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★NEW RELEASE & REVIEW★ BRANT’S RETURN BY MIA SHERIDAN

BRANT’S RETURN by Mia Sheridan

Series: A Sign of love novel

Genre: Contemporary Romance

A stunning, heartfelt new stand-alone by New York Times best-selling author Mia Sheridan.

Brant Talbot runs a glitzy network of high-end bars in New York City, enjoying all the benefits of the lavish lifestyle he’s worked so hard to achieve. When he learns that his estranged father is dying, he must return to his family’s Kentucky horse farm – and to a past he thought he left behind.

While facing long-buried truths, he collides with his father’s secretary, Isabelle Farris. Despite his undeniable attraction to the beautiful, independent young woman, he sees secrets in her eyes and believes she has designs on Graystone Hill.

Now the one woman he can’t afford to trust is about to become the one he can’t let go.

NOW AVAILABLE!

★4 STARS★

Isabelle Farris is a woman who has rebuilt her life after suffering a terrible tragedy. She found solace and therapy in horses and now works as secretary to crotchety horse farm owner, Harry Talbot. She adores the old man and is deeply affected by his terminally ill health. She sees through his grumpy facade and hopes to repay the kindness he has shown her by contacting his estranged son in the anticipation that they may reconcile.

Brant Talbot left Kentucky thirteen years ago and has not once looked back. He’s made a success of himself in the New York bar scene and enjoys the trappings that come along with it. The call from Isabelle is unexpected to say the least; he wants nothing to do with his father but even so, he has his own reasons for going back.

He regards Isabelle with suspicion and the two do not have the best of starts. She thinks him pompous but her aim is to get him to establish a relationship with his father and nothing more. They call an uneasy truce of sorts and it’s only then that Brant realises his hasty unjustified assessment of her.

Brant’s Return is among my favourites of Mia. I’m left with such a wonderful feeling that shows no threat of dissipating. It’s a story to be treasured and encompassed such a wide range of emotions, I absolutely loved reading it. The epilogue gave me goosebumps and I can only hope my reading year ahead is filled with gems such as this one.

About the Author:

Mia Sheridan is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Her passion is weaving true love stories about people destined to be together. Mia lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband. They have four children here on earth and one in heaven.

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January 7, 2019 | 0 comment

Book Review, New Release

★NEW RELEASE & ARC REVIEW★ JOCK RULE BY SARA NEY

Genres: New Adult

JOCK RULE by Sara Ney

Series: Jock Hard #2

Release Day: 6th December 2018

Buy Links: Amazon US | Amazon UK |

Kip Carmichael is no pretty boy.

He’s a rough. Dirty. Giant. Hair so unruly, and a beard so thick, his friends on the team call him Sasquatch.

The first time Sasquatch lays eyes on Theodora “Teddy” Johnson across the keg at a party one night on Jock Row, she’d been relegated to the sidelines by her jock hungry “friends.”

Week-after-week, he watches beautiful but bashful Teddy getting overshadowed, and overlooked. Sasquatch finally broad shoulders his way through the crowd, offering to to be her hairy godmother. But the minute their eyes meet? He’s a goner.

Teaching her the RULES for winning a jock will be the easy part. Not falling in love with her is going to be a losing game.

Buy Links: Amazon US | Amazon UK |

★4 STARS★

Kip Carmichael cuts a purposefully intimidating figure. He’s a broody, bearded mountain of a man who emits “fu** off” vibes to anyone within striking distance. He tolerates his rugby teammates and has a very serve allergy to jock chasers, but yet he still finds himself holding up the wall on the Friday night parties down on Jock Row.

Frankly he thinks the parties are lame and predictable, but of late he’s found himself entertained by the hapless yet intriguing girl whose woeful, yet comical attempts to fit in are overshadowed by her so called friends.

For reasons unknown to him at the time, he appoints himself as her “Hairy godmother” It’s a position Teddy wasn’t aware she needed, but she’s far too distracted by him to be offended. For someone so shy she’s amazed by comfortable she is in his company. He’s supposed to be helping her attract the guy of her dreams, but after all the time she spends with him, she starts to realise the guy of her dreams is him.

Sara Ney is an author that is synonymous when thinking of addictively-hilarious, heartfelt new adult reads. Like her Douchebags, her Jocks have achieved auto buy status and I can’t wait to see what’s next in line on Jock Row.

About Sara Ney:

Sara Ney is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the How to Date a Douchebag series, and is best known for her sexy, laugh-out-loud New Adult romances. Among her favorite vices, she includes: iced latte’s, historical architecture and well-placed sarcasm. She lives colorfully, collects vintage books, art, loves flea markets, and fancies herself British.

