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* Release Day Blast * CODE NAME: REVENGE by Sawyer Bennett

April 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

Code Name: Revenge (Jameson Force Security, Book 9)
Sawyer Bennett
Release Date: April 19, 2022

 

Synopsis:

When Kynan McGrath approached me about joining Jameson Force Security, I jumped at the chance. Just call me Dozer Burney, one half of the genius duo who keeps the team at the forefront of security technology. The move from NASA to Jameson also put me back on the east coast, closer to those who mean the most to me.

Jessica Anderson has been my best friend since college. A single mom who found herself mixed up with a dangerous man years ago, she’s been living a safe, quiet life in Miami after helping police put him behind bars. We both knew her safety, and that of her daughter, was reliant on him staying locked up. So when I see an alert that he’s escaped from his maximum security prison, I know where he’s heading to exact his revenge.

Now it’s a race against time to get to Jessica before he does.

Protecting her with my life is easy, because there’s one thing I’ve never admitted to anyone, not even myself—I have been in love with Jessica Anderson since the day I met her. And if we both make it out alive, I’ll make sure she knows it every day for the rest of our lives.

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About the Author:

New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Sawyer Bennett uses real life experience to create relatable stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From contemporary romance, fantasy romance, and both women’s and general fiction, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone.

A former trial lawyer from North Carolina, when she is not bringing fiction to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to her very adorable daughter, as well as full-time servant to her wonderfully naughty dogs.

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* Release Blitz/Review * ONE WAY BACK TO ME by Carrie Ann Ryan

April 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.

* Release Blitz/Review * ONE WAY BACK TO ME by Carrie Ann RyanOne Way Back to Me by Carrie Ann Ryan
Series: The Wilder Brothers #1
Published by Carrie Ann Ryan on April 18, 2022
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four-stars

One dance at a stranger’s wedding. That’s all it took for me to fall for Alexis.
And then? Disaster. Another man—her boyfriend—gets down on one knee and proposes to her.

I never thought I’d see her again.

Years later, I’m in desperate need of a wedding planner—not for myself, but for my company.

My five brothers and I need to get our new Wilder Resort off the ground, and Alexis is the only one savvy enough to help us.

But there’s the little matter that I still have it bad for her. Alexis has changed since the night we met. She’s gun shy. But there’s a spark between us that will not die. We both fight it, until we don’t.

Until history repeats itself. The same guy who took her away from me is back to do more damage. But this time he’ll have to go through me to get her.

 

Decadently delicious! This steamy match up between eldest brother Eli and Alexis is sure to please as Carrie Ann Ryan turns on the heat and drama in the first book in The Wilder Brothers series. ONE WAY BACK TO ME introduces this set of siblings who are banding together after leaving the military to love and support their way into a thriving business … hopefully! The basic premise is fun and caught my attention quickly. I would have liked a tad more development in spots, but overall I liked the feel of the series and look forward to watching each brother meet their match.

Eli is a stand up guy looking to make a go of this business with his brothers that is coming about just as they all needed it. He’s honest, trustworthy and more than a touch naughty, just the way I like ‘em!

Alexis is sweet and sincere, but she’s made some bad choices in her life that keep coming back to bite her.

I recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a close knit group of siblings who interact in business on a daily basis as each one stumbles across their very own forever.

 

 

 

 

Title: One Way Back to Me
Series: The Wilder Brothers #1
Author: Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 18, 2022

 

BLURB

 

When the Wilder brothers retire from the military and are forced to learn a new life, things get interesting in the start to a brand new steamy, contemporary romance series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan.

I never thought I’d see her again.
After one dance at a wedding, I knew she was for me. Only things didn’t work out that way, and I had to watch her walk away with the man she loved instead.

Years later, I’m in desperate need of a wedding planner—not for myself, but for my company.
My five brothers and I need to get our new Wilder Resort off the ground, and Alexis is the only one who can help.

Yet the moment we see each other again, we can’t deny the passion or connection. And if we’re not careful, our pasts just might burn through our present.

 

 

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AUTHOR BIO
Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.
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four-stars
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* Review * RATTLE SOME CAGES by Lani Lynn Vale

April 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

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* Review * RATTLE SOME CAGES by Lani Lynn ValeRattle Some Cages by Lani Lynn Vale
Series: Battle Crows MC #3
on April 19, 2022
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five-stars

It’s not every day that you see a dead body at the beach. Or the woman of your dreams sitting next to that dead body.

