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Romance Book Review!! ~ Rule #1: Never Call Him Grumpy by Lily Love

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Title: Rule #1: Never Call Him Grumpy
Collection: Rules for Dating a Single Dad
Author: Lily Love
Release: June 1, 2025
Top Genres: Sweet romance, Small Town Romance, Closed Door Romance
Tropes: Small Town, Billionaire, Single Dad, Nanny, He Falls First, Instalove, Forced Proximity, Grumpy/Sunshine 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222133189-rule-1-never-call-him-grumpy
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/rule-1-never-call-him-grumpy-a-clean-rules-for-dating-a-single-dad-romance-by-lily-love

Blurb:

I’ve been called a lot of things in my life—gruff, intense, overprotective—but grumpy? That’s a new one.

After losing my wife, I left the noise of professional hockey and billion-dollar boardrooms behind, trading city chaos for small-town peace in Passion Pointe, Tennessee. I’ve got one mission: raise my son right and keep our world calm, quiet, and free from emotional chaos.

Then Linda Carter shows up, all curves, sass, and bright opinions wrapped in a nanny application.

She’s completely wrong for the job… and somehow, exactly what my son needs.

What I didn’t expect? That I’d need her just as much.

One smile from her turns my world upside down. One laugh makes the walls I’ve built start to crack. And the way she looks at me? It’s dangerous.

But she’s got rules, and so do I.

Rule #1: Don’t get attached.

Rule #2: Don’t mix business with pleasure.

Rule #3: Definitely don’t fall for the nanny.

Too late.

Because the more time I spend with Linda, the more I realize this fiery, big-hearted woman isn’t just helping us heal—she might be the piece we didn’t know we were missing.

And if breaking every rule is what it takes to make her ours?

Well then…

They can call me grumpy all they want.

“Rule #1: Never Call Him Grumpy” is a heartwarming closed-door hockey romance featuring a protective billionaire single dad, a sassy curvy nanny who refuses to be intimidated, and the small town that might just help them heal. Perfect for readers who love emotional stories with all the feels but none of the steam. A Sweet, Closed-Door Hockey Single Dad Romcom – Mistakes & Promises Book 2.5 & Rules For Dating A Single Dad #1

Each story in ‘Rules For Dating A Single Dad’ series celebrates the unique journey of finding love as a single father, showing that sometimes the most rewarding relationships are built on a foundation of Lego bricks and soccer practice sidelines.

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NEW ROMANCE RELEASE!! ~ Rule #1: Never Call Him Grumpy by Lily Love

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Title: Rule #1: Never Call Him Grumpy
Series: Rules for Dating a Single Dad
Author: Lily Love
Genre: Sweet Romance, Small Town, Closed Door
Tropes: Billionaire, Single Dad, He Falls First, Instalove, Forced Proximity, Grumpy/Sunshine
Release Date: June 1, 2025






I’ve been called a lot of things in my life—gruff, intense, overprotective—but grumpy? That’s a new one.

After losing my wife, I left the noise of professional hockey and billion-dollar boardrooms behind, trading city chaos for small-town peace in Passion Pointe, Tennessee. I’ve got one mission: raise my son right and keep our world calm, quiet, and free from emotional chaos.

Then Linda Carter shows up, all curves, sass, and bright opinions wrapped in a nanny application.

She’s completely wrong for the job… and somehow, exactly what my son needs.

What I didn’t expect? That I’d need her just as much.

One smile from her turns my world upside down. One laugh makes the walls I’ve built start to crack. And the way she looks at me? It’s dangerous.

But she’s got rules, and so do I.
Rule #1: Don’t get attached.
Rule #2: Don’t mix business with pleasure.
Rule #3: Definitely don’t fall for the nanny.

Too late.

Because the more time I spend with Linda, the more I realize this fiery, big-hearted woman isn’t just helping us heal—she might be the piece we didn’t know we were missing.

And if breaking every rule is what it takes to make her ours?

Well then…

They can call me grumpy all they want.

“Rule #1: Never Call Him Grumpy” is a heartwarming closed-door hockey romance featuring a protective billionaire single dad, a sassy curvy nanny who refuses to be intimidated, and the small town that might just help them heal. Perfect for readers who love emotional stories with all the feels but none of the steam. A Sweet, Closed-Door Hockey Single Dad Romcom – Mistakes & Promises Book 2.5 & Rules For Dating A Single Dad #1

Each story in ‘Rules For Dating A Single Dad’ series celebrates the unique journey of finding love as a single father, showing that sometimes the most rewarding relationships are built on a foundation of Lego bricks and soccer practice sidelines.






