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Hi reader,
Some weeks the house releases books that rhyme. This was not one of those weeks. Two brand-new books just landed, and they could not sit further apart on the shelf: a sweet small-town romance where the biggest weapon is a cinnamon roll, and an adult fantasy where a married couple is running two separate investigations out of the same bed. One newsletter, the whole range. That is the point.
Here is the reading map.
If you want cozy, small-town, and closed-door: Love at First Brew, by Jennie Wren Foster. Book One of the new Aspen Ridge Romance series. Abby Winters is four months of arithmetic away from losing her late mother's cafe. Then the best pastry chef in the mountain west opens a bakery directly across the street. Dueling chalkboards, a meddling town, and a recipe she has never been able to read. Sweet, rivals to lovers, happily ever after guaranteed.
If you want fantasy, married, and morally grey: The Fracture Courts, by Kira Deveraux. Book Two of the Thornbound Chronicles. Elowen and Caelan saved the realm. Nobody warned them about the marriage. The magic bond that once forced them to share everything has finally given them privacy, and they are both very, very good at secrets. High heat, open door, big political intrigue.
Both are live now, direct from the store: https://www.jlcollinspublishing.com/books
And there is a third new release this week from the mystery side of the house: Silent Echo, a new Silent Code International spy thriller by Jessie Clark. More on that Monday.
A small subscriber thank-you: you are on this list because you wanted the whole shelf, not a single lane. If a friend keeps asking you what to read next, forward them this email. New readers can subscribe right from the site.
Want the books before anyone else? I am building Read It First, the JL Collins Publishing launch team: free advance copies in exchange for an honest review, across every pen name in the house. Reply to this email and tell me which worlds you want early (mystery, romance, romantasy, or non-fiction) and I will add you to the right team. As a thank-you for joining, I will send you a pack of subscriber-only bonus scenes.
One quick reply makes my whole weekend: which world are you in the mood for this week, the bakery or the border? Hit reply and tell me.
Happy reading,
Lori Collins
Publisher, JL Collins Publishing
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