tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21810942364792162642024-03-13T11:01:15.969-04:00Lolaloop Bookslolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-72338719996466247862022-04-09T16:14:00.000-04:002022-04-09T16:14:26.875-04:00The Secret by Max Monroe<p> </p><!--wp:image {"align":"center","id":4531,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"}-->
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<h5 class="has-text-align-center">Mr. Hot Professor, the man I’m determined to resist, is challenging me to a competition—a playful, secret game, so to speak—where the winner takes all.</h5>
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<h4 class="has-text-align-center">The Secret, an all-new hot as sin romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Max Monroe, is available now!</h4>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Dear Fellow Bookworms,</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>I need your help.</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>I, Rachel Rose, am in quite the pickle with a hot-as-sin English Lit professor by the name of Ty Winslow, and I don’t know how to get out of it.</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Let me break it down for you:</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Girl meets Guy.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Girl gives Guy her underwear on a dare but nothing else identifying (like her name or number) because she plans to never see Guy again.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">But Girl does see Guy again, in a very professional setting, where she is to be the Teaching Assistant to his Professor for an entire semester.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Girl would like to ignore all events of the past, but Guy is a whole list of tempting things that are hard to resist. (See below:)</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>#1: Insanely attractive.</strong><br /><strong>#2: The most fun a girl could ever have.</strong><br /><strong>#3: Successful and intelligent.</strong><br /><strong>#4: He can quote Walt Whitman at the drop of a hat—which I’m sure you know is a dangerous thing for a literature-lover.</strong><br /><strong>#5: Smooth with a capital S. He could charm the panties off a woman WITHOUT the help of a dare.</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">And now, Mr. Hot Professor, the man I’m determined to resist, is challenging me to a competition—a playful, secret game, so to speak—where the winner takes all.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">My plan? Play the game long enough to win—long enough to walk away with the upper hand—without doing something stupid like falling in love.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">It’s possible . . . right?</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">If you have any advice, please reach out to me soon—before it’s too late.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">XOXO,<br />Rachel</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>I loved this book. </strong>I need you to know that first and that I'm not just saying that because I got an advance copy. I have also loved the other books in this series, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08X1YBNCP/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1" target="_blank">The Bet</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B098V16S5B/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2" target="_blank">The Pact</a>. Those Winslow brothers are just... <i>wonderful</i>. This book was fun and despite the fact that I do not like forbidden type romance books, this didn't feel forbidden. It helped that Rachel wasn't his student so there wasn't a weird age gap. Ty was super loveable and I was rooting for things to work out (as all good romance novels do). The humor in this one made it even better. I can't wait for Remy's book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09WPFVZQR/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3" target="_blank">The Redo</a> to come out in July! I've been waiting to read more about him since Winnie Winslow & Wes's book (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J285BJK/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i14" target="_blank">Scoring the Billionaire</a>) and Charlotte & Nick's (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07114HLXM/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i22" target="_blank">Dr. NEURO</a>). They're not required to read but give a little more insight into the Winslow family.</p><p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Read your copy today, exclusively on Amazon and FREE in Kindle Unlimited!</strong><br />Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/3G8qTtB">https://amzn.to/3G8qTtB</a><br />Amazon Worldwide: <a href="http://mybook.to/TheSecretMM">http://mybook.to/TheSecretMM</a></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>About Max Monroe</strong><br />A duo of romance authors team up under the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling pseudonym Max Monroe to bring you sexy, laugh-out-loud reads.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Max Monroe is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of more than ten contemporary romance titles. Favorite writing partners and long time friends, Max and Monroe strive to live and write all the fun, sexy swoon so often missing from their Facebook newsfeed. Sarcastic by nature, their two writing souls feel like they’ve found their other half. This is their most favorite adventure thus far. </p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Connect with Max Monroe</strong><br />BookBub: <a href="http://bit.ly/3bJFJJh">http://bit.ly/3bJFJJh</a><br />Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/2ReoxkK">https://amzn.to/2ReoxkK</a><br />Facebook: <a href="http://bit.ly/31XxggS">http://bit.ly/31XxggS</a><br />Instagram: <a href="http://bit.ly/39wuCkW">http://bit.ly/39wuCkW</a><br />Stay up to date with Max Monroe by joining their mailing list today: <a href="http://bit.ly/2HzGmau">http://bit.ly/2HzGmau</a><br />Website: <a href="https://www.authormaxmonroe.com/">https://www.authormaxmonroe.com/</a></p>
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lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-13643995242635975182022-01-29T13:38:00.002-05:002022-01-29T13:38:49.428-05:00Happy New Year!<p>I realize now that it is almost February and I haven't posted anything in a LONG TIME! I have no defense for this other than I was doing <a href="http://www.lolaloop.com/p/podcast.html" target="_blank">podcast stuff</a> and having to much fun reading books to stop to write about them when I was done. Is this why #booktok is such a big thing now? To be honest it would be quicker to give a quick video review than to put the time into writing a response of why I did or didn't like what I read. Maybe someday. But for now you can check out all of the 228 books I read in 2021 here: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/11650-2021-reading-challenge" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="763" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqCEfyK4r8IWWB7nIZRMDAyvPaHvXhmhOv1mM1ODpzpatqYvjabkzlRah2hCTQNaN9MZs_CAhEVKdQe5GP0AILMdb3rN2Ow9oNjWWl25p1WJ0il-q84s5tRA6-DuQ5QWbnEfwfMdKchu52ch3u-qgFgfxbWo4GZddTi_ceN2H_gwXORk___9LaOHnH=w390-h84" width="390" /></a></div><p>Or check out my 2022 books here:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/11636-2022-reading-challenge" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="3240" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsTxGh1DXi7Tm7-YRAf5Y0eC87rKi_Mam17CzWsaFm7vYtLtP0GjPFPdJHBDx6FiKSY1uqUrotTdBOlraADOPAdDvGoB0yp_icnWCAvMSQqN0sL5rczvnevCxpCLu0PgPa3Fw3X9nM7DxiXuVCX08o3Lo32zoYq7Bc_64s-BtRu-_D0f8YEDbRDM01=w198-h198" width="198" /></a></div><br /><p>I read some interesting books in 2021, including romance novels that included blue aliens, dragon shifters, the devil and demons (those one felt weird but were well written), and mafia men, on top of the usual contemporary romance I go for. I can't specifically say I had any favorites, but I did read a lot of books by Jessica Gadziala, Sophie Lark, Ruby Dixon, and others.</p><p>One set of books I liked right at the end of the year were <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58758557-the-ares-trials" target="_blank">The Ares Trials by Eliza Raine</a>. It was a fun play on mythology. I had read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58708014-the-hades-trials" target="_blank">The Hades Trials</a> right before that and felt it dragged on a bit, but The Areas Trials was a great read all the way through and recommend both if you like romance with mythology thrown in. </p><p>Kati Wilde also has some good books in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/237280-the-dead-lands" target="_blank">The Dead Lands series</a> if you like the idea of barbarians that are respectful towards women (I was a fan).</p><p>Have you read any books you think I would like? Recommend them in the comments!</p>lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-70724534801429762022021-08-01T10:19:00.000-04:002021-08-01T10:19:40.226-04:00The Pilot and the Puck-Up by Pippa Grant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078S8WH81?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_0&storeType=ebooks" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wcGXDElfeoI/YQao0ysyGUI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/mKkxzFJlybkk_NDWscF6wUZPycKy-x_9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/51bSnFMfPYL.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">We need to talk about this book. Mostly because it is part of the BBA Book Club this month, but also because I'm co-hosting the discussion about it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TQh5siZNsOg/YQaoAFY6sxI/AAAAAAAAC6M/LuKzsAwcxx8i3oAea6tT_SJrYrg_9AdUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s680/E5uf4gkWQAMgNmf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TQh5siZNsOg/YQaoAFY6sxI/AAAAAAAAC6M/LuKzsAwcxx8i3oAea6tT_SJrYrg_9AdUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E5uf4gkWQAMgNmf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Join us at 8pm EST on August 1st for</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/MariaLuisReaderGroup/?ref=share" target="_blank">a chat about the book</a>!</div><div><br /></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Description</b></div></b><blockquote><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">He’s the biggest, baddest, most spider-fearing motherpucker on the ice…</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When you’re named after the king of the gods, the world expects certain things of you.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Tough? Damn right.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Smart? Don’t let the hockey uniform fool you.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Large and in charge? Honey, I’m the biggest, baddest, mother pucking-est machine to ever own the ice. I shoot. I score. In and out of the rink. I don’t come early, but I come often, if you know what I mean. And I always leave the ladies wanting more.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Until that chick last night.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I’m no one-thrust wonder, and you’re damn right I’m going to prove to her I can do better. But every time I think I’m finally on my way back into her pants, she one-ups and out-balls me.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I should cut my losses, lick my wounds, and walk away.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But Zeus Berger doesn’t walk away from anything.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Especially when she's the only woman in the world who might be able to handle me.</span></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078S8WH81?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_0&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank">The Pilot and the Puck-Up</a> is the first in the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08N9CWTM3?ref_=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_tkin&binding=kindle_edition" target="_blank">Thrusters Series</a> by Pippa Grant. It follows members of the Thrusters professional hockey team out of Copper Valley (fictional town in VA). There is also a series about the baseball team (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B098M2H47R?ref_=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_tkin&binding=kindle_edition" target="_blank">Fireballs</a>) which is excellent as well (I recently reviewed <a href="http://books.lolaloop.com/2021/07/the-grumpy-player-next-door-by-pippa.html" target="_blank">The Grumpy Player Next Door</a>). It is part of a series but they are standalone books, which I appreciate.</p><p>Here is why I love this book so much (and all of the Thrusters books, really): humor, romance, sports stuff, feels, and pranks. Zeus is a big dude with a big personality. The first time you see him he's fitting himself into a tight dress as part of a bet. It's like he HAS to do something if somebody challenges him to.</p><p>Joey is a badass. There is no other way to describe her. She's also just so <i>cool</i> that you can't help but love her. And it is that attitude and ability to beat Zeus in everything that gets his attention. He <i>likes</i> the challenge and how tough she is.</p><p>Zeus has an.. issue in his pants the night they meet and after that things continue to go wrong for the poor guy. But luckily for him Joey likes that he keeps trying. She <i>wants </i>him to win her over because she wants to know that he's worthy of her time. I can appreciate that, especially since Joey has walls up since her mom ran out on their family when she was a kid.</p><p>Not to mention the audio book is great. Erin Mallon and Jason Clarke do a great job, and I love that Erin reads the female voices and Jason reads the male. The back and forth with the 2 voices makes it that much better.</p><p>This book is free to read on KU.</p>lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-67355266799141485002021-07-20T12:15:00.003-04:002021-07-20T12:15:25.365-04:00Love Not at First Sight by Sarah Ready<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-1828" height="486" src="https://cattyjane2.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/lovenotatfirstsight_6x9.jpg?w=683" width="324" /></figure></div>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Veronica Diaz loves her career, her friends and the great outdoors – she has no room in her life for men. In fact, she knows there are only two types of men in the world: players and wanna-be players and she wants nothing to do with any of them.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">So when a psychic informs Veronica that her fated soul mate is Frederick Knight “The King of Players,” Veronica does what any sensible woman would do – she runs.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">A twist of fate lands Veronica in the depths of a pitch-black cave system with a man she’s never met and can’t see. As Veronica and Sam struggle to survive they open up, share their secrets, and risk their lives for each other. Soon Veronica starts to wonder if maybe not all men are players, and maybe she can trust Sam enough to fall in love.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">The only problem: Sam is actually Frederick Knight. The man Veronica swore she’d never, ever, ever love.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">In fact, she loathed him at first sight.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">And if they make it out of the cave alive, and Veronica sees him for the first time, she’ll loathe him again. Won’t she?</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">But maybe, sometimes you can only see who someone really is when you can’t see them at all? And maybe you can only fall in love when it’s not at first sight?</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">“This will easily and unequivocally be one of your top reads this year.” By Bookaddict (Chasing Romeo, Book 1 in the Soul Mates in Romeo Series)</p><p class="has-text-align-center"><b>Review</b></p><p class="has-text-align-center">I <i>really</i> enjoyed reading this book. Veronica's urge to run is understandable. Her father was a womanizer and dragged her along to snag women, even though he was married. So when she is told (despite her not wanting to know) that Frederick Knight, the well-known playboy, was her soul mate... it seems fair to me that she would take off.</p><p class="has-text-align-center">Their time in the cave together was such an important time for both of them. It takes blind dating to a whole other level. They can't see each other because they're stuck in the dark, and instead have to rely on their other senses to get them out.</p><p class="has-text-align-center">I fell in love with both of them during their time in the cave system. Frederick (Sam) wanted to be there to support Veronica and her strength and abilities was outstanding. Also, I appreciated the bits of humor. They were in a tough situation but their personalities are what got them through. Also, I never thought cave sex would be a thing but... whew! I don't know how they had the energy for that but... *shrugs hey, it's a romance novel!</p><p class="has-text-align-center">A fun read and we get to see characters from the first book in the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZLFDH8F?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle_edition&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1626797573&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Soulmates in Romeo series</a> (yay Chloe and Nick... and a baby?!)!</p>
