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Lisa Thompson traveled to Panama City Beach with a clear goal: to stop overthinking every little detail and finally start living in the moment. Jake, Auburn’s backup quarterback and her overprotective brother’s roommate, was only looking for a simple, carefree week in the sun. But this isn’t ordinary or contemporary sports romance where the athlete gets exactly what he expects. Lisa doesn’t pester Jake or act for his approval, she simply sees him for who he really is, and that causes Jake the biggest fear, but in a good way. Their quiet walks along the beach and secluded moments away from the spring break chaos strengthen their undeniable attraction to the point of not being able to ignore.
Barking Sands by Peter A. Baker is a beautiful, slow burn college sports romance book about breaking the rules, taking chances, and finding that a one week fling may in fact be the start of everything.
Pages
64 pages
Published
July 16, 2026
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Available In
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One split second changes everything for Alexis Bradley. The sudden crack of a gunshot near her living room forces her out into the night, desperate for shelter. She expects temporary sanctuary at her friend Lisa’s dormitory, but she finds something far more dangerous to her guarded heart: Tyler.
Tyler is built for gridiron battles: observant, disciplined, and fiercely protective. When suspicious movements continue in the hallway and campus officials offer hollow reassurances, Tyler steps into the gap. He claims the recliner in Alexis’s living room, keeping watch through the night so she can finally sleep.
As late-night watches evolve into subtle code-games in quiet diners, the boundary between protector and companion begins to dissolve. Meanwhile, across campus, high-stakes SEC football pressure tests every relationship in its path. Safe Next To You delivers an emotionally charged romance about overcoming trauma, confronting hidden threats, and surrendering to a love that shields you from the storm.
Pages
166 pages
Published
July 21, 2026
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Available In
Paperback, Ebook, Hardcover
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Her Love Alone is a friends-to-lovers college romance. Tyler Thompson has spent his life doing what others expect—on the football field, in the classroom, and for everyone he cares about. As Auburn’s dependable kicker, success brings new opportunities, growing expectations, and pressures few people ever see.
Alexis Bradley arrives at Auburn determined to build a life of her own. A gifted soccer player with quiet confidence, she discovers in Tyler a friend who never tries to impress her—only to protect, encourage, and believe in her. What begins as an unlikely friendship slowly deepens into a love built on trust, honesty, and shared dreams.
But college life isn’t without its challenges. The demands of athletics, academic responsibilities, and the growing shadow of a human trafficking investigation stretching along the Gulf Coast remind them that innocence is often tested by forces beyond the playing field. Together, Tyler and Alexis must decide whether love is something to pursue only when life is easy—or something worth choosing despite uncertainty.
Set amid the traditions and excitement of Auburn University, Her Love Alone is a heartfelt story of faith, courage, and the quiet power of choosing one another every single day, even when the future offers no guarantees.
Pages
374 pages
Published
August 25, 2026
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Available In
Paperback, Ebook, Hardcover
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For The Love We Built is a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers, second-chance, contemporary military romance with strong characters and a gripping love story that can’t be put down.
For years, Navy Lieutenant Commander Ross Campbell has dedicated his life to serving others. A veteran of Navy Surface Warfare operations, he is now a Naval Intelligence Officer in a State Department-sponsored one-semester course preparing for a multi-year diplomatic security assignment in Abuja, Nigeria. An unexpected reunion at Auburn University changes everything.
Connie Bridgeman never imagined she would fall in love again. Widowed after losing her husband—a man Ross once proudly served beside—she has learned to treasure memories while quietly accepting a future lived alone. Yet as old friendship gives way to new affection, she begins to wonder if the heart can honor the past while still embracing the future
Together, Ross and Connie discover that love after loss isn’t about replacing what once was, but building something new upon the foundation of trust, respect, and shared memories. As the countdown to Ross’s overseas departure grows shorter, every conversation, every football weekend, and every quiet evening together becomes increasingly precious.
Set against the warmth of an Auburn autumn and the uncertainty of military service, For The Love We Built is a deeply moving story of second chances, enduring hope, and the courage to build a future when time itself has become life’s most precious gift.
Pages
312
Published
May 15,2026
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Available In
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The Promise of Hope is a heartfelt second-chance romance about enduring friendship, family, resilience, justice, and the extraordinary courage it takes to begin again.
Sometimes the love you’ve waited years for has been beside you all along.
For five years, Luis “Louie” Rodriguez has lived with the unbearable question of what happened to his missing seventeen-year-old daughter.
Then comes the call he had almost stopped believing would ever come.
Emily has been found alive.
Suddenly, the Auburn police sergeant’s carefully controlled world is turned upside down. And standing beside him through every impossible moment is Amy Mitchell—a seventh-grade teacher, longtime friend, and the woman Louie has quietly loved for years.
