tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76257113042553072362024-03-17T05:26:49.755-04:00Modokker Book PicksModokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.comBlogger1271125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-8837923121110281382022-07-08T12:56:00.001-04:002022-07-12T10:26:42.606-04:00eARC Book review:That Cowboy of Mine by Donna Grant <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCTnBbQeYRGpzPAPKh2ualr7tInfNhB7XPGtwdxeoa6_BBC-igQYi4vjUo1uG0mNOdJzJfWM8Xrpsrie7dzbk8J9rz1N_As9lgx5G3HAl4PiHowuhgBU2Fh7hiqFg0Tg-HkqBVtEvMH-t9AM9l4UP9tzgUrnj7plAwgKO70cfUZUiUGUhxUFM5l62NUQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="339" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCTnBbQeYRGpzPAPKh2ualr7tInfNhB7XPGtwdxeoa6_BBC-igQYi4vjUo1uG0mNOdJzJfWM8Xrpsrie7dzbk8J9rz1N_As9lgx5G3HAl4PiHowuhgBU2Fh7hiqFg0Tg-HkqBVtEvMH-t9AM9l4UP9tzgUrnj7plAwgKO70cfUZUiUGUhxUFM5l62NUQ" width="163" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by publisher through Netgalley</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span id="freeText3411415274405777830" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Is he an enemy?<br /><br />Dillon Young is proud that she inherited her aunt’s ranch. The problem: someone is trying to run her off and is willing to do whatever it takes. Strange, dangerous things keep happening. Dillion suspects her no-good neighbor and fellow wealthy rancher Hank Stephens. Never a man to get his hands dirty, he sends others to get the job done. So, when the irresistible Cal Bennett is found passed out drunk on her property, Dillion is on high alert. Until someone takes a shot at her and Cal springs to her rescue. When the hard-bodied, no-nonsense-talking cowboy points out that she may need some help, Dillion is inclined to reluctantly agree.<br /><br />Or a lover?<br /><br />Waking up on a stranger’s property with a shotgun in his face is not Cal Bennett’s idea of a good time. Never mind that the woman on the other end of the barrel is one of the most fiercely beautiful women he has ever seen. Things get more interesting when he finds himself shielding her from flying bullets. It’s clear that this smart, savvy woman could use a hand and he is all too happy to lend any part of his body she requires. His proposal: pose as lovers until they find out who is after her ranch. As the danger rises and secrets are revealed, the passion explodes between them. There is no turning back.</span><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"> </span></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">Dillon Young finds Cal Bennnett passed out on her ranch and her newly purchased prized horse missing. Cal looks guilty until he saves her life. Someone is out to kill Dillon. Cal feels a instant connection to her but until he can sort out how he ended up passed out on her land with no memory how he got there. We kind of know who the bad guys are in this book pretty quick but we don't know who all the bad guys are. For a bit there are started wondering if every man in the story was a bad guy. Lot's of suspense but not a lot of romance. For me the ending was kind of weird. I enjoyed the book but would not read it again.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Donna Grant and this book here </span><a href="https://donnagrant.com/"><span style="color: red;">Donnagrant.com</span></a></b></span></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-6570911601915348672022-07-08T11:44:00.000-04:002022-07-08T11:44:24.837-04:00eARC Book review: When the Lights Go Out...: A workplace romance set in a blackout by Jules Bennett <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBhMwZyqEt4GwHtd0bhnegTyTNEanWCTYA4sGa_PnkZvLjMYihlyJeCQYQN636XPl1vAW8gch9IinzPyj5ohuCFab-xFKkr5tYxAsu6izpdiPnuLl1IRD9orYNWoG8-YNvWwNKShJoxRKJ9WY0LlQndnEZMB7RIk1Z-GUGe_tDrz_k92Jba8X4QcErnQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="254" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBhMwZyqEt4GwHtd0bhnegTyTNEanWCTYA4sGa_PnkZvLjMYihlyJeCQYQN636XPl1vAW8gch9IinzPyj5ohuCFab-xFKkr5tYxAsu6izpdiPnuLl1IRD9orYNWoG8-YNvWwNKShJoxRKJ9WY0LlQndnEZMB7RIk1Z-GUGe_tDrz_k92Jba8X4QcErnQ" width="152" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by author</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">What happens in the dark won’t stay in the dark—</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><em>when business partners cross the line…</em></span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Distillery executive Elise Hawthorne always puts business first. No way she’ll gamble a lucrative partnership for one night of pleasure. But when a storm outage strands her with VIP client Antonio Rodriguez, he awakens a passion Elise can’t ignore. Continuing their clandestine affair when the lights come back on puts everything she’s worked for at risk. And now a family secret could blow up her life and cost her the most priceless merger of all…</span></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">Three sisters running a successful distillery in Kentucky about to go to the next level. Antonio Rodriguez arrived to check out what sisters have to offer and comes face to face with his destiny. Neither Elise or Antonio thought they were in a place in their lives for commitment. Both Elise and Antonio are dealing with loss and big decisions in their lives. Somehow they click but they live on different continents. If it could work how would they do it. This was a quick read. Great beach read for sure. It's faced paced. The author gives you bit and pieces of the three sisters lives while giving you what seems like a impossible love story between Elise and Antonio. Looking forward to reading the other two sisters stories. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Jules Bennett and this series here </span><a href="https://julesbennett.com/"><span style="color: red;">julesbennett.com</span></a></b></span></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-90451378622605485222022-07-08T10:43:00.003-04:002022-07-08T10:43:39.806-04:00Check out The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar/Dana Marton. Available July 19th<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgk5js3soIG5pLCvO8o13TTwQIxKbZjA1q_aBxCyxVeNWv_h3OWFnnfvEfzggpoe2CG0MLclNpBKA2dOyJUKv7MV84mnCeCYjglf3hpne3OmFZNwwXcCpO5BC7rGPu5UAw2jeS09DxdL2FEEfkW6lUdbje-XjZnk7_wSgLo8_edKa0u2JAOOMq4rTybJg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="526" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgk5js3soIG5pLCvO8o13TTwQIxKbZjA1q_aBxCyxVeNWv_h3OWFnnfvEfzggpoe2CG0MLclNpBKA2dOyJUKv7MV84mnCeCYjglf3hpne3OmFZNwwXcCpO5BC7rGPu5UAw2jeS09DxdL2FEEfkW6lUdbje-XjZnk7_wSgLo8_edKa0u2JAOOMq4rTybJg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available July 19th </span></b></p><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The Secret Life of Sunflowers Blurb:</span></b></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">When Hollywood auctioneer Emsley Wilson finds her famous grandmother's diary while cleaning out her New York brownstone, the pages are full of surprises. The first surprise is, the diary isn't her grandmother's. It belongs to Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law.</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Johanna inherited Vincent van Gogh's paintings. They were all she had, and they weren't worth anything. She was a 28 year old widow with a baby in the 1800s, without any means of supporting herself, living in Paris where she barely spoke the language. Yet she managed to introduce Vincent's legacy to the world.</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The inspiration couldn't come at a better time for Emsley. With her business failing, an unexpected love turning up in her life, and family secrets unraveling, can she find answers in the past?</span></b></p></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Links:</span></b></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Amazon US: </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5G1KKCZ?tag=sunflower3-20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5G1KKCZ?tag=sunflower3-20</span></a></b></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Amazon CA:</span><span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0B5G1KKCZ?tag=sunflower3-20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0B5G1KKCZ?tag=sunflower3-20</span></a></span></b></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Amazon UK: </span><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B5G1KKCZ?tag=sunflower3-20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B5G1KKCZ?tag=sunflower3-20</span></a></b></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Amazon AU: </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0B5G1KKCZ?tag=sunflower3-20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0B5G1KKCZ?tag=sunflower3-20</span></a></b></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Nook: </span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-secret-life-of-sunflowers-marta-molnar/1141711923" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-secret-life-of-sunflowers-marta-molnar/1141711923</span></a></b></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Kobo: </span><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-secret-life-of-sunflowers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-secret-life-of-sunflowers</span></a></b></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">iBooks: </span><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-secret-life-of-sunflowers/id6443046729" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-secret-life-of-sunflowers/id6443046729</span></a></b></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">About The Author:</span></b></div><div class="yiv8616099144gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div id="yiv8616099144gmail-m_8750405527787202332gmail-m_616331008417679698gmail-print_book_list"><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Marta Molnar is the author of the dual-timeline women's fiction novel THE LIFE OF SUNFLOWERS about Vincent van Gogh's inspirational sister-in-law Johanna Bonger. Marta is an avid art history enthusiast and a self-taught artist. She studied writing at Seton Hill University and Harvard University, lived around the world, then settled down in the Northeast United States where she currently writes in her version of Monet's garden.