The World is a Dumpster Fire

We all know that 2020 has so far been…well, crap quite honestly. And with so much bad going on around us, I want to spread a little bit of good…hope…love…happily-ever-afters.

Romance books are the answer.

No, romance books are not going to cure the world but they can give us hope and a little piece of sanctuary when everything around us feels ravaged and harsh.

I reached out to my friends in romancelandia and asked for recommendations and below is a list of books that might just give you that little bit of sanctuary you may need right now.

Some of these books are on sale for a limited time, some are not quite out yet but you can pre-order them, and some are free, and some are normal price, and some are Amazon exclusive (and free if you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited)*. It is a list of possibilities for you to escape into when you need a break from real life.

Some of these books are sweet romances, some are sexy romances, some are historical romances, some are paranormal romances, and some are kinky romances. I love all romance so I’ll let you choose which one is your favourite 😊

I’ll start with me because, well, it’s my blog 😉

I have two books that are always free. A sweet and clean one and a sexy one.

The Billionaire Stepbrother

Bailey Sheppard has loved Nick Heart for as long as she could remember.  They had been best friends in school and had graduated to a friends with benefits arrangement after she left home to study at a University two states away.  Their once a month weekends were the highlight of her life, when he would fly in to visit her and she would have him all to herself for the entire, uninterrupted weekend.

And then he told her he was getting married.

A Royal Engagement

The Spare is now the Heir

Alyssabeth never expected that one day she would be queen.  She was the second child of the king and queen of Merveille and female.  Two strikes against her as far as the patriarchal society of Merveille was concerned.  But that all changed the day her father and brother were killed in a hunting accident.

Personal recommendation:

This is the book series I am currently reading AND LOVING!

A Court of Thorn and Roses

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin–one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.

Books from my friends in romancelandia!

Magenta Mine

Harry Boyle’s genius IQ has failed him. The alpha geek stupidly followed relationship advice from Invertary’s resident evil mastermind—eighty-seven year old Betty. That’s how he ended up trapped in an abandoned mine waiting to be rescued by his high school crush. The same crush he still loves. The one he’s come back to town to claim.

The Stationmaster’s Cottage

Near the rugged Australian coastline beaten by the winds of the wild Great Southern Ocean sits a forgotten stationmaster’s cottage holding secrets of a tragic love story. Secrets Christie Ryan knows nothing about when she unexpectedly inherits her estranged grandmother’s cottage in the small seaside town of River’s End.

No Time for Trouble

When six friends make a pact not to let love get in the way of their careers, the No Brides Club is born. But could meeting the right man at the wrong time cause them to break their vows to each other?

One bad date too many leads Marnie to the No Brides Club but a fake engagement to a New Your playboy might just lead her to love.

Have Your Cake

Can she have it all? Or will starting over leave a bad taste in her mouth?

Abigail Mullins is in the business of happy ever afters. Owner of a London boutique cake shop, she caters to brides wishing to express themselves in unusual ways, and relishes her small, creative life.

That quiet life is disturbed when intriguing, albeit lonely, socialite Dillon Wheeler literally crashes into her life, and one of her clever cake concepts becomes an overnight sensation. Now the media is asking questions about the woman behind the cake. Not only does this new-found popularity threaten the anonymous life she’s created, but it brings in a customer who might otherwise never have found her. A customer from Abigail’s life before London, who knows what Abigail did to escape it, and who could ruin everything.

For who’s going to trust her with their happy ever after once they know what she did to sabotage her own?

Mail Order Millie

When Millie Camden prematurely becomes a widow, she is left homeless and penniless. Against her better judgement she has no other option than to become a mail-order bride.

Daniel Carson finally succumbs to the pressure and orders a mail-order bride. On the surface, she appears to be everything he needs, and he is smitten, but what is she hiding?

The Last Necromancer

A waif, her abductor and a twist you won’t see coming.

For five years, Charlotte (Charlie) Holloway has lived as a boy in the slums. But when one theft too many gets her arrested, her only means of escape lies with a dead man. Charlie hasn’t raised a spirit since she first discovered she could do so five years ago. That time, her father banished her. This time, she brings even more trouble upon herself.

People are now hunting Charlie all over London, but only one man succeeds in capturing her.

The Boyfriend Sessions

PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. THE JOURNEY TO HAPPINESS MAY INVOLVE SOME TURBULENCE.

