Review: A SEAL's Honor (Jake's Heroes #6) by Sadie King

A SEAL's Honor

Author: Sadie King

Series: Jake's Heroes #6

Published: April 9, 2026

Source: ARC via Booksprout

A single-dad widower falls for his daughter’s high school teacher, while they’re on school camp and stranded in a cabin.

It’s just been me and my girls for the past four years and that’s the way I like it. Until I meet my daughter’s temporary teacher.

Brooke is competent and kind with curves that make me remember what it’s like to want a woman.

But she’s the temporary teacher, she’s moving on.

Is one hot night in a cabin together enough to convince her to stay?

Review: Protected by the Ex-Military Mountain Man (Wild Rose Mountain K-9 Rescue #5) by Macy West

Protected by the Ex-Military Mountain Man

Author: Macy West

Series: Wild Rose Mountain K-9 Rescue #5

Published: April 6, 2026

Source: ARC via Booksprout

I desperately need a guard dog. Only I end up with a guard Steve instead.

I tell one tiny lie. Okay, several. Apparently that’s a really bad idea, because now the hottest mountain man in Wild Rose is guarding me, snarling at strangers, and calling me his.

All I wanted was a big, vicious (trained!) canine to watch over me while I sleep, just in case the stalker I’ve somehow picked up returns. Instead of a dog, I get Steve.

He’s charming, ex-military, and built like nobody’s business. He sees through every lie, and from the moment we meet, claims I’m his responsibility. Even announces we’ve been dating for months the minute his friend smiles at me—and says it so convincingly, I start to believe him.

“I answered the phone. That means you’re mine to protect,” he says, shadows from his past haunting his eyes—ones I’m determined to erase. “You don’t run scared anymore, April. Not on my watch.”

I came to Wild Rose Mountain for protection, but falling for the mountain man who’s appointed himself my bodyguard might prove the most dangerous thing of all.

Review: Tamed by Tanner (Silver Spoon Cowboys #3) by Loni Ree

Tamed by Tanner

Author: Loni Ree

Series: Silver Spoon Cowboys #3

Published: April 3, 2026

Source: ARC via Bookspout

Opposites attract, and sparks fly in Silver Spoon Falls...

Tanner

Billionaire rancher Tanner Carrington has zero time for distractions—especially gorgeous, free-spirited yoga instructors who smell like heaven and challenge everything he says. When his sister drags him to a stress-relief class, he expects an hour of torture, not to fall head over heels for the sassy instructor bending his body, his world and his heart, completely out of shape. Star Wilder is too young, too beautiful, and too different from his structured life. But his heart doesn't care about logic, and one look at her has him twisted up like a pretzel. Now, he has to find a way to tame his little spitfire before she slips through his fingers.

Star

Star Wilder is finally building her dream yoga studio in Silver Spoon Falls when the grumpiest, most gorgeous cowboy she's ever seen storms into her class. Tanner Carrington is all intense stares, bossy attitude, and he’s completely out of her league. But she can't stop thinking about the vulnerability she glimpsed beneath his smirking scowl. The spoiled billionaire clearly thinks he can steamroll over everyone, but this free spirit isn't about to bow down to his bossy demands.

When the unstoppable force meets the immovable object, who will bend first?

Review: Kiss Me Chief (Thunder Valley Fire & Rescue #2) by Callie Embers

Kiss Me Chief

Author: Callie Embers

Series: Thunder Valley Fire & Rescue #2

Publisher: LapisLibraryRomance

Published: March 31, 2026

Source: ARC via Booksprout

There's a man in this town that everyone depends on. Chief Brady Mills.

He's the first one through the door when the world goes wrong. Steady, capable, large hands.

He doesn't ask for help. He doesn't break down. He doesn't let anyone see what it costs him to be the man who holds it all together.

But behind closed doors he's not the chief. He's not the hero. He's just a man who's been carrying too much for too long, and the only thing he wants is the one person he can't have.

She left five years ago. He never stopped thinking about her.

Now she's back.

Review: The Good Girl Effect (Salacious Legacy #1) by Sara Cate

The Good Girl Effect

Author: Sara Cate

Series: Salacious Legacy #1

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca

Published: September 2, 2025

Source: ARC for review

Jack St. Claire is desperate. A grieving single father, he buries himself in his work—running a brand-new kink club in Paris. Instead of handling his grief, he’s built a fortress around his heart, and it’s time he hired someone to help him take care for his daughter before things get worse.

Camille Aubert wasn’t looking for a new job. She just wanted to return a lost love letter she’d found within the pages of a book. But when she’s mistaken for a job candidate and hired as Jack’s live-in nanny, something tells her this is exactly where she needs to be.

Shortly after arriving, Camille discovers a strange room in the apartment that sparks her curiosity—and hints at a dark, mysterious side to Jack that she’s desperate to uncover. The lines between professional and personal blur dangerously as the heat between them becomes impossible to ignore. She’s drawn to the broken man who hides his grief in ropes and bondage, and she challenges him in ways he never thought possible.

Caught between her growing feelings for Jack and the ghosts of his past, Camille must can love heal a heart still grieving, or will their passion destroy them both?

Review: Forever Yours (Amber Falls #2) by Rachael Heinan & Kimberly Metcalf

Forever Yours

Author: Rachael Heinan & Kimberly Metcalf

Series: Amber Falls #2

Publisher: First For Romance

Published: 1/14/2025

Source: ARC for review

Gabriel Atwood was in love. At least that’s what he thought, until his mystery woman disappeared after one steamy night together.

Devlin Watkins, the mystery woman, wanted no entanglements. She was leaving town and the less she knew about him the better. That is, until she landed in his hometown of Amber Falls, Massachusetts. Devlin was shocked when she spotted her one night stand in Amber Falls and stunned when she found out he was the brother of her best friend's boyfriend.

Gabe and Devlin each own a store on the famed Amber Falls Main Street, separated by a small art gallery, and both have dreams of expanding their businesses. When the owner of the gallery decides to retire, it goes up for sale and an obsolete town bylaw pits them against each other. Will Gabe and Devlin let business come between them, or will they realize the only obstacle they need to overcome is figuring out what their hearts want?

Review: His Wicked Ways (The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside #5) by Melissa Foster

His Wicked Ways

Author: Melissa Foster

Series: The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside #5

Publisher: World Literary Press

Published: November 8, 2023

Source: arc for review

Blaine Wicked is used to women doing as he says in and out of the bedroom. Find out happens when he falls for the one woman who won’t submit to his wicked ways in the newest insanely sexy, deeply emotional, and laugh-out-loud funny standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster.

Blaine Wicked can spot trouble a mile away. As the eldest of five and raised in a Dark Knights biker family, he has always been a protector. Rescuing a stripper from a bad situation comes with the territory, regardless of the hell the mouthy, slightly awkward, and seriously hot leggy blonde gives him for it. She’s far too innocent to bend to his wicked ways, but the more he learns about her, the harder it is for him to walk away.

Forensic scientist Reese Wilder never imagined herself as the entertainment at a bachelor party, but she’d do anything to keep food on the table for her teenage sister. With their mess of a mother in rehab—Third time’s a charm, right?—Reese is stuck paying off their mother’s debt to a dealer and trying to make ends meet. Reese has had it rough, and she knows better than to rely on anyone for help, much less a pushy biker with piercing blue eyes who probably has dozens of women at his beck and call.

The more flames Reese throws, the more determined Blaine is to walk through them. The closer he gets, the hotter they burn—and the more curious she becomes. But Blaine Wicked has the power to torch Reese’s walls to embers, and with her sister’s well-being at stake, that’s a risk she can’t afford to take.