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lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-12596173362617555882021-07-08T08:00:00.053-04:002021-07-20T12:16:35.949-04:00The Grumpy Player Next Door by Pippa Grant<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KzIywn158yw/YOHKrNQR7rI/AAAAAAABsKQ/vrdEC2ZjgAkwrVMRJJjo0fIAGgqIi6hrACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/The%2BGrumpy%2BPlayer%2BNext%2BDoor%2BEbook%2BCover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KzIywn158yw/YOHKrNQR7rI/AAAAAAABsKQ/vrdEC2ZjgAkwrVMRJJjo0fIAGgqIi6hrACLcBGAsYHQ/w266-h400/The%2BGrumpy%2BPlayer%2BNext%2BDoor%2BEbook%2BCover.jpg" width="266" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span>An enemies-to-lovers / sports / grumpy-sunshine / neighbor romance</span></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I, Tillie Jean Rock, am not in love with my brother’s teammate. Sure, he might have those biceps and that “I am the grouchiest of grouchy bears” smolder, and he might shovel snow off his driveway next door wearing nothing but boxer shorts and rubber boots, and he might be running a side business feeding all the stray goats in town, but studliness is only skin-deep.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And I might flirt with him every chance I get, but I swear it’s only to annoy my brother.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And him.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because Max Cole?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Under all of those glorious muscles and chiseled cheekbones and searing glares beats the heart of a heartless devil.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I could no sooner fall in love with a guy who treats me like a kid, and judges me at every opportunity, and sets an army of garden gnomes loose on my yard, than I could fall in love with my grandfather’s pet parrot.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But I can definitely annoy him. I can one hundred percent get on board with annoying him.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That’s what you do when you don’t like your neighbor, right?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But you know what they say about love and hate…</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s a very thin line.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Especially when the real reason I’m not in love with Max Cole—that he’s incapable of love—might not be true at all.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Grumpy Player Next door is a fun-filled enemies-to-lovers romcom featuring a ray of sunshine on a mission, an athlete who’s only grouchy around her, and an epic prank gone wrong. It stands alone and comes complete with small-town shenanigans, a goat who’s not nearly as wise as his name suggests, and proof that sometimes, love is the best kind of vengeance.</i></div></i></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
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I’m talking cackles of glee, evil cartoon overlord-style, rubbing my hands together while bouncing on my toes. Reminding myself to </span><i style="font-family: arial;">shut up</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> because my brother will be home from his morning workout any minute now, and I don’t want to tip my hand when he doesn’t know I’m waiting for him here in his house up on the mountainside.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">You would think he would’ve learned to engage his security system more often by now.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But he hasn’t, which means I’m here, armed and dangerous and ready, and I’m cackling with glee all over again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I know, I know. <i>Is this really how you want to pay him back for having a box labeled “dildos” delivered to you at your parents’ house in the midst of all the pre-wedding activities for your other brother last week?</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes, actually.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes, it is.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s payback time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have zero doubt Cooper will have mad respect that I’m doing this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sort of like while I was pissed when he replaced my coffee beans with roasted goat poop before he left for spring training nine months ago, I very much respected that he pulled it off, even if I wasn’t pleased at having to admit that that was the prank that took him over the top to win in our annual off-season prank war.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But this winter?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This winter, my brother Cooper “Stinky Booty” Rock is going down.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The universe told me so. Why else would it have hand-delivered that video into my social media stream to inspire me right after I finished figuring out where to donate an unopened box of dildos?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I cackle again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And then I slap my hand over my mouth.</div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>He’s home.</i></div></i><div style="text-align: justify;">There’s his dark head, bent toward the knob, beyond the tempered glass panel beside his front door. He’s dressed in Fireballs red, which is more orange than it is red, and he’s probably worn out from lifting at the gym.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday was cardio day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I know, because he ran past Crusty Nut, our dad’s restaurant where I’m the manager five days a week, at least two dozen times without stopping in once to say hi.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I haven’t seen him since the wedding several days ago, which either means he’s avoiding me and the revenge he knows I owe him, or he has a stick up his butt and has forgotten the little people.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Or, possibly, he’s distracted, in which case, he needs this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I squat into position at the top of the stairs, as hidden as I can be while still seeing my target, Nerf blaster locked and loaded, waiting while he fumbles with his keys.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the record?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s not easy to hide at the top of a curved staircase. I’m on my belly now, half-angled behind the wall of the hallway to his guest bedrooms, peering between the slats of the banister, hoping all my target practice pays off.</div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Steady, TJ. This is what you trained for.</i></div></i><div style="text-align: justify;">The lock clicks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I flatten myself lower and take aim.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The door swings open.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dark hair in the foyer. <i>Go go go.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I squeeze the trigger, sending a rapid blast of modified foam darts at the six balloons floating in the space above the door.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The needle sticking out barely an eighth of an inch in the tip of the first dart connects. One helium balloon pops. Then two more, followed by the fourth and fifth. The sixth shifts after getting hit, like it’s a tough guy balloon. It’s the ninja of balloons, and it doesn’t want to participate in my dastardly plans today, but that’s okay. The other balloons are bursting in a sparkly, shiny, beautiful pink glitter spray that’s splattering on the walls, exploding from its nylon shell and raining down like a spring shower, coating the walls, making the air sparkle, and dusting all that dark hair as Cooper’s lifting his head. “What the—”</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And in the span of a heartbeat, before he can finish that sentence, I realize my mistake.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">My terrible, horrible, very bad miscalculation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If I were a superhero, I’d be sucking all that glitter into my lungs and redirecting it into my brother’s bedroom, which is likely what I should’ve done in the first place—hindsight, right?—but I didn’t. This was so much more dramatic and didn’t risk me having to find out which local he’s screwing around with in his spare time, as she’d be coated in glitter too after rolling around in his sheets, except my prank has failed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It has failed <i>spectacularly.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“<i>Oh my god,</i>” I gasp.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">That’s not Cooper.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">That is <i>so</i> not Cooper.</div></span><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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lf5gtHS05r4/YOHMtTTylDI/AAAAAAABsKs/QbflehDa7600_Wp6X8MS8hFZh0GOf-segCLcBGAsYHQ/s2000/The%2BGrumpy%2BPlayer%2BNext%2BDoor%2BTeaser%2B10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lf5gtHS05r4/YOHMtTTylDI/AAAAAAABsKs/QbflehDa7600_Wp6X8MS8hFZh0GOf-segCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/The%2BGrumpy%2BPlayer%2BNext%2BDoor%2BTeaser%2B10.jpg" width="320" /></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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #fe8400; font-size: large;">ALSO AVAILABLE</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VoMyz9IX40g/YOHMysWxbfI/AAAAAAABsKw/gqkNXeLPHDg3ml8pC7GDlzroft1JAv6oQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Jock%2BBlocked%2BEbook%2BCover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="311" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VoMyz9IX40g/YOHMysWxbfI/AAAAAAABsKw/gqkNXeLPHDg3ml8pC7GDlzroft1JAv6oQCLcBGAsYHQ/w207-h311/Jock%2BBlocked%2BEbook%2BCover.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>AMAZON <a href="https://amzn.to/2Z14j4b">US</a> / <a href="https://amzn.to/2T1R2o7">UK</a> / <a href="https://amzn.to/2LsahmP">CA</a> / <a href="https://amzn.to/2yYsu8N">AU</a></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Free in Kindle Unlimited</b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>ALSO AVAILABLE</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://adbl.co/2ENkZEs">AUDIBLE</a> / <a href="https://amzn.to/3jms9OO">AMAZON AUDIO</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b></b></span></div></div></div>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><em><strong>He's the tattooed bad boy her mama warned her about.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>She's his hot mess--but mostly hot--next door neighbor.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Until a two-night-stand gives them the surprise of a lifetime...</strong></em></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Flipping Love You, an all-new STEAMY and laugh-out-loud, surprise baby standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Erin Nicholas, is available now!</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Jillian Morris is a workaholic who forgets to watch the time. And to eat. And to change her shoes. And to keep even a house-plant alive. And to have any kind of a personal life.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Now an eccentric millionaire has left her eight million dollars. And eight penguins. Yes, real live penguins. She's a wildlife vet who specializes in penguins, so that makes sense. Kind of. She can, and does, keep penguins alive and well. She now just has to move them cross-country to her friend's new animal park.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">So if anyone deserves a one-night (or two) stand with a hot, younger, tattooed bad boy on a motorcycle, it's her. Or so Jill tells herself when Zeke Landry flips his bike in front of her motel.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">If only she'd known who he really was.<br />And that he was the fall-hard-and-fast type.<br />And the protective type.<br />And that one night would turn into more like nine-months of being ...sigh...very personal.</p><p class="has-text-align-center"><b>My Review</b></p><p class="has-text-align-center">I have to be honest... I wasn't sure what to think of Jill. When someone crashes in front of you and you act like you don't care? She lost me for a bit at that point. She was great in terms of animals but selfish in terms of people. Once you get to know her though you see that it is in response to her upbringing and what her mother gave up in terms of her career in order to <i>be</i> a mom. Zeke I loved right away. He took this realization that he cared about Jill and ran with it.</p><p class="has-text-align-center">This is a surprise pregnancy book even though you don't see that until later on in the book. They have a cute relationship and Zeke taking care of Jill even when she doesn't take care of herself is really sweet. </p><p class="has-text-align-center">It looks like Griffin's brother Donovan could be next based off the end of the book and I can't wait to read that one. I'm also really looking forward to Zander's book to see who he ends up with. He was getting a kick out of messing with Zeke and I'd like to see Zeke mess with Zander in return when his time comes. A great read, especially over the holiday weekend we're about to have!</p><p class="has-text-align-center">Keep reading for an excerpt below!</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Fall in love today!</strong><br />Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/34weUFK">https://amzn.to/34weUFK</a><br />Apple Books: <a href="https://apple.co/3yLhyW6">https://apple.co/3yLhyW6</a><br />Nook: <a href="https://bit.ly/3uxusE3">https://bit.ly/3uxusE3</a><br />Kobo: <a href="https://bit.ly/3g9PCD0">https://bit.ly/3g9PCD0</a><br />Google Play: <a href="https://bit.ly/3yZSU4i">https://bit.ly/3yZSU4i</a></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-left">He lifted a hand to run it through his wet hair.