Friday, December 5, 2025

ARC Opportunities: December 4, 2025

 

 If you are looking for a new author/your next read consider being an ARC reader/reviewer I have been doing a lot of ARC reads this year and finding a lot of new to me authors with amazing books that don't always get the hype that the more popular authors get.  

Leaving reviews matter especially for Indie authors the more reviews that a book has the more it gets shown to others as an option to read.  

Thank you for supporting Indie Authors 💓

If you are an author with an upcoming ARC opportunity and want me to place it in my next ARC opportunities blog post let me know!  

I've added good reads links for if you are interested in the book but can't commit to the ARC read and review timelines.   These ARC opportunities were taken from the authors original posts. 

Please let me know if you end up signing up for any of these and what you think of them!  Would love to hear back and I'm always adding to my TBR.  

*I try to not submit duplicates from week to week but I have been doing the arc opportunities post for a few months now and I'm sure that a duplicate might slip in from time to time.

Jillian Arly:  The Perfect Assist

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241208075-the-perfect-assist

 

Sign up link: https://www.lovenotespr.com/the-perfect-assist?fbclid=IwY2xjawOegDNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE1NzZmOGFEUUYxdHRaaU5jc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsLNdIIoL7nc9HTDeeDVhKzKgos-PXA0c4Ejk8xJpAYP8pzoXgM5yHEOLHim_aem_yN2crqjUc_FIVXMjEZYyOQ

 

If you love a down bad, single dad who uses nicknames in another language, especially when he sees that she is ✨PIERCED✨..

You will LOVE The Perfect Assist!

🏒Hockey Romance

🔥Single Dad

🏒Mutual Pining

🔥Team Captain x Yoga Instructor

🏒Forced Proximity

🔥Black Sheep FMC

🏒”Eyes on Me”

Coming January 8!

 

Lynell Miles:  Viral Desire

Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243040520-viral-desire

 

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Ophelia is a woman of simple she has a job she likes, a fiance she loves, and an apartment that’s her refuge. Her life is turned upside down by the revelation that her fiance is not so content. In a bid to spice up their sex life, he brings home a state of the art android.

Sam is just a machine. A machine that seems strangely invested in her love life, her mental health, and her sense of fulfillment in life. She’s sure it’s just a quirk of his programming that he comes across so possessive… at least, until he does the impossible by telling lies and refusing commands.

 

Kristen Pastrano:  Checking her out:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244661207-checking-her-out?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wkRLRWrWG2&rank=1

 

Sign up link:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqpcDJnWuqG8xEZCclRWyWFGGYvGbihOWOkampGRNrfPGv6w/viewform

 

Tessa Lane prefers books to people—especially loud, cocky hockey players who think the world revolves around them. So when she’s assigned to tutor Liam Hayes, the university’s star forward and certified trouble magnet, she expects a headache… not a full-on emotional crisis.

Liam needs her help to stay eligible. Tessa needs the money.
Neither needs the sparks that ignite the moment they meet.

What begins as snark, banter, and strictly professional study sessions turns into slow-burn tension neither can ignore. Beneath Liam’s swagger, Tessa finds a boy carrying more than he admits. Beneath her walls, he finds the one person who sees him—really sees him.

But when a dangerous secret from Liam’s past comes to light, their fragile trust shatters, threatening his career, her heart, and everything they’ve built.

To win her back, Liam will have to fight harder than he ever has on the ice… and prove that love means choosing growth, honesty, and each other—even when it hurts.

A steamy, enemies-to-lovers college hockey romance about messy hearts, impossible chemistry, and the kind of love worth fighting for.

Daniel J. Formoso:  The Teleport Company

Good reads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244146167-the-teleport-company?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=p7JvMpuVxD&rank=2

 

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Dr. Ren Franco, a reclusive genius, has achieved the impossible: quantum teleportation. Her company, TTC, is poised to upend global commerce, making shipping lanes and cargo fleets obsolete with a technology that can move anything, anywhere, in an instant. The promise is a cleaner, more connected, and more efficient world.

But progress has a price, and the old order will not go quietly.

A shadowy consortium of titans from the legacy transportation industries, led by the brilliant and ruthless strategist Bora, launches a war to preserve their empire. What begins as corporate espionage and media manipulation quickly escalates into a brutal, multi-front campaign of sabotage, political assassination, and outright terrorism. Bora's forces attack TTC's network from every angle, turning public opinion against Ren and weaponizing her own technology to frame her as a criminal mastermind.

