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Romance Book Review ~ The Problem with Players by Brittainy Cherry

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As a female coach, I’ve always lived by a simple mantra: throw hard, swing for the fences, and never, ever look back–especially when it comes to past flames.

So when my ex-boyfriend somehow manages to land the job as my new assistant coach, my life is flipped upside down. The game I thought I’d mastered is now being played with a whole new set of rules.

My ex is baseball’s all-star Nathan Pierce. He’s tall, dark, and undeniably handsome. He’s also all too eager to spend extra hours working together while flashing that familiar devilish smirk of his that still sends my heart racing.

Between playful teasing and lingering stares I discover that Nathan isn’t just here to work. He’s here to rewrite history. Our history.

And when fate throws another curveball involving me needing a place to stay, Nathan offers up his spare bedroom, which sends me spiraling into emotions I believed had long since faded.

Now I’m faced with the ultimate decision: keep it professional and continue fleeing from our past, or confront it head-on by playing the game he thinks we were meant to finish together.

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Spotlight Tour!! ~ Sweet Southern Memories by C.A. Harms

Title: Single 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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Romance Book Review!! ~ One Pucking Love by Ellie Wade

Title: One Pucking Love
Series: Crane Hockey
Author: Ellie Wade
Release Date: November 13, 2023
Genre/Tropes: Contemporary Romance, Sports, Hockey, Brother’s Best Friend, Second Chance, Friends to Lovers, Male Virgin, Forced Proximity
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198246915-one-pucking-love
Cover Design: Kate Farlow with Y’All that graphic

Blurb: 

From USA Today best-selling author Ellie Wade comes a brother’s best friend and second-chance hockey romance.

Cade Richards is the starting forward of the NHL team the Cranes. He’s at the top of his game and scoring like a champ. On a quick trip home, he runs into Iris, the woman he’s spent his adult life striving to be good enough for, the one who holds his heart.

Iris Feldmore’s life is in shambles. Everything she’s worked for has crumbled. Her brother returns home with his best friend—her first love, Cade—in tow. The hockey team gave Cade the nickname of Heartbreaker, and it’s fitting because he broke hers. If she’s honest with herself, she’s never gotten over it.  

Now Cade’s back and offering to help her in a way only he can. He’s always known what she needed, yet she’s terrified to let him in. She wouldn’t survive his loss again.

This time, though, something feels different. Their chemistry is off the charts, but she’s been fooled before. After all these years, could everything she’s wanted be in reach? 

Or will opening her heart end in another devastating heartbreak?

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Continue reading Romance Book Review!! ~ One Pucking Love by Ellie Wade

Small Town Second Chance Romance ~ How Could I Forget by N.D. Jackson

Welcome to Plentiful!

A small midwestern town with an unusual amount of twins and triplets…even quadruplets!

This is Kayla & Dan’s story.

Kayla

She was untouchable
Gorgeous. Bubbly. Kind.
And for one night, Kayla had been his.
One gloriously clumsy but heat filled night, she’d been his
To do whatever he pleased. Whatever pleased her.
And then in a flash, it was over.
Next came caps, gowns and graduation
Goodbye, forever.
And just when Dan had given up hope that he would ever see her again,
He found her.
Two doors away.

Dan

He was the adorable geek with the magnificent eyes
Smart as hell. Shy. Quiet.
Four years of barely noticing her and then one night, Dan was hers
He was nervous, adorable really
And so curious sometimes a shiver stole through her just thinking about his gentle touch that night
But it was just one night, as far as he knows.
As for Kayla, she knows exactly where she was when her life changed forever
And it was her secret to keep until Dan showed up in Plentiful
And blew her life to pieces

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Release Blitz!! ~ Love Me Knot by Aubree Valentine

Aubree is bringing the heat and the drama with this short and sweet second chance romance about a hot cop and the town’s favorite kindergarten teacher. Sparks will fly as these two reconnect and rediscover not only their love for one another but who they are now as individuals. Readers who love Corinne Michaels and Melanie Harlow will devour Loves Me Knot by Aubree Valentine, a steamy, small town, second chance, beach romance.

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I thought I was going to be her forever. That was until she up and left Candy Cane Key and took my broken heart right along with her.

Now she’s back and damn if those feelings aren’t still there for the girl who’s all grown up and still drives me crazy. Don’t get me wrong, I want her back and they say you’ve got to shoot your shot, but, I don’t know that I can handle another blow.

Guess I’m about to find out if she loves me, or knot.