Christa Morrison has commitment issues, a fact that quickly becomes apparent after she flees a romantic proposal in Paris, the thunder of impending wedding bells ringing in her ears.

Back in Sydney, she turns to her closest friends for reassurance. Instead they offer her a startling and painful diagnosis: she’s a relationship junkie. The cure? An extreme rehabilitation program guaranteed to reform even the most L-word illiterate.

This Time Around

**THIS BOOK WILL BE FREE ON 21ST MARCH 2020**

Jane Melville has done some very stupid things in her life. Having an open sexual relationship with someone who turned out to be a thieving con man and left her standing at the altar—pregnant and penniless—was one of the worst. With her dreams of owning her own catering business down the drain, and the prospect of working at her family’s patisserie for the rest of her life looking more and more likely, Jane is determined to make the most of her misfortunes. After all, things could be worse. Her baby daddy might have turned out to be the con man instead of the tall, brooding lawyer, Rafael Bennett. But just because she’s willing to have a baby with the man doesn’t mean she has to like him.

Grace

1880 – Montana

After losing the love of his life to another man, Joe Harkley finds himself head-over-heels in love with a newcomer to town.

Grace Sunderland starts a business in a new town after an horrific fire where she lost everything that mattered to her. She is far from interested in men or marriage and had long decided to remain a spinster forever.

Can Joe convince Grace to marry him? And will her resolve dissipate long enough to connect with her true feelings?

Ruined

**THIS BOOK IS ON SALE FOR 99C FOR A LIMITED TIME**

He wanted one night. She wanted forever. Time doesn’t always play nice.

The news I received from my doctor today changed the course of my life.
Altered every dream I ever wanted to pursue.
For one night I didn’t want to not think about being newly single, broken-hearted and never being able to have a baby.
It was my best friend Gemma’s engagement party.
Champagne, dancing, hanging out in a world where I didn’t belong. Far away from the uptown elite.
It was bliss.

Pippa

When Pippa Carmichael inherits a house on a deserted tropical island, it couldn’t have come at a better time for her. Life’s been tough lately; she’s lost her job, given her boyfriend  the flick, and now it’s time for her to make a new start. With her two best friends, Pippa heads off to Pentecost Island to investigate her inheritance and is surprised to find there is another resident on the island. 
Reclusive author, Rafe Rendell, is not impressed when a boatload of women turns up on his island, interrupting his peaceful  existence. He is less impressed when he meets Pippa, the sassy new owner of Ma Carmichael’s sprawling house.
​​​​​​​Can these two live in harmony on the same small island, or is Pippa’s dream destined to fail?

Eliza

Eliza, the second book in the Pentecost Island is out soon!

Eliza Pengelly has always led the life she wanted, but sometimes poor choices lead to heartbreak.
The final choice–and the biggest mistake of her life—sees her fleeing to Pentecost Island. Desperate to make a fresh start, Eliza is happy to work—and hide— on the island for as long Pippa needs a carpenter to achieve her dream. Having friends around to support her through tough times is a bonus.
But Eliza quickly learns you can’t outrun your demons. The arrival of charismatic sailor, Phillipe Renton threatens the safety of the new life Eliza is creating.
Living his life on the oceans and travelling the world, Phillipe doesn’t do relationships, but the attraction to vulnerable Eliza is impossible to resist.
Will her dark secret be revealed—a secret that could destroy any chance of happiness for her new life?

Fire of My Heart

Love is timeless…and vengeance burns forever.

When Australian botanist Ellen Quinn travels to her ancestral home in Ireland determined to complete her family tree, she expects quaint villages and a rustic countryside. What she finds are the cold dark walls of Banth Manor and much more than just dusty old books. The manor’s handsome but mysterious caretaker has captured her imagination…and her heart. As terrifying nightmares and visions of the past threaten to send Ellen to the brink of madness, a shocking truth will put her life in jeopardy.

Boss with Benefits

**FREE FOR TODAY ONLY** (15 March 2020)

The trouble with paradise — Him!

Rosa’s new job running the Lantana Island Resort should have been the perfect escape.

Not only is she helping out her sick friend who owns the resort, she also gets to leave her problems far behind.

But she never expected him.

Her friend’s gorgeous brother, Dalton, has taken over as the resort’s new boss

He’s rude. Infuriating. And so annoyingly… magnetic.