</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">(The Secret Life of Marta Molnar: Marta is also the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of over sixty novels of suspense, romance, and epic fantasy under the pen name Dana Marton. Writing as Dana Marton, she's the recipient of the Rita Award, the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence, and was a quarter finalist for the BookLife Prize.)</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">She can be reached at: </span><a href="mailto:marta@martamolnar.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:marta@martamolnar.com"><span style="color: red;"><i></i>marta@martamolnar.com</span></a></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Please follow on</span><span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Author-Marta-Molnar-105528932211127" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </span><span style="color: white;">for extra tidbits about the story and how the book was born, photos, and just plain artsy fun.</span><br /></b></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Author-Marta-Molnar-105528932211127" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Facebook: </span><span style="color: red;">https://www.facebook.com/Author-Marta-Molnar-105528932211127</span></b></a></p><p></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Website: </span><a href="https://www.martamolnar.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">https://www.martamolnar.com/</span></a></b></p></div></div>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-75428352286772067422022-06-27T21:30:00.000-04:002022-06-27T21:30:19.346-04:00eARC Book review: The Hitwoman vs The Security Guard (Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman #32) by J.B. Lynn <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj09HCcPwry70ujrsldJhrUtSQ7kRAXfjXx_t7fSvEYFTQioiwbxnaGR-_c5zXnL30Blnql20QYz_jqQmSIplUc0cOxY-2nZEpH18K6mQ-z-QOBLiZknzgY61DigD9las0o_FO-VJ49Gs-NlDsZH3TOuyHFOchWluYWyYrMUNnHmaUhFKMj8_36NbvZMA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj09HCcPwry70ujrsldJhrUtSQ7kRAXfjXx_t7fSvEYFTQioiwbxnaGR-_c5zXnL30Blnql20QYz_jqQmSIplUc0cOxY-2nZEpH18K6mQ-z-QOBLiZknzgY61DigD9las0o_FO-VJ49Gs-NlDsZH3TOuyHFOchWluYWyYrMUNnHmaUhFKMj8_36NbvZMA" width="160" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by author</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p><div id="descriptionContainer" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><span id="freeText5432465443683203374" style="color: white;"><b style="background-color: black;">THE HITWOMAN VS THE SECURITY GUARD<br /><br />Even though they drive her crazy, Maggie Lee is all about family.<br /><br />Now it seems her half-brother has gotten himself into trouble with someone known as The Security Guard.<br /><br />Luckily (or not!) The Security Guard is now proving to be a problem for the mob boss she works for and he wants him taken out.<br /><br />Maggie jumps at the chance to get rid of the danger to her brother and the thorn in her boss’s side.<br /><br />But her assassination attempt doesn’t go as planned. (Do they ever?)<br /><br />Now she's the target of The Security Guard’s wrath.<br /><br />Can old friends, new allies and her loyal pets save her?</b></span></div><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><span style="color: white;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><span style="color: white;"><b style="background-color: black;">Maggie can't seem to stay out of trouble. Her life is a whirlwind of family, her animals and trouble. Nothing is ever simple. Her brother is is trouble. Delveccio wants her to kill someone and it's probably the most dangerous task she's ever had. Even Patrick her murder mentor can't handle this assignment. Add in Maggie's best friend is leaving town and her plate is more than full. Always more drama from her family to add to the confusion but Gino is there to support her. This fast paced story will keep you engaged to the end JB Lynn performs a miracle with every book in this series. I never see where the story is going and I am always completely entertained.</b></span></div><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><span style="color: white;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><span><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about JB Lynn and this series here </span><a href="https://jblynn.com/"><span style="color: red;">www.jblynn.com</span></a></b></span></div></div>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-28145137987444681632022-06-21T15:53:00.004-04:002022-06-21T15:53:45.735-04:00eARC The Friendship Pact (Sunrise Cove #2) by Jill Shalvis <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw4M9a_KIL0touLjyfbjNg5OLnMzZC9m5qS0DglI0n2XFuzgyIj4fsVQOfV1ewN0onAhsoOPesTBquPKbTkJGOnFPyY1jdp46oyTG-1U7G_zwLqcK6kM5a8OvyhBYZV6rvzhcW9_857bc-WewrAOBFFHmQN-ax_cJQ3WaSnsiByW-reoKS3d-kCSS4jQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw4M9a_KIL0touLjyfbjNg5OLnMzZC9m5qS0DglI0n2XFuzgyIj4fsVQOfV1ewN0onAhsoOPesTBquPKbTkJGOnFPyY1jdp46oyTG-1U7G_zwLqcK6kM5a8OvyhBYZV6rvzhcW9_857bc-WewrAOBFFHmQN-ax_cJQ3WaSnsiByW-reoKS3d-kCSS4jQ" width="159" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>Available June 14th 2022</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>eARC Provided by publisher</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b>Alone in the world, Tae Holmes and her mother April pretty much raised each other, but as Tae starts asking questions about the father she's never met, April, for the first time in her life, goes silent. To make matters worse, Tae is dangerously close to broke and just manages to avoid financial meltdown when she lands a shiny new contract with an adventure company for athletes with disabilities and wounded warriors.</b></span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Her first big fundraiser event falls flat, but what starts out as a terrible, horrible, no-good night turns into something else entirely when Tae finds herself face-to-face with Riggs Copeland. She hasn't seen the former Marine since their brief fling in high school, and while still intensely drawn to him, she likes her past burned and buried, thank you very much. Hence their friendship pact.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">But when April oddly refuses to help Tae track down her father, it's Riggs who unexpectedly comes to her aid. On a hunt to unlock the past, the two of them find themselves on a wild ride and learn a shocking truth, while also reluctantly bonding in a way neither had seen coming. Now Tae must decide whether she's going to choose love ... or walk away from her own happiness.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Tae and her mom are more like sisters than mother and daughter in some ways. April was 17 when she had Tae. April made a lot of bad decisions with men and Tae had to look out for her often. April never quit trying to be a better mother and has a lot of guilt for that. They are very close because they've only every had each other. Riggs Copeland was Tae's first love and then he left. Now Riggs is back to help his brother for a while until he's off to his new job. Riggs always considered Tae important to him. `Even though he's only back for a short while he want to connect with her again. Tae not so much. When they make a friendship pact they're both happy to be friends but is that all it is? Love this story. Poor Tae has serious trust issues and those issues make relationships hard. Riggs has his own hangups but he's there for Tae, Lots of drama and love of love in this story. You'll be invested in these characters in no time.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><b><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Jill Shalvis here </span><a href="https://www.jillshalvis.com/"><span style="color: red;">www.jillshalvis.com</span></a></b></span></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-91286292685352852932022-06-12T20:30:00.000-04:002022-06-12T20:30:49.158-04:00eARC Book review: Kiss Hard (Hard Play #4) by Nalini Singh <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiyKUsd8MiWgW77rQahtzxf8dFX29OIc3vD2XhhoSybqrs4OHUwz8_ZZf38uh_p-7SzEOKGyxgWtILH1FwGJeeFPiXIV6T_4hqonM4yr-I1KIngs2LRugBH21GLSsWwFLpqVTXJtBNrPUwitIDfUv5a4qwQrjjq_z5NOte8CJNk1yIyR_nHsaxtJ5YMw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiyKUsd8MiWgW77rQahtzxf8dFX29OIc3vD2XhhoSybqrs4OHUwz8_ZZf38uh_p-7SzEOKGyxgWtILH1FwGJeeFPiXIV6T_4hqonM4yr-I1KIngs2LRugBH21GLSsWwFLpqVTXJtBNrPUwitIDfUv5a4qwQrjjq_z5NOte8CJNk1yIyR_nHsaxtJ5YMw" width="160" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available Now!