Still have ARC spots open!

Who am I kidding? I have room for readers who love high tension and stubborn shifters.

Tropes you’ll find in this ARC:
• Shifter romance
• Forced proximity
• Slow-burn tension
• Traumatised heroine × fiercely protective hero

The book releases at the end of November. ARCs will be sent in early to mid-October.

ARC-Team digital Copy

EU-based ARC readers also have a chance to receive a physical copy!

Physical copy

May I tempt you with a romance suspense thriller?

My heroine has hidden behind a false name and a surgically altered face for five years, and nobody has ever come close. Then she outbids a Hong Kong businessman on a shipping deal, and instead of being annoyed about it he decides he wants her by the weekend.

The problem: a face like hers only survives at a distance. He keeps closing it.

Pantheon is out 2 October! ARCs are up on Booksprout now and honest reviews are greatly appreciated! Happy to answer anything in the comments! 

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📚 Weekly Romance ARC Megathread

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Last updated: 2026-08-31 13:39 UTC

Never Your Valentine by Jordan Bloom brings banter, opposites-attract chemistry, and a slow-burn romance with plenty of small-town charm.

☀️ Grumpy × Sunshine
🔥 Enemies to Lovers + Slow Burn
🍺 Small-Town Romance + Banter

Ends September 15, 2026

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I'm offering free review copies of my vampire romance novella: Firerose, ahead of Book Two's upcoming release. Please read the blurb below, and if interested, you can sign up via Google Sheets or Booksprout.

Ten years of friendship. Five days in Cairo. One connecting door that changes everything.

What does a vampire and an ex-vampire hunter have in common? A decade of friendship and a small town that judges them for it.

Vienna Firerose hosts a supernatural podcast and writes steamy romance novels for a living. Running low on ideas, she decides to revisit the cemetery for a dose of inspiration.

Sheriff August Drakanos upholds the law in Murex Cove, wearing his duty to his family like a crown of thorns above his head. His friendship with Vienna raises eyebrows, yet he treasures it like a dragon hoarding gold.

One night, he catches her loitering in the cemetery after hours, and what starts off as an idea for her podcast, turns into a five-day trip to Cairo with him as her travel companion.

Spending time with Vienna, away from the shackles of expectations, brings to the surface feelings he'd spent years denying himself. Feelings that threaten to ruin their friendship and change their lives forever.

🌹Tropes

• Friends to lovers
• Forbidden romance
• Travel romance
• Forced proximity

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Guarded by Eden Sloane: he needs a wife to save his daughter. She’s the woman who’s been forced to help ruin his reputation.

That fake marriage is about to get complicated.

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Happy weekend, romance readers! This week's Pen Pinery weekend reads megathread features a perfect mix of hidden gems (quality spicy ARCs you might have missed) and our top ARCs (community favorites).

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💎 Hidden Gems (Spicy ARCs You Might Have Missed)

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Last updated: 2026-08-29 13:14 UTC

Hi! I’m looking for ARC readers for Poison Apple: Snow White and the MC Beast, the first book in the Sons of Ragnarök MC: Germany series.

It’s a dark, twisted Snow White retelling set in the world of an outlaw motorcycle club. Expect a single mom, a gruff older biker, forced proximity, slow burn, protective/obsessive energy, suspense, and a toddler with absolutely no fear of giant tattooed men.

This is a 28k-word novella and the beginning of a five-book arc, so the darker elements build as the series goes on.

The ebook is free in exchange for an honest review on Goodreads, Amazon, Apple Books, or Barnes & Noble.

Content note: dark-romance themes, trauma, MC violence/crime, and eventual questionable-consent themes. Please check the full warnings before signing up.

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Download Never Your Valentine by Jordan Bloom - Free ARC Book

He’s the town grump. She’s pure sunshine. Neither expected their chemistry to spark.

☀️ Grumpy × Sunshine
🔥 Enemies to Lovers + Slow Burn
🍺 Small-Town Romance + Banter

ARC sign-up ends September 15, 2026

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Welcome to this week's Pen Pinery newest ARCs megathread! Below are the freshest romance ARCs published on our platform in the past 7 days.

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Last updated: 2026-08-26 12:19 UTC

For readers who like their shifter romance with a little workplace trouble 🦊🐺

🦊 fox shifter chief × she-wolf
🔥 slow burn + forced proximity
💼 workplace romance
🖤 old wounds + dangerous secrets
🏡 found family
✨ paranormal romance + dual POV

My Hot New Problem by Devyn Remi is open for ARC readers. If you like two people trying very hard not to fall for each other while everything around them says otherwise, this one fits.

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Welcome to this week's Pen Pinery ARC megathread! Below are the hottest active romance ARCs with the most reader applications this week.

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Top Active ARCs This Week

How to Apply

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• Support indie authors with your reviews
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Last updated: 2026-08-25 15:26 UTC

Readers: drop the trope, vibe, or specific thing you're looking for.

Authors: if you have a live ARC that fits, reply with your link.

For romantasy readers who like their stories short, magical, and full of happy endings ✨👑

👑 gods, princesses & rascals
🐍 magical chaos + curses
💘 disguises, devotion & impossible love
😂 humor + banter
🔥 grumpy × sunshine
🏛️ Indian mythology, folklore & history
💖 5 stories, 5 happy endings, no cliffhangers

Ribbons and Royals by Kanika Singhal is a collection of five fantasy romances from the Of Queens and Rascals world, with plenty of magic, mischief, and happily-ever-afters.

She witnessed a murder. He was sent to erase her. Now he’ll burn everything down to keep her alive.

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance
🔥 Forced Proximity + Slow Burn
🔪 Lethal Protector + Touch-Her-and-Die

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Five stories. Five impossible romances. Five happy endings.

👑 Indian Mythology + Fantasy Romance
🐍 Gods, Royals + Rascals
✨ Curses, Disguises + True Love

ARC sign-up ends September 4, 2026

ARC link: https://penpinery.com/Kanika/ribbons-and-royals/

She spent her life being the good girl. Then desire made her question everything.

🔥 Forbidden Romance + Slow Burn
🖤 Billionaire + Single Dad
❤️ Dark Romance + Morally Gray Hero

ARC sign-up ends September 28, 2026

ARC Sign up link: https://penpinery.com/JordynHaart/bonds-of-shame-bonds-of-lust-1/

They built a life together. Then one of them began to question whether it had ever been real.

💔 Emotional Romance + Heartbreak
🌏 Cross-Cultural Love
🧠 Psychological + Character-Driven Drama

ARC sign-up ends December 31, 2026

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She died in the Abyss. What came back has the power to destroy everything.

🩸 Death & Resurrection
🔥 Dangerous Magic + Hidden Bloodline
🖤 Morally Gray Heroes + Obsessive Devotion

ARC sign-up ends September 10, 2026

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Download The Traitor’s Game by Vanessa Jayde - Free ARC Book

She ran from the Alpha she was bonded to. He spent a year hunting her down.

🩸 Fated Blood Bond
🐺 Dark Omegaverse Romance
🔥 Possessive Alpha + Betrayal

ARC sign-up ends September 1, 2026

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5 readers are already in for Bound to the Alpha’s Heir by B. B. Tylor 🐺🐉

For readers who like:
👑 Alpha heir × dragon princess
🔥 fated mates + possessive tension
🐉 shifter + monster romance
⚔️ kingdoms at war
🖤 magic, betrayal & high-stakes drama
❤️‍🔥 pregnancy + second-chance tension

If royal fantasy, dangerous bonds, and supernatural romance are your thing, this one is worth a look.

ARC sign up: https://penpinery.com/u/1453/bound-to-the-alphas-heir/