She lives with her husband, children, and her ridiculously large dog.

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December 6, 2018 | 0 comment

Book Review, New Release

★NEW RELEASE & ARC REVIEW★ MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND BY CHRISTINA LAUREN

Genres: Contemporary Romance
Published by Gallery Books

MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND by Christina Lauren

Release Date: 4th December 2018

Genre: Contemporary Romance

By the New York Times bestselling author who “hilariously depicts modern dating” (Us Weekly), My Favorite Half-Night Standis a laugh-out-loud romp through online dating and its many, many fails.

Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. A UC Santa Barbara professor, she’s a female-serial-killer expert who’s quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single.

So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that they’ll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. There’s only one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and one of the guys, Reid Campbell, secretly spend the sexiest half-night of their lives together, but mutually decide the friendship would be better off strictly platonic.

But online dating isn’t for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with quality matches and potential dates, Millie’s first profile attempt garners nothing but dick pics and creepers. Enter “Catherine”—Millie’s fictional profile persona, in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than she’s ever been in person. Soon “Catherine” and Reid strike up a digital pen-pal-ship…but Millie can’t resist temptation in real life, either. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fear—intimacy—or risk losing her best friend, forever.

Perfect for fans of Roxanne and She’s the Man, Christina Lauren’s latest romantic comedy is full of mistaken identities, hijinks, and a classic love story with a modern twist. Funny and fresh, you’ll want to swipe right on My Favorite Half-Night Stand.

★4 STARS★

As a criminology professor with a particular interest in female serial killers, Millie Morris’ dating life is in dire need of resuscitation. To be honest she’s more than happy spending countless hours towards research for her book deal, but an upcoming black tie gala at the university forces her to dissect her dating life.

Her first thought (and most easy option) is to ask one of her four best friends who also happen to be her co-workers. Like her they are all career driven professors, and more interested in reading the latest educational journal than trawling through dating apps. But not ones to shy away from a challenge they come up with an alcohol fuelled plan to create dating profiles and secure genuine potential love interests to take as their plus ones to the gala.

Although they are all firm friends Millie has always had the closest relationship with Reid. When she allows herself to, she can admit to the underlying sexual tension that escapes through the layers and layers of denial. It’s been a long time coming *wags eyebrows* but they eventually give into the low-key raging attraction between them. It’s the most intense experience she’s ever had, but thought of ruining her friendship with Reid is greater than the unknown of exploring things further, so they mutually agree to keep things platonic.

Maybe it’s because she’s the only female in the gang but Millie gets roped into creating an honest but interesting profiles for each of them. Officially she resents doing it, but unofficially it’s kinda fun. A by-product when it comes to her own profile is it starts to expose just how little she offers personally/emotionally in both her friends and relationships.

What starts as a simple idea quickly escalates into hilarious escapades and dating disasters. What should be a distraction from her attraction to Reid only serves to heighten it, and results in some actions that are far from friendly.

I absolutely adored the supporting cast and I’m secretly hoping this will develop into a series.

This year has seen me become a huge fan of Christina Lauren. They have pretty much monopolized my favourite reads shelf this year, and with this swipe right romance I image the same will be said by many others.

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December 4, 2018 | 0 comment

Book Review, New Release

★NEW RELEASE & REVIEW★ THE WISH COLLECTOR BY MIA SHERIDAN

Genres: Contemporary Romance

THE WISH COLLECTOR by Mia Sheridan

Release Date: 25th November 2018

Genre: Contemporary Romance

New Orleans, a city of mystery and magic, of secrets and dreams, and a history drenched in both love and the deepest of heartache.

When ballet dancer Clara Campbell arrives in New Orleans, lonely and homesick, she is immediately captivated by the story of Windisle Plantation and the tragic tale that is said to have transpired beyond its gate. Legend has it that it is abandoned by all living souls, but to Clara’s great surprise, it is not a ghost she hears through the stone wall surrounding the property, but a flesh and blood man. A scarred stranger with a pain deeper and darker than the churning waters of the Mississippi river that flows beside his self-imposed prison.

The ruined man behind the wall hides himself from the world. The last thing he expects is to find a friend in the selfless girl who speaks to him through the cracks in the rock. The girl who keeps returning week after week. The girl who makes him wish for things he has long since given up on. The girl who strikes both fear and hope within his wounded heart. But there can be no future for them, no life beyond Windisle, for no one knows better than him that monsters only live in the dark.