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by publisher</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Daniel Esera is a young god on the rugby field, a sexy and charming man who's got the world at his feet. There's just one problem: his sudden potent attraction to his number one nemesis--Catie River. No. Just no. Not happening.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Catie River is on her way to Paralympic gold, and she's not about to allow Danny "Hotshot" Esera to derail her plans. Too bad her body isn't cooperating. Even worse? Her heart might be coming along for the ride. No. Nope. Never.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">The pair are united in their desire to remain enemies... until a stranger's reckless action threatens both their careers. Now, the only way out for Catie and Danny is to pretend to be in a relationship. How bad can it be? They're adults in full control of their hormones and their hearts. There will be no kissing. No PDA. And definitely no falling in love.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Let the games begin.</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;">Danny and Catie have known each other since they were kids. Danny's brother and Catie's sister are married and since then in a lot of ways Catie's been a part of Danny's family. They've always been frenemies but in a not mean way. More of a teasing way. There were rules. They might have teased or tormented each other but also always protected each other. Danny is the baby of his family and in some ways he wasn't seen the way his older brother's were. He's got some hang up there he's working out. Catie had a dad who for the most part was never available to her and a mom who had to schedule her daughter into her business life. Catie has a older sister that in most ways took care of her like a mom. If you're reading this series you know most of the characters. Danny's family is really tightknit and pull everyone who means something to them in. You really can't help but fall in love. Nalini Singh just has a way of weaving your attention right into the story. You want to just keep on reading and when it's done you wish there was 100 more pages. Enjoyment from page one on.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Nalini Singh and this series here </span><a href="https://nalinisingh.com/"><span style="color: red;">nalinisingh.com</span></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-17867160571812823342022-06-03T21:18:00.000-04:002022-06-03T21:18:40.190-04:00eARC Book review:The Honeymoon Cottage (Cemetery, Indiana #1) by Lori Foster <p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt7QCBJ8507tAtrCgr66unW2PTiX7lWyx2KGsOrRTliVE2QgGBFOc5LH2bnbtILE6Pu0pjZWBpcpZJ6v8ePSYhrD-WMDF7ajHmjndWXGSbUfzDgDSYPgKUtEQHLGyJCCVFfrLQ8N2q1r4mw7aYJ-_dct-XyJ0L67RnGRtjtrSlhsCK66CZEO7l2TrbDA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="399" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt7QCBJ8507tAtrCgr66unW2PTiX7lWyx2KGsOrRTliVE2QgGBFOc5LH2bnbtILE6Pu0pjZWBpcpZJ6v8ePSYhrD-WMDF7ajHmjndWXGSbUfzDgDSYPgKUtEQHLGyJCCVFfrLQ8N2q1r4mw7aYJ-_dct-XyJ0L67RnGRtjtrSlhsCK66CZEO7l2TrbDA" width="160" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC provided by publisher</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available May 24th 2022</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"> In <em>The Honeymoon Cottage</em>, locals of a quirky small town help an on-the-shelf wedding planner find her own happily-ever-after.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Wedding planner Yardley Belanger has resigned herself to spinsterhood while organizing </span><em style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">other people’s</em><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"> happy endings. An all-new heartwarming story of second chances at life and love, with summer weddings, a lakeside cottage for honeymooners, best friends and a rescued dog. Set in the quirky small town of Cemetery, Indiana, population 827. </span></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"> </span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">This new series by author Lori Foster is set in Cemetery Indiana. First book introduces us to some of the towns people and a few of the main characters. Yardley is a wedding planner. She's also a person the businesses count on to help them out and well Yardley helps pretty much anyone in need of it. When Travis comes into her life wanting to help his sister plan her wedding it opens up the flood gates of emotion for Yardley. While helping Travis Yardley finds courage to come out of her shell and be the person she's supposed to be. I really enjoyed this book. It's a pleasant read no suspenseful drama or anything but so heartwarming. The characters are all likable if not in the beginning then definitely by the end. Part of the story is spent on Yardley and Travis but some is also spent on Yardley's best friend Mimi and her husband Kevin. Part of what really got me is Yardley reminded a lot of me and I could relate to her. Definitely a great beach read. Looking forward to the next installment.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Lori Foster and this series here</span><span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://lorifoster.com/"><span style="color: red;">lorifoster.com</span></a></span></b></span></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-6935241332381175132022-04-16T21:42:00.000-04:002022-04-16T21:42:28.980-04:00eARC Book review: The Hitwoman’s getaway (Hitwoman #31) by J.B.Lynn<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi62Bzw_fKYAczwE6uuwPvARt8t11opJC4zu89PcTEvk9mBjRGHMgfzaet_T8rowfxgR1KsOQ5nhPPFjHuLbGvM-zS0-avcC3L_IJ9nKRu2Gv-Igzd734FAZVvxETAuDxbZynZdxrvzYM-V7YgvRiNiLkJpJxty6Qa0cBK7w1W6q7cA_cbasARm6575RQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi62Bzw_fKYAczwE6uuwPvARt8t11opJC4zu89PcTEvk9mBjRGHMgfzaet_T8rowfxgR1KsOQ5nhPPFjHuLbGvM-zS0-avcC3L_IJ9nKRu2Gv-Igzd734FAZVvxETAuDxbZynZdxrvzYM-V7YgvRiNiLkJpJxty6Qa0cBK7w1W6q7cA_cbasARm6575RQ" width="160" /></a></div><p></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now!</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC provided by author</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">A romantic room, gourmet meals, free booze, massages…that’s what Maggie is promised when she’s sent away on a pet-friendly romantic getaway.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Crazy fellow guests, a missing couple, a human skull, and someone trying to kill her is what she ends up getting.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">With the help of the core members of her menagerie and a new furry friend, Maggie tries to figure out what’s going on while staying alive and how to salvage her romantic weekend.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">But a killer has other plans…</span></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">This one seemed to put Maggie way our of her comfort zone if she actually has a comfort zone. Gino and Maggie get gifted a weekend away with a few of her animals for company. Maggie has no idea what do to on a weekend get away but things are weird at the place they go. Seems no matter where Maggie goes trouble follows. Gino deserves a medal for hanging in there with this one. Maggie was a bit of a pill but I get she's seriously struggling and overwhelmed with everything she's got going on with life. Really she's feels like she's not in a position to be in a serious relationship. I'm not sure she sees herself ever having a normal life. I really enjoyed this one.</span></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about JB Lynn and this series here </span><a href="https://jblynn.com/the-hitwomans-getaway/"><span style="color: red;">www.jblynn.com</span></a></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Muli, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></b></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-7706964958121565242022-03-30T20:40:00.002-04:002022-03-30T20:41:37.300-04:00eARC Book review:The Hitwoman's Girls' Night Out by JB Lynn,<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5o78hS7-cubx-IL5TFJys4ISsZSVfYZguBpJEMRehe1DY_wrS3czfYI0EmvX4lgpxZpgFymc6XWI56dKvRt7qW5grsaqsJ_W5jyRVzll2LS8YA5BhAG7Svh4MjxERVfoHQCsYFzE0drQ_MkH4f06kDHf9DiB9sp-dSQim3s9J9NN3hjmBAHyvbVvLkw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5o78hS7-cubx-IL5TFJys4ISsZSVfYZguBpJEMRehe1DY_wrS3czfYI0EmvX4lgpxZpgFymc6XWI56dKvRt7qW5grsaqsJ_W5jyRVzll2LS8YA5BhAG7Svh4MjxERVfoHQCsYFzE0drQ_MkH4f06kDHf9DiB9sp-dSQim3s9J9NN3hjmBAHyvbVvLkw" width="160" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by author</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">What could possibly go wrong when a girls’ night out is arranged by Armani Vasquez?</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Maggie Lee is about to find out.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">When Maggie humors her quirky, psychic friend and agrees to a long-delayed night of “fun” she has to deal with the uniquely challenging dynamics of her female friends and family, a roomful of people who could potentially reveal her secret life, and a distraught, emotional support guinea pig.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Not to mention that her mom, who’s out on a temporary pass from the nut house, claims to have witnessed a murder.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">It’s going to be a memorable night for Maggie and the girls, but will it prove deadly?