Conceal Your Pockets: July sixteenth Launch Week!

Welcome again to Conceal Your Pockets!

A lot of fascinating picks this week, although they do skew closely on the modern romance aspect. Have any of you observed that we aren’t getting a ton of historic romance debuts or new books? Or am I simply out of the loop?

Which books are in your listing this week? Drop ’em within the feedback!

• The Au Pair Affair

  

  A sports activities rom-com a couple of burly, surly, single dad who falls head-over-hockey-stick for his quirky live-in nanny…

  Tallulah is wise, vivacious, and finding out to be a marine biologist. She’s additionally twenty-six and broke. So when Burgess, a battle-scarred hockey veteran and newly single dad, provides her a job as his live-in nanny, she jumps on the alternative to receives a commission whereas residing in a brilliant fancy neighborhood and being round Lissa, his cool however introverted tween.

  Her tween cost isn’t the one one who might use some assist becoming in, although. In keeping with…properly, everybody besides Burgess, he must get again on the courting scene, and adventurous Tallulah is simply the woman to indicate him how. However as boundaries are slowly crossed and Burgess finds himself pulled between his daughter, who desires her mother and father again collectively, and his insane chemistry with Tallulah, an enormous rift is shaped, and Tallulah does the “proper” factor—breaks her personal coronary heart and walks away.

  Although Burgess is aware of it’s for the most effective—he’s too jaded, with an excessive amount of baggage—an opportunity assembly, and a brand new push from his daughter, forces him to place all the pieces on the road and combat to show he discovered his classes properly and is worthy of a fortunately ever after with Tallulah.

  Elyse: I beloved the primary ebook on this collection.

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• The Design of Us

  

  One impulsive lie results in a weeklong journey of faux courting for 2 bickering coworkers on this swoony vacation spot wedding ceremony rom-com.

  Sunshine incarnate Bhanu brings massive UX vitality to no matter she does, together with going for the promotion the place her solely critical competitors is her work nemesis, AKA Sunny, the grump with the Denzel voice. She anticipated to get a reprieve from him whereas visiting her household in Hawai’i, however the universe has different plans. When Bhanu runs into Sunny on the lodge and witnesses his ex criticizing him about being single, Bhanu does the very first thing that involves she impetuously claims to be Sunny’s girlfriend simply to get some peace and quiet. Besides Sunny is on island for a pal’s wedding ceremony and his ex has already texted your complete wedding ceremony celebration about this mysterious girlfriend.

  Bhanu actually is the bane of Sunny’s existence. However the very last thing he desires to do is trigger rigidity throughout his pal’s wedding ceremony festivities, a lot much less be the item of their pity. He has no alternative besides to play alongside, if solely he and Bhanu can put apart their quarreling and act like an actual couple.

  Between Bhanu’s hilariously meddling household and Sunny’s ecstatic buddies, the 2 are pushed nearer collectively, whilst stress mounts over the upcoming promotion.

  They are saying what occurs on island, stays on island. However as Sunny and Bhanu let their guards down, will both of them have the ability to withstand this romantic getaway with out crossing the road?

  Shana: I’m a easy woman. Give me a bunch of my favourite tropes and a ravishing cowl and I’ll drop all the pieces to learn this ebook.

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• The Ex Vows

  

  Estranged exes should stick shut collectively to avoid wasting their greatest pal’s wedding ceremony after a string of disasters on this swoony and steamy second-chance romance.

  Georgia Woodward lives by her lists, none extra so than the one about her ex, Eli Mora. It’s filled with the ironclad dos and don’ts they’ve been following since she returned to the Bay Space after their cataclysmic breakup 5 years in the past.

  With the marriage of their mutual greatest pal, Adam, looming, and them about to step into their roles as greatest girl and man, Georgia’s by no means wanted it extra. She refuses to threaten their tight-knit pal group along with her messy—and nonetheless very current—emotions. The principles on that listing will maintain her cool, calm, and compartmentalized.

  What’s not on her listing? Eli arriving from New York with a brand new rule-breaking perspective or the all-inclusive venue burning to the bottom, leaving the bride and groom in dire straits. Nor does she anticipate Adam asking her and Eli to assist him make a miracle occur. Collectively.

  As Georgia and Eli rush as much as Napa Valley to tug off the proper wedding ceremony, their outdated chemistry comes again in technicolor. Someplace between cake tastings gone incorrect, disastrous DJ auditions, and Eli’s heated consideration, Georgia begins recognizing the person she fell in love with earlier than. And if she lets herself break her guidelines, she would possibly discover what they’re constructing isn’t the one thing outdated that ruined them—it’s an opportunity at one thing new.

  Aarya: I’ve seen nothing however glowing critiques for this.

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• Hate to Faux It to You

  

  A waitress masquerading as an influencer and a wildlife photographer are on a collision course with romance–and chaos―in Hate to Faux It to You , a zany fashionable twist on a screwball comedy basic about determining what you actually need – by pretending to be somebody you’re not.

  Everybody will get a glow-up on social media, however Libby Lane’s on-line persona is the fakest of fakes. Cooked up as a joke by Libby and her greatest buddies, Lillibet is the prosperous, healthier-than-thou reverse of her glam-free life on the aspect of Oahu most vacationers by no means see. The phony fronting is all in good enjoyable, till an actual influencer stumbles onto the Love, Lillibet Instagram feed and begins making waves.

