[New Post] ARC Review: Playbook by Rebecca Jenshak


Title: Playbook

Author: Rebecca Jenshak

Page count: 460

Published: July 25th, 2024

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Sports Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 3/5



From USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Jenshak comes a standalone fake dating sports romance. This steamy, grumpy / sunshine football romance delivers a swoony and emotional happily ever after.

Brogan Six’s fan mail has been filling my mailbox for weeks. With every lipstick covered letter I receive, my irritation with him grows. And let’s not talk about the time I accidentally opened one of the packages to find someone had sent him their panties. Gross.

When I come face-to-face with my new nemesis, I expect to give him a piece of my mind and we’ll go our separate ways. Me to an empty mailbox and him to sift through his panty collection.

That is not what happens.

I don’t know if it was the booze, his clever wit, or if I was tricked (I’m sure I was tricked), but now I’m fake dating the Mavericks’ hot new rookie.

And I might just be the next woman to lose her panties to Brogan Six.

Playbook is a standalone fake dating, grumpy/sunshine sports romance with banter, found family, spice, and a guaranteed happily ever after.



I can’t believe that I’m about to say this about a book that I have read by this author, but I have to say that this was a DNF for me which is shocking. I’m not sure if it was just the way the story was being told?, the mood I was in? I’m not sure. Regardless this was a DNF at 28%.



Leave a comment


[New Post] ARC Review: On the Wild Side by Kristen Proby


Title: On the Wild Side

Author: Kristen Proby

Page count: 392

Published: October 3rd, 2024

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Western Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5



From New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Proby comes On the Wild Side, a sizzling single mom, cowboy, small town romance in the beloved Wilds of Montana Series!

Brady Wild has focused on one thing this entire adult life: riding bulls. A three-time world champion, Brady’s body has taken a beating over the years and he knows he’s nearing the end of his impressive career. He’s had no time for relationships with his dangerous career but the minute he sees sexy single mom, Abbi Kastella, he knows it’s game over for his resolve to be single.

Abbi is a mom, first and foremost, and she’ll do whatever needs to be done to keep her daughter safe from the danger that’s chased them for half a dozen years. She’s finally been able to set down roots in Bitterroot Valley for herself and Daisy. She adores this community that has welcomed them with open arms, her new business is thriving, and she has a circle of friends that she loves and trusts. And don’t even get her started on the hazel-eyed, muscled up cowboy that makes her whole body tremble with need. Life is good in this little Montana town and Brady is showing her and her little girl what real love is supposed to be.

Despite Brady’s best intentions he can’t resist his blue-eyed siren, or the sweet little girl that has him wrapped around her little finger. But when Abbi’s past catches up with them, Brady quickly realizes that the secrets that Abbi’s been keeping from him are far worse than any damage his career could do to them. Will they lose everything before it even really begins? Or will love prevail so they can get started on their forever On the Wild Side?



Brady is a brooding three-time champion bull rider not wanting to be in a relationship or commitment with all the time he has with bull riding. While Abbi is a single mom and business woman, having a rough backstory she wanting to start over for her and her daughter. Brady and Daisy have a connection that’s just the sweetest. The way he steps up to play dad is beyond heart warming. The chemistry that Abbi and Brady have is one you know is meant to be and how they break down one another’s walls and build new ones together.



Leave a comment


[New Post] ARC Review: Out Of Control by K. Bromberg


Title: Out Of Control

Author: K. Bromberg

Page count: 310

Published: August 22nd, 2024

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5



Every story needs a villain.
The arrogance. The conceit. The lone wolf.
Oliver Rossi is that person on the track.
And leave it to me . . . I’ve gone and fallen for him.

Rossi is his own worst enemy. He doesn’t care what people think or what’s expected of him. And he’s reached the pinnacle of his sport because of his bad boy ways.

He’s unpredictable and reckless on the track. He’s even worse off of it. After years of circling around each other, all it took was one night, one uncharacteristic act of chivalry, to know I wanted more with the man everyone hates.

Forget the warnings from my brother about his new teammate and the fallout from my family—he’s worth the risk.

With his job on the line and eyes always on us, secret trysts are all we allow ourselves.

It’s all fun and games until lust turns to love and for now begins to feel like not enough.

I want it all.
I want forever.
And I want it with Oliver Rossi.

