Books that are a must read: February 2020

Monday, February 24, 2020

Review of Muffin Compares to You by Frankie Love

I received this short story with the understanding that I could leave a voluntary and honest review.

I this book we meet Jessa James and Josh Jones. Jessa is the owner of the new baker in town and Josh is ready to try it out. When he gets there though what he finds is a woman who knocks his socks off in a good way. Jessa can't believe all she has to do just to get her dream up and running. She knew it would be hard work but she never thought it would be like this. When she meets Josh she isn't sure she is willing to give him a chance. What will happen with these two will they find that HEA or let it walk on by?

This is another amazing hit by this author. It does have its ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for any other readers. I will say this book will have you hooked from the first word to the very end. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Review of No Damaged Goods by Nicole Snow

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In this book we meet Peace Rabe and Blake Silverton. Blake is town hero, radio deejay, firefighter, and single dad. the things he wants the most is to be important to his daughter. He doesn't want to be known as a town hero but somehow he has gotten stuck with that label just like his three friends. Maybe you remember them Doc, Nine, and Warren. The men from Heart's Edge that have all done something to save the town. Peace came to what she thought was a small peaceful town (no pun) to spend the winter there working on tourist that would come through the town. See Peace is a licensed massage therapist. Who would she like to get her hands on first well none other than silver tongue himself mr blake silverton. The things is she thinks that he does what to many people do, take one look and figure she has nothing to offer. Will these two find that they are each other HEA or will something else happen in this small town that will have them losing their chance forever?

This is another hit out of the park for this author. There is so much I want to say about this book but don't want to ruin it. I will say this book is a stand alone but does reference other books in this small town. Each can be read as a stand alone but I would recommend reading them in order so you don't give away any secrets. This book does have its up and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for any other readers. I will say this book will have you hooked from the first word to the very end. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Review of Winning Her Curves by Flora Ferrari

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In this book we meet Georgia Winters and Vincent Chambers. Georgia is here to get her dad out of debt from the mob. The thing is every time he pays off his loan they want him to pay it again. George doesn't know much about gambling but is willing to try anything to save her father. Vincent sees the man at the same craps table changing the dice he knows he should send security but there is just something about the woman at that table. He knows she is his future and he wants that future right now. what he doesn't know has brought this woman to him but he knows he will find out by any means. Will this be a HEA that neither knew they were looking for or will this be the end of them both?

This is another hit out of the park for this author. It does have its ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for any other readers. I will say this book will have you on the edge of your seat from the first word to the very end. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Review of My Mafia Boss: Pulse by Tasha Fawkes

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In this book we meet Allie Cross and Marcus Ryan. Allie is just starting her security consultant business with her best friend Selena. Selena isn't who you would typically think of a person that you would see with Allie but they have been through thick and thin for years. Now days Selena needs to get out of the house and show her parents she can hold a job to keep her trust fund and Allie. Well Allie is the brains of the operation. So when Selena sees an ad on craigslist Allie is understandably wary but they need the work. Marcus is boss of the Philly Outfit or in other word the mob. He has someone who has tried to kill him and he wants to know who. The things is he doesn't know as much as he probably should about computers but he knows he needs to hire someone to do this. Will this all work out or is this the beginning of the end for them both?

This is a great book by this author. The problem I have with it is in no way do we know that it is part of a series. This is not a stand alone book but ends with a cliffhanger. I thought the story is really good but was disappointed when I got to the ending. I would recommend it but only with your eyes open about the ending.

Review of Maid for the Irish Mafia Man by Flora Ferrari

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In this book we meet Lucy Fanning and Jack Doyle. Lucy isn't the most confident of woman but being near Jack makes her want more. She does have dreams but no means to get them. Jack knows with just one look he has found his future. He wonders though what has her looking down and away like the weight of the world is bringing her down. Jack is ready for his future to start right now. Can he convince the woman he's just met to be his HEA or will she run not believing in what could be something beautiful?