</span></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">Maggie is forced into a girls night out with her three aunts , mom and various other females in her orbit. What could go wrong. It's Maggie so plenty. This long running series has one great thing going for it. You never see where the author is going until she gets you there. The characters are fun and sometimes aggravating. I have to confess I'm a big Gino fan even though I used to be a big Patrick fan. He screwed that up so Gino it is. I'm rooting for him. Whatever Maggie needs Gino is there to support her. A fun and fabulous read!</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about JB Lynn and this series here </span><a href="https://jblynn.com/confessions-of-a-slightly-neurotic-hitwoman-series/"><span style="color: red;">www.jblynn.com</span></a></b></span></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-62295341754387255682022-03-22T21:41:00.001-04:002022-03-22T21:41:44.219-04:00eARC Book review:The Best Kept Secret (Smokejumper #3) by Tawna Fenske <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUpHlXrYX2A9O2vVaRvzcd3wMPgnPIRxolgWSZOYg0LGNsvnaSUX8zRR8M0TbsD5hrWHiAe4ZsJRM4gJoBfz5Xvht2FiO8Q_SS7gQjyCBthK62V1Xv1Osz6pqWzxLJAYgkNiiyh7wd714Ug7jPRSsPybQn7c5dk9aOFoF9I05krjK8puRFHLfZCgDzTQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUpHlXrYX2A9O2vVaRvzcd3wMPgnPIRxolgWSZOYg0LGNsvnaSUX8zRR8M0TbsD5hrWHiAe4ZsJRM4gJoBfz5Xvht2FiO8Q_SS7gQjyCBthK62V1Xv1Osz6pqWzxLJAYgkNiiyh7wd714Ug7jPRSsPybQn7c5dk9aOFoF9I05krjK8puRFHLfZCgDzTQ" width="160" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now!</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by publisher through Netgalley</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Nurse Nyla Franklin knows three things to be true. Taking care of others brings more joy than a basket full of kittens. A triple-fudge sundae can cure just about anything. And no good ever comes from keeping a secret… So when her best friend spills his biggest one ever, Nyla knows she’s not just holding a secret. She’s holding a ticking time bomb.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Mr. Always Does the Right Thing Leo Sayre knows three things to be true. Piloting smokejumpers over burning forests is the best job in the world. His best friend Nyla is the smartest, funniest, and okay, sexiest woman ever. And pain meds are apparently his truth serum. Now his post-surgery confession has everything flipped upside down and turned inside out… including his relationship with Nyla.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Secrets have a way of piling up, and it’s just a matter of time before someone lights a match. Because while the truth can set you free, it can also burn completely out of control…</span></span></b></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;">Leo and Nyla are attracted to each other. There's a couple problems with this. Leo's ex-wife is Nyla's older sister. The other problem is a secret Nyla finds out that could be explosive for everyone involved in their lives. Nyla is the type of person who doesn't lie but also can't keep a secret. It's only a matter of time before she spills it. This was a hard read for me. I didn't care for the fact that Leo was married to one sister then was hooking up with her sister. Talk about uncomfortable. Then Nyla's secret was a tough heart wrenching secret. I guess for me anyway it's not the kind of drama I like to see in a book I'm reading for enjoyment. It was just drama, drama drama. It was just OK for me. I would not read it again and I would not recommend it to a friend unless this was the type of book they were looking for. There were some funny parts with Nyla and thank goodness for that. It kept me reading and hoping it would be OK by the end but so much just felt cringworthy to me. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">To find more about Tawna Fenske and this series here </span><a href="https://tawnafenske.com/"><span style="color: red;">www.tawnafenske.com</span></a></b></span></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-2784486094814912182022-01-28T16:01:00.001-05:002022-03-22T21:42:44.592-04:00eARC Book review: From Feuding to Falling: An enemies to lovers, faking it romance (Texas Cattleman's Club: Fathers and Sons #4) by Jules Bennett<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjknk73wahx8QNiPV5TIXsmbn_ToEeL_IM8EkHQI5pNqPEQbDgLzrHv_dGvA2rBMcVnGZCebMDeFRH2C1vcAPoeZ7pNYkGw7L7aiIOEnQcAjElqZ7L4X3Dq9EixRivFW7MExdqQfb-b7tMxRe4SJjnsWX5kIqDmldqhy62UDyr15ZmxnXliPlNa9LXv0g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="254" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjknk73wahx8QNiPV5TIXsmbn_ToEeL_IM8EkHQI5pNqPEQbDgLzrHv_dGvA2rBMcVnGZCebMDeFRH2C1vcAPoeZ7pNYkGw7L7aiIOEnQcAjElqZ7L4X3Dq9EixRivFW7MExdqQfb-b7tMxRe4SJjnsWX5kIqDmldqhy62UDyr15ZmxnXliPlNa9LXv0g" width="152" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC provided by author for review</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Falling for his fake fiancée wasn’t part of the plan!</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Securing the fortune owed to the Texas Cattleman’s Club is a top priority for its new president, Carson Wentworth. But to get there, he needs to win over rival Lana Langley and unify their feuding families. What better way than through a wedding…or at least a fake engagement? It might even be fun.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Lana has her doubts. They’ve been battling each other so long, how can they make their charade believable for one full month? Perhaps the key is the chemistry raging between them—which could also be their downfall!</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /></span></b><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;">Carson and Lana were supposed to be enemies. They were for a while when they both ran for President of the Texas Cattleman's club. Carson won that one but Lana is not done yet. She's determined to get a space at the club for the women ranchers to gather. Visiting Carson's great grandfather the opportunity arises to to settle the feud that's been going on for years and get the funding for Lana's project. They just have to pretend they're in love and fake a engagement. Sounds easy right. I enjoyed this quick read. Lana and Carson have preconceived notions about each other. Once they decide to team up for what will benefit them both and others they see they have more in common than they thought. This is a great evening of reading. Curl up in front of the fireplace and enjoy.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Jules Bennett and this series here </span><a href="https://julesbennett.com/"><span style="color: red;">www.julesbennett.com</span></a></span></b></span></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /></div><br /><p></p><p><br /><br /></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-30425172710550386112022-01-13T19:51:00.000-05:002022-01-13T19:51:48.359-05:00eARC Book review: The Family You Make (Sunrise Cove #1) by Jill Shalvis<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsAQ2CqQc2PbGqvANCbpiqBAk3U23DytLXg0DBgWofabhDn-B3QubUFIbV1WARAjear9orKj_7YzZ2swYwztQIdDFVFAdbenWre7zVCQ_AFxNN034Bu0ERTlEJL6b_EJvtZWym8dPRCeM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="266" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsAQ2CqQc2PbGqvANCbpiqBAk3U23DytLXg0DBgWofabhDn-B3QubUFIbV1WARAjear9orKj_7YzZ2swYwztQIdDFVFAdbenWre7zVCQ_AFxNN034Bu0ERTlEJL6b_EJvtZWym8dPRCeM/" width="160" /></a></div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Available now</b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>eARC Provided by publisher through Netgalley</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div id="descriptionContainer" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><span id="freeText9394343603564696428" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>During the snowstorm of the century Levi Cutler is stranded on a ski lift with a beautiful stranger named Jane. After strong winds hurl the gondola in front of them into the ground, Levi calls his parents to prepare them for the worst...but can't bring himself to say goodbye. Instead, wanting to fulfill his mother's lifelong wish, he impulsively tells her he's happily settled and Jane is his girlfriend--right before his phone dies.<br /><br />But Levi and Jane do not.<br /><br />Now Levi's family is desperate to meet "The One." Though Jane agrees to be his pretend girlfriend for just one dinner, she's nervous. After a traumatic childhood, Jane isn't sure she knows how to be around a tight-knit family that cherishes one another. She's terrified, and a little jealous. But an unexpected series of events and a host of new friends soon show Jane that perhaps this is the life she was always meant to have.<br /><br />As Jane and Levi spend more time together, pretend feelings quickly turn into real ones. Now all Jane has to do is admit to herself she can't live without the man she's fallen in love with and the family she has always dreamed of.</b></span></span></div><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Levi and Jane meet in one of the worst ways. On a gondola which may or may not fall hundreds of feet in a raging storm killing them both. Not your typical meet cute. Jane keeps herself cut off from most off relationships but Levi is someone she can't seem to cut out. Their best friends Matteo and Charlotte are secondary characters and love interests in this story and we get their story as well. Love the friendship between Charlotte and Jane. Both had trauma in their past and were there for each other. It took me about one chapter to fall in love with these characters. Great first book in the series. I look forward to more.