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Romance Book Review ~ In The Spotlight by Sophie An

ABOUT:

Connor Knightly
Hollywood’s biggest star, and a product of Hollywood legends.
Connor needed the right actress for his new movie. He didn’t want the hottest or most popular actress, he wanted the perfect one, and Judy was the perfect woman for the role. This movie was his baby, and Judy was his star. He just needs to remember to keep his hands off of her. He didn’t want another relationship in the spotlight.

Judy Roux
The product of two people who needed to divorce.
Judy was ready to throw in the towel and give up on her Hollywood dreams, but not without a last hurrah. She took a chance, and it paid off. She was a relatively unknown actress, daughter of a porn film maker, a stepping stool for A-list celebrities, and she was going to star in a movie with The Connor Knightly. She wasn’t just going to star in the movie with him, she was going to be the star.

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NEW RELEASE & BOOK REVIEW! ~ The Sexy Billionaire by JA Low

Title: The Sexy Billionaire
Series: Italian Nights Series Book 2
Author: JA Low
Release: February 18, 2024
Genre: Billionaire/2nd Chance Romance
Designer: Simply Defined Art
Photographer: Wander Book Club Photography
Model: Leonardo

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-sexy-billionaire-a-second-chance-romance-italian-nights-series-book-2-by-ja-low

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204258214-the-sexy-billionaire

Blurb:

Giorgio

I’ve always been the dutiful son, living my life for everyone else but me.

So, walking in on my fiancée with someone else during our engagement party should have filled me with devastation, but instead, I felt relieved.

When a drunken message to the woman whose heart I broke all those years ago comes back with a reply, will this be the second chance I’ve always hoped for, or is it too late?

Paige

This isn’t at all how I saw my life playing out.

It started with discovering I’ve inherited my Great Aunt’s estate in Italy.

Then I walk into our restaurant and find my husband giving his French baguette to our sous chef.

And because I hadn’t suffered enough, the universe decides to bring back into my life the one man I swore I’d never speak to ever again.

Except now he’s a sexy billionaire.

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New Release & Review!!! ~ Sweet Southern Memories (Magnolia Grove) by C.A. Harms

Title: Sweet Southern Memories
Series: Magnolia Grove
Author: C.A. Harms
Genre/Tropes: Second Chance -Small Town Romance – Single Mom – Hot Doctor – Friends to Lovers – Angst
Release Date: February 8, 2024
Cover Design: Sarah Paige
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200855296-sweet-southern-memories
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/sweet-southern-memories-by-c-a-harms

Blurb: 

Zoey

Life doesn’t always go according to plan, a lesson I learned the hard way during my divorce. My first love returns home just in time to watch me pick up the pieces, and the moment I lay eyes on him every memory rushes back.

Jayson Lincoln, the man who still makes my heart beat fast, after all these years. But he’s Doctor Lincoln now and I’m a far cry from the carefree girl he left behind.

I’m learning to navigate life as a single mother of twin girls and he’s reluctantly home to take over the family practice. We may be back in the same small town, but we’re still worlds apart.

Jayson

It’s always been her. No one could ever measure up to Zoey Harding.

And I’ll always regret walking away from her and our hometown, for the big city to chase my dreams.

The longer I’m back, the more the echoes of our past whisper what could have been. But it’s not just about us, and her daughters steal my heart and mend what’s been broken for far too long.

Zoey’s afraid to trust me, but I’m determined to heal the fractures of her heart and prove that this time I’m not going anywhere.

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New Romance Release & Review! ~ Slashed By You (Chicago Steel Series) by Jessica Buss

Title: Slashed By You
Series: Chicago Steel Series Book 5
Author: Jessica Buss
Release: February 5, 2024 
Genre: Hockey Romance
Tropes: Accidental Pregnancy, Working Class Heroine, Hero Falls First, Instant Attraction, Opposites Attract, Alpha Male
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199128245-slashed-by-you
Cover Designer: Karen Hulseman, Feed Your Dreams Designs @feedyourdreamdesigns https://www.instagram.com/feedyourdreamsdesigns/

Blurb:

Josh

As the captain of the Steel, Josh is always in control and confident as hell. In relationships, not so much, especially after being majorly burned. Then a gorgeous baker enters his life and changes everything. Her confections are pure magic, and now she’s all he craves.

