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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart β€” Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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One disastrous night. One devastating man. One diabolical proposition.


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He’s stubborn. She’s tougher. His kid? Already picked the bride.


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A small-town second chance wrapped in danger, desire, and Sharon Sala heart.


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She came home to save the ranch… and found the cowboy she never forgot.


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From reality TV heartbreak to real-life reinvention.


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A missing twin. A deadly cartel. One K-9 team caught in the crossfire.


Played! by J.L. Merrow

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Also by J.L. Merrow:

Blow Down, July 2016
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To Love a Traitor, September 2015
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Played!, July 2015
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Heat Trap, March 2015
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Caught!, August 2014
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Relief Valve, March 2014
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Fall Hard, September 2013
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Wight Mischief, November 2011
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Pricks and Pragmatism, October 2010
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PLAYED!
By: J.L. Merrow

Shamwell Tales #2
Samhain Publishing
July 2015
On Sale: June 30, 2015
Featuring: Tristan Shamwell; Con
ISBN: 1619225743
EAN: 9781619225749
Kindle: B00U3M60TU
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Romance LGBTQ | Romance Contemporary

All the world’s a stage...but real-life lessons are hidden in the heart.

The Shamwell Tales, Book 2

Though Tristan must join his family’s New York firm at summer’s endβ€”no more farting around on stage, as his father so bluntly puts itβ€”he can’t resist when Shamwell’s local amateur dramatics society begs him to take a role in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The bonus: giving private acting lessons to a local handyman who’s been curiously resistant to Tristan’s advances. Not only is Con delicious, there’s fifty pounds riding on Tristan getting him in his bed.

A late-diagnosed dyslexic, Con’s never dared to act, convinced he’d never be able to learn his lines. But with Tristan’s help, he takes the chance. Trouble is, the last time Con fell for a guy, he ended up getting his heart broken. And with Tristan due to leave the country soon, Con is determined not to start anything that’s bound to finish badly.

Just as Tristan thinks he’s finally won Con’s heartβ€”and given his own in returnβ€”disaster strikes. And the curtain may have fallen forever on their chance for happiness.

Warning: Contains a surfeit of Bottoms and asses, together with enough mangled quotations to have the Bard of Avon gyrating in his grave.

Shamwell Tales

Caught!
CAUGHT!
#1.0 β€’ August 2014
Played!
PLAYED!
#2.0 β€’ July 2015

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