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Holiday RomCom Anthology Release Review! RED HOTT AND WILDER

Hotter, Wilder, and oh so holiday-ready. Three small-town holiday romcom stories with found family, big hearts, hot nights, and ALL the feels. HOT UNDER THE COLLAR All Reggie wants is the cute rescue pup at the shelter. She couldn’t care less about the adopt-a-pup, win-a-date special. But now she’s on the hook for a day out with the hot firefighter she’s been ogling. Unfortunately, he’s also the man who rescued her when she set her bedroom on fire during a failed attempt at “self care.” Can she turn a recipe for humiliation into a hot holiday fling—or more? 10,000 words.…

Release Day Review! SEARCHING FOR REDEMPTION by Tonya Borrows (Redwood Coast Rescue #4)

Crazy. Dangerous. Monster. Shane Trevisano knows what the town of Steam Valley, California thinks of him, and he’s happy being their bogeyman in the woods. After suffering horrific burns that left him disfigured, all the former SEAL wants is to be left alone in his remote cabin with his demons. But the outside world keeps encroaching, and when a woman shows up on his doorstep with two bullet holes and no memory of how she got there, Shane’s already tenuous hold on sanity starts to slip. In a town full of secrets, he’s the one they blame. Alexis Summers wakes…

New Release Review and Giveaway! HOTT SHOT by Serena Bell (Hott Springs Eternal #1)

Hott Shotby Serena BellPublication date: September 19th 2023Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance Beauty salon… and the Beast Quinn: Working at the family wedding resort wasn’t exactly on my Bingo card. But it’s the only way for my siblings and me to get our grandfather’s inheritance, so here I am, staffing the Hott Spot Spa and Salon front desk. It’s an absurd gig for a man who makes Oscar the Grouch look like a people-person. Still, I’m a hard worker. I’ve made a fortune off my scientific discoveries, and if I can engineer groundbreaking drugs, I can do anything, right? Not according to Sonya Rossi,…

Release Day Review! ENCHANTED TO MEET YOU by Meg Cabot (Witches of West Harbor #1)

Yep–two witchy books in a row! Technically, I did read a spider-adjacent alien romance in between, but that’s a discussion for another day. Or maybe not. The jury’s still out on that one…dude didn’t even have LIPS. I’m still recovering. A witchy rom-com from New York Times  bestseller Meg Cabot about a plus size witch who must team up with a handsome stranger to help protect her village from an otherworldly force—but will she be able to protect her heart? It’s Magic When You Meet Your Match In her teenage years, lovelorn Jessica Gold cast a spell that went disastrously…

Release Day Review! HOT TO THE TOUCH by Kate Meader (Hot in Chicago Rookies #3)

Title: Hot to the TouchSeries: Hot in Chicago Rookies #3Author: Kate MeaderGenre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Enemies to Lovers/Forced ProximityRelease Date: August 22, 2023 The next book in the Hot in Chicago Rookies series features playboy firefighter, Sam Killian! I might be a rookie Chicago firefighter, but I’m on top of the world. I’ve just earned my spot on Rescue Squad at legendary Engine 6, can get all the action I want both in and out of the bedroom, and am possessed of an enviable sneaker collection. Nothing can harsh my vibe except her—Cassandra Ferguson, my brother’s sister-in-law, or as I affectionately label her: the…

New Release Review! CODENAME CHARMING by Lucy Parker (Palace Insiders #2)

Following Battle Royal, beloved author Lucy Parker pens another delicious romantic comedy about a fake relationship between a grumpy royal bodyguard and the charming, sunny assistant who melts his cold, hard exterior. Petunia De Vere enjoys being the personal assistant to lovable, bumbling Johnny Marchmont. But the job has its share of challenges, including the royal’s giant, intimidating bodyguard, Matthias. Pet and Matthias are polar opposites–she’s spontaneous and enthusiastic, he’s rigid and stoic–but she can sense there’s something softer underneath that tough exterior… For Matthias Vaughn, protecting others is the name of the game. But keeping his royal charge out…

New Release Review! FOUR WEDDINGS TO FALL IN LOVE by Jacki Lau (Weddings with the Moks #1)

Max Mok has four weddings to attend this year… When I meet Kim Sung at a friend’s wedding, I don’t make the first move. God, no. But she’s delightful and gorgeous, and she asks me to dance. Later, we go to her hotel room and… Okay, I admit it doesn’t go well. She might be all about one-night stands, but I’m not used to having them. That should be the end of it. I can forget about her or, more likely, obsess about it whenever I can’t sleep. But then I see her at a second wedding. Apparently, she’s a…

Series Spotlight! YOU WERE MADE TO BE MINE by Julie Anne Long (The Palace of Rogues #5)

This week in our Palace of Rogues countdown is YOU WERE MADE TO BE MINE: a legendary English spymaster, fresh out of a brutal French prison, is paid to track down a French princess, the runaway fiancee of a rather dastardly English earl. He finds her—and his destiny—at the Grand Palace on the Thames. it’s a story of grave danger, kismet, vengeance, treason, mistaken identity, stabbing, hidden passageways, sickbed confessions, cozy sitting rooms, and bonding over donkey races.—but above all it’s about how our jaded Hawkes and the innocent Aurelie Capet find an unexpected passion, refuge and healing with each…

Release Day Review! SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE by Tonya Burrows (Redwood Coast Rescue #3)

He’s a grumpy lawman who lives by the book. Sheriff Ash Rawlings values order and structure above all else. He doesn’t have time for distractions, especially not now, since his new K9 partner, Dante, has a nose for trouble. But when the vivacious and rebellious Rose Galasso bursts back into his life, challenging his every move, he finds himself both irritated and captivated. She’s wild, unpredictable, and dangerously attractive. She’s a free spirit who doesn’t play by the rules. The last person Rose wants to be tangled up with is the uptight sheriff who ruined her life, and their intense…

Release Day Review! BUSINESS OR PLEASURE by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Chandler Cohen has never felt more like the ghost in “ghostwriter” until she attends a signing for a book she wrote—and the author doesn’t even recognize her. The evening turns more promising when she meets a charming man at the bar and immediately connects with him. But when all their sexual tension culminates in a spectacularly awkward hookup, she decides this is one night better off forgotten. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. Her next project is ghostwriting a memoir for Finn Walsh, a C-list actor best known for playing a lovable nerd on a cult classic werewolf show who…