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NBJ WEEKLY RECAP – 20 May 2025 : Natasha is a Book Junkie

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BODYGUARD + SECOND CHANCES + DYSTOPIAN ROMANCE

When the world is plunged into darkness,
Who would you flip to?

Amid the sun-drenched orange groves of California, childhood pals Tuck Mattice and Emily Swanson shared a bond that appeared unbreakable—till life ripped them aside.

Thirteen years later, Emily is a rising pop sensation in want of safety, and Tuck, a brooding ex-con, is in want of a recent begin. When destiny brings them collectively as soon as once more, Emily hires him on as her new bodyguard. They butt heads and bicker, similar to the outdated days—but neither can deny the warmth rekindling between them.

But when a cataclysmic photo voltaic flare disrupts {the electrical} grid, society is instantly plunged into chaos and darkness. For Emily, the acquainted comforts of fame and fortune crumble, however for Tuck, this stark new actuality may very well be the possibility he must lastly show himself. As they arrive to phrases with all they’ve misplaced and the bitterness that’s saved them aside, they have to discover their approach again to at least one one other and uncover a brand new place, underneath the solar.

This is a standalone novel.


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GRUMPY/SUNSHINE

It’s a skinny line between loving and hating…

Katie Vaughn has been burned by love prior to now—now she could also be lighting her profession on fireplace. She has two decisions: wait to get laid off from her job as a video producer or, at her coworker Cole’s request, take a career-making gig profiling Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West. The catch? Katie’s not precisely certified. She can’t swim—however pretends that she will be able to.

Plus, Cole and Hutch are brothers. And they don’t get alongside. Next cease: paradise! But paradise is messier than it appears. As Katie will get entangled with Hutch (probably the most scientifically handsome man she has ever seen . . . however perhaps a little bit of a love hater), alongside along with his colourful aunt Rue and his rescue Great Dane, she will get trapped in a lie. Or two. Swim classes, helicopter flights, conga traces, ingesting contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses ensue—together with probabilities to inform the reality, to face outdated fears, and to be really courageous eventually.

Swim classes, helicopter flights, conga traces, ingesting contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses ensue—together with probabilities to inform the reality, to face outdated fears, and to be really courageous eventually.

This is a standalone novel.


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RIVALS TO LOVERS + WORKPLACE ROMANCE

Two office enemies discover themselves in shut proximity on a tropical firm retreat that challenges their assumptions—and simply would possibly make them to fall for one another…

Engineer Trishara Malik as soon as dreamed of being the primary lady of coloration to smash the glass ceiling at WMC Purcell, however after years of coping with white male privilege and blatant nepotism, she watches her hard-earned promotion go to her nemesis, Rafe Gallagher—the boss’s son. Teetering on the sting of burnout, Tris is surprised when she’s picked to attend WMC’s company management retreat in Hawaii. It’s an opportunity to revive her stalled profession and compete for a coveted spot in an govt coaching program—plus, three weeks in paradise! The solely draw back? Rafe is her co-attendee.

Tris plans to keep away from Rafe fully, however when she arrives in Maui, a reserving error has them caught sharing the honeymoon suite. Sure, it’s not all torture. Rafe is a smoldering ten—okay positive, an eleven—however after years of competitors, they’ll barely stand being in the identical time zone. As they vie towards one another throughout aptitude exams and team-building workouts, Tris begins to understand Rafe won’t be the villain in any case. With her goals at stake, can she be taught to belief the person who might need been standing in her nook all alongside?

This is a standalone novel.


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SECOND CHANCES

This time, they’ll get it proper.

Wren and Ellis Byrd fell in love as children, had their son Sam after they have been solely youngsters, and constructed a life collectively within the coastal city of Spunes, Oregon. They have been made for each other . . . till they fell aside. Now divorced and of their 30s, Wren runs the bakery on the town, whereas Ellis works as a firefighter. They dwell separate lives, although they’re hardly off one another’s minds.

When Ellis and Wren transfer Sam into school, Ellis convinces Wren to take an prolonged highway journey again to Spunes to see in the event that they can provide their relationship one final probability. Amid the beautiful California shoreline and the intimacy they’ve missed for years, Wren begins to suppose it simply is likely to be doable. But can the previous really be left behind? When phrases fail and outdated wounds resurface, it’s a soul-baring letter that would lastly reveal the reality—or shut the door on them eternally.

This is a standalone novel within the Spunes sequence.

Series advisable studying order: Savor It | Left of Forever


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HISTORICAL ROMANCE

No one betrays the Academy. But now Euphemia should determine: break the foundations for her enemy, or let the foundations break her coronary heart.