<br />Her eyes followed the motion, seemingly riveted on his arm. He wasn’t sure if it was the tattoo or what exactly. But he did know that Jillian was fascinated with his ink. She had traced all of it with her fingers and tongue last night more than once. And he had a lot of ink.<br />“I’m the guy who’s remodeling your house.”<br />Her eyes widened. “We’re going to be neighbors.”<br />He let his grin grow slowly. “Yup.”<br />She tipped her head back and groaned.<br />But it wasn’t one of the hot oh-my-God-yes groans she’d been giving him last night. This was more of oh-crap groan.<br />“You’re clearly not as excited about that as I am,” he said dryly.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-left">Her head came up and she met his eyes. Now there was no roaming over his half naked body. She shook her head. “It just feels complicated to live next door to the guy I’m hooking up with once a month.”<br />He was confused. “We’re hooking up once a month?”<br />“Well, that was what I was going to propose anyway. Friends with benefits, you know? After last night I thought that could be kind of fun.”<br />“That would be fun. Very, very fun,” he said. “But why only once a month? I’m up for that kind of fun way more often.”<br />“Sure. But then it turns into more like dating or a relationship or something rather than just getting together for hot sex.”<br />“And I take it the relationship and dating thing is something you’re trying to avoid?”<br />“Very much so. And living next door to you means that we’ll see each other occasionally and since you’ll be saving me from alligators on a regular basis, we could potentially turn into actual friends. And that makes the hooking up even more complicated.”<br />Having the sun up hadn’t made him feel any less attracted to, slightly confused by, surprised by, and definitely amused by this woman. “But friends with benefits has friends right in the title.”<br />This all sounded good to him. Having a neighbor he could get naked with whenever the urge struck, who didn’t want anything else from him, sounded pretty great.<br />“I’m just really not interested in a relationship,” Jill went on. “I’m not good at them. And I don’t really have time for them. And I don’t put the effort into them, which ends up bothering the other person after a while. Which is understandable. I’m not blaming anyone. I just really like to have everything laid out and everyone on the same page. And I like sex. It would be really perfect to be able to have amazing sex, but only when it’s convenient.”<br />Zeke gave a soft snort. Convenient hot sex. It really did sound pretty amazing.<br />“If you just want to walk through my door, only wearing a robe and nothing underneath to save time, I’m not gonna kick you out, cher,” he told her. He was half-teasing. But only half.<br />She finally gave him a hint of a smile. “I can just show up on your front porch anytime I want?”<br />He reached up and cupped the side of her head. He brought her in close and put his mouth against hers. “Any freaking time.”</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>About Erin Nicholas</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Erin Nicholas has been writing romances almost as long as she’s been reading them. To date, she’s written over thirty sexy, contemporary novels that have been described as “toe-curling,” “enchanting,” “steamy,” and “fun.” She adores reluctant heroes, imperfect heroines, and happily ever afters.<br />Erin lives in the Midwest, where she enjoys spending time with her husband (who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books), her kids (who will never read the sex scenes in her books), and her family and friends (who claim to be “shocked” by the sex scenes in her books).</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Connect with Erin</strong><br />Website: <a href="http://bit.ly/2NkB2uF">http://bit.ly/2NkB2uF</a><br />Facebook: <a href="http://bit.ly/2tdTM8e">http://bit.ly/2tdTM8e</a><br />Twitter: <a href="http://bit.ly/2QLd1Pr">http://bit.ly/2QLd1Pr</a><br />Goodreads: <a href="http://bit.ly/3a3rnm4">http://bit.ly/3a3rnm4</a><br />Instagram: <a href="http://bit.ly/36NqV9y">http://bit.ly/36NqV9y</a><br />Website: <a href="http://bit.ly/2FM3Doo">http://bit.ly/2FM3Doo</a><br />Stay up to date with Erin Nicholas by joining her mailing list:<br /><a href="http://bit.ly/38a5Fv5">http://bit.ly/38a5Fv5</a></p>
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lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-55307528671012935072021-05-27T08:00:00.028-04:002021-05-29T17:16:48.645-04:00Chasing Romeo by Sarah Ready<p> </p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Chasing Romeo, an all-new heartwarming opposites-attract standalone romantic comedy from author Sarah Ready is available now!</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">A laugh out loud, soul mate chasing rom-com romp, Sarah Ready’s Chasing Romeo is a perfect feel-good novel about finding love where you least expect it.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Chloe Daniels is a starry-eyed romantic who believes in true love, soul mates and happily ever afters. So when a psychic predicts the identity of her soul mate Chloe will do anything to find him.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Opposites attract in the first book of a heartwarming new series by romance author Sarah Ready.</p><p class="has-text-align-center"><br /></p><p class="has-text-align-center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Review</b></span></p><p class="has-text-align-center">Chloe <i>really</i> wants to find her soul mate. Enough that she'll travel across the country with her enemy and high school ex-boyfriend. Their relationship is pretty adorable and some hilarious things happen as they try to find the RIGHT Matt Smith. The trip is pretty chaotic and crazy, but the people they meet along the way also teach them about themselves. An excellent read for a beach day or just hanging out at home!</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Find your Romeo today!</strong><br />Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/3msWNsM">https://amzn.to/3msWNsM</a><br />Amazon Worldwide: <a href="http://mybook.to/ChasingRomeo">http://mybook.to/ChasingRomeo</a><br />Nook: <a href="https://bit.ly/3cOkoAH">https://bit.ly/3cOkoAH</a><br />Apple Books: <a href="https://apple.co/3cMHuaZ">https://apple.co/3cMHuaZ</a><br />Kobo: <a href="https://bit.ly/3fHCd6p">https://bit.ly/3fHCd6p</a></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-left">“I’m just asking,” I say, “are you sure you want to bet your future on a myth?” Because, to be honest, something inside me wishes she’d get up and say, screw you, fate, I’m taking my future in my own hands.<br />“Would I bet my future?” she asks.<br />I nod and lean forward to hear her answer.<br />Slowly, she says, “I’d bet everything.”<br />Her words ring in my ears. She’s serious. She’ll do anything to get with this random guy she hasn’t seen in nearly twenty years. It’s like a cosmic joke, except I’m not laughing. I guess I shouldn’t have expected anything less.<br />“It’s a myth,” I say. “It’s not real.”<br />“It is,” she says. She points her finger at me and jabs me in the chest. “And I’m going to prove it to you.” Her hand rests over my heart. We both look down at her touching me. She yanks it back and wipes her hand on her napkin.<br />No man likes to see a woman wipe herself off after touching him. I scowl and then take her unspoken challenge. “More likely, by the end of this week, I’ll prove that soul mates don’t exist.”<br />“Good luck, you have hundreds of Aunt Erma’s successes against you.”<br />No worries, I stand by my belief that the whole town of Romeo is suffering from romantic delusions. Hey, the tourism dollars depend on it.<br />Also, I’d like to push a little bit of reality into this situation and throw out the idea that this guy might not be decent.<br />“He could be a rapist,” I say. That gets her attention. Her head snaps up and she glares at me.<br />“Or a Lothario,” she says. Take that, her eyes say. She bares her teeth at me in a semblance of a grin and I smile back. Game on.<br />The minstrel who had wandered close again hightails it to the other side of the restaurant.<br />“He could be a drug dealer,” I say.<br />“Or a pharmacist,” she says.<br />“He could be an alcoholic.”<br />“A vintner.”<br />“He’s unemployed,” I say.<br />“Independently wealthy.”<br />“He looks like a frog.”<br />“He’s a prince,” she says.<br />“He’s boring.”<br />“Strong and silent.”<br />I glare at her and she glares back, a smile curving on her lips.<br />“Bad in bed,” I say.<br />“A sex god.” She bites at her lower lip and I have the urge to take it in my mouth and show her a decade of pent-up wanting. I yank my thoughts from her lips and drop my ace in the hole.<br />“He could be an ax murderer,” I say. Take that and chew on it.<br />She laughs, throaty and low, and her eyes light up. The candlelight sparks off her glowing skin.<br />“Or,” she says, “he’s a lumberjack. Mmmm. Sexy ax. I’ll hold the handle. Rawr.” She claws her hand and scratches at the air.<br />I shake my head. “You got it.” I hold up my goblet of mead for a toast. “To Matt Smith. Chloe’s lumberjack soul mate.”</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>About Sarah Ready</strong><br />Author Sarah Ready writes contemporary romance and romantic comedy. Her books have been described as “euphoric”, “heartwarming” and “laugh out loud”. Her debut novel The Fall in Love Checklist was hailed as “the unicorn read of 2020”. She loves to write fast-paced, emotionally compelling romances about quirky, smart women and the men who love them.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Before writing romance full-time Sarah had lots of fun teaching at an Ivy League. Then she realized she could have even more fun writing romance. Her favorite things after writing are adventuring and travel. You’ll frequently find her using her degree at a dino dig site, crawling into a cave, snorkeling, or on horseback riding through the jungle – all fodder for her next book. She’s lived in Scotland, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland and NYC. She currently lives in the Caribbean with her water-obsessed pup and her awesome family.<br />You can visit her online at <a href="http://www.sarahready.com">www.sarahready.com</a></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Connect with Sarah</strong><br />Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/2PVEe4j">https://amzn.to/2PVEe4j</a><br />Goodreads: <a href="https://bit.ly/3wt7D6B">https://bit.ly/3wt7D6B</a><br />BookBub: <a href="https://bit.ly/3wtATKA">https://bit.ly/3wtATKA</a><br />Website: <a href="http://sarahready.com/">http://sarahready.com/</a><br />Stay up to date with all the things and subscribe to Sarah’s mailing list: <a href="https://bit.ly/3sWxUbe">https://bit.ly/3sWxUbe</a></p>
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lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-2973342668651983562021-05-26T17:17:00.005-04:002021-05-26T17:17:59.934-04:00Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas<!--wp:image {"align":"center","id":12628,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"}-->
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Jordan Benoit and Fletcher Landry have been best friends since they were six. He's always been The Guy. When she needed picked up, cheered up, or lifted up--like literally, to see the stage at a concert--Fletcher was the guy.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">But being The Guy 24/7 is a lot. He just wants everyone to give him a freaking minute to get this marriage thing right. Including his sexy, sweet new wife who he's wanted for three years. Who is exasperatingly, temptingly all-in from minute one.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Experience all the feels today!</strong><br />Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/3vck59s">https://amzn.to/3vck59s</a><br />Apple Books: <a href="https://apple.co/3avBEcu">https://apple.co/3avBEcu</a><br />Nook: <a href="https://bit.ly/3ngSdOv">https://bit.ly/3ngSdOv</a><br />Kobo: <a href="https://bit.ly/32Ev6UB">https://bit.ly/32Ev6UB</a><br />Google Play: <a href="https://bit.ly/3tHN2tm">https://bit.ly/3tHN2tm</a></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-left">“I also think that I need to—”<br />“Marry me.”<br />“Date you.”<br />They spoke at the same time.<br />Then stared at each other.<br />“What?”<br />“What?”<br />They spoke simultaneously again.<br />“I was trying to give you some freaking space before I said anything.” He seemed very annoyed suddenly.<br />She leaned in, bracing her hand on the seat between them. “The last person I need space from is you, Fletcher. I mean, we’ve basically been dating for twenty years. If dating is about getting to know someone and figuring out how well you fit with them and figuring out if you want to spend the rest of your life with them…we’ve done that.”<br />He shook his head. “You have got to be one of the most exasperating people in my life.”<br />Her eyebrows rose. “Considering your twin brothers are Zeke and Zander, being one of the most exasperating people in your life is pretty huge.”<br />He shook his head. “Absolutely exasperating. To think I could’ve kissed you when we were standing next to a king-sized bed and you were only in your bra and panties and you would have been all in.”<br />Jordan felt her cheeks flush, but she grinned widely. “I really am a pain.”<br />“You really are.” His gaze dropped to her mouth.<br />Jordan felt a zing of excitement go through her. She really wanted him to kiss her.<br />“I think you dating me is a great idea,” he said after a moment.<br />Thank God.<br />“You’re sure you’re done dating other people? Having fun with all those girls? All the casual relationships?” she asked.<br />“If it means I get to be with you? Absolutely.”<br />Her stomach swooped, harder and faster than before. “This isn’t crazy?”<br />“It makes a hell of a lot more sense than anything else. Like you dating other men. Or either of us being with anyone else.”<br />“We’ve never talked about this before.”<br />“You’ve been taken,” he said simply.<br />Right. That was true. And Fletcher was too good of a guy to go after another man’s girl.<br />She still felt compelled to say, “It’s been three years since anything happened.”<br />“Again, because you’ve been taken.” His voice dropped. “Only because you’ve been taken, Jordan.”<br />Her heart skittered at that and she wet her lips. She thought about her next words carefully. Several seconds ticked by. Then she said simply, “Prove it.”<br />Fletcher reached out, wrapped his big hand around her wrist, and tugged her close. He cupped the back of her head and brought her in until they were nose to nose. “This changes everything,” he said. Almost as if it was a warning.<br />“I know.”<br />“I’m the last frog you’re ever going to kiss. So be sure you want it now.”<br />That was exactly what she’d wanted to hear without even realizing it.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>About Erin Nicholas</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Erin Nicholas has been writing romances almost as long as she’s been reading them. To date, she’s written over thirty sexy, contemporary novels that have been described as “toe-curling,” “enchanting,” “steamy,” and “fun.” She adores reluctant heroes, imperfect heroines, and happily ever afters.<br />Erin lives in the Midwest, where she enjoys spending time with her husband (who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books), her kids (who will never read the sex scenes in her books), and her family and friends (who claim to be “shocked” by the sex scenes in her books).</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Connect with Erin</strong><br />Website: <a href="http://bit.ly/2NkB2uF">http://bit.ly/2NkB2uF</a><br />Facebook: <a href="http://bit.ly/2tdTM8e">http://bit.ly/2tdTM8e</a><br />Twitter: <a href="http://bit.ly/2QLd1Pr">http://bit.ly/2QLd1Pr</a><br />Goodreads: <a href="http://bit.ly/3a3rnm4">http://bit.ly/3a3rnm4</a><br />Instagram: <a href="http://bit.ly/36NqV9y">http://bit.ly/36NqV9y</a><br />Website: <a href="http://bit.ly/2FM3Doo">http://bit.ly/2FM3Doo</a><br />Stay up to date with Erin Nicholas by joining her mailing list:<br /><a href="http://bit.ly/38a5Fv5">http://bit.ly/38a5Fv5</a></p>