Kenzie

Kenzie’s always dreamed of owning her own bakery. With a heart of gold, everything she does is filled with love. Busy running her shop, she doesn’t have time for relationships. However, priorities shift when she catches the eye of a kind and sexy professional hockey player who has developed a major sweet tooth.

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Romance Book Review ~ Bad Boy’s Accidental Baby by Alyssa Cobb

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He ruined my life, and now it’s my chance to ruin his… But I never thought I’d fall for him.

When I moved to Los Angeles, I never wanted to go back to my hometown. I told myself that I would do whatever it took to stay. So, when I lost everything because of a pompous, arrogant actor, I saved myself by landing a position at a sleazy publishing company, the Hollywood Star. However, I had no idea…

It would take me right back to him—the guy who almost ruined my life.

Now, I’m stuck faking it as his girlfriend to get the story. Thankfully, I don’t have to pretend to like him. Jasper Banks is the epitome of spoiled and lives up to his bad boy image, but…

I can’t deny the chemistry.

And before I even realize what’s happening, I’m intertwined with the man who I vowed to seek revenge on. I catch glimpses of someone completely different when I get him alone—and it’s getting under my skin. But just when I think I have it under control…

Everything comes to the surface.

Is it possible for our connection to withstand the lies it was built on? Or will I lose everything before we even have a chance?

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Book Review ~ I Pucking Love You by Pippa Grant

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You know those stories where an adorably misunderstood clumsy girl needs a fake date to a wedding so she asks her brother’s best friend and they accidentally fall in love?

I wish that was the kind of life I lead, but it’s not.

I don’t need a date to a wedding. I need a date to a funeral.

Clumsy sometimes fits, but then, that’s true for all of us, right? But adorable? No. Misunderstood? Nope again. I’m just your average girl, standing in front of a funeral invitation, asking it to be a winning lottery ticket instead.

And I don’t have a brother, or a best friend with a brother available, which means I’m stuck with Tyler Jaeger.

Sure, he’s a professional hockey player who also knows advanced calculus, but let’s say we’re not compatible and leave it at that. I should know. I am a matchmaker.

Not a very good one, but that’s beside the point.

I know a mismatch when I see one.

Still, Tyler’s what I’ve got, and I am not going to this funeral solo, so he’s what I’ll take.

After all—what could go wrong at a funeral?


I Pucking Love You is a hilariously wrong romantic comedy about the world’s worst matchmaker, a hockey player with a problem he doesn’t want to talk about, and an awkward date-of-convenience that everyone would prefer to forget. It comes complete with a cat working his way through his nine lives, all the sexy times, fish and chips, and a swoony happily-ever-after.

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Romance Book Review! ~ Heartsick & Lipsticks by Shawna Renae

About:

Nick Locke
My life was exactly how I’d planned it. Growing up, I wanted to rule the world, and being CEO of Locke Media Group fulfilled that dream. I’d started with nothing and built a billion-dollar empire one brick at a time. My motto was work hard, play harder. Becoming a single dad had rearranged my priorities, but I still found time to live up to the title I’d earned of San Francisco’s Most Eligible Bachelor.

Settling down was not in the plan…until I met her. She took me by surprise and had me reevaluating my bachelor status. Single life was all I’d ever known and ever wanted, but that was before I knew and wanted her.

Skye Taylor
My life was not how I’d planned it. Growing up, my dreams were nursery rhymed inspired; love comes first, then marriage, then a baby carriage. Things hadn’t gone in that order. Becoming a teen mom by a man who wanted nothing to do with me or our baby was not how I’d envisioned my life. But I rolled with the punches making the executive decision to focus on my daughter and my career.

No dating. No drama. No problem. I’d managed to go fifteen years living by that credo. But then I met him. I never saw him coming and he had me not only rethinking my choices but also bending all my rules.

Heartsick & Lipsticks is an opposites attract, single dad/single mom, forced proximity, insta-love, slow burn, reformed playboy, billionaire romance. This happily-ever-after is as far from cookie-cutter as you can get. The recipe for this romance is one part hot and tasty tattooed hero, one part sweet and savory sworn-off-relationships heroine, and two parts spicy and seasoned meddling family and friends. This delectable dish is sprinkled with zesty and zingy humor, drizzled with tender caramelized aww-inducing connections, and marinated with spicy sizzling sexiness. Bon appétit.

