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Tay Marley’s Sidelined: The QB and Me movie starring Noah Beck and Siena Agudong is getting a sequel!

It’s official: Sidelined: The QB and Me is officially getting a sequel at Tubi!

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[ARC REVIEW] “My Darling Jane” (The Darlings #2) By: Ilsa Madden-Mills

The second book in The Darlings series is here! Jane and Jasper’s love story is available now.

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Happy Book Birthday to Rebecca Jenshak’s “Playbook”!

The second book in Rebecca Jenshak’s Holland Brothers series is here! Playbook is a grumpy/sunshine fake dating football romance, and follows honorary Holland brother Brogan!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Mine to Gain” (Queen City Chaos #2) By: Maggie Rawdon

The second book in Maggie Rawdon’s Queen City Chaos series is out now!

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Happy Book Birthday to Maggie Rawdon’s “Mine to Gain”!

“Mine to Gain,” the second book in Maggie Rawdon’s Queen City Chaos series is here! Wishing the happiest of book birthdays to Maggie – the book is out now, and is free to read on Kindle Unlimited!

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[COVER REVEAL] “Playbook” By: Rebecca Jenshak

The cover reveal for Brogan’s book is here! “Playbook” is a fake dating professional football sports romance, and will release July 25th – the synopsis will be revealed soon!

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[COVER REVEAL] “Bright Lights & Summer Nights” (Black Tie Billionaires #3) By: Kat Singleton

The third and final book in Kat Singleton’s Black Tie Billionaires is just over a month away (releasing June 20th), and today I’m so excited to help Kat reveal the cover and synopsis!

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[COVER REVEAL] “Mine to Gain” (Queen City Chaos #2) By: Maggie Rawdon

The second book in Maggie Rawdon’s Queen City Chaos series is releasing on June 20th, and I’m so excited to help reveal both covers! “Mine to Gain” follows Cooper and Beatrix, both characters who we’ve met in previous books, and I can’t wait to read their love story!

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[COVER REVEAL] “Seattle Phantom” Series by: Maggie Rawdon

To celebrate the anniversary of 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐢𝐱, Maggie Rawdon is releasing Anniversary Illustrated covers for all three Seattle Phantom novels!!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Rival Hearts” (Queen City Chaos #1) By: Maggie Rawdon

Read my review of the first book in Maggie Rawdon’s Queen City Chaos series, “Rival Hearts”!

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[REVIEW] “Before the Chaos” (Queen City Chaos #0.5) By: Maggie Rawdon

The prequel to Maggie Rawdon’s new Queen City Chaos series is here!

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Happy Book Birthday to Maggie Rawdon and “Rival Hearts”!

Happy Book Birthday to Maggie Rawdon and the first book in her new football romance series, “Rival Hearts”!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Something Like Love” (Chicago Grizzlies #3) By: Piper Rayne

The final book in Piper Rayne’s Chicago Grizzlies series, “Something Like Love,” is here, and it’s time for Cooper and Ellery to (finally!) get their own happily ever after.

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Anticipated Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult February 2024 Releases

Check out a few of my most anticipated February releases! From young adult, to new adult, to adult!

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Happy Book Birthday! (February 6, 2024)

Check out two awesome books that just released today — Jessica Cunsolo’s conclusion to the With Me series, and Piper Rayne’s conclusion to the Chicago Grizzlies trilogy!

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[COVER REVEAL] “Hit Me with your Best Shot” Sports Romance Anthology

After months and months of teasers and trope reveals, I’m so excited to get to reveal the cover for the new sports anthology, “Hit Me with your Best Shot,” which releases on March 15th!! What is the Hit Me with your Best Shot anthology about? “They may dominate the field and rule over a million […]

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[COVER REVEAL] “Rival Hearts” by: Maggie Rawdon

I’ve loved reading about the Westfield brothers, and now I’m so excited to get to see their sister Madison get her happily ever after! “Rival Hearts” is releasing on February 8th, and I’m so happy to help reveal the cover (both the normal cover, and the discreet one) today!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Something Like Lust” (Chicago Grizzlies #2) By: Piper Rayne

Damon Siska’s love story is here! Read my review for the best accidental pregnancy book I’ve ever read — the book is available now!

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[ARC REVIEW] “It Should Have Been Us” By: Anna B. Doe

We’re going back to Bluebonnet Creek! The first book in Anna B. Doe’s new series, “It Should Have Been Us” is available now!

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[ARC REVIEW] “My Darling Bride” By: Ilsa Madden-Mills

Check out my review of Ilsa Madden-Mills’ new marriage of convenience football romance!

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[EXCERPT] “Wild Card” (Seattle Phantom Football #3) By: Maggie Rawdon

Read an excerpt of Maggie Rawdon’s “Wild Card”!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Wild Card” (Seattle Phantom Football #3) By: Maggie Rawdon

Check out my review of the third book in Maggie Rawdon’s Seattle Phantom Football series!

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[COVER REVEAL] “Wild Card” By: Maggie Rawdon

The newest book in Maggie Rawdon’s sports romance series, WILD CARD, is releasing on October 12th! I’m so excited to help reveal the cover!