Continue reading Release Blitz!! ~ Love Me Knot by Aubree Valentine

ROMANCE BOOK REVIEW!!! ~ The Redo by Max Monroe 

Title: The Redo
Author: Max Monroe
Release: July 17, 2022
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Cover Photographer: Wander Aguiar Photography
Cover Model: Andrew Biernat

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60808973-the-redo
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-redo-by-max-monroe

romantic comedy The Redo by Max Monroe

Blurb:

Put a finger down if you’ve ever been a single woman who got stuck in a New York City elevator in the middle of a summer blackout with your former high school sweetheart—whom you haven’t seen in years—while pregnant with a baby that isn’t biologically yours. And you can’t believe how handsome that blast from your past is, so you unwittingly flirt with him a little even though your life is so crazy complicated you’re barely keeping your head above water, but everything about him makes you think you could totally still be in love with him.

*puts a finger down*

What? Just me?

Needless to say, my current status is thorny. And no, I didn’t miss how close that word is to another one.

Even though he’s the epitome of tall, dark, and incredibly handsome, Remington Winslow has been a single bachelor for most of his life. It’s clichéd and basic—until you consider the fact that once upon a terrible time, he got left at the altar.

He doesn’t do relationships. He definitely doesn’t fall in love.

And I’m just trying to survive a tangled web of unexpected motherhood and running one of the top real estate firms in the city that never sleeps.

He’s the jaded guy who doesn’t want to settle down, and I’m the career-focused woman with more baggage than a 747 can hold.

We’re just two friends who used to be in love.

Now, if someone would tell my hormones I’m not a teenager anymore, I’d be set.

This book sucked me in right from the start. I’m a skeptic like Remy but I loved that he treated Cleo with respect and even if he didn’t realize it, their friendship kept him open for love when it finally came.

I don’t want to give away too much about this wonderful story but Maria is a badass. Running into Remy for the first time in ages and getting stuck in an elevator? While pregnant? I’m surprised the poor woman didn’t keel over from absolute humiliation. There was something about Maria that was just fun and endearing and it made me root for her from the very start.

Remy’s growth over the course of the story was heartwarming and I really loved his relationship with his siblings. They were a fun, rambunctious bunch and I loved every moment of this story from beginning to end.

I really wish I’d been aware of this series from the first book because it seems like a fun ride and now I guess I’ll go backwards since I know how it all turns out!

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NEW RELEASE & EXCERPT!!! ~ Forget the Stars by Kelsey Kingsley

Title: Forget the Stars
Author: Kelsey Kingsley
Genre: Friends-to-lover/2nd Chance Romance
Release Date: August 26, 2019
Cover Design: Danny Manzella

 

“From August 26 to September 26, 2019, 10% of all proceeds will be donated to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.”

“If you want a book with eternally endearing and relatable characters, a heartfelt, captivating, poignant storyline, and one that has the potential to compassionately enlighten the reader, ponder it no more and get your copy of this one today.” – BookAddict

 

“I can’t forget the stars when I have to give this book all the stars! Seriously. All the stars in the universe. I can’t even begin to tell you how special Forget The Stars is. I just want to go around to everyone I know yelling “READ THIS BOOK!”” – Red Hatter Book Blog

Guitarist Chad Wilcox’s life isn’t going according to plan. 
At thirty, he never thought he’d still be unmarried and living with his parents. And with the added stress of his poor health, he’s convinced the only thing within his control is the success he’s found as a rockstar.
 
After reconnecting with his childhood best friend, Chad sets into motion a new plan to regain control over his happiness, and things start looking up. But when he finds himself diagnosed with a potentially debilitating chronic illness, he begins to wonder…
Is this as good as it’s going to get? Or is it at all possible for a guy like him to get everything he’s ever wished for?

