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* Review * THE DALMATION DILEMMA by Cheryl Harper

July 31, 2020 Leave a Comment

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* Review * THE DALMATION DILEMMA by Cheryl Harper

The Dalmatian Dilemma by Cheryl Harper
Series: Veterans' Road #2
Published by Harlequin Heartwarming on August 1, 2020
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She’s opened up to him…

But will he let her in?

Former air force officer Reyna Montero wants to become a firefighter, despite her family’s wishes. In a bid to impress the fire chief, Reyna agrees to train the station’s naughty dalmatian—and turns to fellow veteran and dog expert Sean Wakefield for support. As they work together, independent Reyna gradually lets Sean see her vulnerable side…until mounting pressures tangle with their dreams coming true.

Sweet and satisfying! With book two in her Veterans’ Road series Cheryl Harper takes us on a journey of making dreams come true with THE DALMATION DILEMMA. The cast is fresh and good hearted, the plot is full of turmoil yet goodness and the dog is an adorable addition to it all. I was left wanting a more developed conclusion to the story, but I really enjoyed the characters and the story overall.

Reyna Montero is a great character. She’s self-assured and accomplished and she truly cares about the people she sets out to help. Watching her learn to stand up for her dreams was really special.

Sean Wakefield is such a good guy! The reader is half in love from him the first time he steps foot on the pages, so it doesn’t take much to have us under his spell fully. He’s kind, he’s approachable and he’s the most deserving guy around.

I highly recommend this story to anyone who enjoys a sweet romance with easy to connect with characters. Lots of laughs, an adorable dog and just enough suspense to keep us turning the pages to see what the outcome would be.

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* Review * THE PATERNITY PACT by Cat Schield

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* Review * THE PATERNITY PACT by Cat Schield

The Paternity Pact by Cat Schield
Series: Texas Cattleman's Club: Rags to Riches #3
Published by Harlequin Desire on August 1, 2020
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Reunited with his forbidden lover, and her explosive secret! Discover the price of passion in this Texas Cattleman’s Club: Rags to Riches romance.

His unforgettable one-night stand is back in town. And she’s not alone…

Five years ago, Grant Everett and Harley Wingate waltzed out of the Texas Cattleman’s Club ball and into Grant’s bed. Now an international philanthropist, the beautiful young woman has returned to Royal—with their secret son in tow. Grant wants answers—and Harley in his bed. But with scandal swirling around her family, can he stop Harley from running all over again?

Life changing secrets are exposed! With the third book in the always dramatic Texas Cattleman’s Club: Rags To Riches series Cat Schield brings us a forbidden love/secret child mash up and it’s pretty epic! The characters are attention grabbing, the plot is fast paced and exciting and the connection they establish while reawakening their passion for each other is so much fun to read! We don’t move forward that much in the ongoing suspense of the series, but the happily ever after produced in this book alone is spot on. Looking forward to the next in the series!

Harley Wingate might be hard to redeem to some because of the secrets that she kept, but I found her endearing. She left town after an explosive weekend with Grant five years ago and now her return from Thailand might be precipitated by needing to work on funding for her charity endeavors, but the visit is past due in introducing her son to his father.

Grant Everett believes he’s not made for family happiness, but it doesn’t take long as a reader to see the good in him. He can’t believe Harley has kept his son from him for all of these years, but he finds it easier to forgive than he expected as he listens to her and gets to know her version of the world.

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone who enjoys action filled sagas of love, lust and revenge.

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* Review * MONTANA WELCOME by Melinda Curtis

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* Review * MONTANA WELCOME by Melinda Curtis

Montana Welcome by Melinda Curtis
Series: The Blackwell Sisters #1
Published by Harlequin Heartwarming on August 1, 2020
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A bride on the run

And a cowboy to show her the way home…

Lily Harrison’s wedding day isn’t quite what she imagined. Not only does her fiancé not love her, she’s just discovered she’s a Blackwell—a member of Montana’s well-known ranching family. Now Lily’s ditched her own wedding for a road trip with handsome cowboy Conner Hannah. But will Lily find her answers in Montana…or lose the cowboy she’s already begun falling for?

