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First in Series Review! EVAN’S WISH by Robin Stone (The Bullseye Club #1)

Can he separate business from pleasure? Hardworking Evan is proud of his maintenance job in the new apartment building in town. He’s saving up to buy a house, so his brother Matt has a place to live when he graduates from college. Matt’s trying to stay sober, and Evan wants to help him get a solid footing with a safe place to live. Savvy real estate agent Brooke asks Evan to escort her to an event. She’s attracted to Evan, and after a pleasant date, she wants to see him again. Evan is not like the usual lawyers and businessmen…

New Release Review! LIAM’S DESIRE by Robin Stone 9The Bullseye Club #2)

Edit book details Friends make the best lovers. Liam and Hope. Hope and Liam. The two of us go together like chocolate and peanut butter, even though we’re complete opposites—I’m a night owl, she’s an early bird. I’m a plumber, and she’s an IT manager. I’ve fallen completely in love with her, and she… somehow hasn’t noticed. When Hope needs to crash at my place for a couple of weeks, I get to see more of her—a lot more of her in those thin pajamas she wears. When she starts looking for a serious boyfriend, it crushes me, but I…

New Release Review! THE LOVE FIX by Jill Shalvis (Sunrise Cove #8)

Welcome back to Sunrise Cove for this heartwarming enemies-to-lovers tale where found family, forgiveness, and love may just be the key to finding yourself, from New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis. Lexi Clark’s life is falling apart around her, so when she’s summoned home to Sunrise Cove, the last thing she wants to do is face all the complications she left behind. Her past, her stepsister Ashley, and especially her infuriatingly gorgeous childhood nemesis-turned-crush Heath Bowman. Yep, Lexi’s pretty sure being home again just might kill her. She’s an overachieving art appraiser who doesn’t believe in trust, love, or Happily Ever…

Release Day Review! COLD TRUTH by Toni Anderson (Cold Justice: Most Wanted #6)

Title: Cold TruthSeries: Cold Justice – Most Wanted #6Author: Toni AndersonGenre: Romantic Thriller/SuspenseTropes: Age Gap, Grumpy/Sunshine, Fake Relationship, Band of Brothers, Only One BedRelease Date: June 23, 2025 Protecting Her Becomes His Mission; Resisting Her Becomes Impossible. Secrets and lies collide in this upcoming explosive Romantic Thriller from New York Times bestselling author Toni Anderson. Rowena Smith may be a top-shelf librarian, but solid investigative skills won’t keep her safe after her newest research project—tracking down her biological father—leads her to a brutally murdered body. The scene offers up one hope for assistance: the card of FBI Supervisory Special Agent Kurt Montana.…

Release Day Review! ROUGH AROUND THE HEDGES by Emma Hart

He’s the city boy who wants to destroy the place she loves most. She’s the countryside girl who is determined to break him first. But when hearts are involved, can either of them truly win? I, Rose Matthews, have always considered myself a perfectly reasonable person. Until the day Oliver de Havilland—the hottie I wham, bam, thank you ma’am’d two weeks ago—shows up at Hanbury Allotments and hands me a closure notice. In two months, he’s going to shut down the place I love the most—the very place that keeps the dwindling community of our village alive. Long story short;…

New Release Review! THE BAD BOY RULE by Maren Moore (Hellcats Hockey #1)

The Bad Boy Rule by Maren Moore is now live! A deliciously sexy, bad boy/good girl, hockey romance from Amazon Top 20 bestselling sports romance author, Maren Moore. LennonSaint Devereaux has a reputation that precedes him.Orleans University’s resident bad boy on and off the ice.And I know to stay far away.Until there’s a mixup and we’re forced to share our ice time.I can’t stand his cocky attitude, or how annoyingly attractive he is.He’s the reason the Bad Boy Rule exists.Because guys like him will break your heart.But the more time I spend with the hot, tattooed enforcer, the more I…

Release Day Review! HER MOUNTAIN RESCUER by Alyson Archer (Honey Ridge #1)

I went on a hike to clear my head. But then a storm blows in, and now I’m taking shelter with my rescuer—my dad’s best friend. My goal was to clear my head. To figure out what I want in life—besides mountain ranger Beau Cameron, that is. He’s my dad’s best friend, more than twenty years older than me, and it’s not like he returns my feelings. Beau and I are never going to happen. I need to let it go. Move on. But I get caught in a life-threatening deluge of wind, rain, and hail. Soon, I’m lost, freezing,…

New Release Review! BUILT TO LAST by Lexi Blake (Park Avenue Promise #3)

From New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake, discover The Park Avenue Promise Series… Three young women make a pact in high school—to always be friends and to one day make it big in Manhattan Built to LastHarper Ross has always dreamed of working on one of the magnificent brownstones of Park Avenue. Now one of her closest friends has bought the house of her dreams and hired Harper to do the construction work. She wants to showcase the renovation on a television show for her brand-new production company. It’s the same grand home she and her friends promised themselves…

Memorial Day Throwback Review–THE LAST LETTER by Rebecca Yarros

Yes, I’ve already posted this review here (just over 6 years ago). But it’s Memorial Day, and IMHO the perfect time to revisit my favorite Rebecca Yarros book (no, I haven’t read The Fourth Wing books…yet. I do have a hardcover copy and the audiobook of the first one so I probably will eventually. But they’re not really my kind of book like this one is). I’ve included a short promo video here for a fabulous organization that really and truly helped my children and me during a difficult time of our lives and is always there when we need…

Release Day Review! UNTIL THE RAKE SURRENDERS by Darcy Burke (The Rogue Rules #5)

When a young lady is ruined, her friends vow none of them will ever be ensnared by a scoundrel again. They will resist every gentleman’s charms even—and especially—if it means gaining a reputation for being impossible to woo. It will take extraordinary rogues to break their rules… It will take nothing less than the promise of a heart-stopping, breath-catching, happily ever after to woo Lady Minerva Halifax into marriage, but that dream seems doomed. She only attracts money- and position-hungry rogues because she’s the daughter of a wealthy duke. Then her friend’s dashingly irrepressible brother, Evan Price, is injured showing…