</b></span></span></div><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Jill Shalvis and this series here </span><a href="https://www.jillshalvis.com/"><span style="color: red;">www.jillshalvis.com</span></a></b></span></div></div>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-7154167890199037242022-01-09T21:04:00.000-05:002022-01-09T21:04:18.273-05:00Watching Over You (McKenzies of Ridge Trail #3) by Lori Foster<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywa5zrY3G384nrETDKDiZ6a8Ci74c8E_PTFbXUAaL7EXXNAGmGMFMgd1wCSLjwT_ozgHZ1VQ-wv4-M13USmp3kTbf1ZLMMOMTLuZlp-xPvKCUX3XpUvCSf-p9PIVdQ8OxlNNm6KPaaYi_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="318" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywa5zrY3G384nrETDKDiZ6a8Ci74c8E_PTFbXUAaL7EXXNAGmGMFMgd1wCSLjwT_ozgHZ1VQ-wv4-M13USmp3kTbf1ZLMMOMTLuZlp-xPvKCUX3XpUvCSf-p9PIVdQ8OxlNNm6KPaaYi_/" width="163" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC provided by publisher through Netgalley</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span id="freeText14136905704055121545" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Mysterious, unpredictable and most definitely scorching hot.<br /><br />While investigating a criminal network, Detective Crosby Albertson keeps crossing paths with members of the highly trained, suspiciously well-informed McKenzie family. They’re always one step ahead of him—especially their alarmingly attractive intel specialist, Madison. And he needs to find out why.<br /><br />Madison McKenzie is the tech and surveillance whiz of her family’s operation. A recent case introduced her to Detective Albertson. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to the sexy and mysterious cop. There’s just one problem. He’s a detective and her family’s work is secret. When Crosby starts digging for information about the McKenzies, Madison’s got to get him off the scent…while keeping him at a safe distance.</span><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;">Madison McKenzie is the baby of the family. She's as kick butt as her brothers but they still try to protect her. Crosby Albertson quit the police force and took a job with Madison's family. The McKenzie's are take charge people. When they are threatened and in turn Crosby's family as well they take action. As Madison and Crosby grow closer will the McKenzie's let him in? I love this kick butt family. Tough but squishy on the inside for anyone who needs help. Crosby is going to fit right in once he works through some things. Action packed with just the right amount of sweet this book has it all. Enjoyable from page one. </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;">Find out more about this series and Lori Foster here </span><a href="https://lorifoster.com/"><span style="color: red;">www.lorifoster.com</span></a></b></span></div><br /><p></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-73619393037989007432021-12-28T12:24:00.002-05:002021-12-28T12:24:23.521-05:00ARC Book review: The Hitwoman Plays Courier (Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman #29) by J.B. Lynn <p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8-5zlrrranC40uzNgXf6UZSi9uXtVrYCbsG-YftTDDnxiWklW328JpWi24jAVjE6RXZRXSYesF0StAKrFThNomIpvNiySY-2xhLzi6LXu9gKOkmLu5-ih92qQsozpeJIIhjde_5vNU-q/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8-5zlrrranC40uzNgXf6UZSi9uXtVrYCbsG-YftTDDnxiWklW328JpWi24jAVjE6RXZRXSYesF0StAKrFThNomIpvNiySY-2xhLzi6LXu9gKOkmLu5-ih92qQsozpeJIIhjde_5vNU-q/" width="160" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by author</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">No good deed goes unpunished.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">When Maggie Lee helps an old man who’s fallen, she ends up working as a courier for his well-to-do son.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Proud of herself for landing a legitimate job that doesn’t involve a windowless office, Maggie ignores red flags and the concerns of God that all may not be what it seems. She’s too busy traversing the landmines of literacy involving a certain mobster’s grandson and juggling the two men who both want more from their relationships with her.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Maggie’s already stressed out when things go wrong, really wrong, with a delivery. A man’s dead and the police know about her involvement with him.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">With the help of her pets and the two men vying for her affections, Maggie must figure out what the heck is going on…or God may be lost forever.</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;">Maggie has her hands full more than usual this time. Juggling her current man and one of her ex's is a struggle especially when she still has feelings for the ex. She can't seem to commit to anyone. Either way they are both there looking out for her and taking what they can get. Who knew hoping a old man up when he fell in the parking lot would lead to murder. Maggie agrees to be a courier for the old man's son. Seems simple enough but nothing ever is. This story for me was kind of a hmm whatever at first. Maggie's undecidedness about the men in her life drives me nuts but she also never seems to have any down time from mayhem. The story finally for me and my patience picks up about halfway or farther in. Lot of little connections coming together to maybe form a bigger picture with all the players in this series. The author keeps you guessing on who is doing what and with you all the time. Keeps things refreshed and interesting. In the end it really made this book good. </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;">Find out more about JB Lynn and this series here </span><a href="https://jblynn.com/"><span style="color: red;">jblynn.com</span></a></b></span></div><br /><p></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-19644110903142051312021-12-13T20:18:00.000-05:002021-12-13T20:18:48.144-05:00eARC Book review: Romancing the Rancher (The Millers of Morgan Valley #6) by Kate Pearce<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSbMQV7P3nMB8ChXTDjViWgm9KP7fcuXU4x1m4xFhzlp2s8jKwqasrOqrcnAp_XQWXMgxgpkM5dmcForAYTS2Z90mIwzCXxKx1LOFBSHgalL_nMEWIMGpHiV3KJDstM7BI84EkuLngVjoK/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="318" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSbMQV7P3nMB8ChXTDjViWgm9KP7fcuXU4x1m4xFhzlp2s8jKwqasrOqrcnAp_XQWXMgxgpkM5dmcForAYTS2Z90mIwzCXxKx1LOFBSHgalL_nMEWIMGpHiV3KJDstM7BI84EkuLngVjoK/" width="163" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Available December 28th 2021</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">eARC Provided by the publisher through Netgalley</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span id="freeText10010207443325661447" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Ranching will always run in Evan Miller's blood, but as the fifth son, he also wants to prove to his skeptical family that he can forge his own path. Drawn to the world of rodeo, Evan encounters Josie Martinez, half-sister of world champion bull rider Rio Martinez. He hopes Josie might show him the ropes--among other things--but Josie has priorities of her own...<br />Josie's not sure what she's doing at her brother's ranch when she should be at her office in San Francisco, fulfilling her dream of becoming young entrepreneur of the year. Ever since violence unexpectedly entered her life and her home, she's struggled to get her life back on track. The ranch offers a sanctuary--with one gorgeous exception: Evan. But is he just a distraction, or can their growing bond--and undeniable attraction--persuade Josie that her heart is big enough for work <i>and</i> love...</span><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;">Evan Miller has always been the irresponsible one. He's the youngest son and so he's always just blended in. Josie is staying at her brother's place hiding out for a bit after something terrible happened to her. They get together at the rodeo and start hanging out. I wanted to like this one. It was OK. Evan seems immature at times and at times he seemed grown up and responsible. Josie seemed a lot older to me. Somewhere in there it just didn't work for me. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about this series here </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://katepearce.com/coming-soon/"><span style="color: red;">www.katepearce.com</span></a></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-40184653313869049572021-12-03T21:04:00.004-05:002021-12-03T21:04:41.916-05:00eARC Bok review: The Hitwoman Pays a Debt (Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman #28) by J.B. Lynn <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBIqWVYoY9cFlA2_YKAoKcTtaGIohuo4XDJSBraBUiGHGX8PL9mvGbeiG9mmIfhQk0t1GdgoQYODA5t1-cauvuW8PvwsS7uZuFd2L58p5cv1G4f_a-ag_4NjZEgjH5GOonQaR00L-51x85WvcycqIZMs-WAqD3KhRt4ePeyv0QxzYNFaZJgBMlSNuhgg=s1152" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBIqWVYoY9cFlA2_YKAoKcTtaGIohuo4XDJSBraBUiGHGX8PL9mvGbeiG9mmIfhQk0t1GdgoQYODA5t1-cauvuW8PvwsS7uZuFd2L58p5cv1G4f_a-ag_4NjZEgjH5GOonQaR00L-51x85WvcycqIZMs-WAqD3KhRt4ePeyv0QxzYNFaZJgBMlSNuhgg=s320" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by author</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Maggie Lee is a woman who pays her debts and now she’s running herself ragged.