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The Brother Between Us

Five years ago, Sofia Montoya lost everything.

On the night of her engagement party, her fiancé John tragically died—shattering her world and sending her fleeing from Colorado, from her past, and from the rage she’s carried like a secret.

Now, Sofia has built a quiet, carefully controlled life in Albuquerque. No one gets too close. Nothing pierces the walls she’s built around her heart.

Until Brandon shows up—John’s brother, the last person she wants to see.

Their history is complicated, and Sofia has no intention of revisiting it. But Brandon isn’t here for pleasantries— he’s here for the truth. The one Sofia never let herself ask for.

As old wounds reopen and buried passion reignites, Sofia is forced to confront the one thing she’s tried
hardest to avoid: the past.

Will uncovering the past tear them apart—or finally set them free?

For A Lark: A Novel

From Debut Author, Seth Goodman, comes a tragic tale of love, helplessness and desire. A new age story of a young and innocent girl breaking through molds to find her place in this world.

Melody “Lark” Larkness is trying to run from her past. Working at Scottsdale’s most exclusive Gentlemen’s Club—Starlight—feels like a step toward stability. But when the new floor manager’s dangerous obsession puts her in his sights, she realizes nowhere is truly safe.

Romeo Mendes has always played it safe. A food service manager with a long-distance girlfriend and a
predictable life, he isn’t looking for complications. But when Lark’s world collides with his, he can’t turn away. The friendship they build is a risk he shouldn’t take—but one he can’t resist.

When violence erupts, Lark disappears, forcing her to confront the ghosts of her past alone. Romeo is left to pick up the pieces, torn between returning to the life he knows and chasing something he never expected.

If their paths cross again, will love be enough to bridge the distance, or will the past pull them apart for good?

Fated To Love Him

Is It Love or Is It Fate?

Kathryn Hughes thought she knew ordinary—a steady job at a bookstore and occasionally overprotective parents. But one fateful night changes everything. A terrible incident propels her into an ancient werewolf prophecy, shattering her mundane existence.

Now, Kathryn finds herself at the mercy of Alexander Bennet—her unexpected guardian. A Werewolf guardian.

As danger looms and secrets unravel, Kathryn has a choice in front of her—embrace the extraordinary or lose herself to the madness of it all. But one thing is for sure; she must trust Alexander to protect her life and her heart. But can she trust him with the truth of who she’s becoming?

When The Peperos Align

Falling in love one Pepero stick at a time.

When K-pop rookie Choi Do-hyun (Hyde) of Cosmo goes up to his company’s rooftop to catch a break, he ends up catching feelings and vows to do all that he can to keep JADE’s Lee Hae-won (Wonwon) from crying.

So, now his to-do list looks something like this:
• Make a petition to save Golden Monkeys
• Buy Hae-won Peperos
• Ask Hae-won out on a date
• Panic about not knowing where to take her on a date

But being a K-pop idol doesn’t come without its challenges, especially if you’re a rookie trying to keep your young love a secret with a dating ban. So will the peperos align to bring together two K-pop idols?

Emma Cho’s When the Peperos Align is a story about fighting for your love with sprinkles of humour and struggles of being an idol. Perfect for the fans of Shooting Stars, The Idea of You and Imitation.

Love is sometimes written by stacking together Peperos.

Sunburn

Sunburn is an astute and tender portrayal of first love, adolescent anxiety and the realities of growing up in a small town where tradition holds people tightly in its grasp.

It’s the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, Lucy feels out of place. Despite her fierce friendships, she’s always felt this way, and the conventional path of marriage and motherhood doesn’t appeal to her at all. Not even with handsome and doting Martin, her closest childhood friend. Lucy begins to make sense of herself during a long hot summer, when a spark with her school friend Susannah escalates to an all-consuming infatuation, and, very quickly, to a desperate and devastating love.

Fearful of rejection from her small and conservative community, Lucy begins living a double life, hiding the most honest parts of herself in stolen moments with Susannah.

But with the end of school and the opportunity to leave Crossmore looming, Lucy must choose between two places, two people and two futures, each as terrifying as the other. But only one can offer her real happiness.

An atmospheric sapphic love story and coming-of-age novel with the intensity of Megan Nolan’s Acts of Desperation, the long hot summer of André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name and the female friendships of Anna Hope’s Expectation.

Sin and Seduction

Sofia’s salvation does not arrive in shining armor. Instead, it comes cloaked in shadows—dangerous, forbidden, and everything she has been warned against.

Sofia Russo, the cherished daughter of Don Russo, is on the brink of a marriage she never chose—one forged from obligation rather than love. And let’s make one thing clear. Russos and di Salvos are always out for each other’s blood. Trapped by duty and convinced there is no escape, she walks toward the altar with a growing sense of dread, her future narrowing with every step.

