Wondering ‘What should I read next?’ Baking from the Heart by Sophie Mays.

A sweet baker is missing a key ingredient in her life…could it be him? Emma is the responsible one. The oldest sister of five siblings. The one who is good at baking, and accounting, and making sure that everyone else is taken care of. She’s also the one who has quietly accepted that she will never have her own epic love story. Perhaps some people simply aren’t lucky at love.
 
Worse still, she's lost the one thing she is supposed to be good at, her talent in the kitchen.
 
With the new family business taking shape, Emma has been put in charge of overseeing all the baking at the soon-to-be-opened ranch resort. Thankfully, family connections run deep in Serenity Falls and there's a new family friend who just may be able to help Emma out of her rut.
 
Determined to get her mojo back, Emma finds a friend and mentor in a local baking legend. But it is her new friend’s grandson, Gavin, that adds an unexpectedly complicated ingredient to her life recipe.
 
Will Emma find a way to bring the magic back to her baking? And could her own perfect love story unveil itself if she allowed a handsome helping of spontaneity into her life?
 
Or is a woodcarving man who rides a motorcycle a little more spice than Emma can handle?
 
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Wondering ‘What should I read next?’ Living for Today by Charlotte Golding.

Stella Britton continues to build a new life for her and her teenage daughter in the cozy beach town she's come to love. Her gallery is thriving and she's making friends, but the secret of her past hangs heavy over her head.
 
And the past just won't let her go. Her ex keeps sending letters that yank her back into the terrible events that ruined the life she'd thought was near perfect. Her daughter has a budding relationship with a boy she knows nothing about. There's so much uncertainty in spite of the good she's found in Sunset Beach.
 
When her friend's brother asks her out on a date, she just can't find the courage to say yes. He's handsome and confident and most women would be over the moon that he showed interest. Stella isn't ready, especially with the other worries on her mind.
 
Juggling the past, present, and future is a struggle Stella isn't handling well. Maybe a new start isn't all it's cracked up to be. Can Stella can find the courage to confront her ex and the issues from the past? Will she finally accept that her daughter has a right to grow up? If so, she just might be able to grab the future she deserves.
 
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Wondering ‘What should I read next?’ How to Outline a Romance Novel: Fiction Writing Skills for Romance Authors by Julie L. Spencer.

Strong outlines create strong stories.
How to Outline a Romance Novel takes a complex topic and breaks it down into an easy-to-use outline framework. This simple-to-follow book introduces concepts in a straightforward manner so you spend less time being overwhelmed.

In How to Outline a Romance Novel, you will learn:

• What makes a romance novel different from other fiction.
• Why we get overwhelmed trying to learn story structure and outlining.
• What is the difference between outlining and plotting, and why do we often use them interchangeably.
• Why most story-structure frameworks don’t work for a romance novel.
• How to frame your story without beating your head against a brick wall.
• The basics of the romance outline broken down into a framework upon which to build a romance novel.

Are you bogged down while trying to outline your romance novel? Has learning story structure for romance novels left your head spinning? How can you know romance readers’ expectations, and how best to incorporate them so readers want to devour every word you write? A multitude of resources teach how to structure romance novels, but most of the resources are complex and confusing.

Bestselling, multi-genre novelist Julie L. Spencer shares her method for building simple, yet solid, outlines as the framework for every romance novel you write.

Build solid outlines—and take your stories to the next level!
 
 
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**Reader warning: This book is a little more spicy than I would normally share and contains some swearing - No "F" words**

Wondering ‘What should I read next?’ Captivating Captain by Leigh Jenkins.

There was a time, Project Viper’s enigmatic drummer Graham O’Neal believed in Happily-Ever-Afters.
It’s not easy to change course on a cruise ship – even harder when you’re falling in love with the captain
 
Fiona
New job. New cruise ship. Fresh start.
 
Should be simple to move on from the mess of my past, right? Where better to distract myself than learning the ropes aboard the Sargasso Star?
 
Then Griffin in his spiffy officer’s whites messes everything up.
 
Losing myself in his deep, smoky gray eyes is the wrong thing to do. But when he winks and grins, I know the attraction is mutual and nothing – not even a hurricane – can keep us apart.
 
Griffin
It’s not often a gorgeous woman challenges me to a game of darts. Fiona – feisty and smart, witty and bold – more than holds her own at my favorite Caribbean pub. She’s plain impressive.
 
Gorgeous.
 
Who could blame a sailor for wanting more? No regrets, that’s how I like to live my life. No complications.
 
So, how did a night of passion in port turn into such a complicated mess?
 
Blame the gods of the sea.
 
Or blame love. Destiny. Fate.
 
Either way, Fiona is a catch I have no intention of letting go.
 
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Wondering ‘What should I read next?’ unBEATable by Arya Matthews.

There was a time, Project Viper’s enigmatic drummer Graham O’Neal believed in Happily-Ever-Afters.

That belief went up in flames when his fiancée jilted him two weeks before the wedding.

Three years later, Graham’s okay and resolved to never be beaten by love again.

That resolve is challenged when stylist and unabashed fangirl Micah Redwood joins his band’s support team. Graham couldn’t care less for the new addition and her overly enthusiastic ways, but when Micah snaps him out of pre-show jitters then jumps to protect one of his bandmates from an aggressive “fan”, Graham is forced to take a second look.

Adventurous, kind, and patient Micah chips right through the ice around Graham’s heart. Where once he wasn’t enough, with Micah he feels like the center of the universe.

But just as Graham decides to give love a second chance, he discovers that Micah has a lot more to lose than he does by becoming the girl who restores his faith in happy endings (and himself).
 
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Wondering ‘What should I read next?’ You're Mine: Clean Contemporary Romance Box Set by Lilia Swan.

Handsome. Firefighters. Romance. Second chances.
You’re Mine collection includes two novels featuring firefighters following their hearts as they willingly take risks for the one they love.
 
The Secret Baby
My ex is back in town with a newborn baby in her arms. There’s no way I’m the father… right? But she ignores me and is cold as ice. She needs my protection more than ever but she has a dark secret that is driving a wedge between us. Time is running out and I need to claim her even if her hidden truth destroys me.
 
Rescue Me
Hot guy + EX-WIFE = too much drama in my book. Except this cute Christian firefighter has me thinking twice, though. He checks all the boxes and it all feels so perfect until he reveals a secret that could tear both of our worlds apart at the seams.
 
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