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Spotlight – Captivating

13 Thursday Feb 2025

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Captivating

Red Lips & White Liesย #4

by Bella Matthews

Blurb:

Killian St. James was the boy I loved. Now heโ€™s the man I love to hate.โ€ฏย 

To the world, Iโ€™m Americaโ€™s sweetheart. A brand built on fairy tales and love songs that sell millions. But the truth? Iโ€™m not sure I believe in happily ever aftersโ€ฏ.โ€ฏ.โ€ฏ. At least not for me. 

Burned-out and desperate for a break, I return to my hometown, craving quiet and a tiny taste of freedom. But instead of peace, I find a stalker in the shadows, paparazzi on my heels, and a meddling family with their own ideas about my life. 

Everyone insists I need protection, and having my new bodyguard pose as my fake boyfriend makes total senseโ€ฏ.โ€ฏ.โ€ฏ. Not that they asked me. If thatโ€™s not enough, did I mention that Killian is all too happy to volunteer for the job?โ€ฏ 

This MMA champion is brooding, relentless, and inconveniently perfect at keeping me safe. Heโ€™s also unimaginably gorgeous, with a quiet confidence thatโ€™s even sexier than the ink tattooed on his golden skin.โ€ฏ 

But as lines blur and sparks fly, Iโ€™m left wondering if the boy I once loved could be the man I can trust with my lifeโ€ฏ.โ€ฏ.โ€ฏ. and my heart. 

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Bella Matthews is a USA Today & #1 Amazon Bestselling author. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines. Sarcasm is her love language and big family dynamics are her favorite thing to add to each story.

Connect with Bella

Website: www.authorbellamatthews.com  

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20795160.Bella_Matthews 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08NFK9K4M?ingress=0&visitId=8b4845c0-1ab8-467b-ac2a-4ddf36d673fd   

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bella.Matthews.Author   

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bellamatthewsgamechangers   

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bellamatthews.author/   

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Spotlight – Enticing

04 Wednesday Dec 2024

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Enticing

by Bella Matthews

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From USA Today and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes a Single Mom, Marriage Of Convenience, Hockey Romance.

Youโ€™d think a romance author would know better than to fall for her fake husband. Itโ€™s the oldest trope in the book . . . literally. But it turns out writing it and living it are two very different things.

The plan was enticingโ€”marry hockeyโ€™s hottest player so I could receive my inheritance and give my daughters the life they deserve. Iโ€™m already a single mom at twenty-fiveโ€”how hard could it be?

Well . . . the answer is harder than you think because Leo Sinclair is so much more than I bargained for. Six foot, four inches of toned muscle and golden skin wrapped around the most perfectly chiseled jaw and dangerously charming smile. I knew heโ€™d be hard to resist . . . but itโ€™s not just his looks that weaken my resolve.

Itโ€™s the way he wins over my daughters with ease.

The way he sees through my defenses and quiets my fears.

The way he says โ€œmy wifeโ€ like he means it.

Suddenly, this arrangement doesnโ€™t feel so fake. And Iโ€™m no longer sure which of us is playing pretend.

But when love wasnโ€™t part of the deal, will saying โ€œI doโ€ turn out to be his biggest regretโ€”or mine?

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Bella Matthews is a USA Today & #1 Amazon Bestselling author. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines. Sarcasm is her love language and big family dynamics are her favorite thing to add to each story.

Connect with Bella

Website: www.authorbellamatthews.com  

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20795160.Bella_Matthews 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08NFK9K4M?ingress=0&visitId=8b4845c0-1ab8-467b-ac2a-4ddf36d673fd   

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bella.Matthews.Author   

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bellamatthewsgamechangers   

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bellamatthews.author/   

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Spotlight – The Sweet Spot

20 Thursday Jun 2024

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The Sweet Spot

Playing to Win #4

by Bella Matthews

Blurb:

From USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author Bella Matthews, comes a hot new hockey coach, single dad, marriage of convenience, small town romance.

A fake marriage with a single dad wasn’t on my dance card but there are worse ways to start the summer.

