Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Review Round Up ~ June 26




New(er) Releases:


My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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In The Summer Escape, author Shalvis brings us back to the Lake Tahoe area with new characters trying to find their way.

We meet sisters Anna and Wendy as they are on the cusp of major changes in their family and discover potential drama around their deceased father. Owen inserts himself into the situation as he tries to help his great-aunt resolve a mystery. I found myself liking all of the main characters. They are a group of people who all have baggage and think they are doing the right thing to navigate life and protect themselves. While the romantic relationship centers on Anna and Owen, Anna's character would not be complete without her sister and the back story they share.

Our story here has an element of suspense along with the emotional evolution of our characters. It was interesting to see the different paces that Owen and Anna moved in to get where they needed to go. Wendy plays a key secondary role, but we also get glimpses of Owen's world. Some of these secondary characters help things move forward, but I appreciated that it wasn't all smooth sailing.

Shalvis delivers another entertaining read set in the Sunrise Cove community. I am curious to see if we get to come back to meet more of the characters that make up the town.

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars - Would Recommend to a Friend

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What a feel good read!
Over the years, we have watched the crew at Reynold’s Restoration grow. We’ve seen them become a found family and help each other find their path. This time it’s Dom’s turn. He is a little older (near 50) and comes with wounds and baggage, but one very special lady helps him see the light.
Cherry (Hannah’s mother) has her own romantic history that makes her wary of the “playboy” helping around her daughter’s new home.
It was so fun watching these two become friends and more to each other. I especially appreciated the way their feelings for each other evolved and led to them being just want the other needed - even when they didn’t know what that was!
While this is a stand alone read, reading the series in order makes the enjoyment factor that much greater. The secondary cast is largely made of featured couple from previous books and knowing that history helps with appreciating where they are now.

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The Love ShackThe Love Shack by Lori Foster

3.25 stars - Above Average read

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The Love Shack returns us to the town of Cemetery with four brand new main characters.
Berkeley and Lawson come from the same small town and unexpectedly find each other here. Due to the baggage of where they grew up, they aren’t sure this is a good thing. Lark and Oliver have come to town trying to heal from family related issues and connect.

All four characters are lovely people and I enjoyed meeting them. I appreciated the way in which they supported each other and helped make sure that they could all bloom where they are planted. The town of Cemetery itself continues to be a secondary character unto itself and there are lots of pop ins from previous main characters in the Cemetery series.

While this book is well written, it had a blandness that I found hard to connect with. Whenever the characters would experience something that most would consider a “big” emotion, it was presented such that it seemed like we were seeing through a foggy window. This may be a personal preference thing, but I found it a little too easy to put the book down and go do other things.

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Friday, June 14, 2024

Review Round Up ~ June 14




New(er) Releases:


My rating: 4 of 5 stars - Would Recommend to a Friend

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Susan Mallery is an author whom I met through her romance works and have appreciated experiencing her evolution into a different type of storytelling.
Erica and Allison are women in vastly different places in life and have nothing in common, except that they share a husband/ex-husband. Erica's teenage daughter, Summer, loves her stepmother, and that connects them as Allison's life spirals out of control thanks to her husband's actions.

These are interesting women. I wasn't sure I liked them early on, but I respected them both. Erica had created an empire for herself. Allison worked just as hard but was more plodding along. I appreciated how Ms Mallery used Summer's role to bring everyone together and break down walls.

The fallout from Peter's (the husband) actions shakes everything up and leads both Erica and Allison on a journey where they face physical challenges, but also things that are hard emotionally. Watching their transformations was heartwarming and filled with hope for those that have been wounded, but keep trying.

Add in a small and interesting secondary cast and you have a great Summer read.

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars - Would Recommend to a Friend

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Surprisingly sweet read….
Monroe and Juliet are characters that we’ve met in secondary roles before, so it was fun to get to know them better here.

This connected stand alone focuses on co-workers with different views of love as they are put in an unusual situation. I loved their interactions and seeing the emotional evolution both characters went through.

The secondary cast here is fairly small, but plays a key role in holding up a mirror for our pairs feelings. Ms Blakely did an excellent job of helping our pair grow as individuals as well as together!

This was a fun read that I had a hard time putting down.

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

Full Throttle ~ Melanie Moreland ~ New Release

 


Full Throttle by Melanie Moreland is now live!


 


There's a new mechanic in town.


Dom Salvatore.
Tall, serious, intense. A loner.
Exactly what he wants to be.
Until he meets her.


Cherry Gallagher.
Independent. Stubborn. Sexy as hell.
And not interested.
Or is she?

What happens when two lonely people open up and discover there is more to life than being alone?
When the sparks they feel become an inferno they can't control?
When they discover the best part of each other is what they were missing?
Can they handle the full throttle of love?

Author's Note: Join this found family in the final story set in the small town of Littleburn, Ontario, Canada. Where this group of blue-collar heroes learn to love fiercely the strong women in their lives. 



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Meet Melanie Moreland



New York Times/USA Today bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of thirty-plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them.

While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample. She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys traveling, here and abroad, but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip.

Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down stairs) and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her own feet.) She's learned happily ever afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story.

 

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Monday, June 10, 2024

The Way We Touch ~ Tia Louise ~ New Release

 


The Way We Touch by Tia Louise is now live!



My brother’s best friend might be a cocky wide receiver with an ego the size of Texas, but I did not mean to almost kill him with a ghost pepper.


Logan Murphy should come with a warning.

He’s as hot as a Carolina Reaper on black asphalt in the middle of July. 

With perfectly messy dark hair and smoldering blue eyes—and don’t even get me started on the way that black tee stretches across his toned chest…


He’s my brother’s best friend.

He’s also a football star on track to win the first wide-receiver MVP in league history.

Good thing I only date golfers… or I did.

Good thing he’s only visiting for a month, because the more I see he’s not a player, the harder it is to block him from running away with my heart.


I’ve always loved football, but after eight years pro, everything about it leaves me cold.

So when I agree to head south with my best friend, the last thing I expect is to have my face melted off by his pepper-loving little sister.

Dylan Bradford was supposed to be a kid, not a feisty pinup who looks at me like she’s never seen a man before. 


She’s all curves and cutoffs, bare feet dancing in the warm summer night, 

But I’m only in town a month, and she doesn’t date football players.

Then late-night talks turn to sharing past hurts and future dreams, and shy looks turn to confident kisses.

The heat between us can’t be denied. 

It’s spicy and sweet, and it melts us together. 

Until the way we touch becomes more than friendly—it’s forever.


(A small-town, brother’s best friend, sports romance with hilarious “accidents,” and a dirty-talking hero. No cheating. No cliffhanger. No third-act breakup.)



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Meet Tia Louise



Tia Louise is the USA TODAY best-selling, award-winning author of super-hot and sexy romances. All her heroes are alphas with hearts of gold, and all her heroines are the smart, sassy ladies who love them. 

 

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Friday, June 7, 2024

Steals and Deals ~ June


A monthly list of bargain books.... I will try to remove expired deals, but make sure you check before clicking.... 

Steals:








Deals:



Restraint (Mason Family Book 1) by Adriana Locke $2.49

Nothing But It All by Adriana Locke $1.99





A Kiss for a Kiss by Helena Hunting $1.99


Time Was by Nora Roberts $1.99


The Perfect Game by J Sterling $1.49

The Connor Family (6 books) by Layla Hagan $.99 for each book


On Second Thought: A Novel by Kristan Higgins $1.99


Other Fun Stuff:










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