Wow, what an incredible week of fabulous books by wonderful authors, awesome giveaways, and great giveaways! Our Summer BBQ Recipe Roundup wraps up today with DESSERT! We’ll also learn more about Michelle Hazen’s BREATHE THE SKY, set in the Mojave Desert. Don’t forget—you can catch up on this week’s recipe roundup at the links below, and have chances to win books by commenting on those posts, too. Thank you for following along all week! We’ll be back with another recipe roundup in the Fall! Day 1, an appetizer with Lynn Austin: https://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=10708 Day 2, a main course with Dylann Crush: https://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=10709 Day 3, a side dish with Elise Hooper: https://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=10710 Day 4, a bread recipe with Vanessa Riley: https://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=10711 Day 5, a dessert with Michelle Hazen: https://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=10712 *** In BREATHE THE SKY, Mari is a wildlife biologist, taking jobs deep in the Mohave Desert to hide from an ex-husband who won’t take divorce for an answer. She keeps to herself, scooping endangered species out of harm’s way on construction sites. Until she gets assigned to Jack Wyatt, the grouchy construction foreman who is the terror of all the other biologists. But he meets his match in Mari–the soft-spoken biologist won’t…

In UNBREAK ME, LJ Delisle is a Haitian-Creole cowboy with a heart as big as his smile. When he meets Andra Lawler, she’s living like a hermit on her family’s horse ranch and has barely spoken to a man in years. She’s been through hell, and when LJ shows up in her life, a girl might be forgiven for thinking he was a gift from the karma fairy, here to make up for all the hard knocks she took in her early twenties. Here are five ways he turns the head of a woman who had sworn off men for life: He knows his way around a kitchen When LJ wants to make friends, he takes a tack few men ever try: he bakes her a cake. When he sees her collection of TV dinners, he’s so horrified he makes her dinner and spaghetti spins quickly into cooking lessons that start out with warm companionship and start to spark into flirtation. But ladies, how can you resist a man who can cook? Andra sure can’t. Animals love him LJ and Andra meet when he gets a job training her horses: specifically her baby horses! She’s won over by how gentle…

Michelle Hazen is back with INSATIABLE, the next standalone in her Sex, Love, and Rock & Roll series. When a sex addict lead singer falls into friendship with a hard rock diva, he must fight their attraction or risk ruining her life. Fans of rockstar romances will devour this angsty yet heartwarming story about a bad boy who’s a good man. 5 Reasons to Look Forward to INSATIABLE Fashion porn Ava and Jax are both rock stars and have lots of occasions to dress up. I picture Ava as kind of a hard rock version of Lady Gaga, so her fashion is appropriately edgy and trendsetting. She’s got a thing for outrageous shoes that are often more like sculptures, and there are a bunch of gorgeous ball gowns in this book, for all the various characters. This is a great book for anybody who loved to play dress up as a kid. Boxing I know, this isn’t exactly a traditional addition to a romance novel, but in this one there’s at least one fist fight (boys will be boys, am I right?) and some of the more organized, in a ring, kind of boxing because it is (surprise!) one of…

Writes: Music-lover’s romance. My latest release PLAYING THE PAUSES, standalone Book #2 in the Sex, Love, and Rock & Roll series, hits the shelves on March 5, 2018. About Author: Nomadic romance author seeks readers for vivid, unforgettable rock star romance. Features a Life of the Party, Queen of the Spreadsheet tour manager heroine and a dark, quiet-souled tattoo artist/bassist who also happens to be a Dom. What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: Would give their favorite fuzzy throw blanket for a strong alpha male who wasn’t a jerk Craves a series full of found family, bromance, and absolutely unconditional friendship Dreams of a happily ever after that feels real Drools for a man’s quick fingers on the frets of a bass guitar Would definitely be besties with a badass tour manager who has the whole music industry wrapped around her little finger, but isn’t too good to break a sweat toting speakers Wants a romance with a Real Man who will take charge—especially in the bedroom—but doesn’t get all bossy and patronizing the rest of the time Giggles over tour bus hijinks with roadies and the band Has a Pinterest page full of gorgeous tattoo designs…

When he fixes something When he’s not afraid to model…nude. When he cleans. Or cooks. Or even better…cooks and THEN cleans. When he loves the things you love, and supports your art.   When he makes you laugh Spoiler alert: In A Cruel Kind of Beautiful, Jacob does ALL of these things… A CRUEL KIND OF BEAUTIFUL by Michelle Hazen Sex, Love, and Rock and Roll #1 If you can’t get to the Big O, can you get to the happily ever after? Jera McKnight loves music, swoons for hot guys, but sucks at sex. Jacob Tate is her perfect storm: a pun-loving nude model with a heart as big as his record collection. When a newspaper-delivery accident lands him in her living room, he’s almost tempting enough to make her forget she’s never been able to please a man–in bed or out of it. Sure, he laughs at her obscure jokes, and he’ll even accept a PG-rating if it means he gets time with her, but he’s also hiding something. And it has everything to do with the off-limits room in his apartment. Jera pours all her confusion and longing into her drum kit, which pays off when her…