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[New Post] ARC Review: Keep Me In Your heart by Monica Murphy

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Title: Keep Me In Your Heart

Author: Monica Murphy

Page count: 352

Published: December 3rd, 2024

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Sports Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

Step into New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy’s mesmerizing and emotionally charged romance featuring Rowan Lancaster, the son of Crew and Wren from A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime. With an exclusive bonus scene.

This was supposed to be the best year of Rowan Lancaster’s life. Instead, thanks to a massive linebacker, his ankle is broken and his last football season at Lancaster Prep is done. Just like that. Now his days are dull and gray. Boring.

Except for the days that include Arabella Hartley Thomas.

She’s the girl everyone wants to be friends with. Beautiful but approachable. Stylish. Quirky. Yet she gets under Rowan’s skin like no other, and he doesn’t understand why. Sure, they flirt and banter and give each other grief. But now she invades his dreams and makes his heart pound so hard he’s sure she can see it.

Until suddenly, not only does Arabella see every part that he wishes he could hide, he realizes if he let himself, he could fall―hard.

Which is the same day he learns she might be leaving…for good.

Arabella is such a unique name I love it, and Rowan both go to the same private school. They both have their own secrets. Arabella is a firecracker with a great sense of humor. I loved how she would get under Rowan skin. Rowan is a rough guy on the outside when you get to know him you can see maybe he’s not that bad? Rowan is currently down on his luck not sure what to do or how to handle it all. The only thing that seems to brighten his day is Arabella. Rowan has a protectiveness to him over Arabella even as friends. They have fantastic banter, wonderful chemistry. Getting to see them get to know one another and break down their walls and getting to know one another was just the book that I was looking for.

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

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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

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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: 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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