Price Crow first saw Sabrina Proctor in the middle of a hurricane.

She’d been sitting next to her dead best friend, who’d passed away on the beach, with no way to get her back home, thanks to the world’s worst luck, and one hell of a storm.

So Price does what any decent person would do: he carries Sabrina’s dead best friend to their beach house and doesn’t leave her side until he’s forced to.

He had every intention of bridging that gap, of checking up on her and making sure she was okay, but life is funny and has a way of making a mockery of the best-laid plans.

Despite one hell of a connection, under the worst of circumstances, they go their separate ways. At least, he tries to. But he can’t stop thinking about her, and it becomes apparent, very fast, that he has a decision to make.

Choose Sabrina, or live out the rest of his life making everyone else around him happy except for himself.

 

Such emotional depth! Lani Lynn Vale has a way with tearing your heart out and putting it slowly back together again when she writes about loss in her books. Tears are often near, but just as quickly she can have you smiling through the sad at some of the adorable antics her characters get into for love. The story almost always could shine a little more with some further development, but sometimes the way the emotion can reach you means EVERYTHING.

Price is loving, loyal and fierce and I loved every minute of him.

Sabrina is strong and resolute as life’s unfairness touches her way too often. I love the way she can move forward through the weight of the world.

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone that enjoys a close knit family that isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty when it comes to protecting their loved ones, righting wrongs and finding their forever love.

five-stars
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* Review * SUMMER ON THE ISLAND by Brenda Novak

April 15, 2022 Leave a Comment
* Review * SUMMER ON THE ISLAND by Brenda NovakSummer on the Island by Brenda Novak
Published by MIRA on April 5, 2022
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four-stars

A summer of healing, friendship, love…and a secret that could change everything.

After the death of her US senator father, Marlow Madsen travels to the small island off the coast of Florida where she spent summers growing up to help her mother settle the family estate. For Marlow, the trip is a chance to reconnect after too long apart. It’s also the perfect escape to help her feel grounded again—one she’s happy to share with friends Aida and Claire, who are hoping to hit reset on their lives, too.

A leisurely beachfront summer promises the trio of women the opportunity to take deep healing breaths and explore new paths. But when her father’s will reveals an earth-shattering secret that tarnishes his impeccable reputation and everything she thought she knew about her family, Marlow finds herself questioning her entire childhood—and aspects of her future. Fortunately, her friends, and the most unlikely love interest she could imagine, prove that happiness can be found no matter what—as long as the right people are by your side.

 

This beach read is sure to hook you from the very start! Love, friendship and loss are front and center as we delve into Brenda Novak’s SUMMER ON THE ISLAND and as the story unravels a good bit of drama enters the picture. For me I’m less likely to sink deeply into enjoyment when there is a lot of pandemic talk in the story since let’s face it, we’ve all had to live it personally way too much right now, so it starts out iffy for me, but I quickly got drawn into the characters and enjoyed their stories regardless.

Marlow is kind-hearted and easy to like. The drama that this trip opens up for her is unexpected, but the she also gains love and understanding throughout.

I recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a dramatic women’s fiction story with strong elements of romance chock full of attention grabbing characters and love, laughter and angst enough to fill your heart.

four-stars
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* Review * SETUP AT WHISKEY GULCH by Elle James

April 15, 2022 Leave a Comment
* Review * SETUP AT WHISKEY GULCH by Elle JamesSetup at Whiskey Gulch by Elle James
Series: The Outriders Series #4
Published by Harlequin Intrigue on March 29, 2022
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four-stars

She's a small-town cop
…after a killer.

After losing her fiancé to an IED explosion, sheriff's deputy Dallas Jones planned to start over in Whiskey Gulch. But murder in the quiet Texas town upends her life. To catch the unknown suspect, Dallas partners with Outrider Levi Warren, a former Delta Force operative living with PTSD. Their dogged investigation riddled with gangs, drugs and death threats sparks an unexpected attraction…one they may not survive.

 

Whiskey Gulch hooked me again! With the fourth book in The Outriders Series Elle James delivers a fast paced jaunt into danger with SETUP AT WHISKEY GULCH and I enjoyed it from start to finish.

Dallas is easy to connect with and an interesting character to get to know and follow into danger and back. I enjoyed her.

Levi is a solid addition to the Outriders and his determination to help Dallas stay safe was endearing.

I recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone that enjoys a little drama mixed with highly intense intrigue and a satisfying romance.

four-stars
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* Review * JUST ONE DARE by Carly Phillips

April 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.