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Romance Book Review! ~ Cherish Me Forever by Layla Hagen

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What starts as a pretend romance soon turns into so much more…

Newly divorced Dominic Waldorf is the most coveted bachelor in Chicago. At least, that’s what he thinks. I’d describe him as more of a Neanderthal with a really nice backside.
When I accidentally spill champagne on him at a charity event, he accuses me of hitting on him. Then later, I run into him in an empty coat room, and he’s convinced.

The truth is even more embarrassing.

I’m hiding from my ex-fiancé, who showed up with his new wife—my former best friend. I try to hold it together, but instead spill my guts to this handsome stranger.

Dom surprises me by suggesting an agreement: we pretend to date. I get to rub it in my ex’s face and he appears off the ‘market’. You scratch my back—I scratch yours, that sort of thing.
Dom is an excellent fake boyfriend. He’s protective and caring, and even gives me a smoking hot kiss.
Then things get complicated. The charity has another event for us to attend —out of town, and overnight.

Between late night confessions and three more smoking hot kisses—not that I’m counting—I start wondering if he’s really faking everything.
I’m certainly way past pretending.

Soon after, Dom admits that he wants to date me… me, Reese Maxwell, for real!

But my heart isn’t allowed to make any decisions anymore.
Except — maybe — this one last time…

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Romance Book Review!! ~ He’s Not My Type by Meghan Quinn

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Word to the wise, never become roommates with a girl you’ve been pining over for the better part of a year.
You’re probably wondering why I would do such a thing? Well, I didn’t.
It was my teammates.
The moment they found out Blakely White was single, they took it upon themselves to play cupid and instruct me on how I should win her over.
Don’t wear a shirt around her.
Make her dinner.
Lightly touch her shoulder when you say goodbye.
I’m so flustered, so overwhelmed, so madly in love with this woman who barely notices me, that I lose control of the situation and make one huge mistake: I offer to be her fake date for a wedding so she can make her ex jealous.
That means, for one whole night I get a free pass with her. I get to hold her, dance with her, kiss her…stare at her from across the room like she’s my entire world because she has been for months now.
But when the night comes to an end, I’m faced with two options: bring her back to my bedroom and show her how I really feel, or let her walk away, succumbing to the fact that I very well might not be her type.

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NEW RELEASE & REVIEW!! ~ Happy Ho, Ho, Holidays by Jessica Buss

Title: Happy Ho, Ho, Holidays
Series: Chicago Steel Series (Novella)
Author: Jessica Buss
Release: December 1, 2023
Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance; Off-limits/Boss romance; Opposites attract
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/142064361-happy-ho-ho-holidays
Cover Designer: Karen Hulseman, Feed Your Dreams Designs @feedyourdreamdesigns https://www.instagram.com/feedyourdreamsdesigns/
Photographer: Eric Battershell  @ericbattershell https://www.instagram.com/ericdbattershell/
Cover Model: Drew Truckle  @Drew_Truckle_  https://www.instagram.com/drew_truckle_/

Blurb:

Trey

As soon as I see her, I’m bewitched by the bohemian beauty. One look from her and I’m done. Too bad after spending most of the evening together, I forget to get her number or her last name. As the owner of the Chicago Steel, the city’s professional hockey team, you’d think nothing is out of reach for me, but finding her has proved challenging. Months pass, and as my hope of ever finding her fades, she walks through my office door, hired to be my temporary PA.

Nicole

He can’t be real. The summer heat must be getting to me, because everything about this man seems too good to be true. We spend most of the night together, talking and laughing. And guess what… he is the complete package. The one worthy of a trip home to meet the parents. If you ever visited home and hadn’t written it off years ago. But as soon as he appears, he’s gone without a way to contact him. Do I write it off as bad luck, or do I storm their headquarters demanding to be seen? But what if it’s all one-sided and he isn’t longing for me like I do him?

This book is a novella that is connected to the Chicago Steel series but not one of the 8 in the series. It can be read as a stand-alone. It’s a contemporary sports romance, off-limits, boss romance, opposites attract

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