This is another amazing hit by this author. It does have its ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for any other reader. I will say this book will have you hooked from the first word to the very last and will barely let you go. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Review of His Curvy Valentine's Bride by Sara Hazel

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In this book we meet Serafina and Jason Bloom. Jason is tired of being the man his father wants him to be. He has already made his own brand and made his own money. Jason's father is a powerful man though and for now Jason knows he has to appease him. So when he tells him he must bring a woman to his fundraiser that even his mother can be proud of he knows he has the perfect woman in mind. Serafina can't believe the man who acts like he should be given the world. There is something about him though that she just can't get out of her mind. She wants things good things but she knows how the world works. You need money to make things happen and she just doesn't have any. Can these two who come from different worlds find a HEA or will the people around Jason make sure that never happens?

Wowza what an amazing story by this author. It does have its ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for any other readers. I will say this book will have you on the edge of your seat from the first word to the very end. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Review of Hate you Not by Ella James

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In this book we meet June Lawler and Burke Masterson. June was named legal guardian for her nice and nephew right after her sister and brother in law were killed in a car crash. She has no real clue what to do with the kids but love them and hope she is doing the right thing moving them from everything they knew in California to her home in Georgia. She believes she can do right by the choice that her sister made but she worries is she enough for 2 children who have had their whole lives changed in the blink of an eye. Burke can't believe he wasn't around enough to really be there for his brother. In fact it took him a week to find out that they had been killed because he was on a mountain top with a none working sat phone. He is back though and he is determined to do what he thinks is right this includes getting his brother's children back to California and where he can watch over them. The thing is he isn't sure about the woman who was given guardianship of them. He tries to get information but there isn't really anything out there and her pics are from when she was much younger. One look at her though and he can't believe this beautiful woman is the one he has come to take the children from. The more time they are around one another the more the line between hate and love gets blurred. Will these two find a HEA that will be there for all of them or will one of them take things a step to far and find there is no way back?

This is a an amazing story. There are so many dynamics to this story that I want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for any other readers. I will say this author brings this issue of loss and understanding it to a fabulous light that really gives a better understanding to those who haven't gone through something like that. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

It's Live Hate You Not by Ella James

Hate You Not

Author: Ella James

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: February 19, 2020

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I didn’t know I was that person. You know—the one who gets the kids. But that’s what the will said. June Lawler: Legal Guardian.

My niece and nephew are 6 and 9, and all they’ve ever known is San Francisco. I arrive the day after the wreck, pack up my sister’s mansion, and fly them back to Georgia.

The small-town farm where their mom and I grew up isn’t what it once was, but it’s home. That’s all they really need.

I was courting an investor when it happened. Tromped all up and down the Himalayas, and he didn’t even buy in. It was a week before I found out what I’d lost. My little brother meant the world to me. Now even his kids are gone.

Spirited away to Heat Springs, Georgia—population 298.

They’re living on a farm that’s half a breath from bank foreclosure with a 26-year-old who didn’t finish high school. Nowhereville is not the place for little Mastersons. But I’ll get them back. It’s the money she must want, and I’ve got lots of that.

“June Bug” Lawler is poorer than that red dirt she comes from. I can make her dreams come true—and do one last thing for my brother.

I hate him.

She makes me crazy.

He thinks he can buy me off! I’ve never met a man so arrogant.

There’s no woman anywhere more stubborn.

I wish I had never met him.

But that’s not the story.

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Ella James is the USA Today and Amazon Top 10 bestselling author of more than twenty novels. She writes emotional, hard-won love stories with steam, suspense, and Kindle-throwing twists. She lives in Colorado with her husband, three young children, and hyperactive dog.

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Cover Reveal of Tempted by Love by Melissa Foster

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Title: Tempted by Love

Series: The Steeles at Silver Island #1

Author: Melissa Foster

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: September 9, 2020

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Enjoy heart-meltingly beautiful and toe-curlingly sexy romance in Tempted by Love, an emotionally riveting story about a man who has lost it all and carries a torturous secret, a divorced single mother who has everything to lose, and the little girl who helps them heal. Fall in love on the sandy shores of Silver Island, home to coffee shops, boat races, midnight rendezvous, and the sexy, sharp-witted Steeles.