* Review * JUST ONE DARE by Carly PhillipsJust One Dare Series: The Kingston Family #5, The Dirty Dare Family #1
Published by CP Publishing on April 19, 2022
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five-stars

A one night stand with no names exchanged.
Six years later, she comes face to face with her baby’s father again.

Aurora Michaels isn’t the same girl she was that spring night. No longer homeless and living in the back room of a diner where she worked, she’s now a member of the wealthy Kingston family. She has her daughter, a career and has adjusted to her new normal.

Billionaire Nick Dare is a man who takes charge. He runs the hotel arm of the family empire and his life revolves around business and travel. A quick stop at his brother's movie premier has him doing a double take.

The woman who haunts his dreams is there. He’s been given a second chance and is determined to make the most of it.

When he learns about their daughter, Nick becomes a man on a mission. Aurora and their child are his. Even if he has to knock down Aurora’s emotional walls to prove it.

 

An explosive reconnection! Carly Phillips is outdoing herself on the steamy goodness when she has a Kingston collide with a Dare and fireworks ensue in JUST ONE DARE! We’ve all known we’d one day uncover the secrets that Aurora brought with her into the Kingston family when she was discovered early on in the series as a long-lost sibling … we just never could have imagined they might include a side of the scrumptious Dare family! I loved every single minute of Aurora and Nick!

Aurora is sweet and sincere and seeing the mother and philanthropist she’s worked hard to become is endearing.

Nick is self-assured and yummy and I loved seeing them reconnect.

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone who enjoys a high-powered family of close-knit siblings who are always there for one another and support each other through the happily ever afters that come knocking.

five-stars
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* Review * CODE NAME: REVENGE by Sawyer Bennett

April 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.

* Review * CODE NAME: REVENGE by Sawyer BennettCode Name: Revenge by Sawyer Bennett
Series: Jameson Force Security #9
Published by Big Dog Books, LLC on April 19, 2022
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five-stars

When Kynan McGrath approached me about joining Jameson Force Security, I jumped at the chance. Just call me Dozer Burney, one half of the genius duo who keeps the team at the forefront of security technology. The move from NASA to Jameson also put me back on the east coast, closer to those who mean the most to me.

Jessica Anderson has been my best friend since college. A single mom who found herself mixed up with a dangerous man years ago, she’s been living a safe, quiet life in Miami after helping police put him behind bars. We both knew her safety, and that of her daughter, was reliant on him staying locked up. So when I see an alert that he’s escaped from his maximum security prison, I know where he’s heading to exact his revenge.

Now it’s a race against time to get to Jessica before he does.

Protecting her with my life is easy, because there’s one thing I’ve never admitted to anyone, not even myself—I have been in love with Jessica Anderson since the day I met her. And if we both make it out alive, I’ll make sure she knows it every day for the rest of our lives.

 

Non-stop intrigue topped off with a sweet love story! Sawyer Bennett is known for wrapping the tough guys of Jameson Force Security around her reader’s hearts as they jump into mission after mission and CODE NAME: REVENGE is keeping the intrigue and suspense high like normal but it’s also throwing in a side of sweet when Dozer brings his BFF into the mix. I loved every minute!

Dozer is lovable and endearing and watching him be thrown into a situation that is a little out of his brainiac wheelhouse is fulfilling.

I loved Jessica and everything about the love and friendship they have shared through the years.

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone who enjoys a suspenseful series that always has a happily ever after to wrap it up after keeping us on our toes the entire story to see what’s going to happen to the guys next.

five-stars
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* Review * NO RINGS ATTACHED by Rachel Lacey

April 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

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* Review * NO RINGS ATTACHED by Rachel LaceyNo Rings Attached by Rachel Lacey
Series: Ms. Right #2
Published by Montlake on April 12, 2022
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four-half-stars

Lia Harris is tired of being the odd one out. She’s never quite fit in with her uptight family, and now that her roommates have all found love, she’s starting to feel like a third wheel in her own apartment. Fed up with her mother’s constant meddling in her love life, Lia drops hints about a girlfriend she doesn’t have. But with her brother’s London nuptials approaching, she needs to find a date to save face. Lia turns to her best friend, Rosie, for help, and Rosie delivers—with the fun, gorgeous Grace Poston.

Grace loves to have a good time, hiding her insecurities behind a sunny smile. Her recent move to London has provided her with a much-needed fresh start. Grace isn’t looking for love, and she hates weddings, having weathered more than her fair share of heartache. Friendships are different, though, so for Rosie’s sake, she reluctantly agrees to pose as Lia’s adoring girlfriend for the wedding festivities.