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">When the mysterious Ms. Whitehat asks her to work at a dentist’s office to gain access to a safe, Maggie can’t say no.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">She probably should have turned down her murder mentor, Patrick Mulligan, when he wants her to tail a suspicious cop, but she owes him.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">And she also couldn’t refuse to help US Marshal Griswald when he requests her assistance to solve one last case before he retires.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Speaking of his retirement, Aunt Susan is planning the party of the century for him and she expects Maggie to bring a date.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">But making it to the party on time may prove difficult since repaying her debts has resulted in Maggie doing a dangerous dance with a killer.</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;">Poor Maggie. She doesn't have a normal life. Murder and Mayhem seem to follow her. Her family and friends try her patience and the men in her life give her fits. In this installment she has to do a job for the mysterious Ms Whitehat, help Patrick and Griswald with one last old cold case before he retires. She's never alone though since she has her crazy group of animals to take her back. It's fun to watch what Maggie is going to have to do next. How the author keeps this series fresh and juggles the large and varies member of this series cast is pure art. Maggie's love life is complicated. I used to root for Patrick and then Angel but I think I have switched to Gino now. In any case I hope Maggie finds love that sticks. Always action packed and keep you guessing story.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about J Lynn and this series here </span><a href="https://jblynn.com/"><span style="color: red;">jblynn.com</span></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-75303776245044003052021-11-21T18:40:00.000-05:002021-11-21T18:40:58.047-05:00eARC Book review:Peppermint Bark (The Dogmothers #7) by Roxanne St. Claire <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OXK460-Wr1sTN0ZNt9dXk7tv0ZZln_h5SOo87uGiKdGbf4tsEN1S-ePWgYJMXAU-o5qdTJiT5DjhqfE1Dn15SvVii6IOAl8CAGrO_dgkHQ5axhdEV2-G4-cYsWbMKJwN-Z6xae7vlZLq/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OXK460-Wr1sTN0ZNt9dXk7tv0ZZln_h5SOo87uGiKdGbf4tsEN1S-ePWgYJMXAU-o5qdTJiT5DjhqfE1Dn15SvVii6IOAl8CAGrO_dgkHQ5axhdEV2-G4-cYsWbMKJwN-Z6xae7vlZLq/" width="160" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available Now</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by author</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span id="freeText13546205413781014450" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Getting stood up for her high school prom turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to Colleen Kilcannon. That's when Joe Mahoney offered to fill in as her date, and magic happened. By the end of that night, Colleen was ready to give up her dreams of flying the friendly skies and seeing the world…because nothing in that world could compete with her firefighter. She and Joe married, had a family, and remained deeply in love until he died in the line of duty, leaving her a widow for twenty years.<br /><br />Tim McIntosh has avoided Bitter Bark for forty-five years. But when the international business executive returns to his home town to fulfill his father’s dying wish, seeing Colleen again is inevitable. Determined to deliver a decades-old apology, he visits the dog treat store she runs, where a couple of sweet old ladies persuade him to participate in Peppermint Bark, a holiday dog fostering program. They even have the perfect dog for him to foster, an impish Westie named Bucky. There’s just one problem...someone else has already claimed that dog. Someone Tim remembers quite well.<br /><br />As Colleen and Tim rekindle their friendship and co-foster a dog that seems to only be happy when they’re together, old sparks ignite. But they only have the month of December together before he returns to his life of world travel…and she returns to what suddenly seems like a mundane existence. Their relationship deepens while they set out on an impossible holiday mission to fulfill his father’s deathbed request, uncovering life-changing secrets. It’ll take one clever Westie, two scheming grannies, and a whole lot of Christmas magic for Colleen and Tim to finally get a second chance at a dance that just might last forever.</span><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> </span></span></b></div><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Colleen and Tim had something as teenagers. Well Colleen thought she did until one stormy prom night Tim didn't show up to take her to the prom and then he just disappeared. Joe Mahoney stepped in and Colleen found the love of her life. Fast forward to present day. Joe has been gone for 20 years now. Colleen is content with her life the way it is. That is until Tim shows up in her life again. This a second chance romance. I was a little worried at the beginning because even though Joe Mahoney is long dead in this series I felt a loyalty him. Tim won me over but I was conflicted much of the story. Tim and Colleen reconnect and get to know each other again 45 years after the last time they saw each other. I really enjoyed this story. It's great that the author brings in glimpses of past characters in her books so you get this warmth of knowing the families in the series. Great warm fuzzies Christmas story with a second chance at love.</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Roxanne St Claire and this series here </span><a href="http://www.roxannestclaire.com/"><span style="color: red;">www.roxannestclaire.com</span></a></b></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-58937488208715230102021-11-14T15:33:00.000-05:002021-11-14T15:33:23.577-05:00eARC Book review: Home for a Cowboy Christmas by Donna Grant<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplPea8uzw3QTWEjxIwBJFDmIc9CdMJXmsPpaoPxYdE1mxUQ9gLVbDk6xyFwMIH3TLcTLPA0HOKL3XHTdGLFNxND6NoxF-CyKsrq-9bQ1LubmFn0Rc8Z9qxXjP31rKoRM0Mn7ID7PIQgAf/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="271" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplPea8uzw3QTWEjxIwBJFDmIc9CdMJXmsPpaoPxYdE1mxUQ9gLVbDk6xyFwMIH3TLcTLPA0HOKL3XHTdGLFNxND6NoxF-CyKsrq-9bQ1LubmFn0Rc8Z9qxXjP31rKoRM0Mn7ID7PIQgAf/" width="163" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now!</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by publisher through Netgalley</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Tis the season—for everyone except Emmy Garrett. She’s on the run after witnessing a crime. But when it becomes clear that trouble will continue following her, the US Marshal in charge takes her somewhere no one will think to look–Montana. Not only is Emmy in a new place for her protection, but now, she’s stuck with a handsome cowboy as her bodyguard…and she wants to do more than kiss him under the mistletoe.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Dwight Reynolds left behind his old career, but it’s still in his blood. When an old friend calls in a favor, Dwight opens his home to a woman on the run. He tries to keep his distance, but there’s something about Emmy he can’t resist. She stokes his passion and turns his cold nights into warm ones. When danger shows up looking for Emmy, Dwight risks everything to keep her safe.</span></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">Emmy Garrett is on the run. A mob boss wants her dead. A US Marshal decides to hide her with a friend out in the middle of Montana. Dwight Reynolds in that friend. He's got the experience to protect her and keep her safe. It doesn't take long for feeling to form between the two but with possible death hanging over Emmy she doesn't want to consider love just in case she doesn't make it. I like this book. It's more of a suspense than a holiday themed book but I loved the suspense and i Loved the relationship building between the two main characters. I stayed engaged throughout the story. A great read for me.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about this </span><a href="https://donnagrant.com/"><span style="color: red;">www.donnagrant.com</span></a></b></span></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-53244895320788449762021-10-24T22:23:00.000-04:002021-10-24T22:23:44.868-04:00eARC Book review: Billionaire Ever After (Blue Collar Billionaires #3) by Jessica Lemmon<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEj2fjUA8ItlTshq8VkQoTC_vSL9fLCS2gI53ptHp2JOFax05lG4gfItZVa7lJoziISuhIw2wCFjjjms-Ku6P42ijjmN_t-VOuvI65LYkdLifb5a4Ie7056cLKBDyVUzgJfU_0jZ2mHif/s475/59002864._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEj2fjUA8ItlTshq8VkQoTC_vSL9fLCS2gI53ptHp2JOFax05lG4gfItZVa7lJoziISuhIw2wCFjjjms-Ku6P42ijjmN_t-VOuvI65LYkdLifb5a4Ie7056cLKBDyVUzgJfU_0jZ2mHif/s320/59002864._SY475_.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by author</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span id="freeText18108686342636095616" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Once Upon a time…<br />I met Talia Richards at a charity fundraiser, and my world stopped on a dime. When she proposed I work with her on a project, I leapt at the chance. Months later, I’ve only seen her twice since that fateful night. Twice. I’m dying.