Julie Anne Long brings us the second in her series set in a rural California community with Wild at Whiskey Creek, and brace yourself, because it will grab you and refuse to release its grip until you’ve turned the very last page.

Glory Greenleaf wants out of Hell Canyon in the worst way. She has her guitar and a voice that she expects will take her far—if she can ever get away. But if the Greenleafs didn’t have trouble, they’d have nothing at all. So things keep popping up to interfere with her ambitions. Then there’s Eli, whom she’s adored for years—right up to the moment he arrested his best friend, Glory’s brother Jonah.

Sheriff Eli Barlow has been in love with Glory since he was 12. However, before he could dredge up the words to tell her so as an adult, The Arrest happened, and Glory has been furious with him ever since.

But Glory and Eli have a hard time staying away from each other. Neither can forget the night passion exploded between them. It barely went farther than a hot-as-hell kiss, but put them in the same room, and they’ll gravitate together every time.

Wild at Whiskey Creek is a marvelous, nuanced journey of a man and a woman who have truly adored each other since they were children. But in order to be together, they must battle personal demons and try to rise above their ascribed places in the small town they’ve lived in their entire lives. Julie Anne Long has long been an auto-buy for me, because she entertains her readers, making us laugh and cry and fret along with her characters—heck, sometimes this reader does all three at the same time.

Susan Andersen is a New York Times bestselling author of 23 romance and romantic-suspense novels.

Jessica Lemmon returns to her Billionaire Bad Boys series with The Billionaire Next Door, in which a a fun-loving, party-boy billionaire falls hopelessly in love with a woman nursing a broken heart with many secrets to hide.

Taggert “Tag” Crane runs the food and drink establishments inside the popular Crane hotels. He’s the life of the party, so it’s a no-brainer that he’s in charge of creating the perfect aesthetic for the bars. But while creative, Tag lacks business acumen and is struggling with how to brand and market Crane hotels’ newest string of bars.

But it all starts with a dog—a very loud Great Dane to be exact.

Tag has had just about enough of the Great Dane downstairs and its incessant barking, but when he goes to complain, he isn’t expecting to see an attractive woman acting as dog-sitter.

Rachel Foster is a dog-sitter by day and bartender by night, despite her background in marketing. Her reasons for taking odd jobs are her own, and she’s reluctant to give up her secrets to the good-looking Tag, no matter how often he seeks her out. But it’s hard to ignore Tag’s charm—and that man-bun—so she offers to help him with marketing designs for his new bars. However, what begins as fun flirtation soon turns to something much more instense.

Tag’s carefree demeanor is infectious. He keeps things light and casual, which is just what Rachel needs. The way he supports her and builds her up, especially in her talents as a marketer, is nearly tear inducing, even though he looks like a gruff mountain man. Rachel’s tenderness is palpable, and many readers will relate to the fragility that only comes with a terrible heartbreak.

The Billionaire Next Door is a great addition to Lemmon’s Billionaire Bad Boys series, and it does a wonderful job introducing the third, mysterious brother Eli. Fans who have read the first book, The Billionaire Bachelor, will easily recapture the warm, nostalgic feelings of reading about the Crane brothers’ exploits. But those new to Lemmon’s books will undoubtedly have a new author to love with this sweet, slow-boiling and sexy romance.

New York Times bestselling author Susan Donovan knows what a girl wants, and it has nothing to do with roses or a box of candy.

Tanyalee Marie Newberry, aka Taffy, is the perfect package, with long blonde hair, a string of pearls and a buff body. But we soon learn that her perfect-looking life has been fraught with difficulties since the untimely death of her parents when she was 5 years old.

Taffy has a mean streak, struggles with kleptomania, has major relationship issues, and she has made a huge mess of her life. She has used and abused everyone who ever cared about her—her sister, her grandfather, her first husband.

Fortunately, two months in an Arizona rehab center has helped her turn a corner, and she is ready to try and make things right. That is, until she’s seated next to a gorgeous hunk on her flight home to Podunk North Carolina—a man with a past every bit as complicated as her own—DEA agent Dante Cabrera, a recuperating alcoholic who is drawn to women with a lot of “crazy.” Taffy, in more ways than one, is a perfect fit.

At the center of this romance are two warm-hearted people, both struggling to make amends for bad decisions they’ve made in the past. The chemistry is there from the beginning when they spend a sexy layover together in an airport hotel, but the real story goes much deeper as they each face their own demons.

Through the many twists and turns of the story, one thing remains crystal clear: Dante is stuck on this particular piece of candy and he’s not going anywhere. And if Taffy’s decision to make amends is an honest one, there is good reason to believe that she and Dante will finally make a relationship work.