As the attacks become deeply personal, threatening her company, her team, and the woman she loves, Ren is pushed to the brink. With her life's work on the verge of being corrupted or destroyed, she is forced to confront the most dangerous application of her technology: the teleportation of human life.

To save her vision, Ren must risk everything. But in a world where her every move is watched and every vulnerability is exploited, can she outmaneuver a phantom enemy who is always one step ahead? Or will the cost of building a better future be her own humanity?

 

Meg Riley:  The Fall Line

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244050974-the-fall-line?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23

 

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I have a secret: I’ve never been kissed.

At least, not before I married the world’s hottest pro skier and world-renowned playboy.

The deal? Stay married until I secure my inheritance and keep my café, and he convinces his sponsors he’s changed his womanizing ways.

Easy… except Jett plays the part of devoted husband a little too well.

He’s sweeter than he lets on. He teaches me how to ski, how to date…

How to kiss.

He’s protective and calls me wife.

Our marriage might be the most meaningful relationship Jett Landry has ever had. And somewhere along the way, what started as a PR stunt has stopped feeling pretend.

Now I’m wondering if the man every woman wants, might actually want me.

Ruth York:  War of Monsters

Good reads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243659959-war-of-monsters?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ctm2NZOMK4&rank=1

 

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Shadows speak to lost shepherds. Broken bodied Aberrations roam the land.

And Raylen has just been exiled from the Knight’s Temple.

Come with me to the north.

There is no reason to trust a stranger, much less a charismatic mage hungry for more power. But his entreaty brings a new sense of purpose, and guarding him would not only provide coin, but give Raylen the chance to investigate the rumors whispered in alleyways and at fire lit tables. Of shadows stalking the forests and fields, of death on the wind, of things never meant to exist.

A mage, a thief harboring secrets of his own, and a disgraced initiate. They shouldn’t be enough. But in a city where every law of magic is broken in the summoning of nightmarish Aberrations, they may be the last hope.

As the darkness closes in, Raylen knows only one absolute the shadows have teeth, and they are coming for her.

Sasha Cross:  One Night with the Silver Fox

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244395434-one-night-with-the-silver-fox?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=LAPsqG6Rtz&rank=2

 

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I was hired to fix his festival… not to ride his face and his tractor in the same 24 hours.

The plan was run the Harvest Festival, prove myself, and leave with my dignity intact.
I didn’t realize the job came with a brooding, silver-fox vineyard owner who looks at me like I’m the storm that’ll ruin his harvest.

We clash on sight.
He builds walls. I hang wildflowers on them.

He hates my ideas, my chaos, my sunshine—until the night he didn’t.

One storm.
One fight.
One kiss that turned into an unforgettable night.

Working beside him is a delicious torment. One glance, one quiet breath, and I can still taste the vintage on his lips.

Somewhere between spilled wine and the quiet tenderness he shows his nephew, I start wanting more than his body.

When I discover his family vineyard is about to go under, I make a reckless choice.

If he finds out, he’ll never forgive me.
If I don’t, everything he loves falls apart.
Either way, I’m the one who will break him.

Rue Wilde:  Kiss me Like you Love me

Good reads:  Did not see a link yet

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I’m putting together a small, dedicated group of readers to help launch Kiss Me Like You Love Me, Book 2 in the Angelica Crane series, and you do not need to have read Book 1 to join.

This one can be read as a standalone.

If you love:

💋 Steamy, high-stakes romance

🖤 Alpha, obsessive men

🔥 Plot-driven twists

👀 Exclusive early access

💬 A private community to scream with

…then this team is for you.

ARC readers get:

📘 The ARC of Kiss Me Like You Love Me

📂 Bonus content + teasers

🎥 Shareable promos

🖤 Behind-the-scenes secrets

📣 A front-row seat to the release of Book 2

 

M.A. Wardell:  Peaches & Pucks

Good reads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242996582-peaches-and-pucks?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=iLuWRxXSKi&rank=1

 

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One hotel room. One bed.
Zero chance of keeping it professional.

Harry
When I agreed to chaperone the boys’ hockey team, I thought my biggest challenge would be pretending to understand the rules—not being stuck sharing a hotel room with Darius Hall. The P.E. teacher. The human whistle. The man who’s made my Mondays miserable for years.

But somewhere between the bus ride, the tense semifinal, and one very small bed, I start to realize the worst part of Darius Hall might be how much I like him.

