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Title: The Nanny’s Secret Baby

Author: Lee Tobin McClain

Genre: Romance

Harlequin Imprint: Love Inspired

Publication Date: July 16^th, 2019

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Blurb: 

What she knows will change everything… at Redemption Ranch.

Arianna Shrader’s new nanny gig is more than a job—it’s an opportunity to bond with the infant boy she gave up to her sister for adoption. But widower Jack DeMoise doesn’t know she’s not just his child’s aunt. As Arianna grows closer to the ranch veterinarian and his son, can she find a way to reveal her secret…and become a permanent part of their family?

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Lee Tobin McClain read Gone With The Wind in the third grade and has been an incurable romantic ever since. The PW bestselling author of eight contemporary romances for Harlequin Love Inspired and twenty independently-published novels and novellas, she recently contracted with Harlequin HQN to write three mainstream romance novels, coming in 2019. When she's not writing, she's probably cheering on her daughter at a gymnastics meet, mediating battles between her goofy goldendoodle puppy and her rescue cat, or teaching aspiring writers in Seton Hill University's MFA program. She is probably not cleaning her house.

Author Links:

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Web: https://www.leetobinmcclain.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/leetobinmcclain

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8585094.Lee_Tobin_McClain

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 Title: Big Shot

Author: Katy Evans

Genre: Romance

Publication Date: August 6^th, 2019

Harlequin Imprint: Desire
Rating:  4 Stars
Told in the first person.  Alternating person.

Disclosure of Material Connection:   I received this book for review from Lady Amber’s PR and the author.  I was not compensated nor was I required to write a positive review.  The opinions I have expressed are my own.  I am posting this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255:  "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising".

Blurb: 

He always gets his way…until he meets his match.

“I need you back. Now.” —William Walker

I can’t believe I’m letting my ex-boss talk me into working for him again. He’s arrogant. Domineering. He gets under my skin in ways I don’t want to admit. When I quit, it felt great! But now, seeing the big, bad billionaire rendered helpless by a baby, I give in to his demand. And I’m worried it won’t be the last time… —India Crowley

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My Thoughts:

India Crowley has other aspirations other than her current job.  William Walker is a tough man to please.  As they disclose who they are to each other is how the reader will get to know them.  This is why the first person point of view works so well here.

If you are someone who likes connecting with the characters, India is much more approachable and more likable.  William is more standoffish and all about business.  The author makes him come to a stop when she puts someone in his path that will force him to reevaluate his priorities. 

This might fit your office romance fix but it’s more about our couple’s interactions outside the office that will catch your attention.  You’ll see a spark and then as the scenes go by you’ll see that spark brighten.  I liked the fact that India started to speak up for herself but found that certain things that she wanted in her life almost disappear – especially when they are a part of who she is.  With William, we get to see him mellow out and actually find a way to enjoy the people in his life.

William’s brother and sister-in-law make an appearance.  If you haven’t already, you may want to check out their story in the book titled Boss.  It must be a Walker thing because when I was first introduced to Kit I thought he was a jerk.  With William I had the same impression.  I didn’t see anything anywhere to say that these two books are a part of a series but family connects them.  I don’t know if our author is going to connect another book but I’m interested to see if India’s friend Montana shows up somewhere in the future.  One other thing these two books had in common is the heat the couples have.

Katy Evans is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over a dozen novels, starting with her blockbuster debut romance, Real. She writes sexy contemporary romances with smoldering hot alpha males.

Author Links:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6997072.Katy_Evans

Web: http://www.katyevans.net/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorkatyevans

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKatyEvans/

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2EDXWJy

Title: The Maid’s Spanish Secret

Author: Dani Collins

Genre: Romance

Publication Date: July 16^th, 2019

Harlequin Imprint: Harlequin Presents

Blurb: 

For sweet maid Poppy Harris, her one and only passionate experience was scorching and absolutely forbidden. She shouldn’t have succumbed to Spanish aristocrat Rico Montero’s tantalizing seduction, but his touch was all consuming…and had a nine-month consequence! Poppy believes they could never be anything more. Until Rico appears on her doorstep demanding his hidden daughter—and determined to make Poppy his wife!