Our story didnโ€™t begin the night I agreed to marry Deacon Kane to help him keep his daughter. It started ten years ago, with a hotshot hockey player I couldnโ€™t wait to see each summer. He was big, broad, and filled out his board shorts so damn nicely. But holy hellโ€ฆ The memories of teenage Deacon donโ€™t hold a candle to the man he is now, the one who makes me melt each time he says, “my wife.”

What was supposed to be a marriage of convenience quickly spirals into something else. Something I canโ€™t control. Because this man makes me feel alive in a way I havenโ€™t felt in months, and I want more.

More sparks.
More life.
More time.

Can a relationship based on lies lastโ€ฆ Especially when Iโ€™m the one keeping all the secrets?

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Bella Matthews is a USA Today & Amazon Top 50 Bestselling author. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines. Sarcasm is her love language and big family dynamics are her favorite thing to add to each story.

Connect with Bella

Website: www.authorbellamatthews.com  

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20795160.Bella_Matthews 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08NFK9K4M?ingress=0&visitId=8b4845c0-1ab8-467b-ac2a-4ddf36d673fd   

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bella.Matthews.Author   

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bellamatthewsgamechangers   

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bellamatthews.author/   

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bellamatthewsauthor  

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Spotlight – The Knockout

11 Thursday Apr 2024

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From USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes a hot new hockey romance between a broken ballerina and the forbidden bad boy who saves her.

The Knockout

by Bella Matthews

Blurb:

We all have dirty secrets. Some are just more fun to hide than others.

Ares Wilder is a so-called bad boy. A ladies man. The teammate most likely to fight both on and off the ice. And now this devastatingly dark and handsome hockey player with a sinful smile and a filthy mouth is my twin sisterโ€™s new brother-in-law, landing him firmly in the forbidden category.

Only he doesnโ€™t see it that way.

Resisting him should be no big deal, right?

At least thatโ€™s what I thoughtโ€ฆ

Until one night, he manages to look past the illusion Iโ€™d spent a lifetime perfecting and see the broken girl behind the pink satin pointe shoes.

We were the perfect storm I never wanted to escape.

But with secrets piling up and my world crashing down, will Ares be one more thing I destroy?

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Author Info:

Bella Matthews is a USA Today & Amazon Top 50 Bestselling author. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines. Sarcasm is her love language and big family dynamics are her favorite thing to add to each story.

Connect with Bella

Website: www.authorbellamatthews.com  

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20795160.Bella_Matthews 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08NFK9K4M?ingress=0&visitId=8b4845c0-1ab8-467b-ac2a-4ddf36d673fd   

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bella.Matthews.Author   

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bellamatthewsgamechangers   

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bellamatthews.author/   

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Spotlight – The Keeper

07 Thursday Dec 2023

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The Keeper

by Bella Matthews

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Easton Hayes has been my knight in shining hockey skates since he saved my life.

This devastatingly handsome grump may be everyoneโ€™s favorite goalie, but to me, heโ€™s my strength when demons haunt my dreams. And okayโ€”so maybe heโ€™s also the only man Iโ€™ve ever loved. But he doesnโ€™t need to know that.

Weโ€™re friends.

It works for us.

At least, it did. Until I wake up with his ring on my finger and the hangover from hell. But what happens in Vegas doesnโ€™t stay in Vegas when he refuses to give me an annulment and follows me across the country instead.

Now our families are furious.

Our friends are playing matchmaker.

Iโ€™m getting goosebumps each time I hear the words โ€œmy wife.โ€

And I think my husband might be in love with me.

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Author Info:

Bella Matthews is a USA Today & Amazon Top 50 Bestselling author. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines. Sarcasm is her love language and big family dynamics are her favorite thing to add to each story.

Website: www.authorbellamatthews.com  

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20795160.Bella_Matthews 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08NFK9K4M?ingress=0&visitId=8b4845c0-1ab8-467b-ac2a-4ddf36d673fd   

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bella.Matthews.Author   

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bellamatthewsgamechangers   

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bellamatthews.author/   

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