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[New Post] Ebbing Tides by Kelesy Kingsley

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Title: Ebbing Tides

Author: Kelsey Kingsley

Page count: 365

Published: August 29th, 2025

Publisher: Self Published

Genre: Second Chance Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

My life had been built on a foundation of tragedies, but nothing could have prepared me for the worst one of all. The one that should have sent me over the edge.

But I had made a vow to my wife to live … whether she was here or not.

For ten years, I got by on a steady routine, and I would’ve been content to live the rest of my days just like that. But then, my father—the source of my childhood trauma—needed me as his caregiver.

And I jumped at the chance to finally receive the love I’d craved in my youth.

And when a mystery woman from the past stumbled back into my life, along with her three little boys … I jumped at the opportunity to convince her I was worth taking a chance on, too.

If only I could be so lucky …

Everytime that I have read a book by Kelsey I’m always a wreck after which I love mind you. I just keep thinking that it’s not going to be that bad going into it, the last one I read by her was brutal so, this can’t be any more emotional then that? To my surprise this was more impactful and emotional. The first book and this one took me on one hell of an emotional wringer, your feeling battered and broken by the end feeling like my heart had been shattered but also back together. This is a read that will stick with me for some time. I’m not sure how Kelsey is able to come up with all these fantastic book ideas, I just know that I will read everyone.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Why Cheese by Ellen Mint

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Title: Why Cheese

Author: Ellen Mint

Page count: 353

Published: April 16th, 2024

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: Romance Comedy

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

Rock-hard men in the sheets, delectable cheese in the streets.

Violette Reely walks into her great uncle’s abandoned cheese shop then promptly runs back out. You would too if you discovered a secret basement hiding beneath a trapdoor. One second, there’s nothing down there but cheese wheels in an old chest, the next four naked men are chasing her out the door.

Refusing to give up the million-dollar property to her wild imagination, Violette returns the next day. Despite the place being ransacked, she’s certain she made up those mysterious men who vanished inside a locked store. Then, as the sun sets, cheeses lying on piles of discarded clothing roll across the floor until they poof into the four men from last night.

Men who transform into cheese.

What the hell?

Stoic and domineering, Roq’s the de facto leader keeping everyone in line. Everyone that is but Cam, the charming playboy whose smooth lines melt the hardest rinds. Cheddy is a tall hunk of joy, as easy to like as his namesake. And last, but never forgotten, is Brie. Soft-spoken, with an artistic soul, he’s the sweet wallflower waiting for the right person to scoop him up.

These strange cheese-shifters need Violette’s help. They need someone to protect them when they’re trapped as cheese by day. But, after centuries of being screwed over by their caretakers, they’re wary. No one is slower to trust than Roq who expects betrayal at every corner. Even if Violette agrees to help them sell off their secret cheese stash and find a new place, he cuts her down at every turn keeping her at arm’s length. He’s hiding a secret that could destroy everything he’s fought for across the world.

But Violette has one of her own. If these cheese-men ever find out, it’ll curdle her heart.

Can the hardest of cheeses find it in himself to let his heart melt or will these cheese-shifters find themselves chewed up and spat out by life? Will Violette sell off the shop and make off with millions or risk the possibility of cheddar days for these cheesy men?

This is the first book that I have read by this author, I don’t think its going to be my last this was a read that I didn’t know that I needed. I’ve read books about men turning into other animals but when I read, they turn into cheese men turn into cheese… yup you read that right. I was thinking going into this was going to be an interesting to see and was going to be a DNF but it actually was the complete opposite. Violette gets ownership of her uncle’s cheese shop when he passes. She has plans to sell the shop but when four men Cam, Roq, Cheddy and Brie come into her life to hopefully chance her mind? This was one that kept me on the edge of my seat. This has a lot of cheese puns that were laugh out loud moments. I need to go and see what other books this author has that I can read.

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[New Post] ARC Review: My Silver Lining by Laura Pavlov

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Title: My Silver Lining

Author: Laura Pavlov

Page count: 347

Published: March 20th, 2025

Publisher: Self Published

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

A Small Town, Fake Dating, Enemies to Lovers, Standalone Romance from USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov.

