Spring is finally here, along with the warmer weather and wind coming off the mountains. But just because I’m heading out to the garden on the weekends doesn’t mean I don’t crave reading time. And this month I have some wonderful new reading events and free books–perfect for reading in the garden with a cup of tea. 🙂
The Isn’t It Romantic Book Club Group will be live-streaming on April 30 at 3 pm EST while we interview J.L. Lora about her newest romance novel Wishing for La Luna. It’ll be live-streamed on our YouTube channel and we hope you’ll join us there!
Join us on Saturday, April 18 in the Worth the Wait Seasoned Romance Readers Facebook Group for their 5th Anniversary Party. There will be lots of authors giving away books, swag, and gift cards. There will also be games and lots of book-related fun!
Free & Sale April Novels & Novellas
Brothers Paradise Boxset by Grace Maxwell
(5 books,retailing for $29.99, now .99!)
Four brothers. One sister. One vineyard. A family feud that refuses to die.
At Paradise Hill Family Estate Winery, legacy is everything. The Paradise siblings were raised on duty, loyalty, and a promise to protect what their grandfather built in 1915. But medicine—not wine—claimed the brothers, and each of them built a life saving others while the vineyard became the center of a quiet war. A war with the Dempseys.
When an unexpected ferry encounter turns into something deeper, Dr. Greyson Paradise learns that love is far more dangerous than an emergency room trauma. Dr. Beckett Paradise never planned to fall for his best friend’s little sister—especially when fake dating starts to feel dangerously real. Pediatrician Dr. Ryker Paradise has never struggled with women… until the one woman he can’t have becomes the only one he wants. When a fire tears through the vineyard restaurant just before Christmas, EMT Declan Conner is forced back into Tarryn Paradise’s life—and into the middle of a feud that’s been smoldering for years. And Dr. Kingston Paradise, the brilliant and reclusive orthopedist, has mastered control in the operating room—but the woman who sees past his armor may be the one injury he can’t fix.
All the while, secrets about sabotage, loyalty, and a decades-old betrayal threaten to fracture both families. Because someone is pulling strings behind the scenes. And when the final Paradise brother steps forward, he’ll have to decide what matters more—legacy, vengeance, or love.
The complete Brothers Paradise series is a sweeping small-town medical romance filled with:
• High-heat, open-door medical romance
• Enemies-to-lovers tension
• Fake dating
• Forbidden love
• Family rivalry
• Vineyard sabotage
• Small-town loyalty
• Generational secrets
Five full-length novels. One interconnected family saga. Best read in order for maximum emotional impact.
Challenge My Heart by Diane Wings
Hotdish isn’t the only thing heating up in Ashwood.
Restaurant owner Bel Holloway’s nana passed down her cat and café to her granddaughter when she died, along with two rules. #1- Don’t share the award-winning recipes. #2- Never share the secret catering client list.
Detective Tanner Malone strolled into Miss Mabel’s thinking this would be a typical attempted smash-and-grab, but it soon becomes apparent that someone wants more than delicious food from the savory café owner.
Bel might be sweet as pie, but is reluctant to share her client list, even if it’s vital to the case. Can Tanner protect her when she starves his investigation for details?
Seal of Her Dreams by Paige Tyler
When Navy SEAL Kurt Travers fills in for his buddy during career day at school, he doesn’t expect to fall for the teacher. But Melissa Drake lives by one hard and fast rule. She doesn’t date Navy guys—ever.
Kurt is making is difficult to follow that rule as he pulls out all the stops to attract her attention. Will saving her life change her mind?
Take Me Home by H.C. Bentley
Charlotte Bedford left her sleepy little hometown in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains to make a name for herself as a fashion photographer in the Big Apple. She craved success and independence, but most of all she wanted to be in a place where she wasn’t known as the Bedford girl or Landon Montgomery’s girlfriend. But her life in New York begins to take its toll, and she finds herself longing to return to her southern roots in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. What she doesn’t know is the one man she ever really loved had never left.
Landon Montgomery was a southern boy, born and raised. And as much as he’d loved Charlotte, he’d had no desire to follow her to the big city, instead he’d stayed behind to help run his family’s business. When Charlotte returns home, he knows they have to reconcile their past if they are to have a future. The aftermath of a family emergency makes them realize they were meant to be together, but is it already too late?