Darius
I’ve spent years pretending Harry Peterson doesn’t get under my skin. Easier to tease him than admit I notice everything—his color-coded lesson plans, the cedar-and-coffee smell, that unguarded laugh.

Now we’re stuck sharing a hotel room, and I’m running out of excuses for the way I feel. One bed. One night. And suddenly I can’t decide what’s harder to handle: his endless commentary or how much I miss it when he stops talking.

Peaches and Pucks is a heartwarming novella of rivalry and unexpected connection, where sparks just might fly—on and off the ice

Ava M. Rose  Dawn of Crescentia

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Book One - Dawn Of Crescentia is releasing February 2026.

If you love:

💜Fantasy -Romantasy

💙Gods and Goddesses

💜Dragons & Mythical Creatures

💙Bonded to -Dragons

💜The Scholar - The Healer

💙Fierce Heroine - Devoted Love Interest

💜Soul Bond - Found Family

💙Quest Cunning Trickster

💜Wicked Villain - Power Jealousy Rivalry

Realms of Etheria is an adventure filled romantasy set in the first universe ever created. Etheria is divided by light and shadow. ruled by Primordials and their legendary dragons.

Dawn of Crescentia. the first book in the series, focuses on Selenia, Goddess of Crescentia--gentle and kind, yet powerful and astute. Her bond and powerful friendship with her Lunaron Dragon, Silvara, is as fierce as it is unbreakable When Selenia falls for Ashlen, the erudite God of Everwood, something powerful awakens.

As their fated bond begins to flourish, humans arrive-curious and more consequential than anyone could have expected. Their arrival disrupts the balance of the realms and forces the Primordials to confront threats they never`imagined.

How would you feel if you were living alongside the immortals who created you? What lengths would you go to become one of them?

 


Thursday, December 4, 2025

Jillian Arly: Behind the Bench


 Green Bay Bobcats book 1:

goodreads.com/series/423732-green-bay-bobcats

Ellie (FMC) has been working hard to reach her goals her whole life she has been a shining star in a male centered sport Hockey but she's just as qualified as any man when it comes for going what she wants and what she wants now is the assistant coach spot for an NHL team when she finally lands her dream job she feels nothing could possibly go wrong... or could it? 

Ellie goes to meet who she'll be working with and the head coach is Lincoln Scott her childhood enemy... how could this be happening right now?  To make matters worse the other assistant coach keeps throwing barbs at her like she didn't earn her spot just like he did... only when she expects to not get much help from her head coach when it comes to this matter he keeps proving her wrong... maybe he is on her side after all.

Lincoln has been fighting demons his whole life coming from a broken home with an abusive father Ellie was at the heart of some of his problems... and seeing her again in person is bringing back old feelings that he has been trying to push down for years but even with these thoughts coming back to haunt him it's not her fault that he feels that way and she keeps proving how hard of a worker she is, she is a brilliant player and has what it takes to help re-shape this team and help push it in the direction in needs to go.  Ellie has been battling things in her own life and hasn't had the dream life that everyone seems to think. 

Working in close proximity there are other feelings coming into play it is no longer animosity but something stronger and most definitely not work related thoughts.  Ellie and Lincoln try to fight what's happening between them and with the help of their best friends trying to push them closer together and their own growing feelings the heat between them becomes a full blown inferno.

But what happens now?  What are they? --> friends with benefits and a secret?  since their relationship can't get out to the public Ellie is already struggling to prove that she can make it in a man's world the last thing she needs is for people to know that she's in a relationship with her boss.  If they can't make their relationship public are they doomed to fail before it even begins?  

If you are in your Hockey Era this is a nice change up with our FMC also being a coach the author knows hockey which is also a plus for our hockey book.  The slow burn felt super slow at times and some of the chapters were a bit repetitive back to back with dual POV and telling the story from Ellie's side in one chapter and the same story from Lincoln's side in the next it felt like the story wasn't moving forward as well as it could have (slower/stilted pacing) and leading to the book being longer than it needed to be.  

I enjoyed the interactions with the side characters and I'm looking forward to the next in the series.  

*Hockey Romance *Childhood Rivals  *enemies --> More  *Co-workers  *Secret relationship *Forbidden relationship *NHL  *boss  *MMC dealing with PTSD  *Dual POV  *slow burn  *spice  

*leads in their 30s  *some miscommunication *first book for this author

Trigger warnings:  Discussions of past history of DV --> check triggers before reading

marlissa Cunningham: Catalyst

  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/235671217-catalyst Book Blurb: "Elissa, you are the worst princess I have ever met, and by far, m...