A delightful Blackwell family reunion! With the first book in The Blackwell Sisters spin-off series Melinda Curtis brings all the feels in MONTANA WELCOME. It’s a joy to see Big E and his grandsons enjoying their lives even as he steps in to stir up a little trouble again when he discovers a son and five granddaughters he knew nothing about. The characters are fun and sincere, the plot is thick with tension and drama and the sweet love connection between Lily and her cowboy is all it takes to steal a reader’s heart. I can’t wait for book two!

Lily Harrison is the sweetest. We can’t help but sympathize with her feeling of losing control of her own life, and as she grows closer to Conner and begins to see that she can control her outcome, it’s so rewarding.

Conner Hannah is such a goodhearted guy. I loved every minute of getting to know him and his feisty mama was an added bonus!

I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a sweet romance with a down home feel to it as the characters fall under each other’s spell. If you read the original Blackwell series, you will delight in seeing how the grandsons are all doing in their happily ever afters.

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* Release Blast * SEARCHING FOR LOVE by Melissa Foster

July 29, 2020 Leave a Comment

Searching for Love
The Bradens and Montgomerys
Melissa Foster
Releasing July 29, 2020
World Literary Press

Blurb:

Zev Braden and Carly Dylan were co-explorers, best friends, and first loves. Their close-knit families were sure they were destined to marry—until a devastating tragedy struck, breaking the two lovers apart. Over the next decade Zev, a nomadic treasure hunter, rarely returned to his hometown, and Carly became a chocolatier and built a whole new life across the country. When a chance encounter brings them back into each other’s lives, can they find the true love that once existed, or will shattered dreams and broken hearts prevail? Find out in Searching for Love, a deliciously sexy, funny, and emotional second-chance romance.

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Author Info
Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.

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* Review * INCOGNITO EX by Geri Krotow

July 29, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Incognito Ex by Geri Krotow
Series: Silver Valley P.D. #8
Published by Harlequin Romantic Suspense on August 1, 2020
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When she is targeted by a vicious mobster

A past love is her only hope

When a Russian gangster targets Coral Staufer, she is desperate for help. Coral stumbles across an undercover agent none other than the man she loved and lost, Trevor Stone. Trevor will risk anything to stop her from becoming a mob casualty…even risk his career to protect Coral. But when their past love reignites, their entire mission—and very lives—are at stake.

Danger rears it’s ugly head around every corner! With book eight in her always entertaining Silver Valley P.D. series Geri Krotow thrills her readers with a second chance reunion story. The energy is high and the story line kept me riveted while watching Coral and Trevor make their way back towards each other warmed my heart. Always a pleasure to return to Silver Valley!

Coral Staufer had my attention quickly as she starts off the story in danger. She’s spent several years trying to get over her ex while building a business during a rough time and now it seems to be crumbling down around her.

Trevor Stone is a bit standoffish, but warms as Coral becomes part of his life again. He’s undercover when he hears her voice and knows he’s going to have to think fast to get them both out of this alive.

I recommend this book and the entire series to anyone who enjoys fast paced action mixed with love and romance. I always leave anxious for the next book in the series to see what will happen next in the ongoing plot.

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* Review * BAD REPUTATION by JC Harroway

July 29, 2020 Leave a Comment

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* Review * BAD REPUTATION by JC Harroway

Bad Reputation by JC Harroway
Series: The Pleasure Pact #2
Published by Harlequin Dare on August 1, 2020
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Playboy billionaire Oliver Cotterill has never crossed the line with his best friend, Neve…until a destination wedding becomes a vacation fling that’s hotter than a tropical fever.

My bad reputation is well deserved. That’s why I’ve always kept things platonic with Neve Grayson. She may be a curvaceous beauty, but she’s also my best friend. The person who’s always had my back, always believed in me. The safest woman to take to my cousin’s Maldives beach wedding. Or so I thought…

Neve parading around in barely there bikinis strains the boundary I set for myself nine years ago. Discovering her bag of sex toys opens Pandora’s box…and there’s no going back. It turns out Neve made a “pleasure pact” with her friends—they’ve dared her to show me exactly how she feels about being platonic! Then we make our own deal: what happens on the island stays on the island.