Lulu Sonnet is the bane of my existence.
She’s caused me more physical pain than any man should ever endure.
From an accidental throat punch to a near death by shovel—
Don’t even get me started on that vicious pool ball accident where she almost robbed me of my family jewels.
She’s a hot little heathen, and what’s worse?
She’s staying in my brother’s rental house while I’m temporarily living in the guest house.
And now she needs a favor.
A fake boyfriend.
I’ll dote on her for a few weeks, she’ll return the favor so my boss’s daughter will stop nagging me, and then we’ll part ways.
It seems simple enough.
Until we end up in the same shower.
And then the same bed.
The lines are blurring.
She’s beautiful and fierce and sexy all at the same time.
But Lulu isn’t staying in Rosewood River forever.
The place I call home is just a pitstop for her.
But suddenly everything I thought I wanted is no longer important to me.
My fake girlfriend has turned my world upside down.
And now nothing feels right without her.

Lulu and Rafe have one of my favourite meet cutes. From there they have fantastic banter and chemistry. I was able to read this in one sitting, I couldn’t put it down. I was completely enamored with the story and forgot that I was reading. Lulu had just got out of a relationship and was wanting to show her family that she was able to move on from him. Lulu decides that she’s going to go and spend time with her best friend in Rosewood River. While there she meets Rafe, he’s charming and caring with a protective side. That’s were Lulu and Rafe start as a fake relationship, but you can tell that its more then that from the beginning. Lulu and Rafe’s story is one with memorable moments that that me laughing out loud and fell in love with these characters. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next one.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Sin and Deception by Sienna Snow

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Title: Sin and Deception

Author: Sienna Snow

Page count: 358

Published: March 13th, 2025

Publisher: Literally Yours PR

Genre: Dark Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

Theo and Xander aren’t men you betray and forget. When they find Nerine Angelos after two years of silence, they come armed with a fury that matches the obsession they’ve never shaken.

She thought she could hide, but the darkness of their world was always watching, waiting. Now, with enemies circling and secrets bleeding into the open, their love becomes as dangerous as their revenge.

In the underworld, nothing is forgiven, and no one escapes. Nerine must decide—can she survive Theo and Xander’s wrath, or will she surrender to the temptation that’s destined to destroy them all?

It’s been two years since Nerine has gone and disappeared. Theo and Xander have no clue on where she could be, they just know that she’s alive and they won’t stop looking for her until they do. Come to find she’s in hiding because she’s protecting her family. She has a sister that writes a book that happens to put the family in jeopardy of being found. Will Theo and Xander be able to find her before it’s too late. How will Xander and Theo react when they find out the reason that she left. From the beginning of the story, I was chomping at the bit with anticipation. The connection that Nerine, Theo and Xander have amazing chemistry that will melt your kindle. This was filled with twists and turns that I didn’t think were possible. I can’t wait to see the things that happen in the next one.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Final Cost by Ava Ryan

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Title: Final Cost

Author: Ava Ryan

Page count: 211

Published: March 11, 2025

Publisher: Grey’s Promotions

Genre: Suspense Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

Tamsyn is my life. But my tortured past threatens our future…

I own a vast fortune. Yet my life felt worthless until my chance meeting with Tamsyn Scott. She awakened something irresistible inside me that had lain dormant for far too long. So I followed her to Europe, where we indulged in scorching hot pleasure. Then I brought her home to my family estate, Ackerley, because she’s mine and I can’t bear to let her go. Everything seemed perfect.

Until my nightmare past reared its ugly head and ruined it all.

So I pushed Tamsyn away. To keep her safe. Even though it killed me.

Now I’m suspected of a heinous crime. The walls are closing in. My options are limited. But I’m determined to get myself out of this mess, seek redemption and beg her for a second chance. Will it be easy? No. But here’s the she loves me more than she hates me and she’s still mine. We both know nothing will ever change that…

FINAL COST is a billionaire, age-gap romance with a possessive hero and a strong young heroine. It’s the epic conclusion in the brand-new Winter Trilogy. For fans of REBECCA.

This was a conclusion that I never expected. The mystery and suspense that will leave you on the edge of your seat. The connection that Lucien and Tamsyn is electric to say the lease. There were somethings that happened that had happened that I was on the fence about but I’m glad that I was wrong because, wow! Towards the end of the book, I was in utter shock with that was happening never would have guessed half it. I have read other books by Ava, but I have to say that this is my favourite by her. I can’t wait to see what other books she comes out with.

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