He also seems hell bent on getting rid of Rosa. But Dalton has no idea who he’s dealing with.

He’d better strap in and get ready for the ride of his life.

This. Is. War.

Blue Rogue

Can a scruffy old dog bring the farmer and the independent city girl together?

Lyssa’s quiet country retreat is interrupted when strange things begin to happen around her cottage. Seeking the advice 

Miss Isabelle’s Craving

Two sisters, one driving desire for passion.

After her sister’s successful marriage, Isabelle Forster is sure she’ll only ever be an old maid aunt. That is until she meets Langdon Deveraux. He’s tall, he’s dashing, and he excites her enough to take a walk on the wild side. But with only a month to explore Shanghai before her sister and brother-in-law have decreed they must return to England, time is short.

Reckless Curves

Thomas (Tom) Lorde’s morning couldn’t get any worse. One call changes everything. Apparently he’s a dad. He should be on the phone to his lawyer. He wouldn’t put it past a woman—any woman—to lie to get at his hard earned money. His mother trapped his father into marriage and then left them both for deeper pockets. But when the news is delivered from between the sweet lips of Kendra Black, his best friend’s out of bounds little sister, and his one major ‘f**king’ mistake, he knows he’s screwed and that she’s not lying.

And now a couple more of my favourites!

The Billionaire Boss Next Door

My new boss has it all. In spades.
Gorgeous green eyes? Check.
Hard-and-sexy body? Check.
Intelligence? Check.
Success? A big fat billionaire… Check.

Too bad I haven’t started out on the best foot.

The Price of Scandal

He didn’t kiss me back like a gentleman. No, Derek Price slammed my back into the front door. A beast off his leash.

Emily Stanton’s perfect life just became a disaster. She has a trust fund brother looking for a handout, a father who is more board member than dad, and a mother who thinks she should give up on this whole billionaire CEO thing and meet a man with a pre-nup and a yacht.

Oh, and then there’s that “misunderstanding” with law enforcement witnessed by Miami’s paparazzi. Now her billion-dollar deal is on the line, and there’s a naked man in her bathtub who claims he’s going to make all her problems disappear.

Mr. McHottie

The best enemies make the best lovers…

There are three things I hate:
Bratwurst in any form, my neighbors boinking like farm animals at 3 AM, and Chase Jett.
Mostly I hate Chase Jett. It’s been ten years since he took my virginity—I’d make a bratwurst joke, but the unfortunate truth is that it would have to be a brat-best joke, and
yes, it kills me to admit that—and now he’s not only a billionaire, he’s also my new boss.
Turns out our hate is mutual. And this kind of hate is horrifically twisted, filthy, and banging hot.
I just might have to hate him forever.

Love in a Small Town

They should be over each other.

For two years, Olivia has served her ex-husband coffee at the diner where she works, and waited for her heart to catch up to her brain. Because they were divorced now, and for good reasons. He wasn’t ever going to change. He’d always be a cop first, a soldier second, and a husband third, when there was time.

Rafe didn’t believe in love at first sight until he met Olivia, and then he was a goner. They’d been too young, too reckless, but that hadn’t stopped him from bringing her home to Pine Harbour, where there was nothing for her to do while he saved the world.

Then it all fell apart. And now…

Prime Minister

A kinky Prime Minister, a vanilla intern, and a scandal that shouldn’t feel so right or cost so much.

Gavin:
Ellie Montague is smart, sensitive, and so gorgeous it hurts to look at her. She’s also an intern in my office. The office of the Prime Minister of Canada.*
That’s me. The PM.
She calls me that because when she calls me Sir, I get hard and she gets flustered, and as long as she’s my intern, I can’t twist my hands in her strawberry-blonde hair and show her what else I’d like her to do with that pretty pink mouth.**

Ellie:
How much I like the PM varies on a daily basis. He’s intense, controlling, and a perfectionist in every way—and he demands the same of his staff.
How much I want him never wavers.
There’s something about him that tugs at me deep inside, and makes me wish that just once he’d cross the line in a late night work session. I’d take that secret to the grave if it meant I got a taste of the barely restrained beast inside him.***
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FOOTNOTES:
* This is a fictional romance. No prime ministers or interns were harmed in the making of this book.
** Except it’s a kinky romance, so they were hurt a little.
*** Spoiler alert: she gets more than a taste. And she likes it.

Now go forth and fill your e-readers!

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