Once I get a taste of sweet, funny Neve, I realize my cravings will never be satisfied. My best friend has become my most powerful addiction. But I have to go cold turkey before she becomes the next salacious tidbit for the tabloids. Before my messed-up family damages her as they have me. Before she learns my darkest secret and walks out of my life forever…

Best friends to vacation lovers with oh so many feels!! Oliver and Neve are sure to delight as JC Harroway brings us book two in The Pleasure Pact series with BAD REPUTATION. I loved every minute of it and enjoyed the love they had for each other and the tidbits of humor laced into an intense plot. I’m looking forward to more in the series!

Oliver Cotterill is such a sweetheart. His dysfunctional family has him believing he doesn’t deserve the love of a good woman, so for almost a decade he’s been fulfilled with Neve being his very best friend … but an obligatory showing at a cousin’s wedding with her by his side might just be his undoing!

Neve Grayson is so easy to like. She’s secretly loved Olly since the day she met him, but has delighted in having him as her best friend since she obviously didn’t do it for him then, but a Pleasure Pact with her girlfriends has her considering putting it all on the line to be honest with him once and for all about how she really feels.

I highly recommend this book and the entire series to anyone looking for a fast moving delicious plot filed with love, laughter and intense sexual pleasure.

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* Review * MAN DOWN by Kate Meader

July 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Man Down by Kate Meader
Series: Rookie Rebels #3
Published by Kate Meader LLC on July 28, 2020
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I've been texting the wife I lost, the woman I loved beyond measure . . . Now someone else has answered back.

Gunnar Bond is broken.
Three years ago, he lived through the car crash that took his wife and twins away from him--though "lived" barely describes his current state. Giving up professional hockey, going off grid, and drinking himself into oblivion are his coping mechanisms. Another is texting his dead wife about his days without her. Therapeutic? Doubtful. Crazy? Definitely. But those messages into the ether are virtually the only thing stopping him from spiraling to even darker places.

Until someone texts back ...

Sadie Yates is losing it.
Suddenly guardian to a little sister she doesn't know and a misbehaving hound she'd rather not know at all, she's had to upend her (sort of) glamorous life in LA and move back to Chicago. The nanny has quit, the money's running out, and her job is on the line. The last thing she needs is her sister's hockey camp counselor, a judgmental Viking type, telling her she sucks at this parenting lark. Thank the goddess for her sweet, sensitive, and--fingers crossed--sexy text buddy who always knows the right thing to say. In the same city at last, they can finally see if their online chemistry is mirrored in real life. She just needs to set up a meeting ...

A ruined man who claims to have used up all his love is surely a bad bet, but Sadie's never been afraid of a challenge ... even if this one might shatter her heart into a million pieces.

Emotionally breathtaking! With the third book in her Rookie Rebels hockey series Kate Meader brings the emotion and heartache like a pro! When a hockey player at the top of his game has his heart torn out by the loss of his family, he’s got a lot of healing to do.

Gunnar Bond gutted me. He’s such a nice guy, and to watch him hurt in the manner that he does even three years after the death of his family is heartbreaking. It was heartwarming to see him slowly start to come back into himself after meeting Sadie and joining the life of hockey again.

Sadie Yates is a fun character. You know she has a good heart when she inquires about the welfare of the guy who she can tell is pouring his heart out to someone … only she’s the one getting his messages. I enjoyed seeing them make their way towards each other and seeing her family heal as well.

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone who enjoys a hockey romance but with so much more depth and realness included. Always great characters, amazing story lines and down right good hearted people all the way around.

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* Review * THE HERO OF HOPE SPRINGS by Maisey Yates

July 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Hero of Hope Springs by Maisey Yates
Series: Gold Valley #10
Published by HQN Books on July 21, 2020
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Will Gold Valley’s most honorable cowboy finally claim the woman he’s always wanted?