Enjoy this intensely dramatic marriage of convenience!

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Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling author Dani Collins thrives on giving readers emotional, compelling, heart-soaring romance with some laughter and heat thrown in, just like real life.

Dani writes contemporary romance for Harlequin Presents and Tule's Montana Born, but her backlist includes erotic romance, romantic comedy, and even an epic medieval fantasy. When she's not writing--just kidding, she's always writing. She lives in Canada with her high school sweetheart husband who occasionally coaxes her out of her attic office to visit their grown children.

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Pure Texuality PR Presents: Anything But A Duke by Christy Carlyle; #BlogTour, #NowRelease, #NowAvailable, #OutNow

Anything But a Duke 

by Christy Carlyle

Series:  The Duke's Den (Each story is a standalone.)

Genre:  Adult, Historical Romance

Publisher:  Avon Books

Publication Date:  April 30, 2019

About the Book:

Self-made man Aidan Iverson has seen more closed doors in his thirty years than he’s ever cared to count. As a member of the elite Duke’s Den, he has all the money he could possibly need but the one thing he can’t purchase is true power. If roguish Aidan can’t buy his way into society’s hallowed halls, he’ll resort to a more extreme measure: marriage.

Brought up to be a proper lady, the only thing Diana Ashby desires is to be left alone to the creation of her own devices. But when her dreams are crushed, she must find another way to secure the future of her invention. Knowing his desire to enter her world, Diana strikes a deal to arrange Aidan’s marriage to the perfect lady—as long as that lady isn’t her. She doesn’t need any distractions from her work, particularly of the sinfully handsome variety.

As Diana and Aidan set out to find him an aristocratic match, neither are prepared for the passion that ignites between them or the love they can’t ignore.

In the Duke’s Den, can happiness ever be a winning prospect?

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Excerpt:

He was an ambitious young man. Far more so than her brother. While Dominick had been happy to return from university with nothing but memories of frivolity and mischief, Lord Egerton had taken top marks in mathematics and philosophy and won trophies in several athletic endeavors. Di knew whatever competition he entered, Lord Egerton strove to win.

He stared at her, his mouth curved in a warm smile. The expression struck her as odd. Friendliness, she expected. But there was something more in his grin.

“You’ve always been kind, Diana.”

The way he said her name, the care he took with each syllable, filled her with unease.

“I do try to be kind.”

He stepped closer, and one hand hovered between them as if he was considering whether to reach for her. “You’re also quite the prettiest girl I have ever known.”

Diana took a step back. Then another. Fear of what was to come set her heart fluttering like a bird that’s just noticed the bars of its cage.

“Samuel,” she started, desperate to forestall what he intended to say or do. But it was too late.

In one swift move, he lowered himself onto one knee and reached for her hand.

Diana froze, her muscles tightening and her tongue thickening. His touch felt heavy and yet oddly distant, as if her skin had gone numb.

“Marry me, Miss Ashby.”

Oh no. Panic sped her pulse. A single insistent hammer pounded behind her eyes. She knew what she wished to say. There was no question of her answer, but she couldn’t get the words out.

“May I take your silence as an acknowledgment of what I’ve long known?”

“I . . .” she forced out on a gasp.

He squeezed her fingers and inched closer, as if fearful of missing a single word.

“I regret . . .” The words were almost impossible to get out. Not because they weren’t true, but because panic always caused her to freeze.

But the two words sufficed.

Egerton began to crumble, the eagerness in his pale gaze turning to disappointment and then anger.

“I cannot marry you.” She shook her head to make sure he could not mistake her meaning. She had no wish to cause him embarrassment or misery, but she had no desire to marry him. Or anyone. Not yet. “My inventions—”

 

About Christy Carlyle:

Fueled by Pacific Northwest coffee and inspired by multiple viewings of every British costume drama she can get her hands on, USA Today bestselling author CHRISTY CARLYLE writes sensual historical romance set in the Victorian era. She loves heroes who struggle against all odds and heroines who are ahead of their time. A former teacher with a degree in history, she finds there’s nothing better than being able to combine her love of the past with a die-hard belief in happy endings.

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