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[New Post] ARC Review: Last First Kiss by Carrie Ann Ryan

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Title: Last First Kiss

Author: Carrie Ann Ryan

Page count: 306

Published: March 4th, 2024

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

The Montgomery Ink Legacy series continues with a workplace fling romance that starts off with a literal bang. Daisy Montgomery Knight is about to meet her match when it comes to Hugh Hendrix.

One look across the aisle at a wedding and I fell in lust.

He’s on the bride’s side. I’m on the groom’s.

But by the end of the night, we’re against a wall, over a table…and in bed.

I’m prepared never to see him again except in my memories.

Only the next week things become awkward: I’m his new boss.

And it turns out he’s just as demanding outside of the sheets as beneath them.

We need to stay away from each other—he has his demons, as well as an adorable little girl, and I’m trying to heal after a job gone wrong.

I know I need to walk away…even if neither one of us wants to.

While at a wedding Hugh and Daisy meet and end up hooking up with no strings attached. Hugh is a single dad that is trying to make ends meet for his daughter. So, when he walks into his new job at a security company as a new employee, He sees Daisy there. Will they be able to keep it professional and make it seem like nothing happened or will they be breaking the rules? Daisy has been waiting for the right guy to come along and Hugh and is daughter might be the ones she has been looking for all along.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Through the Glen by Samantha Young

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Title: Through the Glen

Author: Samantha Young

Page count: 319

Published: February 1st, 2024

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary Suspense Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

He’s a cynical, world-weary Londoner. She’s a shy Scot. They might seem like opposites, but a few weeks in the Highlands will bring them together in ways they can’t imagine…

Theo Cavendish is the second son of a British viscount, and he’s spent years running from the aristocratic world he grew up in. Betrayal and loss taught him lessons he’s not quick to forget. As an award-winning screenwriter and creator, Theo prefers to throw himself into the world of film and television. He moves from one project to another, never really letting anyone truly know him.

As a housekeeper at the exclusive Ardnoch Estate, shy Sarah McCulloch feels invisible most days. No one really knows her, and they definitely don’t know she’s a bestselling crime writer. She dreams of seeing her series on screen and believes only one person can develop it for television. On the day she quits the estate for good, she shares her secret with club member, Theo, and asks him to consider her books.

Sarah never expected him to say yes or to show up on her doorstep ready to write with her. Or that weeks spent locked up in her cottage would lead them to form an intense but undeniable connection. A bond that Theo is not sure he’s ready to accept, even though he can’t bear to be without her.

However, when they finally venture out of their bubble, Theo finds he’ll have to battle more than his own demons to protect Sarah from hurt. For he has another fan, one intent on bringing the darkest elements of his most famous script to life. And unless he can figure out this real-life antagonist’s next move, Theo could be in danger of losing Sarah forever.

Theo and Sarah are two people that don’t really like one another to start because Theo is an ass but is maybe needing to put that aside so that he can help her follow her dreams, but Sarah is too shy to ask for help until she is having to work with him, and sparks start to fly. These two are opposites in many ways but the same in others. Along the way they break down one another’s walls, become closer and have a relationship that just comes together without actually talking about it but with the banter, they have many laugh out loud moments.

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[New Post] ARC Book Review: DR. Single Dad by Louise Bay

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Title: Dr. Single Dad

Author: Louise Bay

Page count: 308

Published: March 1st, 2024

Publisher: Wildfire Marketing

Genre: Doctor Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

Unexpected fatherhood, a newborn daughter and a nanny in the next bedroom he can’t stop fantasizing about.

When a one-night stand announces I just became a father to a baby girl, my world is thrown into turmoil.

My choice: single fatherhood or sign adoption papers.

The decision is easy.

Within hours, I’m on a plane to collect my daughter.

I’m in over my head. I barely know one end of a baby from the other. Luckily, I have the perfect plan. I’ll hire live-in help, have limited involvement with the kid, and keep my life just the same as it’s always been.

I finally find a nanny who lives up to my exacting standards. But the only problem is, every time I look at her, the future I thought I wanted starts to crumble.

Nothing in my life is going according to plan… and the wriggling poo machine in my arms is unexpectedly worming her way into my heart.

Life was ordered and logical until I got myself two roommates and started falling in love with both of them.