But fate has other plans—named Damiano di Salvo. Born of darkness and destined to be her enemy, Damiano upends everything Sofia thought she knew about loyalty, power, and desire.

So when Damiano and Sofia decide to work together—they are playing with the devil himself, blurring the lines between duty and temptation. What begins as trouble soon teeters on the edge of something far more perilous.

Will they destroy each other as fate intended?

Or will they surrender to the intoxicating pull of sin, changing the course of their lives forever?

Amaranthine

For fans of the classic Little Women and the iconic Enola Holmes comes Amaranthine, a young adult novel that will leave a lasting impression on any woman who’s thought she deserves more!

Amaranthine leads a solitary life deep in the woods with her mother Margaret and her beloved horse Faith, away from the kingdom of Elynasia. While Margaret has done her best to keep Amaranthine content, Amaranthine can’t help but feel there’s something missing. She’s meant for more.

But with her mother refusing to let her venture out into the world, how is Amaranthine supposed to find her destiny?

She decides she’s going to make it instead! Two unlikely friends, one handsome stranger, and a determination to find her true self lead Amaranthine on the journey of a lifetime to discover her future—and her past.

Lovers of fierce female leads and friendships, ready your steed for the adventure of a lifetime!

My Littlest Russian Doll

Winnie knows what love is.
But is it really “true” love or is she just fooling herself?

Winnie Star is an eccentric and an offbeat incarnation of her parent’s hippie era.

But after her parent’s divorce and grandmother’s death, Winnie is on the verge of dropping out of college and embracing her life as it comes. At the same time, she can’t get enough of her boyfriend, Jasper. But when Jasper questions Winnie’s life choices, it sends her down a spiral and she finally decides to reign it in, and starts a jewellery business.

Soon the jewellery business is a success and she couldn’t be more in love with Jasper. That is until a certain dinner party makes Winnie feel left out of Jasper’s life and think that he’s hiding something from her. Is there really something Jasper is hiding? Will Winnie unravel Jasper’s secret? Will the business finally give her some direction? Or has fate something even bigger in store for her?

M.Q. Ngyuen’s My Littlest Russian Doll is a tale of love, resilience and self-discovery, that makes you question the true meaning of being loved, and finding your identity and purpose in a relationship.

Parallel

A Laurelville college dropout and aspiring model, Sonja swore off men and dating apps, and especially men on dating apps…until she met Jonas.

A straight-A student and prospective counselor, Jonas had no time for dating and women…until he met Sonja.

They spent three hundred hours, ninety days, three months, in the talking phase—and now they’re finally ready to meet in person.

A first date at their local favorite café Out of This World sounds perfect—but when Sonja shows up at the decided time and day, she finds Jonas missing from the café. Did they get their wires crossed? Was it a different location? Or worse…did he just not show up?

Little does she know, Jonas is experiencing a similar fate at his local Laurelville café.

The two assume they’ve been stood up, and although it may be the trend of the times, it hurts nonetheless. However, a quick video call turns their despair into confusion. As Jonas shows he is indeed in the café, so does Sonja…so who’s in the wrong? If it’s the same time, date and place…what’s different?

Are there forces beyond their understanding lurking in their universe, wreaking havoc on their dating life? And are they the only ones affected?

Who Saves The Hero?

The love of Sean’s life is coming back to town and he’s terrified.

Samantha once shattered his heart and left him spiraling in her wake. Now she’s returned, stirring up old feelings Sean never fully buried and reopening wounds he thought had finally healed. As attraction and doubt collide, he’s forced to question whether second chances are worth the risk.

His best friend, Angelica, insists Samantha isn’t who she claims to be. Sean wants to believe it’s paranoia or jealousy but unease creeps in where trust should be. Because beneath the familiar smiles and half-forgotten memories, something far darker is waiting.

As the past resurfaces and danger closes in, Sean must decide who to trust—and whether love is worth surviving for.

Will he make it out with his heart intact? Or will he lose far more than that?

Weather Or Not

Spring is abundant with endless possibilities and breezy blooms. After the cold shoulder of winter, Spring is a warm hug. Some await it in sweet anticipation, some dread its arrival. Three curious characters are facing their own dilemmas with the seasonal change:

A man who is dealing with the loss of his wife chances upon a kind stranger.

A woman has a strange first date rule assured to lead to the death of the relationship before it even really begins.

A young violinist has a love-hate relationship with Vivaldi’s concerto, The Four Seasons.

Weather the season of spring with them as they grapple with their own lives—will they blossom or whither?

The Bombay Circle Press brings to you Weather or Not, a seasonal anthology which will explore the emotions of the four seasons through the year: spring, summer, fall and winter.

Velvet Dreams

Three women. Three irresistible temptations. One very heated cuffing season.