The Wish Collector is the story of shame and triumph, of loneliness and love, and the miracle of two hearts connecting despite the strongest of barriers between them.

★4.5 STARS★

It always been Clara Campbell’s dream to be a ballet dancer. The triumph of her achievement is marred by the ill health of her father who worked tirelessly to help her fund and achieve her dream. Having had to relocate to New Orleans she’s overwhelmed loneliness but soon finds herself lost in the magic and intrigue of her local area. There’s one story in particular that calls to her, and it’s because of this story she finds herself at Windisle Plantation.

Windisle Plantation has been in Jonah Chamberlain’s family for generations. More recently it’s become the self imposed exile as a result of an incident that to this day brings him untold shame. He has reconciled himself to living and moving in the darkness, until Clara’s presence makes him long for the light.

With The Wish Collector Mia Sheridan produces a profoundly heartfelt and emotional read. It’s a story of redemption, forgiveness and finding love in the darkest and loneliest of places. It’s a story that moved me and the beauty of the writing gave me reason to take pause. Lovers of romance could not wish for a better read.

About the Author:

Mia Sheridan is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Her passion is weaving true love stories about people destined to be together. Mia lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband. They have four children here on earth and one in heaven.

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November 26, 2018 | 0 comment

Book Review, Giveaway, New Release

★NEW RELEASE & REVIEW★ FIREWORKS BY SARINA BOWEN

Genres: Contemporary Romance

FIREWORKS by Sarina Bowen

Series: True North, #6

Release Date: 13th November 2018

Skye Copeland is on paid leave from her broadcasting job after accidentally drawing a wiener on the traffic map.

Let that sink in. Like it’s her fault the traffic pattern created a perfect schlong?

Skye isn’t laughing. She needs this job. And that’s the only reason she’s willing to chase down a story in her least favorite place—that hell on earth known as Vermont.

A quick trip. In and out. Much like – never mind. She can sneak into the town that once tried to break her, get the story and slide back into the good graces of her producer. Easy peasy.

But things go sideways the moment she steps over the county line. Her stepsister is running from a violent drug dealer. And the cop on the case is none other than Benito Rossi, the man who broke Skye’s teenage heart.

His dark brown eyes still tear her apart. And even as she steels herself to finally tell him off after twelve years, the old fireworks are still there.

Things are about to go boom.

★4 STARS★

I’m always drawn to the element of unfinished business that lends itself with a second chance romance. I revel in the tension that comes with battling the minefield of unresolved issues, as well as the exploration in navigating a brand new path. For Benito and Skye their battles came when they were ill-equipped to deal with them. Benito took on the role of defender for Skye in a period of her life when she was at her most vulnerable, and he at his most powerless to act where it mattered. Nevertheless, for Skye Benito was a constant and source of warm in her bitterly cold world.

The temperature of their relationship cools dramatically when Skye perceives Benito to abandon her. It’s both a crushing and humiliating experience, but from it comes the opportunity flee Vermont and the monsters that lurked there.

For 12 years Benito had always wondered about Skye. His protective nature and duty to defend those at risk has lead him to a career in the police force. It’s almost poetic that he now serves justice for people when he has always felt like he failed her.

Skye’s reappearance is unexpected but wholly welcomed. It’s as though time had paused and seeing her again kickstarts his pounding emotion and visceral need to keep her safe. Although being in Benito’s company is the last thing she would have wanted, her hesitation fades away with the familiar comfortability she has always had in his company. Vermont has never felt like home but when her reservations subside she allows herself to realise Benito always has.

Benito and Skye’s story made for a great addition to the series, I really enjoyed the investigative element to the story and was fully invested in its long-awaited and satisfying resolution.

Sarina makes wonderful work executing a romance that touches on some serious themes but still possess the delicate feelings that accompany first love. It’s always a pleasure to read a novel of Sarina’s and if your experience is anything like mine, you’ll fall in love with this one on sight.

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About Sarina Bowen

Sarina Bowen is the RITA® Award winning author of over two dozen contemporary and LGTB romance novels. She most recently hit the USA Today bestseller’s list in February, with Brooklynaire. Formerly a derivatives trader on Wall Street, Sarina holds a BA in economics from Yale University.

Sarina Bowen is a New Englander whose Vermont ancestors cut timber and farmed the north country since the 1760s. Sarina is grateful for the invention of indoor plumbing and wi-fi during the intervening 250 years. On a few wooded acres, she lives with her husband, two boys, and an ungodly amount of ski and hockey gear.