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lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-11207437973234150962021-05-25T08:00:00.045-04:002021-05-25T08:00:00.196-04:00Tie Me Down by Melanie Harlow<p> </p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"></p><div style="text-align: center;">Just friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That’s all Beckett Weaver and I have ever been.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sure, he’s a hot cowboy who left Wall Street behind to take over his family’s ranch. Yes, I’ve had a secret crush on him since we were seventeen. And who wouldn’t appreciate those strong hands, that massive chest, and the way he fills out a pair of Levis?</div><div style="text-align: center;">He makes a girl sweat just looking at him . . . and I look. A lot.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I’m a single mom trying to move on with my life, and he’s running that ranch single-handedly while taking care of his elderly father. We don’t even live in the same state. I only returned to my hometown of Bellamy Creek to sell my late mother’s house, and he just invited me and my son to stay with him because he’s got a big heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That’s not the only big thing he’s got--which I discover the night I finally sneak across the hall to his bedroom and shed my inhibitions right alongside my pajamas. And once we give into each other, we can’t stop.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The hayloft. The bed of his truck. The dock by the pond.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing has ever felt so right, but his past has taught him not to believe in happily ever after, and every perfect night I spend in his arms brings us closer to goodbye.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like any cowboy, he’s good with a rope and knows exactly how to tie me up.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But what if I want him to tie me down?</div><p></p><p class="has-text-align-center"><b>Review</b></p><p class="has-text-align-center">Recently I showed the cover for this book, now let's talk about how it was. It. Was. Wonderful. Beautiful. Heartfelt. At times, painful (for the right reasons). Can I just say how much I loved Beckett? Despite his taking care of his father, he allows his childhood neighbor Maddie (who he crushed on for years) to stay at his house for a short time with her son while she fixes her mom's house to sell. We all know how this goes. Sparks fly despite the fact that she is supposed to go home.</p><p class="has-text-align-center">Beckett does the thing where he tries to separate himself from his feelings, but he <i>wants </i>her so much. And the feels, guys! The <i>feels</i>! The relationship with Maddie's son is also cute. Elliott is a special addition to the story and reading about their relationships was touching. Elliott likes things like unicorns and the color pink. I appreciated that Maddie let him express himself despite her ex's disapproval. Also the element of friendship between the guys shows that just because some people choose to leave, it doesn't mean that you can't still love and appreciate those around you. It was a truly beautiful reminder.</p><p class="has-text-align-center">Tie Me Down is the fourth (and final) book in the Bellamy Creek Series. They are all stand-alone books, but you get so much more by reading everyone's story!</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-left">Melanie is the author of the CLOVERLEIGH FARMS series, the ONE & ONLY series, AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>ATTENTION: If you have been a victim of false advertising, you may be entitled to compensation. If you were ever hired to take care of a fourteen-year-old boy’s knee injury on a luxury ranch in the Middle of Nowhere, Utah, but that fourteen-year-old boy ended up being a tall, rough-and-tumble, muscular, one-hundred-percent all-man cowboy by the name of Rhett Jameson, you may have been put at risk for falling in love. Please seek counsel immediately.</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">I thought it’d be a working vacation of sorts—a chance for my city-girl self to experience something I would never otherwise do—but everything is upside down, and absolutely nothing is as I thought it would be.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">For one, this patient is not a teenage boy.<br />He’s a real-life, blue-eyed, tough-as-nails, thirtysomething cowboy who is so darn strong he looks like he could lift a car just for the heck of it.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Max Monroe is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of more than ten contemporary romance titles. Favorite writing partners and long time friends, Max and Monroe strive to live and write all the fun, sexy swoon so often missing from their Facebook newsfeed. Sarcastic by nature, their two writing souls feel like they’ve found their other half. This is their most favorite adventure thus far. </p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"></p><div style="text-align: center;">Just friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That’s all Beckett Weaver and I have ever been.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sure, he’s a hot cowboy who left Wall Street behind to take over his family’s ranch. Yes, I’ve had a secret crush on him since we were seventeen. And who wouldn’t appreciate those strong hands, that massive chest, and the way he fills out a pair of Levis?</div><div style="text-align: center;">He makes a girl sweat just looking at him . . . and I look. A lot.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I’m a single mom trying to move on with my life, and he’s running that ranch single-handedly while taking care of his elderly father. We don’t even live in the same state. I only returned to my hometown of Bellamy Creek to sell my late mother’s house, and he just invited me and my son to stay with him because he’s got a big heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That’s not the only big thing he’s got--which I discover the night I finally sneak across the hall to his bedroom and shed my inhibitions right alongside my pajamas. And once we give into each other, we can’t stop.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The hayloft. The bed of his truck. The dock by the pond.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing has ever felt so right, but his past has taught him not to believe in happily ever after, and every perfect night I spend in his arms brings us closer to goodbye.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like any cowboy, he’s good with a rope and knows exactly how to tie me up.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But what if I want him to tie me down?</div><p></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">I'm so excited for this book to come out! I've been waiting for this schmexy farmer's story since the first Bellamy Creek book. I'm ready for some more old man baseball!</p><p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Reserve your copy today!</strong><br />Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/3hc2Yke">https://amzn.to/3hc2Yke</a><br />Amazon Worldwide: <a href="http://mybook.to/TieMeDown">http://mybook.to/TieMeDown</a></p>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You know those stories where an adorably misunderstood clumsy girl needs a fake date to a wedding so she asks her brother’s best friend and they accidentally fall in love?</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">I wish that was the kind of life I lead, but it’s not.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I don’t need a date to a wedding. I need a date to a funeral.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-style: italic;">Clumsy</i> sometimes fits, but then, that’s true for all of us, right? But adorable? No. Misunderstood? Nope again. I’m just your average girl, standing in front of a funeral invitation, asking it to be a winning lottery ticket instead.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">And I don’t have a brother, or a best friend with a brother available, which means I’m stuck with Tyler Jaeger.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sure, he’s a professional hockey player who also knows advanced calculus, but let’s say we’re not compatible and leave it at that. I should know. I <i>am</i> a matchmaker.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not a very good one, but that’s beside the point.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I know a mismatch when I see one.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Still, Tyler’s what I’ve got, and I am <i>not</i> going to this funeral solo, so he’s what I’ll take.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After all—what could go wrong at a funeral?</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I Pucking Love You is a hilariously wrong romantic comedy about the world’s worst matchmaker, a hockey player with a problem he doesn’t want to talk about, and an awkward date-of-convenience that everyone would prefer to forget. It comes complete with a cat working his way through his nine lives, all the sexy times, fish and chips, and a swoony happily-ever-after.</i></div></i></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
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I don’t want to talk. I don’t want to screw.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want—</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Dammit.</i></div></i><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want a bucket of greasy fried fish and chips, because it’s what my big brother used to take me to get every time he came home on leave from the Marines and got annoyed at being hen-pecked by the four sisters between us.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My car’s cold, thanks to the early November weather, and no, I’m not telling you what kind of car I drive, because yes, it very much feels like <i>compensation</i> tonight.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It gets me where I want to go.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That’s all that matters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That, and getting my ass to Cod Pieces before they close for the night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Could I stay at the bunny bar and get fried fish and chips?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Will I?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No fucking way.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I’m still stewing in my own misery when the bright neon sign with the armored cod and the storefront that looks like a medieval castle comes into view at the edge of a strip mall four miles the wrong direction from my downtown condo. I roll the window down, letting in a blast of chilly air and the scent of fries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Just in time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I holler my order over the sound of my engine, then pull around to the window to get my fish.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Debate calling my brother in Miami.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s one AM. He and his wife recently celebrated their kid’s first birthday, and I think they’re working on baby number two.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If I call him in the middle of the night to bitch about how I can’t get it up, he’ll probably hang up on me, then tell our sisters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And Mom.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She’s a professional comedienne with her own popular Netflix special. There’s no damn way I’m bothering West in the middle of the night for this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I’ll talk to the fried fish and call it even.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Has as much personality as West had before he married Daisy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The window swings open. “That’ll be fourteen seventy-three, please.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My car lurches forward before I remember to put it in park, and I gape up at the woman staring down at me. “<i>Muffy?</i>”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My brain is playing tricks on me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It has to be.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because there’s no way the curvy, clumsy, smart-mouthed goddess who’s haunting my dick is standing there wearing a Cod Pieces polo and hat.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But she is.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And I swear to god, her long brown braids are recoiling in horror as her whole face twists, her lip curling, her left eye squeezing shut, before she snaps herself together. “For the hundredth time today, I have no idea who this <i>Muffy</i> person is. My name is Octavia Louisa Beaverhousen.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fuck me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are <i>two</i> of them? She looks exactly like Muffy. I’m not seeing things, and I’m not projecting just because I want my dick to work again and the bunnies made me think about screwing Muffy in the walk-in fridge at the bunny bar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Fourteen seventy-three, please.” She turns away as she holds out a hand, twitching her fingers like she’s waiting for cash or a card.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And that’s when I see the tattoo.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Rufus.</i></div></i><div style="text-align: justify;">Her cat’s name. It’s on her wrist.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Octavia Louisa Beaverhousen, my ass. 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I needed a wife--temporarily--in order to inherit the family business. And she needed a favor--the kind that takes nine months to deliver.</p>