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[COVER REVEAL] “Something Like Hate” By: Piper Rayne

Check out the two covers of Piper Rayne’s football sports romance, “Something Like Hate,” releasing on September 26th!

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Happy Book Birthday to Rebecca Jenshak’s Football Romance “Scoring the Player”!

Happy Book Birthday to Rebecca Jenshak’s new adult college football romance, “Scoring the Player” — out now!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Scoring the Player” (Campus Wallflowers #3) By: Rebecca Jenshak

Check out my review of “Scoring the Player,” the third book in the Campus Wallflowers series! This fake dating football sports romance is out now!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Pick Six” By: Maggie Rawdon

Check out my review of “Pick Six,” the newest sports romance from Maggie Rawdon!

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Happy Book Birthday to Maggie Rawdon’s Fake Dating Sports Romance, “Pick Six”!

Happy Book Birthday to Maggie Rawdon and “Pick Six”!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Over My Brother’s Dead Body, Chase Andrews” (Kingsmen Football Stars #3) By: Piper Rayne

Check out my review of the final book in Piper Rayne’s Kingsmen Football Stars series, “Over My Brother’s Dead Body, Chase Andrews”!!

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Happy Book Birthday to Maggie Rawdon and”Reverse Pass”!

Happy Book Birthday to “Reverse Pass,” the fourth book in Maggie Rawdon’s Plays & Penalties series!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Reverse Pass” (Plays & Penalties #4) By: Maggie Rawdon

Check out my review of Maggie Rawdon’s newest sports romance book, “Reverse Pass”!

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[ARC REVIEW] “You Can’t Kiss the Nanny, Brady Banks” (Kingsmen Football Stars #2) By: Piper Rayne

Check out my review of the second book in Piper Rayne’s Kingsmen Football Stars series, “You Can’t Kiss the Nanny, Brady Banks”!

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Happy Book Birthday to “You Can’t Kiss the Nanny, Brady Banks”!

Happy Book Birthday to the second book in Piper Rayne’s Kingsmen football series, “You Can’t Kiss the Nanny, Brady Banks”!!

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[COVER REVEAL] “Reverse Pass” By: Maggie Rawdon

The next (fourth) book in Maggie Rawdon’s Plays & Penalties is releasing on March 2nd! I’m so excited to get to help reveal the dual cover reveal — for the standard book and the discreet cover — today!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Personal Foul” by Maggie Rawdon

Check out my review of Maggie Rawdon’s college football enemies to lovers romance, “Personal Foul”! (and yes…there’s only one bed)

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Happy Book Birthday! (January 26, 2023)

Happy Book Birthday to C.W. Farnsworth’s PRETTY UGLY PROMISES and Maggie Rawdon’s PERSONAL FOUL!!

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[ARC REVIEW] “You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows” (Kingsmen Football #1) By: Piper Rayne

Check out my review of Piper Rayne’s new second chance NFL football romance “You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows”!

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[REVIEW] “False Start” (Kingsmen Football Stars #0.5) By: Piper Rayne

Check out my review of “False Start,” the prequel to Piper Rayne’s “You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows”!

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Happy Book Birthday to “You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows”!

Happy Book Birthday to Piper Rayne’s new second chance NFL romance “You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows”!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Kiss to Salvage” (Blairwood University #7) By: Anna B. Doe

Check out my review of Anna B. Doe’s “Kiss to Salvage,” the second book in the Shattered & Salvaged duet within the Blairwood University series!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Sneaking Around with the Player” (Holiday with the Players #2) By: Rebecca Jenshak

Check out my ARC review of Rebecca Jenshak’s holiday novella, “Sneaking Around with the Player” — out now!

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[REVIEW] “Snowed in with the Player” (Holiday with the Players #1) By: Rebecca Jenshak

Check out my review of Rebecca Jenshak’s holiday novella, “Snowed in with the Player” — out now!

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Happy Book Birthday to “Sneaking Around with the Player”!

Happy Book Birthday to this brother’s-rival holiday romance!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Kiss to Shatter” (Blairwood University #6) By: Anna. B. Doe

Check out my ARC review for Anna B. Doe’s “Kiss to Shatter,” the newest book in the Blairwood University series!

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[EXCERPT] “Kiss to Shatter”(Blairwood University #6) by: Anna B. Doe

Check out an excerpt of Anna B. Doe’s emotional college romance “Kiss to Shatter,” releasing on November 18th!

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[COVER REVEAL] “The Kiss List” (STFU #2) By: Maya Hughes Edition

Check out the cover of the next book in the STFU series by Maya Hughes, “The Kiss List”!!

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Happy Book Birthday to “Kiss and Tell”, the first book in Maya Hughes’ St. Francis University series

Happy release day to “Kiss and Tell,” the first book in Maya Hughes’ new St. Francis University series!

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[ARC REVIEW] “Kiss and Tell” (STFU #1) By: Maya Hughes

Read my ARC review of the first book in Maya Hughes’ new college football romance series, “Kiss and Tell”!

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Top Reads of 2021

Happy New Years Eve! 2021 has been a wild ride, and I’m excited to see what new bookish adventures 2022 brings!

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