<br /><br />The day I cave in and fly out to visit her, I watch as she is unfairly fired by a pair of dimwits—one of which is quickly acquainted with my fist. I sweep in and offer Talia a contract to work for me, as long as she doesn’t mind moving into the townhouse next door…<br /><br />A balcony away, she’s driving me crazy in the best way imaginable. She’s in my bed, her long dark hair tangled around my limbs as well as my heart. She keeps reminding me she’s going home soon. Now to convince her that what we have is as rare and wild as she is… Here goes nothin’.</span><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;">Third and final book in this series brings up Archer Owen. Archer is the only brother of the three that isn't adopted. He feels as though he's struggled his entire life for his dads approval while his adopted brothers got all the praise. Didn't mean he didn't love them but it did frustrate. Talia Richards needed Archer's help so she went after him to get him to work with her. A year later of email semi flirting and he flies out to see her only to witness her getting fired. Not until he gets a chance to defend her first. Now she's working for Archer as a consultant. Sparks are flying but Talia has been burned before by people she loved. She messed up before and it's to scary to go through that again. I loved Archer. He's a dream come true. The author makes him very likable. He's a supportive brother. Is there for everyone and works hard. Talia is fun and cool and determined. Great wrap up to the series.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Jessica Lemmon and this series here </span><a href="https://www.jessicalemmon.com/blue-collar-billionaires-series"><span style="color: red;">www.jessicalemmon.com</span></a></b></span></div><b style="background-color: black;"><br /></b></div><br /><p></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-78393075249130056152021-10-16T23:05:00.000-04:002021-10-16T23:05:54.674-04:00eARC Book Review: The Hitwoman and the Body (Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman #27) by J.B. Lynn<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7y3qpNNpQHV9Nyxa_D1f-0alUrlFm880Lw6kijpYw5hcLj-zNiMHVglgnPHI-QyjJRzOTNZjn8CROiOROWxWKwvB2uocj7D3hUCeu0uNJALdr6KhtpnTmv3XUa6BjhLXqpSDc4E9tWFz/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7y3qpNNpQHV9Nyxa_D1f-0alUrlFm880Lw6kijpYw5hcLj-zNiMHVglgnPHI-QyjJRzOTNZjn8CROiOROWxWKwvB2uocj7D3hUCeu0uNJALdr6KhtpnTmv3XUa6BjhLXqpSDc4E9tWFz/" width="160" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Available now!</span></b></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">eARC Provided by author </span></b></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">When mob boss Delveccio is framed for murder, it's up to everyone's favorite hitwoman to prove he didn't do it.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">But that's not the only problem Maggie and her menagerie are dealing with. It's not even the biggest one.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">The person who is threatening to kill Maggie's entire family needs to be dealt with.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Things are going to get messy...even by Maggie's standards.</span></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">Maggie has her hands full as always. Her mob boss is being framed for murder. Someone is trying to destroy her family and she's trying to juggle all her secrets and the men in her life. There's never a dull moment for Maggie even though she probably wishes for some. Maggie and her group of supportive animals together always manage to keep everyone out of trouble in the end. The trip there for the reader is a lot of laughs and edge of your seat moments while we wait to see what's going to happen next. This long term series doesn't feel long and I think that's because the author keeps everything fresh. Maggie's life just never stops revolving much like this readers own life. Oy! If you haven't started reading this series it's never to late. Get started today.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">Find out more about JB Lynn and this series here </span><a href="https://jblynn.com/"><span style="color: red;">www.jblynn.com</span></a></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-32225346059611266222021-08-21T23:02:00.000-04:002021-08-21T23:02:34.514-04:00eARC Book review: Stronger Than You Know (McKenzies of Ridge Trail #2) by Lori Foster <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVOAHO64Wp1IHgpKjANm5Y_UewkjtM_5R2kXD769FKy1S29-YzIiZJTrxhTd2R1LR5NiJV4OP_xPpMRpPt7X89Uw15_hQ_Mw2Kf6Guvc4dvOwEKAJ-Ba9IOdQe3-6jOtqRty6haPcQvWG/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="318" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVOAHO64Wp1IHgpKjANm5Y_UewkjtM_5R2kXD769FKy1S29-YzIiZJTrxhTd2R1LR5NiJV4OP_xPpMRpPt7X89Uw15_hQ_Mw2Kf6Guvc4dvOwEKAJ-Ba9IOdQe3-6jOtqRty6haPcQvWG/" width="163" /></a></div><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available August 24th 2021</span></b><p></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by publisher through Netgalley</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Their secrets run deep, but desire runs deeper…</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Kennedy Brooks has spent years learning how to protect herself, and empowering other women to do the same. Still, there are some hazards that can’t be predicted. That includes Reyes McKenzie, who owns her local gym. Strong, capable, and watchful, he seems like the one man who might understand her past. For once, Kennedy is tempted to let her guard down—something she’s vowed never to do.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">The moment petite, fiercely determined Kennedy walked into his gym, Reyes knew that she carried secrets. What he didn’t expect was that she could tell the same about him. When trouble tracks her down, she turns to Reyes, unleashing a maelstrom of protective instinct and mutual desire. But will her need for him end when the danger does, or will they take the ultimate risk—on each other?</span></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">We meet Kennedy Brooks in book one. She was a victim once and is determined to never be again. Reyes McKenzie owns the local gym where Kennedy works out. He's tried connecting with her before only to be shut down. He knows somethings up with Kennedy. Reyes family is trained to help so when Kennedy calls Reyes when things go bad he's all in. I love this series. This book is action packed and the Mc Kenzie family just a super cool and I love that even though they are all bad asses they still razz each other like a regular family if a protective one. This is a excellent read from cover to cover. Can't wait for book three.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Lori Foster and this series here </span><a href="https://lorifoster.com/"><span style="color: red;">www.lorifoster.com/</span></a></b></span></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-44174445761500697422021-08-16T19:35:00.000-04:002021-08-16T19:35:21.163-04:00eARC Book review: Savage: An Enemies to Lovers Mafia Romance by Anna Ray<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3cXWwuIuR76YZoAOlBX6b5blSAhgxjRCoFhnRMscNLr9qv7_idxEI_CXhTpirYYfW2BA4L8PpMMYGiFW3zmFXIU7yeEV32s1j3rAdV73JZi1eWy4tVR3BjUHMAB0fvMoyswMfPLfzoTU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3cXWwuIuR76YZoAOlBX6b5blSAhgxjRCoFhnRMscNLr9qv7_idxEI_CXhTpirYYfW2BA4L8PpMMYGiFW3zmFXIU7yeEV32s1j3rAdV73JZi1eWy4tVR3BjUHMAB0fvMoyswMfPLfzoTU/" width="160" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available now</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by publisher through Netgalley</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><div id="descriptionContainer" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span id="freeText3561761256657632993">He scares the living daylights out of me. But not for the reasons he might think. And that scares me even more.<br /><br />Hazel<br /><br />He’s magnetic. Tall and commanding.<br />Heartbreakingly gorgeous.<br />Borne of ice. Ruthless.<br />Dangerous.<br />And his dark, mesmerizing gaze is locked onto me.<br />This man is fantasy in the flesh.<br />Callum O’Daire.<br />Darling of Boston’s moneyed society and king of the underworld.<br />And I’m here to ask a favor from this soulless creature. Beg, if I have to.<br />I despise him. Body and soul.<br /><br />Callum<br /><br />Hazel Brentwood.<br />Even from a distance, she’s striking.<br />Stands out.<br />Eyes like dark gold that glittered with fire and untapped passion.<br />She needs my help. But I hate the Brentwoods.<br />All of them.<br />Old money that covers sins and crimes that will never be answered to<br />The very thing keeping Hazel so pampered and pretty.<br />Blood money.<br />If anyone’s going to tear her to shreds, to destroy her, it’s going to be me.<br />My way.<br /><br />Sultry stares, passionate embraces, and suspense await you inside Savage. This enemies-to-lovers mafia romance will have you flipping the pages, begging Callum or Hazel to make the first move!