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Release Day Review! THE BRIGHT SPOT by Jill Shalvis (Sunrise Cove #5)

New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a heartwarming story about the choices we make and the love we let into our lives… Luna Wright is a lot of things, but sweet and trusting aren’t on the list. However, she’s a sucker for the underdog and a hard-luck story. Adopted at birth, with scant knowledge of her biological family, she’s created her own inner circle, a motley crew which includes her bestie Willow, to help her run the struggling but charming Apple Ridge Farm. With a farm-to-table café as well as a menagerie of rescued…

Release Day Review! CHARM ME by Tawna Fenske (Cherry Blossom Lake #2)

Call me cocky, but it’s a fact women fall at my feet. So why does this one want to kick me in the junk? Might be my work for her uncle’s legal defense.Or the dubious ways I earned my millions.Or the scandal that cost my career. Or hell.Maybe it’s just that I’m not a nice guy.A fact I’m regretting once Lucy storms in and gets me rethinking my rule on dating single moms.She’s funny and smart and so sexy it shouldn’t be legal.Take it from a disbarred lawyer.One desperate to dodge this desire sparking like frayed wires in a champagne…

New Release Review! THE (FAKE) DATING GAME by Timothy Janovsky

Ready. Set. Faux. Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audition for his favorite game show, Madcap Market, should have been a moment of triumph—a glorious, loving homage to his adored mom, who died six years ago. Instead, he’s destroying the minibar in a grim Los Angeles hotel room…recently dumped, partnerless and sliding into misery. But at least the hotel service is sublime. It even comes with an unfairly fit and sexy (smart-ass) concierge who arrives at the door with pizza, Monopoly and deliciously distracting forearms. All Holden knows about Leo Min is that he’s beautiful and unexpectedly…

New Release Review! THE HOLIDAY HEARTBREAKER by Maisey Yates (Four Corners Ranch #5)

A fresh start is all she wants this Christmas, but maybe a cowboy is all she needs… It’s not the holiday season she’d envisioned. But moving back home with her son, Benny, is all single mom Elizabeth Colfax can do after her ex-husband’s infidelity left their life in pieces. A fresh start at Four Corners Ranch means Elizabeth’s dream career in equine therapy can become a reality, allowing her to share her love of horses with Benny. If only it didn’t also mean butting heads with Brody McCloud, the frustratingly attractive cowboy who sets sparks off inside her. Brody doesn’t…

New Release Review! THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE by Jane Porter (Love at Langley Park #2)

She’s ready for a charming Christmas in the English countryside… It’s almost Christmas and Ella Roberts is ecstatic to be heading to Bakewell to spend the holidays with her sister and brother-in-law, the new Earl and Countess Sherbourne, and represent her family at the English wedding reception. Ella is looking forward to visiting the Sherbourne estate, exploring Bakewell, and experiencing a proper English Christmas. She just has two requests—that she stays in one of the historic cottages at Langley Park, and that the annoying best man not be invited to the reception. Baird MacLauren was happy to serve as the…

New Release Review! CYANIDE AND SENSIBILITY by Katie Oliver (The Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery #3)

Title:Cyanide and SensibilitySeries: The Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery (Book 3)Author:Katie OliverGenre: Amateur Sleuths, Cozy Mystery, Austenesque FictionPublisher: Berkley (December 12, 2023)Length: (320) pagesFormat: Mass Market Paperback, eBook, & Audiobook ISBN: 978-0593337653‎Tour Dates: December 4 – 18, 2023 Murder is on the menu and Phaedra Brighton is called on to serve up justice in the latest Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery. While Phaedra Brighton might not have a Mr. Darcy (yet), she’s quite content with her loving family and loyal cat. Phaedra’s sister Hannah is the Jane to her Elizabeth, and Phaedra is ecstatic that Hannah has decided to move home…

New Release and Giveaway! ROME’S LAST NOBLE PALACE by Kimberly Sullivan

Rome’s Last Noble Palaceby Kimberly SullivanPublication date: December 6th 2023Genres: Adult, Historical, Paranormal, Women’s Fiction Two women. Two different centuries. One attic room American Isabelle Field has been shipped off to Rome to live with her aunt, Princess Elizabeth Brancaccio. Isabelle’s aunt and mother share a common goal – replicating Elizabeth’s success by marrying Isabelle off to a European nobleman. But Rome in 1896 is on the cusp of a new century and Isabelle longs for more than a titled husband. She secretly designs costumes for Rome’s burgeoning theatre environment and dreams of opening a fashion atelier. Can she gather the courage to forge…

New Release Review! MY DARLING BRIDE by Ilsa Madden-Mills

In a sizzling romance that sparkles with wit and depth, two wounded souls meet by chance in the desert and agree to get married, and their lives will never be the same. On a normal day, Emmaline Darling isn’t a car thief. She’s just a simple girl who runs a bookstore and adores cats. But when she’s stranded in the desert and needs to get away from her dangerous ex-boyfriend, she picks her only option: swiping the keys to a famous football player’s Lamborghini and speeding away. Football star Graham Harlan is in chaos. First he took a hit on…

New Release Review! A CHRISTMASTIDE KISS by Lana Williams (The Mayfair Literary League #5)

Bonded by books and united by a purpose, The Mayfair Literary League has taken on a new mission—For Better or Worse. The bachelors of London won’t know what hit them when these bookish ladies set their sights on the men in their lives who don’t see them for who they truly are—yet. Can a Christmastide kiss lead to love? Frances Melbourne strives to overcome her shyness but fears she will soon be facing life as a spinster since the one chance she had for love slipped through her fingers. Making matters worse, her well-meaning father increases her dowry. Unwelcome suitors…

Release Day Review! JUST LIKE MAGIC by Tara Wyatt (Gossamer Falls #1)

Adam Shephard is not in a rut. So what if he’s forty, single, and still running his family’s Inn? So what if he’s still grieving his father’s death and mourning the spectacular failure of his writing career? His life is perfectly fine, thank you very much. He’s not looking for love or a relationship, no matter what his nosy family thinks. Especially not with a writer from out of town. Which is fine, because bestselling author Hazel Woodward isn’t looking for love either. She’s just looking for an escape, which is how she winds up in Gossamer Falls, a town…