Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Chapel Bend - - Huckleberry Bay Series #3 by Kristen Proby (Apollo and Juniper)

ABOUT THE BOOK

From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby comes Chapel Bend, an enemies to lovers, small town romance in her beloved series, Huckleberry Bay!

There's a fine line between love and hate.

In Huckleberry Bay, Oregon, everyone knows that when it comes to Juniper "June" Snow - what you see is what you get. When you hire her construction company to do a job, it's done right, on time, and on budget. When she's your friend, she's a ride-or-die who will support you no matter what. And when you're her enemy...well, she can hold a grudge.

And she's never forgotten how the tall, dark, and delicious Apollo Winchester hurt her so many years ago.

In a small town, it's impossible to ignore someone who greets you with a death glare every time you meet. Apollo can't recall why June hates him, but it doesn't stop him from stirring her up every chance he gets. There's something about her stubborn, "don't mess with me" attitude that keeps him coming back for more. But June is his sister's best friend and permanently on the "off-limits" list.

June puts aside her war with Apollo and hires him to work on her most important project, the renovation of a chapel into her dream home. She wants the best...and Apollo is the best . . . on the job site and in her bed. He won't turn down the chance to spend more time with June, especially when it's clear that she wants him as much as she hates him. Proximity leads to opportunity, and opportunity leads to steamy times between the sheets.

But a mystery threatens June and Apollo will protect her and their growing connection, no matter the cost.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Meet Kristen

Kristen Proby has published more than forty titles, many of which have hit the USA Today, New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists. She continues to self publish, best known for her With Me In Seattle and Boudreaux series, and is also proud to work with William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins, with the Fusion and Romancing Manhattan Series.

Kristen and her husband, John, make their home in her hometown of Whitefish, Montana with their two cats.

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In this book we get to know Juniper and Apollo. This is book 3 in the series and Apollo is Luna's big brother and Luna's best friend is Juniper and she has hated Apolla since they were teenagers. But Apollo has it bad for June and he has no idea why she hates him.

Note Luna's story is told in Lighthouse Bay but this book can also easily stand alone if you have not read this series yet.

In this book June has bought a church and she is turning it into her home. She is also a woman who runs her own construction company and this her story about her past, her future and the people that mean everything to her from her brother Cullen, her grandmother, her best friends Sarah and Luna and the town she adores. It also includes a very friendly ghost by the name of Rose who smells like well roses.

Apollo in this story is heavily crushing on June and she hates him. He is on a quest to find out why and get her to give him a shot at a relationship and forgive him. He was a really awesome guy and I loved how into June he was and how he is always there for her. She is one tough cookie and I love that she makes Apollo work for her heart.

I also loved this story so much. It is so romantic. I also loved meeting June's family and getting to know them. I also loved getting to know Apollo as I watched him fall very hard for June. June was a really amazing character and is definitely the ultimate girl boss and I totally was rooting for her throughout the story. I loved that Apollo sees how awesome she really is.

Meant For Me - Paradise Bay Billionaire Brothers Book 6 - by Claudia Burgoa (Huxley and Enid)

ABOUT THE BOOK

USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa brings an enemies-to-lovers romance where the billionaire grump can’t help but fall for Ms. Sunshine.

I never thought I'd be the proud owner of a quaint small-town bookstore, but life has a funny way of surprising us.

With my virtual BFF's encouragement to seize the day and follow my heart.

I say goodbye to my corporate job and say hello to my new adventure.

Until I meet the town’s grumpy billionaire, Huxley Spearman.

He’s every woman’s dream.

Tall, devastatingly handsome…

But annoyingly arrogant.

And if making a new enemy isn’t enough, there’s more:

1. My long-lost Mother might be alive.

2. This bookstore is the money pit.

3. My checking account is in shambles.

4. My online friend wants to be more than my virtual crush.

5. And, somehow, I‘m falling for two different men.

Can love truly grow from a virtual connection? Or will a rough-around-the-edges man steal my heart?

This is a heartwarming tale of love, second chances, and a twist of the unexpected. In this spiritual successor to “You Got Mail” and “Pillow Talk.”