This seductive collection brings together three unlikely heroines, each craving a man who’s supposed to be off-limits—or entirely out of reach. Supposedly.

There’s the secretary who can’t help but notice how dangerously good her boss looks in those perfectly fitted shirts—and how hard it is to keep things professional.

An erotica writer desperately searching for inspiration, only to find it far closer (and hotter) than expected.

And a recently divorced woman determined to keep her ex-husband at arm’s length… even as old sparks threaten to reignite.

They have nothing in common—except their undeniable thirst for the men complicating their lives.

As winter nights grow colder and loneliness sets in, desire takes over, rules blur, and fantasies demand to be explored. Because sometimes, all a girl really needs is a little escapism—and a lot of steam.

Turn the lights down, get comfortable, and settle in for a wild, wicked ride.

Chloe Cameron’s Guide to Accidentally Dating a Rockstar

Chloe Cameron lived every fangirl’s dream the night she went back to Luke Waters’ hotel room. A one-night-stand with a world-famous rockstar is the one wild thing she’s ever done—the one juicy story she can tell when she and her friends are gossiping. But that one-night-stand turns her world upside down when she ends up in a pharmacy parking lot, three weeks later, with a positive pregnancy test in her hands.

When Chloe finally manages to tell Luke about the baby she’s more than surprised to hear that he wants to be in the baby’s life. The next thing she knows, she’s following him and his band on tour so the two of them can get to know each other and figure out this soon-to-be-parents thing together. And to do that, they both agree that they need to ignore the undeniable chemistry between them.

Everyone says it’s a bad idea, says she’s going to get her heart broken. History would indicate the same, but Chloe is determined to prove them wrong—she can totally be platonic co-parents with Luke. If she doesn’t give him her heart, then he can’t break it.

As the weeks go by though, it may be harder than Chloe thinks to keep herself from falling for the handsome, sexy, and surprisingly thoughtful Luke Waters, who wears his heart on his tattooed sleeve.

A toe-curling drama and romance wrapped up with witty banter, Chloe Cameron’s Guide to Accidentally Dating a Rockstar will make you laugh, weep, gasp and keep turning the pages until there are none left!

A Case For Mistletoe

Some secrets don’t stay buried when the roads are closed and the past comes knocking. Coming home was never part of the plan—falling in love again was the real risk.

Pranika Mehra is driving home from New York for Christmas for the first time in years, armed with a small suitcase and a secret she never planned on bringing back with her. But when a brutal snowstorm strands her on the edge of her hometown, she finds herself dependent on the last person she ever wanted to see again—the local mechanic who once broke her heart.

Stuck in a town she fled and face-to-face with a past she never resolved, Pranika braces herself for disappointment. Old wounds resurface, unspoken words hang heavy, and the secret she’s been carrying threatens to unravel everything.

As the twelve days of Christmas unfold, snow-covered streets and forced proximity blur the line between what was and what could be. In a place where everyone remembers who she used to be, Pranika must decide whether she’s willing to confront the girl she left behind—and the love she never truly let go of.

Will she choose the comfort of the life she built in the city? Or risk her heart on a second chance she never saw coming?

The Meet Cute Lane

Call it fate or destiny or luck, meet-cutes happen when you least expect them.

An unlikely spark flies between spider-man and a ballerina when they meet up at a happening party. One dares the other to take on a mission, without fully understanding the consequences.

Sam is spending her precious Saturday at Disneyland against her will, until she receives an airdrop from a random visitor. All her troubles seem to wash away, temporarily at least. Disney characters use their charisma to brighten up her day, or maybe her life.

Bailey is running across the airport to catch her flight when she notices a horrible mix-up. With only a couple of hours remaining for her next flight, she is running across the airport with only coffee fueling her. Until, a happy coincidence with blue eyes makes her day better.

What’s in store for these unsuspecting characters?

The Birdcage

For fans of the domestic drama The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller, and Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty, The Birdcage looks at reversed-gender roles, women breaking workplace barriers, and how secrets can hurt us.

One true love. Under fire from all sides. They’ll need each other to escape their birdcage.

Matt’s in awe of his wife.

Feisty, intelligent, capable, and now excelling in her first executive sales position. But Jillian’s job requires long hours, and Matt can’t help but suspect an affair. Jillian’s become more suited to her impressive boss than the hapless schoolteacher she’s outgrown.

Jillian’s marriage is slipping through her fingers.

Jill loves meeting the challenges of her new job, despite the unreasonable demands of her misogynistic boss. But she needs to find the balance between being a woman, wife, mother and hard-charging Vice President. Even a patient man like Matt won’t tolerate her neglect for long.

Set in corporate Canada, The Birdcage is a fast-paced novella that will inspire you, scare you a little, and feed your heart and mind. Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes and Elin Hilderbrand.