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<h4 class="has-text-align-center">Call Me Crazy, an all-new steamy and heartfelt small-town romance from USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow is available now!</h4>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><b>Blurb</b></p><p class="has-text-align-center">We had it all worked out, from the no-touching policy on our wedding night (her rule) to the no-falling-in-love decree (mine). She’d marry me, I’d give her the means to have the baby she’d always wanted, and one year later we’d amicably part ways with no hassle, no demands, and certainly no regrets.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">After all, Bianca DeRossi and I are experts at infuriating one another--we’ve been doing it since we were kids. Trouble is, she grew up gorgeous and feisty, and she still knows exactly how to get under my skin.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">And that wedding night? Well, it doesn’t exactly go down hands-free.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Then she moves in with me, and I really start to lose my mind. From her sexy little pout to her wicked sense of humor to those meatball sandwiches she makes just because she knows they’re my favorite... I find myself wanting to break every rule we put in place.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Our story was never supposed to end with happily ever after.<br />But call me crazy, I just might be in love with my wife.</p><p class="has-text-align-center"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My review</span></b></p><p class="has-text-align-center">These are two stubborn people. Now don't get me wrong, I <i>love </i>an enemies to lovers trope, but the fake marriage one not so much. I've been interested in Enzo and Bianca's relationship since we see them argue in the 2nd Bellamy Creek book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08M9YQ43M/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1" target="_blank">Make Me Yours</a>. Enzo wants a wife so he can take over the family business and he's getting pressure to settle down. Bianca really wants a baby but has fertility issues and no current boyfriend. Their solution? Get married!</p><p class="has-text-align-center">I don't want to get spoilery here, but things don't go as planned, they have trouble sharing, and they have to figure out how to be together. These people needed to learn how to maneuver a relationship and found the past they had was built on misunderstandings and hurt feelings. It was nice to see them grow and realize they actually liked and cared for each other. Cute ending and I can't wait for the next book in the series! While reading it you get an idea of who the next couple will be.</p><p class="has-text-align-center"><b>*Possible trigger warning* </b>Bianca's being emotionally distraught after not getting pregnant right away. Fertility issues are involved in the book.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Download your copy today or read FREE in Kindle Unlimited!</strong><br />Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/3tuhE1P">https://amzn.to/3tuhE1P</a><br />Amazon Worldwide: <a href="http://mybook.to/CallMeCrazy">http://mybook.to/CallMeCrazy</a><br />Amazon Print: <a href="https://amzn.to/3k6tH1d">https://amzn.to/3k6tH1d</a><br />Amazon Audible: <a href="https://amzn.to/2ZzmVHO">https://amzn.to/2ZzmVHO</a></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Read Chapter One: </strong><a href="http://bit.ly/3seA4lF">http://bit.ly/3seA4lF</a></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-left"><strong>About Melanie</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-left">USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like Schitt’s Creek, Homeland, and Fleabag. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-left">Melanie is the author of the CLOVERLEIGH FARMS series, the ONE & ONLY series, AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Connect with Melanie</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">Facebook: <a href="http://bit.ly/2RPwr51">http://bit.ly/2RPwr51</a><br />Amazon: <a href="http://amzn.to/1NPkYKs">http://amzn.to/1NPkYKs</a><br />Bookbub: <a href="http://bit.ly/36kL7yB">http://bit.ly/36kL7yB</a><br />Instagram: <a href="http://bit.ly/2NW3UtA">http://bit.ly/2NW3UtA</a><br />Pinterest: <a href="http://bit.ly/2sVOz55">http://bit.ly/2sVOz55</a><br />Facebook Reader Group: <a href="https://bit.ly/3mYzBBo">https://bit.ly/3mYzBBo</a><br />Stay up to date, sign up for Melanie’s mailing list: <a href="http://bit.ly/2P7MATT">http://bit.ly/2P7MATT</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.melanieharlow.com">www.melanieharlow.com</a></p>
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lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-70628579553221249752021-02-17T08:00:00.012-05:002021-02-17T08:00:04.936-05:00Like You Love Me by Adriana Locke<p> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3oWWqXM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IPir2E_JHd0/YCwNXwfaUAI/AAAAAAAACos/b2JuuEwUp7sypqc_fVxOioVBvySEiBQtACLcBGAsYHQ/w213-h320/LYLM.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Like You Love Me, an all-new marriage of convenience standalone romance and first book in the Honey Creek series from </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">USA Today </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">bestselling author Adriana Locke is available now!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Two childhood friends are playing house—and maybe playing for keeps—in USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke’s </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">funny, sexy, and unpredictable marriage-of-convenience romance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">To save her Tennessee bed-and-breakfast, Sophie Bates needs a fast-cash miracle. Holden McKenzie, her childhood best </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">friend, needs to prove to a prospective employer that he’s a committed man. Their fortunes on the line, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Holden proposes…a solution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">He’ll take care of Sophie’s bills if she agrees to a temporary marriage of convenience. And why not? They’re comfortable </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">together, they have fun, and they trust each other. It’s as simple as saying “I do.” But the off-the-cuff wedding has all of </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Honey Creek talking—and Sophie and Holden realizing that their perfect arrangement is working too well. If they’re not </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">careful, this marriage could turn into a love story.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My review:</span></b></p><p><span><span style="font-size: medium;">I got an ARC of this book in exchange for a review. I wasn't sure what to expect because I'd never read anything by her before and I'm not really a fan of the friends-to-lovers OR fake marriage tropes and this had <i>both</i>. Also, I tend to get frustrated by characters that have walls up, and BOY DOES SHE. I get that Sophie has been hurt before and wants to protect herself, so watching her keep those walls up around Holden was rough for me. She also knows that he isn't planning on staying so it is justified.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That said, this story was cute! Sophie and Holden have a good relationship and the choices they make aren't selfish. Nobody is out to purposefully hurt the other person to create distance (I hate when that happens), which makes the HEA more believable. Worth the read!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Download your copy today!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Amazon: </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3oWWqXM" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">https://amzn.to/3oWWqXM</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Amazon Worldwide: </span><a href="http://mybook.to/LikeYouLoveMe" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">http://mybook.to/LikeYouLoveMe</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Add to Goodreads: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3qw68Rd" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3qw68Rd</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">About Adriana</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">USA Today, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts Bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">own.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">She resides in the Midwest with her husband, four sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">pocket</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">BookBub: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/3d4Vai7" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/3d4Vai7</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Website: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://adrianalocke.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://adrianalocke.com</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Stay up to date by subscribing to Adriana’s Newsletter: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/NewsletterAddy" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://bit.ly/NewsletterAddy</a></p>lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-58695125501800409312021-02-07T11:38:00.002-05:002021-02-07T11:44:07.376-05:002020 Reading Challenge Results<p>What a year 2020 was! I'm going for my masters degree, so my plan WAS to cut down on reading. Hence the 40 book goal. That is... not what happened. Turns out I will procrastinate doing class work just to read more. Why do I do this to myself?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/21427903" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="963" height="361" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QuH8Mwfm9sc/YCAUCVvmBJI/AAAAAAAACoE/xQqs7fauYZgwz-m5PA91SQV_2KjmkwxFQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h361/2020%2BReading%2BChallenge.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>As you can see, I have zero self control. Actually, as I'm writing this I'm supposed to be finalizing a paper that is due today. But first I made jello shots because Super Bowl. See? No control. I think I have a new motto:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Never late. But always procrastinate.</span></b></p><p>I need that on a shirt. It is so true in my life. But hey, I get it done in the end even if there is a ton of panic!</p><p>So to sum up my reading in 2020, pretty much all were Kindle Unlimited romance novels. Plus side, I'm getting my moneys worth! I ended the year binge reading a lot of books by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jessica-Gadziala/e/B00VRU7IOS?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&qid=1612715267&sr=1-4" target="_blank">Jessica Gadziala</a>. I've found that I love a little suspense and action with my romance. If a book is too angsty though I have a tendency to skip through parts. I just can't take the so much of the feels and characters that can't make a decision and stick with it.</p><p>One of my favorite books last year was <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Riley-Thorn-Dead-Next-Door-ebook/dp/B08G1M1FX7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ER175ESYJV4V&dchild=1&keywords=riley+thorn+and+the+dead+guy+next+door&qid=1612715624&s=digital-text&sprefix=riley+tho%2Cdigital-text%2C281&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score</a>. It was funny and had mystery, chase scenes, a heroine I love, and a swoony hero. I read it a couple times I loved it so much.</p><p>Do you have any favorites that you read last year? Any books you're looking forward to in 2021?</p>lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-50093963633267378662020-11-30T08:00:00.099-05:002021-01-25T16:43:20.720-05:00Make Me Yours by Melanie Harlow<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KQ40-LN1hHo/X76QsmjZsRI/AAAAAAAAClg/KfM2QBEaSp4T6GZvfwH1em_1UTuYkF3TgCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/MakeMeYours%2BAMAZON.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KQ40-LN1hHo/X76QsmjZsRI/AAAAAAAAClg/KfM2QBEaSp4T6GZvfwH1em_1UTuYkF3TgCPcBGAYYCw/s320/MakeMeYours%2BAMAZON.jpg" /></a></p><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">He’s my brother’s best friend.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The hot single dad next door.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">And one accidental sext later, my massive crush on him is no longer a secret.</span></p><p><b id="docs-internal-guid-70ecd657-7fff-68c5-6ec5-7b43cf301388" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Make Me Yours, an all-new rom com that is all too sexy from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">USA Today </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">bestselling author Melanie Harlow is available now!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">It’s my own damn fault. I’m thirty years old, for heaven’s sake. I’m a kindergarten teacher </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">and a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">(reasonably) responsible </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">adult. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">I should know better than to get tipsy and draft a fake </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">text listing </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">all the dirty things I wish Officer Cole Mitchell would </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">do to me.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I wasn’t supposed to hit send. </i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>He wasn’t supposed to see it. </i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>And he definitely wasn’t supposed to text back telling me to go on . . . </i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Because after that, things escalate quickly.</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cole is everything I’ve ever wanted. He’s sexy and protective. A devoted father to his little girl. A dedicated cop the whole town adores. The kind of guy you can trust to keep his hands to himself, even when you’re desperately hoping he won’t. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m not the girl he thought he’d end up with, but after all this time, I might finally get the chance to say the words I’ve always dreamed of . . . make me yours.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Review</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is one of those books you continue to think about for days after you read it. What hit me most is how our fears can sometimes keep us from the things we want and the things that are good for us. That is what both characters struggle with. Cheyenne has been in love with Cole, her brother's best friend, for years. She spends time with his daughter regularly. But Cole has kept his guard up, mostly to protect himself. When he finally decides what he wants, though... wow. Definite sparks. Both of them have struggles but what I love most about these kinds of books is that despite that, they come together for a HEA and I love how they get there. Cole's daughter is adorable and smart and I love how much she and Cheyenne care for each other. I also appreciated the underlying lesson that it is not only OK, but it is good to talk to someone about how you are doing so you can get help, and that love can make you stronger. I will be reading this book again.</span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial;">Note: I received an ARC in exchange for a review.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you want to read an excerpt from the book check that out below! </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Download your copy today or read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Excerpt</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Darlene spoke up. “My mother passed them down to me, and I want to make sure they’re </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">in good condition so I can leave them to Cheyenne when </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">she</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> gets married.” Then she crossed herself </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and closed her eyes, her lips moving in a quick, silent prayer. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre;">Cheyenne ignored her mother and </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre;">addressed Mariah again. “My brother and I always had to wash and dry the wedding china on holidays </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre;">before we went to bed. It took forever.”