But is Rossi willing to show the world he’s ready to move past his villain era so we can have our own happily ever after or will this whole thing spin out of control?



Oliver and Sophia are the perfect couple to end a series on and I think that they are my favourite couple out of all the books that I have read by Bromberg. A one night stand had changed everything for Sofia and Oliver. The chemistry, banter, love they have for one another is on fire. The driver and the artist will take you on a fast ride but also paint a beautiful picture that will take control of your heart from the start.



Leave a comment


[New Post] ARC Review: Firefly Effect by K.K. Allen


Title: Firefly Effect

Author: K.K. Allen

Page count: 416

Published: May 24th, 2024

Publisher: Wordsmith Publicity

Genre: Romance Suspense

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5



For years, tales of the Firefly Man were nothing more than elaborate rumors spread by residents in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Until the night Evelyn Vaughn stumbled upon a dead body in the woods.
Fear gripped her, and silence stole her voice.
All while she watched the boy she was with that night take the fall.

Fourteen years later, Evelyn is nothing more than a shell of her former self.
Her life moves like a clock, from one moment to the next, never a surprise.
Gone are the days of chasing fireflies through the woods.
Until her therapist goes missing and he’s replaced with someone new.
Dr. Lincoln Reed.
A devastatingly handsome single dad with an intensity behind his evergreen eyes that jolts her back to life.

Or does it?

Evelyn is quickly losing grip of the suppressed reality she’s worked so hard to live.
With every new session on Dr. Reed’s couch, comes a startling new revelation that has her past awakening like the sparkles of light she used to chase through the Appalachian woods.

The Firefly Man was supposed to be a rumor, a fable, a spooky tale.
But Evelyn remembers the truth.
He’s her very own phantom.
And he’s back.



This was mysterious, suspenseful with the added spice. I was totally hooked from the beginning getting to know Evie and Lincoln. Evie has had a hard life, her drastically changed fourteen years ago. When the therapist that she has been seeing for all her trauma disappears Dr. Reed comes to town to take over his practice. Watching Evie trying to figure ‘who’ it was that murdered her friend, there was twists and turns that I didn’t see coming. This was a great read and I can’t wait to see what other mystery suspense books Allen has up her sleeve.



Leave a comment


[New Post] ARC Review: Love You Truly by Stacy Travis


Title: Love You Truly

Author: Stacy Travis

Page count: 300

Published: June 27th, 2024

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Small Town Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5



Best way to get rid of an evil ex? Plan a fake wedding with a gorgeous heartbreaker and let the small-town gossip fly. What could possibly go wrong?

Just when I’m about to inherit my family’s sleepy winery and bring it to life, my old-fashioned parents throw a wrench in my plans. Thanks to my ex, they’re convinced I can’t run it without a man’s business savvy, so they’ve made him my partner.

The only way out is to marry some other guy.

Dash Corbett comes to my rescue with a pretend kiss in a cowboy bar, and we devise a one-year plan that will help us both. Dash needs a reputation makeover, and I need a husband. Win-win.

And falling for my fake fiancé? Not a chance.

Dash might have a distractingly hot exterior, but rumor has it he’s a playboy–and I’ve had enough of men who don’t mean what they say.

Then I get to know him.

Beneath the surface, he’s a guy with his own vineyard dreams and a cinnamon roll heart. He’s the first man to see me as more than a social butterfly. And when he touches me, I melt like butter on toast.

Soon our pretend relationship starts feeling very real. Especially when he says “my wife” in a possessive way that makes me believe our lie.

Falling for Dash could ruin more than my wine country dreams. But what if I love him truly?

Love You Truly is a standalone, small-town romance in the Buttercup Hill series, where the wine is chilled and the men are hot.



Mallory is wanting to take of the family business yet everyone in her life is making the choices for her, she won’t be able to get the business until she gets married. Dash is wanting to help his family business as well, but he isn’t able to do it on his own. Mallory and dash have known one another since high school. One night there both at a bar and Dash comes her aid and says they are engaged. From there came up with the idea to get actually married so they can get their family businesses. Their banter is fantastic had me smiling the whole time. This had may of started off as a fake relationship, it slowly morphs into something they can’t deny. Dash is the sweetest guy my gosh. He’s my favourite guy in the series so far.



Leave a comment