On the outskirts of London sits a seemingly innocuous establishment with a secretive purpose—practice younger girls to distract, disrupt, and discredit the patriarchy. Outraged by a strong lord’s systematic assault on girls’s rights in Parliament, the Academy summons its brightest—and most bitter—pupil to infiltrate the odious man’s inside circle. A deal is struck: deliver down the viscount, and Miss Euphemia Flite will lastly earn her freedom.

But betting store proprietor Gabriel Royce has different plans. The viscount is the right pawn to insulate Gabriel’s underworld empire from authorities interference. He’s not about to let some crinoline-clad miss destroy his fastidiously constructed enterprise—irrespective of how charming he finds her threats.

From the rookeries of St. Giles to the ballrooms of Mayfair, Euphemia and Gabriel have interaction in a battle of wits and wills that’s difficult by a blossoming want. Soon Euphemia realizes it’s not the damaged guarantees to her Academy sisters she ought to concern. . . . It’s the hazard to her coronary heart.

This is a standalone novel within the all-new The Crinoline Academy sequence.

Series advisable studying order: Rules for Ruin | The Marriage Method (Nov 2025)


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CHILDHOOD FRIENDS TO LOVERS + UNREQUITED LOVE + COMING OF AGE

Gabriella Jacobson has one purpose for her freshman yr of faculty: Get Matthew Cory to fall in love together with her.

Lucky for Gabby, her greatest buddy, Ben, is attending the identical school on a music scholarship. He is the right useful resource—women love him, and he’s extra skilled with relationships than her, since she’s by no means had a boyfriend.

When Gabby panics earlier than her first date with Matt, she begs Ben to point out her the right way to kiss. But Ben has a secret, one he’s been protecting from Gabby for years. He’s in love together with her.

One kiss turns into two, leaving Gabby confused and scared that their friendship won’t survive the unexpected feelings. She avoids Ben till one thing surprising adjustments his life eternally, and he’s compelled to drop out of college.

Gabby tries to contact him, however he received’t reply. And Matthew Cory, her sister’s ex-boyfriend and good-looking regulation pupil, is able to fill the void Ben left behind.

Now that Gabby has the person she thought she needed, can she neglect in regards to the boy who kissed her twice?

This is a standalone novel within the Sunday Morning sequence.

Series advisable studying order: Sunday Morning | The Apple Tree | A Good Book


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RIVALS TO LOVERS + SMALL TOWN

He could also be a King, however I’ll by no means kneel.

Colton

If requested to checklist all the oldsters in Darling, Montana I can’t stand, I’d have a single title.

Noah King.

He’s the second-best farrier on the town (me being the primary). A royal ache in my behind. And an all-around smug pest I wouldn’t thoughts pulling down a peg or two.

It’s no shock after so a few years, our animosity has come to a head. I simply by no means in my wildest, hate-fueled fantasies anticipated Noah’s assault to contain his lips on mine.

It was a mistake, no query. But apparently I nonetheless have some issues to determine about myself.

One factor I do know? Noah King and I’ve been bitter rivals from the beginning. And nothing, not even the hearth he lights underneath my pores and skin, makes a lick of distinction ultimately.

Surrendering to my enemy isn’t an possibility.

This is the second ebook in The Darling Brothers of standalone novels with interconnected characters.

Series advisable studying order: Sweet Like Whiskey | Brim Over Boot | Saddle to Sunup (Dec 2025)


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OPPOSITES ATTRACT + SPORTS ROMANCE + SMALL TOWN

A playboy soccer participant. A shy librarian. When outdated pals reunite, opposites appeal to in a witty and lighthearted romance about taking probabilities and falling in love towards the percentages.

It’s an unwritten rule someplace: small-town librarians shall not commit spontaneous acts, for concern of mortal embarrassment. I’d definitely simply proved it true, although hiring an escort was completely logical. How else ought to I overcome my concern of intimacy with out risking heartbreak?

Unfortunately, what got here subsequent wasn’t so logical.

Instead of a relationship coach, Griffin King confirmed up. Yes, that Griffin King: my childhood neighbor and now, to my dismay, an obscenely good-looking professional soccer participant. He’s not really an escort, however how was I speculated to know that?

Avoiding him after the mix-up is unattainable. The man is all over the place—put in time-out by his agent after a PR snafu. Griffin is likely to be an outrageous flirt decided to torment me till I snap, however he’s additionally the right man to assist me.

The classes aren’t what I believed they’d be. Neither is Griffin. Every time we contact, each time he exhibits me a distinct facet to myself—and to him—I can’t assist however surprise if we’re about to interrupt one other rule: the playboy and the great woman aren’t speculated to fall in love.