Sarina’s books are published in a dozen languages on four continents. In 2016, The Romance Writers of America honored HIM by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy with a RITA award for Best Contemporary Romance, Mid-Length.

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November 13, 2018 | 0 comment

New Release

★NEW RELEASE★ EVER LONELY BY KIMBERLY LAUREN

Genres: Contemporary Romance

EVER LONELY by Kimberly Lauren

Series: Ever James Band, #1

Release Date: 9^th October 2018

Ever James is a platinum-selling rock star, who has purposely made a reputation for herself as the industry’s favorite wild girl. She’s been photographed partying hard and dating the hottest actors. She’s been caught in the middle of numerous wardrobe malfunctions and frequents the covers of gossip magazines with scandalous rumors of rehab, affairs and pregnancies. Only some are true.

She sings their songs. She poses for their pictures. She wears their clothes.

Until Rhett…

Rhett Grayson has one of the most sought-after spots in the New York subway system to play his music. Travelers fill his guitar case with enough money to pay his bills and buy a round of drinks for his friends every week. He has his own apartment in Manhattan. Who cares if he can touch the walls with his arms stretched out wide? It’s his.

When Rhett is unexpectedly asked to join Ever’s band as lead guitarist, will Ever be able to cope with a new bandmate who’s as infuriating as he is tempting? Can she show him it’s okay to step out of his comfort zone while he teaches her a thing or two along the way about staying true to herself?

About Kimberly Lauren:

Kimberly Lauren is the bestselling author of Beautiful Broken Rules, Beautiful Broken Mess and Beautiful Broken Promises. Kimberly currently lives in Texas with her husband, two sons and their three dogs. She is a wanderer, an adventurer, and a traveler. She hasn’t seen it all but it’s on her list. Lately, if she’s not traveling or chasing a toddler she gets some time to write a book.

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October 10, 2018 | 0 comment

Book Review, Favourites, New Release

★ARC REVIEW★ FIGHT OR FLIGHT BY SAMANTHA YOUNG

Genres: Contemporary Romance
Published by Berkley

FIGHT OR FLIGHT by Samantha Young

Release Date: 9th October 2019

Genre: Contemporary Romance

A series of chance encounters leads to a sizzling new romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series.

The universe is conspiring against Ava Breevort. As if flying back to Phoenix to bury a childhood friend wasn’t hell enough, a cloud of volcanic ash traveling from overseas delayed her flight back home to Boston. Her last ditch attempt to salvage the trip was thwarted by an arrogant Scotsman, Caleb Scott, who steals a first class seat out from under her. Then over the course of their journey home, their antagonism somehow lands them in bed for the steamiest layover Ava’s ever had. And that’s all it was–until Caleb shows up on her doorstep.

When pure chance pulls Ava back into Caleb’s orbit, he proposes they enjoy their physical connection while he’s stranded in Boston. Ava agrees, knowing her heart’s in no danger since a) she barely likes Caleb and b) his existence in her life is temporary. Not long thereafter Ava realizes she’s made a terrible error because as it turns out Caleb Scott isn’t quite so unlikeable after all. When his stay in Boston becomes permanent, Ava must decide whether to fight her feelings for him or give into them. But even if she does decide to risk her heart on Caleb, there is no guarantee her stubborn Scot will want to risk his heart on her….

★5 STARS★

Dear ~~John~~ Braden,

~~It’s me not you.~~

Our time together has meant so much to me, so you must believe me when I say I never thought I would see the day where my love for you would be challenged. Forgive the cliché but it just happened. One moment I’m reading about Interior Designer Ava Breevort and her airport experience from hell, and the next I’m thrust into a deliciously-banterful exchange between herself and fellow flight passenger, Caleb Scott.

If I may be so bold as to say, I’m quite literally ruined for all other enemies to lovers romance stories. In the spirit of honesty I did go in expecting to enjoy it but nonetheless I was caught off guard by the chemistry that kept me on my toes throughout. Like yourself Caleb is a successful CEO, and I was insanely attracted to his arrogance and penchant for riling Ava up. To add insult to injury, he’s Scottish.

Might I be so audacious to say I see some of him in you? Both strong, protective modern day neanderthals with hearts in the right places. At the threat of oversharing I enjoyed the intimacies he and Ava shared. It’s always fun to see the mighty fall, and the arrangement they shared crumbled like a piping hot… well, crumble.

In the past I have always been so quick to refer to you as my favourite Samantha Young Hero and although you have not been relegated you will have to make space on the podium to share with your fellow countryman. That’s a compliment in itself, right?