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Meet Claudia Burgoa
Claudia is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author.  
She writes alluring, thrilling stories about complicated women and the men who take their breaths away. Her books are the perfect blend of steamy and heartfelt, filled with emotional characters and explosive chemistry. Her writing takes readers to new heights, providing a variety of tears, laughs, and shocking moments that leave fans on the edge of their seats.
 
She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, her youngest two children, and three fluffy dogs.
 
When Claudia is not writing, you can find her reading, knitting, or just hanging out with her family. At nights, she likes to binge watch shows or movies with her equally geeky husband.
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This is book 6 in a series and it was so much fun. If you love texting friends, secret identities and a good frenemy romance then this is an awesome book and you will love it.  

This story includes some insta-connection between the youngest Spearman brother, Huxley and Enid, who is new in town because she has inherited her grandmother's home and her business. While Hux feels an instant connection they also start out as enemies as he is in the process of buying her grandmothers business when she died.

The first 6 chapters of the book start out in a really awesome way with text messages. Obviously, Enid is MythicalReader33 and she has an online buddy that she has been chatting with, Anonimouse.  Their conversations were so much fun and totally drew me into this story.

Enid and Hux are adversaries in this book despite an attraction on both sides. If you love frenemy type of romance then you will adore this book. This story is not just about romance, starting over but its also about families and despite being imperfect, you still love them and are there for them.

Hux is the baby in his family. But he is also a business owner. He wants to buy the town bookstore, but things get complicated and he doesn't want to admit his mess-up to his older brothers. Enid is the youngest in her family too, but they also put a lot of pressure on her and warn her all the time about messing up. I loved how she fights for her legacy and the life that she wants to live, and I loved the way she made her dad listen to her.

If you love insta-love/lust/connection, flirty text messages and a frenemy story, then you will love this book. I loved how this book is not just about love as in romance but also love for a town, and the complicated family members that love each other.

ONE AND ONLY - Wilder Family Series/Washington Wolves World - by Karla Sorenson (Greer and Beckett)

ABOUT THE BOOK

You are cordially invited to my fake wedding.

Marrying Beckett Coleman is the best idea I've had in years. I can grant my sick dad’s wish to walk one of his daughters down the aisle, and Beckett has my help solving a custody situation with his daughter. Our plan is to spend a year together, then part ways. Easy, especially since I'm not his type, and he's not mine either.

He’s too quiet and too serious. And while he’s distractingly gorgeous, he’s also my brother’s teammate. Beckett is fake husband material, not the real deal. I just have to remember that.

Until I move in with him. Get to know him. Share a bed with him. Turns out, the line between fake and real isn't just blurry, it's almost impossible to uphold when he looks at me the way he does.

This marriage is a whole lot more complicated than we bargained for. We’re threatening to destroy everything we’ve built, something neither of us can risk.

Marrying Beckett might’ve been the best idea in years. But falling in love with him would be the worst.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Meet Karla Sorensen

Well, let’s see ... I’m a wife and a mother. If the things that I write bring a smile to someone's face, then I've done my job.

I am obsessed with Outlander (both the books and the show). I’m almost exclusively a romance reader, which means some people will never consider me a literary snob.

If I could meet one historical figure, it would be Jane Austen. I received my Bachelors in Public Relations and worked in health care marketing before I had my babies.

I hate Twitter. I do it, but I hate it. Also, if you want to get on my good side, bring me wine and I'll love you forever.

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This is a football, convenient marriage, single dad romance between Greer Wilder and Beckett Coleman. This story is part of the Wilder Family series and also takes place in the Washington Wolves Universe and is connected to the authors other series though it is also a stand-alone.

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In the book Greer explains to Beckett the family tree and here is how she describes it:

Greer's mom had three kids

1. Greer (One and Only/this book)

2. Erik (His book is The Plan)

3. Adaline (Her book is The Crush)

She marries Tim who has three kids too:

1. Cameron- he works alongside Greer at Wilder Homes and is her bestie

2. Parker- he plays football with Beckett and is a good friend to him

3. Ian- He lives in London and is not in this book

They both have one child together and her name is Poppy. She is 21 and is very close with Greer.

In the story Greer wants to make her stepdad Tim happy in his final days. He has Cancer and dreams of walking her down the aisle, but she has no groom in sight and that's where single dad, best friend and teammate to her stepbrother, Beckett comes in.