Continue reading NEW RELEASE & EXCERPT!!! ~ Forget the Stars by Kelsey Kingsley

RELEASE BOOST!!! ~ Flash by Stella Andrews

Title: Flash
Series: A Twisted Romance
Author: Stella Andrews
Genre: Steamy Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 4, 2019
FOR A LIMITED TIME, THIS INCLUDES A SECOND STORY FREE – COUNTRY GIRL
Flash
I’m a fighter by day and take my pick of the ladies at night.
I thought my life was perfect – I was wrong.
When Jennifer walked through those doors, I saw what perfection really is.
Long, dark, hair that would look good wrapped in my fist.
Soft curves that beg for my touch and a wicked mouth that promises pleasure of the most sinful kind.
The trouble is, she’s not here for me and I must look but not touch.
Warned to stay away because our protection is what she needs most because Jennifer has a secret that causes power to shift and continents to fall.
It’s a good thing I love a good fight and I’m about to have the fight of my life.
Jennifer
He’s the man that steals the breath from your body and dares you to survive.
Irresistible, insufferable and more man than one woman can stand.
A smart mouth and eyes that sparkle with sin.
Did I mention he’s off-limits?
I shouldn’t want him but I do.
I shouldn’t let him in but I can’t turn him away.
I have a child to protect and her life has more meaning than mine.
But I have needs and I need him.
Can he save me from falling because I’m about to fall – hard?
A Reaper Novella, short, sexy and sweet with a second chance romance that gave Kindle Fire its name.
Sunny
He took my first kiss. 
He took my virginity.
Then on the happiest day of my life, he stole my heart and left like the thief he was.
I moved on regardless and became a star.
To the rest of the world, I’m living the dream. That dream is a nightmare
Now he’s back and wants to give my heart back.
It’s battered and bruised and I’ve changed so much it may no longer fit.
He sees the real me – he always has.
Can love work the second time around, or is it too late?
As I said, I’m living a nightmare because tomorrow is my wedding – he’s four years too late.
Tyson
She was my first love.
She was my only love.
I made the ultimate sacrifice and regretted it every day for four long and lonely years.
She doesn’t see it like that and now I’m back I must prove myself all over again.
This time the clock’s ticking because tomorrow, I stand to lose her all over again.

Continue reading RELEASE BOOST!!! ~ Flash by Stella Andrews

NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Stealing Home by Harlow Cole

Title: Stealing Home (St. Michaels Duet #2)
Author: Harlow Cole
Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Release Date: August 1, 2019

 

 

Ashley
I’ve given up. On my childish dreams.
On getting out of this town. On love. On him.
On everything.
I’m barely treading water.
Brayden
I’m the man with it all.
The pinstriped jersey covering my back garners easy cash, flashy cars and fast women. My gilded name drapes over the city in neon. I have everything. Everything, except the thing I crave most. Ashley Foster.
There’s one addiction I never tried to beat.
They say you can never go home again. I’m out to prove them wrong. But what if returning requires facing all the things you destroyed? To what lengths would you go to earn forgiveness?
Would you beg? Would you borrow? Would you steal?
Stealing home is the riskiest move in baseball. But the reward… If it works? Winning her back is a chance I’m finally ready to take.
My pockets are filled with stars.
It’s time to follow them home.
This time, I don’t want to steal her firsts,
I want to lay claim on all her lasts.

Continue reading NEW RELEASE!!! ~ Stealing Home by Harlow Cole

NEW RELEASE & BOOK EXCERPT!!! ~ Everlasting Connections by Meghana Sarathy

Title: Everlasting Connections
Series: Twisted Connections #1
Author: Meghana Sarathy
Genre: 2nd Chance/Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 28, 2019

 

Brandon:
 
Sabrina was my childhood friend. My first crush. My first mistake was leaving her behind. I had crushed her heart, unaware of the feelings she harbored for me. And twenty years is a long time to hold onto that grief. Now I’m back in Seattle and like fate has it, we meet again. 
 
She might not have been my first kiss or love but I want her to be my soul-mate. My life partner.I might never be able to get over my first love, but I want Sabrina to complete me and be my new beginning.
 
I wish to be her knight in shining armor, saving her from the shackles of a broken marriage. A real father for her daughter, Clara. 
 
But I have fucked up too many times in the past. She won’t trust me with her heart again. I can come close to being her friend but nothing more….
 
When have I ever given up, though? I try not to play unfair this time, but with Linden guiding me with his twisted antics (He stole my first love – My Gem from me or maybe it was me who first tried to snatch her from him – either way Gem is his now and he’s just returning the favor), I might actually make Sabrina fall for me.
 
As Brandon, I can just be her best friend, but as ‘Scott’ (Her anonymous on-line friend), I will gain her trust and woo her. No matter whom she chooses, she will end up with me and I will be everything she wants and asks for. 
 

 

Twisted Connections is a Spin-Off of Love Connection Series. Every book in Twisted Connections can be read as a standalone. (It’s NOT necessary to read Love Connection Series before reading this book)

Continue reading NEW RELEASE & BOOK EXCERPT!!! ~ Everlasting Connections by Meghana Sarathy