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17 02, 2024

A Not So Bollywood Meet Cute

2024-02-17T11:14:35-07:00February 17th, 2024|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Rating: 2 1/2 ♥’s Published: February 13, 2024 Genre: Romance Pages: 286 Description: Katrina Shah just wants out of the fame game, away from her high-profile family's drama. But dodging the spotlight? Tough luck. Especially when she collides with Hollywood's golden boy, Evan Kristof. Her heart doesn't seem to have received the memo to steer clear of him. Evan's used to the spotlight, the parties, the glitz. Yet, he's craving a break, some peace. Then he meets Katrina, and suddenly, tranquility's the last thing on his mind. As they both try to escape their pasts, sparks fly between the girl who wants anonymity and the movie star. But can they navigate crazy families, an over-the-top wedding, and their undeniable chemistry without getting burned? Their fling might just turn into something much bigger than they bargained for.“Bollywood movies and smutty romance novels are every Desi girl's guilty pleasure. And I had the crazy idea to combine the two." I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I thought that this book was alright, I felt like it had a lot of potential from the description and that [...]

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4 11, 2022

Deception: A Hansel & Gretel Retelling (Fae Brothers’ Ever Afters #6)

2022-11-04T17:44:12-06:00November 4th, 2022|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Rating: 1 1/2 ♥’s Published: April 21, 2020 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 110 Description: If the path becomes lost, can you find your way home? Pierre Danville is the reluctant heir to the Danville clan of Fae. As if that’s not bad enough, Fate has chosen his future bride for him, and Pierre’s not impressed. All he wants is freedom to choose his Destiny. Petrina envies her friends who marry for love and are properly courted by their Fae men. Instead of courting, Petrina and Pierre are forced into the woods where they can be alone and work out their problems. A witch is at work in the Danville Forest. Her prize is a young Danville heir with his Destiny. If Pierre and Petrina don’t work together, it could spell the end for the Danvilles. This was my pick for my Hansel and Gretel retelling, and let me just say it was hard to find a retelling of this story. I was intrigued when I read the description and thought this will be a good one to try. I am sad to say though that this book just didn't do it for me. [...]

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26 08, 2022

Enchanting the Fae Prince (Kingdoms of Lore #2)

2022-08-26T17:21:36-06:00August 26th, 2022|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Rating: 2 1/2 ♥’s Published: April 29, 2021 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 251  Description: An outcast maiden. A fae prince. A match bound by fate. When outcast cobbler Rhianne braves the enchanted wood to find her fated love, absolutely everything that could go wrong does. The Matchweaver witch’s magical loom reveals Rhianne is fated for the most powerful fae prince in history. Sounds great to Rhianne, but the Matchweaver has big plans for the prince, and they don’t involve a lowly cobbler. The Matchweaver rages at the match, and her fit angers the ancients who crafted it. The ancients present a magical wand to Rhianne, setting the young woman on the path to raise a new Matchweaver. The Matchweaver sets a deadly darkness to spread across the kingdom, and Rhianne has days to raise the new Matchweaver or everyone in Lore will die. Although horrified at the darkness unspooling across the land, Prince Werian is rather delighted at the turn of events. He was meant for adventure such as this and doesn’t mind dodging dangerous spells. What he isn’t prepared for is the sacrifice he’ll have to make to save the kingdom. This [...]

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22 08, 2022

Portrait of a Scotsman (A League of Extraordinary Women #3)

2022-08-22T17:50:26-06:00August 22nd, 2022|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Rating: 3 1/2 ♥’s Published: September 7, 2021 Genre: Romance/Historical Fiction Pages: 448 Book Description: London banking heiress Hattie Greenfield wanted "just" three things in life: 1. Acclaim as an artist. 2. A noble cause. 3. Marriage to a young lord who puts the gentle in gentleman. Why then does this Oxford scholar find herself at the altar with the darkly attractive financier Lucian Blackstone, whose murky past and ruthless business practices strike fear in the hearts of Britain's peerage? Trust Hattie to take an invigorating little adventure too far. Now she's stuck with a churlish Scot who just might be the end of her ambitions.... When the daughter of his business rival all but falls into his lap, Lucian sees opportunity. As a self-made man, he has vast wealth but holds little power, and Hattie might be the key to finally setting long-harbored political plans in motion. Driven by an old revenge, he has no room for his new wife's apprehensions or romantic notions, bewitching as he finds her. But a sudden journey to Scotland paints everything in a different light. Hattie slowly sees the real Lucian and realizes she could [...]