He has a young, shy, daughter and her mom is getting married and moving away for a year, but she is nervous to go away and leave her daughter with single dad Beckett. And so, a plan is born. They just have to convince everyone that it is a love match.

Beckett is a very different main character than I am used to. He is very quiet and he likes things very planned out and not very emotional. He is 100% a rule follower and he see things only in black and white with no grays. While Greer is his total opposite. She is loud, passionate and boisterous and is not shy or quiet unless she is asleep.

I loved Greer so much. She is a tough cookie, and she fights for what she wants and her family. I adored her so much and I loved watching her and Beckett fall for each other.

This was a wonderful story, but I wanted a faster paced story and at times I wanted more than a kiss or a snuggle. This is an extremely slow burn romance and at times that drove me a bit nuts just like it did Greer. But if you love slow burn this story definitely is very slow burn and you will love it.

Friday, May 5, 2023

HOPE AFTER LOSS by Amber Kelly (Weston and Anna)

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ABOUT THE BOOK

I had a perfect life—married to my high school sweetheart and preparing for our new baby. Then tragedy struck.

I could have moved us back to have the support of our parents, but home isn't where you come from, it's where you want to be. And I want to be here in Balsam Ridge.

So I begin anew, a single mom with a fractured heart. Determined to rise above the grief and grasp the joy that still bubbles inside of me every time I look into the eyes of our baby girl. Starting with a job at the local hemp farm.

Weston Tuttle is a walking contradiction. Playful yet ambitious. Soft yet strong. Wisecracking yet caring. A beautiful man with a sexy smile and big heart, and a blessing to me and my daughter.

This may not be the life I planned, but it could be the life that I was always meant to live.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Amber Kelly is a romance author that calls North Carolina home. She has been a avid reader from a young age and you could always find her with her nose in a book completely enthralled in an adventure.

With the support of her husband and family, in 2018, she decided to finally give a voice to the stories in her head and her debut novel, Both of Me was born.

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This is Anna's story. In the previous book we met Anna when she lost her husband, Mike, in a fire and had her beautiful baby girl, Michaela. This story starts about a year after that tragedy when she heads back to work and ends up working with Weston Tuttle at his Hemp Farm.

This is a long story, forty-three chapters but its a fast read. It does deal with the loss of the spouse and there are some moments in the story where you feel is very poignant but as a whole this story is cute and a fun and a light read. That is attributed to Weston because he is a total sweetheart. Anna also has some sad moments, but she is healing and moving on and not living in the past. I adored her attitude and how she faced every day and the joy she found in Michaela.

I really liked that the author showed the business relationship that grew between Weston and Anna. Then we also get to see them grow as real friends as they bond over her daughter, Valetine's day and bowling nights. I loved how Weston let Anna lead him and he had no problem letting her lead him in his business and take over projects as the business expanded.

I also adored the advice that Weston gets from his brother, Graham, about how to date a widowed mom. It is so very true and I never thought about it but I really loved how he expressed what a widowed mom would feel about her husband that dies. Corbin was also awesome in how he is there to support Anna no matter what.

This is really an awesome story about facing your pain and loss and learning to move on and count all your blessings as you face each day. It's probably one of my favorite books that I have read by this author and in this series.

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Iced - Defiant Kings #3 - by Bella Matthews (Jace and India)

ABOUT THE BOOK

I never wanted to be a nanny.

That wasn’t in my carefully crafted, five-year plan. The one I came up with after I got a second chance at life. Neither was giving my heart to the beautiful baby boy I was taking care of. Even if I saw that coming the moment I laid eyes on him.
Falling in love with his father… now that, I didn’t see coming.
But I’d dare anyone to spend time getting to know the real Jace Kingston… 
The man behind the hockey jersey, grumpy attitude, and panty-meltingly gorgeous face.
The one who sings his son to sleep so sweetly… who holds him with such care.
The same man who knows how to light every inch of my body on fire.
The one I can’t resist.
It was supposed to be one year of my life.
I’d pay off my student loans. 
He’d get through his first season of pro hockey.
Then I’d help him find my replacement.
If only it was that easy.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

About Bella

Bella Matthews is a Jersey girl at heart. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side.

She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines with a healthy dose of laughter thrown in.

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This was an awesome story. It is about growing up and letting go and facing your past and knowing what it is so you can face the future. It's about finding love, holding onto it and about the family we have and the family we make.