In TEMPTED BY LOVE…

Years ago, bestselling author Jack “Jock” Steele lost his girlfriend and baby in a horrific accident that drove a wedge between Jock and his family, keeping him from sharing a devastating secret. An aging philanthropist saved him from the brink of despair, and for a decade Jock cared for his ailing friend who became his family. Now his friend has passed away and left him a fortune—on the condition that he publishes another book. Jock is floundering, unsure how to rebuild the life he’d walked away from, much less find his muse, have another relationship with a woman, or even think about having a family of his own. But he can’t get his sweet, sexy new friend, single-mother Daphne Zablonski out of his head, and her adorable toddler must know something he doesn’t, because she wraps her tiny fingers around his heart and won’t let go.

Daphne has been through the wringer with her ex-husband and doesn’t believe true love is in the cards for her. Friends she can handle, but letting a man see her mom bod naked? Especially someone as strikingly handsome and unbelievably sexy as Jock? No, thank you. Besides, she has a toddler to chase after and enough fictional boyfriends to fill her lonely nights. If only her book boyfriends could make her body tingle the way one look from her mysterious neighbor does.

As Jock and Daphne’s friendship turns to something too tempting to deny, their lives take an unexpected turn. Can a man who has lost everything find redemption with a woman who has everything to lose? And then there’s that secret…

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TEMPTED BY LOVE (Jock)

MY TRUE LOVE (Jules)

ALWAYS HER LOVE (Levi)

ENTICING HER LOVE (Sierra)

CAUGHT BY LOVE (Archer)

WILD ISLAND LOVE (Leni)

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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 of All My Love by Lauren Milson

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In this book we meet Elizabeth "Liz" Marsau and Benjamin "Ben" Mathis. Elizabeth has done it she is taking her rainy day fund and has taken herself to Paris. So far everything is wonderful for her and she has only just gotten there. That is until she looks in her wallet and realizes her debit card is gone. She doesn't want to bother anyone but knows she needs help so she calls the one person she knows is around Ben. Ben hasn't been able to get Liz out of his mind since he first saw her again her while helping her father move her into her college dorm. Liz has been the one thing that can break his carefully constructed discipline. Now that she needs him will he be able to hold out against her while she is here for this short amount of time? Can these two get a HEA they both want but don't want to voice or will they let it all slip away before it has even began?

This is another amazing story by this author. It does have its ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for any other readers. I will say you will be unable to put this story down with just the first word. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Review of Rescued by the Alien Pirate by Celia Kyle & Athena Storm

I received this book with the understanding that I could leave a voluntary and honest review. In this book we meet Varia Dawn and Solair . When Varia wakes up from the cryogenic sleep she has been put into she has no clue what has happened and that is just the beginning of her problems. She finds others that wake after her but most of them are still asleep which is a good thing. There is little water, even less food and power to the location she is being held in keeps going in and out. Solair is part of a race that have become pirates to survive. When they get a distress signal they think it will be something worth checking out. Little did they know what they would find. Can these two work together and learn what they truly are to one another or will the people who originally took Varia and all the rest of the women take them all from this crew? This is another amazing story by this author. It does have its ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for any other readers. I will say this book will have you on the edge of your seat from the first word to the very end. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Monday, February 17, 2020

Review of Dad's Irish Wolf Shifter Friend by Flora Ferrari

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In this book we meet Keeley Malone and Brendan Killanney. Keeley is being sent to Ireland for her own safety to the man her father mentored. What daddy doesn't know is one look at Brendan make thoughts of leaving Ireland leave for Keeley. She knows she shouldn't but there is just something about him that makes her want to forget who she is and jump the man. Brendan is a triplet and a werewolf. He had always heard the tales of the oldest son becomes a werewolf of their family but since he is a triplet they all became it. During this time they also heard the tale of there being one mate for them and when they met that person all others wouldn't do. Brendan never believed in it till he lays eyes on Keeley. Will these two get the HEA they are both hoping for or will dear old dad make sure that never happens?