For as long as brooding cowboy Ryder Daniels has known Sammy Marshall, she has been his sunshine. Her free spirit and bright smile saved him after the devastating loss of his parents and gave him the strength to care for his orphaned family. Only Ryder knows how vulnerable Sammy is, so he’s kept his attraction for his best friend under wraps for years. But what Sammy’s asking for now might be a step too far…

Something has been missing from Sammy’s life, and she thinks she knows what it is. Deciding she wants a baby is easy; realizing she wants her best friend to be the father is…complicated. Especially when a new heat between them sparks to life! When Sammy discovers she’s pregnant, Ryder makes it clear he wants it all. But having suffered the fallout of her parents’ disastrous relationship, Sammy is wary of letting Ryder too close. This cowboy will have to prove he’s proposing out of more than just honor…

Friends to lovers … and more! With book ten in her beloved Gold Valley series Maisey Yates delights her reader with the story we’ve all been waiting for. Ryder Daniels! He gave up his dreams and stepped up to take care of his siblings and friends when tragedy struck years ago and now it’s time for him to finally get his share of happiness. I enjoyed them getting together, but they felt a little flat in their emotions and dialogue and I found myself wanting a little more. I’m a big fan of the series, so I hope to see them again in the future.

Ryder Daniels has been a favorite character ever since the Daniels family stepped on the screen in this series and seeing him get to claim the woman he’s been in love with for years as his very own is really sweet. I always enjoy his connection with his family.

Sammy Marshall is sass all the way around and it was fulfilling to learn more of her past.

I recommend this book and the series as a whole to anyone who enjoys a close knit family always weighing in on each others lives as each member finds their own happily ever after.

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* Review * INSATIABLE HUNGER by Yahrah St. John

July 27, 2020 Leave a Comment

Insatiable Hunger by Yahrah St. John
Series: Dynasties: Seven Sins #3
Published by Harlequin Desire on July 1, 2020
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She’s just a friend but he craves so much more…
His unbridled appetites could cost him everything.

Ryan Hathaway isn’t about to let his friend marry the wrong guy—not when the right guy is him. But getting out of Jessie Acosta’s friend zone could destroy his plans to become Black Crescent’s CEO. He can’t afford to give in to the overwhelming temptation of wanting her. But with another man looming in Jessie’s life, Ryan can’t afford not to…

Unrequited love turns to into so much more in the latest from Yahrah St. John … and I loved it! With the third book in the always entertaining Dynasties: Seven Sins series emotions are high and sexual tension is flowing as these long time best friends turn into electrifying lovers!

I adored Ryan Hathaway from the start. He’s truly a nice guy, he’s loyal and he’s just simply delicious.

Jessie Acosta is a bit harder to like. She’s justified in her attitude towards Black Crescent investments, but she carried her hatred a bit far at times … and keeping him on a string while other offers are in the air didn’t make me a bigger fan.

I highly recommend this book and the entire series to anyone who enjoys a fast paced story with strong characters, high end business sense and passionate connections. I’m looking forward to more to come in the series!

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* Review * SEARCHING FOR LOVE by Melissa Foster

July 27, 2020 1 Comment

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* Review * SEARCHING FOR LOVE by Melissa Foster

Searching for Love by Melissa Foster
Series: The Bradens & Montgomerys #6
Published by World Literary Press on July 29, 2020
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Zev Braden and Carly Dylan have known each other their whole lives. Their close-knit families were sure they were destined to marry—until a devastating tragedy struck, breaking the two lovers apart. Over the next decade Zev, a nomadic treasure hunter, rarely returned to his hometown, and Carly became a chocolatier and built a whole new life across the country. When a chance encounter brings them back into each other’s lives, can they find the true love that once existed, or will shattered dreams and broken hearts prevail? Find out in Searching for Love, a deliciously sexy, funny, and emotional second-chance romance.

A magical reunion of first loves! With book six in her always popular The Bradens and Montgomerys series Melissa Foster continues to delight her readers with captivating characters and emotional love stories! I felt my attention waning a bit because this seemed like a longer than average book for this author, but overall it is another hit for the series with tempting characters, sweet love stories and steamy connections wrapped up in a strong background of family and friends. Looking forward to the next in the series!

Zev Braden walked away from the life that he loved when tragedy struck a decade ago and watching him walk back into the heart of the one he left behind is pure magic.

Carly Dylan is adorable. Losing Zev broke something inside her, but she picked up the pieces and made herself into something to be proud of. She’s awestruck the moment she sees him again … but can she ever trust him not to walk away again?

I highly recommend this book as well as the series as a whole to anyone who loves a deeply connected couple with family surrounding them as they find their way back to each other. There are tears, laughter and so many heartwarming moments to enjoy!

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