Title: Two for Holding Series: Minor Penalties, Book One Author: S.B. Barnes Cover Artist: Tuisku Hiltunen Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 10/28/2025 Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 280 Genre: Contemporary, gay, athletes, coming out, enemies/rivals to lovers, in the closet, slow burn/UST, San Francisco, sports/ice hockey, self-esteem issues, “practice with me” trope, anxiety attacks…

Title: The Devil's Garden Author: Jack Bumgardner Publisher: NineStar Press Cover Artist: Mandy Porto Release Date: 10/21/2025 Heat Level: 2 - Fade to Black Sex Pairing: NB/NB Length: 366 Genre: Contemporary, Crime, enemies to lovers, hurt/comfort, poetry, small town, law enforcement, mental illness, prison, fugitives, road trip Add to Goodreads Description Otho Linker is a gay man living in a small Southern town.

Title: Rom-Com for Dummies Author: Tom Diggs Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 08/26/2025 Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 89500 Genre: Contemporary, MM romance, open relationship, friends to lovers, cooking, heirloom farming, humor, lawyers, writers, soap opera Add to Goodreads Description Gabe’s only rule in life? Avoid married men at all costs.

Title: Dream Swimmers Series: The War Between Cedar and Oak, Book Two Author: Jo Carthage Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 07/29/2025 Heat Level: 2 - Fade to Black Sex Pairing: Male/Male, Female/Female/Male (Female/Female interaction) Length: 47400 Genre: Historical Fantasy, anti-colonialism, bisexual, conflict, dark lord, dark prince, East Africa, Fantasy, historical fiction/1800s, hurt/comfort, insurgents, lesbian/sapphic, lit/genre fiction, mages/magic users, pirates, porqué no los dos, romance, sexual assault, torture/whips, woman mage, Yemen…

Title: The Coach’s Daughter Series: Good Sports, Book Four Author: Alex Winters Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 07/22/2025 Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex Pairing: Female/Female Length: 24600 Genre: Contemporary, Romance, sports, new adult, lesbian, university, running team, freshman, father/daughter relationship Add to Goodreads Description Hastings’ life is finally on track: a freshman on the Haversham University cross country team, independent, and on her own for the first time in nineteen years, she’s fit, frisky and finally free of the constraints of living back home in smalltown South Carolina.

Title: Locke & Co. Author: E.J. Tett Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 07/08/2025 Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex Pairing: Female/Female Length: 78500 Genre: Paranormal, Lit/genre, paranormal, urban fantasy, lesbian, immortal, tree spirit, leprechaun, werewolf, angel, incubus, addiction, magic user Add to Goodreads Description Immortal Allery Locke has been tasked with finding the key that opens doors to other dimensions.

Title: To Defend a Damaged Duke Series: Regency Rossingley, Book Two Author: Fearne Hill Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 06/17/2025 Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 76700 Genre: Historical Romance, historical romance, gay, UK, aristocracy, rich man/poor man, second chance romance, hurt-comfort, humorous, slow burn, reunited, opposites attract, scoundrels, brothel owner, horses, horse racing, scheming ingenues…

Title: The Spy Series: Princes of Toval, Book Three Author: Mell Eight Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 06/10/2025 Heat Level: 1 - No Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 57800 Genre: Historical fantasy, adventure, baking, magic, missing person, MM Romance, politics, royalty, spies Add to Goodreads Description After spending two years away at culinary school, learning the arts of baking and magic, all Karl wants to do after graduation is return home to the kitchen where he grew up.

Title: A Flash of Golden Fire Series: The Arrow and the Flame, Book One Author: AE Lister Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 06/03/2025 Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 337 PAGES Genre: Historical Fantasy, action/adventure, age gap, BDSM, pirates, sailors, hurt/comfort, magic/magic-user, menage, foul-mouthed bird Add to Goodreads…