~~All my~~

~~Half my~~

Love,

Eliza

About Samantha Young:

Samantha Young is the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of adult contemporary romances, including the On Dublin Street series and Hero, as well as the New Adult duology Into the Deep and Out of the Shallows. Every Little Thing, the second book in her new Hart’s Boardwalk series, will be published by Berkley in March 2017. Before turning to contemporary fiction, she wrote several young adult paranormal and fantasy series, including the amazon bestselling Tale of Lunarmorte trilogy. Samantha’s debut YA contemporary novel The Impossible Vastness of Us will be published by Harlequin TEEN in ebook & hardback June 2017

Samantha has been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award 2012 for Best Author and Best Romance for On Dublin Street, Best Romance 2014 for Before Jamaica Lane, and Best Romance 2015 for Hero. On Dublin Street, a #1 bestseller in Germany, was the Bronze Award Winner in the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2013, Before Jamaica Lane the Gold Medal Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2014 and Echoes of Scotland Street the Bronze Medal Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2015.

Samantha is currently published in 30 countries and is a #1 international bestselling author.

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October 8, 2018 | 0 comment

Book Review, Excerpt, Favourites, New Release

★NEW RELEASE, EXCERPT & REVIEW★ JOSH AND HAZEL’S GUIDE TO NOT DATING BY CHRISTINA LAUREN

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy
Published by Gallery Books, Simon & Schuster

JOSH AND HAZEL’S GUIDE TO NOT DATING by Christina Lauren

Genre: Romantic Comedy/ Contemporary Romance

Release Date: 4th September 2018

Hazel Camille Bradford knows she’s a lot to take—and frankly, most men aren’t up to the challenge. If her army of pets and thrill for the absurd don’t send them running, her lack of filter means she’ll say exactly the wrong thing in a delicate moment. Their loss. She’s a good soul in search of honest fun.

Josh Im has known Hazel since college, where her zany playfulness proved completely incompatible with his mellow restraint. From the first night they met—when she gracelessly threw up on his shoes—to when she sent him an unintelligible email while in a post-surgical haze, Josh has always thought of Hazel more as a spectacle than a peer. But now, ten years later, after a cheating girlfriend has turned his life upside down, going out with Hazel is a breath of fresh air.

Not that Josh and Hazel date. At least, not each other. Because setting each other up on progressively terrible double blind dates means there’s nothing between them…right?

PROLOGUE

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September 4, 2018 | 0 comment

New Release

★NEW RELEASE★ THE WRONG MAN BY NATASHA ANDERS

Genres: Contemporary Romance
Published by Montlake Romance

THE WRONG MAN by Natasha Anders

Series: Alpha Men #3

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Buy Links: Amazon US | Amazon UK

No commitments. No expectations. No way this could possibly go wrong…right?

Former special-ops soldier Sam Brand is used to getting what he wants. What he wants is to unbutton the buttoned-down, sweet, and shy Dahlia McGregor. He’s hot to find her wild side. She’s eager to let him explore it. So he makes his proposition—no strings, no hurt feelings, and no promises—save for one: she’ll have the time of her life.

After a broken engagement, Lia’s looking to someday find the right man and settle down. That’s some day. Now it’s all about the night. A hot, meaningless fling with a magnificently weathered blue-eyed stud like Sam couldn’t hurt: he’s sexy, and sure he’s arrogant, but best of all, he’s here. In other words, he’s perfect…for now.

But when Sam is wounded in the line of duty and left in Lia’s tender loving care, all bets are off. Because the more time they spend together, the more it becomes clear: this “one night” deal is getting steamier and lasting longer than they counted on. It started as a fun little game. Is it possible they could be playing for keeps?

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September 4, 2018 | 0 comment

Book Review, New Release

★NEW RELEASE & REVIEW★ IF WE FALL BY NINA LANE

Genres: Contemporary Romance

IF WE FALL by Nina Lane

Series: What If Duet #1

Genre: Contemporary Romance

I wished so hard for Cole Danforth. And one day, he came true. He was my first boyfriend, my first lover, my first and only love. He should also have been my last.

But in a split-second, we were ripped apart, our lives broken, my heart shattered.

After ten years, I’ve returned to my hometown, the place of my greatest joy and darkest pain.

Cole is still here, but the beautiful boy I’d loved is gone. Now he’s a ruthless, unforgiving man determined to feed both my hatred and my lust.

Then our torturous past encroaches again, trapping us in a violent storm.

But this time, there is no escape.