Do you like books with cats featured in them?

I’ve joined up with over a dozen other authors who have written books that feature cats and having a giveaway. Cats that talk, cats that stalk, cats that balk (don’t all cats?), cats that walk…all over you, probably. In all genres. Mysteries with cats, paranormals with cats, sci-fis with cats. And my contemporary romance. With cats.  All you have to do is decide which book or books you wish to download through Bookfunnel and sign up for the author newsletters to get your free copies.

If you haven’t read my Texas Hook-Up yet, now’s your chance to download it (legally) for free. And don’t forget that there’s a link at the end of Texas Hook-Up for a second novella featuring Jeff and Brian, the two cats who get up to more mischief in Gettin’ Hitched.

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A tale of misjudgment, forgiveness and a second chance at love.

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I am a woman in a male trucker’s world, which means I’ve developed a thick skin and a potty mouth over the years. When an EMT that I sorta kinda like decides he doesn’t like me, no skin off my nose. I can take Quinn’s snark and dish it right back at him. Until he finally realizes he’s in the wrong about me, and he goes and does something decent, like apologizing. Now what do I do with him?

QUINN

I come from a screwed-up family that I admit affects how I judge people. When I overheard Mia talking about living with someone named Jeff while she was dating my buddy Brody, I jumped to the wrong conclusion and I’ve been giving her grief ever since. I’ve finally realized I screwed up. Big time. So I’m trying to prove how sorry I am but she’s making me jump through hoops. Rightfully so.

Being around Mia, away from her truck, has let me see the soft squishy parts behind the thick armour she’s donned. But going from hating someone to trusting them is a long swing. Now I have to convince her—and myself—I’m worth the effort.

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Over 2 dozen Canadian Christmas romances!


I’ve joined with other Canadian romance authors  Elle Rush, Donna Alward, Karla Doyle, Jackie Lau, Freya Barker, Kelly Jamieson, Toni Anderson, ‘Nathan Burgoine, Elena Atkinson, TB Mann, Kimberly Ann, Kimberly Hanson, and Suzanna Medeiros to share over two dozen Canadian Christmas romances and romantic thrillers.

My book All I Need for Christmas is a super spicy erotic romance and is available as an ebook, paperback and now also as an audiobook through Audible and Apple Books.

So if you love Canadian-set romances, don’t miss these books!

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In the past three years, Megan has only been sexually satiated a few times. A few glorious, hot, submissive times, with an emphasis on submitting.

Oh, it’s not because she’s single. It’s because her  sexy, dominant sculptor boyfriend, Ryan Porter, lives half a country away. She spends her time patrolling the Arctic as a Mountie, while Ryan spends his time creating art in central Ontario. Ryan bends metal and wood to his will to reveal their hidden beauty, the same way he does with her…in the bedroom.

But Megan wants—needs—more from their long-distance relationship than phone sex and longing, and Ryan, too, has realized he craves more from Megan than her occasional submission. With their annual holiday sex-fest upon them, can they stoke the flames that burn between them into the best Christmas gift of all?

Prefer to Hear Your Books?

If you prefer audiobooks so you can listen to them while driving or just relaxing, my super-steamy All I Need for Christmas is now available  for order as an audiobook from Audible and also from Apple Books. This erotic romance is one you might want to put your earbuds in or wear headphones while listening if the kiddies are around. Just sayin’ 🤣

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In the past three years, Megan has only been sexually satiated a few times. A few glorious, hot, submissive times, with an emphasis on submitting.

Oh, it’s not because she’s single. It’s because her sexy, dominant sculptor boyfriend, Ryan Porter, lives half a country away. She spends her time patrolling the Arctic as a Mountie, while Ryan spends his time creating art in central Ontario. Ryan bends metal and wood to his will to reveal their hidden beauty, the same way he does with her…in the bedroom.

But Megan wants—needs—more from their long-distance relationship than phone sex and longing, and Ryan, too, has realized he craves more from Megan than her occasional submission. With their annual holiday sex-fest upon them, can they stoke the flames that burn between them into the best Christmas gift of all?