This is another hit out of the park by this author. It does have its ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for any other readers. I will say this book will have you on the edge of your seat from the first word to the very end. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Review of Summoned by the CEO by Annabelle Winters

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Int his book we meet Angela "Angie" and Aran Archer. When Angie gets summoned to the CEO's office she doesn't know what to think. She never imagined him telling her that she was his and that he loved her. With the difference between them she just has trouble believing this isn't all just some kind of sick joke. Archer has been watching Angie for a month now and the more he watches the more he wants this woman. He knows she is his and is determined to prove to her that she will be his everything. What happens though when Angie's fears get in the way? Will they find the HEA that Archer is wanting so badly or will it all blow-up in his face?

This is another hit out of the park by this author. It does have its ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for any other readers. I will say this book will have you hooked from the first word to the very end. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Review of Pizza My Heart by Frankie Love

I receved this short story with the understanding that I could leave a voluntary and honest review.

In this book we meet Mirabella and Matteo (Matt). Matt is working out with his friends just spending time with the guys when his buddy Josh tells him he thinks he met the one and is ready to settle down. Matt is to but so far he hasn't being willing to admit that fact to anyone that is until after this work out he decides to stop by a pizzeria for a slice. When he comes in what he finds he wants more than all the pizza in the place. Mirabella can't believe this guy is checking her out. She has gone through so much in her life she can't believe this guys will want her. Will they find a HEA they never knew they could have or will it all be for nothing?

This is a fabulous short story by this author. It does have it ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin it for any other reader. I will say this book will have you hooked from the first word to the very end I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Review of Elder Wolf by Scarlett Grove

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In this book we meet Cheyenne Bailey and Austin Wilde. Austin has spent the last 20 years pinning and missing what he believes was his mate. They met as children and fell in love. When she was 16 Austin was told she was killed in a car crash. Though he knows he is the alpha of his family and their little pack he knows he should try and find another mate his heart just doesn't want to. He finally gives in though and signs up for mate.com just so he can tell his brothers he did it. He can't believe his eyes though when he finds his 100% match he mate. Cheyenne is in a boring dead end job but every-time she looks for something else she just finds more of the same. She wants more for her life but doesn't know how to go about doing it. After another disastrous date her best friend tells her to sign up for mate.com. She is sure her family won't be happy but at 40 she should get the chance to live her own life. She knows about mates from her first love Austin she just can't believe he would still be out there available for her. When she is 100% matched with Austin she can't believe it. Will this be the beginning of their HEA or will the lies from the past make sure that a future is impossible?

This is another hit out of the park by this author. In this book we are introduced to all the Wilde boys and all of them are going to take us on a wild ride. This story does have its ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for an other readers. I will say this book will have you on the edge of your seat from the first word to the very end. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Review of Billionaire's Curvy Everything by Sara Hazel

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In this book we meet Dahlia and Quentin. Quentin is a man who has it all or at least it seems that way. He built up his business and sold if off making him a billionaire. There is one thing though he wants but believes he will never have and that is someone to share it all with. Late at night after spending time with men like himself he goes to this late night dinner and just spends time with the waitress there. Dahlia is the woman Quentin can see having a future with and wonders why it took him so long to see. it. Dahlia isn't like most women she isn't stick thin, she doesn't have a lot of money but she has a smile for each of her customers. She has seen Quentin in the past and has always tried to look at him without making it obvious. When a man comes in to rob the place that is the thing that breaks the camels back so to speak. Will this be the beginning of their HEA or will their hangups get in the way?

This is another amazing story by this author. It does have is ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don't want to ruin the story for any other readers. I will say this book will have you hooked from the first word to the very end. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.