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9 06, 2022

Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King #2)

2022-06-09T17:19:21-06:00June 9th, 2022|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Rating: 5 ♥'s | The story takes off right after the events of the first book. Alosa has succeeded in her mission, but now she has been told a secret that is going to change everything for her.

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10 01, 2022

Sing Me Forgotten

2022-04-08T01:49:47-06:00January 10th, 2022|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Rating: 3½ ♥'s | I have always enjoyed The Phantom of the Opera story and when I read the description I thought oh my is this a retelling of it?! Yes, it was, just gender-switched...

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14 09, 2021

The Heiress Gets A Duke (The Gilded Age Heiresses #1)

2022-04-08T01:56:49-06:00September 14th, 2021|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Rating: 4 ♥'s | I was instantly hooked from the beginning of this book. I love that August sneaks into a boxing match and that she kisses the main contender (aka The Duke!).

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5 08, 2020

Undercover Bromance (Bromance Book Club #2)

2020-08-05T18:41:05-06:00August 5th, 2020|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Published: March 10, 2020Genre: RomancePages: 320 Book Description: Braden Mack thinks reading romance novels makes him an expert in love, but he’ll soon discover that real life is better than fiction. Liv Papandreas has a dream job as a sous chef at Nashville’s hottest restaurant. Too bad the celebrity chef owner is less than charming behind kitchen doors. After she catches him harassing a young hostess, she confronts him and gets fired. Liv vows revenge, but she’ll need assistance to take on the powerful chef.Unfortunately, that means turning to Braden Mack. When Liv’s blackballed from the restaurant scene, the charismatic nightclub entrepreneur offers to help expose her ex-boss, but she is suspicious of his motives. He’ll need to call in reinforcements: the Bromance Book Club. Inspired by the romantic suspense novel they’re reading, the book club assists Liv in setting up a sting operation to take down the chef. But they’re just as eager to help Mack figure out the way to Liv’s heart... even though she’s determined to squelch the sparks between them before she gets burned. I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest [...]

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21 07, 2020

The Bromance Book Club

2020-07-21T19:37:31-06:00July 21st, 2020|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Published: November 5th, 2019Genre: RomancePages: 352 Book Description: The first rule of book club: You don't talk about book club.Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott's marriage is in major league trouble. He’s recently discovered a humiliating secret: his wife Thea has always faked the Big O. When he loses his cool at the revelation, it’s the final straw on their already strained relationship. Thea asks for a divorce, and Gavin realizes he’s let his pride and fear get the better of him.Welcome to the Bromance Book Club.Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret romance book club made up of Nashville's top alpha men. With the help of their current read, a steamy Regency titled Courting the Countess, the guys coach Gavin on saving his marriage. But it'll take a lot more than flowery words and grand gestures for this hapless Romeo to find his inner hero and win back the trust of his wife. I was intrigued when I read the description of this book. A story about a guys romance book club that they use in order to help with their marriages, who knew I needed [...]

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27 05, 2020

Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women #1)

2020-05-27T10:22:58-06:00May 27th, 2020|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Book Description: England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women's suffrage movement. Her charge: recruit men of influence to champion their cause. Her target: Sebastian Devereux, the cold and calculating Duke of Montgomery who steers Britain's politics at the Queen's command. Her challenge: not to give in to the powerful attraction she can't deny for the man who opposes everything she stands for. Sebastian is appalled to find a suffragist squad has infiltrated his ducal home, but the real threat is his impossible feelings for green-eyed beauty Annabelle. He is looking for a wife of equal standing to secure the legacy he has worked so hard to rebuild, not an outspoken commoner who could never be his duchess. But he wouldn't be the greatest strategist of the Kingdom if he couldn't claim this alluring bluestocking without the promise of a ring...or could he?Locked in a battle with rising passion and a will matching her own, Annabelle will [...]

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24 04, 2020

Staging Love (Paranormal Historical #3)

2020-04-24T19:24:18-06:00April 24th, 2020|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Published: 3/2/3013Genre: Romance/Historical FictionPages: 313 Book Description:England 1862 – When Gabriel St. Lawrence met Lady Serena Lloyd, she treated him with disdain and the usually charming Gabriel responded in kind with hurtful insults. And then, the Lady disappeared. But Gabriel could not stop thinking of the captivating beauty, hoping to one day find her. Now three years later, he has purchased a theatre purported to be haunted. But the ‘haunting spirit’ is a very real woman searching for a murderer…the very woman with whom he had reluctantly fallen in love...Serena. But is she the only haunting spirit afoot? I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This is my third book in the series and I once again really enjoyed reading it. It had a little different tone in the sense that the ghost in this story was not an astral projection of someone, but a true ghost! I like that the book started out with you trying to figure out who would be trying to kill Serena and see that she is saved from the ghost. So right away you are thrown into this mystery [...]

