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  FIT FOR A KING The Crown Jewels - Book One by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine Release Date: August 25, 2026 Review An enjoyable read and a fun time. Serious and a little rigid, Nicholas is going to be King. He’s required to be stoic and follow expectations. But then Noah stumbles into his life and upends it all!  Granted, everything is also helped along thanks to Nicholas’ meddling twin brother. Footman vs Prince.  There’s a lot of playfulness and attraction, but there are some lovely, touching moments as well. Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis Red, White & Royal Blue meets a modern-day Downton Abbey in this forbidden royal romance about a newly crowned king who falls for the sunshine footman assigned to serve him. Nicholas Being king was never the life I wanted. But it was the one I inherited. Every decision I make belongs to Valoria. Every smile, every appearance, every promise. Including the one that says I’m expected to marry a prince I’ve barely met...

  HEARTSMASHED Hate to Love You - Book Two by Brooke Blaine Release Date: June 11, 2026 Review Okay, sure, Beckett pretends to be someone else, which is wrong, but also….swoon!! Cuz, darn it, he just wanted to make things better for Sawyer. Sawyer, who was reeling from a breakup and would have to see his ex on the arm of another for an entire week. But his fake boyfriend is more real than his ex ever was; the connection between them cannot be denied. Perhaps a little lie isn’t so bad after all. Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis He hired a fake boyfriend for the weekend. The man who showed up wasn’t the escort. Sawyer Montgomery spends his nights broadcasting heartbreak on his prime-time radio show—spinning sad songs, giving terrible love advice, and pretending he’s totally over the ex who shattered his heart. (Spoiler: he’s not.) But when he needs a fake boyfriend to survive a weeklong family celebration with that very ex, hiring an escort seems like the perfect solution...

  BEDHEAD Hate to Love You - Book One by Brooke Blaine Release Date: Jun 28, 2023 Audio Release Date: February 27, 2024 Review Two lovers, one betrayal, and a second chance.  Oh boy! These ex-loves, turned industry rivals are vying for a hot book contract with a wild rockstar. And the rockstar smells drama, when he decides to make them compete for it. Which is how they find themselves on the road in the middle of a storm heading to the artists home, when Hudson’s car breaks down and he’s forced to bugrudingly accpet help from Drew. Then end up sharing a bed as they wait out the storm. This crisis highlights how different these men are. Drew, chaotic and charming and Hudson, buttoned up and organized. Along the way, truths are revealed, revelations are had, and some fun bedroom times mean they may not have lost everything between them. Definitely a joy of a book, and even more fun as an audiobook with Liam DiCosimo and Nick J Russo. Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis ...

  UNHOLY Park Avenue Kings - Book Six by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine Release Date: March 19, 2026 Review This one hit me in the feels. I’m a sucker for the stories involving people who don’t feel chosen or wanted. So Alessio had me in tears numerous times. The love of his life chose Priesthood over him. So he chose torturing himself for the rest of his life. Watching Rafael, letting him haunt his life. The push and pull was exquisite. A drunken confession and a passionate kiss is all that’s needed for their lives to become messy enough that just maybe they can make something new. A gawd it’s beautiful! Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis He hears my confessions. Now he can’t unhear them. I keep showing up to church. I don’t speak. I don’t confess. I just sit there—close enough to remember what it felt like to be his. Father Rafael Vitale thinks he can keep this professional. Measured. Contained. Holy. I’m none of those things. I’m Alessio Trentacapelli—the technocrat of...

  RUTHLESS Park Avenue Kings - Book Five by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine Release Date: January 8, 2026 Review Oooph, that was intense, but oh so beautiful!   The Kings nearly implode under the misinformation and stress of the attack they are under, but Shep and Theo just get stronger. And they are swoony in their fierceness for one another. There were a lot of great moments between the couple, but also with the other members of their friend group. Especially the reckoning with the past. The last book is going to be explosive, I can feel it! Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis They called him America’s golden son. Now he’s the man who’d burn the world for a prince. When Prince Theodore Rinaldi vanishes, Shepard “Shep” Winchester III will do anything to bring him back. What starts as a mission of duty ignites into a forbidden obsession—one that blurs every line between loyalty and love. Back in New York, the Kings are under attack, their secrets exposed, their br...