Lily Love is the Clean Romance pseudonym of USA Today Bestselling Author Deidre – Ann Anderson. She is a simple lady who loves Romance where sweet meets funny.

Lily Love lives in Canada with her husband in their own little love fortress. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, designing random covers, playing video games or watching a good Hallmark movie. She enjoys reading just about anything with romance, or suspense, and having a chat with friends and family.

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Where The Stars Heal: Sunlit Cove book one by K. Garrod

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Sometimes turning it all off with the stars makes more sense

She thought her brother abandoned her, but HALLE DAWSON didn’t know the whole truth.

For years, Halle believed her brother had run away, leaving her to fight the darkness alone. The mean words, fear, and loneliness wrapped around her mind, dragging her down. But when Halle stumbles upon an unexpected letter, everything changes.

With nowhere else to go and drowning in her emotions, Halle takes a chance at a new life. Moving to Sunlit Cove was only supposed to be temporary––move in with her brother, get back on her feet, and leave.

She didn’t plan for them. For him.

He’s broody, cruel, and thinks she’s here for all the wrong reasons. ASHER HAYES is loved by everyone in Sunlit Cove, and he doesn’t want Halle to stay, even if everyone’s welcomed her with open arms.

Finding each other under the stars, their walls begin to crumble. Their connection deepens, and Asher is forced to face his own demons.

Can Asher stop running from what haunts him? Can Halle find the strength to heal and forgive? Is it possible to ever really heal from your past, or do some scars stay with you forever?

Where The Stars Heal is book one in the Sunlit Cove series. A found family, small town romance full of all the angst and emotion. This story will take you on a journey of healing, self discovery, and finding love.

Get it HERE!!

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June Book Promos

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Happy June, Book Lovers!!!

Summer days are turning into long summer nights, and this month is filled with awesome book promos from steamy freebies, sexy single daddies, books on sale and ALL the tropes to satisfy your book boyfriend needs.

Click the banner & stock you tbr today!

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Small Town, Friends To Lovers, Holiday Romance for Just 99 CENTS!!

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Good news!! Sadie & Dylan’s love story is ON SALE for a Limited Time ONLY!!!

If you love

💚Small town romance
☃️Friends to lovers
💚Holiday romantic fun
☃️Sweet romance & steamy goodness
💚Sexy songstress
☃️Grumpy former detective

You’ll love Feels Like Love, book 3 in the Mustang Prairie series!

🔥💚Get Sadie & Dylan’s story here:🔥💚
https://amzn.to/4fsrtEr

🔥💚Read the series here: 🔥💚
mybook.to/MustangPrairieBooks

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Romance Book Review! ~ The Sun Never Dies : A Novel by A.R. Hadley

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Do you believe in love at first sight?

A laconic novel fraught with exquisite tension and arresting beauty, The Sun Never Dies is the unforgettable story of one woman’s journey back to self after encountering a strange young man twenty-three years her junior.

Meet Beth, a newly single woman in the late 1990s, and Liam, a recent college grad backpacking his way across the world — as the two collide unexpectedly one fateful night.

Liam’s philosophy on life greatly conflicts with Beth’s. She’s also concerned her family won’t approve. Over the course of two years, this couple sifts their way through a series of life-changing events, ultimately resulting in growth and lessons learned. Namely two:

That we meet people for a reason.
And there are no coincidences.

Leaving the reader to beg the question…

Does the soul plan out this miraculous trip we call life?

Get your copy here –> https://amzn.to/3Zwabkr

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Romance Book Review!! ~ The Pretend Fiancé Fiasco (Copper Valley Bro Code Book 6) by Pippa Grant

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A reclusive former celebrity, a recovering good girl, and small town trouble…

It started as a joke. After a string of bad boyfriends, I made up a fake boyfriend so people would quit asking when I was going to meet a grumpy lumberjack trying to save his mama’s inn in my adopted hometown.

When my grandma demanded proof from afar, I sent her a picture of me and my “boyfriend.”

Spoiler alert: He wasn’t really my boyfriend.

He was actually a reclusive former boy band member who swings through town sometimes and is friends with my friends.

As much as a reclusive former boy bander can be friends with anyone, that is.

He doesn’t know I told anyone he’s my boyfriend. Or that his name is Steve. Or that my grandma judges him by his tattoos and manbun.