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7 11, 2019

Hypnotic Love (Paranormal Historical #2)

2019-11-07T19:14:04-07:00November 7th, 2019|Tags: , |0 Comments

Genre: Romance/Historical FictionPages: 305Published: February 2013 Book Description: England 1861 – The rakishly charming Charles Phillips, Viscount Chesterholt, is repeatedly surprised by a female nightly visitor who roams his country estate seemingly in search of something. She appears entranced. Is she real or ethereal? What is she seeking? In searching for answers, Charles enters a realm of mystery, deceit, and murder to discover who this woman is and why she ‘haunts’ him. I received this book in exchange for an honest review. Another fun read in this Paranormal Historical series by Patricia Catacalos. This is my second one of hers I have gotten to read and I am glad that I got to continue on with this series! I think these are a fun, unique idea and love how these are each there own story, but are still slightly entwined. Charles is the cousin of Portia who was featured in the first book. Charles experience is slightly different than his cousins in that he is being visited by someone he doesn't know. He first has to figure out who this Lady is that's appearing in his house, searching for something, is. [...]

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27 08, 2019

Oceans Away (The Atlas Series #2)

2019-08-27T19:52:15-06:00August 27th, 2019|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Genre: RomancePages: 336Published: July 2019 Description: When the girl next door returns home as a millionaire to face the farmer who never lost hope, she's caught between the man of her past and the man meant for her future.Adopted as an infant, Ireland Leighton grew up in the heart of the Midwest. After inheriting millions from her biological parents, she is determined to help others any way she can. The only string is a business engagement with another millionaire. Ireland returns to Iowa years later to plan her brother’s tropical wedding. The festivities would be easier if her sexy ex-boyfriend stayed out of reach and her future wasn’t already planned. Time suppressed his feelings for the girl next door, but Gideon Taggart isn’t about to let Ireland escape again. Farmer by day, veterinarian by choice, his second chance with his first love is far from easy. He soon discovers that no matter how much he loves Ireland, she’ll always choose her family over a future with him. I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This is my second chance of reading one of Skye McNeil [...]

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21 02, 2019

Say You’re Sorry

2019-02-21T20:39:01-07:00February 21st, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Genre: Romantic Suspense, Mystery/ThrillerPages: 544Publication Date: 2/21/2019 Book Description: Special Agent Gideon Reynolds has tried hard to put his past behind him. He escaped the violence of his cult upbringing when he was just thirteen, and since then routine and discipline have been his way of making sense of the world. But when a petite blonde woman crashes into his life, he begins to realize that a little bit of chaos might not be so bad.Daisy Dawson has had more than her fair share of pain too—but she's done being a victim. Daisy's determined to explore every new experience she can—including getting to know the dark and serious FBI investigator she meets when she fights off a masked attacker one night.It soon becomes clear that Daisy's attack was just the beginning. Now the bloodied bodies of young women are showing up all over California, and, as Gideon tries to find the killer, it's clear that Daisy is in more danger than they ever realized... I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Overall I thought this was a good book. I thought that the plot was [...]

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6 02, 2019

Hearts Abroad

2019-02-06T21:47:29-07:00February 6th, 2019|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

Book Description: When a fun-loving American nanny turns a millionaire British single dad’s world upside down, it’s inevitable life is going to get complicated.Taking a break from screenwriting in New York City, Londyn Bellerose takes a nannying job in Colorado to get away from the hubbub. A summer to live without regrets is all she wants. While her boss is British, gorgeous, and a millionaire, he has no clue how to have fun. Determined to mend the relationship between father and daughters, Londyn doesn’t expect to fall for the museum curator.Londyn is American and everything Callum Archer swore to never fall for again. With her carefree spirit and energetic smile, she’s perfect to nanny Callum’s two daughters. The problem is she’s also perfect for him. She’s sassy, musical, and tends to speak her mind more than she means to.When old history and new dreams threaten her happily ever after, will Londyn and Callum’s love survive? I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. There is just something different about reading a romance than other books to me. They make me feel giddy and I find myself laughing out loud at them, [...]