  When Hildy Johnson, the bold junior member of a media dynasty, travels to Hawaii to speak to Lillibet about parlaying her way of life model right into a job, Libby and her buddies scramble to take the make-believe to a brand new degree. Complicating the charade even additional is Hildy’s good-looking companion, a wildlife photographer named Jefferson Jones, whose eager eye sees greater than he lets on.

  Between the faux husband, borrowed goats, a made-up vacation, and Libby’s very actual attraction to Jefferson, it’s anybody’s guess which lie will blow their cowl first … particularly since Lillibet isn’t the one one with one thing to cover.

  Dahlia: I beloved Sellet’s witty and charming YA debut, By the Ebook, so I’m already predisposed to take a look at her Grownup debut, however it additionally sounds so deeply filled with hilarious hijinks and ridiculousness in the perfect method.

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• It Needed to Be You

  

  Two contract killers, every with a success out on the opposite, should combat their rising attraction as they face off in an epic recreation of lust and homicide throughout Western Europe.

  When Eva and Jonathan hook up on the sleeper practice from Florence to Paris, they assume they’ll by no means see one another once more. Which is simply too dangerous, as a result of neither has ever felt a spark like this for one more individual. However love isn’t on the agenda of their line of labor.

  Six months later, they run into one another within the Corridor of Mirrors in Versailles. This encounter isn’t by likelihood, as a result of Eva has been employed to kill Jonathan. She’s a contract killer, however what she doesn’t know is that he’s too.

  Their assembly kicks off a high-stakes journey throughout Western Europe. There will likely be tourism. There will likely be our bodies.  Eva and Jonathan would possibly even fall for one another.

  As the 2 get nearer to finishing their assignments, it turns into clear that also they are being hunted—by one thing much more harmful than love. . . .

  Amanda: This sounds so enjoyable and thrilling!

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• Not One other Love Tune

  

  Two string gamers combat their attraction for one another as they compete for middle stage on this spicy and emotional romance.

  Gwen Jackson and Xander Thorne are each musical prodigies, however every has had very completely different paths to success. Xander was born into classical music royalty, whereas Gwen had a pure ear for music that was nurtured by a form store proprietor.

  After Gwen performs at his pal’s wedding ceremony, she’s mortified when she realizes Xander has no clue who she is—regardless of having labored collectively for a 12 months on the Pops Orchestra. However she’s extra livid that he arrogantly critiques her efficiency.

  When Gwen is obtainable the function of First Chair of the orchestra, one thing Xander had secretly coveted for years, their present hostility goes up a notch. However their respect for one another’s music is simple, and their onstage chemistry off the size. As they start to discover their emotions for each other, instantly they’re field workplace dynamite and the delicate romance that’s rising between them is at risk of being crushed beneath a publicity stunt…

  Dahlia: I confess I used to be completely late to Soto’s Neglect Me Not, however I beloved it so deeply I instantly preordered this latest. I can already inform she’s an creator I’ll observe anyplace.

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• Unbelievable You

  

  Hunter: Issues had been going fairly properly for me. My time was full of my jobs and buddies, and my mother and father appeared to have lastly given up on bullying me to go to regulation college. Then all the pieces adjustments within the blink of a watch. One minute I’m educating a yoga class, and the subsequent there’s smoke after which fireplace and with it comes firefighters. One particularly.

  Stace: There are solely three issues that I take severely—my job as a volunteer firefighter, my work with the animal shelter, and my household. Every little thing else? Not a lot. After which we get a name and I find yourself carrying an unbelievably beautiful girl down the steps and I really feel like my complete world has shifted and nothing will ever be the identical.

  Hunter: She lifted me like some hero from a romance film and I couldn’t assist however discover how good she appeared when she took her helmet off and smiled at me. However that’s neither right here nor there. I’ll by no means pursue somebody like Stace. Love doesn’t work out for me, not for any member of my household. It’s simply not in our genes. Why would I join the inevitable downfall that may wreck my life? I’ll maintain my coronary heart complete and intact, thanks very a lot. Stace is the sort of one that calls for all or nothing, and I’ve nothing for her.

  Stace: Hunter is…sophisticated. Closed-off. A problem, to not point out she’s so lovely that she’d make angels jealous. I’ve by no means met anybody who deserves to be seduced and spoiled by affection greater than her. In order that’s what I’m going to do. As a result of I’ve to have her.

  Shana: I really like a butch/femme sapphic pairing and Cameron’s books at all times carry me pleasure.

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• The Duke at Hazard

  

  Don’t miss the second thrilling Regency romance within the Gents of Unsure Fortune collection by KJ Charles…

  The Duke of Severn is among the biggest males in Britain.

  He’s additionally brief, quiet, and unimpressive. And now he’s been robbed, after indulging in a single rash night time with an odd man who stole the heirloom Severn ring from his finger. The Duke has to get it again, and he can’t let anybody know the way he misplaced it. So when his cousin bets that he couldn’t survive with out his privilege and title, the Duke grasps the chance to seek out his ring-incognito.

  Life as an peculiar individual is terrifying…till the nameless Duke meets Daizell Charnage, a disgraced gentleman, and hires him to assist. Racing throughout the nation looking for the thief, the Duke and Daizell fall into scrapes, into trouble-and in love.

  Daizell has been excluded from well mannered society, his title tainted by his father’s crimes and his personal misbehaviour. Now he dares to dream of a life someplace out of sight with the quiet gentleman who’s stolen his coronary heart. He doesn’t know that his lover is a vastly wealthy public determine with half a dozen titles. And when he finds out, it is going to threat all the pieces they’ve…

  Shana: New KJ Charles! My favourite ebook of hers entails a street journey so I’m primed to like this too.

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