Season 5 Holiday Mashup Book Reveal!

Season 5: Holiday Mashup - Coming October 23rd

Books for season 5 are on LOCK 🔥😍🔥 .

Hey y'all, Bridget here. My goal this season was to give Shani the 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗬 season of her dreams. She's doing me right by introducing me to historicals this season (ep 9 comes out Friday!), and so I wanted to give her this gift. Especially since she had such a shitty time getting back to LA and knew she needed some smutty anxiety relief 😉

Enjoy my justifications on why these books fit into the holiday season 😂🤗😘

🎃 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 🎃

The Warlord Wants forever by Kresley Cole

  • One of Shani's all-time fav PNR books had to start off our Halloween season.

  • Ruthless human warlord turned vampire needs a bride for the power it will bring. Falls for a mad fey and steals the jewel that will give him power over her. He’ll let her go, will she come back.

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Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken

  • Highly recommended by Insta friends! Stoked to get into some Dragon men sexy times

  • It's not always easy being a female warrior with a nickname like Annwyl the Bloody. But just once it would be nice to be able to really talk to a man, the way she can talk to Fearghus the Destroyer. Too bad that Fearghus is a dragon, of the large, scaly and deadly type. With him, Annwyl feels safe—a far cry from the feelings aroused by the hard-bodied, arrogant knight Fearghus has arranged to help train her for battle. With her days spent fighting a man who fill her with fierce, heady desire, and her nights spent in the company of a magical creature who could smite a village just by exhaling, Annwyl is sure life couldn't get any stranger. She's wrong..

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Shades of Wicked by Jeaniene Frost

  • Rogue, rakish ancient vamp and a pnr enforcement heroine? YES PLS

  • Master vampire Ian is unrepentant, shameless…and every shade of wicked. He’s made one too many enemies in his two centuries of existence, including Dagon, a demon who now lays claim to his soul. Ian’s only chance to escape Dagon is to join forces with a Law Guardian, but he’s never been able to abide by the rules for long. Veritas’ normal role is police, judge, and jury to reprobates like Ian. But she has her own ax to grind with Dagon, so if she can use Ian as bait…well, all’s fair in law and war.

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🗽 𝗩𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬 🗽

The Unsung Heroes by Suzanne Brockman

  • My OG romance novel. I LOVE Suzanne Brockman and action romance. My sister Ann is coming to guest on this with me!

  • After a near-fatal head injury, navy SEAL lieutenant Tom Paoletti catches a terrifying glimpse of an international terrorist in his New England hometown. When he calls for help, the navy dismisses the danger as injury-induced imaginings. In a desperate, last-ditch effort to prevent disaster, Tom creates his own makeshift counterterrorist team, assembling his most loyal officers, two elderly war veterans, a couple of misfit teenagers, and Dr. Kelly Ashton-the sweet "girl next door" who has grown into a remarkable woman. The town's infamous bad boy, Tom has always longed for Kelly. Now he has one final chance for happiness, one last chance to win her heart, and one desperate chance to save the day . . .

  • **Not the steamiest in this series, but thought it was important to go back to where it all began!

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Officer off limits by Tessa Bailey

  • HAD to get some Tessa Bailey dirty talk into Season 5 since she missed her in season 3! YOU GUYS, this description got me good.

  • Despite her father’s warnings and Daniel’s troubled past, Daniel and Story can’t resist their intense attraction to one another. But when the reason for her fiancé’s abrupt wedding cancellation comes to light, can Story and Daniel's already forbidden relationship survive?

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🦃 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗦𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 / 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦 🖼️

Work for it by Talia Hibbert

  • TALIA! Crushed the Brown sisters this summer and wanted to include her PNR novella but no audiobook for Shani 😭, soo I did some finagling with the dates and got in a different book.

  • A hot, angst-filled, M/M romance featuring a cynical city boy, a gruff, soft-hearted farmer, and a guaranteed happy-ever-after. No cheating, no cliff-hangers, just love. (Eventually.)

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Fakers by Lucy Lennox & May Archer

  • Oooo!! Recommended highly as a great m/m romance with smalltown and cowboy vibes! and the second I saw the words “pushes you up against a barn door” in the description.

  • When returning to Licking Thicket, TN, for the first time in ten years to reunite with your nosy neighbors, heart-broken ex-girlfriend, and matchmaking mama who never quite believed you were gay, it’s best to bring a fake boyfriend as backup...

    Just don’t be surprised when your ex-girlfriend does the same.

    And when her incredibly hot fake boyfriend becomes the one island of calm in a sea of bovine-based insanity, it’s best to exercise caution… especially when he pushes you up against the rough barn wall to check you very thoroughly for splinters...

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Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon

  • So we were originally planning to do Rafe, but it isn’t on audiobook so we switched to Xeni, which I must admit was a very close second, and since they can standalone, I figured why not! And there is pegging ;)

  •  It features a woman sick to death of her family's sh*t and a plus-size Scotsman who just wants to make sweet, sweet music. And love.

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🎄 Naughty Xmas ☃️

The Beast by Katee Robert

  • This may change to "Gifting me to His Best Friend" which is a Xmas novella by Katee. The audiobook may not be done in time so I chose The Beast instead! My justification was that since in the movie they have some snowy Xmas vibes!

  • I know it is a stretch but we HAD to do a Katee Robert. WE HAD TOO!!! Because I read Your Dad Will Do and it was HOT AF (treat yo self). AND Shani and I love the Beast and this is an erotica retelling where she’s banging Beast and Gaeton (and they’re banging each other).

  • Once upon a time, I fell in love with two men. Their feelings for me were matched only by their hatred for each other. Gaeton, with his brash charm and casual cruelty. Beast, his lust equal to his penchant for violence. Being with them was sinful and perfect in different ways. In the end, I couldn’t choose, and I lost them both.

    Now, my sisters have tasked me with securing our power base, no matter the cost. I will do anything for my family—even if it means agreeing to the terms set by Gaeton and Beast. The three of us. Together. But only for as long as it takes me to choose one of them once and for all.

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Ribbens and Os by R.E. Hargrave

  • What is promising to be a STEAMY novella to make us feel the holiday spirit.

  • Carina Anderson has had a craptastic year. It’s not a surprise that by the time Christmas rolls around, she’s ready to lock her doors and hermit the season away—until a chance encounter forces her outlook to change. With her newfound attitude, Carina takes a wild leap and lands herself in a world she never dreamed of. A world she’ll soon find she can’t get enough of.

    Dr. Elijah Davies has been counting down the days until he can return to England—and the creature comforts of his playroom. Now used to the hustle and bustle of London, he’s only come back to Hooksett as a favor to his eccentric uncle. But when an adorable and oh-so-sexy elf crosses his path, Elijah decides his visit to the small New Hampshire town might not end up being so boring after all.

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