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“I’d stay and help you, sis, but I have to get Blair home. Sorry.” Griffin gave her a grin that said he wasn’t </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">the least bit sorry, and Cheyenne stuck her tongue out at him. </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“Cole, why don’t you stay and give Cheyenne a hand?” My mother suggested, wrapping her scarf around her </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">neck. </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“That’s a great idea,” Darlene said brightly. Then she sort of bent over and rubbed one hip, her expression </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">agonized. “I’d help her myself but I’ve been on my feet a lot today and the doctor said that isn’t good for my joints.”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“You should just get to bed, Darlene,”my mother said, shepherding Mariah toward the front door. “Cole will be </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">more than happy to stay and help Cheyenne.”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“Oh, that’s okay.” Cheyenne smiled at me and shook her head. “I can handle them.”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">But Darlene beamed at me, reaching over and snatching my coat out of my hands. “That’s so nice of you, Cole. </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I’ll just hang this in the front closet.” Before she left the room, she and my mother exchanged a look that had me </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">wondering if the whole helping-with-the-dishes thing had been a set-up. </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Either way, ten minutes later Cheyenne and I were pushing up our sleeves in the kitchen, the house dark and silent </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">except for the running faucet and the hum of the dishwasher. </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“I’ll wash, you dry?” she asked, adding dish soap to the side of the sink she’d plugged and lined with a towel. </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“Sure.”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">She took a plate from the stack to her left and placed it in the warm soapy water. “Oh! I almost forgot.” Slipping her rings </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and bracelets off, she set them on the windowsill above the sink. “So I don’t scratch anything,” she explained. </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“Oh.” I glanced down at my wedding ring. “It’s okay,” she said quickly. “You don’t have to take it off.”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“It’s fine,” I said, working it off my finger and placing it on the sill next to her jewelry. For some reason, I felt compelled to </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">explain why I still wore it all the time. “Mariah once told me she likes when I wear it, so . . .”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“I think it’s nice, ”she said. “I like a guy who wears his ring. It says something about him, you know?”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I nodded, my attraction to her growing even stronger. “Still, we’d better be careful with these dishes.”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“Damn right, we’d better,” she deadpanned. “This is my fucking wedding china, Cole. If we even look at it wrong, I might </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">end up a spinster.” She laughed as she gently scrubbed the plate with a cloth. “My God. Is she not totally ridiculous?”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“She’s pretty bad,” I agreed, taking the plate from her and carefully drying it with the soft clean towel she’d given me. </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“But mine wasn’t much better tonight. Did you have the feeling something was up between them as we were saying goodnight?”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Yes</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">,” she said. “And it’s probably my fault because I made the mistake of telling my mom you bought me dinner last night. In </span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">her mind, I believe we are now betrothed.”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I laughed. “That’s all it takes, huh?”</span></p><p style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“Apparently. 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font-size: 15px;"></span></span></p><blockquote>If people have polar opposites, Luca Rossi is mine.<br />His butt is in the baseball hall of fame. Mine’s comfortably seated in the hall of lame.<br />When he’s not snagging fly balls out in center field, he’s modeling in shampoo commercials. I once jammed my own finger while stirring cookie dough, and sometimes I forget shampoo is a thing.<br />He’s a total cynic when it comes to love.<br />I make a living writing love stories.<br />But after my latest broken engagement (no, I don’t want to talk about how many times that’s happened), it’s clear he’s exactly the man I need.<br />If anyone can teach me to be the opposite of me, it’s him.<br />The first thing I want him to teach me?<br />How to <em>not</em> fall in love.<br />And as luck would have it, he’s in desperate need of a fake girlfriend to get a meddling grandmother off his back.<br />We couldn’t be more perfect together, because the last thing Luca Rossi will ever be is the next man to leave me at the altar.<br />Or will he?<br /> <br /><em>Real Fake Love is a line drive straight to the heart featuring a grumpy athlete, a jilted bride, a fake relationship, and the world’s laziest cat. It stands alone and comes complete with sibling rivalry, the world’s most awkward shower scene, and a sweetly satisfying happily ever after.</em></blockquote><em></em><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">I was lucky enough to get an ARC of this book and I can't even tell you how much I loved Henri. I should probably just quit doubting Pippa's books when I read the blurbs but <i>COME ON!</i> Her name is Henrietta BACON and she's trying to not fall in love after being left at the altar <i>AGAIN</i>, her cat is dressed in costumes, and she's in a fake relationship with a baseball player to help teach her not to fall in love while he tries to keep his mom and grandmother out of his love life. It sounds crazy... and it is. In the best way.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">This is a standalone within the Copper Valley Fireballs series, the first was Jock Blocked (link below). I can't wait for Cooper Rock's book (please write it, Pippa) and the there were multiple parts where I laughed out loud. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">I didn't know that I would, but I really like Henri. She's so </span><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">happy</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"> despite what she's gone through. Anyone could have been bitter about love after that many fails, but she just keeps trying. Meanwhile grumpy hot baseball player has himself closed off. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Luca is a bit of a jerk, but once you learn his backstory you understand why. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Also, poor Henri is allergic to alcohol which seems extra painful that she can't even have a drink after another wedding fail.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">This is definitely a book I will read more than once. Also, if you were a fan of Jamie Farrell (Pippa's other pen name) and the Misfit Brides books, you get a nice tip of the hat to Bliss with it's giant wedding cake monument. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Not gonna lie, I was probably overly excited to see the reference but it happened... what can ya do? </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Also, I thought that the stuff Henri wrote about was like a Kimmie dream, so I enjoyed that was well. Overall, a must read if you love a rom com and sports romance!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"><br /><strong>GOODREADS LINK: </strong></span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D02d8814aa30c256a59f7d8b05%26id%3Dd9585769e3%26e%3Dc15fd7bd03&source=gmail&ust=1599178543623000&usg=AFQjCNE6IiGkfaxaJhl5rRDJzSja6m9s-A" href="https://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02d8814aa30c256a59f7d8b05&id=d9585769e3&e=c15fd7bd03" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://www.goodreads.com/<wbr></wbr>book/show/52714963-real-fake-<wbr></wbr>love</span></a><br style="color: #606060; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"> <br /> <br /><strong>PURCHASE LINKS</strong><br /> <br />US: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D02d8814aa30c256a59f7d8b05%26id%3D91b2136cfb%26e%3Dc15fd7bd03&source=gmail&ust=1599178543623000&usg=AFQjCNF4Auea92xtVJr4yj_Mg4MNODvGlQ" href="https://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02d8814aa30c256a59f7d8b05&id=91b2136cfb&e=c15fd7bd03" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://amzn.to/34IbeSI</span></a><br style="color: #606060; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">UK: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D02d8814aa30c256a59f7d8b05%26id%3Dfd80320bbb%26e%3Dc15fd7bd03&source=gmail&ust=1599178543623000&usg=AFQjCNEQBp-uNfkrnPJt-MSDejiDYO09mw" href="https://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02d8814aa30c256a59f7d8b05&id=fd80320bbb&e=c15fd7bd03" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://amzn.to/2YI3pbM</span></a><br style="color: #606060; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">CA: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D02d8814aa30c256a59f7d8b05%26id%3Deb1b8dd3a6%26e%3Dc15fd7bd03&source=gmail&ust=1599178543623000&usg=AFQjCNF5BxmhB7oYsUkcQFmTHU6dvJreWA" href="https://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02d8814aa30c256a59f7d8b05&id=eb1b8dd3a6&e=c15fd7bd03" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://amzn.to/2QLF3tH</span></a><br style="color: #606060; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">AU: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D02d8814aa30c256a59f7d8b05%26id%3Dcaa9d0d5cf%26e%3Dc15fd7bd03&source=gmail&ust=1599178543623000&usg=AFQjCNHjCZXjuRmHUlOIDRuGP34_Qy4M6w" href="https://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02d8814aa30c256a59f7d8b05&id=caa9d0d5cf&e=c15fd7bd03" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://amzn.to/3gC9FZ4</span></a><br style="color: #606060; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"> <br /><b>Free in Kindle Unlimited</b><br /> <br /></span><br style="color: #606060; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Below is an excerpt from the book. Enjoy (and then check it out)!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/34IbeSI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1800" height="214" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lwkwrj13q1k/X1A5XJ0_sWI/AAAAAAAACjA/vUGNgWqZ9gsVCntFc7PiUKRoXsiAgSOvgCLcBGAsYHQ/w410-h214/Real%2BFake%2BLove%2BTeaser%2B1.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"><br /><strong>EXCERPT</strong><br /> <br /><strong><em>Henri, in the middle of Chapter Four...</em></strong><br /> <br />It's probably weird to be sitting on the doorstep of the man I cyberstalked after his whole <em>love sucks</em> speech after my failed wedding. But I won’t apologize for waiting for Luca here at what I think is his house, because you don’t get what you need in life if you don’t go for it.<br /> <br />Still, maybe Dogzilla and I should be waiting in my car instead? At least that way, I could turn on the radio while we wait. And the air conditioning.<br /> <br />I’m about to move to the car when a clunker chugs around the corner, one headlight out, and turns into the driveway.<br /> <br />This is definitely the wrong house.<br /> <br />I’m sitting on the porch of a stranger’s house, hoping that’s a woman driving, because if it’s a woman, at least I know I won’t be in danger.<br />Of falling in love with her at first sight, I mean.<br /> <br />The engine shuts off, and while I don’t often trespass at midnight, I have this feeling that jumping up with Dogzilla and making a run for it right now is exactly the wrong move. A well-timed, "Oh, sorry, I thought you were someone else," will give us all a laugh, I’ll take my cat and leave, and then two complete strangers will have a weird story to tell their friends over margaritas—or an iced tea, in my case—and huh.<br /> <br />This would make an excellent meet-cute for my friend Dorothea’s next steamy romance novel. I’ll have to drop her a note too.<br /> <br />The occupant of the car is still sitting in it, and the figure illuminated by the street light looks too big to be a woman.<br /> <br />Dang it.<br /> <br />He also seems to be—<br /> <br />Is he hitting his head against the steering wheel?<br /> <br />Uh-oh.<br /> <br />If I picked the house of a nutjob, all bets are off.<br /> <br />"Be ready to run, Dogzilla," I whisper.<br /> <br />My lazy cat doesn’t move, and instead snores in my lap.<br /> <br />Easier this way anyway, since it’s not like I can count on her to follow alone when I take off running at full-steam.<br /> <br />Which doesn’t happen all that often, if we’re being honest here. I’m a writer, not a runner.<br /> <br />But—wait.<br /> <br />The way his hair is moving—<br /> <br />That <em>is</em> Luca Rossi.<br /> <br />I rise, cradling Dogzilla, and when Luca looks my way, I give him a finger wave and a smile.<br /> <br />The light isn’t bright enough for me to see what he’s saying, but his lips are definitely moving, and if I’m not mistaken, he’s wearing the same long-suffering expression my father usually has when I tell him I’m engaged.<br /> <br />Again.<br /> <br />It might also be remarkably similar to the expression Luca was wearing when he recognized me at Duggan Field earlier today too.<br /> <br />Not my intention to ambush him at work, I swear. I was curious about the ballpark—I’m curious about a lot of things—so when I caught wind on social media of a writer organization that was touring the park, it was easy enough to get here in time today to join the group.<br /> <br />And it was fascinating to see where the players work out, to smell the chairs the announcers sit in, what it feels like to stand in the dugout, and hear how many light bulbs have to be replaced every day.<br /> <br />There’s a pop and a creak as the car door swings open, and I suddenly desperately need to know why Luca Rossi, millionaire sports star, lives on a grocery store clerk’s salary.<br /> <br />For research.<br /> <br />I swear.<br /> <br />I like to do research.<br /> <br />It’s one of the things my ex-fiancé Kyle liked about me.<br /> <br />"Henri," Luca says.<br /> <br />My brain hears <em>what the hell are you doing here, and why are you between me and my bed, and I’m not asking out loud because I don’t honestly want to know</em>.<br /> <br />I either have a lot of experience understanding people because I write good characters, or I have a lot of experience with frustrating men after five failed engagements.<br /> <br />Plus my lifelong relationship with my father.<br /> <br />"Hi, Luca! Great game tonight. That catch you made in center field was like—"<br /> <br />"The one where I didn’t move, the one where I stepped three feet to my left, or the one where I had to take two steps back?"<br /> <br />Okay, yeah, he had an easy game. "How did you know where the ball was going to be? That’s like—it’s like you’re psychic."<br /> <br />"It’s called being a professional." He squeezes his eyes shut briefly, opens them, eyeballs Dogzilla in my arms, and then sighs again. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your company tonight?"<br /> <br />Wow. He’s cranky.<br /> <br />Not gonna lie.<br /> <br />I know it’s probably me.<br /> <br />But that’s no excuse for not forging ahead. I didn’t come all this way to chicken out. "You remember the last time we saw each other?"<br /> <br />"This afternoon in the clubhouse?"<br /> <br />"I liked your hat, but I meant the time…before that."