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* Release Blitz/Review * THE WICKED TRUTH by Melissa Foster

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.

* Release Blitz/Review * THE WICKED TRUTH by Melissa FosterThe Wicked Truth by Melissa Foster
Series: The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside #4
Published by World Literary Press on December 7, 2022
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five-stars

What happens when you’re not looking for love, but it walks in the door?

Madigan Wicked’s heart is not up for grabs. She’s been there, done that, and she’s not going back for seconds. She pours her heart and soul into her family, her puppetry and storytelling performances, and her greeting card line. But she’s not opposed to having a night of fun, and the gruff, sinfully hot, definitely-not-looking-for-love mysterious stranger she runs into at a bar might be just the right man to enjoy it with.

Ex-con Tobias Riggs has lost enough for one lifetime. The only family member in his corner doesn’t remember him, and the people he thought would always be in his life walked away. He’s just trying to make it through each day, and the last thing he’s looking for is any sort of connection. When chemistry ignites with the snarky, sexy storyteller whose lips he can’t stop thinking about, he gives in to a night of passion.

Though neither is open to love, it’s been known to bully its way into even the most resisting hearts. But can it survive the wicked truth of Tobias’s dark past?

 

Madison Wicked has met her match! With the highly anticipated continuance of her The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside series, Foster is delivering one of her angstiest heroes to date and I loved every minute of it! There’s heartache, healing, emotional attachment and passion galore as the family princess hooks up with danger and shines through it all. Highly addictive and fulfilling.

Madison is sweet, sincere and knows what she wants out of life and I loved seeing her success and watching her grow even more into the fulfilled person she knows herself to be.

Tobias is such a heart-wrenching hero. He’s floundering in the past, but it doesn’t take the reader long to see the heart of gold he has beneath his gruff. I loved watching him open his heart to living again.

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone that loves a manly man who melts under the love of a good woman! The Wickeds are outspoken and territorial and love hard and fast when “the one” crosses their path.

 

 

 

 

 

The Wicked Truth by Melissa Foster is now live!

What happens when you’re not looking for love, but it walks in the door?

Madigan Wicked’s heart is not up for grabs. She’s been there, done that, and she’s not going back for seconds. She pours her heart and soul into her family, her greeting card line, puppetry, and storytelling performances. But she’s not opposed to having a night of fun, and the gruff, sinfully hot, definitely-not-looking-for-love mysterious stranger she runs into at a bar might be just the right man to enjoy it with.

Ex-con Tobias Riggs has lost enough for one lifetime. The only family member in his corner doesn’t remember him, and the people who he thought would always be in his life, walked away. He’s just trying to make it through each day, and the last thing he’s looking for is any sort of connection. When chemistry ignites with the snarky, sexy storyteller, with lips he can’t stop thinking about, he gives in to a night of passion.

Though neither is open to love, it’s been known to bully its way into even the most resisting hearts. But can it survive the wicked truth of Tobias’s dark past?

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Melissa Foster is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of more than 100 novels. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic, always family oriented, and feature fiercely loyal heroes, smart, sassy heroines, and complex relatable issues. Melissa enjoys chatting with readers and book clubs. Send her an email invitation to your next event!

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five-stars

* Review * RANCHER AFTER MIDNIGHT by Karen Booth

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* Review * RANCHER AFTER MIDNIGHT by Karen BoothRancher After Midnight by Karen Booth
Series: Texas Cattleman's Club: Ranchers and Rivals #9
Published by Harlequin Desire on December 27, 2022
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four-half-stars

One New Year’s Eve kiss is all it takes…

To tame a handsome beast.

Thanks to a bogus inheritance, rancher Heath Thurston has a score to settle. Seducing his sexy land surveyor, Ruby Bennet, is not part of his revenge plan…nor is the snowstorm that leaves them stranded with nothing but a connection they can’t deny. As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, will Heath’s icy heart finally melt, or will he remain a vengeful beast for good?

 

Fast paced, emotional and addictive! Karen Booth delivers the ninth and final book in the Texas Cattleman’s Club: Ranchers and Rivals series with a heartfelt conclusion to wrap it all up. I enjoyed the ongoing drama of each book building to this final match up.

Heath has been villainized throughout the series, but now we get to hear his reasonings in his own voice and get to understand what drives him and what type of guy he truly is. I ended up liking him a lot.

Ruby was sweet and sincere but her own issues led her to be a bit harsh on Heath when it was all playing out. I liked him better than her in the end.

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone that enjoys a fast paced series of books building on a core subject as various siblings from the three families involved find their happily ever afters one after another.

four-half-stars

* Review * GOOD TROUBLE by Lani Lynn Vale

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* Review * GOOD TROUBLE by Lani Lynn ValeGood Trouble by Lani Lynn Vale
Series: Gator Bait MC #2
on December 6, 2022
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four-half-stars

Bain met Diana, a.k.a. Luce, the night before he was set to deploy to Afghanistan.

It’s not every day that you take your brother’s girlfriend to prom because he refuses to put out the effort.

That night was one of the best nights of his life and the next day, he leaves and doesn’t see her again.

But there are letters. Not many, but enough for them to form a connection.

Over the two-year deployment, they became great friends.

The best of friends—at least, as good of friends as you can be when it’s your brother’s wife.

Fast-forward six years and she still counts him as one of her greatest friends. Even going as far as to stick by him when he’s sent to prison because his own brother turned on him.