So when Grandma sends the guy she’d rather me marry to town to make sure “Steve” is good enough for me—and to talk me into marrying him instead—I have something of a problem.

But I got myself into this mess, so I’ll get myself out.

By proposing.

Relax, relax, I’m proposing a fake wedding.

And when he turns me down, I can say we broke up.

Except he doesn’t turn me down.

Instead, he offers me a trade.

He’ll pretend to be my groom, but I have to do something for him in return.

And that something?

Hoooo, boy.

I liked the man better when he was my pretend boyfriend Steve.

The Pretend Fiancé Fiasco is an action-packed romcom featuring the reclusive final member of the boy band Bro Code, a recovering good girl with too many men interested in her for all the wrong reasons, a treasure hunt, a fake engagement, and the best surprise to hit the Copper Valley universe since the Fireballs’ new mascot was revealed. This small town romantic comedy stands alone, but you wouldn’t go wrong to read both the Copper Valley Bro Code and Copper Valley Fireballs series, along with Dirty Talking Rival, to catch all of the easter eggs.

Get your copy TODAY: https://amzn.to/4kkG5Za

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Friends to Lovers Cover (re) Reveal!! ~ Feels Like Love (A Mustang Prairie Romance 3) by N.D. Jackson

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Hey there Romance Readers, happy Friday!
I am so excited to share with you a brand spankin’ new cover for Sadie & Dylan’s love story, Feels Like Love. It was time to give it a makeover and I hope you love it as much as I do!

💚🔥💚Welcome to Mustang Prairie💚🔥💚


I just wanted to belong…
Sadie had never belonged anywhere other than on stage. A soulful singer and musician, she left home at a young age and never looked back. No one missed her anyhow. Traveling the country with one no good boyfriend or another for work, Sadie settled in New Orleans until another d-bag boyfriend decided she wasn’t enough…and the slutty new bartender was.
She left for Mustang Prairie and the open arms of her half-sister Amelia…or so she thought
I just wanted to protect her…
Dylan Parker retired at the ripe old age of 34. After catching a serial killer who’d tortured Chicago for a decade, he was ready to turn in his homicide detective’s shield.
Needing distance from his high society parents and their social climbing friends he packed up his truck and bought a bar in Mustang Prairie. Getting reacquainted with small town life would be an adjustment…until he met a copper haired amazon with a voice like warm honey.
Sadie was everything he wanted; a friend, a devil’s advocate, a sister, and a confidante. Theirs was a deeply satisfying friendship so Sadie and Dylan fought their mutual attraction.
Can Sadie & Dylan admit that their friendship feels more like love?

🔥💚Get Sadie & Dylan’s story here:🔥💚
mybook.to/FeelsLikeLove
🔥💚Read the series here: 🔥💚
mybook.to/MustangPrairieBooks

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Billionaire Romance Book Review!! ~ Billionaire Protector (The Secret Billionaires Book 6) by Melanie Knight

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Sarah Sloan: Harmony Creek Sheriff, former town criminal (possibly), purveyor of secrets (definitely)

After a rough childhood, Sarah fought her way to become Harmony Creek’s top cop. She hides the secrets of her past, forging the future she’s always desired. Exploring the scene of an arson late one night, she spies a shadowy figure prowling the darkness. Just as she’s about to arrest him…

He captures her instead.

Cole Carter: Harmony Creek Deputy, son of former sheriff, military hero

After a life-changing stint in the military, Cole Carter is back home and ready to jump into his new law enforcement career. He’s already catching criminals his first night on the job when he finds a trespasser. He’s not at all surprised when he discovers it’s his childhood nemesis a.k.a. former town crook. Only, she’s not actually a criminal.

She’s his new boss.

Now he’s working under her, discovering an entirely new woman from the girl he knew. Every moment reveals a new truth, as the attraction he once thought gone is back and growing. She might be in charge, but he’s not giving up control.

He’s going to discover every secret… and why she affects him so much.

Get it on Amazon, FREE on KindleUnlimited

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Second Chance, Age-Gap Romance! ~ It’s Only Forever by N.D. Jackson

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After our one night together I never expected to see Lance again.
I definitely never expected to see him sitting at one of the ultra cool bistro that populate the French Quarter.
My town.
My home.
My refuge after finding out I was pregnant in the middle of my poli-sci fellowship
But there he was, still handsome as ever.
Still rockin’ a three-piece suit like nobody’s business.
He was here for the summer to write his next bestseller
In my town
There’s no way I’ll make it an entire summer without falling for him
Or keeping our daughter a secret

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