This is a standalone novel in The Kings sequence.


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MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE

Stella Baldwin thought her life couldn’t worsen. Being left on the altar was dangerous sufficient, and the drunken rant she posted to her social media followers within the aftermath was the cherry on high. But having to point out up at her cousin’s bachelorette get together in Las Vegas barely two weeks later looks like a merciless joke.

Thomas Maxwell-Brown is simply searching for an excellent time. With his household’s expectations urgent down, his profession as a Formula 1 driver threatened by recent expertise, and a brand new status making him probably the most hated man on the grid, he wants a break to clear his head. And what higher approach to decompress than with a stag get together in Vegas?

Stella isn’t the girl Thomas expects to satisfy that evening. And Thomas isn’t the person Stella expects to get up subsequent to within the morning—with a hoop on her finger. Staying married is likely to be the right answer to all their issues, even when it’s a little wild. Sometimes, what occurs in Vegas doesn’t want to remain there. . . .

This is a standalone novel within the Lights Out sequence.

Series advisable studying order: Cross the Line | Ride with Me


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FANTASY/PARANORMAL ROMANCE

 The rebel’s combat turns right into a battle of the center…

Nox has been steadfastly working for the rebel for years. They don’t ask for a lot in return, apart from one essential situation: their ex, the noble Bastian, stays as distant from them as doable. To say issues ended poorly between them is an understatement . . . and it’s the one relationship Nox has by no means fairly recovered from.

But now the foundations have modified. Siobhan, the insurgent chief, has emerged from hiding to inform Nox that Bastian’s been taken captive and the secrets and techniques he holds tight are in peril of being revealed. The destiny of the complete rebel now rests on Nox and Siobhan’s skill to rescue Bastian from a Cŵn Annwn ship.

Saving Bastian is barely the beginning of their hardships, because the trio is tracked by ferocious pirates throughout Threshold. And Nox’s difficult relationships and entanglements with Bastian and Siobhan put not solely their life in danger however their coronary heart on the road.

This is the third and closing ebook within the Crimson Sails trilogy.

Series advisable studying order: Hunt on Dark Waters | Blood on the Tide | Rebel in the Deep


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ONE NIGHT STAND + FORCED PROXIMITY + (REVERSE) AGE GAP

Someone ought to inform Tate Brewer that one-night stands aren’t supposed to come back with a sequel.

I’ve realized the arduous approach—don’t be reckless with something, least of all my coronary heart. But after one too many vodka sodas, saying sure to a a lot youthful, devastatingly easy stranger for one wild evening looks as if the right approach to neglect my brutal divorce. I even gave him a faux title. What may go mistaken?

You’d be shocked.

Because as a substitute of being my spicy little secret, Tate is now the chief advertising and marketing officer at my new job. He’s decided to show our evening collectively was solely the start—and he has the instruments to do it.

Chiseled jaw. Washboard abs. Effortless allure. He’s as sinful as he’s candy and is aware of precisely the right way to get underneath my pores and skin and soften my defenses.

I needed a one-night stand. Instead, I received a “situation.”

This is a standalone novel within the Brewer Family sequence.

Series advisable studying order: The Proposal | The Arrangement | The Invitation | The Merger | The Situation


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REGENCY ROMANCE

When a younger girl is ruined, her pals vow none of them will ever be ensnared by a scoundrel once more. They will resist each gentleman’s charms even—and particularly—if it means gaining a status for being unattainable to woo. It will take extraordinary rogues to interrupt their guidelines…

It will take nothing lower than the promise of a heart-stopping, breath-catching, fortunately ever after to woo Lady Minerva Halifax into marriage, however that dream appears doomed. She solely attracts money- and position-hungry rogues as a result of she’s the daughter of a rich duke. Then her buddy’s dashingly irrepressible brother, Evan Price, is injured displaying off at a home get together, and Min finally ends up caring for him. As surprising sparks flash between them, she wonders if Cupid might lastly be circling.

Evan foolishly falls for his reluctant nurse, however he is aware of he doesn’t stand an opportunity of successful her hand with out a title. Min is compelled again onto the Marriage Mart by her dad and mom, and Evan returns to filling the hollows inside himself with daring adventures and fleeting flirtations. He instantly finds himself probably the most desired bachelor in Bath—besides by the one individual he actually desires.

But when an absolute scoundrel swoops in to say Min, Evan should naked his coronary heart and danger all the things or probability dropping her eternally.

This is a standalone novel within the Rogue Rules sequence.

Series advisable studying order: If the Duke Dares | Because the Baron Broods | When the Viscount Seduces | As the Earl Likes | Until the Rake Surrenders


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