Spark of Attraction is now available at all your favourite vendors

As the title says, Spark of Attraction, my small town blue collar romance is now available at all your favourite vendors: Barnes & Noble, Kobo (including the Kobo Plus subscription program), Scribd, Smashwords, and all your favourite libraries (though you may have to request your library order a copy.)

To the hundred people who have already left at review for Spark of Attraction on Amazon, thank you, thank you, thank you! To my wide readers, please don’t forget that leaving a review helps other readers find it too! It doesn’t have to be a long 3 paragraph statement, just a simple “I loved this book” or “Mal and Ellie were really cute together!” That’s all it takes. Thanks!

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Malcolm
I always keep my promises. Like the one I gave to my best friend that I’d never date his little sister, Ellie. While I got my electrician’s license and started my own business in my home town, Ellie moved away to the city and got married. Now widowed, Ellie has returned to Port Paxton and discovered the house she’s moved into has electrical problems, so I’m the first one she calls. That’s when the sparks really fly. Looks like my promise is about to go up in smoke.

Ellie
When I moved away from Port Paxton to the city, I thought I’d like the opportunities, the festivals, the faster pace. I quickly learned city life could also be lonely. Now I’ve moved back to my hometown and taken over a gorgeous Victorian house that needs tender loving care. When my secret high-school crush Malcolm Walsh walks in to solve my electrical issues, a spark of attraction flares between us. But will that spark grow into a smoldering long-term affair or will it sputter and fade away?


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Please drop me a note if you want to purchase it through Google Play. Also, Spark of Attraction is still available to purchase through Amazon, but will no longer be downloadable through the Kindle Unlimited program. If you downloaded it before I removed it from the KU program, it should still be in your library and you will still be able to read it so you don’t need to buy it again.

 

It’s Stuff Your eReader Day!

Or this time, DAYS, plural. Because this promotion has become so popular (thanks to Tiktok readers), instead of being forced to scroll through the numerous choices in a single day, Zoe had extended the promo so you now have three days, starting today, to choose your favourite free titles.

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So for the next three days you can download Unashamed, my MFM contemporary romance novella, for free! And better yet, it’s available through all your favourite vendors.

To make it even easier to find my book, when you get to the main Romance Bookworms page, choose which vendor you wish to download your books from (Kindle, Nook, Apple, Google, etc)  then you can find my books by pressing CTRL+F (Windows) or COMMAND+F (Mac) and type in Braemel or Unashamed (or any other favourite authors or titles you wish to look for.)  You can also find it in the Erotic Romance category.

Click on the yellow button below or on the graphic above to be taken to the Romance Bookworms site (that text is also a link) where you can start find Unashamed, along with the 2400+ other titles. Have fun!

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Unashamed

When contractor Max Moretti overhears home owner Hayley discussing a ménage fantasy, he and his partner Noah McNaughton plan to fulfill her fantasy.

One passion-filled night turns into two, and Max and Noah find themselves faced with a bigger challenge—convincing Hayley that forever is better with three.

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Texas Tangle available for 99 Cents!

For those of you who recently found my books, you may not have had a chance yet to read Texas Tangle, a full length, small town, erotic MFM contemporary romance. Originally published by Carina Press, it’s got a new cover, and an epilogue that wasn’t included in the original version. The summer it was released as one of Carina Press’s launch titles, it reached #1 on the Kobo Books site, along with being #1 erotic romance on Amazon for several weeks. So in honour of that accomplishment, and in hopes new readers will fall in love with it too, I’ve lowered the regular price of the digital version from $4.99 to 99¢ for this week only and, for a limited time, is available for that price at all your favourite vendors.

 

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After her cheating ex-husband stole her trust and her brother stole everything else, horse breeder Nikki Kimball is intent on reclaiming her independence. When her carefree neighbor Dillon Barnett and his enigmatic best friend Brett Anderson offer to help her out, both in the stable and the bedroom, Nikki relearns how to trust and discovers joy.

