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[New Post] ARC Review: Headed for Home by Harloe Rae

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Title: Headed For Home

Author: Harloe Rae

Page count: 302

Published: October 18th, 2024

Publisher: Self Published

Genre: Sports Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 3/5

From USA Today & Amazon Top 5 bestselling author Harloe Rae comes a witty and heartfelt romance about a former baseball pro determined to head straight for home with the sassy single mom he was destined to reconnect with.

I’m willing to admit that I shouldn’t read spicy scenes in public.
But in my defense, the opportunity rarely rises elsewhere.
As a single mom and farm owner, my time is stretched thinner than horse hair.
Besides, I’d reached a pivotal peak in the story and couldn’t put it down.

That is until someone bumps into me.
My phone launches into the air like a base hit, but the device is caught before smashing into the ground.
It comes as no surprise considering the guy is a professional baseball star.

Drake Granger isn’t the boy I remember, but I could still pick him out of the roster while blindfolded.
This charming man doesn’t hesitate to tease me about what he spies on my screen.
He also doesn’t break stride before asking me out on a date.

But as previously mentioned, spare time isn’t a luxury I possess…

Drake claims that whatever I’m willing to give is plenty.
It doesn’t take long to prove that’s not the game he’s playing.
This pro is done striking out, and headed straight for home.

For me this was a DNF at 35% I couldn’t get into it and couldn’t get a connection to either of the characters. I have read other books by this author and had thoroughly enjoyed them but this one was just a miss for me.

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[New Post] ARC Review: The Heartbreaker by Marni Mann

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Title: The Heartbreaker

Author: Marni Mann

Page count: 379

Published: September 12th, 2024

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

A sizzling and swoony single dad, forbidden, billionaire romance from USA Today best-selling author Marni Man…

Captivated.
Addicted.
Mesmerized.

All the things I felt the minute I saw Addison Lark.
The last thing I’d expected was to fall in love at a strip club.
But Addison was the woman of my dreams.
It didn’t matter that I spent an obscene amount of money just to talk to her.
The fiery redhead made me feel things I’d never felt before.

But she didn’t want anything to do with me.
And she left without a backward glance.
Making me crave her even more.

Imagine my shock when we unexpectedly met again, presenting the most unexpected problem—Addison Lark was forbidden.

But did that stop me?
Did that stop us?

I’d made a promise to start living my life, and I wasn’t going to let that woman walk away for a second time.

Ridge is a billionaire fantastic father to his daughter she is the cutest. Addison is strong and independent with being the sweetest, she is wanting to pay her sister, pay her school loans and a trip, so she decides that she is going to become a stripper to make some extra cash. Ridge and Addison have a unique meet when they do they have an electric connection that will keep you glued to your kindle to the last page. I can’t wait to see what’s next.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Wild Dreams by Lea Coll

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Title: Wild Dreams

Author: Lea Coll

Page count: 230

Published: December 10th, 2024

Publisher: Self Published

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher/author in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

Sometimes it’s the wild dreams that are the most worth fighting for…
I’ve known Marigold for years. But I never saw her as anything other than my sister’s best friend and the world’s sweetest librarian.

Until now.

Asking her to help me form a men’s book club forced me to realize how sexy she is. How sunny.

How much I want her.

Not that it matters. Being our small town’s sheriff doesn’t leave room for attachments of the happily ever after variety. So, engaging in a hot holiday fling with her would be an epically bad idea.

But I did it anyway.

Now, the more time I spend with her, the harder it gets to remember all the reasons why we shouldn’t be together. Soon, I’ll need to walk away. I know I’m not the kind of guy she deserves.

No matter how much she makes me wish I was…

Wild Dreams is a spicy, grumpy/sunshine, forbidden contemporary romance. Download today and get ready for a wild ride.

Marigold is someone that wants to have a relationship, kids, marriage everything. One problem is that she doesn’t want to have a one-night stand. She knows what she wants and won’t settle. Chance is the town sheriff and doesn’t have time for a relationship or anything else. Marigold is best friends with Chance’s sister, so they have known one another their whole lives. It adds a different dynamic to the story that I love. It wasn’t until recently that he as started to notice an attraction. Marigold and Chase both have insecurities that think they both are set up to have a long-term relationship. So maybe it isn’t in their wildest dreams to have a relationship and can make it a reality. As I was reading it felt like I was right along with them in this raw and emotional read I fell as their fly on the wall getting to watch everything and rooting for them.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Held Against You by Season Vining

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Title: Held Against You

Author: Season Vining

Page count: 285

Published: June 3rd, 2024

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: New Adult

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

Accused of a horrific crime and on the run, Kat has been rejected by everyone she loves. She’s a fugitive from her past, flitting from town to town with nothing but the clothes on her back―until she meets a man who literally stops her in her tracks.

A notorious bounty hunter with powerful instincts, he never fails to capture his prey. But there’s something about Kat that gets under his skin. Behind his ice-cold demeanor, he has his own darkness… and now his lively, vulnerable captive is about to crack him wide open.

As they travel across the country together, the two are unable to deny the spark of attraction between them. But dangerous secrets and hidden agendas threaten to tear them apart.

Kat is out on bail for committing a serious crime and ends up on bail and decides the best thing to do is run because that being better than jail. While on the run there only been one person that has been able to find her and that’s a handsome man named Steel. Steel is wanting to retire after he gets his last bounty Kat. There is a little bit of an age gap and that doesn’t stop them because they are one another missing piece. They both have good chemistry I will say that I did have a have a heard time connecting to the book and wasn’t able to till about the last 60%.

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[New Post] ARC Review: One More Truth by Stina Lindenblatt

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Title: One More Truth

Author: Stina Lindenblatt

Page count: 532

Published: May 30th, 2024

Publisher: Wildfire Marketing

Genre: Romance Suspense

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

Jessica and Troy’s gripping story concludes with the third book of the HIDDEN SECRETS TRILOGY as passion and danger collide . . .

After everything she’s been through over the past ten years, Jess should be focusing on her healing. She should be figuring out where her future will take her. And she should be finding herself after her abusive husband ripped away her identity.

Too bad someone else has different plans.

After a national newspaper article reveals to everyone in Maple Ridge about her past and her shame, Jess’s life and plans are put in jeopardy. Prejudices in the town run strong against her—prejudices because of where she spent the last five years.

But it’s not only her life that is at risk. Everything that matters to Troy, the man she’s falling in love with, will be ruined…unless she finds a way to stop it all from crumbling before it’s too late.

Stop it before the truth destroys Jess and all that she loves…

The dual timeline story is the final novel in Hidden Secrets trilogy. The books in the trilogy must be read in order. All other books in the Carson Brother series are standalone.

This has left me with my feelings all over the place. Jess has been though the ringer with her past and soon comes calling her back. This read has it all romance, love, humor, tragedy and suspense plus more. I have read other books by this author, but this one is one that had me the most emotional with everything that happens for Troy and Jess to get there happy ending they both deserve.

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