Amy knows his rough edges. She knows his loyalty, his grief, and the tenderness he rarely allows anyone else to see. More importantly, she knows what it means to wonder whether life might offer one more chance at love.
As Emily begins the difficult journey of reclaiming her future, information she provides helps law enforcement unravel a human-trafficking network stretching along the I-10 corridor. But while Louie fights to protect the daughter he thought he’d lost forever, he begins to understand something else.
He cannot recover the years that were taken from them.
Neither can Amy.
And neither wants to waste another one.
A longtime friendship becomes something neither can deny. Two separate families begin becoming one. And when Louie and Amy finally admit they’ve loved each other for years, waiting suddenly makes no sense at all.
Because sometimes hope isn’t about getting back the life you lost.
It’s discovering that an even greater love may still be waiting ahead.
Pages
312
Published
May 15,2026
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Available In
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“A forced-proximity, slow-burn romance about friendship, unexpected attraction, and what happens when two women who aren’t looking for love discover that love may already be looking for them. They were looking for sunshine, warm Caribbean water, and ten carefree days away from work.
They definitely weren’t looking for husbands.
Adrienne Spencer and Asia Cummings had once worked side by side as physical therapists in Milton, Florida, until Adrienne was recruited by the Auburn University Athletic Department to join its sports physical therapy team.
Shortly after Adrienne’s departure, she learned she’d been named the clinic’s Most Valuable Employee for the previous year. The prize couldn’t have been better—a ten-day, all-expenses-paid First Class Virgin Islands cruise for two aboard the Norwegian Breakaway, including airfare from/to Pensacola and Miami.
There was only one question.
Whom would she take? For Adrienne, the answer was easy. Asia.
Two longtime girlfriends. Ten days at sea. Tropical islands. No patients. No schedules. No responsibilities. And an escape from an unusually long, cold winter. Perfect.
At least that’s what they thought.
There was one small detail neither woman noticed when the cruise was booked.
It’s an all-singles cruise. No married passengers. No couples.
And apparently, no shortage of unattached men who boarded the Norwegian Breakaway for exactly the same reason.
Adrienne and Asia aren’t concerned. They’re both single; they certainly qualify, and watching hundreds of strangers attempt to find romance somewhere between Miami and the Virgin Islands might even provide some entertainment.
They make one thing perfectly clear to each other before boarding.
They are not going to be looking for husbands.
Then the ship leaves Miami.
And somewhere aboard are two men they haven’t met yet.
Ten days. Two best friends. Two strangers.
One ship where walking away isn’t particularly easy.
And a Caribbean voyage that may prove there are some things in life you can’t plan for—especially love.
Sometimes the greatest love begins with the friend who never stopped believing.
Because when time is life’s greatest gift…love gives it meaning.”
For The Love We Built is an emotional slow-burn, second-chance romance set against the backdrop of college life, college football, and the unexpected pull of friends-to-lovers forced proximity.
LCDR Ross Campbell, USN, never expected a semester at Auburn University to change everything. A career Naval Intelligence Officer, he arrives in Alabama with a single clear objective: finish his temporary assignment and deploy for a multi-year tour in Abuja, Nigeria. Relationships are complicated enough without adding distance, danger, and a hard expiration date.
Then he crosses paths with Connie Bridgeman—a cherished friend from the past.
Widowed, independent, fiercely loyal, and determined, Connie has spent years carefully rebuilding a life she never planned to live alone. The last thing she needs is to fall for a man whose future already carries a departure stamp of January 12.
But as Christmas draws near and the days between them grow shorter, neither can ignore what is quietly taking root.
Ross knows how to gather intelligence. Connie knows how to protect her heart. Both understand that the greatest lessons are learned when time is short, and decisions must be made. Neither is prepared for what happens when the clock starts running out.
Time is not on their side. Choices must be made.
Sometimes love isn’t found. It’s built. And sometimes the hardest mission of all is convincing someone you’re worth waiting for.
FAQs
It means that the barking or whistling sound of dry sand when you walk on it. Here the strong, quiet, tension between the two Lisa and Jake is symbolized as barking sands.
Barking Sands is the first book in a six-book series, with each novel following a new couple through gripping suspense, emotional romance, and life-threatening challenges. While each story features its own couple and a satisfying happily-ever-after, the books are connected through their shared world and recurring themes of military life, courage, love, and sacrifice.
Yes! You’ll meet a tight knit group of college friends and teammates whose humor, loyalty, and spring break antics will make you laugh out loud and show friendship in the story.
Yes! We offer a limited number of signed paperback copies directly through our website’s online shop. These make beautiful gifts for the romance lovers in your life.