<br /> <br />He closes the distance between us with three casual steps. "Nope."<br /> <br />And I go momentarily speechless as a waft of something delicious teases my nose.<br /> <br />But only momentarily. A quick recovery is a gift. Or possibly a defense mechanism. "The time we were together…in that town…with that big monument…and the event thing…"<br /> <br />No answer.<br /> <br />"The event thing that didn’t—"<br /> <br />"I’m trying to block it from my memory."<br /> <br />"Oh. Oh! Thank you. That’s very kind of you. Sorry. I didn’t realize—"<br /> <br />"That I wouldn’t want to remember your ruined wedding, that you like to redecorate people with dessert, and that your ex-fiancé is the first man that my mother’s dated in three years and I might have to start calling him <em>Stepdad</em>?"<br /> <br />I wince.<br /> <br />My heart also weeps because yeah, still not over seeing Jerry lock lips with a woman who could’ve been my mother, and hearing that it might actually be going somewhere is salt in the wound.<br /> <br />"So, no, Henri, I don’t remember the last time we were together. At least, I won’t, once I get inside and pour myself a large enough vodka tonic. Care for one?"<br /> <br />Once again, I’m momentarily speechless. "Um, I’m kinda allergic—"<br /> <br />I cut myself off when one of his brows rises infinitesimally, and then I gasp. Of course he knows I’m allergic. We had an entire conversation about it. "Are you <em>trying</em> to send me to the hospital?"<br /> <br />"No, but I <em>am</em> trying to get into my house. Alone. Preferably without the sad panda thoughts I’d finally managed to shake before you showed up today."<br /> <br />"Oh. That was a hint."<br /> <br />"It was."<br /> <br />"I’m bad with the subtle."<br /> <br />He swipes a hand over his mouth and looks up at the sky, and I’m certain he’s not stifling a smile.<br /> <br />Probably the exact opposite.<br /> <br />Time to forge ahead. "I’m here because I need your help."<br /> <br />"And now I pay the price for my sins," he mutters.<br /> <br />I’d ask what his sins are, but my google searches were <em>very</em> thorough.<br />Normally, he really would be the last person on earth I’d turn to for help.<br /> <br />"I don’t want money or anything like that. And I’d rather no one know I’m here, so I’m not after your fame either, though I wouldn’t mind some tips on how to get my hair as good as yours always is. 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When I read a series I like I want them all... RIGHT AWAY!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OC515PRP2CY/Xza_eYX9kaI/AAAAAAAAChI/ajotJbKcQKcSuTtPpktt1WmDoStyrf4UgCLcBGAsYHQ/s428/Getting%2BLucky%2BSeries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="428" height="261" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OC515PRP2CY/Xza_eYX9kaI/AAAAAAAAChI/ajotJbKcQKcSuTtPpktt1WmDoStyrf4UgCLcBGAsYHQ/w342-h261/Getting%2BLucky%2BSeries.jpg" width="342" /></a></div><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084Q1M19Z?searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt" target="_blank">This series by Meghan Quinn</a> is about four brothers who have an incident in New Orleans and are cursed to have terrible love lives until they mature by a tarot card reading, scary looking lady. There was wind and everything. Each book deals with a different brother and they're romance books so obviously they have their ladies.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K1VVC5W?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_0&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank">That Second Chance</a> is about Griffin who is still dealing with the loss of his wife when he meets Ren through an incident with a moose.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07P1WZGPD?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_1&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank">That Forever Girl</a> is about Rogan who sees his ex girlfriend again for the first time in years. It was a really bad breakup but I loved Harper and still liked Rogan even though he was a jerk to her for the first part of the book until he gets his shit together.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WCP58ST?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_2&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank">That Secret Crush</a> is about Reid who is still dealing with the loss of his restaurant and even though Eve is his best friend and former business partner's sister, he still has feelings for her. It becomes a mess when Eric finds out what is going on.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0849MBW8D?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_3&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank">That Swoony Feeling</a> is about Brig and his constant search for love, but he's so focused on finding "the one" that he completely overlooks Ruth. She wants to open a business next to him so they start spending more time together, but Brig is convinced that the girl he is writing in the secret summer of love pen pal program is "the one." This heroine is the only one I had an issue with, because everything she does is because of her parents, from her food to her businesses. It made it difficult to know who <i>she</i> actually is because it doesn't feel like her personality is actually hers, just a mix of the things her parents did and liked. But that said, I loved that adorable idiot, Brig.</p><p>The writing is hilarious and I love the text exchanges between the siblings. There were multiple times I laughed out loud while reading these books. Bonus, they're all on Kindle Unlimited, so if you have it you don't have to buy the books to read them, but I liked them so much I bought them all anyway and pre-ordered the last two!</p>lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-89413600490731509702020-05-19T10:00:00.000-04:002020-05-19T10:00:04.324-04:00Jock Blocked by Pippa Grant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">She can’t let him score...</b></i><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Call it superstition, but when a guy bats as hot as Brooks Elliott, you don’t mess with what’s working. And what’s working is him keeping his pants zipped and doing all of his scoring on the field.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">So when I hear he’s planning to ditch his V-card now that he’s been traded to baseball’s lovable losers—aka my home team and my reason for living every March through October—I do what any rational, dedicated, obsessed fan would do.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I make a plan to stop him.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But the thing about stopping him is that it requires spending time with him.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Lots. And lots. And </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">lots</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> of time.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">And the more time I spend with him, the more I like him. Not as the guy who’s going to help save my favorite team and finally bring home a championship ring, but as the guy who’s helping me in my quest to bring back the team’s old mascot. Who also loves making pancake and bacon sandwiches. And who would do almost anything for his love of the game.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But after all this time of jock-blocking him…do I even have a chance?</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">And if I do, are we </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">both</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> destined to a life of celibacy in the name of winning?</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></blockquote>
I'm going to be <i>very</i> honest here and say I was unsure about this book when I first heard about it. I mean... come on. A virgin baseball player and a superstitious girl determined to keep him that way so he doesn't ruin his game? I was certain this was going to be a miss for me. Well... I WAS WRONG.<br />
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Here's the thing. No matter how superstitious and crazy Mackenzie seems, she means well and it comes from a place of love and wanting to belong to something. And Brooks? He's just<i> tired</i> of following his superstitions because he was traded from his home team to the worst team in baseball.<br />
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They kind of meet (or meat.. hehe) for the first time as Mackenzie is stealing a meatball mascot costume and she ends up cockblocking Brooks. He doesn't know who she is under that costume, but she knows his secret and he wants to know how. Very funny even though you feel for him. When they meet again later the connection they have is something they can't deny, no matter how much they might want to.<br />
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What I really appreciated about these characters was when they could see each other for who they truly were; beneath the superstitions and the slightly crazy behavior, down to what was actually important. That seems deep for a rom com but I could see it.<br />
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Some of the other characters we meet before in other books, like <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q84P1LR/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i7" target="_blank">America's Geekheart</a> where we meet Beck and Sarah, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085DFQ7L7/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2" target="_blank">Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire</a> where we meet Tripp and Lila.<br />
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I got an advance copy of the book for my review. This book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088FZWDZQ/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_onOWEb0KCT9T0" target="_blank">free on KU</a>, or currently $2.99 for its release.<br />
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Also, I want Cooper Rock's book to happen soon. I love him so much.<br />
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#FieryForever<br />
<br />lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-8180496893281473292020-04-09T17:00:00.000-04:002020-04-09T17:22:20.586-04:00Let's Get Textual by Teagan Hunter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075FTWFG7/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="321" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QhbGdSt18Ks/Xo8lbucLi1I/AAAAAAAACbs/EpEgLecEAXMJaqgC-B1nElPR0Ykqe9AigCLcBGAsYHQ/s200/Let%2527s%2BGet%2BTextual.jpg" width="128" /></a></div>
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Description<br />
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<b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">A L-O-L standalone romantic comedy readers are calling their favorite romcom of all-time!</b><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">A wrong number is supposed to be just that--a wrong number.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Delete. </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Done.</i><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Do not continue to text. Do not flirt.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">A wrong number shouldn't be the first person on your mind in the morning, or the last at night...and you're </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">definitely</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> not supposed to talk them into buying a baby goat.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Because that would be weird.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">When Zach Hastings and I get into a wrong-number mix-up, we don't follow the rules. We keep texting and flirting, because he's wicked funny and perfectly nerdy and a wonderful distraction.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I'm not looking for love, and Zach definitely had the wrong number.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But maybe...</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Maybe he's the right guy.</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></blockquote>
I'm taking a break from doing a paper for my class like I should be to tell you in this time of quarantine, you should probably read this book.<br />
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Delia gets a text she thinks is from her brother. Turns out... whoops!<span style="background-color: white;"> Zach<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> gets a number wrong but they continue to talk to each other and develop a friendship over text. </span></span>The text exchanges between Delia and Zach are so funny and I found myself giggling or straight up laughing out loud at multiple points. Eventually they meet and the sparks are instantaneous.<br />
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I usually prefer a two-perspective style of narration for romance novels but they were so damn cute that I didn't mind it was all from Delia's perspective. Also there is an adorable baby goat which just makes it better (<i>I </i>❤<i> you, Marshy!</i>). There are a lot of text exchanges in this book, which makes sense because that is their main form of communication. Totally works for them too because they are so frigging adorable.<br />
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Seriously though, if you need a cute, funny escape during this crazy time this is a good one. I also think I love ranch dressing as much as Zach does. We would be buddies.<br />
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This book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075FTWFG7/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1" target="_blank">free on KU</a> and is the first book of the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SKY1Z3N?ref_=dbs_r_series&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank">Texting Series</a>.lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-6453326620333216542020-03-24T10:00:00.000-04:002020-03-24T09:05:23.783-04:00Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire (Bro Code Book 3) by Pippa Grant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085DFQ7L7?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_2&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank"><img alt="Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire" border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lXoqw6jE_Xg/XnlLYr5ystI/AAAAAAAACa8/L193yBdq7aobs9M3AszwrP2sJJbyq5xCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s200/Liar%2BLiar%2BHearts%2Bon%2BFire.jpg" width="132" /></a></div>
Description<br />
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<span style="color: #001000; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The lies will come back to bite you every time...</b><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Never borrow pants from your brother. Especially if he’s a size smaller than you are, because all that pressure in the junk will short-circuit your brain.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">And you’ll lie to a woman in a club about your real name.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Leave her unsatisfied after making out in a bathroom.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Then find out that she’s the one thing standing in the way of your dreams. And she very much doesn’t like being lied to.</span><br />
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This book is the third in the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QGXL8WT?ref_=dbs_r_series&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank">Bro Code series</a> and I loved it so much I read it and then automatically read it all over again. I was lucky enough to get an advance copy and I <i>still</i> pre-ordered the book which is OUT TODAY if that tells you anything about how much I loved it. Tripp and Lila meet-cute (if you want to call it that) in a club after she has a drink thrown in her hair and he gives her his brother's name (I can't wait for Levi's book BTW) and they officially meet for the second time in a business meeting that... let's just say it doesn't go as planned.<br />