Ten years ago, the two friends fought a bitter battle for their high school crush. Although Brett longs to be the man in Nikki’s life, he is forced to decide if he is willing to lose Dillons’ friendship to gain her heart.

As their unusual relationship progresses, Nikki is faced with a conundrum she never expected to face. While her heart wants them both in her life, in her bed, society demands she choose between the two men. Now Nikki has to decide what price she is prepared to pay to keep the happiness and independence she’s finally found.

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If you already own or have Texas Tangle, but haven’t read the epilogue, you can download your copy here.

Texas Hook-Up now available at all your favourite vendors

After being in Kindle Unlimited for the last six months, Texas Hook-Up, book 4 in the Barnett Springs Romance series, is now available through Apple, Google Play, Nook, Kobo, Smashwords, and all your favourite vendors. It is available through Kobo Plus if you’re a member of that service, and will also be available through most library systems such as Overdrive (Libby), Palace Marketplace amongst others. If you can’t find it at your favourite library, you can ask for them to order it for you.

What’s that? It’s like a Buy One, Get one deal? Yup, I wrote a 70 page short story to follow up on Quinn’s & Mia’s relationship called Gettin’ Hitched. And it’s free! The link to download it is at the back of the book, both on the digital versions and the paperback. So buy or borrow Texas Hook-Up and download Gettin’ Hitched for free!

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A tale of misjudgment, forgiveness, and a second chance at love.

MIA

I am a woman in a male trucker’s world, which means I’ve developed a thick skin and a potty mouth over the years. When an EMT that I sorta kinda like decides he doesn’t like me, no skin off my nose. I can take Quinn’s snark and dish it right back at him. Until he finally realizes he’s in the wrong about me, and he goes and does something decent, like apologizing. Now what do I do with him?

QUINN

I come from a screwed-up family that I admit affects how I judge people. When I overheard Mia talking about living with someone named Jeff while she was dating my buddy Brody, I jumped to the wrong conclusion and I’ve been giving her grief ever since. I’ve finally realized I screwed up. Big time. So I’m trying to prove how sorry I am but she’s making me jump through hoops. Rightfully so.

Being around Mia, away from her truck, has let me see the soft squishy parts behind the thick armour she’s donned. But going from hating someone to trusting them is a long swing. Now I have to convince her—and myself—I’m worth the effort.

What do readers have to say about it? Well, as featured in the graphic above, Sharon from Simply Love Book Reviews  calls it “…fun, steamy, and emotional…”

But Amazon readers have also said:

“WOW! Exciting, intense, drama and romance! Fantastic writing and great characters. “

“Wow I loved this story it is a really awesome read “

“Great fast read with fun banter, some truth and amazing apologies that grabs you with each turn of the page.”

So if you haven’t read it already, now you have multiple places where you can buy it (or borrow it.) And if you have already read it, please do this author a favour and leave a review on your favourite site. (Don’t forget to review/recommend it on Bookbub if you’re a member there.)

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Spark of Attraction is now available!


Hot new release! 🎉 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 is available now from Amazon & Kindle Unlimited!
A paperback version is also available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound and Books-a-Million. It is gradually populating through the stores outside of North America as well.

Malcolm
I always keep my promises. Like the one I gave to my best friend that I’d never date his little sister, Ellie. While I got my electrician’s license and started my own business in my home town, Ellie moved away to the city and got married. Now Ellie has returned to Port Paxton and discovered the house she’s moved into has electrical problems, so I’m the first one she calls. That’s when the sparks really fly. Looks like my promise is about to go up in smoke.
Ellie
When I moved away from Port Paxton to the city, I thought I’d like the opportunities, the festivals, the faster pace. I quickly learned city life could also be lonely. Now I’ve moved back to my hometown and taken over a gorgeous Victorian house that needs tender loving care. When my secret high-school crush Malcolm Walsh walks in to solve my electrical issues, a spark of attraction flares between us. But will that spark grow into a smoldering long-term affair or will it sputter and fade away.

𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒: 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔
Whether they’re construction workers, carpenters, roofers, plumbers, welders, mechanics, electricians, factory machinists, metalworkers, trash collectors, cement workers, movers, heavy-equipment operators, tow truck drivers, oil rig workers, or canoe builders, these blue-collar heroes all have in two things in common:
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆…
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Join your favorite instalove authors for 15 steamy love stories featuring blue-collar men who work hard and fall hard when they meet the women who steal their hearts.
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Excerpt 🪜 🔦 🪛

“Have you been having any other electrical issues? Do I need to check out the lights in your bedroom?”

She narrowed her eyes at me and scowled. “My bedroom is just fine, thank you.”

Shit. “I’m not planning to…” I swallowed the first word that jumped onto my tongue and substituted, “get into your bed.” I waved my hand at her outfit. “I figured you couldn’t see when you were getting dressed. If your lights aren’t working upstairs, I can look at them, too.”

Ellie glanced down and shrieked the word I’d self-censored, then raced out of the kitchen, papering her path with more f-bombs and a few s-bombs too. Her rapid thump-thump-thump up the stairs and along the hallway traced her path. The dishes in the cabinet behind me rattled as she slammed shut the door directly above the kitchen.

Before I’d stuck my size-ten steel-toed boot in my mouth, I’d intended to ask her where I’d find the fuse box. Without being able to ask her, I figured the basement was a safe place to start.

Hauser House had been built in the days when they laid stone walls with slate slabs over packed earth. A single incandescent bulb swung from the middle of the room, casting long shadows over everything. Creepy. But going into people’s basements, whether modernly finished or ancient pits like this one, was part of my job. To be honest, it wasn’t the worst basement I’d been in. That honor belonged to my grandparent’s old farmhouse, which may be why I have a fear of old basements even now.

Luckily, the basement was empty, so I didn’t have to move piles of furniture or boxes to get to the fuse box tucked behind a newish gas furnace. Since the light didn’t reach this corner, I shone my flashlight over the fuse panel.

After assuring myself that Ellie had turned off the main power, I leaned in closer, examined the fuses, and removed several, muttering, “What the fuck?”

I doubted old Mrs. Hauser, the previous owner, had screwed in these fuses. From what Joshua had told me, she’d been an old lady who hadn’t been able to manage stairs for years. Which meant someone else had put the entire house at risk. Perhaps it had been Ellie’s dead husband or maybe old Mrs. Hauser had hired some handyman who didn’t give a fuck what amperage he used. Whoever had done it, if I met them, I’d sound them with my damned threading driver.

“What’s wrong?”

I jumped because I hadn’t heard Ellie’s approach. How long had she been standing there? Had I voiced my threat aloud?

She descended the rest of the stairs, her lips pressed together in an expression totally different from any I’d been familiar with back in high school. Hesitant. Insecure? The high school Ellie I’d known had been confident, outgoing. Bubbly and chatty, always smiling. Someone had burst her bubble, changed her. Would her husband’s death have done that? Or had something happened to her that had deflated her self-confidence?

High school Ellie wore pink sweatshirts with teddy bears on them, soft comfortable jeans if she was in school, or when at home, fuzzy pants, equally inscribed with teddies or bunnies, and her feet encased in fuzzy slippers complete with floppy bunny ears. Grown-up Ellie wore a dark-green t-shirt with a graphic that said “If Only Sarcasm Burned Calories” beneath a thick pink sweater that looked hand-knitted, neon purple yoga pants which clung to her curves, and—I bit back my urge to laugh—fuzzy pink slippers complete with bunny ears.

It took all my effort not to gather her in my arms and cuddle her. Tell her everything would be all right.

For a brief period in high school, I had seriously considered dating her. After a debate about the wisdom of dating my best friend’s sister, I’d given in to temptation and kissed her once, planning to ask her to be my date at my prom. Two days later, her brother made me promise to never approach Ellie for the rest of my life. A blood oath too, not a simple pinky swear. I don’t know if he’d seen us or if Ellie had confessed that I’d kissed her, but I’d had to make a choice between my best friend and his sister.