Both Grace and Lia are prepared for an awkward weekend, complete with prying family members and a guest room with only one bed. As it turns out, they get along well—spectacularly, in fact. Before they know it, the chemistry they’re faking feels all too real. But is their wedding weekend a fleeting performance or the rehearsal for a love that’s meant to last?

 

A delightful connection steals the show! Rachel Lacey easily wraps another set of destined lovers around her reader’s heart as she continues with book two in her lesbian romance series Ms. Right and I loved every minute of it! The back story is entertaining and the drama rallying between the two main characters and their surrounding lives leads to an attention holding story.

Lia will be very familiar to anyone who read the first book in this series and it was great to see her again and watch her get to step into the life she’s always dreamed of.

Grace is haunted by the unknown and the love and support she receives from Lia helps her become strong enough to step into a life she never imagined she could enjoy.

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone who enjoys a sweet lesbian connection with a wholesome yet somewhat sexy atmosphere with a close knit group of friends surrounding them.

four-half-stars
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* Review * SUMMER AT THE CAPE by RaeAnne Thayne

April 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

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* Review * SUMMER AT THE CAPE by RaeAnne ThayneSummer at the Cape by RaeAnne Thayne
Published by HQN Books on April 12, 2022
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five-stars

As the older sibling to identical twins Violet and Lily, Cami Porter was always the odd sister out. The divide grew even wider when their parents split up—while the twins stayed in Cape Sanctuary with their free-spirited mother, Rosemary, fourteen-year-old Cami moved to LA with her attorney father. Nearly twenty years later, when Cami gets the terrible news that Lily has drowned saving a child’s life, her mother begs her to return home to help untangle the complicated estate issues her sister left behind.

Navigating their own strained relationship, Cami readjusts to the family and community she hasn’t known for decades, including the neighbor who stands in the way of her late sister’s dream, while Violet grieves the loss of her twin and struggles to figure out who she is now, without her other half, as the little girl Lily saved pulls her back into the orbit of the man she once loved.

 

An emotional journey of love and healing! RaeAnne Thayne has a real talent for making her characters radiate love, warmth and acceptance no matter what trauma may be chasing at their heals, and SUMMER AT THE CAPE continues that pattern. I loved every minute of the Porter family and the reconnection of their wounded hearts. The characters are easy to like and relate to.

The Porter family is reuniting after tragedy strikes, and the depth of their pain and turmoil is spot on. There’s love and pain but also sunshine and laughter as they celebrate the good, support each other through the bad and rediscover the future side by side.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a family driven story with emotions running high as the past and future collide. Lots of family driven dialogue with touches of romance.

 

five-stars
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* Review * GOOD HANDS by Kelly Jamieson

April 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

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* Review * GOOD HANDS by Kelly JamiesonGood Hands by Kelly Jamieson
Series: Bears Hockey II #2
Published by Kelly Jamieson on April 12, 2022
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four-stars

A hookup doesn’t have to mean just once. Right?

Brandon Smith
Keep it easy. Keep it fun. Never hold on. That sums up my relationship goals, with hockey teams and with women. I learned early on that love and family equals fights and heartache. So I’m always moving on to the next team, the next hookup, before things turn sour.

When I meet Lola at a tropical beachside bar, it’s the perfect set up for a little hot vacation sex. She’s gorgeous, funny, and most importantly, leaving for home tomorrow. But this time, I have a sinking feeling I’ll be sorry to see her go.

Lola McGrath
I knew after that night in Aruba I’d never see Brandon again. That’s fine; I’m too busy vying for the corner office to make time for relationships. But when our paths cross again in New York, our sizzling attraction leads to “just one more night”. Then another. And another.

We never meant to become friends with this many benefits. Especially the one neither of us ever expected—or thought we wanted.

 

An electrifying connection! With book 2 in her Bears Hockey II series Kelly Jamieson continues to delight with tempting hockey hunks and the feisty women that take them to their knees in GOOD HANDS. Interesting characters with a titillating romance held my attention throughout. Looking forward to more to come in this fun series!

Brandon has hang ups about his past but is a really down to earth guy that was easy to like.

Lola is a go getter and a delightful match for Brandon.

I recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone who enjoys a close knit group of hockey guys and their spouses who love and support the game and each other as one guy after another finds his true love.

four-stars
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