[New Post] ARC Review: Devoted Enough by Kelly Elliot


Title: Devoted Enough

Author: Kelly Elliot

Page count: 282

Published: January 7th, 2025

Publisher: Greys Promo

Genre: Western Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5



Nathan Shaw has been keeping a secret since high school. It was so tightly intertwined with someone else’s that exposing the darkest facts meant he couldn’t keep the other to himself.

He’s had years of holding onto those truths. This also means he’s had to push away the one person who means more to him than anything—and in the process, all it does is make her think that he despises her like all of the other people in her life.

But that’s so far from the truth about his feelings that he holds so close to his heart.
Haven Larson has had an awful childhood growing up with an abusive father and a mother who tries her best, but sometimes the best can’t protect you from the monsters that hide in darkness.

One night, protecting her from those monsters, fell on the one boy she had loved for as long as she could remember. And now she knows that he can’t stand to be around her after discovering her secrets—or can he, because every time they are together, the sparks ignite and threaten to combust.

But it will take their darkest secrets being exposed in order for their feelings to come to light.



Haven and Nate’s story was a great way to end the series. Haven is a dog walker and co-owner of a new dog park that’s getting built and Nate is a rancher. Nate and Haven have been friends since high school, they were soulmates even before they even knew. There was a tragic event happened and it slowly pushed them away from one another, until an even brings them closer together some time later. The chemistry starts to bloom more then ever, Nate and Haven the banter they have is perfect. This was a heartfelt story that I couldn’t get enough of with the perfect ending. I’m excited to see what else Elliot has in store.



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[New Post] ARC Review: Undeniably Forbidden by J. Saman


Title: Undeniably Forbidden

Author: J. Saman

Page count: 358

Published: July 22nd, 2024

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5



In my defense, I had no clue the gorgeous guy I had a wildly steamy night with was my brother’s best friend. Or the single dad of the little girl I was about to nanny.

I hadn’t seen Dr. Owen Fritz since I was twelve and he was twenty-four, but even back then, I didn’t care much about him.

He was doing his billionaire, master-of-the-universe, medical school thing, and I was too into art and books to notice anyone.

Now he’s cold and broody, but he doesn’t scare me the way he does everyone else.

He’s been scarred, but I’ve been scarred worse.

We both promise to leave that night in the past, vowing to keep this secret between us and stay professional from now on.

Especially since I’m living with him—sleeping down the hall from him—and his adorable little girl.

Until one night of hell changes everything and all those promises we’ve been struggling to keep don’t just break, they shatter.

Now there’s no holding him back.

And the more he watches me with those magnetic eyes or whisks me into dark corners and puts his heated hands on my body, the more I forget why what we’re doing is so undeniably forbidden.

We’re playing with an unstoppable fire.

And we’re both about to get burned.



People say that one night stands are just that one-night stands. Owen is a single dad that is in need of a nanny except the one that he’s about it hire is his sister’s best friend and the one he had a one night stand with, he hasn’t be able to stop thinking about her. Estlin has had a crush on Owen since she was younger but now that she’s older she may have a chance? The chemistry they have sparks were flying. Owen is able to open up to Estlin with ease and brought the best out in him. Estlin has had some struggles but is getting her life back on track and spending time in the studio working on her art. Hanging out with Owen she was able to see things that she didn’t before and got the inspiration she needed. Watching them both come out of their shell and see the real them was beautiful. I can’t wait to see who’s next. Also find the name Estlin to be a great unique name.



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


Title: Wild Nights

Author: Lea Coll

Page count: 262

Published: January 14th, 2025

Publisher: Self Published

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5



Wild nights and hot flings are all fun and games…until someone falls in love…
Single dads don’t get to have many things to themselves.

Which is why I greedily hoarded my, um, adult time with the sexy-as-sin tourist who stayed at my family’s ski lodge whenever she was in town. I didn’t even tell her about my son.

And that was fine. Who had time for romance, anyway? Certainly not me.

Then we got snowed in together right before Christmas and everything changed.

Spending time with Carolina in forced proximity made me realize just how amazing she is. How perfectly we fit together.
How much I want to keep her here after the snow melts.

But she has a life of her own far from my small town. I can’t ask her to give that up for a readymade family.

My only question now is how I’ll be able to go back to my real life when she leaves and takes my heart with her…



Carolina finds herself going to the Wilde Ski Resort again for a conference where Oliver works. Oliver’s life is about is son Joey and his family. One night at the bar Oliver see’s Carolina across from the bar and instantly knew that he was going to be in a world of trouble. Carolina and Oliver start out as a one-night stand with no strings because they live in opposite states. They both have painful pasts they are both hesitating to share with one another but when a snowstorm comes and leaves Carolina stuck at the resort just before Christmas, something happens between them, and they can’t old back any longer and give into their feelings and have their true HEA. I absolutely loved this. I can’t wait for the next in the series.



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


Title: Wild Love

Author: Lea Coll

Page count: 252

Published: November 12th, 2024

Publisher: Self Published

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5



Nothing is wilder than forbidden love. I’m learning that the hard way…
Scarlett is a free spirit in every sense of the word.

She’s sexy. Chaotic. Used to getting whatever she wants. And right now?

She wants me.

The problem is that she only plans to be in our small town for a few weeks. She has no intention of putting down roots here or anywhere else.

And she’s my best friend’s completely off-limits sister.

I wish I could say the story ended there. That I kept my mind (and hands) off her.

Spoiler It wasn’t and I didn’t.

Turns out that ignoring our chemistry was impossible. But now, I’m in trouble, because
I’ve started to fall for a woman who isn’t afraid of anything…except being tied down.

Meanwhile, my biggest fear is losing the love of my life when she realizes the lengths I’m willing to go to for a happily ever after…

Wild Love, Book 1 in The Wilde Brothers series, is a spicy, brother’s best friend/neighbors to lovers contemporary romance.



Scarlet is a theater actress and travels the country so when she gets the chance she visits her parents. During her last show she had an incident when she ended up going back home. Being back home is a little hard on her with everyone wanting to be in her business. Eli is the CEO if the family owned ski resort and loving his job but as come to realize that things are just the same mundane things over and over. Scarlett appearing is a reminder that there is still excitement to have life. The connection and banter are extraordinary. I can’t wait to see what else this series as in store.



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


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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