This is Jace's story. He is just 21/22 when this story begins and it's a standalone book, but we also see the beginning of it in Sawyer and Wren's book, Shaken. In this book we get all the details of the worst day in Jace's life that also shapes his future and his relationship with his family.

In this story he has become a single dad. If you are wondering how that happened well that's part of the mystery in this book and also the growth that happens to Jace in this story that he goes back and tries to find out what happened and how etc.

Jace has made many mistakes, but he also has done some really awesome things. In this book he really has to learn how to move on and forgive himself as he is not the same guy as he was in his past. WE really see his growth in this book not only with his past but also as he becomes a man, a dad and as he relates to his family.

He meets India/Indy when she comes to interview for his new baby boy, Cohen. For these two it's a little bit of insta love/lust. He needs help because he is now playing for his families hockey team and training is about to begin. The scenes with little Cohen were so sweet and adorable and the author really made me visualize how hot Jace was while holding Cohen and the care and effort he took with his son.

Indy was an awesome character. She has graduated college and is a teacher but with no experience, she ends up applying to be Jace's nanny. She really is one strong woman and a total fighter. I loved how she dealt with Max and his sister and the entire family. She also comes with an adorable grampa and a very hot football playing brother named Atlas.

I really loved that both Jace and Indy fall hard for each other but it's not all lovey dovey and they have real issues to confront and learn how to deal with it. They both are very young, but we see them really grow and learn to communicate during this story.

This was a wonderful story and I adored both Indy and Jace. I also adored Sophie and Harper and I hope the author has stories for them too. I loved how good friends they are to Indy and how they support her throughout the book.

The Hookup Surprise - Boston Billionaires #2 - by Ember Kelly (Lena and Sean)

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To everyone around him, Sean Rusk has everything. He's the heir to a multibillion-dollar hotel chain, late-night parties with sports stars and celebrities, a life of luxury, and his best friends, Leo and Hunter. But when he meets Lena McGrath at Hunter's wedding, his entire world gets flipped on its head. Sean finds himself obsessed with the red-haired twin sister of his buddy's wife, and when he gets financially involved with her family's pub, he realizes he might have just created a deadly mix of work and pleasure. Can he keep everything together and stay professional? Or will he lose his business, the girl he is falling in love with, or worse, both?

Lena McGrath has had the entire weight of the world on her shoulders for too long. She decides it's time to do something for herself, but there's only one problem. In order to get out from under her mother's thumb and the confining restrictions of just being a pub waitress, she has to financially get in bed with Sean Rusk. Which is a problem, since she's already shared a very real bed with him, and Sean isn't hiding that he would like to repeat the experience again. Trying to balance the budding relationship with the fear of losing her family's beloved pub, and the dream of her own restaurant, Lena must find a way to keep everything hot... or figure out which one has to go. Will she be able to keep her dream and her father's legacy alive? Will she have to eighty-six her newfound relationship in order to do so? Or can she, for once, have it all, like her sister?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Meet Ember Kelly

Ember Kelly writes billionaire romances with sexy alpha male leads who meet their match when strong heroines turn their world upside down. If she's not writing, you'll find her binge-reading romance while sipping on wine and ignoring the world around her.

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This is book 2 in the series, but it also stands alone. It stars Lena, who runs a pub on the south side of Boston with her mother, Colleen. Her twin sister is now married to Hunter who is the billionaire in the first book in the series. In this story she comes up with a new business plan and she convinces, Sean Rusk, who is best friends with Hunter and a hotel billionaire to partner with the pub.

The issue with Sean and Lena is they have had sex but Sean thinks she is awesome and so he wants a relationship. While Lena is nervous about mixing business with pleasure. Meanwhile Sean has to also convince her that he is worth taking a chance with and having a relationship with him. And then things get even more complicated....

Sean is really an awesome guy, and I really loved him so much. He chases Lena a lot but also, he is so great about it all and he just wants her to give him a real shot.

At times I felt Lena was a bit immature. She runs from things or tries to avoid them, or her imagination gets away from her. But she also is very entertaining and made me laugh and cheer for her.

There is a side character in the book named Caroline who is good friends and works with Lena and she is definitely a character. I cannot wait to see what the author does with her and Leo, who is the next billionaire in this series.