</span> </span></b></div><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">This is the first book by this author for me. The blurb really pulled me in to try this one. Hazel is looking for help in finding out about her birth mother. Her brother Sam left a note making it seem like Callum knew something. Callum needs her to. This story is a bit intense. Might be a hard read for some and have triggers for some readers as well. Callum is pretty blunt and often rude. He seems in a inner struggle with himself often. Hazel starts out pretty weak but as the story progresses becomes stronger and more confident. It felt like I was going to get whiplash from all the back and forth Callum did with how he treated and felt about Hazel. He couldn't live without her but thought for her sake he should. It really kept my interest throughout even it frustrated me at times. A good solid read for me.</span></b></div><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out ore about this book and Anna Ray here </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14581128.Anna_Ray"><span style="color: red;">goodreads.Anna_Ray</span></a></b></div></div><div class="uitext buttons u-marginTopXSmall u-paddingBottomXSmall u-bottomGrayBorder" data-book-id="58514153" id="buyButtonContainer" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px;"></div>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-11943816033246099722021-07-17T22:24:00.000-04:002021-07-17T22:24:14.147-04:00eARC Book review: Meant to Be My Cowboy (Wranglers of Wyoming #3) by R.C. Ryan<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tlfadTieYqMeKqFjU2XcHZ3mN59yJmZzhRoXA6mQb2kwMKHoQXUre-ZEu2sDo8vuejh4GWxAR5eVZ3gasRHog1WwvtUFcbHXpE9gPHGZu_h-TveJvDJg95JIeV8qzgOAAKo5m1yTgpyB/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="318" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tlfadTieYqMeKqFjU2XcHZ3mN59yJmZzhRoXA6mQb2kwMKHoQXUre-ZEu2sDo8vuejh4GWxAR5eVZ3gasRHog1WwvtUFcbHXpE9gPHGZu_h-TveJvDJg95JIeV8qzgOAAKo5m1yTgpyB/" width="163" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available July 27th 2021</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by publisher through Netgalley</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; outline: none; text-align: start;">A woman on the run must trust her family's sworn enemy in this thrilling tale by one of the best in cowboy romance.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; outline: none; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; outline: none; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; text-align: start;">The cowboy she can’t have . . . is the one she can’t resist.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; outline: none; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; text-align: start;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; outline: none; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Annie Dempsey has two rules for her new life in Devil’s Door, Wyoming: no romance and no drama. Fresh off a bad breakup, she’s already avoiding love. And as long as she steers clear of the Merrick clan—her family’s sworn enemies—avoiding drama won’t be a problem. But when a charming stranger steps in to protect Annie from a sudden threat, both her rules fly out the door. Because Annie’s mystery hero . . . is a Merrick.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; outline: none; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; outline: none; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Jonah Merrick won’t allow anyone—even a Dempsey—to be harmed on his watch. It doesn’t hurt that sweet, gorgeous Annie makes his heart beat like never before. Against his family’s objections, Jonah insists Annie hide out with him at his ranch while they try to outwit a dangerous pursuer. But as the days turn into weeks, Jonah realizes he’ll stop anyone who tries to harm Annie . . . or the loving future they’re building together.</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: white;">Jonah meet Annie Dempsey when she first gets into town. Annie works for her uncle's bank and just so happens she doesn't know her uncle is a enemy to to Jonah's family. By the time the two of them find out they aren't supposed to like each other it's to late. Then Annie finds herself is danger and Jonah and his family are ready to step in a help and protect her. If you like a good family romance where the family element is strong you'll enjoy this book. The Merrick's are larger than life. A nice enjoyable read.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: white;">Find out more about R.C. Ryan here </span><a href="http://ryanlangan.com/whatsnew.html"><span style="color: red;">www.ryanlangan.com</span></a></b></span></div><br /><p></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-5873265101498172882021-07-14T23:04:00.000-04:002021-07-14T23:04:15.169-04:00eARC Book review:Good Twin Gone Country (Dynasties: Beaumont Bay #4) by Jessica Lemmon<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubIOUd3D0CrP-zZkzxxS5gKinKQI3oPEzhn4Lp6gZDxINLRmCqGvjZvx10j5bgzfPyzGPmGG1itX31azuSQC_NrCEtK5tnSyVJVpEBh3DZBmbewr68jiSfv77nBtlgBJvGh9ANSa_eBpi/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="257" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubIOUd3D0CrP-zZkzxxS5gKinKQI3oPEzhn4Lp6gZDxINLRmCqGvjZvx10j5bgzfPyzGPmGG1itX31azuSQC_NrCEtK5tnSyVJVpEBh3DZBmbewr68jiSfv77nBtlgBJvGh9ANSa_eBpi/" width="153" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Available July 27th 2021</span></b></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">eARC Provided by publisher through Netgalley</span></b></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">What happens when a good girl asks a bad boy to help her break all the rules?</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><i>“Please show me how to break a few rules…”</i></span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Hallie Banks is done being “the good twin,” living in her superstar sister’s shadow. But what does she know about letting loose and having fun? She needs a teacher, and fortunately, gorgeous bachelor bad boy Gavin Sutherland is up for the job. Soon Hallie bursts out of her comfort zone and loses herself to Gavin's sizzling touch. But living on the edge always comes with a cost…and now the moment of reckoning is nine months away!</span></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Hallie is the good girl twin. Always the one taking care of everything. Now she wants to be bad and Gavin Sutherland is just the one to teach her how to let loose. Watching these two get to know each other and become close was so exciting! This was a fun and flirty read. You get a little of all the previous couples in this series as well. It's hard to decide on a favorite of the series but I have a special admiration for Hallie. </span><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">I awesome wrap up to the four book series.</span></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Jessica Lemmon and this series here </span><a href="https://www.jessicalemmon.com/"><span style="color: red;">www.jessicalemmon.com</span></a></span></b></span></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625711304255307236.post-27201714758721844492021-06-21T21:44:00.000-04:002021-06-21T21:44:56.157-04:00eARC Book review: Fake Engagement, Nashville Style (Dynasties: Beaumont Bay #3) by Jules Bennett<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3j7QTgokP3dx2g_tDdL1y2a3PldGclfFKrRnS0Ui9WFDugk59J7-iVzU8xClT_z0MsOXUfD9Vob-zdek1POtuTJJsSc7jzutkjpSl5uEr34x1hyphenhyphenGF_LLITXJFmI9v1N6VuoaUwF67HmU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="302" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3j7QTgokP3dx2g_tDdL1y2a3PldGclfFKrRnS0Ui9WFDugk59J7-iVzU8xClT_z0MsOXUfD9Vob-zdek1POtuTJJsSc7jzutkjpSl5uEr34x1hyphenhyphenGF_LLITXJFmI9v1N6VuoaUwF67HmU/" width="153" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Available June 29th 2021</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">eARC Provided by author</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span id="freeText16555534474062297224" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">A fake engagement with her former fiancé?<br /><br />Saying yes should be strictly business…<br /><i>Since it’s only pretend, not a second chance.</i><br /><br />Cassandra Taylor’s ex-fiancé owes her—big-time. Luke Sutherland shattered her dreams of happily-ever-after, and now she wants his help landing the wedding planning event of the year: his brother’s celebrity nuptials. But Luke demands her help in return—pretend to be in love with him so he’s no longer <i>Country Beat</i>’s most eligible bachelor. As their fake engagement rekindles real passion, will Cassie get her own fairy-tale wedding…or only more heartbreak?</span><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"> </span></span></b></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;">Cassandra and Luke get a second chance and love in this third installment of the Beaumont Bay series. It's been 8 years since they were together. Cassandra left when it appeared Luke wasn't ever going to ready for marriage and seem to put her in second place of his businesses. Luke wasn't ready 8 years ago but was hurt Cassandra seemed to have given up. Now she's back to try and nab the wedding planner gig for Luke's brother. It was fun to watch these two become reacquainted and figure out if the love is still there. A perfect summer beach read or a weekend on the couch if you're not a beach person. Part of a series but definitely can be read as a stand alone.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Find out more about Jules Bennett and this story here </span><a href="https://julesbennett.com/books"><span style="color: red;">www.julesbennett.com</span></a></b></span></p>Modokkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02884110908205531859noreply@blogger.com0