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This book is centered around a baseball team that Lila inherits (GO FIREBALLS) and I really love baseball so this got me. And it is so hilarious that I laughed out loud at multiple points (the ducks!). What I liked most about it is that they are so flawed and yet so wonderful. Tripp is a major germaphobe because of his wife's death and he has a lot of issues revolving around it. Lila has a hard time trusting anyone because of how she grew up. They have some animosity because Tripp wanted to buy the Fireballs but Lila wants to turn the team around and they have some<i> very</i> different ideas on how to do that.<br />
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Beyond the humor, we get to see two people connect and even though they make some mistakes (no cheating or anything, don't worry) you truly see the beauty in these characters. I loved them and I wanted to give them both (and Tripp's adorable kids) so many hugs. We also see their strength. Tripp's strength lies in taking care of his kids and moving on from his wife's death, while Lila's strength lies in everything she has gone through since she was a kid.<br />
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I heart this book so hard. I loved it so much I put aside doing stuff for my classes and stayed up<i> way</i> past my bedtime so I could finish reading it in one sitting. I have a 5 year old, this rarely happens. Plus, have you<i> looked</i> at the cover? His eyes alone make me swoon. Also, if you read <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076Y4VB6G/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i7" target="_blank">Stud in the Stacks</a> (also where we first meet Lila) we finally find out more about Buck Tickle and those ridiculous books Knox's grandma loves. It. Is. Amazing. If you like rom coms and, like me, basically love anything by Pippa Grant, do yourself a favor and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085DFQ7L7?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_2&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank">get this book</a>.<br />
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<b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">He’s the world’s most alpha Marine and the last man I should be letting jingle my bells this holiday season. </b><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">So why does Clint O’Dell keep running through my thoughts wearing nothing but a Santa hat? And why do I stupidly agree that we should be Christmas friends with benefits?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Someone must have spiked my eggnog. </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I don’t do Marines. </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Or Santas. </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I learned my lesson about both the hard way. </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But when Clint steps in to rescue me—from a murderous goose, a rogue reindeer, and the ghost of Christmas Right Now causing trouble in my bakery—I can’t help but wonder if we’re meant to be more than friends. </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">If maybe Clint is the holiday miracle I’ve been praying for…or if all the magic will disappear with the season.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; 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Complete with the world's most awkward Christmas caroling, a photoshoot with furry friends, and more naughty baked goods than is good or decent.</i><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></blockquote>
This is the 4th book in the Happy Cat/O’Dell brothers series that <a href="http://books.lolaloop.com/2019/08/series-saturday-happy-cat.html" target="_blank">I've reviewed previously</a>.<br />
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I have to start out by saying that Clint is my <i>favorite</i> O’Dell brother. He’s a cute (HOT), funny marine who protects Noelle from animals and possible ghosts. Noelle has had a hard time since moving to Happy Cat between being a magnet for animals and with her cakes and cookies having trouble staying in one piece.<br />
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We first see Noelle in Blake and Hope’s book (<a href="https://amzn.to/352tKma" target="_blank">Hitched</a>) as she delivers an unfortunately broken cake and later is swarmed by hungry raccoons. They are super cute together. Based on how she appeared in Hitched, I wasn’t sure that I was going to like her, but Noelle is a brave woman who made the choice to move forward and try to be happy despite some struggles. Clint calls her Cupcake and it is adorable. Seeing their relationship progress gave me the feels in all the best ways. I got an early copy for a review and I can’t recommend this book (and series in general) enough..<br />
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Like the other books in the series it is full of humor and animal fun. There is also a running theme of Chuck Norris type memes and jokes that cracked me up throughout. Some of my favorite quotes include these gems:<br />
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"Though how we got on this subject, I have no idea." "You threatened my carrot. My carrot was unafraid. Flirting ensued."</blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;">P<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">lus many more... but if I put in that many in I would no longer be quoting, I would just be copying and pasting the entire book and if I recall correctly that is illegal. </span></span>A funny, cute, holiday cheer filled read.<br />
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You can get your copy on <a href="https://amzn.to/38owa0H" target="_blank">Amazon</a>! You have to buy it when it first comes out but it should be on Kindle Unlimited soon! Maybe just buy yourself a Christmas gift and <a href="https://amzn.to/2qABT2b" target="_blank">buy the entire series</a>? They're all so good and cute and funny that you'd really be doing <i>yourself</i> a favor and if you can't treat yourself at Christmas are you really doing the holiday season right?<br />
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<br />lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-44348289769773384672019-11-25T17:00:00.000-05:002019-11-25T17:00:20.923-05:00Tis the Season for Christmas Romance NovelsGuys. It isn't even Thanksgiving yet and I've already started with the Christmas romance novels. Because they are freaking adorable! It's like Hallmark but in book form and much more dirty. I love it.<br />
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My latest read was the <a href="https://amzn.to/2Dg771p" target="_blank">Reindeer Falls series</a> by Jana Aston. They're short and sweet and can probably all be finished in a day if you're determined. The female characters, the Winter sisters, are funny and have Christmas themed names (Holly, Ginger, and Noel). I love me some good Christmas feelings and reading these made me want to put up a tree and I haven't even gotten a new one yet (my pre-lit tree died last year and I mourn it's poor fake tree death).<br />
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The Boss Who Stole Christmas is about Holly, who thinks her young, hot boss is a Grinch. Oh boy will she find out otherwise.<br />
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If You Give a Jerk a Gingerbread is about Ginger and a baking competition she entered and she starts out thinking one of her competitors is a jackal. However, he is very cute and persuasive.<br />
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The One Night Stand Before Christmas is about Noel who wakes up to Santa's suit on her floor. Noel and Santa got a little naughty and took holiday spirit to a whole other level.<br />
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Christmas fun all around!<br />
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As usual with most books I read these days, the series is <a href="https://amzn.to/37waT4J" target="_blank">free on KU</a>, otherwise if you would be buying the books right now it's $6.97 for all 3.lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-20326248744513585282019-10-09T12:00:00.000-04:002019-10-09T12:00:11.151-04:00Love Me Tomorrow by Maria Luis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<u><span style="color: #000120;"></span></u><a href="https://amzn.to/2AZQQMI" target="_blank">Love Me Tomorrow (on Amazon)</a></div>
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<b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">They call her America’s Sweetheart.</b><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">And me? I’m the so-called “inked god” she dumped on TV.</b><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I’ve tried to forget her. I’ve tried to move on.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Until I discover that her family is opening a new restaurant next to my tattoo parlor.</i><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">If I were a gentleman, I’d offer my congratulations and go my own way.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">If I were a gentleman, I’d let her be . . . </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">but I’m not.</i><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Savannah Rose may claim I’m nothing more than a friend, but that slight hitch in her breath whenever I get too close says that </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">America’s sweetheart is nothing but a liar.</b><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">All it takes is one scorching kiss, and I vow in her ear: “You’re going to beg. Beg me to touch you, beg me to give you more, and if you’re real good, maybe I’ll do it all over again before you have to beg for that too.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I’m no gentleman.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But Savannah Rose? She’s no one’s sweetheart but mine.</b><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2AZQQMI" target="_blank">LOVE ME TOMORROW</a> is a steamy slow burn romance with a splash of the forbidden. It's the third and final book in the highly anticipated series, <i style="font-style: italic;">Put A Ring On It,</i> and can be read as a standalone.</b><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></blockquote>
This is the last book in the "Put a Ring On It" series. We first met Owen in <a href="https://amzn.to/2p9y1nD" target="_blank">Tempt Me With Forever</a> (a NOLA Heart Novel) which focuses on Owen's brother Gage (who we see more of in this book... yay!) and what happens at the very end leads into this series.<br />
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Savannah feels bound by duty to family and doesn't see herself as being able to be with Owen. She's dealing with not only coming off of the reality dating show the series is named after, but with trying to be there for her sister who was hit with some devastating news right before the show was set to film.<br />
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When Owen showed up the first day of filming he is devastated when she kicks him off almost instantly. They have a history but her sense of duty to family keeps her from going after what she wants. When her father wants to expand their business Savannah and Owen are forced to see each other more than either would like at first.<br />
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It is steamy and kind of angsty. I love Savannah's cute jerk of a cat, Pablo and some of the scenes involving him are hilarious. Savannah is for sure a cat lady and Owen doesn't know what to think about that (other than a real annoyance for Pablo). Savannah and Owen both have secrets that put a strain on their relationship and it is in the time they spend together and the truth behind those secrets that will ultimately bring them together and make them stronger.<br />
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I loved finally unmasking who "Celebrity Tea Presents" is that we see in the first two books <a href="https://amzn.to/2AYDGjj" target="_blank">Hold Me Today</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/2p3xiVa" target="_blank">Kiss Me Tonight</a>. I recommend the entire series and reading from the beginning because it lets you get to know each of the couples, but I will say that Dom and Aspen in Kiss Me Tonight is still my favorite.<br />
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The entire series is available on Kindle Unlimited.lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181094236479216264.post-61891781873773604482019-09-05T12:00:00.000-04:002019-09-05T12:11:19.884-04:00Caught in the Flames by Kacey Shea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2Ljtise" target="_blank">Caught in the Flames by Kacey Shea</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I love firemen. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Heroic. Selfless. Brave. </span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Not to mention the uniform with those damn sexy pants…I can’t get enough.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Imagine my surprise when local fire captain, Chase Matthews, wanders into my yard on moving day. I’ve hit real estate gold. Hot as sin with that all-knowing smirk creates an instant spark. Welcome to the neighborhood never looked so good.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But dating a firefighter isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Chase keeps me at distance even when I attempt to break down his walls. A friendship with the nosy eccentric woman down the street reveals there’s more to Chase than he’s willing to share. I’m playing with fire and bound to get burned. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Secrets unfold.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Truths are brought to light.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Can I handle the heat? Or will my love for this man prove that sometimes even good girls have to burn down the house?</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></blockquote>
This standalone contemporary romance by Kacey Shea took a turn I wasn't expecting. It's not the typical romance where you have one hero. There is a bit of a... love triangle? I guess that's the closest thing to call it. But trust me, I was happy with how this story ended. I was annoyed with Callie at times for some of her poor decisions, but I also understood where she was coming from.<br />
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I loved the characters even when I didn't particularly like them. That's hard to do in a book. The older lady Callie befriends is amazing and I loved her so much. There were plenty of moments that made me laugh and more that had me sighing or swooning. There is some mystery- what is Chase hiding? Who is that bitchy pancake girl? And how in the hell did Callie's house catch fire?!<br />
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Worth the time and the read.<br />
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Click <a href="https://amzn.to/2Ljtise" target="_blank">here</a> for your copy-- Free on KU<br />
The second book in the series, <a href="https://amzn.to/2HOEdIn" target="_blank">Caught in the Lies</a>, is released on October 3rd. It's prequel/short story <a href="https://amzn.to/2N3WIwT" target="_blank">One Hot Night</a> is also available (for FREE)!lolaloophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706250291041175410noreply@blogger.com0