I’m excited to help Carrie Aarons reveal the cover for Sizzle, the third book in the Ashton Family series! This surprise pregnancy small town romance is an angsty, former teacher/student, forbidden romance. You can technically read it as a standalone, but I’d recommend reading the first two books first.
Keep reading to check out the cover, and the whole blurb! The book releases on January 26.
What is Sizzle by Carrie Aarons about?
Everyone knows that if there was an award for biggest small town grump, Liam Ashton would win for Hope Crest, Pennsylvania no questions asked.
The reclusive, brooding farmer might be part of the family business and do anything for those closest to him, but his bark keeps almost everyone else away. Perhaps that’s what happens when you fall in love at first sight but aren’t allowed to be with the soulmate you didn’t realize you were looking for.
When the forbidden woman of his dreams blows back into town, he might finally get a shot to convince her they’re destined to be together. Only, her denials and refusals won’t let him get anywhere near her.
Gabrielle Murphy swore she’d never return to the town where she took her first teaching job. She’d done the right thing, once upon a time, and there is no room to question what if.
But when the only woman who ever understood her passes and leaves her to clean up the pieces, she can’t exactly say no. Get in, fulfill her grandmother’s wishes, and get out. That’s the plan. Until Liam confronts her and they give in to the unmatched inferno that’s been blazing between them forever.
Even though there is nothing standing in the way of a happily ever after this time, Gabrielle still can’t let this surly version of the Liam she once knew love her completely.
Until a surprise binds them to each other for the foreseeable future, and they have to forgive enough to move forward. But just as the ice around their hearts starts to thaw, darker outside forces threaten to ruin their chance before it’s even taken.
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Check out my interview with Carrie about “The Tenth Girl,” and read my other reviews of her young and new adult books:
“Fleeting” (Nash Brothers #1) – ARC
“Forgiven” (Nash Brothers #2) – ARC
“Flutter” (Nash Brothers #3) – ARC
“Falter” (Nash Brothers #4) – ARC
“The Second Coming” (Rogue Academy #1) – ARC
“The Lion Heart” (Rogue Academy #2) – ARC
“The Mighty Anchor” (Rogue Academy #3) – ARC
“That’s The Way I Loved You” – ARC
“Warning Track” (Callahan Family #1) – ARC
“Stealing Home” (Callahan Family #2) – ARC
“Check Swing” (Callahan Family #3) – ARC
“Control Artist” (Callahan Family #4) – ARC
“Tagging Up” (Callahan Family #5) – ARC
“Then You Saw Me” (Prospect Street #1) – ARC
“Just About Over You” (Prospect Street #2) – ARC
“You Keep Breaking Us” (Prospect Street #3) – ARC
“The Callahan Family Box Set” — ARC
“Once Forbidden, Twice Shy” — ARC
“Makes the Heart Grow Fouler” — ARC
“Bittersweet” (The Ashton Family #1) — ARC
“Honeyed” (The Ashton Family #2) — ARC
Playlists:
“You’re The One I Don’t Want” ♪
“Fleeting” (Nash Brothers #1) ♪
“Forgiven” (Nash Brothers #2) ♪
“Flutter” (Nash Brothers #3) ♪
“The Second Coming” (Rogue Academy #1) ♪
“The Lion Heart” (Rogue Academy #2) ♪
“The Mighty Anchor” (Rogue Academy #3) ♪
“That’s The Way I Loved You” ♪
“Warning Track” (Callahan Family #1) ♪
“Stealing Home” (Callahan Family #2) ♪
“Check Swing” (Callahan Family #3) ♪
“Control Artist” (Callahan Family #4) ♪
buried in a bookshelf 