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

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Title: The Playboy

Author: Marni Mann

Page count: 1388

Published: December 28th, 2023

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary NA Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

Spade. People know what to expect when they hear my last name.

Billionaire. Alphahole. The forever bachelor. Heir to Spade Hotels, one of the most luxurious brands in the world.

Want to know what they would never call me?

Boyfriend.

Until her.

With one glance at her in the club, I’m ready to claim her for the night.

Dark, flowing hair. A smile that causes my heart to pound. Eyes that pierce my soul. And a perfect body that makes every part of me pulse.

She’s addictive. Electrifying. Consuming.

I’ve never wanted anyone more.

Our eyes meet, but she looks right past me. She isn’t here for me. She’s here for the music.

For the first time in my life, a woman makes me work for it. Her indifference fuels the fire inside me.

The result? One night. No names. No introductions.

Just pleasure.

The way I’ve always liked it.

But now, I find myself fantasizing about this gorgeous stranger, and I swear I can still feel the softness of her skin and taste her on my lips.

The minute I saw her, a switch flipped inside me. Now, how do I stop this raging … obsession?

When our paths cross again in the most unexpected way, I’m on a mission to make her mine. But what happens when she wants nothing to do with me?

A sizzling grumpy-sunshine, boy-obsessed, one-night-stand romance.

I have read a few books by this author and when I found out there was another series coming out, I wanted to check it out. Macon is a billionaire who spends a night with a woman and instantly knows that he needs more of Brooklyn in his life. These two have the passion the witty banter the chemistry and more.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Ghosted by Sarah Ready

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Title: Ghosted

Author: Sarah Ready

Page count: 457

Published: September 26th, 2023

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 2/5

Jillian Nejat is the only dating and relationship expert on the planet who is incapable of speaking to men. If they’re living, if they’re breathing, it’s game over. With her bank account at zero, her career a dumpster fire, and her dating life in a ten-year slump, she moves into a tiny, dirt-cheap NYC apartment. Unfortunately, the apartment is already occupied. Daniel (no-last-name) is a sexy, shirtless, six-pack wielding heartthrob who is also…dead. He isn’t living. He isn’t breathing. He’s a ghost. He’s also the only man on the planet who Jillian can talk to. Soon, Daniel’s convinced that it’s his afterlife mission to resurrect Jillian’s love life. He knows, if he helps her fall in love then he can move on. Jillian agrees. The last thing she needs is a Lothario ghost haunting her living room. But then, one practice date leads to another, one confession leads to more, and suddenly Jillian fears she’s falling for the one man she can never have.

I’m not sure how I feel about this one. I have read books that are part of ghost romance and I loved them, I just don’t know what happened with this one and why I didn’t have a great time reading it.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Confessions of a Christmasholic by Joss Wood

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Title: Confessions of a Christmasholic

Author: Joss Wood

Page count: 237

Published: October 19th, 2023

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: Christmas Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 2/5

Sutton Alsop hates Christmas. So much so, when confronted with a house that looks like Santa himself vomited Christmas all over it, she accidentally (drunkenly) destroys every fairy light, fake reindeer and candy cane in sight. Unfortunately for Sutton, this house belongs to none other than Gus Langston, single dad and owner of the village’s year-round Christmas shop – aka Mr Christmas himself. But Mr Christmas has a secret only Sutton knows… With the two of them forced together for the holidays, the sparks between them are hot enough to melt even the coldest of hearts!

I like the idea of this book because it’s a female grinch Sutton and a single dad Gus who loves Christmas but at the heart of the story it is more Sutton becomes the nanny after an incident. The story was a cute Christmas story I didn’t have a connection with the book like I thought that I was going to.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Snowed In by Cathrine Walsh

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Title: Snowed In

Author: Catherine Walsh

Page count: 384

Published: November 1st, 2023

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: Contemporary Christmas Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

Megan is dreading going home for the holidays. She’s the village pariah, the she-devil who left local golden boy Isaac at the altar four years ago and ran away to the big city. She could really do without the drama. Particularly as he’s engaged again, and she’s just been dumped for the fourth time this year.

Christian’s fed up of being on his own every Christmas. He doesn’t mind being alone , but he hates his family’s sad eyes and soft tones as they sit around coupled up. Because he’s actually, totally, fine.

So when Megan literally bumps into Christian in a Dublin pub, they come up with a pact to see them through the holiday season. They’re going to be the very best fake dates for each other, ever .

Rules are drawn up, a contract is signed on a wine-stained napkin. They will sit through each other’s family gatherings and be outrageously in love until freed from their annual obligations. After all, it’s only for a few weeks.

But with everyone home for the holidays, two big families to deal with alongside old friends, old flames and old feelings, things are bound to get messy. And when a snowed-in cabin and a little Christmas magic are added to the mix, anything could happen…

A swoonworthy and utterly gorgeous romantic comedy that will make you laugh out loud and fall completely in love. Fans of Emily Henry, Sophie Kinsella and Abby Jimenez won’t be able to put this down!

Holiday romances are a favourite genre of mine because I like to get into the Christmas spirit. This was fast-paced funny with great chemistry. This is the perfect book to read by the fire and have a cup of coffee and read.

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[New Post] ARC Review: For the Love of Coffee by Fiona Woodfield

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Title: For the Love of Coffee

Author: Fiona Woodfield

Page count: 382

Published: October 3rd, 2023

Publisher: Netglalley

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 2/5

Meet Romilly Greene, people pleaser extraordinaire, loving and dutiful wife, mother, sister and daughter, always putting everyone else’s needs before her own. But the truth is she feels trapped and unfulfilled. When the cracks in her marriage begin to show, she and her daughters Elise and Summer run away from it all to the picturesque village of Melstock, the place of her idyllic childhood holidays.

They are soon welcomed into the heart of the community by a host of quirky characters, notably Mark Whittaker, the disturbingly attractive owner of the local country estate. Trouble is brewing quite literally however as the future of Melstock’s historic coffee factory comes under threat, Summer’s teacher, the cute and brooding Henry Barton seems to have taken her in violent dislike, Elise is bullied at secondary school and there appears to be no escape from Romilly’s husband and his hideous mother.

Will Romilly ever manage to put herself first for once and rediscover her own identity, whilst juggling single parenting and attempting to recapture the lost tatters of her love life? Or will she settle for familiarity and security above all else?

And can we ever really run away from it all?

For the Love of Coffee is for those of us who dream of something better and are not quite sure what that might be. The story celebrates the joy of belonging to a community and the importance of those precious shiny small things in life such as the perfect freshly brewed cup of coffee.

This is a cute fall romance that you can have over a cup of pumpkin spice as you read this but it just wasn’t something that I was able to get into.

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