could make it shine. That’s why she pretends her first marriage didn’t happen—pretty on the outside, with no foundation.

SHELVES, SAWDUST AND CAROLINA - Olivia Gaines Modern Mail Order Brides (Book #21) Davonshire House BUY (25 November) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Carolina Coleman had a good job, a nice apartment, too many books, and a family with entirely too many opinions about her life. She needed a change. Duke Halverson wanted a wife and the life of a family man.  The mechanical engineer turned woodworker had a home, a thriving business, and no interest in wasting time on modern dating. Carolina, a technical writer who believed every problem had a workable solution, figured answering his mail-order bride ad made perfect sense. On paper, they were a perfect match. Then Carolina packed her books and moved to South Carolina.

RANGER IN PURSUIT - R. Barri Flowers Criminal Case Files  (Book #4) Harlequin Intrigue BUY (27 October) Reviewer:  |  Rating: ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

After witnessing a police officer gunned down by a drug trafficker, Leighton Lacorte is ripped from the life she knows. But her new identity is at risk when she’s relocated to a remote national park terrorized by a serial killer. Deeper danger lies in her attraction to Law Enforcement Ranger Hudson Ortega, who suspects that the green-eyed beauty calling herself Nicolette Kittle is hiding something. With time running out, Hudson must uncover her secrets and stop two desperate criminals from silencing the woman he’s sworn to protect at all costs.

	THE ROOKIE AND THE FLIRT - Mel Walker Love of the Game (Book #2) Two Rivers Publishing BUY (12 November) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Every coach has a client they should never have taken. Every woman has a man she should never have noticed. For Roxanne Cross, they turned out to be the same person. THE ROOKIE AND THE FLIRT is a slow-burn sports romance about being seen, being worth it, and the particular courage it takes to believe both things at the same time

MERCY'S GIFT - Sean D. Young Everlasting Falls (Book #2) Independently Published BUY (24 November) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Pregnant, abandoned, and unsure of what comes next, Kimberly Reynolds arrives in Evergreen Falls just as the little town comes alive for Christmas. She expects this to be only a temporary stop, but the warmth of the season gives her a reason to stay longer. Daniel Harper is still carrying the grief and guilt of losing his wife and unborn son nearly two years earlier. Evergreen Falls was only supposed to give him a place to breathe. Then Kim and Daniel find each other. What begins as a friendship slowly becomes something neither expected, and beneath twinkling lights, holiday traditions, and the warmth of a close-knit community, they begin to imagine that love might still have a place in their lives.