Someone in the Water by Katie Mettner
Spring Lewis knows death. As a nurse in the ICU, she has experienced more than her fair share of it. The difference is, she is acutely aware not everyone who dies stays in the afterlife.
Vince Roundtree is tired. Tired of living life alone and where his health takes a back seat to his career as a music professor. His nightly walks along the river help clear his head and strengthen his body, but he never expects to find his heart there too.
Spring and Vince find themselves walking a path of forgiveness, understanding, and acceptance, but their rose-colored glasses blind them to the dangerous shadow lurking in the darkness. When Spring breaks her silence about the people in the water, the reaper comes calling, and it will be up to Vince to save her from certain death before time runs out.
An Angel’s Fall by Harley Grym
Before the Angels rose… one fall changed everything.
Samson Ellis is a loyal Fallen Angel, a devoted father, and a man riding straight into fate. When a routine run turns deadly, his brutal death sends shockwaves through two motorcycle clubs—and leaves his daughter Winter shattered in its wake.
As grief collides with loyalty, the Fallen Angels close ranks, bound by brotherhood, vengeance, and the promises they make to their own. What begins as a single violent act becomes the spark that ignites wars, forges unbreakable bonds, and shapes the futures of men who live by a code few understand.
An Angel’s Fall is a raw, emotional prequel that lays the foundation for Her Avenging Angel and Bishop’s Wrath—a heartbreaking glimpse into loss, loyalty, and the moment everything changed.
Perfect for readers who crave gritty MC romance, found family, and the origins of vengeance that refuses to die.
Alaska Wild by Lolo Paige
What happens before that fateful day where Tara and Ryan collide on the Montana fire that leads them both to Alaska, in Alaska Spark? Read their origin story to find out!
Ryan O’Connor’s hotshot fire crew pulls out all the stops to save a trapped family in a Southern California firestorm. But when his crew is unable to reach them in time, Ryan considers the loss a personal failure. He decides to apply and train with the Delta Force of wildland fire—the Alaska Smokejumpers. If Ryan can survive the ball-busting training, his life will be on a new trajectory…one that could lead him to the woman of his dreams.
Tara Waters loves being a wildland firefighter and has worked hard to prove herself capable. But when a hunky Missoula smokejumper aims his parachute at Tara, her worlds collide when her father dooms the relationship to fail. The path she then chooses will set a new course..toward a wildfire with searing flames she’s powerless to fight.
Save the Date for a Cowboy by Jennie Marts
I hope you enjoy this prequel novella that introduces you to the Lassiter Ranch series, my newest western romance series. These books are known for hot cowboys, witty banter, sassy heroines, some steamy sexy times, lots of laughs, and an occasional tear. I hope you check out the whole series and that you love these characters as much as I do. Happy Reading.
In SAVE THE DATE FOR A COWBOY, surly cowboy, Ford Lassiter, named after the truck his dad was driving when he’d left him and his mother, has only known abandonment and doesn’t trust relationships—until he shares an intimate weekend at a wedding with a woman he meets when his golden retriever jumps into her lap. He reluctantly agrees to get set up at the wedding, but then he and his dog fall for the wrong bridesmaid.
SAVE THE DATE FOR A COWBOY is the prequel novella to the Lassiter Ranch series in which three abandoned cowboys, born in heartbreak and bonded by brotherhood, are brought together by the fierce love of the grandparents who took them in and the ranch that’s the only home they’ve ever known…
Off the Hook by Dania Voss
She was headed to college. He was an up and coming pitcher in the majors. Life had other plans and threw them a curve ball…
Abbey Jayne has always been a bit of a nerd. She prefers books and computers over people. Especially boys. She hasn’t worried much about dating and is content taking a backseat to her sister Cassie, the social butterfly. Abbey’s headed to college in the fall anyway.
Everything changes after she reluctantly agrees to join Cassie and her boyfriend for dinner. Hunky pitcher for the Chicago Cobras, Luke Stryker is also coming along. He seems larger than life and Abbey’s surprised by her attraction to him.
At twenty, Luke Stryker is already one of the best pitchers in the majors and the sole heir to his family’s fortune. His world turns upside down when he meets Abbey. Right away, he senses she’s special. That she’s meant to be his.