The ancient bro code won, and I’d stayed home instead of attending my prom.

In return, I’d demanded Josh make the same promise not to pursue my older sister Chantel, not that it was any hardship on his part because he and Chantel couldn’t stand each other, and at the time, I suspected Chantel preferred her own gender over guys. Something she later confirmed when she brought home her college girlfriend and announced they were a couple.

But now here I was, over twenty years later, and those old feelings stirred up again, making me imagine Ellie in my bed. Me in her bed. Us getting down and dirty on the stairs. On the kitchen table. Me on top of her, her on top of me.

Spark of Attraction also available in print

For those of you who prefer to read your books on paper, rather than digital, Spark of Attraction will be available as a 5×8 paperback. While you can preorder it now, copies won’t be sent out until July 21st, the same day the digital version drops. Spark of Attraction will be available to buy on-line through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your regular favourite on-line book stores (it takes a while for the various stores to populate the titles through their systems so more links may be added in the coming weeks.) Because of the nature of self-publishing, you will not be able to find it by walking into a brick and mortar store—it can only be ordered online.

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Malcolm
I always keep my promises. Like the one I gave to my best friend that I’d never date his little sister, Ellie. While I got my electrician’s license and started my own business in my home town, Ellie moved away to the city and got married. Now widowed, Ellie has returned to Port Paxton and discovered the house she’s moved into has electrical problems, so I’m the first one she calls. That’s when the sparks really fly. Looks like my promise is about to go up in smoke.

Ellie
When I moved away from Port Paxton to the city, I thought I’d like the opportunities, the festivals, the faster pace. I quickly learned city life could also be lonely. Now I’ve moved back to my hometown and taken over a gorgeous Victorian house that needs tender loving care. When my secret high-school crush Malcolm Walsh walks in to solve my electrical issues, a spark of attraction flares between us. But will that spark grow into a smoldering long-term affair or will it sputter and fade away?

Available at Amazon -- this link will take you to your country's Amazon storeBarnes & Noble online store, link takes you to the paperback version

Coming Soon! Spark of Attraction

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On July 21, I have a brand new novella coming out as part of the Good With His Hands series with 14 other authors featuring blue collar workers. For my story, Spark of Attraction, Malcolm is an electrician who owns his own business in the small lake-side town of Port Paxton in south-central Ontario, Canada. He is called to Ellie Hauser’s house when she plugs in her microwave and sparks start shooting out of the outlet. Malcolm and Ellie have known each other their whole lives and shared a single kiss back in high school. Then Ellie’s brother put a stop to those shenanigans by demanding Malcolm swear a blood oath that he never hit on Ellie again. Now Ellie’s back in town and once again the sparks are flying and not just from Ellie’s old Victorian’s decrepit electrical system.

While it’s part of the Good With His Hands collaboration, it will be available in digital through Kindle Unlimited until October, then I’ll take it wide. I will also be putting it out as a paperback for those who prefer to read that way.


Cover image, title text in brushed metal says Spark of Attraction, in white text author name Leah Braemel, all in front of a handsome man in a blue denim shirt that is open exposing his chest. He has dark hair and beard

Malcolm
I always keep my promises. Like the one I gave to my best friend that I’d never date his little sister, Ellie. While I got my electrician’s license and started my own business in my home town, Ellie moved into the city and got married. Now widowed, Ellie has returned to Port Paxton and discovered the house she’s moved into has electrical problems, so I’m the first one she calls. That’s when the sparks really fly. Looks like my promise is about to go up in smoke.

Ellie
When I moved away from Port Paxton to the city, I thought I’d like the opportunities, the festivals, the faster pace. I quickly learned city life could also be lonely. Now I’ve moved back to my hometown and taken over a gorgeous Victorian house that needs tender loving care. When my secret high-school crush Malcolm Walsh walks in to solve my electrical issues, a spark of attraction flares between us. But will that spark grow into a smouldering long-term affair or will it sputter and fade away?