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21 01, 2019

Midnight Magic (A Ghost & Abby Mystery #1)

2019-01-21T18:37:42-07:00January 21st, 2019|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Book Description: As the janitor in a haunted house, single mom Abby Jenkins has many contacts with the living and the dead in the small Pacific Northwest town of Sunset Cove, which puts her in a perfect position to solve local mysteries. Or so she thinks. Hired to find diamonds hidden in a haunted manor she gets help from a Viking ghost with existential issues. Will she survive? This book contains bad-boy ghosts, mischievous magic, and a woman who knows what she wants in a Viking hayloft. I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I am torn on this book, I have to say I liked it more in the beginning and then by the end I was slightly annoyed with it. I think one thing that started this was when Abby got the second voice in her head and they started talking to each other. It just seemed like a weird move and was more annoying than funny or helpful to the plot. I liked the idea of the book and what it was trying to go for. However, in the realm of [...]

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12 01, 2019

Captain of My Heart

2019-01-12T16:09:03-07:00January 12th, 2019|Tags: , |0 Comments

Book Description:Excitement heralds the arrival of Captain Brendan Jay Merrick, a dashing privateer whose daring sea battles against His Majesty's fleet have made him a legend in the American colonies. Brendan has plans for the Ashton Shipyard to build his magnificent new schooner. But one look at the handsome Irishman, and Ashton's daughter Mira is making plans of her own . . . Mira Ashton - queen of schemes and mistress of spunk - disguises herself as a crew member and sneaks aboard the newly built Kestrel to become the schooner's sharpest gunner ... and the captain's most outrageous distraction. As passions flare, desire explodes with the turbulence of an angry sea with Mira competing against Kestrel for Brendan's love. But when tragedy strikes, Mira must join forces with her mighty rival in a daring adventure that turns the tide of battle and brings glorious victory to the colonists, the captain ... and the lady who has captured his heart. I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I thought this was a really fun read. I am all about pirates and this book, although wasn’t exactly [...]

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15 08, 2018

Inescapable Fate

2018-08-15T20:44:18-06:00August 15th, 2018|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Book Description: When Georgia Kentley breaks up with her long-term boyfriend Darren over Christmas, she really can't wait to return to work on the 27th of December. The excitement dies when she meets her new boss, Walker Trent. DCI Trent is a misogynistic pain in the arse. Being a young police officer, Georgia has met her fair share of men who don't understand that she can hold her own. Every single time she has proven them wrong. Will she be able to prove to Walker Trent just how capable she is or will she get herself into a heap of trouble, danger and chaos? And when chaos ensues who will be there to save her? I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. You never know what you are going to get with romance books, at least to me it seems that way it seems to be good or slightly annoying because the female is always so helpless. With this book I was pleasantly surprised to find that Georgia stands on her own, but also has her slight moments where she gets the sweet rescue from [...]

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8 07, 2018

Years In An Instant

2018-07-08T20:25:20-06:00July 8th, 2018|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Book Description: When we last left our heroine at the end of the critically acclaimed novel "Like a Closed Fist", Phoebe was floundering. Left with a broken heart and shattered pride, she turns to the much older Mitch to pick up the pieces. This time, her father’s best friend doesn’t resist her. Bruce, everyone’s favorite tough-love dad, finally takes a stand and tries to break the mismatched pair up. Phoebe, hurt and humiliated once again, runs away from home. Out on her own for the first time, she learns life’s greatest lesson: how to grow up. Phoebe 2.0, mature and enjoying her independence, is determined to take a break from romance. But, as often happens, her best laid plans go awry. Is it just a rebound, or will Phoebe fall in love? With Bruce, Mitch, Annie, Mark, Frankie, Mason, Leo, and another trip to beautiful North Carolina, this California girl has another adventure in store for her! I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I have read the first book in this series so I know the background of this story. I must say that I [...]

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28 03, 2018

Torn (The Unraveled Kingdom #1)

2018-03-28T21:17:58-06:00March 28th, 2018|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Book Description: TORN is the first book in an enchanting debut fantasy series featuring a seamstress who stitches magic into clothing, and the mounting political uprising that forces her to choose between her family and her ambitions, for fans of The Queen of the Tearling. Sophie is a dressmaker who has managed to open her own shop and lift herself and her brother, Kristos, out of poverty. Her reputation for beautiful ball gowns and discreetly-embroidered charms for luck, love, and protection secures her a commission from the royal family itself -- and the commission earns her the attentions of a dashing but entirely unattainable duke. Meanwhile, Kristos rises to prominence in the growing anti-monarchist movement. Their worlds collide when the revolution's shadow leader takes him hostage and demands that Sophie place a curse on the queen's Midwinter costume -- or Kristos will die at their hand. As the proletariat uprising comes to a violent climax, Sophie is torn: between her brother and the community of her birth, and her lover and the life she's striven to build. I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. [...]

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