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Luce had a crush on her then-boyfriend’s brother since way before she and Bain’s brother were married. From the moment he volunteered to take her to prom, she’d fallen.

Over the years, she’d tried to hide it. Tried to go on with her life and act like she loved her husband and only her husband. But as time went on and Braxton started to treat her more and more like crap, she realized the truth. Her husband wasn’t Bain. Her husband would never be him.

Hell, that’d been proven time and time again.

The smoking gun, though? The thing that made her realize it was time to leave?

When her husband stood by while she was assaulted, while the man she tried to act like was just a friend protected her. Then was sentenced to eight years in jail for it.

It was time to admit the truth.

Bain McDempsey was it for her. She just had to help him see it. Oh, and get him out of prison first.

 

An unforgettable connection steals the show in the second book in Lani Lynn Vale’s Gator Bait MC series! This book had my attention immediately and held it throughout as drama and intrigue kept popping up around every corner. The characters are endearing and such kind-hearted people and their road to happily ever after was indeed paved with roadblocks that they steamrolled over in an addictive storyline.

I loved Bain! He’s everything that is good in this story and I enjoyed watching him get to be with Luce and overcome injustice.

Diana AKA Luce is a bit complex and at times you wonder why she does the things that she does (like her ex!), but overall I liked her and enjoyed their story.

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone that loves an action packed, dramatic romance filled with passion, love and drama galore.

four-half-stars

* Release Blitz/Review * THE PATH TO YOU by Carrie Ann Ryan

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.

* Release Blitz/Review * THE PATH TO YOU by Carrie Ann RyanThe Path to You by Carrie Ann Ryan
Series: The Wilder Brothers #3
Published by Carrie Ann Ryan on December 5, 2022
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four-half-stars

The moment I saw Bethany Cole, I knew she was not only out of my league, but in a whole different world.

Only I didn’t realize I’d met her before.

An explosion stole part of my past, including the first time I’d seen her pretty face.

Now she’s an A-list celebrity.

And I’m just a Wilder.

But when her boyfriend cheats on her, Bethany needs a safe place to hide from the paparazzi.

The Wilder’s Retreat seems like the perfect escape.

Only every time we see each other it’s hard to remember we come from two different worlds.

And that the danger that follows her is only the beginning.

 

The ultimate in a star-crossed lovers trope! Carrie Ann Ryan is doing a great job at endearing this family of The Wilder Brothers to her readers hearts and the third book in the series will NOT disappoint. The drama is high, the passion is top notch and the heart this family brings forth is the ultimate in comfort reading. I am loving this fam!

Bethany is highly successful and should be on top of the world but her cheating ex and the scandal he brings to her life is really bringing her down. It’s funny that the place she feels the safest is where “he” is … the man that stole her heart and seemingly stomped on it … the man who acts like he doesn’t even know her.

Everett is loving and sincere and the fact that he has had such a hard time after his injuries that caused his military career to end abruptly is really a drag. He doesn’t let it stop him from having a fulfilling life, but he’s constantly hindered. Like when he can’t remember the beautiful woman he supposedly spent time with before it all came crashing down.

I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone who likes a family of former military guys who love wholeheartedly and cherish the family they were born into as much as they cherish the life they have managed to enjoy.

 

 

 

 

Title: The Path to You
Series: The Wilder Brothers #3
Author: Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: December 5, 2022

 

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The moment I saw Bethany Cole, I knew she was not only out of my league, but in a whole different world.

Only I didn’t realize I’d met her before.

An explosion stole part of my past, including the first time I’d seen her pretty face.

Now she’s an A-list celebrity.

And I’m just a Wilder.

 

But when her boyfriend cheats on her, Bethany needs a safe place to hide from the paparazzi.

The Wilder’s Retreat seems like the perfect escape.

Only every time we see each other it’s hard to remember we come from two different worlds.

And that the danger that follows her is only the beginning.

 

 

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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-half-stars

* Re-Release Blitz * A CHRISTMAS NEGOTIATION by Karen Booth

Author Karen Booth is having a re-release of a fan fav today with A CHRISTMAS NEGOTIATION (former Harlequin Desire – A Christmas Rendezvous) so be sure to check it out at her website by clicking the cover below for more info and buy links!

 

A Christmas Negotiation (Karen Booth)
Subtitle: A Winter Romance
 
A read-in-one-sitting, fast-paced, steamy Holiday Rom Com.
 
“Electrifying chemistry! Karen Booth takes us along for a delectable ride!”—Goodreads
 
Right before the holidays, these two lawyers go from the bedroom to the boardroom in this steamy, rivals to lovers romance!
 
Upon her return to New York City, high-powered attorney Isabel Blackwell has vowed to avoid drama at all costs, so it’s bad enough that she is spending her Christmas on a high-stakes case. Then she discovers she’s up against the man who took her breath away one very special night.
 
After his messy divorce affected his performance at work, Jeremy Strong needs a win. He doesn’t need a stubborn client who won’t compromise, or his father constantly undermining his authority, and he definitely doesn’t need to be distracted by his beautiful, sexy opposing counsel…
 
A must-read for fans of:
  • Rivals to lovers
  • Workplace romance
  • Christmas in New York City
  • Kittens!
“This book has me mentally transported to a sexy NYC during the holidays. There are quite a few tropes being toyed with, and it all makes it such a wonderful time!”—Goodreads
 
Previously published as A Christmas Rendezvous.