A standalone romance.

I think that Bay left Dax for last because he is the best one. Dax is a workaholic so he’s in need of a nanny for his little one. Eria is such a beautiful character and gets to knock down his walls and get to see him slowly open up and realize that maybe their can be something more then just work. Eira is looking for a job that will help her take care of her and her other siblings financially. Eria and Dax have amazing chemistry, push and pull, banter you name it they have it. I’m sad to see this being the last in the series but I’m excited to what other books Bay is going to be coming out with in the future.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Trusting Forever by Lea Coll

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Title: Trusting Forever

Author: Lea Coll

Page count: 258

Published: February 13th, 2024

Publisher: Self Published

Genre: Christmas Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

This Christmas, I might finally find my way out of the friend-zone and into my best friend’s heart. Sebastian and I have been best friends forever. He knows everything about me, except that I’ve secretly crushed on him for years. When Sebastian finds himself without a nanny over the holidays, he makes me an offer I can’t refuse. Move into his cabin on the family’s Christmas tree farm and be a nanny to his little girl. I’d love to step out of the friend-zone and into his arms, but it’s time I accepted that Sebastian will always look at me as his faithful friend. Determined to change my single status (and tired of the pitying comments from our families), I jump at the opportunity to participate in the Christmas tree farm’s bachelorette auction. I might not find Mr. Forever, but I might just find Mr. Fun-For-The-Holidays instead. Imagine my surprise when Sebastian outbids everyone to win a date with me. I would’ve considered it a pity date, until I arrive at the ice-rink covered with fairy lights and enough mistletoe to make even Scrooge a romantic. I’m swept out of the friend-zone and into a hot and steamy night with my best friend. Just when I’m sure that my Christmas wish has been granted and Sebastian and his daughter start to feel like family, his ex shows up threatening to destroy everything we’ve built. Will he choose me, or will I be pushed back into the friend-zone?

Sebastian and Hanna have been friends forever, since grade school. She as always had the schoolgirl crush that everyone gets with that one person in their school. Sebastian is a single dad that always puts his kid first, he hears that Hanna has some plans to get back in the dating game, Sebastian comes to the realization that maybe Hanna is the one for him, but will he be able to make it in time? This is a Christmas book but even though it’s past, this book still gives me the warm Christmas feels that we all know and love about a Christmas read. I can’t wait to re read this series as it gets closer to Christmas to get into the spirit.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Unending Love by Stacey Lynn

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Title: Unending Love

Author: Stacey Lynn

Page count: 264

Published: March 5th, 2024

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

A Sexy, Small Town, Secret Baby, Sports standalone romance from bestselling author, Stacey Lynn.

Everyone knows who Caleb Kelley is. I’m at the top of my game, known all around Colorado and beyond for not only my elite skills in professional hockey, but also my family’s ranching heritage. For this reason, I trust very few people as I’m used to strangers and so-called friends trying to get close to us for a piece of fame.

But when I receive a letter from a woman I slept with years ago, letting me know I’m a father – I implicitly trust her. Emily Russo is forever ingrained in my memory, and is the exception to every rule.

That one night I spent with her was unforgettable. I still remember the feel of her lips and the way her body moved under mine. For years, I’ve regretted not leaving her my phone number because if I had, I wouldn’t be seeing the first glimpses of my son in glossy pictures. Instead, I would’ve held him in my arms the minute he was born.

Now, I not only have to get to know my son, I also have to convince Emily that the spark that once burned between us is still smoldering, ready to burn even hotter a second time around.

But it’s not only hanger-ons who follow me. There are others who want to see this golden boy tossed off his throne. Too bad they don’t know what lengths I’ll go to protect what’s mine. I’ll do anything for Emily and my son. My love for them is unending.

This was an absolute charming read. One night with a hot guy Emily finds out that she’s pregnant and with no family support (for the best Imo) and not knowing who her son’s father is, she was just hoping that she would find out one day. When she does find out who he is she goes to meet him, things are awkward at first but as things went on things slowly start to happen and fall perfectly in place. One of the things that I liked was that Caleb stepped up the moment he knew he was a father. One of the things that I loved was that Emily was able to find an amazing family that I can’t wait to meet and get to know more of.

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