With their relationship growing quickly, Luke asks Abbey to join him on the road for the adventure of a lifetime before her classes start in the fall, but she’s torn about what she should do. Her mother is upset and Luke’s manager thinks she’s in the way.
Abbey believes she and Luke have a future together, but it won’t be easy.Can young love survive the stresses of family, college, life on the road, and everything that goes along with being a professional athlete?
Beginner’s Luck by Ella Braeme
Sue Ann’s peaceful hike turns into a nightmare when she’s caught in a flash flood. Her gorgeous firefighter rescuer should focus on getting her to safety—but she challenges his authority at every turn and makes him want things he swore he’d never risk again.
Stranded together in his farmhouse, they discover a connection that runs deeper than desire. But their opposite needs could destroy something beautiful before it has a chance to bloom.
Can a small-town hero and a guarded city girl risk their hearts for a love worth fighting for?
A steamy standalone featuring a blue-collar hero, a heroine who gives as good as she gets, and enough sexual tension to power the fire station. And a corgi. This is a very corgi-friendly romance novella.
Content Note: This story features a flash flood event as part of the rescue romance plot.
The Shape of Trust by Brinda Berry
A single dad. A secret daughter. One temptation he never planned on.
Webb Walters has rebuilt his life after losing everything—until a five-year-old girl turns his world upside down. She’s fiery, stubborn, and grieving a parent… just like he once was. Suddenly it’s bedtime stories instead of stock portfolios, and failure isn’t an option.
Enter Lily Rose—his daughter’s temporary caregiver, with her quirky style, 80s hair-band playlists, and a dangerous way of making chaos feel manageable.
She’s too sweet. Too young. Too tempting.
And the one risk his carefully guarded heart never saw coming.
The Mission by C.S. Smith
Three men. One betrayal. A brotherhood forged in blood and death.
British Special Air Service Captain Lachlan Mackay’s newest deployment to Afghanistan is just like any other until he meets his beautiful Afghan translator. Nadia Haider reminds him of what he’s missing. Home. A family of his own.
US Navy SEAL Lieutenant Nathan Long and his team are riding high on their successes. Not a single man lost this deployment, and he intends to keep it that way. He enjoys flirting with the Brits’ attractive translator just to get a rise out of his new SAS buddy Lachlan Mackay.
Corporal Ryder Montague abandoned his aristocratic life to prove himself in the elite SAS. His job is to escort Nadia as she interacts with the female Afghan villagers. Nadia’s beauty masks a secret Ryder glimpses but can’t define. Or maybe that’s his jaded, broken heart misleading him.
When Nadia tells Lachlan she has information on the whereabouts of Western hostages kidnapped by the Taliban, Lachlan and Nathan convince their commanding officers to green light a joint rescue mission. Determined to save innocents from the evil clutches of terrorists, all three men place their trust in one woman. Will it make them heroes? Or be their undoing.
This novella is a background origin story that introduces the first three heroes of my former military romantic suspense series, Dìleas Security Agency.
Dangerous Seal by Paige Tyler
Her plans didn’t include a Navy SEAL.
Au pair Talia Holland couldn’t deny that the handsome Navy SEAL who saved her employer’s family a few months ago is tempting enough to break all her dating rules, but what could a mousy nanny have in common with a sexy man whose job is as dangerous as a Tom Cruise movie? Besides, she’d grown up with a father who was always away because of his job.
Talia did not want to live that kind of life ever again. But when another au pair goes missing and Talia narrowly escapes an attack, she doesn’t know who else to call for help but the one guy who lives, eats, and breathes danger. Getting close to a SEAL might keep her safe, but how will she protect her heart if she falls for a man who spends more time on foreign soil than in her arms?
But best laid plans…
Petty Officer Lennox Thompson had been hoping for a phone call from the beautiful dark-haired au pair, but not a call from the police station that she’d been attacked.
Unwilling to let Talia go home alone, Lennox offers his guest bedroom for the night. However, once he hears the details, he realizes she’s involved in something more suited to a SEAL Team 5 mission than adventures in babysitting.
Someone is willing to kill to get what they want, and Talia and her young charge are in the crosshairs. It will take help from his Teammates to avoid an international incident, but when Talia and little Maria are kidnapped, Lennox will take on navy protocol, smug CIA, and deadly terrorists to save the little girl who makes him laugh and the woman who makes his heart pound.
